Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

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APRIL MEETING, 1964

Mrs. Richard Light, Kalamazoo, for the Dr. William A. Scott Endowment fund (see above)................................... $ 100.00
Dr. Kenneth I. E. Macleod, Cincinnati, Ohio, for the Henry F.
Vaughan fund (p. 272).................................. 5.00
Michigan Heart Association, Detroit, for the Michigan Heart Association-Dean's fund (p. 170)................................ 7,254.50
Marjorie Lee Minnis, Palo Alto, California, for the Nola Sauer Minnis
Prize in Chemistry (R.P., 1960-63, p. 1027)................ 100.00
Stewart R. Mott, Ann Arbor, for the Berlin University-Hamburg
University Scholarship................................... 1,100.00
M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., New York, to establish the M. Rosenblatt
& Son, Inc., fund (p. 148)................................ 400.00
University of Michigan Band Alumni Association, Belleville, for the
Herbert G. Watkins Band fund (R.P., 1960-63, p. 1193)...... 200.00
Wayne State University, Detroit, as the third quarter allocation for
the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (p. 193)....... 18,750.00
R. S. Campbell: The University Attorney reported that the estate of Roy S. Campbell, deceased, is in process of probate in Bath County, Virginia.
Mr. Campbell, who received a Bachelor of Marine Engineering degree
from this University in 1912 and an honorary Doctor of Engineering
degree in 1949, died a resident of Newport News, Virginia, on October 24, 1962. Article Four, (1), (e), of his will contains the following
provision:
"I give, devise and bequeath the remaining two thirds (I5) of the said
residue of my estate to be paid to the University of M\Iichigan Alumni Fund,
Ann Arbor, Michigan in fee simple and absolutely to be used by the said Fund
for any purpose it deems proper."
The First and Merchants National Bank, of Newport News, Virginia, one of
the co-executors of the will, advises that all of the specific bequests have been paid
and that it will distribute the residue as soon as it receives a final clearance from
the Internal Revenue Service. It estimates that the University will receive $169,000
from this estate.

E. L. Knott: Will
S. A. Stewart: Will

Mr. Campbell came originally from Detroit and was at one time
President of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation.
The University Attorney reported that the will of Emma Louise
Knott had recently been offered for probate in King County, Washington. The will provides a gift of $5,000 to the University in the following
language:
"To the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, now located principally in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, the sum of FIVE TIOUSAND DOLLARS ($5.000.00), for
use in connection with the operation of its Chemistry Department, in memory
of my brother, Albert Jacobson."
Mrs. Knott never attended the University. Her brother, Albert
Jacobson. who was for many years the Chief Chemist of the City of
Seattle, obtained an A.B. degree from this University in 1903.
The University Attorney reported that the will of Sarah A. Stewart
had recently been offered for probate in Butler County, Ohio. Item V
of the will contains the following provision:
"For the purpose of a memorial in honor of my late son, Harry H. Despond,
I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate to the Medical
Department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, the same to
be used exclusively to conduct research in diseases of the heart and circulatory
system. The receipt of the Secretary or Treasurer of said Department of Medicine
or of the Board of Regents of the University, shall be sufficient to discharge my
executor as to this residuary legacy."
The executor advises that Mrs. Stewart, who was ninety-three years
of age at the time of her death, never attended the University, but her