Economic Department Appoints Carl Kaysen

Carl Kaysen, an authority on price theory and industry relations, has been appointed associate professor of Economics, beginning July 1, 1955.

In his post of assistant director of the University's Merrill Foundation, Kaysen has been studying the problems of competition and monopoly in the American economy. The Foundation is headed by Edward S. Mason, Dean of the School of Public Administration.

Kaysen served from 1950 to 1952 as law clerk to Judge Charles E. Wyzanski of the U.S. District Court, advising him on the economic aspects of the Government's anti-trust suit against the United Shoe Machinery Corporation.