THE MOST REV. AUGUSTINE SEPINSKI, O.F.M., Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, has named as Director of the Academy of American Franciscan History for a term of three years the Rev. Antonine Tibesar, O.F.M., Ph.D. Since the Academy ranks as a Studium Generale of the Franciscan Order, the appointment of its head is made by the Minister General with his General Definitorium. The decree of appointment, dated at Rome on June 23, 1954, went into effect upon its promulgation. The Director of the Academy likewise holds the office of Religious Superior of the Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where the Members of the Academy are in residence.