Dr. W. F. Albright, Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, has resigned from his post to occupy the chair of Semitic languages at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. Dr. Albright, who has been director of the school since 1919, will remain at its head for another year, his resignation not taking effect until next year, an announcement issued by the trustees of the school declares.
As a successor to the present director, the trustees have appointed Dr. Cheston Carlton McCown, Dean of the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. Dr. McCown has accepted the office for two years, 1929 to 1931, it not having been decided whether he will continue indefinitely. He had been on the program for the annual professorship in the school for 1930-1931.
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