Board of Visitors minutes June 16, 1956 | ||
GIFTS AND GRANTS
In announcing the following gifts and grants, the President commented on Mr. John L. Pratt's
gift to the Pratt Trace Analysis Laboratory as an example of his notable generosity. There were
warm expressions of appreciation from the Visitors, and the Board resolved that the Rector be
requested to convey the Visitors' gratitude to Mr. Pratt.
From the Seven Society, for the University Artist Series | $77.77 |
From Mr. John L. Pratt, for the Pratt Trace Analysis Laboratory | 20,000.00 |
From Mr. John Puryear, for the Hospital | 250.00 |
From Mrs. Nannie V. Howard, for the Estes Vaughan Howard Scholarship | 250.00 |
From the estate of the late Mr. Bernard W. N. Bagot, to be added to the endowment fund of the University |
1,990.11 |
From the Westinghouse Educational Foundation, for the Westinghouse Achievement Scholarship in electrical engineering for the 1956-57 session |
500.00 |
From Mr. Roy R. Charles, to be added to the University Scholarship Fund | 1,000.00 |
From the Carnegie Institute in Washington, for a fellowship in physics for the 1956-57 session |
1,750.00 |
From the Sperry Rand Corporation, for two undergraduate scholarships in aeronautical, electrical or mechanical engineering, or physics |
1,500.00 |
From the estate of the late Dr. Stephen H. Watts, to be added to the Stephen Watts Surgery Fund |
25,875.68 |
From an anonymous donor, for the Children's Convalescent Home and the Virginia Quarterly Review, securities valued at |
10,542.00 |
From the Burlington Industries Foundation, an unrestricted donation | 100.00 |
From the Virginia Hearing Foundation, for a graduate assistantship in the Speech and Hearing Clinic for the 1956-57 session |
625.00 |
From the Alumni Association, for the School of Engineering | 250.00 |
From the Alumni Fund, contributions made through that office for the following: | |
Faculty salaries - College and Graduate | 8,335.02 |
Alderman Library | 612.83 |
Scholarship Fund | 1,800.00 |
Restoration of Chapel | 518.16 |
Miscellaneous | 175.00 |
Medical School | 9,025.17 |
Medical Library | 213.00 |
Medical School Building Fund | 100.00 |
From the following sources, for the purchase of an electronic microscope: (NO PUBLICITY) |
|
Alumni Board of Trustees | 10,000.00 |
Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Jr. | 5,486.21 |
Mrs. Jennings C. Wise | 5,000.00 |
Mr. Robert Jeffress | 600.00 |
From the estate of the late Mary L. Holcombe, to establish the Edward | $5,683.93 |
Watts Holcombe Scholarship | |
From the Alumni Board of Trustees, for the following: | |
Coolidge Law Library | 1,000.00 |
Fuller Law Library | 2,093.72 |
Piedmont Housing Project | 32,500.00 |
Chemistry Library | 750.00 |
Engineering Library | 900.00 |
Cameron Scholarship Fund | 300.00 |
Epes Scholarship Fund | 250.00 |
Roper Scholarship Fund | 250.00 |
Seldon Scholarship Fund | 500.00 |
Sarah Seward Scholarship Fund | 250.00 |
Simon Seward Scholarship Fund | 250.00 |
Watts Scholarship Fund | 250.00 |
From the estate of the late Mr. L. J. McCormick, for the Observatory | 2,233.34 |
From Mr. Barron F. Black, a contribution to the University of Virginia Magazine | 100.00 |
From Engineering Alumni, to be added to the Corporate Program of the General Electric Educational and Charitable Fund |
480.00 |
From the General Electric Educational and Charitable Fund, a contribution equal to those received under the General Electric Corporate Alumnus Program |
570.00 |
From the Charlottesville and Albemarle Cerebral Palsy Association, for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic |
714.84 |
From the Radio Corporation of America, an undesignated gift for cooperating with RCA in the "Tuition and Refund Plan" for its employees enrolled in the University |
100.00 |
From the Department of the Air Force, for research in Chemistry under the direction of Dr. J. W. Cole |
30,000.00 |
From the National Science Foundation, for research in physics under the direction of Prof. J. W. Beams |
14,600.00 |
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in chemistry under the direction of Prof. R. E. Lutz |
10,692.00 |
From the Fund for the Republic, Inc., to support the program of summer research in civil liberties topics in the field of municipal law |
3,500.00 |
From the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America for continued research in pharmacology under the direction of Dr. C. L. Gemmill |
6,912.00 |
From the Department of the Army, for continued research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau, Dept. of Physics |
6,000.00 |
Board of Visitors minutes June 16, 1956 | ||