David J. Gibson has been named editor and publisher of Cornell Magazine. Gibson's appointment was made by the Cornell Magazine Committee of the Cornell Alumni Federation, which owns the publication. He is the first non- Cornell graduate to head the magazine and will assume his new role in late May.

Gibson succeeds Stephen Madden '86, who has left the magazine to become a senior editor at Sports Illustrated. Since 1988 Gibson, a graduate of Brandeis University, has been editor of Northeastern Magazine, published at Northeastern University in Boston. During his tenure Northeastern Magazine has been placed among the top 10 alumni magazines in the United States three times by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. In his new role, Gibson will have full responsibility for the editorial and business affairs of Cornell Magazine, which has been published since 1899 for alumni and friends of the university.

"David Gibson combines strong skills in editing and writing with the entrepreneurial energies that the committee was seeking to guide the magazine in a period of change affecting all print products," said Alan Flaherty '62, chairman of the Cornell Magazine Committee. "We look forward to his leadership in enhancing the role of Cornell Magazine in linking Cornell with its external community and particularly the younger alumni."