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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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6. American Society for Metals Foundation for Education and Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, $400 for a scholarship in metallurgical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 7. Campus Chest, University of Illinois undergraduate fund-raising organization, $1,240 for scholarships. 8. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, Texas City, Texas, $346 for a scholarship for a senior in chemical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 9. Chicago Farmers, Chicago, $100 for a scholarship for a senior student in agriculture. 10. Corn Products Refining Company, Chicago, $2,400 for four scholarships ($600 each) in engineering or physical science for the academic year 1954-55. 11. Dads Association, University of Illinois, $400 for four scholarships for the academic year 1954-55. 12. Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., Santa Monica, California, $600 for a scholarship in the College of Engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 13. Harrison Jules Louis Frank and Leon Harrison Frank Memorial Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, $500 for a scholarship in electrical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 14. Fribourg Foundation, Inc., New York City, $1,000 for two scholarships ($500 each) in grain marketing for the academic year 1954-55. 15. Forney Foundation, Fort Collins, Colorado, $250 for a scholarship in agricultural engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest L. Forsythe, Chicago, $300 for the Robert Wade Forsythe Memorial Scholarship in architecture for the academic year 1955-56. 17. General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, $500 for scholarships. 18. Illini Union Activities, $343.02 for general undergraduate scholarships. This fund is the profit made from the circus organized by the Illini Union for high school boys attending the State Basketball Tournament. 19. Illinois Association for the Crippled, Inc., $500 for scholarships in occupational therapy. 20. Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers: a. $600 for three scholarships ($200 each) for the academic year 1954-55. ( T h e amount received to date is $9,600.) b . $250 for a scholarship to be awarded to a student preparing to teach handicapped children. (The amount received to date is $1,700.) 21. Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, Chicago, $1,827.61 for scholarships in occupational therapy. 22. Illinois Mining Institute, $300 for scholarships in mining engineering. 23. Junior Women's Advertising Club of Chicago, $240 for scholarships in journalism. 24. Kennecott Copper Corporation, New York City, $2,000 for scholarships in chemical engineering. 25. T h e Kroger Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, $1,200 for six scholarships ($;oo each) in agriculture and home economics for the academic year 1954-55. 26. $2,750 from the following Lions Clubs in the Chicago area for graduate and undergraduate scholarships for students undertaking training for teaching of handicapped children: Lions Club of Logan Square for the Victor C. Neumann Scholarships, $500; Higgens-Norwood Lions Club, $500; West End Lions Club, $500; Lions of District I-A Illinois, $500; Mayfair Lions Club, $500; Southwest Lions Club, $250. 27. Mcyer-Ceco Foundation, Chicago, $2,000 for scholarships in engineering for the academic year 1956-57. 28. Mobil Producing Company, a Socony-Vacuum Company, Billings, Montana, $750 for a scholarship in geology for the academic year 1954-55. 29. Monsanto Chemical Company, St. Louis, Missouri, $500 for scholarship* in chemical engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 30. John Morse Memorial Foundation, Chicago, $3,000 for six scholarships ($500 each) in engineering for the academic year 1954-55. 31. Mothers Association, University of Illinois, $200 for two scholarship* for the academic year 1954-55. 32. Old Ben Coal Corporation, Chicago, $400 for scholarships in mining engineering for the second semester of 1953-54 and the first semester of 1954-55'