Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-01
j|FT 0F MILLIONS
 FROM BOYS DEATH
STANDARD OIL KING IN MEMORY OF GRANDSON GIVES ALMOST THREE MILLIONS TO MED
 ICAL RESEARCH
Founded Institute Six Years Ago in New York and Has Already Pro- vided $1,200,00 to Keep the Best Elk perts Obtainable at It.

of the death in Tarrytown six years ago of a little boy, his forbears are now spending millions of dollars to save the lives of other little boys and girls.
 This lad was the son of MT. and Mrs. Harold Mccormick, daughter and son. in-law of John D. Rockefeller. Tester. day MT. Rockefeller gave $2,600,000 as an endowment fund for the Medical Research institute which he had pre- viously established here. In Chicago about $l,000,000 has already been de- voted by Mir. and Mrs. Mccormick for the Institute for the Study of Infec- tious Diseases.
 It was in 1901 that the first born of the McCormicks was stricken with what was called summer complaint. He was rushed to the home of his grandfather at Tarrytown and all that money could procure in the shape of the best medical attention and the most skillful nursing was done for the little fellow. But in vain, for he died, heir to what would have been very probably billion dol lars
 Shortly after six men met in a hotel in Washington. The first man was John D. Rockefeller. The other five were noted doctors. They had come at the call of the oil magnate.
 Rockefeller Proposes Plan
 My grandson died recently" said he, "and l want to stop other grand sons and sons and daughters from losing their lives through what may be a lack of knowledge on the part of physicians of this country. l want to found an institute for the study of disease. I want the most scientific investigation that it is possible to make. I will en- dow this institution. l want the ex- elusive time and attention of the best men in this line in this country. Will you, gentlemen, as physicians, join me7p
 They did, and as result the Rocke- feller Institute for Medical Research was established in May, 1906. On the 18th of that month it was formally opened, the building being located on the banks of the East river at Sixty sixth and Sixty-seventh streets. For preliminary work $20O,0oO was pledged by Mir. Rockefeller, and when the in stitute was opened the staff consisted of Dr. simon Flexner, Dr. E.. L. Opie, Dr. H. Nogouchi, Dr. J. F.. Shoot and Dr. H. $. Houghton in the department of pathology and bacteriology; Dr. S. J. Meltzer and Dr. John Auer, physi- ology, and Dr. P. A. Levcne and Dr. w. Beatty, in the department of chem istry. Five resident fellowships and scholarships were granted to B. F. Terry, zoology; R. D. McLaurin, chem. istry; Charles A. Reniller, chemistry, and F.. H. Shorer and Miss Bertha J. Barker, bacteriology.
 Adds Millions to Gift
 In 1902 MT. Rockefeller added $1,- 000,000 and it has been upon this sum that the work at the institute has been carried on. A good deal of the original money is still unexpended, but it was not regarded as an endowment, and the institute was living upon it in the hope that when it came to an end further funds would be provided.
 Yesterday Mir. Rockefeller gave se- curities worth over s2,500,000 to form the endowment fund of the institute, and it is believed this is not his last | gift. This will insure the continuance and enlargement of the institution it. self and provide support for scientists engaged for it in medical research in i all parts of the world It is believed that Mir. Rockefeller does not intend this to be his final gift, but will add to it as the institution expands and finds wider scope for it's usefulness.
 No restriction has been put upon the board or directors Dr. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins university, president of the institute; Dr. Simon Flexner, the superintendent, and their associates, Dr. Luther Emmett Holt, Dr. T. Mitchell Prudden, Dr. Cristin A. Herter of Columbia, Dr. Hermann M. Riggs of Bellevue and Dr. Theobald Smith of Harvard will be permitted to spend the income of $2000O0 which will be derived from the endowment upon any matter which seems to them worthy of investigation.
 A considerable part of the endowment will be taken up with the expenses of and the salaries of the large staff now at work at the institu- tion.