Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 916]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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57. Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, $3,045 in support of a fellowship in chemistry for research on insulin during the academic year 1948-1949, and #3,600 for the academic year 1949-1950 6 645 00 58. The Borden Company, Chicago, #1,000 in support of a fellowship in chemistry for one year for the study of the mechanism of the reaction of aldehydes with ketones, and the character of the products obtained 1 000 00 59. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, #1,500 for the renewal of a fellowship in chemistry for t h e academic year 1949-1950 1 500 00 60. Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co., Library, Pennsylvania, #2,250 for the renewal of a fellowship in Chemical Engineering during the academic year 1949-1950 2 250 00 61. Mr. Elwood Hansman, Chicago, #700 in support of a research assistantship in the Department of Chemistry for research on coloring matter in rice 700 00 62. Merrill Foundation for the Advancement of Financial Knowledge, Inc., New York, #15,000 for a three-year study by the University of Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration in cooperation with the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago of the psychology that underlies decisions businessmen make and the effect of their attitudes on future business developments. An additional #65,000 has been earmarked by the Merrill Foundation for this program when the preliminary study has been completed 15 000 00 63. Zeta Phi Eta, National Professional Women's Organization, #350 for a graduate scholarship in speech 350 00 Total, Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships, and Research (100 149 13) C, Gifts of Equipment and Works of Art: 64. Faculty and graduates of the College of Engineering, a portrait of Dean-Emeritus M. L. Enger by Professor C. E. Bradbury of the Department of Art 65. Miss Edith Brooks, Washington, D.C., a portrait of her late father, Professor Morgan Brooks of the Department of Electrical Engineering 66. Vickers Incorporated, a hydraulic test stand for the testing of hydraulic servomechanism units for the Department of Electrical Engineering; estimated value. . . . 2 250 00 67. Laclede-Christy Company, St. Louis, Missouri, to t h e Department of Ceramic Engineering, a 15 A Thermex high frequency di-electric heating unit with a capacity of 20,000 B.T.U. an hour; estimated value 8 000 00 68. Dr. Jewell E. Schubert, Instructor in Mathematics, University of Illinois, #25 as a memorial to Frances Brahana, to be used for the purchase of books in the field of philosophy 25 00 Total, Gifts of Equipment and Works of Art (10 275 00) D. Miscellaneous: 69. Mr. George A. Miehls, President of Albert Kahn, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, #500 to the Department of Architecture 500 00 70. The Colonial Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio, #1,500 as an award for an original orchestral composition by a member of the faculty of the School of Music. The award has been made to Professor Alvin Etler 1 500 00 Total, Miscellaneous (2 000 00) Total, Vrbana-Champaign (i37 046 92)