University Appoints Four to Head Development Advisory Service

The Corporation approved last week the creation of a new research position and the appointment of four men to the post. The office of Development Adviser will be within the Center for International Affairs' Development Advisory Service and will be concerned with research projects in underdeveloped countries.

The first appointees are Gustav F. Papanck, Assistant Director of the Advisory Service, Richard V. Gilbert, William C. Hollinger, and Richard D. Mallon. All have had considerable experience in the field of economic development.

The Development Advisers will have the unique task of combining research work in Cambridge with practical experience on DVA field projects. Each adviser will combine about three years "on location" in the underdeveloped countries with about one and a half years of research in Cambridge with the DVA.

The positions will not be ordinary research appointments of limited length. Although not official members of the Faculty, the Development Advisers will have indefinite appointments, lasting as long as their research permits.

The creation of the posts was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation, which has given considerable support to the DVA. The grant of $750,000, made in May, 1962, will cover the salaries of at least ten Development Advisers, although the DVA does not want to have more than four active at any one time.

The recommendations for the appointments were submitted by a committee set up by the Faculty to supervise the activities of the DVA. The committee, headed by Edward S. Mason. Lamont University Professor and director of the DVA, will act as liaison between the Faculty and the Service.