Keppel to Join HEW

Franics Keppel '38, U.S. Commissioner of Education, and Dean of the Graduate School of Education from 1948 to 1962, has been appointed an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education Welfare, effective Oct. 4. Keppel's position in HEW is designed to strengthen his authority and bring closer coordination between the Office of Education and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He will remain Commissioner of Education.