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Show Bosrd of Regents Names Sorensen The Board of Regents at the University of Utah announced thta Professor Parry D. Sorensen, director public relations at the University.' has been appointed acting head of the Department of Journalism. Professor Sorensen will replace re-place Dr. Quintus C. Wilson, who resigned to accept a new post as Dean of the School of Journalism Journal-ism at the University of West Virginia. Professor Sorensen, a graduate gradu-ate of the University of Utah, obtained a Master's Degree in journalism at Northwestern University Uni-versity and has completed extensive ex-tensive graduate work at other institutions of higher learning. During his journalistic career he has worked on the Washington Washing-ton Post, Los Angeles Examiner and the Deseret News. Professor Sorensen has traveled trav-eled in England and Europe. He worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942-1945, and has been director of public relations at the University since 1946. The well known Utah educator is a member of Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity. He will continue as director of the Public Relations department of the University as well as assuming his new duties as head of the journalism department. |