The Cavalier daily :: Thursday, April 15, 1971 :: University of Virginia Library

Marcus B. Mallett, Associate Dean for
Special Scholars and head of the Echols
Scholar program, has resigned from these
positions, effective the end of the current
school year.

Mr. Mallett, who said that his
resignation was for "personal reasons,"
will continue to act as an associate
professor of philosophy and will teach a
full course load.

Mr. Mallett s announcement makes
him the third association dean who will
no longer be filling his position next year.
T. Braxton Woody will also retire at the
end of this year, nd John Graham is
planning to take at least one semester off
next year to study in Britain.

Fred Diehl, assistant professor of
biology, was appointed by the Board of
Visitors as an associate dean. It is believed that
he will replace Mr. Graham during his leave of
absence. Mr. Woody will be replaced by
Kenneth Elzinga, assistant professor of
economics, who is currently working for the
Justice Department. Apparently no decision has
been reached as to a possible successor to Mr.
Mallett.

Leave Of Absence

Mr. Graham was granted a one-year leave of
absence next year for study abroad. At this
time, however, Mr. Graham is not sure whether
he will be able to afford a full year in Britain,
and so he may only take off the Spring
semester.

Professors on leaves of absence are given one
semester at full salary or a year at half-salary.

Mr. Graham was reappointed by the Board
of Visitors to a five-year term as associate dean.
He said yesterday that he expects to resume his
deanship upon his return and that Mr. Diehl
will also remain in his post.

Mr. Mallett submitted his letter of
resignation, which was accepted, about two
weeks ago. He was reappointed as associate
dean for five years by the Board of Visitors at
its meeting in March, but Mr. Mallett declined
the appointment.

New Echols Head

Mr. Mallett said that he does not know when
his successor will be appointed but that be
expected that the person chosen to replace him
as associate dean will also assume his duties as
head of the Echols Scholar program.

Mr. Mallett said that he has not been asked
to recommend his replacement and that he does
not have anyone in particular in mind should he
be asked.

Mr. Graham said that he expects the
appointments to reflect the trend to add more
youth to the Dean's office. "If this office is
going to be useful," Mr. Graham said, "It will
have to make more use of people in the 28-35
age range." He added that he expects more
persons like Tom Hurley to be appointed as
Assistants to the Dean of the College in order
to bring the youth movement into effect.

Successor To Williams

Mr. Mallet joined the faculty at the
University in 1938 and was made an Associate
Dean of the College in 1966. He has been in
charge of the Echols Scholar program since
1966, replacing D. Alan Williams.

The Echols Scholar Program, founded in
1960, is "designed to challenge and stimulate
exceptionally able entering students' who are
selected for the program on the basis of college
board scores, past academic records, and the
benefits they would gain by living in a special
intellectual community.

Mr. Mallett has been aided in running the
program by Charles Whitebread, who has been
resident advisor for the first-year Echols
students since 1968. John Stewart joined the
program as adviser for science students last
September.