Franklin Ford Given Faculty Press Prize

Franklin L. Ford, associate professor of History, has been awarded the third annual Faculty Prize of the Harvard University Press for his book, Strasbourg in Transition, 1648-1789. The award was made by President Pusey at a luncheon yesterday at the Faculty Club.

The prize includes an award of $2,000. Honorable mention went to Cedric H. Whitman, associate professor of Greek and Latin, for his book, Homer and the Heroic Tradition, which will be published on June 13. The fourth annual Prize will be awarded next spring.