Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

FEBRUARY MEETING, 1937

161

Assistant Secretary Watkins reported for record the sources of the
retirement income for Dr. William D. Henderson, resigned as Director
of the Extension Division (p. 113) and Dr. Theodore R. Running,
resigned as Professor of Mathematics (p. 118), as follows:
Dr. William D. Henderson
Supplemental Annuity.................................... $ 429.00 a year
Older Faculty Members Retirement Fund.................... 3,029.65 a year
Total Yearly Income................................ $3,458.65
Professor T. R. Running
Carnegie Foundation.................................... $1,600.00 a year
Supplemental Annuity Policy.............................. 333.12 a year
Carnegie Corporation (Annuity Policy)..................... 388.80 a year
Older Faculty Members Retirement Fund................... 508.63 a year
Total Yearly Income.................................$2,830.55
The Secretary filed a tabulation of names on the payroll of the
University for the month of November, 1936, showing 4,457 names
plus 186 paid from trust funds, or a grand total of 4,643 (R.P. 1932 -1936, p. 765).
The following contracts made by the Department of Engineering
Research were placed on record (p. 141):
Contracts
With the Buhl Stamping Company, Detroit, for investigation of tinning operations; at an estimated cost of $500
With the Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for determination of welding stresses in pipe; at an estimated cost of $500
With the Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for study
of the causes of cracking and corrosion of stainless-steel superheater tubes;
at an estimated cost of $2,000
With the Edwin L. Wiegand Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for investigation of characteristics of electric heating units; at an estimated cost of $2,000
Extensions to Contracts
With the Calorizing Company for work on high-temperature investigation of
calorized steels (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 848); at an estimated cost of $3,000
With the Calorizing Company for work on high-temperature investigation of
Calite alloys; at an estimated cost of $3,000 (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 819)
With the International Nickel Company, Inc., covering work on heat-checking
axles (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 739); at an estimated cost of $1,000
With the Toledo Scale Manufacturing Company for work on studies in food
preservation (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 844); at an estimated cost of $3,300
Purchase Orders
From the Ford Motor Company for one complete, hinged mirror unit with
diamond point and one small mirror for hinge unit; no estimated cost stated
From the Fulton Sylphon Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, to complete metallographic work and report on bellows type seals; at an estimated cost of $50
From the Jessop Steel Company for determination of oxygen and nitrogen in two
specimens; at an estimated cost of $40
From the King-Seeley Corporation for three complete analyses on Type R.A.
stainless steel; no estimated cost stated
From the Micromatic Hone Corporation for five profilograms; at an estimated
cost of $62.50
From the Micromatic Hone Corporation for two profilograms; at an estimated
cost of $25
From the Rotary Electric Steel Company for an analysis of four samples of steel
for nitrogen, etc.; at an estimated cost of $100
From the Rotary Electric Steel Company, for analysis of sample for antimony;
no estimated cost stated
From the Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company for four heats of aluminum
alloys tested for fluidity; at an estimated cost of $70