From the January 8, 1938, issue
By Science News
PROF. WESLEY C. MITCHELL NAMED AAAS PRESIDENT
For the first time in many years a representative of the social sciences was elected to the presidency of the American Association for the Advancement of Science when Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell was chosen to head the organization next year.
Dr. Mitchell is professor of economics at Columbia University and director of research of the National Bureau of Economics Research in New York City. He holds doctors’ degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia.