Dr. George Wise, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University, unexpectedly announced his resignation at the Board’s annual meeting last night and left for New York today.
Dr. Wise walked out of the meeting last night following differences of opinion which arose when he announced appointments of members to various committees of the Board. University quarters attributed his sudden departure for New York today to his sudden resignation. However, some of Dr. Wise’s friends told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he received today a telephone call from New York, informing him that his father-in-law is gravely ill.
Dr. Chaim Hirshberg, lecturer in history, was unanimously elected today as chairman of Bar-IIan University Senate. He succeeds Prof. Baruch Kuntzweil, who resigned in protest against what he charged as attempts by the National Religious Party to increase its influence by adding party members to the University Senate.
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