The New York herald., 1922-10-08
NAMES COYKENhALL
ON BOARD FORldH
Columbia University lapoes
Honor to Alumnus Idena
fled With Big Strides.
THIRTY-FoUR GIFTS MAIN 2
Donations Cover Many Lines
of Endeavor and Student
Achievement.

Election of Frederick Coykendall. '95.
as life trustee and receipt OF th.rty-four
gifts aggregating s5I3.S.30 were an
pounced at Columbia University yester-
day. Nine gifts were OF $1,000 or more.
including s15.iS5 through the alumni
fund committee. $4,000 from the Bor-
den Company and $4,000 from Dwight
w. Morrow.
Mr. Coykendall, one of the most ac-
tive figures In tne Columbia alumni body.
retired on July Of this year as alumni
trustee of the university after six years
of service. during which he was identl-
fed with the larger educational move
nents. that have characterized post war
Columbia. Mr.. CoykenClall Is president
of the Cornell Steamboat Company and
director in other large corporations.
The list of gifts announced follows:
Through the Columbia alumni fund
committee. S15.135. of which $500 is
to be used for the Columbia University
Permanent Alumni Fund $500 for uso
by the university as the trustees may
direct and $135 for the general support
of the medical school.
Food Research Provided.
From the Borden Company for re-
search in food chemistry and nutrition.
$4,000 from Dwight w. Morrow toward
the cost of the publication of Prof. Os-
goods History of the American Colo
nies. $1,000; from the Commonwealth
Fund for the study of ricketts, in the de-
rartment of pathology, $4,000 from an
anonymous donor for the Surgical Re-
search Fund, $4,000; from DR. Joseph p.
Chamberlain for the Legislative Draft
ing Research Fund. $4,000 from the
class of 1897, Arts and Mines, to be
added to their gift for the construction
of a boathouse on Baker Field, $500:
From Mrs. Louis X. McClymonds for
the maintenance of the Louis *. Nc
ClymoIds scholarship in Columbia Col
lege, $1,000; from Halliburton Fales to
be added to the Columbia Alumni Fund.
$1,000; from an anonymous donor for
the purchase of furniture for the trophy
room in EarlsHaIl, $3.50; from the u. I.
du Pont de Nemouis Company for the
Du Pont Fellowship in Industrial Chem
istry, S750.
For salaries in the department OF
philosophy, $50. from which $3.50 is
given by Frederick r. Coudert. $3.50 by
Joseph p Grace and $3.50 by Clarence
III. Mackey; from John Armstrong
Chaloner for the award of the special
Chanler Historical Prizes for 192l-22 and
1929. $500; from Andrew V. Stout to
be added to the fund for the Surgical
Research Laboratory, $500; from Ed
ward w. Box to be applied toward the
salary for 1928 of the Queen WI
heimie professor. $500; from the Mutual
Welfare League for the Mutual We'll
fare scholarship fund, $500: from an
anonymous donor to provide special
scholarship assistance in the law school.
$500; from James Loes for the purchase
of books on the labor problem, $l75;
from the Biochemical Association for
the clerical assistance in the department
OF biological chemistry. $50: from the
Wawepex Society for the maintenance
of the John d. Jones scholarship for
the summer of 1922. $500: from Gustav
Lindenthal to provide prizes for the
winners of the second and third place4
in the Perkins Fellowship competition;
from Miss Evelyn Preston to be added
to the Mutual Welfare scholarship fund.-
$50; from members of the staff of the
department OF social science to be added
to the department appropriation. 500.
Class Pays for Memorial.
From the class of 1922. Medical
School, as memorial to their class
mate. Abram Apter. and to be used for
the purchase of books for the Medical
School Library, $s1.25: from Prof. Bran
der Matthews for books for the Dramatio
Museum, S77.2s: from the Chi Chapter
OF the Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity for
the award of prizes In the School OF
Business and University Extension. SIS:
from an anonymous donor. to be added
to the principal of the students loan
fund, $55.04: from an anonymous donor
to be added to the in;dme OF the Hartley
scholarship fund for 1921-22. $29.S9;
from the class of 1912 Medical School,
to be added TO the library fund In MEM
ory of Abram Apter Of the class of 1922,
s1s75 from the Rev. Acton Griscom
for the purchase OF books for the library.
$40; from A. =. Pfeiffer to be added to
the students loan fund. 1915. and from
Richard N. Troy for the benefit of the
Law School, So.