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Elzinga Offered Assistant Deanship,
Woody Reaches Retirement Limit

By Brian Siegel
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Kenneth Elzinga, associate professor
of economics, has been offered an
assistant deanship for next year, it was
learned by The Cavalier Daily yesterday.

However, Mr. Elzinga could not be
reached for comment on whether or not
he would accept the offer. Informed
sources say he has not made up his mind
yet, but has promised Irby Cauthen, Jr.,
Dean of the College, that he would let
him know within two weeks.

If he accepts the position, Mr. Elzinga,
who is on a leave of absence for this
academic session, will replace T. Braxton
Woody as assistant dean for the Page-Emmet
Association.

Mandatory Retirement

Mr. Woody reaches the mandatory
retirement age of 70 this year and state laws
will not permit him to return to his post at the
University.

Mr. Elzinga, well-known for his Economics
1-2 course at the University, is presently serving
as Special Assistant to Richard McClaren,
Assistant Attorney General in charge of the
Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.

While visiting Charlottesville yesterday, Mr.
Elzinga met and ate lunch with Mr. Cauthen.
According to Mr. Cauthen, the visit was strictly
social two old friends having lunch together.

Mr. Elzinga, who came to the University as
an assistant professor in 1967, received his
undergraduate education at Kalamazoo College
and obtained his Ph.D. from Michigan State
University in 1967.

After teaching at Michigan State for one
year, he came to the University where he has
been since.

Professor Of French

Mr. Woody, professor of French in the
Department of Romance Languages, came to
the University in 1928. He received his
undergraduate degree from the University in
1923 and later studied at the University of
Paris. Indiana University, and Northwestern
University.

Mr. Woody's major field of interest is in
16th and 17th century French literature.

At this year's baccalaureate exercises in
June, Mr. Elzinga will give the keynote address
to the students who are taking their degrees.

The office of the Dean of the College is
responsible for the academic affairs of students
in the College who have not declared their
majors. Each of the assistant deans is
responsible for one of the six housing
associations at the University.

Other Deans

Besides Mr. Woody, Mr. Cauthen is in charge
of the Echols-Humphrey Association; Assistant
Dean John Graham is head of the
Lefebre-Metcalf Association: Associate Dean
Marcus Mallett is responsible for all Special
Scholars; and Assistant Dean John Stewart is in
charge of Special Programs.

Other deans in the same office include
Assistant Dean Charles Vandersee who heads
the Alderman Road Association; Assistant Dean
Wayne Wallace who is in charge of the
Bonnycastle-Hancock Association; Assistant
Dean William Willis of the Kent-Dabney
Association; and Assistant to the Dean Thomas
Hurley in charge of Observatory Hill.

Bob Gill

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