University of Virginia Library

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President announced the following gifts and grants

                                                                                                                                                 

From Mr. Samuel M. Bemiss, to the Alderman Library for the purchase of an early illustrated "Aesop"	$375.00
From Professor A. G. A. Balz, to the Alderman Library, philosophical work of the 17th and 18th centuries, valued at	393.00
From Mr. Valerien Lada-Mocarski, a copy of the Paris 1783 United State Constitutions, valued at	280.00
From Mr. Chapin Jones, 525 books valued at	695.75
From an anonymous donor, contribution for a debate prize for students majoring in economics and commerce	150.00
From Mr. E. Thornton Tayloe, 840 volumes, valued at	826.45
From Mr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Flynn, to be added to the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship Fund	250.00
From Mr. Forrest Hyde, for the Samuel Baker Woods Award	250.00
From the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, for the collection of Jeffersoniana	5,000.00
From Ambassador Philip K. Crowe, 363 books of Ceylon, valued at	3,413.50
From the J. L. Camp Foundation, to be added to the scholarship fund, for a scholarship to a student from England (NO PUBLICITY)	2,000.00
From Mr. A. Gordon Stephenson, to the Hospital to be used for the benefit of the Department of Urology	1,000.00
From Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Brady, Jr., to the University Hospital	500.00
From the estate of the late Mr. Joseph H. Riley, to the Department of Biology, "to found a school and museum of Vertebrate Zoology"	100,000.00
From Mrs. Doris K. Neale, for the Doris K. Neale Fellowship for 1957-58	500.00
From Mr. Joseph Mintzer, for the Tumor Clinic	200.00
From Mrs. Frances Thigpen, to be used for the purchase of equipment in the Davis Wing of the Hospital	100.00
From Mrs. Carolyn Carter, to be used for the purchase of equipment for the Davis Wing of the Hospital	$500.00
From Mr. R. J. Stockham, to be added to the Medical Alumni Fund	1,000.00
From Glen Echo Farm, for the purchase of equipment for the Children's Rehabilitation Center	1,000.00
From the estate of the late Mr. Henry A. Johnston, to be added to the endowment fund of the University	8,000.00
From the estate of the late Mr. Newton J. Painter, to be added to the endowment fund of the University	667.85
From Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Jr., to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Cancer Fund, securities valued at	10,796.00
From General Motors Corp., for two scholarships for the 1956-57 session	1,900.00
From an anonymous donor, to be used for the benefit of the McGregor Library, securities valued at	9,800.00
From an anonymous donor, to the Medical School to be added to the House Staff Scholarship Fund	2,400.00
From the Sycamore Tree Trust, to the Hospital for the Maternal Health Clinic	2,000.00
From the Sycamore Tree Trust, to the Hospital to establish the Ann Shepherd Fund for Neurosurgery	1,000.00
From the National Fund for Medical Education, in support of the Medical School	34,175.00
From the American Medical Education Foundation, in support of the Medical School	15,392.50
From the Charlottesville and Albemarle Cerebral Palsy Association, to the Hospital for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic	1,463.00
From the Hospital Auxiliary, to be used for the Hospital	3,991.70
From Mr. John D. Gordon, to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Cancer Fund	100.00
From the Duke Laboratory Foundation, to the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology for research	500.00
From various sources, to be added to the Frank Howard Lahey Memorial Fund	545.00
From the Upjohn Company, for research under the direction of Drs. Parson and Crispell, of the Dept. of Internal Medicine	3,500.00
From Dr. Eugene L. Jewett, to be added to the Medical Alumni Fund	100.00
From Dr. Ruth S. Jewett, to be added to the Medical Alumni Fund	100.00
From the Irwin, Neisler and Company, for metabolic research under the direction of Dr. Crispell	1,500.00
From the Institute of Life Insurance, to cover the cost of a workshop in Family Financial Security Education during the 1956 summer session	10,372.50
From the Alumni Board of Trustees, to be used for the Piedmont Faculty housing project	100,000.00
From various sources, to be added to the Balz Philosophy Fund as a memorial to Dr. A. G. A. Balz	1,481.00
From the Commonwealth Fund, for the use of the Hospital	47,987.00
From the National Institute of Health, for research under the direction of Dr. Vincent Hollander, of the Tumor Clinic	4,434.50
From the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, for research under the direction of Dr. William Jenson, of the Department of Biology	4,000.00
From Merck and Company, Inc., for research in chemistry under the direction of Dr. R. T. Major	30,000.00
From A-S-H Industries, Inc., for continued research under the direction of Mr. O. R. Harris, of the School of Engineering	25,000.00
From Union Carbide Nuclear Company, for research under the direction of Mr. O. R. Harris, of the School of Engineering	3,500.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research under the direction of Dr. R. E. Lutz, of the Department of Chemistry	10,921.36
From the Department of the Navy, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty
Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	$26,500.00
Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	12,500.00
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. A. T. Gwathmey	17,951.00
Dr. F. L. Hereford	20,900.00
From the Department of the Air Force, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. F. L. Hereford	41,027.88
Dr. G. T. Whyburn	31,062.52
Drs. G. H. Miller and R. A. Lowry	27,500.00
Dr. V. P. Hollander	2,500.00
From the National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. M. S. McKeehan	6,300.00
Dr. J. W. Beams	8,200.00
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. Charles Frankel	2,300.00
Dr. Cornelia Hoch-Ligeti	14,950.00
Dr. E. D. Brand	8,519.00
Dr. H. S. McGaughey, Jr.	12,283.00
Dr. D. W. Kupke	2,288.00
Dr. Gerald Goldstein	2,185.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research under the direction of Mr. B. J. Gilpin, of the School of Engineering	31,000.00
From the National Institute of Health, for an undergraduate training grant in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry	41,742.00
From the National Science Foundation, for a teacher training grant in science and mathematics for one year	261,300.00

The President invited the particular attention of the Board to the Riley
bequest and to the National Science Foundation grant. There was general
discussion, led by Mr. Darden, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Pollock, of the sources and
management of grants for scientific research.