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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 29

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK ON POWER PLANT ADDITION (9) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend an increase of $5,516.63 in the contract with Hecker and Co., Inc., Chicago, for installation of electrical equipment in the Power Plant addition now under construction. This change is to provide for additional cable not included in the original specifications but required to place the turbine generator in service and to change the electrical service to a cooling tower fan motor so that in case of failure the entire output of the tower will not be lost. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute the necessary change in the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d to e x e c u t e t h i s c h a n g e in t h e c o n t r a c t . CONTRACT W I T H ARMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION (10) The Department of Medicine is doing research work on neutron activation analysis of human tissue for which a grant has been received from the United States Public Health Service. Some of the work can best be done by the Armour Research Foundation of the Illinois Institute of Technology because its laboratory facilities and equipment are particularly fitted for that work. The Department requests authorization of a contract with the Foundation at an estimated cost of $3,3°o for these services. The Dean of the College of Medicine, the Chairman of the Administrative Committee and the Business Manager of the Chicago Professional Colleges, and the Comptroller concur in this recommendation. T h e Legal Counsel has approved the contract. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a p p r o v e d a n d the C o m p t r o l l e r a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e the same. MEDICAL VISUAL EDUCATION F U N D (11) During the period 1944-46 the University received from a practicing physician a total of $54,000 for the support of studies in the general field of medical science visual education. Of this total $30,000 has been held as a temporary endowment and $24,000 has been made available for current expenditures. All of the funds now being held for current expenditures will not be needed for that purpose and may be transferred to the endowment. Since these gifts were received, the donor has died, but the proposed transfer has the approval of his widow provided that the invested funds may, if needed for the purpose of a gift, be converted into cash and transferred to the expendable fund. The Business Manager of the Chicago Professional Colleges and the Comptroller request authorization to transfer the amount of $17,006 from the expendable funds to the invested funds. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this transfer of funds was authorized.

GIFT OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ULYSSES S. GRANT (12) Colonel Walter F . Siegmund, U.S.A., Retired, of San Antonio, Texas, has presented to the University of Illinois two large photographs, one of Abraham Lincoln and the other of Ulysses S. Grant. It is believed that the photograph of President Lincoln was taken by a Mr. Gardner in his Washington studio. It is believed that the photograph of General Grant was taken on the day he was appointed Commander of the Union Army. The two photographs were presented to the late General Jonathan M. Wainwright as National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans by the Hall-Hagler Chapter 15, Disabled American Veterans, Springfield, Illinois. When General Wainwright died, he left the photographs to his friend, Colonel Siegmund. The presentation was made on November 13 in a ceremony in the Lincoln Room of the Library where the photographs will be permanently displayed. Colonel Siegmund desired to place these photographs where they can be perma-