8 Professors Plan to Quit Posts in June

Eight members of the College faculty, including some of the nation's leading authorities in electronics, aerodynamics, agricultural economics, philosophy, and Latin American studies will retire at the end of the term.

Melvin T. Copeland, George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Administration, heads the list in seniority. Copeland, who has been a member of the Business School faculty for 44 years, was chairman of the Advisory Council to the U.S. Senate Trade Policies Commission in 1947. In all, five of the eight retiring professors have taught at the University over 30 years.

John D. Black, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, presently ranks among the world's leading agricultural economists. Black, who is author of "The Rural Economy of New England," was recently chairman of an advisory commission to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and is a former president of the American Farm Economics Association.

Chaffee Retires

Emory L. Chafee, Rumford Professor of Physics, the man who did most to train thousands of servicemen in the field of electronics during World War II, is also among those retiring.

Others quitting their College positions include Clarence H. Haring '07, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin-American History and Economics and former Rhodes Scholar: Wilhelm R. Koehler, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts, who served as a Senior Fellow in charge of Research at Dumbarton Oaks from 1941-44; Clarence I. Lewis '06, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, former president of the American Philosophical Association and author of "Mind and World Order"; Richard von Mises, Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics and internationally known for his work in fluid mechanics, elasticity, and statistical probability; and Chester L. Dawes, associate professor of Electrical Engineering, former vice-president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

The retirement of these eight come in addition to those of President James B. Conant, Dean Willard L. Sperry of the Divinity School, and Dean Joseph Hudnut of the School of Design.