Faculty Defers Action On Retirement

The Faculty is not rushing into any decision on new retirement procedures. After a year-long study, the Faculty has debated the issue of redefining the retirement age twice since last November.

The motion proposed by Herbert D. Bloch, professor of Greek and Latin, recommends that more professors taper off their Harvard committments rather than abruptly retiring at age 66, the normal retirement age, or at age 70, the retirement age when an extension has been granted.

At the April meeting on Tuesday, four senior Faculty members took up one hour for debate, and the possibility for further debate seems endless.

Every senior Faculty member seems to have a different conception of the ideal retirement age and different ideas about whom should be consulted in the decision.

The Faculty also disposed of a motion condemning the United States involvement in Vietnam, defeating it by an overwhelming majority.

In other business, the Faculty members heard a progress report from Robert J. Kiely, associate dean of the Faculty, concerning the freshman year, the three year A.B. and calendar reform.