University of Virginia Library

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President announced the following gifts and grants, which were thereupon accepted by
resolution of the Board:

                                                                                                                                   

From Mr. and Mrs. Christian C. Yegan, for the College, securities valued at	$732.00
From Mr. V. Lada-Mocarski, to the Alderman Library, a first edition of Einstein's "General Theory of Relativity", with the author's autograph, valued at	350.00
From Mr. Linton Massey, for support of the Bibliographical Society (NO PUBLICITY)	1,000.00
From Mr. Joseph Mintzer, to the Tumor Clinic	100.00
From General Motors Corporation, for a graduate fellowship in physical chemistry for the 1956-57 session	2,300.00
From the Virginia Carolina Chemical Corporation, for a fellowship in chemistry for the 1956-57 session	3,000.00
From the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, for research in physics	3,000.00
From the Research Corporation, to cover expenses in connection with the installation of an electron synchrotron	7,000.00
From the estate of the late Mrs. Bennie B. Henry, to be added to the University endowment fund	1,000.00
From Mr. Philip K. Crowe, for the "Ambassador Crowe's Library of Ceylon"	1,000.00
From Dr. P. F. McMurdo, to be added to the Alumni Medical Fund	100.00
From Mr. Hugh L. Sulfridge, to be used for cancer research at the hospital	100.00
From the Virginia Heart Association, for the Virginia Heart Association Fellowship in clinical cardiology, for the 1956-57 session	3,800.00
From the Smith, Kline and French Laboratories, to the Department of Pharmacology for the purchase of basic equipment	3,400.00
From the Burlington Industries Foundation, $1,000 for the Burlington Industries scholarship and $1,000 to be added to the general funds of the University	2,000.00
From the United Daughters of the Confederacy, for the Woodrow Wilson Scholarship	450.00
From the W. K. McClure Foundation, for a scholarship in Foreign Affairs for the 1956-57 session	1,200.00
From the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, for a law scholarship	200.00
From the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Foundation, for the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs	2,326.00
From Mr. Harry Lee Carter, to be added to the Harry Lee Carter scholarship fund	2,500.00
From Mr. Eldridge Smith, to be added to the University Scholarship Fund	500.00
From the General Electric Company, $650 for the General Electric Scholarship and $350 to be added to the general fund of the University	1,000.00
From the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, to be added to the general funds of the University	180.00
From Mrs. Cammann C. Duke, 176 books valued at	120.30
From Mr. G. T. Minnigerode, to be added to the Suhling Cancer Fund	200.00
From Mrs. Edmonia C. L. Metcalf, to be added to Metcalf Memorial Fund	100.00
From the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Foundation, for continued research in physics under Prof. Stephan Berko (NO PUBLICITY)	$5,000.00
From the Ford Foundation, for a faculty research fellowship in Economic Development and Administration	10,445.00
From the General Electric Company, with the concurrence of the Office of Naval Research, a 75 Mev Synchrotron for research and training of graduate students in high energy physics, valued in the range of $100,000 to $200,000.
From the Research Corporation, for continued research in chemistry under the direction of Dr. L. G. Hepler	1,600.00
From the Dearborn Foundation, for a research project in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs	50,000.00
From the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, for the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at the Hospital	6,025.00
From the University of Virginia Hospital Auxiliary, for equipment for the Children's Rehabilitation Center	1,000.00
From the University of Virginia Hospital Auxiliary, to be used for the hospital	850.00
From Mrs. Edward Johnson, to distribute sets of Robert J. Turnbull's "Bibliography of South Carolina" to small libraries in the South Carolina area	1,000.00
From the Smith, Kline and French Laboratories, to the Department of Chemistry for medicinal chemical research	603.00
From various sources, to help defray expenses of Dr. John Yoe to the Lisbon Conference which he attended in the summer of 1956	300.00
From the Bristol Heart Association, to be added to the Internal Medicine Reserve	150.00
From the Virginia Heart Association, in support of research under the direction of Dr. J. F. Dammann	2,982.50
From the English Club of the University of Virginia, for the purchase of books in memory of the late Mr. Philip Williams	313.00
From Mrs. Armistead Gordon, for the purchase of books in memory of Prof. Armistead Gordon	100.00
From the Glenn L. Martin Company, for research under the direction of Dr. William Zuk of the School of Engineering	6,400.00
From the Army Signal Supply Agency, for research under the direction of Prof. O. R. Harris of the Engineering School	17,249.61
From the Federal Trade Commission, for research under the direction of Dr. J. S. Bowen, Jr., in the School of Engineering	10,321.52
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for continued research under the direction of Dr. Herbert Jonas of the cancer research laboratory	6,300.00
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for continued research under the direction of Dr. C. L. Gemmill of the Dept. of Pharmacology	7,020.00
From the National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Prof. H. G. Larew	19,987.00
Dr. D. W. Kupke	47,559.00
Prof. R. E. Lutz	20,300.00
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty
Dr. W. N. Reingold	2,242.00
Dr. J. L. Guerrant	4,715.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	10,540.00
From the Department of the Navy, for continued research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	26,500.00
Dr. A. J. Bachrach and Dr. E. G. Pattishall	7,110.45
Dr. Stephan Berko	9,000.00
From the Department of the Air Force, for continued research under the direction of the following members of the faculty.
Dr. G. C. Pitts	2,318.20
Drs. James Cole and Otis Updike	96,868.16
Dr. Alfred Burger	9,541.00
From the Department of the Army, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Drs. O. L. Updike and J. S. Bowen, Jr.	19,950.00
Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	18,000.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	31,398.00