DEAN VON STADE LEAVES COLLEGE FOR SERVICE

Richard F. French '37 has been appointed Assistant Dean of the College to replace Francis Skiddy von Stade, Jr., who has resigned to join the Service, it was announced yesterday by A. Chester Hanford, Dean of the College.

Von Stade is the second member of the Dean's office staff to resign within the last month to enter the Service. Assistant Dean Huntington, who left on April 1, has been replaced by Edward W. Fox.

Helped Mid-Year Graduates

While at Harvard von Stade was Assistant Dean in charge of Seniors and Juniors and is known for his plan by which Seniors who left to enter the Service at mid-years could complete all or most of the requirements for a degree.

After receiving a Master's degree in Music here in 1939, French was awarded a John Harvard Traveling Fellowship, but the war prevented him from leaving this country. Instead he became Teaching Fellow and Tutor in Music, and for the last year has been on leave of absence from the Society of Fellows to serve in the Dean's office. He has also been serving as assistant to the Senior Tutor in Lowell House and as Freshman adviser during the present year.

Three other members of the Dean's office are serving in the Army. They are Geoffrey Lewis, Stephen Stackpole, and Russell Sharpe.