Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford '94, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages, has been decorated for the Royal Order of Rumanian Merit by the King of Rumania, it was learned last night. The honor carries with it all the privileges and immunities of Rumanian knighthood.

Professor Ford, who has been chairman of the Department of Romance Languages since 1911, was decorated by the Rumanian sovereign because of his interest and activity in diffusing knowledge of the language and literature of that country. He is already a Knight of the Legion of Honor of France and an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy.