Services Planned For I.T. Burr '79, Dr. George Chase

Funeral rites for Dr George H. Chase '96, dean emeritus, who died Saturday night, will be held in Memorial Church at 2 p.m. tomorrow, 1. Tucker Burr '79, who died the same evening, will be honored in privates services. Burr was one of three surviving members of his graduating class.

Dr. Chase, who was a member of the University faculty from 1901 until his retirement in 1945, served as acting president during World War II while President Conant was working for the government. Starting out in the Archaeology Department, Dr. Chase became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1925 and in 1939 was appointed Dean of the University, the first to hold that title.

Burr was class marshal at his 25th reunion and was the key figure in the fund raising for Soldiers Field. He was 93 and had been an investment banker until his retirement in 1942. A prominent philanthropic leader, Burr was director of the National Allied Relief Committee in New York and chairman of the Boston branch.