A $50,000 gift for archaeological research in Palestine and Baghdad by Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg was announced last night at the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the American Schools for Oriental Research. It was also announced Prof. Nelson Glueck of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, has been named director of the Jerusalem project succeeding Dr. W. F. Albright.
Mr. Warburg, a trustee of the school, presented the gift to Prof. Millar Burrows, president.
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