Professor Tatlock Resigns as Head of English Department

The resignation of Professor John Strong Perry Tatlock '96, Chairman of the English Department of the University since 1926, was accepted by a vote of the Corporation at its last meeting, it was announced yesterday by University authorities. Professor Tatlock, who has been on a leave of absence for the first half year, resigned from the Faculty of the University in order to take a position as Professor of English at the University of California in Berkley, California, his native state.

Professor Murray Appointed

Associate Professor John Tucker Murray '99 has been appointed Chairman in the position left vacant by Professor Tatlock. Professor Murray has been a member of the English Department of the University since 1919, serving as an associate professor since 1920. He was a director of the Harvard Summer School during the years 1920 to 1924.

After graduating from Harvard Professor Tatlock went to the University of Michigan where he served as an instructor from 1897 to 1901, becoming a professor there in 1905. In 1915 he left Michigan to go to Stanford University where he became a Professor of English Philology. Later he was made head of the Department of English, a position which he held until coming to Harvard in 1925 as Professor of English. Two years ago he was appointed Chairman of the English Department. Professor Tatlock, as well as holding this position also gave several courses in the field of English and comparative Literature.

Has Written Several Books

In addition to his connections with various colleges, Professor Tatlock has written and edited several works on English authors. Prominent among these are "The Development and Chronology of Chaucer's Works" written in 1907, "A Modern Reader's Chaucer" written in 1912 in conjunction with Percy MacKage, and "Representative English Plays" which he edited with P. G. Martin in 1916.