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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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FORD FOUNDATION GRANT FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (18) The Ford Foundation has approved a grant of $275,000 to the University of Illinois to be used over a period of three years for experimental projects for strengthening engineering faculties. As announced by the Foundation, "The primary purpose of this Fund is the recruitment by way of doctoral education of as many highly qualified personnel as possible into engineering faculty careers within the next five years. These years are particularly crucial to the future of engineering education. The urgent needs are to add greater scientific and mathematical emphasis to the undergraduate curricula and to increase the number of students preparing for engineering careers at all levels. Thus, the recruitment, preparation and retention of highly qualified faculty personnel is the foremost problem of engineering education. The program outlined is designed to accomplish this purpose by aiding those students or student recruits from industry, government, or engineering faculties, who are seriously interested in an academic career to complete the doctorate in engineering with reasonable dispatch. It is characterized by its flexibility and by its adaptability as a supplement to other sources of financial aid." The terms and conditions of the grant are satisfactory to those who will administer the program. It is planned to use $150,000 of the grant for predoctoral fellowships and loans; $100,000 for development of faculty at the University of Illinois; and $25,000 to provide stipends to members of engineering faculties at other institutions so that they may do graduate work at the University of Illinois. I have accepted the grant on behalf of the University and am pleased to report this action for official record.

This report was received for record.

PURCHASES Purchases Authorized (19) The following purchases were authorized by the President's Office on the recommendation of the Director of Purchases and the Vice-President and Comptroller.

Item Printing and binding 1,500 copies of High School Mathematics, student's edition Furnish and apply approximately 5,000 gallons MC-O prime, 10,000 gallons MC-5 asphalt and 210 tons each of H in. and H in. aggregate to parking area east of the Student-Staff Apartments on the south side of Green Street Department University Press Vendor Braun-Brumfield, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. Illiana Construction Co., Inc., Urbana Cost $z 933 00 f.o.b. Ann Arbor, Mich. 5 520 00 f.o.b. job site

Physical Plant Storeroom

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these purchases were approved.

Purchases Recommended The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur.

Item "r\e radiation counting system consisting of the following: proportional now counter, detector, decade scaler, high voltage supply, automatic sample changer, printing timer, methane gas, and gas regulator; all for use on " 5 volts, 60 cycle current I0 ° ' ? n s SO per cent soybean oil meal for delivery at twenty-five tons per month Construction of road for the radiotelescope project near Danville Department Agronomy Vendor Picker X-Ray Corp,, Chicago Cost $3 524 00 f.o.b. delivered

Animal Science Astronomy

Swift & Co., Champaign Chism & Miller, Inc., Springfield

6 550 00 f.o.b. mill 10 476 13