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Williams' Successor
To Be Named In Spring

By CINDI STUART

A recommendation for a
successor to Vice President for
Student Affairs D. Alan
Williams is expected by late
spring, Faculty Dean Robert D.
Cross said yesterday.

Mr. Cross chairs a
student-faculty committee
which will make a
recommendation to Pres. Edgar
F. Shannon, Jr. on a
replacement for Mr. Williams,
who announced his resignation
as vice president in December.

Meeting Tomorrow

Mr. Cross and the
committee will meet tomorrow
in the third of a series of
weekly meetings to outline
guidelines for the selection of a
replacement.

The major task of the
committee, according to Assoc.
Education Prof. Lawrence A.
Simpson, committee secretary,
is to "get a feel for what the
position entails. This must be
determined before specific
recommendations can be
accepted."

Mr. Williams attended
one of the committee's
meetings and discussed the
functions, problems, and
rewards of his position to give
the committee an idea of
necessary qualifications for the
job.

Discussing Qualifications

A committee spokesman
said they are discussing the
"obvious and not-so-obvious
qualifications" of the position
and are considering the
advantages of candidates from
within the University as
opposed to those from without
it.

Speaking to the committee
during their first meeting, Mr.
Shannon said "the Vice
President for Student Affairs
serves as the immediate deputy
to the President of the
University for all matters
relating to student life, except
that effective Jan, 1, 1973, the
Director of Athletic Programs
will report directly to the
President."

"His duties are specifically
concerned with student
government and discipline,
dormitory and student
counseling, student health
(with the Director of Student
Health Service also responsible
to the Vice President for
Health Sciences for the medical
aspects of the program)
placement, financial aid to
students, the advising of
international students, the
social life and activities of
students and the University
Union," Mr. Shannon said.

"The Vice President
maintains continuing