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Special Meeting
November 13, 1959

Dr. Robert M. Wotton of the Department of Zoology and
Anatomy: A Study of the Effects of an Oil Suspension of
Digitoxin Administered Orally.

$14,100 from the National Science Foundation for research
by Dr. Harold J. Ball of the Department of Entomology: The
Effect of Visible Spectrum Irradiation on the Fundamental
Sensitivity of Organisms to Light and Photoperiod.

$1,000 from the Nebraska Heart Association for research by
Professor John E. Shannon, Jr. of the Department of Physiology:
Effects of Selected Drugs on Transplanted Embryonic Hearts
in the Mouse. (Continuation)

$6,820 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research by
Dr. Gordon E. Gibbs of the Department of Pediatrics: An
Attempt to Discover Conditions Which Will Produce Diabetic
Degenerative Vascular Lesions in the Alloxanized Monkey.

$400 from the Phillips Petroleum Company for research by
Professor James H. Weber of the Department of Chemical
Engineering: Calculation of Fundamental Data.

$1,620 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research by
Dr. James H. Looker of the Department of Chemistry: Synthesis
and Structure of 1,4-Pyrone Derivatives. (Supplement to an
earlier grant.)

$5,922 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research by
Dr. Robert E. Feeney of the Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition: Antibiological Action of Chelating Agents.
(Supplement to earlier grant).

$4,929 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research by
Dr. Richard Y. Morita of the Department of Bacteriology:
Study of Beggiota Species. (Continuation)

$1,927.60 from the Nebraska State Health Department for
research by Professor Richard A. Kurtz of the Department of
Sociology: Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Rural
Hospitals.

$8,000 from the American Dairy Association through the
University of Nebraska Foundation for research by Dr. I. L.
Hathaway: Determination of the Water Soluble Vitamins in
Various Types of Cheese and Their Importance in Nutrition.
(Continuation)

$9,900 from the Charles Pfizer Company for Pfizer Surgical
Research as directed by Dr. Merle M. Musselman of the
Department of Surgery. (Continuation)

$8,500 from the Nebraska Division of Wheat Development for
research by Dr. Kenneth P. Pruess of the Department of
Entomology: Biological and Ecological Studies on Cutworms
Attacking Wheat. (Continuation)

$5,000 from the Fund for the Advancement of Education for
Teachers College Faculty Travel under the direction of Dean
W. K. Beggs of the Teachers College.

$367 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research by
Professor Rufus Moore of the Department of Botany:
Chemically Induced Growth Rings in Rotenone Plants.
(Supplement to earlier grant).

$5,000 from the New York Life Insurance Company for research
by Dr. Curtis M. Elliott of the Department of Economics:
Research in Teaching of Insurance. (Continuation)

$14,889 from the U. S. Public Health Service for research
by Professors Carl E. Georgi of the Department of Bacteriology
and W. E. Militzer of the Department of Chemistry: The
Nature of Bacterial Thermophilism. (Continuation)

$300 from C. D. Haskell, Laurel, Nebraska, in support of work
at the Northeast Nebraska Experiment Station under the
direction of Dr. A. D. Flowerday.

Continued

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