Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

JANUARY MEETING, 1937

149

Name of Fund: Upjohn Company Fund for Surgical Research
Period: Indefinite
Director of Project: Dr. F. A. Coller
Source of Funds: Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Accepted by Regents: October 30, 1936-p. 94
Purpose of Fund: Investigation on the epinephrine content of the blood
in various diseases
Expense and Equipment.......................................$750
The following resolutions were adopted (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 840):
Resolved, That the executive functions of the College of Architecture shall
be under the control of a director assisted by an executive committee. The
Executive Committee shall be charged with the duties of investigating and formulating educational and instructional policies for consideration by the Faculty
and shall act for the College in matters of budget, promotions, and appointments;
and
Resolved, further, That the Executive Committee of the College of Architecture shall consist of the Director and three additional members from the Faculty appointed by the President from a panel of names nominated by the Faculty.
The panel shall contain twice as many names as there are positions to be filled.
The Director shall be chairman of the committee; and
Resolved, further, That the appointive members of the Executive Committee
shall hold office for three years and shall not be eligible for reappointment until
after the lapse of one year. The terms of office of the appointive members of
the first Executive Committee shall be for one, two, or three years, as determined
by lot, beginning July 1, 1937. Members receiving appointments at any time for
one year shall be eligible for immediate reappointment; and
Resolved, That Wells Ira Bennett, M.S., be and hereby is appointed Director
of the College of Architecture, effective February 15, 1937, with the understanding that he retain his present title of Professor of Architecture; and
Resolved, further, That the present Executive Committee of the College of
Architecture be continued through June 30, 1937, and that the appointive members
thereof be eligible for appointment in the first Executive Committee under the
new administrative plan.
The President reported a cablegram from Associate Professor
Richard A. Rossiter, Astronomer in Charge of the Lamont-Hussey
Observatory of the University of Michigan in Bloemfontein, South
Africa, to the effect that a grant from the Government of the Union of
South Africa had been made which will pay the salary of the Astronomer in Charge, plus expenses, for a period of five years, beginning with April, 1937, without changing in any respect the status of
the Observatory and the rights of the University of Michigan. This
grant is the approximate equivalent of $25,000. In accordance with
the President's recommendation due record of the transaction was
made in the Proceedings of the Regents, and the official thanks of the
Regents were directed to be transmitted to appropriate government
authorities for thus making it possible to complete the program of discovery of double stars and to provide additional measurements of
stars already discovered, all much desired by astronomers for the
purposes of research.
Gifts were received as follows and accepted by the Regents in
accordance with their terms and conditions and with thanks to the
donors:
From the E. I. duPont deNemours and Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the
sum of $2,000 as salary for a research assistant to Associate Professor
Werner E. Bachmann of the Department of Organic Chemistry for the
University year 1937-1938. This grant constitutes in effect a postdoctorate
fellowship, and the recipient is to receive the full amount of the appropriation with provision of working space, facilities, and the ordinary apparatus