Henry James '99, of New York City was elected a member of the College Corporation at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Overseers. He will succeed Charles P. Curtis, Jr. '14, of Boston, who has retired from the Corporation after being a member since 1924.

James, the son of William James, famous Harvard philosopher of the nineteenth century, was President of the CRIMSON in 1899. At present he is a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation and of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

Born in Boston in 1879, he prepared for college at Browne and Nichols School. After graduating from college and receiving his LL.B. in 1904, he entered the practice of law in his native city.

After the war he devoted himself chiefly to literary work. He edited "The Letters of William James", and wrote a biography of Richard Olney. After the death of President Eliot in 1926. James wrote the authoritative biography which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

The members of the Corporation now are President Conant; Henry L. Shattuck '01, of Boston, treasurer of the University; Thomas N. Perkins '91, of Boston, lawyer; Roger I. Lee '02, of Boston, physician; Grenville Clark '03, of New York City, lawyer; Charles A. Coolidge, Jr. '17, of Boston lawyer; and Henry James.

Birkhoff Succeeds Murdock

George D. Birkhoff '05, Perkins Professor of Mathematics and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences was yesterday appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences beginning next September for three years. He succeeds Kenneth B. Murdock '16, Professor of English and Master of Leverett House, who has been on sabbatical leave during the past half year.

Murdock made the following statement: "My decision to ask the President to relieve me of my double administrative burden, which I have had for five years, was made most regretfully, since I am heartily in sympathy with the President's policies and have enjoyed my share in carrying them out. However, my need for more time for scholarship and teaching have made it impossible."