Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

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FIRST MARCH MEETING, 1940

Leave of absence with salary for the balance of the present fiscal
year was granted to Dr. Perry S. MacNeal, Instructor in Internal Medicine, due to illness.
An honorary degree was voted to be conferred on April 3 next at
the dedication of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Institute: Graduate
and Postgraduate Dentistry (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 997).
An honorary degree was voted to be conferred at the convocation
in connection with the opening exercises of the Medical School, September 30, 1940 (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 997).
Honorary degrees were voted (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 997) with the
expectation that these degrees would be conferred at Commencement,
1940, provided always that the candidates should be present in person
to receive their degrees.
The sum of $2,000 was added to the Current account of the Bureau
of Alumni Relations, and the sum of $1,250 was added to the Current
account of the University News Service.
The Board authorized continuance on the payroll of the University
Laundry of Mr. William V. Skopil, age seventy-one, after nineteen
years' service in the Laundry, with compensation of $50 a month and
without assigned duties, effective July 1, 1940.
The Board approved the following appropriations made by the
Board of Governors of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate
Studies, from the Horace H. Rackham Fund (Income Account) (p.
133):
Name of Fund: Research Project R No. 58
In Charge: Dr. C. S. Yoakum
Period: March 1, 1940, to March 1, 1941
Title of Project: Grant to Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory in
the Panama Canal Zone
Expense and Equipment.................................... $300
Name of Fund: Research Project R No. 87
In Charge: Assistant Professor J. L. Davis
Period: February 6, 1940-Undetermined
Title of Project: Studies in eighteenth century American magazines
Expense and Equipment..................................... $1,000
Name of Fund: Research Project R No. 86
In Charge: Associate Professor C. D. LaRue
Period: February 20, 1940, to February 20, 1941
Title of Project: The effect of wound hormones on tumor development and
root formation in plants
Salaries................................................... $600
Expense and Equipment..................................... 100
$700
The sum of $800 was transferred from the Dean's Fund, College
of Engineering, to the Current account of Engineering Administration.
The following trust-fund budgets were approved (p. 186):
Name of Fund: Experimental Microphotography
Period: January 23, 1940-Undetermined
In Charge: Dr. W. W. Bishop and Professor W. G. Rice
Source of Funds: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Accepted by Regents: April, 1939, p. 909
Purpose of Fund: In support of an experimental program in microphotography
Salaries.................................................... $100
Expense.and Equipment.................................... 400
$500
NOTE: This budget is for preliminary investigations only. The budget for the
balance of the grant will be submitted later.