Ed School Gives Tenure to Perry

William G. Perry Jr. '35, the founder of the Bureau of Study Counsel, will be named Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education. He will be one of the rare people in the University to receive tenure without a Ph.D.

Perry will continue training doctoral candidates in Education. He has been teaching at the Ed School since 1950 as a lecturer in Education.

He compares his new post to that of a clinical professor in the Med School. He will teach education theory in the classroom while continuing his work in the field.

He will retain his major responsibility as director of the Bureau of Study Counsel. He described this position yesterday as "great fun. I get paid for listening to the brightest students in the world."

He established the Bureau of Study Council in 1946 as a place where students could "consult with their concerns." The Bureau now has a staff of eight men who see 1500 students a year in counseling, tutoring, or in its popular reading course.

Perry is currently writing a book studying the development of the thoughts and values of 100 volunteer students who have used the Bureau's facilities.