Walter Gropius to Receive Honorary Degree in June

Walter Gropius, Professor of Architecture, emeritus, will receive an honorary degree from the University on June 11, the CRIMSON learned last night.

Contacted at his home last night, Gropius refused to comment for publication.

The other men slated for degrees are still unknown, but usually reliable sources have mentioned five men as likely choices. They are: Grayson L. Kirk, political scientist and new president of Columbia University; General Matthew B. Ridgway, recently nominated Army Chief of Staff and retiring Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe; Willard L. Sperry, who is retiring after 31 years as Dean of the Divinity School; Winthrop Aldrich '07, banker and new Ambassador to the Court of St. James; and Paul H. Buck, retiring Provost of the University.

Defense department sources yesterday said Ridgway is now in England for the coronation and will not return for at least a week, but another source hinted Ridgway might be back in time to receive a degree.

Also mentioned are George Kennan, former Ambassador to Russia and chief long-range advisor to the State Department since 1949; Dr. Charles Malik, Lebanese delegate to the United Nations; Alan Dulles, diplomat and new head of the Central Intelligence Agency; General James Van Fleet, former United Nations Commander in the Far East; and Chester Bowles, former Ambassador to India.