THE MICHIGAN DAILY Regents Accept $1 Million in Grants k total of $1,004,760.35 in gifts d grants was accepted by the brary and other University units ling $5,000 to be used for scholar- iversity Board of Regents at and departments by Regent Eu- ships for the most needy senior zir meeting Friday. gene B. Power of Ann Arbor. student or students who are mem- American Gas Association, Inc. bers of Tau Beta Pi, the honorary [he largest grant came fromn donated $17,000 for research 4n- engineering society. The gifts, Kresge Foundation, who do- der the direction of Prof. Donald which were made through the ted $500,000 as the second grant L. Katz on the movement of water Development Council, were $2,500 eards the construction of the in contact with natural gas. from the George A. Fuller Co. titute. Du Pont Grants and another $2,500 from the Carnegie Corp. made a grant of The Regents accepted two Beinecke Foundation. C0,000, payable in five yearly grants from Du Pont & Co. One Muchnic Foundation bestowed tallments, for research on the was for $10,000 for fundamental $4,000 for a fellowship in chemical litical modernization of Japan. research in chemical engineering, and metallurgical engineering. [The Regents also accepted a Mrs. Standish Backus of Grosse The Regents also accepted from pplementary grant of $75,000 Pointe gave $13,000 for the Lotta eight life insurance companies a mm the Ford Foundation to be B. Backus Scholarship and Fellow- total of $3,800 for the Actuarial d for predoctoral fellowships ship Fund in Science and Engi- Science Program which is designed d loans in an experimental pro- neering. oepn h rann fgaut t to strengthen engineering Elsa U. Pardee Foundation students in the field of actuarial rglties.gdonated grants of $4,300 for can- science. Lincoln National gave Fruehauf Contributes cer research and $5,900 for a $1,000; Northwestern Mutual, $1,- Roy Fruehauf of Detroit donat- fellowship for cancer research. 000; John Hancock Mutual, also $38,400 for research in the field The Committee for Economic $1,000; five other life insurance urology. Development contributed $10,000 companies contributed the remain- A total of $19,900 worth of mi- for a business administration ing $825. ofilms, "Copyflow" books and school research project in co- Sloan Foundation her library materials was given operation with leading business Alfred P. Sloan Foundation do- ring 1960 to the University Li- executives in this region. nated $3,750 for the Alfred P. _ng__________heUm__r__y Li-Funds For Phoenix Sloan National Scholarships. Five donors gave a total of From American Foundation for $9,700 for the Phoenix Atomic Pharmaceutical Education came Research Program. They were $3,750 for five scholarships. Ronald M. Hazen of Indianapolis, $3,750 was added to the Indus- $4,200; John T. Allmand and Mrs. trial Engineering Computer Fund. Caroline T. Allmand of Detroit, Sears; Roebuck Foundation gave $4,100; Andrew A. Kucher of Dear- $2,000 and Evans Products Co. born, $800; Raymond T. Perring $1,500. of Detroit, $450; and Mr. and Mrs, The balance ($3,000) on a $6,000 F. Bingham Fead of Port Huron, grant for a fellowship was made pop-on $100. by Helen Hay Whitney Founda- General Moto; Corp. gave a tion. grant of $5,000 for a one year's Other gifts and grants of more subscription to the Industry Pro- than $1,000: % Dacron polyester, gram of the College of Engineer- Gifts for Press ing and another grant of $3,500 The foundation ;or the Univer- setting the fashion for a doctoral fellowship in nu- sity of Michigan Press gave $2,850 clear engineering, to stimulate scholarly publication collar and pointed Lederle Laboratories donated in the humanities and the science. $8,000 to establish a Corticoid- Gifts of $2,500 respectively were Declomycin study fund to be di- accepted from Minnesota Mining - 36. rected by Prof. John M. Sheldon. and Manufacturing Co., to renew 3.95 Chemistry Research last year's grant; Western Petro- A final payment of $7,500 was leum Refiners Association, to es- made by Research Corp for re- tablish a fellowship for a gradu- search under the direction of Prof. ate student working in the field Robert E. Ireland of the chemistry of asphalt technology; and Mc- department. Neil Laboratories, Inc., to finance A first payment of $6,000 was a study by Prof. Arthur C. Curtis made by Mrs. Edith B. Daudt of and Prof. Leo J. Miedler on "Phy- La Salle in support of the Edith siologic and Pathologic Responses B. Daudt Clinic to investigate the to Solar Radiation. cause and treatment of convulsive $1,600 from Foundry Education- S disorders. al Foundation, to finance seven The John Alexander Memorial scholarships. Fund for Thoracic Surgery was Surgery Research LADIES augmented with a donation of $1,500 respectively from E. R. AF APEL $5,300 from Mrs. John Alexander Squibb & Sons, for research under of Ann Arbor. the direction of Prof. Charles G. Forney ;W. Clement Memorial Child, chairman of the Dept. of Foundation, Inc. gave $5,000 for Surgery; National Fund for Medi- support of activities in the Hos- cal Education, for medical re- pital School. The foundation re- search; Scott Paper Company MAN at LIBERTY ceived contributions from Kiwanis Foundation, for a second semester Clubs in Michigan. scholarship; and from the Link Fuller Gifts Foundation, for a graduate fellow- From the George A. Fuller Com- ship in aeronautical engineering. pany Award came two gifts total- A gift of $1,250 from United Cerebral Palsy Association of Washtenaw County, Inc., was ac- \\'' cepted for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic. 4