N071  1712  22 Nov 74
UNIVERSITY
   (C) 1974 NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
   NEW YORK, NOV. 22 -- JAMES M. HESTER WILL LEAVE THE PRESIDENCY OF 
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NEXT SUMMER TO BECOME THE FIRST HEAD OF THE 
NEWLY FORMED UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY, AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
AND TRAINING INSTITUTION, TO BE HEADQUARTED IN TOKYO.
   THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HESTER'S APPOINTMENT TO THE NEW INSTITUTION  
AFTER 13 YEARS AS HEAD OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATE 
UNIVERSITIES, WAS MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY BY M. HESTER, IN A BRIEF 
APPEARANCE BEFORE THE N.Y.U. FACULTY SENATE, AND AT THE UNITED 
NATIONS.
   HESTER WILL LEAVE FOR TOKYO TOMORROW TO MEET WITH THE NEW 
INSTITUTION'S 24-MEMBER UNIVERSITY COUNCIL, MADE UP OF LEADING 
ACADEMICIANS AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS FROM 24 COUNTRIES.  THE
INSTITUTION DOES NOT YET HAVE A HEADQUARTERS, AND ITS PRESENT OFFICES
CONSIST OF A SUITE IN TOKYO'S HOTEL IMPERIAL.
   THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, WHICH SO FAR HAS MADE THE ONLY  
CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE NEW INSTITUTION WITH A $100-MILLION GIFT,
WILL ALSO ASSUME THE EXPENSE OF BUILDING A PERMANENT LOCATION
FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
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