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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 23

108. American Gas Association, $9,000 to the Department of Mechanical Engineering for research work in the Engineering Experiment Station. 109. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $2,000 to the Department of Chemistry, for research on the determination of the transference numbers of alkali halides in non-aqueous solvents, under the direction of Professor B. Roger Ray. n o . Armour and Company, Chicago: a. $4,000 to the Department of Animal Science for an investigation of surface active agents and other materials as growth stimulants for animals and poultry. b. $3,000 to the Department of Food Technology for a study of the factors which affect the stability of highly unsaturated fatty acids. i n . Beatrice Foods Company, Chicago, $4,000 to the Department of Agricultural Economics for the investigation of the economic place of concentrated milk. 112. Champaign County Board of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, $800 to the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children for studies with cerebral palsied children. 113. E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, $15,000 to the Department of Chemistry for fundamental research for the academic year I952-I953114. The Engineering Foundation, $3,600 for research on riveted and bolted structural joints by the Engineering Experiment Station in cooperation with the Research Council on Riveted and Bolted Structural Joints. 115. Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, Niagara Chemical Division, Middleport, New York, $1,500 to the Department of Horticulture for research on the chemical thinning of tree fruits. 116. Food and Machinery Corporation, San Jose, California, $1,500 to the Department of Food Technology for a study of food sterilization. 117. The Ford Foundation, New York, New York, $11,000 for grants-in-aid to Professors C. Addison Hickman of the Department of Economics and Oscar Lewis of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for studies of individual behavior and human relations. 118. Illinois Grain Corporation, $1,800 to the Department of Agricultural Economics for a study of the improvement of operating efficiency of county grain dealers in Illinois. 119. Illinois State Restaurant Association, $100 to the Department of Home Economics for the program in restaurant management. 120. Illinois Seed Producers Association, Inc., $5,200 to the Department of Agronomy for corn research. 121. Inter-University Labor Education Committee (funds supplied by the Ford Foundation), $17,500 for participation of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations with other universities in labor education programs. 122. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan, through the Cooperative Program in Educational Administration at the University of Chicago, $2,500 in support of a research project in leadership in school district reorganization under the direction of Professor W. P. McLure of the College of Education. 123. Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana: a. $5,000 for research on fructokinase, under the supervision of Professor Carl S. Vestling of the Department of Chemistry. b. $2,500 for research on the relationship between cortisone toxicity and diet, under the direction of Professor L. M. Henderson of the Department of Chemistry. c. $8,000 for studies on the pyruvate oxidation factor, under the supervision of Professor Irwin Gunsalus of the Department of Bacteriology. 124. Alerrill Foundation for Advancement of Financial Knowledge, Inc., New York, New York, $10,000 to continue research on expectations and business fluctuations. 125. Midwest Barley Improvement Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $200 to the Department of Agronomy for barley variety fertilizer tests at Woodstock, Illinois.