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Show 87 school. At the same time the graduate school was expanding, a similar expansion was occurring with Utah's medical school. Part of the success of the medical school resulted from the support of an increasingly competent graduate school. In particular the graduate school provided necessary depth in the sciences.8 Eyring, cooperating with Dr. Carl J. Christensen, Dean of the School of Mines and a former scientist at Bell Laboratories, made an invaluable beginning in bringing funds to Utah. Nhen research grants went from thousands to millions of dollars the paperwork was switched from the graduate school to the office of Cooperative Research in October, l951. Later, Dean Christensen became Direc- tor of Research and stepped down as Dean, but he continued his close association with Eyring in bringing monies to Utah.9 Thus, Eyring helped bring millions of dollars to the University both as a principal researcher and by virtue of being Dean of the Graduatechhool. From the time of his arrival in the fall of l946 to the present time (l980), he has personally administered numerous research grants which have enabled him to provide work for many graduate students, postdoctoral students, and faculty members. It is difficult to determine precisely how much he has brought in these grants but conservative esti- mates indicate that this total exceeds four million dollars.10 For example, between l947 and l957 he administered grants of $380,000 from the U.S. Navy Department of Naval Research; between l950 and l968, he was principal investigator for grants of $302,000 from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; between l96l and l970, he oversaw grants of $450,000 from the American Chemical Society; and between 1965 and l979, he worked with grants of $547,000 from the National Institutes of Health. These are examples of major long term grants, but there are many more of |
