Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 895]

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Item Power equipment

ASD OF TRUSTEES

Department Engineering Research Engineering Research Engineering Research Print Shop Vendor Power Equipment Company, Detroit, Mich.

[December 20

Electric equipment

Modification of electrical equipment now under construction by Philco Corporation One i2*x i8" block leveler (a motor operated machine for planing engraving blocks to proper heights for printing) One 1956 model Beechcraft Bonanza airplane with accessories, less tradein allowance for one 1951 model Beechcraft Bonanza N622D Model C-3S 26,241 board feet Douglas fir No. 1 dimension grade lumber 3 4. bronze swing check valves 311 bronze gate valves—screwed

Cost $ 8 150 00 f.o.b. Detroit, Mich. Tektronix, Inc., 3 646 so Chicago f.o.b. Portland, Ore. Philco Corporation, a 500 00 Philadelphia, Pa. fo.b. delivered Vandercook & Sons, Inc., 2 671 00 Chicago f.o.b. delivered Walston Aviation, Alton 14 569 so

Institute of Aviation

Physical Plant Physical Plant

Dougherty Lumber Company, Cleveland, Ohio Amstan Supply Division, American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation, Peoria

3 ISO 75 f.o.b. Urban a 2 767 75 f.o.b. delivered

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these purchases were authorized.

REPORT OF GIFTS A N D GRANTS RECEIVED BY THE UNIVERSITY

(13) The following gifts and grants of funds received by the University have been accepted by the President and are now being reported for official record. The previous report of such gifts was made to the Board on February io, 1955. (In many cases a period of several months may elapse between the time an offer is accepted and the final payments have been received. Hence, to avoid complications in audits of University accounts, monetary gifts are usually reported after the funds have been deposited with the University. In each case due acknowledgment of these gifts and grants has been made by appropriate University officials, including an expression of appreciation on behalf of the Board of Trustees.) Colleges and Schools at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes, and Other Financial Aids 1. Mr. Robert Allerton, Territory of Hawaii, $800 to continue the Robert Allerton Traveling Scholarships in architecture for 1955. 2. The Allstate Foundation, Skokie, $5,000 for scholarships and expenses in connection with a regular summer session (1955) course and a short course for the training of teachers of high school driver education. 3. Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, $250 for scholarships for the academic year 1955-56. 4. Alpha Xi Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha-Sinfonia, professional music honorary fraternity, $11 for the William G. Hill Memorial Scholarship in music. 5. American Air Filter Foundation, Moline, $1,000 for three scholarships in engineering for the academic year 1955-56. 6. American Cyanamid Company, Lederle Laboratories Division, $1,000 to establish the Lederle Veterinary Medical Students' Research Scholarship beginning with the academic year 1955-56. 7. American Society for Metals Foundation for Education and Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, $400 for a scholarship in metallurgical engineering for the academic year 1955-56. 8. Lou Boudreau Trust Fund, a trust set up in the National Bank of Harvey, Illinois, by citizens of that community, $145.50 for the Lou Boudreau Scholarship. 9. Campus Chest, University of Illinois undergraduate fund-raising organization, $700 for scholarships. io. Chicago Farmers, Chicago, $500 for a scholarship for a senior student in agriculture. This scholarship was established in 1948.