Abstract
THE nineteenth Annual Report of the director, Dr. E. R. Weidlein, to the trustees of Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa., with which the name of Mr. Andrew Mellon, the new U.S. Ambassador in London, is associated, has recently been issued. It appears that the sum of 722,541 dollars was received by the institution from industrial fellowship donors during the fiscal year ended Feb. 29, 1932, bringing the total for the past 21 years to 8,277,018 dollars. Throughout the past year 75 industrial fellowships, employing 176 scientific workers and engineers, were in operation. At the close of the year, 58 fellowships were active, and of these, 28 have been at work for five years or longer and 13 have concluded more than ten years of research. Since 1911, when the industrial fellowship system was established at the University of Pittsburgh, Mellon Institute has had fellowships on 230 distinct subjects, on which 775 workers have been engaged, and 313 fellows and 357 fellowship assistants, having completed their services, have entered the fields of industry and education. As trained additions to the forces of manufacturing and teaching, these men constitute the Institute's greatest contribution to humanity. The constructional work on the Institute's new building is proceeding satisfactorily; it is thought that this edifice will be completed and ready for occupancy in the summer of 1933.
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The Mellon Institute at Pittsburgh. Nature 129, 644 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129644a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129644a0