Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

302 FIRST MAY MEETING, 1940
From The Detroit Edison Company, for work on comparison of creep-test values
and grain size of carbon-molybdenum pipe material (R.P. 1926-1929, p.
171); at an estimated cost of $500
The President reported the following gifts, all of which were accepted with thanks and, where special terms or conditions were involved, in agreement with such special terms and conditions:
From McGregor Fund, $487.50 for the Lake Angelus Astronomical Support fund
(p. 209), to be used as salary for the following persons in the Department
of Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for the period
from May 15 to June 30, 1940: Charles W. Guenther, Instrument Maker
(Lake Angelus), $300, and Marjorie W. Strong, Secretary (Lake Angelus),
$187.50
From Judge Henry S. Hulbert, Detroit, $1,560 for the Francis C. McMath Memorial fund, to be used specifically in payment for one 24-inch primary parabolic mirror and two hyperbolic secondary mirrors (p. 192)
From the Aaron Mendelson Memorial Trust, Detroit, $750 for the Aaron Mendelson Memorial Research fund, for research in tissue immunity, under the
direction of Dr. R. L. Kahn (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 999). This completes the
grant for 1939-1940.
From Dr. Paul C. Samson, Oakland, California, a former recipient of the Anna
Bissell Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, $100 to be added to the fund (R.P.
1932-1936, pp. 575-576)
From the University Musical Society, Mr. C. A. Sink, President, $500 to cover
the cost of publication of the Albert A. Lockwood book entitled, Notes on
the Literature of the Piano
From Martha Cook Building, through Miss Sara Rowe, House Director, $1,130.50
for Martha Cook Building Scholarships-five for the second semester and one
for the entire year, 1939-1940 (p. 209)
Dr. Harley A. Haynes, Director of the University Hospital, reported the receipt
of $233.85 from Miss Betty Lombard, Secretary of the Michigan League, as
a donation from the Campus organizations which took part in the Sophomore
Cabaret, toward the care of crippled children at the University Hospital. The
money is to be added to the University Hospital Aid fund.
From Mr. Melville Bissell, Jr., Grand Rapids, an offer to continue the Anna
Bissell Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery for the two-year period, July 1, 1940,
to June 30, 1942, with stipend of $1,200 a year. Dr. Spires Whitaker of the
Metropolitan Hospital, New York City, who is to be appointed to the staff
of the Department of Surgery, beginning July 1, 1940, has been awarded this
fellowship for the full period (p. 49).
From the Joint Committee on Health Education, Dr. B. R. Corbus, Chairman,
$300 for the Joint Committee on Health Education fund (p. 250)
From Professor Francis D. Curtis of the School of Education, a piano for the
use of the University High School
From Dr. Edward C. Mills of Columbus, Ohio, a graduate of the Dental Department of the University of Michigan in the Class of 1889, $1,000 to establish
the Edward C. and Nellie White Mills fund, the income of which "shall be
an annual cash award to the student whose thesis shall show extensive reading,
and study on some subject related to the science and art of dentistry, or some
collateral subject; special attention shall be given to diction and the logical
sequence of the subject matter, and a reference bibliography attached. The
subjects of these theses will be such as are usually chosen or prescribed by
the dental Faculty."
From Aaron Mendelson Memorial Trust, Detroit, a grant of $1,500 for the coming
year for the Aaron Mendelson Memorial Research fund (R.P. 1936-1939,
p. 999), administered under the direction of Dr. R. L. Kahn. Payments are
to be made in quarterly installments, as follows: June, September, December,
1940, and March, 1941.
From Mr. Herman W. Kothe of Indianapolis, Indiana, $50 for the Kothe-Hildner
Prize for 1940-1941 (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 940)
From Mr. Charles Holland Moritz of the Phipps Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland, two alto bell lyras with resonators as a gift to the
University of Michigan Band