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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 23

139. Shell Chemical Corp., New York, New York, $600 to the Department of Horticulture for a study of fungicides. 140. H e n r y Strong Educational Foundation, Chicago, $600 for the renewal of a fellowship in physics, chemistry, or engineering for the academic year 1952-1953. 141. T h e Timken Roller Bearing Company, Canton, Ohio, $1,200 to complete final report of a study of the economic effects of the use of solid type bearings on the railroads of the country. 142. United States Public Health Service, for support of the following research: a. $28,149 to discover methods and principles that can be used later in the development of instruments to assist in screening out persons in need of diagnosis and treatment for mental disorders, under the direction of Professor L. L. McQuitty of the Department of Psychology (3M-9020-C2). b. $20,992 for extension of personality structure investigation, in terms of objective test factor measures, to children, under the direction of Professor R. B. Cattell of the Department of Psychology (MH-80-C4). c $3,155 for an ecological, morphological, physiological comparative study of Diphyllobothrium in North America for differentiating species infecting man from those infecting fish-eating birds, under the direction of Professor L. J. Thomas of the Department of Zoology (E-125-C). d. $6,000 for a study in the biological utilization of food emulsifiers and bread softening agents of the Polyhydroxy type, under the direction of Professor F . A. Kummerow of the Department of Food Technology ( A 257). e. $28,910 for a pre-school project ior mentally handicapped children, under the direction of Professor S. A. Kirk of the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children (MH-274-C2). f. $5,897 for the search for viruses that parasitize protozoa, under the direction of Professor N. D. Levine of the College of Veterinary Medicine (E387). g. $6,190 to determine the effects of high temperatures on the inactivation of enzymes and on the destruction of microorganisms and some of the physicalchemical properties of milk and cream, under the direction of Professor P . H. Tracy of the Department of Food Technology (RG 1947-C2). h. $9,646 for studies of the inosital lipids of plant and animal tissues, under the direction of Professor H . E. Carter of the Department of Chemistry (RG 2031-C3). i. $7,560 to determine the basic nutrition of virulent insects, under the direction of Professor G. S. Fraenkel of the Department of Entomology (2075-C2). j . $10,800 for a study of the nature, cause, and control of housefly resistance to insecticides, under the direction of Professor G. C. Decker of the Department of Entomology (RG 2623-C2). k. $4,924 to determine factors affecting the concentration of free amino acids in animal tissues, under the direction of Professor L. M. Henderson of the Department of Chemistry (RG 2674-C2). 1. $5,680 for a study of the effect of uterine distention on the endocrine function of the pituitary gland, under the direction of Professor A. V. Nalbandov and Dr. W. W. Moore of the Department of Animal Science (G 3557). m. $14,517 for training in clinical psychology, under the direction of Professor J. McVicker Hunt of the Department of Psychology (2M-5089-C5). 143. Velsicol Corp., Chicago, $2,500 for the continuation of grant-in-aid to investigate toxicology of insecticides, under the direction of Professor Lester Ingle of the Department of Zoology. 144. Western Cartridge Company, a division of Olin Industries, East Alton, Illinois, $4,600 to the State Natural History Survey for research on migratory waterfowl. 145. Wilkie Foundation, Des Plaines, Illinois, $900 to the Department of Mechanical Engineering for reference study in the field of flame temperature, under the direction of Professor James H . Potter. Total, Funds for Graduate Fellowships and Research $589,902.90