Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948 [PAGE 509]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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11. Miss Grace White, Urbana, $500 a year, for two years, in support of a scholarship in Economics in memory of Florence L. White. 12. Mrs. Kitty Pierce Harrington, LaGrange, $500 in continuation of the Phyllis Pierce Ruettinger Scholarship for the year 1947-1948. 13. Dr. Leo Miller of the Department of Orthopaedics, $150 for whatever use may be designated by the Head of that Department. 14. The Berkelhamer family, Chicago, $100 for the continuation of the "Dr. Ralph C. Berkelhamer Scholarship" in the College of Medicine. 15. Illinois Press Association, $100 in support of an undergraduate scholarship in the School of Journalism during 1947-1948. 16. Mr. Robert G. Morey, Brook Hill Farms, Inc., $100 in continued support of two scholarships for aiding worthy students in the field of Dairy Manufactures. 17. Mrs. Henry Baldwin Ward and her two daughters, Urbana, a special reprint collection which belonged to the late Professor Henry Baldwin Ward. 18. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, a gear-testing machine, including the transportation charges, valued at $12,000. 19. Faculty colleagues, alumni, and friends of Dr. Frank W. DeWolf, P r o fessor of Geology, Emeritus, his portrait. 20. Mrs. Everett G. Young, Urbana, a collection of books which belonged to her late husband, Professor Everett G. Young. 21. Ladies Auxiliary of the Spanish American W a r Veterans, Department of Illinois, $50 for the woman student who has the highest scholarship standing in her first year of work in Home Economics. 22. Mr. James Harrington, Jr., Cherry Street, Wenham, Massachusetts, $50 for a scholarship to be named the "David Harrington Memorial Scholarship," to be awarded to a young man in his senior year. David Harrington was a younger brother of James Harrington, and died while attending the University of Illinois. Grants for Research 1. Swift & Company, Chicago, $5,000 to be added to the research grant of that Company for the investigation of "Chemical Composition of Forage Crops as Influenced by Environmental Factors," which is being carried on under the direction and supervision of Professor E. E. DeTurk of the Department of Agronomy. 2. Illinois Farm Supply Company, Chicago, $2,000 for research in the Department of Dairy Husbandry, and in the swine division, the poultry division, and the division of animal nutrition in the Department of Animal Science ($500 for each). 3. National Research Council, $2,000 for a joint research project by the Department of Animal Science at the University of Illinois and the Department of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin. 4. Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, Chicago, $1,000 in support of a forestry project, the fund to be set up as the "Sinnissippi Forest Trust Fund." 5. Middle West Soil Improvement Committee, $600 in support of experiments on fertilizers best suited to Illinois agriculture. 6. Illinois Agricultural Association, $600 in support of studies by Professor R. W. Bartlett of the Department of Agricultural Economics, of factors affecting milk prices. 7. Wilson & Company, Inc., $400 for the continuation of research on the use of pure food gelatin in the manufacture of dairy products. 8. Tennessee Corporation, $400 in support of spray research, the fund to be entitled "Trust Tennessee Corporation — Spray Research." 9. Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Parke, Davis, and Company, and the Upjohn Company, $25,000 in continuation of research on the "Chemistry of Antibiotic Substances" during the year 1947-1948. 10. Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, $20,000 for the continuation of research on the biochemistry of amino acids under the direction of Professor W. C. Rose of the Department of Chemistry (for a period of two years from September I, 1945). 11. The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York City, $15,000 in continued support of research work on "the amino acid requirements of man," by Professor W. C. Rose of the Department of Chemistry. 12. The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York City, $2,400 in support of research on "factors which may alter the calcium utilization by the adult man," to