Fainsod Appointed As Government Chairman

Merle Fainsod, associate professor of Government, was appointed chairman of the Department of Government February 1 to succeed Benjamin F. Wright, professor of Government, who now heads the 12-man Committee on General Education.

Until its closing soon after V-J Day, Fainsod served as assistant director of the Civil Affairs Training School which prepared military government officers for the administration of occupied areas. A specialist on government regulation of industry (Gov. 29), he taught Gov. 8a, dictatorship and bureaucracy, during the past term.

Professor Wright continues his activity on behalf of the "objectives of General Education in a Free Society" as chairman of a committee that will continue to make investigations and recommendations in the applications of principles stated in the original Report.

His courses in Government deal with American politics and constitutional development.