McCloskey Given Trumbull Chair; Math, Biology Professorships Filled

Robert G. McCloskey, currently professor of Government, has been appointed the fourth Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and Government.

His predecessors in the past are Samuel Eliot Morison '08, V.O. Key, and William Bennet Munro. McCloskey last night said he found the names "a little awe-some."

The Corporation also announced this week the appointments of John W. Hastings as professor of Biology and Shiomo Zvi Sternberg as professor of Mathematics.

McCloskey has been on the Faculty since 1948. He teaches undergraduate courses in constitutional law and graduate courses in government and public administration.

New Book

The author of The American Supreme Court, McCloskey is currently working on a study of the Supreme Court and civil rights since 1941, which he expects to finish during a leave of absence next year.

He is also directing the publication of the works of James Wilson, who played a key role in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It is expected to appear late this year.

Vacant Since 1963

The Trumbull Professorship, which has been vacant since Key's death in 1963, was created to honor an 18th century jurist who was chief justice and then governor of Connecticut. It is an nonorary position. "I can't even graze my cows in the yard," McCloskey said.

Hastings, currently a Guggenheim Fellow at Rockefeller University, is expected to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in physiology.

Firefly Glow

In addition to his fellowship, Hastings is a professor at the University of Illinois. He is engaged in research on the molecular mechanism which cause fireflies and marine organisms to glow rhythmically.

Sternberg has been on the Faculty since 1959 and is an expert in differential geometry. He teaches Math 55b and Math 267. In addition, Sternberg is a Talmudic scholar.