Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

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FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1939

The Secretary reported to the Regents the circumstances under
which Willard I. Wilcox, a graduate student and a teaching fellow,
met accidental death in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory, September 11, 1939.
The Secretary filed the annual report of investments of trust funds
and deposit accounts as of June 30, 1939 (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 683).
The President reported that in accordance with authority in the
By-Laws he had named Regent Cook to serve on the Executive Committee in place of Regent Beal during the latter's illness (R.P. 1936 -1939, p. 433).
The Regents accepted the proffer of the sum of $3,000 from Parke,
Davis and Company, to cover, during the year 1939-1940, "co-operative scientific study at the University of Michigan Hospital under the
leadership of Dr. John M. Sheldon of the Allergy Clinic."
Contribution of $10 by Dr. William S. Middleton of the Medical
School of the University of Wisconsin, for the Frank Norman Wilson
Lectureship in Cardiology, was acknowledged with thanks (R.P. 1936 -1939, p. 828).
The Regents accepted with thanks a total sum of $400 from two
anonymous donors for the Helen Newberry Residence Scholarship
fund (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 608).
Professor Robert C. Angell and Professor Harley H. Bartlett were
appointed to membership in the Executive Committee of the College
of Literature, Science, and the Arts for terms of three years each,
beginning October 1, 1939, vice Professor Arthur S. Aiton and Professor John F. Shepard, terms expired (R.P. 1936-1939, p. 708).
The salary of Dr. Allan J. McLaughlin, Lecturer in Hygiene and
Public Health, was increased from $6,500 to $7,000 for the University
year 1939-1940, the additional sum of $500 being taken from a sum
already provided in the budget of the Division of Hygiene and Public
Health, under the item of Part-time Instructors (R.P. 1936-1939,
p. 969).
Leave of absence due to illness, for a period of six months if
necessary, with full pay, was voted to Dr. James W. Logie, Instructor
in Surgery.
On recommendation of the proper Faculties in each case degrees
and certificates were voted as follows:
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY
Paul David Jacobs
BACHELOR OF ARTS
George Edwin Bredt Sylvia Joye Goldstein
James Maloney DeVine Leon Albert Kupeck
Robert Lee Gillis Margaret Leuchars Sinclair
CERTIFICATE IN JOURNALISM
Carmena Mitchell Freeman, A.B. Margaret Lucilla Lewis, A.B.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Dorothy Johnston