The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-25
U. OF ILLINOIS
 BIDS FOR LEAD
 IN AIR TRAINING
BY TmEODORA LUMBER

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Chicago, July %. 1UPp-T1e Uni- versity of Illinois. with the opening Of it's airport in November. wtll launch the largest university -spon- sOred aviation program in the na- ton.
 Students will be trained as spe- ciallsts tn aviation and will cover every aspect Of the field. from the construction and production of all types Of airplanes and engines and the design Of airports. to medical and agricultural aspects Of aviation and aviation law.
 Special degrees in aer0nautics may be conferred for advanced uni- verslty study. and graduates will be able to take their places in what will probably be the greatest post war field tn commerce and indus try.
 "The situation confronting plan ners for the future of domestic aviation is without a parallel in the history Of education. and indeed 0f civilization" President Arthur cuits willard, internaiionally-kn0wn ens gineer who has headed the univer. siiy for 10 years. stated tn annOunc. ing the universlty's new program Of aviation education and research.
 Myriad ef Problems
 No other industry ever has made such broad demands on s0 many fields Of human knowledge"
 For instance. he pointed out. the aiF transport of foods and perish. able eargOes including wtne-Tipeneo 0r tree -rIpened fruits. quick -frozeD food. etc, will be only one of the thousands of problems that will have t0 be worked out.
 The delivery Of baby chicks to Europe by air. and the effect of flying on tuheTeulaF patients are but two more of the multiple prob lens for research Of the University Of Illinois air program.
 What kimd Of fliyveT plates, airs ports and hangars will permeate every section 0f America in the future when Americans wtll be hedge hopping the country in cub planes and taking weekend trips tG London and Paris?
 How can aiTplanes be better ads justed to human beings and hos can they aid in world trade and the conflict Or cooperation of nati0nsf
 What kind Of turf Is best for the grass TunYays that will he in use by communities all over the nation?
 Advisory Board Set Up
 These problems already are under consideration 0f the University Of Illinois Advisory Board on Aero nauties made up oI seven national ly-kn0wn persons identified with various aspects Of aviation and Fe' lated activities, Dr, Baldwin M. WOads, O( the University 0G Call fOTnia. Q pioneer in engineering re- search, Is chairman of the board,
 Tshe other members are Dr, Bruce Uthus, director 0f aviation education service. C,AA,i c0mdF 4. P, Bonnalle Of the U. 6, Navy and former 0fEleilal Of United AT Lines; w, ]. Blanchard, general manager, aer0pT0ducts division, General Motors Corp, L, R, gns wood, executive assistant, Trans continental and Western Air, Inc; Col. 4, D Futile medical director ol the United AlTlinas Transport Corp, Chicago, and MT, A, p Smith, engineer. Pratt & whitney Aircraft Corp. Of Kansas City, Missouri,
 The board members elalm that the University 0f Illinois airport, AnhRduled to open n the galL and large enough tO accommodate even the B-2as, ls the best planned airport iD the country, The alrr port, which gill be used t0 provide Night instruction t0 members Of the Reserved officers training corps, and high school teachers 0f avla, ton courses, also win he used by commercial alr transport companies, and will have facilities for private planes,