Bate Elected Senior Fellow

Walter J. Bate '39, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities, has been elected a Senior Fellow in the University's Society of Fellows.

He will now join President Pusey, Dean Ford, and six other scholars in the Society, which selects the Junior Fellows. Other Seniors include Crane Brinton, Chairman of the Society and McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History; Paul M. Doty, professor of Chemistry; Wassily W. Leontief, Henry Lee professor of Economics; Harry T. Levin, Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature; Edward M. Purcell, Gerhard Gade University Professor; and Willard V. Quine, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy.

Known for his studies in 18th and 19th century English literature, Bate graduated summa cum laude from Harvard and was appointed a Junior Fellow after receiving his Ph. D. at Harvard in 1942. Levin and Quine are also former Junior Fellows.

The Junior Fellows, appointed for three years of study on the basis of academic promise, meet weekly with the Senior Society.