J. D. Watson Elected Tenth Senior Fellow

James D. Watson, professor of Biology, has been elected a Senior Fellow of the University's Society of Fellows. He joins eight other distinguished scholars who, with President Pusey, appoint and counsel the 24 Junior Fellows engaged in independent study.

Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Biology for his work with Francis H. C. Crick of Cambridge University, determining the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

The other Senior Fellows are Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, Paul M. Doty, professor of Chemistry, Wassily W. Leontief, Henry Leo Professor of Economics, Harry Levis '33, Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature, physicist Edward M. Purcell, Gade University Professor, and Willard Van Orman Quine, Pierce Professor of Philosophy.