Brandeis Names Law Dean at George Washington U. as Next President

Brandeis University this afternoon named as its new president Frederick M. Lawrence, the law dean at George Washington University and an expert on civil rights and free expression. Mr. Lawrence, who is 54 and will succeed Jehuda Reinharz on January 1, will take the helm of an institution that was rocked last year by a proposal, since rescinded, to close its Rose Art Museum and sell off its collection to help close a budget deficit.