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Dr. William Douglas Mac
Millan, Kenan professor of Eng
lish here, has been named chair
man of the Department.
The appointment has been ap
proved by the Executive Com
mittee of the Board of Trustees.
Dr. MacMillan, who succeeds
Dr. Clifford P.. Lyons, has been
acting head of the Department
since March 1. Earlier in the J
year Dr. Lyons, was named Dean 1
of the College of Arts and
Sciences. lie had headed the Eng-
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A native of Washington, N. C,
Dr. MacMillan has attained high
yank in the scholarly world with j
research and teaching in the field
of 18th century English literature
He is the author of several books
and numerous scholarly articles.
He attended the Wilmington
schools before entering the Uni
versity where he graduated with
honors in English in 1918. He took
his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees here
in 1920 tnd 1925, respectively. He
also did graduate work at Chi
cago and Columbia Universities.
Dr. MacMillan has been a
member of the faculty here since
1919 and was appointed a Kenan
professor in 1951. He was execu
tive secretary of the English de
partment from 1923 to 1945 and
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DR. W. D. MacMILLAN
member of the administrative
committee in 1945-46.
As visiting professor during
summer sessions, he has taught
at Winthrop College, at North
western, Texas, and Wisconsin
Universities, and at the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles.
In 1934 lie received a grant
from the American Council of
Learned Societies to study in Eng
land. He was international re
search fellow at the Huntington
Library, California, the same
year, and visiting scholar there
in 1935.
Dr. MacMillan is regarded as
an international authority on
John Dryden, the distinguished
English author. Under fellowship
grants by the Folger Shakes
peare Library "(1949) and the
Guggenhein Memorial Founda
tion (1951) he has devoted a part
of the last three summers at the
Folger Library, Washington, to
do - research on the dramatic
works of Dryden.
He is general editor for the
edition of the "Dramatic works of
John Dryden" (the William An
drews Clark Memorial Edition,
University of California). This
project, in progress since 1949,
is sponsored jointly by the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
the University of California at
Los Angeles.
Dr. MacMillan was American
University Union lecturer to Bri
tish Universities in 1934, Human
ities Lecturer here in 1949, and
has been a member of the Fol
ger Library advisory council since
1948. He has been editor of Stu
dies in t Philology, scholarly
magazine here, since 1950.
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AMONG THE 200 MAYORS in New York for the 201h azuaual
U. S. Conference of Mayors are C. A. Kincaid (left), of McKeesport
Pa and Allen C. Thompson (righi). of Jackson, Miss. They
shown shortly 'after they registered at one of Goiham'a largesl
hotels .
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Graduate with aey
One of our many
Opm gifts
stationery, fountain pens,
Buxton billfolds, jewelry
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fn Ceremonies Monday
Carl G. McCraw, president of
Union National Bank of Charl
otte, will be initiated as hono
rary member of Alpha Tau chap
ter of Alpha Kappa Psi, national
professional fraternity in busi
ness administration here.
The ceremony will be. held at
the Carolina Inn tomorrow night
srt 7:30. It will be preceded by a
banquet at 6 o'clock. .
Each year the local chapter of
Alpha Kappa Psi awards an hono
rary membership , to - some ; out
standing North' Carolinian in the
fields of business, education or
government,1 as; its highest honor
and distinction. The recipient of
the award is elected by the ac
tive members of the chapter and
approved by the officers of the
national fraternity. :
The last winner of. the award
was William Ruffin, Durham,
president of the Erwin Cotton
Mills and past president of the
National Association of Manu
facturers. McCraw is a- director of the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
and the Charlotte Merchants As
sociation; is a trustee of the
Charlotte Memorial' Hospital and
the Baptist Hospital, Winston
Salem; is a member of the Char
lotte Country Club, Charlotte
City Club. Charlote First Bap
tist Church, national legislative
committee, general tax committee
and special committee on taxation
of the American Bankers Associa
tion. He is a Mason and a Shriner.
In addition McCraw has also
been chairman of various Red
Cross, Community Chest, and col
lege drives in Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county. He has
served as treasurer of the Cham
ber of Commerce, member of the
Board of Directors of the Florence
Crittenton Home, and has held
numerous other offices.
In announcing the selection of
McCraw for the. honor, President
Rush Jordan, Smithiield, said: "In
our opinion Mr. McCraw symbo
lizes all that our fraternity stands
for. We examined his .qualifica
tions closely, including interviews
with his business associates. We
found him to be a adynamic re
spected citizen of his community
an astute businessman, and a
practicing Christian.'
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Navy planesv They were sche
duled to return about 4 p m.
Earlier in the Week LDCR. G.E.
French escorted a group of 25
on a flight to the "Norfolk Naval
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