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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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b. $27,000 to the Department of Bacteriology for the research and training program of Professor H . O. Halvorson, for three years beginning July 1, 1953. c. $18,200 for American Studies in Kyoto, Japan, under the sponsorship of Kyoto University, Doshisha University, and the University of Illinois. 132. Rural Electrification Council and the Illinois Agricultural Association, $S,ooo to assist in financing farm safety programs. 133. Schlitz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $2,500 to the Department of Food Technology for research investigations on the use of ruby glass as a container material for such products as milk, fats, and other materials subject to deterioration from exposure to light. 134. Smith-Douglass Company, Inc., Streator, $7,500 to the Department of Agronomy for soil research. 135. Swift and Company, Chicago: a. $8,000 to the Department of Animal Science for research on nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactating swine. b. $6,000 to the Department of Bacteriology for a study of bacterial spores. 136. Tennessee Corporation Research Laboratories, College Park, Georgia, $400 to the Department of Horticulture for investigations of fungicides for the control of diseases of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. 137. Union Stock Yard and Transit Company, Chicago, $5,200 to the Department of Agricultural Economics for a study of livestock marketing. 138. United States Rubber Company, Naugatuck Chemical Division, $500 to the Department of Horticulture for a study of usefulness of fungicidal mixtures in spraying Illinois fruit (apple and peach) trees. 139. $13,925 from the following donors for College of Agriculture research and education programs in farm electrification: Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives, $7,000; Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company, $425; Central Illinois Light Company of Peoria, $550; Illinois Power Company of Decatur, $2,450; Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, $3,500. 140. $3,234.56 from the following donors to the Department of Mechanical Engineering for an exhibit "Thermal Response to Entering and Leaving Hot Environments" in the Scientific Exhibit of the American Medical Association, Grand Central Palace, New York, June, 1953: American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, $2,134.56; Carrier Corporation, $500; Eureka Williams Corporation, $50; Trane Company, $100; Viking Air Conditioning Corporation, $150; Worthington Corporation, $300. 141. Velsicol Corporation, Chicago, $2,500 to the Department of Zoology for an investigation of the toxicity of chlorinated hydrocarbons, for one j'ear beginning July 1, 1953142. Western Cartridge Company, a division of Olin Industries, East Alton, $2,600 to the Natural History Survey for research on migratory waterfowl. Total, Funds for Graduate Fellowships and Research $424,787.65 C. Gifts of Equipment, Library Materials, Works of Art, and Funds for Maintenance of Gifts 143. The Aluminum Company of America, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, to the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, a 10-inch by 29^-inch finishing foil mill. 144. Bay State Abrasive Products Company, Westboro, Massachusetts, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a display board of abrasive products (estimated value, $1,000). 145. Mr. Charles M. Cadwell, Cadwell, Illinois, to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, two paintings by the distinguished American painter, Ralph A. Blakelock. 146. Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a new Dodge Red Ram V-8 engine (estimated value, $650). 147. Commonwealth Edison .Company, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, equipment to be used in the heat pump research program (estimated value, $900). 148. Ford Motor Company, Ford Division, Melrose Park, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, two new Ford truck engines (estimated value, $1,000). 149. Harnischfeger Corporation, Crystal Lake, Illinois, to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a Harnischfeger P and H four-cylinder Diesel engine (estimated value, $1,000).