Philip Morris
Presenting the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research
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- Albemarle Paper
- Allied Chemical
- Amer, American Tobacco
- Appalachian Power Co
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Bank of Va
- Burlington Industries
- Carneal & Johnston Architects & Eng
- Central Natl Bank
- Cf Sauer
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
- Cox + Gillespie Consultants
- Dd Fitzgerald
- Ellis Olsson Chesapeake Foundation
- Em Todd
- Esso Educational Foundation
- Ethyl
- Febs Foundation
- First + Merchants Natl Bank
- Freeport Sulfur
- George J. & Effie L. Seay Trust
- Hunton Williams
- Imperial Tobacco
- John S. Bryan Memorial Foundation
- Ky Spindletop Research Inst
- Lawyers Title Foundation
- La Research Inst
- Lm, Liggett & Myers
- Medical College of Va
- NC Research Triangle
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Norfolk & Western Railroad
- Old Dominion Foundation
- Phipps & Bird
- Richmond Engineering
- Rynolds Metal
- Southern Railroad
- Southern Research Inst
- State Planters Bank of Commerce & T
- Texaco Experiment
- Thomas F Jeffress Memorial
- Universal Leaf Tobacco
- Univ of Richmond
- Univ of Va
- Va Carolina Chemical
- Va Electric & Power
- William Stamp Farish Fund
- Winchester Evening Star
- Wortendyke Mfg
- Ah Robins
- Allied Chemical
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- Beams, J.W.
- Bemiss, F.
- Bird, L.C.
- Bocock, J.H.
- Byrd, F.J., J.R.
- Cox, E.
- Farley, E.W., J.R.
- Gottwald, F.D., J.R.
- Gwathmey, A.T.
- Hanmer, H.R.
- Hoff, E.C.
- Jeffress, E.G.
- Jeffress, R.M.
- Johnston, J.A.
- Kean, R.H.
- Leidheiser, H., J.R.
- Mullen, J.W.
- Mullen, J.W., I.I.
- Pasco, H.M.
- Reed, W.T.
- Rice, W.T.
- Robins, E.C.
- Scott, B.
- Smart, R.F.
- Valentine, G.G., J.R.
- Williams, L.M.
- Young, A.C., J.R.
- Bemiss, F.
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PRESENTING
The
VirginiaInst'itute for Scientific
Research
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TRUSTEES,
VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
A State-Aidedl Organization
Dr. JESSE W. BEAMS,
Department of Physics, University of Virginia
Senator FITZGERALD BEMISS,
Virginia State Senate, President, D. D. FitzGerald Inc.
Senator LLOYD C. BIRD,
Virginia State Senate, President, Phipps & Bird~, Inc.
Senator HARRY F. BYRD, Jr.,
United States Senate, Editor, Winchester Evening Star
Mr. EDWIN COX,
Consulting Chemist, Richmond
Mr. ERNST W. FARLEY, Jr.,
President, Richmond Engineering Company, Inc.
Mr. FLOYD D. GOTTWALD, Jr.,
Vice-Chairman~ of the Board, Ethyl Corporation
Dr. H. RUPERT HANMER,
Former Vice-President for Research, American Tobacco Co.
Dr. EBBE C. HOFF,
Department of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Virginia
Mr. ROBERT M. JEFFRESS,
Former Chairman of the Board, Wortendyke Manufacturing, Co.
Mr. J. AMBLER JOHNSTON,
Carneal and Johnston Architects and Engineers, Richmond
Dr. ROBERT H. KEAN,
Former Director of Development, Visginia-Caroliina Chemical Corp,
Dr. HENRY LEIDHEISER, Jr.,
Dixector, Virginia Institute for Scientific Research
Dr. JAMES W. MULLEN, II,
Former President, Texaco Experiment Incorporated
Mr. H. MERRILL PASCO,
Counsel, Hunton Williams Gay Powell & Gibson
Mr. W. THOMAS RICE,
President, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Mr. E. CLAIBORNE ROBINS,
President, A. H. Robins Company, Inc.
Dr. ROBERT F. SMART,
Provost, University of Richmond
Mr. GRANVILLE G. VALENTINE, Jr.,
Valentine Company, Inc. , Richmond
Mr. LANGBOURNE M. WILLIAMS,
Chairman of the Board, Freeport Sulfur Company
Mr. A. CHURCHILL YOUNG, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board, E. M. Todd! Co. , Richmond
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IT'S a $500, 000-BUIiLDING !
IT'S $250, 000 of SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT !
IT'S a $150, 000 CENTRAL VIRGINIA SCIENCE LIBRARY !
ITS a 30-MAN PROFESSIONAL STAFF !
IT'S ONE POTENTIAL for VIRGINIA to TAKE
HER PLACE in the SCIENTIFIC WORLD !,
Conceived by the mind, and born from the energy, of Dr. Allan T. Gwathmey,
the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research (VISR) was founded, in 1948 by the
V'irginia Academy of Science with only a $5, 000 gift from a Richmond businessman.
One year later, with a lease from the State of Virginia: for the old Robinson,
Building in Confederate Memorial Park, the VISR began active research operati~ons
in its own quarters. Today the new VISR building and' equipment are worth three-
quarters of a million dollars.
It is a private, non-profit, State-aided corporation, governed by a 211-member
Board' of Trustees (see Page 1).
VISR scientists perform contract research, fundamental laboratory experi-
ments, about 50 %o for industrial corporati~ons and 50% for federal agenciies. There
is no stabilizing endowment. Over its 18-year history income has corne 77% from
contract researchi, 13% from private gifts, and 10'°,?o from an, annual State Appro:-
priation. Total 1966 income was: $336, 958.
State aid was approximately $101, 000 annually for the first ten, years. It
increased' to $20, 000' for the next four years and $410, 000, for the last four years.
The extra $20, 000 annually in the last two biennia has gone entirely for a Science
Library used by central Virginia industrial and academic scientists and by the
general public. This Library is a charter member of the State's TWX library
network and handles the major traffic between industrial researchers and the
University of Virginia and VPI' libraries.
$450, 000
400, 000
3 50, 000
300, 000
250, 000.
200, 000
150,000
100, 000
50,000
A LITTLE STATE AID'HAS GONE A LONG WAY!
VISR Net Worth (shown in white) has grown
dramatically with each significant increase in
State Aid (shown in black).
In addition to the financial aid shown here,
the State for 14 years leased to VISR the old
Robinson Building in the Confederate Memorial
Park.
1949 50
VG"O60tE0n0T
VISR, a RECOGNIZED RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
IS NOW READY for a BIG STEP FORWARD!
WHAT DOES VISR NEED from the STATE of VIRGINIA?
An appropriation of $100, 000 per year;
$25,000 for continuing the Central Virginia Science Library;
$25, 000 for general administrative assistance;
$50,000 for development of new scientific capabilities in areas of
importance to Virginia industrial and academic research
interests. This includes attracting new scientists and
employing their talents in support of Virginia industrial
andacademic programs.
_'HOVY WILL ADDITIONAL STATE AID to VISR BENEFIT the COMMONWEALTH?
It will provide a stronger financial base from which VISR can participate
in graduate-level educational programs being planned for Central'
Virginia.
It will broaden the capability of VISR research support for Virginia ind'ustry.
On the basis of past experience this amount of new appropriations will enable
VISR to grow to two and' one half times its present size. VISR, essen-
"tially an independent private enterprise, will then be in a more competi-
-. tive position with respect to research~ institutes that were initiat'ed
primarily frorn public funds in sister States; such as, the North Carolina
. Research, Triangle, the Southern Research Institute in Alabama, the
Kentucky Spindletop Research Institute, and the new Louisiana Research
Institute.
It will assist VISR in attracting to Virginia outstanding research scientists
and in holding in the State graduates of Virginia schools.
It will serve as a concrete demonstration of the State's faith in the future
of VISR and will serve as a catalyst for other support from individuals
and private foundations which, until now, have not felt that VISR may
be as permanent as its competitor research organizations.
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VISR HAS the TOOLS for MODERN RESEARCH
and for ASSISTANCE to GRADUATE EDUCATION
PARTIAL LISTING of ORGANIZATIONS and INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED in
VIRGINIA WHO HAVE SUPPORTED VISR by CONTRACT RESEARCH,
by GIFTS to the BUILDING FUND, and by CONTRIBUTIONS for
BASIC RESEARCH
Albemarle Paper Company
Allied Chemical Corporation
American Tobacco Company
Appalachian Power Company
Bank of Virginia
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Bocock
John S. Bryan Memorial Foundation
Burlington Industries
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Carneal & Johnston Architects
Central National Bank
Cox and Gillespie Consultants
Elis-Olsson Chesapeak-e Foundation
Esso Education Foundation
William Stamps Farish Fund
Febs Foundation -
First & Merchants National Bank
Dr. & Mrs. Allan T. Gwathmey
Dr. & Mrs. HiramR. Hanmer
Imperial Tobacco Company
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Jeffress
Mr. Robert M. Jeffress
Thomas F. Jeffress Memorial,
Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Kean
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Mullen
Dr. & Mrs. James W. Mullen, II
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Lawyers Title Foundation
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Old Dominion Foundation
Philip Morris, Incorporated
Phipps and Bird, Incorporated
Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Reed
Reynolds Metals Company
A. H. Robins Company
C. F. Sauer Company
Mr. & Mrs. Buford Scott
George J. & Effie L. Seay Trust
Southern Railroad
State-Planters Bank of Commerce
Texaco Experiment Incorporated
Mr. & Mrs. Langbourne M. Williams
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company
E. M. Todd Company, Inc.
