Dean Announces Appointment of 5 Asst. Professors

Five instructors have been appointed assistant professors as of July 1, Dean Bundy announced yesterday.

The appointments went to William Alfred, instructor in English and General Education; Otto Eckstein, instructor in Economics; Klaus W. Epstein, instructor in History; Dell H. Hynes, instructor in Social Anthropology; and Edward P. Morris, instructor in French and in History and Literature.

Alfred, a tutor at Kirkland House, is studying in England this year on an Amy Lowell Travelling Fellowship. He has published two poetic works since 1948, "Annunciation Rosary" and "Agamemnon," and has taught at the University since 1954.

A tutor at Adams House, Eckstein has taught at the University since 1955. Epstein, who has taught here since 1953, holds the University's Jay Prize for a study in the 1909-1911 British constitutional crisis, and is now preparing a study on Mattias Erzberger.

Hynes, who has taught at the University for two years, will also be a 1957-1958 Fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, Calif. His special field is linguistics, and he has written on American Indian languages and myths, especially the Chinook.

A specialist in 19th century French literature, Morris has taught at the University since 1954. He has also taught at Bryn Mawr and Wesleyan.