 | Board of Visitors minutes June 2, 1979 |  |
APPROVAL OF BUDGET OF FUNDS FROM THE PRATT ESTATE FOR SPECIFIED DEPARTMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND ARTS AND SCIENCES
- The following resolution was adopted:
- RESOLVED by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that the budget for the expenditure of $732,940 of funds from the Estate of John Lee Pratt as a supplement to appropriations made by the State of Virginia for the School of Medicine and the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics in Arts and Sciences for 1979-1980, as suggested by the department chairmen, as recommended by the Special Advisory Committee on Pratt Funds of the Center for Advanced Studies, and as approved by the President and the Finance Committee, be and it is hereby approved.
(See budget proposals on pages 1587 and 1588)
ARTS AND SCIENCES
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR PRATT BEQUEST
Fiscal Year 1979-80
The Special Advisory Committee of the Center for Advanced Studies has approved the following budget for the Pratt funds of the four departments in Arts and Sciences. The four departments designated in the Will were Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics; and the funds could be used in three categories displayed in the budget, scholarships for outstanding students, supplementation of faculty salaries, and equipment. The annual disbursement of the estate is $678,478 to be divided equally between Arts and Sciences and Medicine; in addition there is a one time allocation of income accumulated before the disbursement program was established of approximately $750,000 to be equally divided.
| Biology | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics | Total | |
| Student Support: Graduate & undergraduate | 41,000 | 17,500 | 28,700 | 40,000 | 127,200 |
| Faculty Salary Supplement | 4,000 | 4,000 | |||
| Equipment | 40,300 | 149,500 | 49,000 | 238,800 | |
| TOTAL | 81,300 | 171,000 | 28,700 | 89,000 | 370,000 |
| Amount previously approved by Board of Visitors: June 1978 | 92,400 | 112,500 | 82,000 | 185,700 | 472,600 |
| June 1977 | 174,000 | 115,150 | 80,000 | 150,000 | 519,150 |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR PRATT BEQUEST
Fiscal Year 1979-80
The Special Advisory Committee of the Center for Advanced Studies has approved the following budget for the Pratt funds in the School of Medicine. In accordance with the Will, funds may be used by the School of Medicine for scholarships for medical students and research. The annual disbursement of the estate is $678,478 to be divided equally between Arts and Sciences and Medicine; in addition there is a one time allocation of income accumulated before the disbursement program was established of approximately $750,000 to be equally divided.
| 1979-80 | Total | ||
| Research: | |||
| Measurements of Middle Ear Muscle Behavior in Rats with the Defects of Neuromuscular Transmission | 17,460 | 17,460 | |
| Development of Assays to Monitor Alterations in Monocytemacrophage and Lymphocyte Function in Human Malignancy | 25,773 | 25,773 | |
| Immunochemical Analyses of the Transformation and Structural Gene Products of Avian Sarcoma Virus | 20,400 | 20,400 | |
| Lymphocyte Function in Rheumatic Diseases | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
| Development of Modular Optical Microscope Facility | 40,000 | 40,000 | |
| Funding for Electron Microscope Facility | 76,307 | 76,307 | |
| Nutrition Research Program | 22,000 | 22,000 | |
| Immunological Abnormalities in Sarcoidosis | 14,000 | 14,000 | |
| Support of Graduate Education | 50,000 | 50,000 | |
| A Computer Technology Resource for the Medical Center | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| The Investigation of the Control of LH and FSH Synthesis and Release by the Rat Pituitary in vitro | 22,000 | 22,000 | |
| Total | 362,940 | 362,940 | |
| Amount previously approved by the | |||
| Board of Visitors: October 1977 | 150,000 | ||
| January 1978 | 470,761 | ||
| June 1978 | 378,000 |
| Board of Visitors minutes June 2, 1979 | |