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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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past twenty-five years, but as Assistant Registrar from 1910-1918 and as Director of the University of Illinois Press since 1918; and Be it further resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby felicitates him on this occasion and extends to Mrs. Cunningham and him best wishes for the future. BEQUEST OF J E N N I E C. LEE (28) Notice has been received from the Walker Bank and Trust Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, Executor of the will of the late Jennie C. Lee of that city, that she has named the University a residuary legatee. T h e bequest provides that a sister shall have a life interest in certain trust property and on her death a part of this property shall be paid to the University of Illinois for use as a student loan fund which shall be a memorial to Mrs. Lee's late husband, Eddy Orland Lee of the Class of 1897. A copy of the will is hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record.

This report was received for record.

GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY (29) T h e following report of gifts received by the University: 1. T h e Carnegie Corporation of New York, $20,000, payable $4,000 annually, for a professorship in Art in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. This fund is to enable the University to bring to the University outstanding artists who are exerting a constructive influence on American art to stimulate an appreciation of the fine arts. 2. T h e Kellogg Company, of Battle Creek, Michigan, $12,000 for continuing during the year 1939 certain research projects being carried on by Doctor F a n t u s of the College of Medicine. 3. Phenolphthalein Research, Incorporated, $11400 for the support of certain research work in progress by Doctor Fantus throughout the year 1939. This represents an increase in the fund from $625 per month to $950 per month. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Merle J. Trees, a Sixteenth Century painting by Francois Clouet, to be included in the "Emily Nichols Trees (Class of 1905) and Merle Jay Trees (Class of 1907) Collection." This is the picture for the purchase of which the College of Fine and Applied Arts requested funds on January 14. Since University funds were not available for this purpose, Mr. and Mrs. Trees purchased the painting for the collection which is being given to the University. 5. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, $1,200 for the support of a research project to study the use of sweetening agents derived from corn in the manufacture of condensed milk, ice cream, ices, sherbets, and related products. 6. Mr. Robert Allerton, $800 for the continuation of the Allerton Traveling Scholarships in 1939. 7. Aeration Processes, Incorporated, Columbus, Ohio, $750 for a fellowship in Chemistry for one year beginning with the second semester of 1938-1939. 8. Binks Manufacturing Company, Chicago, spray booth with accessory equipment, valued at $500, for the use of the Department of Ceramic Engineering. 9. T h e State Division of Highways, through the Twin City Pontiac Company, Champaign, Illinois, the loan of a passenger automobile with a dual control mechanism for use in the new course in Safety Education which is being offered by the University. 10. Illinois Bankers Association, two scholarships as prizes in an essay contest among high school students, on the subject of bank loans. T h e first prize is a scholarship of $350 and the second a scholarship of $100. T h e funds are payable to the winners through the University. 11. Wilson and Company, Incorporated (United Chemical and Organic Products Division), $300 for the support of a research project to study the use of gelatine in the manufacture of ice cream and related products.