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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 17

the new facilities which this grant will make possible be named "The Moorman Animal Breeding Research Farm." T h e funds will be used for buildings, equipment, and facilities on a completely new research area on land already owned by the University adjacent to the Urbana-Champaign campus. T h e University has for many years been interested in increasing its facilities for animal breeding research. It is to help satisfy this need that the Moorman Company has made its funds available. The grant will enable the University to create the needed facilities to concentrate on specialized problems of animal breeding theory and practice. T h e Moorman Company was interested in making this grant to the University of Illinois because it has one of the outstanding animal breeding research teams in the world. This team plans to expand its research into four general fields. Professors A. V. Nalbandov and P. J. Dziuk will work in the area of artificial insemination and the physiology of reproduction, including studies of fertility, sterility, and embryonic mortality. Professor H . W. Norton will study in the field of population genetics, including methods of animal breeding and selection. P r o fessor B. A. Rasmusen plans to study problems of immunogenetics and serology, especially the inheritance of blood groups. Coordinated research on the part of these four scientists will give an over-all approach to studies of animal physiology and genetics. In addition, the setup will offer the counsel and cooperation of other staff members in the University's Department of Animal Science as well as those in other departments and colleges. First units of this new breeding research facility will be planned primarily for swine research. Later units will be designed and built for other classes of livestock. Each unit will be constructed to make best use of this completely new approach to scientific study of animal breeding problems. T h e new research farm will include facilities to study swine housing, environment control, and the latest equipment and automatic management devices for ideal study conditions. It will be entirely separate from present University swine farm facilities. Plans presently include two purebred and three crossbred swine herds to be raised for use in the studies. Long-range results from this expanded program should be of large economic value to the swine industry. One research project in this program will measure improvement rate of economic characters by selection. Others will compare rates of improvement in different breeding methods, as well as ways of predicting potential economic value by studying physiological traits, studying the effects of hormone injections and checking the effects of different environments.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, the President's action was confirmed.

REPORT OF GIFTS A N D F U N D S RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES (12) Following is a report of gifts, grants, and contract funds received by the University from outside sources during the fiscal year July I, 1957, through June 30, 1958. This report includes funds from private donors and funds received from governmental agencies and covers all payments received during the fiscal year. In many cases a period of several months elapses between the time an offer is received and accepted and final payment is made. In a number of cases, grants and gifts were previously reported to the Board when the offers were received, and likewise the Comptroller's monthly reports include numerous research contracts for which funds have not been received. These are being included here in _ order to present a complete report of all funds received from outside sources during the fiscal period. T h e contracts have all been properly executed by the Secretary and the Comptroller of the Board. T h e gifts and grants have been accepted and acknowledged by the President or other appropriate University officer with an expression of appreciation on behalf of the University and the Board of Trustees. Colleges and Schools at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes, and Other Financial Aids 1. Advertising Executives Club of Chicago: scholarship in advertising. College of Journalism and Communications 4 2. T h e Alcoa Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For undergraduate scholarships (This was a grant to the University supplementing a scholarship

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