University of Virginia Library

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