Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

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1MARCH MEETING, 1966

D. V. Baxter: Will The University Attorney reported that the will of Professor Dow
V. Baxter (p. 1208) had recently been offered for probate in Hillsboro,
Illinois. The Seventh Paragraph of the will provides as follows:
"I bequeath $5,000 to the University of Michigan School of Music in memory
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith and Genevieve Smith, late of Hillsboro, Illinois."
The fourth paragraph provides a bequest to the First Methodist
Church of Ann Arbor. Michigan, to establish a fund to be used to make
loans without interest to worthy Methodist students attending The
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Michigan.
The will. which is dated August 24. 1965, recites that the testator
was a resident of the City of Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois.
J.. Bell: Will The University Attorney reported that the will of Joseph J. Bell,
A.B.. 1913, had recently been offered for probate in Codington County,
South Dakota. The fourth paragraph of the will provides in part as
follows:
"I give, devise and bequeath the following amounts to the following named
beneficiaries:...
"(2) To the University of Michigan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, the sum of
$15.000.00 cash."
Mr. Bell received an A.B. degree from this University in 1913 and
at the time of his retirement was President of Midland National Life
Insurance Company of Watertown, South Dakota.
Six nieces and nephews have joined in objections to the admission of
the will to probate claiming that testator was not of sound mind and
was unduly influenced by one of the residuary legatees at the time of
execution of the will. It is not believed necessary that the University
retain local counsel at this time since the will contest is between two
groups of relatives (nieces and nephews), and the charitable bequests
are a relatively small part of the estate.
v. 5. Black: Will The University Attorney reported that the will of Vina M. Black
had recently been offered for probate in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Article V of the will provides as follows:
"I give and bequeath to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan,
the sum of Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($10,000.00), in memory of my
sister, Jean Milligan, and request that the income from this money be used by the
University to aid needy and worthy students of the University and that the same
be designated by the University as the Jean Milligan Scholarship or Scholarships.'
Mrs. Black attended this University from 1898 to 1902. Her name
appears in the Alumni Records Office as Malvina A. Milligan.
C. W. Tuomy: The University Attorney reported that the will of Cornelius W.
Will Tuomy, which had recently been offered for probate in Washtenaw
County, provided for the establishment of two separate scholarship
funds in the principal amount of $50,000 each in the following language:
"TWENTY-FIVE: I hereby give and bequeath to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00)
Dollars, to be its absolutely and forever; the same to be used for the establishment
of athletic scholarships predicated upon need and academic achievement, which said
scholarship fund shall be known as THE THOMAS KEARNEY TUOIMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND, and the income only thereof to be made available to such student
athletes; it being intended that the designation of the recipients of such income
shall be within the discretion and control of the Board of Inter-Collegiate Athletics
of the University of Michigan.