Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 234]

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33. Peabody Coal Company, Chicago, $200 for scholarships in mining engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 34. H e n r y A. Petter Supply Company, $200 for a scholarship in mining engineering. 35. Pi Kappa Lambda, music fraternity, $900 for scholarships in music. 36. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, Library, Pennsylvania, $500 for a scholarship for a freshman in chemical engineering for the academic year I954-55. . . . . . . 37. Praetorian Society, an organization of students residing in the University's Men's Residence Halls, $120 for scholarships. 38. The Presser Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $250 for a scholarship in music for the academic year 1953-54. 39. Rock Island County University of Illinois Mothers Association, $100 for a scholarship to be awarded to a student attending the University from the metropolitan area of Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, or Silvis for the academic year 1954-55. 40. Scully-Jones and Company, Chicago, $250 for a scholarship in mechanical or industrial engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 41. Sears-Roebuck Foundation, $4,425 for scholarships in the College of Agriculture. 42. Square D Company, Detroit, Michigan, $350 for a scholarship in electrical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 43. Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, New York City, $346 for a scholarship for a senior in chemical engineering. 44. Universal Oil Products Company, Des Plaines, $1,000 for a scholarship for a senior in chemical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 45. LFniversity Concert and Entertainment Board, $500 for scholarships in the School of Music. 46. University of Illinois Student Organization Fund, $500 for scholarships. 47. Zeta Phi Eta, honorary speech fraternity, $600 for scholarships in speech. 48. Anonymous, $1,140 to be added to the James M. White Memorial Fund, the income to be used for awards and prizes to students in architecture. 49. Ballantine Books, Inc., New York City, $675 to be added to the Benjamin Franklin Magazine Awards fund. 50. C. W. Beazley, Skokie, $100 to be added to the emergency loan fund. 51. Inter-University Labor Education Committee (funds supplied by the Ford Foundation), $1,726.50 for participation of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations with other universities in labor education programs (a continuation of previous g r a n t s ) . 52. The W . K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan: a. $22,000 for supplies and expenses essential to the continuance and improvement of the work of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (the University of Illinois is the center for the N A E B ) . b. $75,000 for operating costs of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists. (The first payment of $16,000 has been received.) 53. Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, Chicago, $1,722 to be added to the Sinnissippi Forest Trust Fund in support of forestry research. 54. National Association of Home Builders, $800 to the Small Homes Council for the preparation of visual aid material or other educational and teaching aids in connection with the operation of the Council's space laboratory. 55. Reader's Digest, New York City, $1,000 to aid students in the School of Journalism and Communications who wish to conduct small research projects of their own. 56. The Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, $2,000 for the travel expenses of Professor Gottfried S. Fraenkel in connection with his sabbatical leave of absence. 57- Women's District Grand Lodge No. 6, B'nai B'rith, Chicago, $100 for the Dr. Abram Leon Sachar Prize in history. 58. $1,345 from the following donors for the Women Students Aid F u n d : Dads Association, University of Illinois, $100; Evans Hall (a residence hall for women), $50; Shirley Jorgenson, Laveda Mayers, and Jean Walker, $25; Lincoln Avenue Residence ( N o r t h ) , $100; Lincoln Avenue Residence ( S o u t h ) , (.loo; Joan E. Martin, $15; Mothers Association, University of Illinois, $150;