Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

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JUNE MEETING, 1964

Gifts: The President reported nonmonetary gifts, received since his preonionetary vious report. as follows. These gifts have all been acknowledged
(p. 170):
Floyd R. Beutel, Bay City, through the Michigan Alumni Fund, 115 cases of
frozen squash, valued at $514.74
Dr. William P. Bope, Decatur, a collection of medical books of great historical
interest, for the Medical School
Mrs. George Cann, Saginaw, a one-keyed transverse flute, valued at $200, for the
Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, has donated to the Dearborn
Campus some surplus equipment to be used with the Univac I computing
system of the Dearborn Campus
Theodore J. Cohn, Ann Arbor, a large part of his insect collection, valued at
$1,252.32, for the Museum of Zoology
Mrs. Herbert E. Devereaux, Chicago, two letters written in 1857 and 1858 by a
University student, and a receipt for the ten dollar "Initiation Fee." for the
Michigan Historical Collections
Arthur E. Fixel, Detroit, a bound copy of "Lectures on Public International Law,"
by James B. Angell, for the Law Library
Dean F. Frasche, Greenwich, Connecticut, a collection of ten pieces of ceramic
wares from Annam and Thailand and one Khmer Jar, valued at $3,000, for
the Museum of Anthropology
General Motors Corporation, AC Spark Plug Division, Flint, a #10-J Monarch
lathe, for the Flint College
General Motors Corporation, Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, laboratory
equipment, valued at $5,000, for the Dearborn Campus
General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Warren, a 1964 model
car body with all operating controls, instruments, and seat belts, to the
University Hospital, for use in training physically handicapped patients in the
techniques of entering and leaving a car from wheelchairs and crutches
Ralph W. Gerard, IM.D., Irvine, California, journals, books, and reprints, having
an approximate value of $3,000, for the Mental Health Research Institute
Library
William W. Hinshaw, Jr., Highland Park, Illinois, 38 prints of opera scenes to be
known as the "William Wade Hinshaw Collection of Scenes from the Great
Operas," in memory of his father, for the School of Music
International Business Machines Corporation, equipment described as '727 Power
Supply," for use in the Mental Health Research Institute
Easton T. Kelsey, Toronto, Ontario, a gold coin of Faustina the Younger, wife of
Marcus Aurelius, who died in 175 A.D., valued at $225, for the Kelsey Museum
of Archaeology
Captain Charles L. Kessler, U.S.N., Richmond, Virginia, 24 papers and other
items from the files of the late Justice Frank Murphy, for the Michigan
Historical Collections
Dr. and Mrs. Justin W. Leonard, East Lansing, a collection of aquatic insects
from Michigan, for the Museum of Zoology
Nuclear-Chicago Corporation, Des Plaines, Illinois, a Strontium-90 Source, for the
Department of Environmental Health
Mrs. Walter B. Pillsbury, Ann Arbor, a bust of the late Professor Pillsbury (R.P.,
1957-60, p. 1279), for the Department of Psychology
Mrs. James Marshall Plumer, Ann Arbor, 4,090 specimens of Far Eastern ceramic
ware, valued at $4,300, given during 1963 to the Museum of Anthropology
Rotary Anns of Dearborn, a tea service, valued at $150, for the Dearborn Campus
President Emeritus Alexander G. Ruthven, Ann Arbor, a Massimo Campigli oil
painting, valued at $2,000. for the Mluseum of Art
Professor William Randolph Taylor, Ann Arbor, 2,730 botanical specimens, valued
at $1,365. for the University Herbarium
Toledo Scale Division of Toledo Scale Corporation, a person-weighing scale, valued
at $497, for the Health Service
University Microfilms, Inc.. Employees Fund, Ann Arbor, a television set, for the
University Hospital
Mrs. Paul S. Welch, Ann Arbor, an enlarged and framed photograph of her late
husband, for the Limnological Library
Mrs. Albert E. White, Ann Arbor, a collection of "Amberina" glass and a display
case for it, with a total value of approximately $7,000, for the Clements
Library. ("Amberina," a type of glass seldom seen today, was originated by
William L. Libby about 1833 during the time he was superintendent of the
New England Glass Works at East Cambridge, Massachusetts.)