Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948 [PAGE 1124]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Report of Purchases Authorized by the President of the University The following purchases have been authorized by the President of the University on the recommendations of the Director of Purchases and the Comptroller. Unless otherwise specified the purchases were made on the basis of lowest bids, or because the items are non-competitive, or to obtain early delivery.

Item Electrical lighting fixtures for installation in new Electrical Engineering Building Services in processing and distributing "Clinton Selection 11" oats grown on Allerton Farm No. 4 Department Physical Plant Agricultural Economics Vendor Graybar Electric Co., Peoria Cisco Agricultural Service, Cisco Cost

$12 576 03

1 159 31

THE COMPTROLLER'S REPORT OF CONTRACTS EXECUTED MARCH 1 1 , 1 9 4 8 , TO APRIL 3 0 , 1 9 4 8

Amount to be Paid to the Date University Purpose With Whom $2 500 00 The American Zinc December 1, 1948 Protective coatings for galvanized Institute roofs Lever Brothers Co. None March i, 1948 Study of dentifrices 5 000 00 American Cyanamid Co., Sulfonamides and antibiotics in March 16, 1948 Lederle Laboradiseases of domestic animals and tories Division poultry Kuhne-Simmons Co. Release from claim resulting from a fire at the Abbott Power Plant ro% of gross re- March 2, 1948 December 17, 1947 Floyd Howell Operate the barbershop at the ceipts,^.50a month for electricity Galesburg Undergraduate Diviand water sion 7 920 00 February 23, 1948 Clinical evaluation of Lipase A in The Upjohn Co. individuals who display an inability to digest fat January 2, 1948 Instruction, books, etc., for eligible At regular rates Veterans Administration veterans under Public Law 346 from January 30, 1948, to January 29, 1949 March 1, 1948 Introduction of a new variety of None F. H. Woodruff & pepper Sons May i, 1948 Introduction of new varieties of None Crookham Co. sweet corn May 1, 1948 Introduction of new varieties of None Corneli Seed Co. sweet corn Associated Seed Introduction of new varieties of None May 1, 1948 Growers, Inc. sweet corn May 1, 1948 Introduction of new varieties of None Northrup, King & Co. sweet corn May 1, 1948 Introduction of new varieties of None F. H. Woodruff & Sons sweet corn Research fellowship in refractories February 15, 1948 American Refrac2 400 00 tories Institute for 1948-1949 1 400 00 September 1, 1948 Victor Chemical Study of the propagation of plants Works under controlled conditions 10 000 00 Study of the nitrogen nutrition of April 5, 1948 Corn Industries Research Foundation the corn plant and Funk Brothers Seed Co. Instruction, books, etc., for period Cost plus 10%, books January 7, 1948 Veterans Administration and supplies not January 7, 1948, to February 3to exceed $25 1948, for eligible veterans under Public Law 346 Task 9—mathematical analysis of Navy Department, 4 000 00 June 1, 1946 a jet propulsion principle Office of Research and Inventions Amount to be Paid by the Date With Whom University Purpose Artistic service for a concert to be February 25, 1948 Nell Tangeman $ 250 00 given March 13, 1948 in Urbana E. C. Manthei Mechanical engineering services in To be determined March 22, 1948 for specific connection with University conprojects struction work