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Show 97 w. Bronk from the National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Peter Debye, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and Dr. C. Glen King, of the Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York City. The Nelch Foundation was created by the will of Mr. Welch who had left his fortune in trust for the purpose of research in the field of chemistry. The income from the trust was to be used only in the state of Texas.30 The scientific advisory board had the responsibility to review all the research proposals and recommend to the trustees those they felt the foundation should fund. At the first meeting of the advisory board on November l8-l9, l954, seventeen proposals were recommended and approved by the board and trustees amounting to $850,000. As a member of the scientific advisory board for the past twenty-five years, and the only original member still on the board, Eyring has participated in the granting of over $l00,000,000 for over 2000 projects since his appointment in l954.31 In addition to the reading of proposals and recommend- ing of projects to be funded, the scientific advisory board alsoinade recommendations for the Robert A. Welch Foundation "Lectureships in Chemistry." During the first four years of these special lectureships, nineteen prominent scientists from throughout the world gave over fifty lectures to Texas universities and colleges.32 The advisory board, under the leadership of Dr. Peter Debye, also recommended an annual conference on chemical research. Debye had been instrumental in establishing the Solvay conferences on chemistry in Europe.33 The first of the Nelch Foundation conferences was held in Houston on November 20-22, l957. The advisory board again was given the responsibility of arranging these programs under the direction of the board of trustees. With the financial support of the Foundation, |
