Professorship Given to Four

Four University faculty members have been promoted to the rank of full professors, the Provost's office announced last night. They are: Alexander Gerschenkron, professor of Economics, Eric E. Havelock, professor of Greek and Latin, Frederick Mosteller, professor of Mathematical Statistics, and Robert B. Woodward, professor of Chemistry.

An expert on Soviet economy, Gerschenkron was born in Russia, and is now a citizen of this country. He has served in the Federal Reserve System as Chief of Foreign Affairs, and has taught at the University of California.

Hevelock, a native of Canada, is an authority on Greek Philosophy. He taught at the Acadia University in Nova Scotia before coming to the University on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1941.

Co-Synthesizer

Mosteller's main work has been statistical studies of public opinion polls. During the war he was in the National Defense Research Center where he made analyses of bombing problems for the Air Force. He is co-author of three books on public opinion polls and last year conducted a study of gambling risks.

A graduate of M.I.T., Woodward is the co-discoverer of synthetic quinine. For the duration, he also worked on the government's penicillin project. He is continuing his studies of the synthesis of materials here.