Evening star., 1935-08-26
DR.. Healy Is Appointed G. y.
Foreign Service School Dean
To Continue Teaching.
Joined Faculty Is
Years Ago.
Successor to DR.. NOtz
Widely KnOiUp as
Authority.

An appointment as full-time dean
Of the School Of Foreign Service Of
Georgetown University came to DR..
Thomas H. Healy today on his 41st
birthday anniversary. One of the
youngest men ever to hold such Office
at Georgetown, his assignment by
President Arthur A. OLeary, S. j., was
a reward for Is years of efficient serv-
ice as professor, secretary and assist
ant dean of the school.
The vacancy in the deanship oc-
Cured last June with the death of
DR.. William F. NotZ, nationally known
economist. His successor, a man of
many interests, is one of the best
known American professors and au-
thoritieS on international relations.
Owing to the absence of DR.. Ed
mund A. Walsh, S. j., regent of the
school, who was giving a course of
lectures before the Academy of In
ternational Law at The Hague, Presi-
dent OLeary postponed naming a new
foreign service dean until he returned.
DR.. Walsh arrived in the city a few
days ago. In addition to his new
duties, DR.. Healy will continue as pro-
fessor of foreign relations of the
United States and associate professor
with DR.. James Brown Scott in the
courses in international law.
Graduate Of Georgetown.
DR.. Walsh said: His appointment
was made with the complete unanimity
and congratulations of the president
and the other members of the board
Of directors in recognition of DR..
Healy's long services, his loyalty and
the efficient administration Of his
previous duties"
A native of Washington, DR.. Healy
Is educationally a Georgetown prod
uct He was graduated, magma cum
laude, from the college in 1914 and
from the Law School with honors. He
is a member of the bar of the United
States Supreme Court and of the Dis
trict courts. He later took post
graduate law course at Georgetown,
and again, in 1925, he obtained the
degree of doctor of philosophy in
international relations. Still intent
on further improvement in his chosen
field of work. he pursued studies at
the Academy of International Law
and on two occasions since returned
to the famous institution at The
Hague as guest professor.
Joined School in 1920.
DR.. Healy served in France as q
lieutenant of artillery during the
World War, resigning a commission
in the Army to Join the Georgetown
faculty few months after the For
eign Service School was founded in
1920. For the past Is years DR.. Healy
has devoted his entire time to inter-
national questions, political, legal,
economic and financial. in which fields
he has gained national and interna-
tional recognition. He has received
decorations from a number of foreign
governments for his services In the
cause Of international education and
foreign relations.
The American Legion elected DR..
Healy chairman Of its National De-
tense Committee at its last national
convention. An outspoken advocate
OF strong Army and Navy, he has
spoken on preparedness in all sections
OF the country and is equally inter-
ested in the building up of the Amer
ican merchant marine.
The new Georgetown dean has
written extensively on international
problems and is one of the few we'll
known professors of international law
and foreign relations who has taken
the position that the United States
Government should refrain from en-
tangling European alliances.