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...HAVEN, Conn, April 19--Yale University was shocked this afternoon by the sudden death of A. Whitney Griswold, its 16th president. Griswold, who has been president since 1950, died of cancer in his home. He was 56 years...
...imaginative and forceful educational spokesman, Griswold was instrumental in reshaping Yale's curriculum and philosophy. In addition he solved the university's serious financial problems, tripling its endowment to $375 million during his 13-year tenure...
Speaking on behalf of the university, Wilmarth S. Lewis, senior fellow of the Yale Corporation, said, "The death of President Griswold at the height of his career is a tragic loss to the university, its alumni, and its friends everywhere.... His influence will continue to animate the university and the memory of him will gladden the hearts of his friends...
...Griswold denied that it was unusual for the Commission to make an interim report like this one, between its regular biennial reports. "We've done it several times before," he said...
...long-awaited report has been in preparation since February, 1962, when Dean Erwin N. Griswold appointed Albert M. Sacks, professor of Law, to chair a committee to study the long-range problems facing the school. Sacks said yesterday that a preliminary report will be completed "some time this spring," and that the faculty should receive a final set of recommendations next fall...