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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
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188 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 17 President of the University and the Board of Trustees to act on recommendations for purchases of equipment and supplies for higher education institutions in India, which the University is servicing under contracts with the Agency for International Development and for which funds are supplied by the United States Government, to expedite placement of orders and deliveries. It is recommended that this authorization be extended to include purchases under the A I D contract for services to the Faculty of Medicine, Chiengmai Hospital in Thailand. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved. PURCHASES (17) T h e 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 acceptable bid. I concur. Chicago Colleges and Divisions Item Department Vendor One microscope and photomicrographic W. H. Kessel & Co., Histology Chicago accessories Upjohn Co., Pharmacy Stores 40,000 tetracycline V capsules, 250 mg.; Chicago this product is an antibiotic drug which is used in the treatment of a variety of bacterial infections (this represents a six-month supply) Urbana-Champaign Departments Reconstruction of flood control measElton A. Wagner Co., Astronomy ures at the Vermilion River ObservaDanville tory (radio telescope) located southeast of Danville One electrophoresis system, paper type Animal Science Fisher Scientific Co., Chicago One centrifuge, automatic, refrigerated, with two rotors and two automatic pipettes, to be used in the research of fractionating cells which contain radioactive constituents under sustained low temperature operations Two grating monochromators for separating soluble compounds in separate colored layers, to be used in research projects in the Photosynthesis Laboratory Botany Ivan Sorvall, Inc., Norwalk, Conn. Cost $ 6 213 55 delivered 5 340 00 delivered 27 950 00 f.o.b. site 2 607 00 f.o.b. delivered 3 830 00 f.o.b. delivered Botany Chicago Apparatus Co., Chicago One spectrophotometer, infrared, large size recording, single or double beam, quick scan device, for use in various research programs in inorganic chemistry One centrifuge, automatic, superspeed, refrigerated, with two rotors for use in sustained low temperature operations, suitable for use with corrosive solutions for biosynthesis research Fabrication and balancing of two special gyro rotors, vacuum tight, helium filled, leak rate less than 10~» STD, C C / S E C ; material, beryllium, sphericity 0.000010 T.I.R., finish 5 micro inches; diameter 2.0035±.0035 One high vacuum evaporator system, large capacity, 400 liters per second organic and hydrocarbon free pumping system, vacuum range to 10~8 mm Hg One magnetic core matrix stack: 256 x 32 word select, approximate core dimensions 0.029 in. O.D., 0.020 in. I.D., 0.0065 in. high, short words divided into four planes of 64 words each, long (1024 bit) words, twodimensional random-access operation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Coordinated Science Laboratory Beckman Instruments, Inc., Lincoln wood Ivan Sorvall, Inc., Norwalk, Conn. 4 000 00 f.o.b. delivered and installed including one year free service 4 905 00 f.o.b. delivered 2 855 00 f.o.b. delivered 3 000 00 f.o.b.. Minneapolis, Minn. 16 256 00 f.o.b. delivered 2 780 00 f.o.b. Los Angeles, Calif. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Coordinated Science Laboratory Digital Computer Laboratory Varian Associates, Palo Alto, Calif. Electronic Memories, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.
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