The department has two to four openings according to Chairman Jerry Green o be picked from among the following fields:
Industrial Relations the department has approved lecturer James L. Medoff for a joint appointment, but the Business School did not pick up its end of the stick.
Gutman Chair Socialist Economics a search committee is being formed to replace Baker Professor of Economics Abram Bergson who retired this year. Macroeconomics a search committee is being drawn up. Finance--just beginning to look for replacement for Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration John V. Lintner Jr., who died in 1983. Econometrics--theoretical specialist being sought. Industrial Organization--need to replace Spence and Professor of Economics David M. Kreps who left for Stanford last year. ENGLISH One tenure search will be announced in a couple of weeks, according to Chairman Larry D. Benson. University Hall wrote in its affirmative action report last month that a woman is joining the department next year, but Benson denied knowledge of this. FINE ARTS Two searches. The department has had a short list for the position in Baroque Renaissance Art since March, according to former and present Chairman James S. Ackerman and Neil Levine. A position in the Middle Ages is being delayed for some undisclosed reason. GEOLOGY One search, the results of which could be announced sometime soon, according to professors in the department. Read more in News
