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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 18

QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER (39) T h e quarterly report of the Comptroller to the Board of Trustees as at March 31, 1936. T h i s r e p o r t w a s received for record. BEQUEST OF NELLIE M. CULVER (40) A report that the will of Mrs. Nellie M. Culver, of Canton, Illinois, who died on February 24, 1936, includes the University of Illinois as a residuary legatee under the following provision: " I T E M T W O ( D ) If at the time of my decease both my husband, Claude H. Culver and my daughter, Jean Culver, are deceased, and if my daughter, Jean Culver, left her surviving neither heirs of her body or a husband then I direct that my Trustee hereinafter named turn over to the said Trustees of the Student Loan Fund of the University of Illinois all of my said personal estate within one year after he receives the same as Trustee." and the following provision in I T E M T H R E E of the will: "If at the time of the death of my husband, Claude H. Culver, my daughter, Jean Culver, be not living and left her surviving no heirs of her body or a husband then I give, devise and bequeath all of my real estate of which I may die seized, after the life interest of my said husband be extinguished, to the Trustees of the Student Loan Fund of the University of Illinois." A copy of the will and of the notice of probate are hereby handed to the Secretary of the Board for record. I recommend that the University Counsel be authorized to perform, for the University, whatever services may be necessary in this matter. On motion of M r . Barrett, this recommendation was approved. GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY (41) The following report of gifts: 1. T h e Rockefeller Foundation, a grant not to exceed $5,000 annually for two years beginning September I, 1936, for researches on the biochemistry of the amino acids under the direction of Professor W. C. Rose, of the Department of Chemistry. 2. Mr. Robert Allerton, of Monticello, Illinois, $800 for the two 1936 Allerton American Traveling Scholarships to be awarded to the two architectural students ranking highest in the junior course in the history of architecture 3. The E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, $750 for the establishment of a fellowship in chemistry during the year 1936-37 under stipulated conditions agreeable to the University. 4. T h e Electrical Engineering Student Society, $38.83 to be added to the student loan fund established by this group. (Previous actions of the Board of T r u s t e e s : October 13, 1928, May II, 1932, January, 1933, December, 1934, and July 26, 1935) 5. Mr. H a r r y Winston, diamond broker of New York, a replica of the famous Jonker diamond—the largest in the world at present—to the Natural History Museum of the University. 6. T h e Frick Company, Incorporated, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, one 5W x 4" standard Freon compressor, complete with V-belts, grooved compressor wheel, and motor pulley, for experimental and instructional purposes with air conditioning equipment.

This report was received for record.