Horner Appointed First Woman On Time's Board Of Directors

President Horner has accepted an offer from the board of directors of Time Inc. to serve on the board beginning in the late summer or fall of 1975. She will be the first woman ever to serve on the board.

Horner said yesterday she accepted the position three weeks ago because of Time's "continued interests in several educational pursuits" and her desire to "find out first hand about the stereotypes of the corporate world."

"It will be an interesting educational venture," Horner said. "Women are few and far between on policy boards."

Horner said she debated taking the appointment for more than four months. She said she took it only under the condition that it be kept open for her until the end of the academic year because she will not be able to fit the monthly board meetings into her schedule until then.

"I should not be so tied-up by then because we just finished off the Radcliffe Institute funding and the Radcliffe-.Harvard admissions offices debate should be pretty much resolved by then," Horner said.

Horner said she at first was concerned that her appointment was meant as a token position for a woman.

She said she felt confident when she agreed to take the position that she would not be a token.