President Pusey yesterday announced the appointment of Laurence Wylie, a Haverford professor, to the newly created C. Douglas Dillon Professorship of the Civilization of France.

A longtime student of French society, Wylie is the author of Village in the Vaucluse, an analysis of life in a rural village in southern France. For this study Wylie and his wife lived for a year in the village. Wylie is now engaged in a similar study of a French industrial town.

Wylie will continue his study of French culture here, working with members of the Department of Social Relations. Since he is interested in the relationship between culture and literature, his studies should also add breadth to the French Department.

During his undergraduate years Wylie studied at the University of Paris and L'ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques.

In a contribution to the program for Harvard College, Clarence Dillon endowed the Professorship which bears the name of his son, C. Douglas Dillon, the present Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs. The position may be held by men in various academic fields who contribute to the understanding of French civilization.