President Carter has named Max Kampelman, Washington lawyer and political scientist, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution. James Billington, the center’s director, disclosed the appointment of Kampelman, who has long been active in national political and Jewish affairs. He will be the center’s third chairman. Kampelman is now a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and of Georgetown University.
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