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Cyphert, Flora, Riopel Named Deans

Bowers To Head Faculty

Among new appointments to
key University administrative
positions, Fredson T. Bowers was
named by President Edgar F.
Shannon as dean of the faculty of
Arts and Sciences.

The dean of the faculty is chief
adviser to the University's provost
and president of courses of study in
graduate and undergraduate arts
and sciences, and recommends
additions to the faculty. Mr.
Bowers said he intends to form a
committee, composed of both older
and younger faculty members and
of undergraduate students, to
review the entire undergraduate
curriculum in the College.

Mr. Bowers succeeds Robert J.
Harris, who completed a five-year
term in the position created by
President Shannon in 1962 and
who has since assumed that the
James Hart Professorship of
Government at the University. Eric
D. irsch, Jr., professor of English,
has succeeded Mr. Bowers as
chairman of the College's
department.

Bibliography Authority

Mr. Bowers is recognized
authority in bibliographical theory
and method as well as a specialist in
Shakespeare studies and other
Renaissance drama. He received his
Ph.D. from Harvard University in
1934 and taught at Harvard and
Princeton Universities before
joining the University faculty in
1938. He was named chairman of
the English department in 1961.

A specialist on the problems of
modern descriptive bibliography,
Mr. Bowers addressed the
Bibliographical Society at the
British Academy in London during
its 75th anniversary program last
fall, and is a frequent guest lecturer
at universities throughout the
country. He is the author of many
books including "Principles of
Bibliographical Description," and
"Textual and Literary Criticism."

Education Dean

Frederick R. Cyphert, associate
dean of the College of Education at
Ohio State University, has been
named to succeed Ralph W. Cherry
as dean of the University's School
of Education.

Mr. Cyphert received his Ed.D.
at the University of Pittsburgh in
1957. He subsequently served as
director of instruction for the
Torrance, California public school
system, and has been a visiting
professor at the University of
Southern California.

A specialist in the fields of
junior high school curriculum,
library usage and teacher education,
he is the author of several
professional articles and three
books. He has served as chairman of
the Ohio Association for
Supervision and Curriculum
Development's commission on
curriculum and instruction, and
chairman of the Teacher Education
Division of the Ohio College
Association.

James L. Riopel, associate
professor of biology, is serving as
the new associate dean of the
University's Graduate School of
Arts & Sciences.

Mr. Riopel, who assumed his
duties in July, will help manage and
direct admissions and recruiting
activities and aid Dean Edward
Younger in administrating all
aspects of the school.

About one-third of the total
graduate students at the University
study in the 29 departments of the
Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences. In the 1966-67 session,
the graduate school conferred 303
graduate degrees, including 81
doctorates.

A native of Kery, Maine, Mr.
Riopel is a specialist in plant
growth and development. In
addition to his administrative
duties, he will continue as
co-director of the University's
Mountain Lake Biological Station
and its summer program in the
Allegheny Mountains west of
Blacksburg.

Frank Flora, a member of the
University's statewide School of
Education staff, has assumed the
newly-created position of associate
dean of the School of General
Studies. As the first holder of this
newly-created position, Mr. Flora
will assist Dean Andre, C. DePorry
in general administration of the
school, and will be specifically
responsible for new program
development.

Mr. Flora, who joined the
University faculty in 1962,
previously served as assistant to the

dean in the School of Education. A
graduate of Hampden-Sydney
College, he received his master's
and doctorate degrees in education
from the University.

Dr. Warren G. Stamp, formerly
of Washington University is serving
as the new chairman of the
orthopedics department of the
University's School of Medicine.

A 1952 graduate of Iowa State
University, Dr. Stamp received his
training in orthopedic surgery at
Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and
joined the Washington University
faculty in 1957.

In St. Louis, Dr. Stamp was first
assistant chief surgeon at the
Shriner's Hospital for Crippled
Children, and was responsible for
the birth defect and amputee clinics
of the St. Louis Children's Hospital.
His work in the clinical and
biochemical aspects of muscular
dystrophy has included two years
of study in biochemistry in
Washington University's
department of pharmacology.