Mrs. Wilma A. Kerby-Miller, present Dean of Instruction at Radcliffe, has been appointed Dean of the Radcliffe Graduate School, President Jordan announced yesterday. Mrs. Kathleen O. Elliott, who is Associate Dean of Instruction now, will become Dean of Instruction next year.

Both appointments will become effective when Mrs.Bernice B. Cronkhite retires as Dean of the Graduate School this June. Dean Cronkhite will continue, however, to hold her post as vice-President of the Annex until the end of next year.

Dean Kerby-Miller has served in her present capacity since 1946, when she came to the 'Cliffe from Wellesley College where she had been Dean of Freshmen. She has been a lecturer in English at the University for 13 years.

In addition to serving as president of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Dean Kerby-Miller is also a trustee of Mount Holyoke College.

Dean Elliott has been a lecturer in the Classics for six years. Until 1953, when she assumed her present position, she served as Director of Admissions at the Annex.

Formerly a trustee of the Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Dean Elliott is a member of the Committee on Advanced Standing at the College.