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McDonald, Klein, Akenson Named As Burr Tutors

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Three Houses -- Dunster. Kirkland, and Leverett -- will have new senior tutors next year.

Donald H. Akenson, associate director of the Office for Graduate and Career Plans, will become Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Dunster House. He will replace R. Carey McIntosh '55, instructor in English, who is resigning after three years to pursue teaching and research full time. McIntosh, however, will remain a non-resident tutor at Dunster.

Dunster's entire administration will be new next year. In March, Alwin M. Pappenheimer '29. Master of Dunster House, announced that he will take a year's leave of absence. The two House secretaries will also be leaving.

McDonald to Kirkland

Kirkland House's new senior tutor will be Wallace McDonald '43 executive secretary of the Committee on International Studies and member of the Board of Freshman Advisors.

He will serve for one year, replacing Ernest. It May professor of History, who has held the Senior Tutor's post for a full five year term.

Cornelius Klein Jr. lecturer in Geology, will replace Henry P. Briggs '54, director of freshman scholarships, as Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Leverett House. Briggs has served one year as senior tutor.

Leverett will also be getting two new, assistant senior tutors James B Thompson Jr. professor of Mineralogy, and Henry Auster teaching fellow in History and Literature.

Thompson and Auster will replace David C. Major instructor in Economics and Robert J. Kiely, assistant professor of English.

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