News Briefs: Library Fellowship, Law Center. Columbia University Record, April 17, 1998


VOL. 23, NO. 21	APRIL 17, 1998

New Fellowships for Rare Book Library

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History will fund fellowships for junior and senior scholars working with documents in Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

The fellowships are for post-doctoral research in any period of American history, an area of particular strength at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. These are called the Gilder Lehrman Distinguished Scholar and the Gilder Lehrman Junior Fellowships.

Those interested should inquire at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library in Butler or at the Gilder Lehrman Institute located in Manhattan. The application deadline for the summer and fall fellowships is June 1.

Law Center Named for President McGill

A new center for creative problem solving at California Western School of Law, San Diego, Calif., has been named for the late William J. McGill, president emeritus of Columbia and former chancellor of U.C.–San Diego. McGill died last October at the age of 75. The center was established with a grant of $750,000 from the Weingart Foundation, on whose board McGill sat for many years.