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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "1890 Land Grant Colleges, 1971-
1972" of the Stanley Scott Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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1890 INSTITUTIONS AND TUSKEGEE - PRESIDENTS
Dr. R. D. Morrison
Dr. Walter Washington
President, Alabama A&M University
President, Alcorn A&M College
Normal, Alabama 35762
Lorman, Mississippi 39096
Dr. L. H. Foster-nm land-grant
Dr. Walter Daniel
President, Tuskegee Institute
President, Lincoln University
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Dr. L. A. Davis
Dr. L. C. Dowdy
President, Arkansas A&M and
President, North Carolina A&T
Normal College
State University
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
Dr. L. I. Mishoe
Dr. W. E. Sims
President, Delaware State College
President, Langston University
Dover, Delaware 19901
Langston, Oklahoma 73050
Dr. B. L. Perry, Jr.
Dr. M. M. Nance
President, Florida A&M University
President, South Carolina State College
Tallahassee, Florida 32307
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115
Dr. W. W. E. Blanchet
Dr. A. P. Torrence
President, Fort Valley State College
President, Tennessee State University
Fort Valley, Georgia 31030
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Dr. C. M. Hill
Dr. A. I. Thomas
President, Kentucky State College
President, Prairie View A&M College
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Prairie View, Texas 77445
Dr. G. L. Netterville, Jr.
Dr. Wendell P. Russell
President, Southern University and
President, Virginia State College
A&M College
Petersburg, Virginia 23803
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
Dr. Archie L. Bufkins
Chancellor, University of Maryland,
Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland 21853
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1890
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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PAUL LAVRAKAS
ROSALEE DANSAN
LUCY HARRIS
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Dear Dr. Morrison:
I am pleased to inform you that some special funds are being made
available for the purchase of surplus property for your institution.
Surplus property is any excess property not required for the needs
of any Federal agency. Before it can be sold, surplus property
must be available to and must be donated to eligible donees through
a program coordinated by HEW. HEW, through the Division of
College Support, Bureau of Higher Education, is providing a grant
to North Carolina A & T State University to conduct a workshop for
representatives from each of the involved institutions to learn
specific procedures to be used in purchasing surplus property.
Workshop details will be sent to you in the near future.
Listed below is the agency providing funds and the amount they will
be providing for your institution for FY 1972.
HEW
$85,000 ($5,000 per institution)
OEO
60,000 ($3,500 per institution)
USDA
59,500 ($3,500 per institution)
It is my understanding that on the average surplus property can be
obtained by an institution for about five percent of the federal acquisition
cost of the property donated. Thus, this $204, 500 should provide a
little more than $4, 000, 000 worth of surplus property.
Since each agency is handling their funds within their own administrative
policies, guidelines, and procedures, each agency will write you in this
regard.
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As you proceed to use these funds, you may wish to get assistance
from your USDA Liaison Staff Officer. He is familiar with basic
guidelines on obtaining surplus property.
If you have any problems in the procedures of obtaining surplus
property or in the handling of these funds, please let me know. I
sincerely hope that these funds will enable your institution to grow
and strengthen its programs of service to people.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant
to the President
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me
November 9, 1971
Dear Dr. Morrison:
I am pleased to inform you that some special funds are being made
available for the purchase of surplus property for your institution.
Surplus property is any excess property not required for the needs
of any Federal agency. Before it can be sold, surplus property
must be available to and must be donated to eligible donees through
a program coordinated by HEW. HEW, through the Division of
College Support, Bureau of Higher Education, is providing a grant
to North Carolina A & T State University to conduct a workshop for
representatives from each of the involved institutions to learn
specific procedures to be used in purchasing surplus property.
Workshop details will be sent to you in the near future.
Listed below is the agency providing funds and the amount they will
be providing for your institution for FY 1972.
HEW
$85,000 ($5,000 per institution)
OEO
60,000 ($3,500 per institution)
USDA
59,500 ($3,500 per institution)
It is my understanding that on the average surplus property can be
obtained by an institution for about five percent of the federal acquisition
cost of the property donated. Thus, this $204, 500 should provide a
little more than $4,000,000 worth of surplus property.
Since each agency is handling their funds within their own administrative
policies, guidelines, and procedures, each agency will write you in this
regards
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As you proceed to use these funds, you may wish to get assistance
from your USDA Liaison Staff Officer. He is familiar with basic
guidelines on obtaining surplus property.
If you have any problems in the procedures of obtaining surplus
property or in the handling of these funds, please let me know. I
sincerely hope that these funds will enable your institution to grow
and strengthen its programs of service to people.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant
to the President
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CARDLINA NORTH STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY MANUS AND TECHNICAL
TELEPHONE 273-1771
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
STATE UNIVERSITY
GREENSBORO 27411
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
November 18, 1971
The Honorable Robert J. Brown
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
It was very gratifying to receive your letter of
November 15, 1971, informing us that $204,500 has been
earmarked by three federal agencies for the 1890 Land-
Grant Institutions to purchase excess property. The
Presidents of these institutions discussed this in our
meeting in New Orleans and we will be holding a workshop
for all administrators of these institutions at an early
date.
We are extremely grateful to you for the part you
played in securing these funds and making the necessary
arrangements for us to secure $4,000,000 worth of sur-
plus property. The facility needs of these predominantly
Black institutions will receive vital assistance from
this grant.
Kindest regards.
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WASHINGTON
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UNIVERSITY
1897-1972
75TH
MANGSTON UNIVERSITY
and
ANNIVERSARY
LANGSTON 1897 OKLAHOMA
WILLIAM E. SIMS
President
"Focusing on the Future"
November 19, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
Thank you for your most recent letter concerning surplus property for Langston
University. We are very pleased to receive this information for we are in dire
need of equipment to support the educational programs at this institution. We
are eagerly awaiting the details on the workshop to be held at North Carolina
A & T State University, and we will certainly be in attendance.
In my last letter to you I expressed my sincere appreciation to you for the pro-
gressive creative thrust of your office which is reflective of the concern the
Chief Executive has for the predominately Black Colleges in our country. We
do not hesitate to make this fact known to our publics so that they are also
aware of your interest and support.
We look forward to talking with you in the near future.
Sincerely yours,
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LUTHER H. FOSTER, PRESIDENT
H. K. LOGAN, VICE PRESIDENT
FOR BUSINESS AFFAIRS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Tuskeger Institute
MRS. FRANCES P. BOLTON
MELVIN A. GLASSER
ANDREW F. BRIMMER
WILLIAM G. GRIDLEY, JR.
LEROY BROWN
FOUNDED BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, 1881
RICHARD D. MORRISON
LUCIUS D. CLAY
ROBERT H. MULREANY
NATHANIEL S. COLLEY
MONTAGUE M. OLIVER
JOHN T. CONNOR
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
FREDERICK D. PATTERSON
ARTHUR P. COOK
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
C. W. COOK
WILLIAM ROSENWALD
E. PERRY CRUMP
THOMAS D. RUSSELL
JOSEPH FARLEY
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
MRS. DONNA L. SALK
LUTHER H. FOSTER
ALABAMA
WILLIAM J. SCHIEFFELIN III
A. G. GASTON
36088
JOSEPH F. VOLKER
November 19, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
We are very pleased to have information about
special funds which are being made available to Tuskegee
Institute for the purchase of surplus property during
FY 1972. We look forward to receiving these grants
from the agencies listed in your letter of November 15.
They will, I am sure, permit us to advance our work at
Tuskegee Institute.
Thank you for your interest in writing to us
about this matter.
Kind regards.
Sincerely yours,
Titho2
L. H. Foster
President
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY of MISSOURI
JEFFERSON CITY 65101
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
November 20, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
We at Lincoln University are indeed grateful for the
information contained in your recent letter concerning
surplus property acquisitions which are available to
us. We shall expect the workshop data from North Caro-
lina A & T State University soon and will be most pleased
to plan to participate in the project. I am certain
these funds will provide needed assistance to our insti-
tution.
Very truly yours,
miles C. Damel
Walter C. Daniel
President
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DELAWARE STATE COLLEGE
DOVER, DELAWARE 19901
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
November 22, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the
President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
Thank you very much for your letter of November 15, 1971
and the information concerning funds for surplus property. This
is encouraging news and I shall share it with our USDA liaison
officer.
Very truly yours,
1.
Luna I. Mishoe
President
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CC: Dr. Richard Patty
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDED NORMAL AND BECHANICAL
UNIVERSITY
Normal, Alabama 35762
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
November 22, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
Thank you for notifying me about the special fund grant for the
purchase of surplus property among the 1890 institutions and Tuskegee.
These funds should enhance the possibility of each institution
in its effort to secure some of the need faculities so important in the
execution of meaningful educational programs.
Sincerely,
Romarrison
R. D. Morrison
President
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Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
November 22, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Brown:
We are extremely pleased to know that $12, 000 are being made
available to Tennessee State University for the purchase of sur-
plus property. These funds will be extremely useful in our
efforts to update and improve maintenance and instructional
equipment required to advance further our academic, personnel
and auxiliary programs.
We look forward to participating in the workshop to be held at
North Carolina A. & T. State University.
Thank you for your letter of November 15 and for your assistance
in securing special financial funds for the purchase of surplus
property.
Best wishes and kind regards.
Very truly yours,
Astornance
A. P. Torrence
President
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COMMUNITY
Bureau of Public Relations, Information, and Publi-
cations. Office: Development Center, "Goodwill
Manor" on North Campus
VOL. IV
No.
6
November 10, 1971
NATIONAL ALUMNI The National Alumni Association of Tennessee State Univer-
GROUP ISSUES
sity meeting on campus on Saturday, Oct. 23, issued the
POSITION PAPER
following position paper entitled: "POSITION PAPER ADOPTED
BY THE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, IN
PLENARY SESSION, OCTOBER 23, 1971, REGARDING THE STATUS AND FUTURE OF THE
UNIVERSITY
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WHEREAS Tennessee State University was established in 1912 as a Land-
Grant college and as a subterfuge to equal and adequate education for
deprived classes of citizens, and
WHEREAS the University has for nearly 60 years provided--despite adverse
circumstances imposed upon it--an outstanding level of educational service,
developing leadership and citizenship for the survival of those classes sys-
tematically deprived by the society, even resulting from official acts of
government, and
WHEREAS various groups and interests in the State of Tennessee and
across the Nation have conspired to curtail higher education for these
classes--specifically of Black citizens--by usurping from Black control
those institutions which have provided the said educational opportunities and
services, and
WHEREAS, specifically, it appears that the State of Tennessee has con-
spired to destroy Tennessee State University by subverting it either to the
control of the erstwhile Jim Crow University of Tennessee through alternative
merging plans with the recently and hastily-contrived University of Tennessee
-Nashville, and/or reducing the status and function of the Tennessee State
University to such ceilings as junior college so as not to meet the highest
educational aspirations and requirements of Black citizens, and
WHEREAS Tennessee State University at Nashville, formerly known as A&I
State College at Nashville, was organized to provide higher education for
Black youths of Tennessee because they were not permitted to attend the
other schools of higher education in the state, and
WHEREAS, over the years, purely racial exclusion has been ruled uncon-
stitutional in many areas of American life, specifically in education, and
WHEREAS the so-called University of Tennessee Center placed in Nashville
was recently given university status and a modern $5 million building complex
--ostensibly as an "evening school, and
WHEREAS Black colleges, public and private, are disappearing and further
endangered to an alarming degree, and
WHEREAS, by state-wide consensus, the existence and promotion of the
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new University of Tennessee-Nashville is a clear and present danger both to
the tranquility and progress of the State as well as to the need for ending a
dual system in the State, and
WHEREAS the State Board of Education operates five regional universi-
ties: Austin Peay State University, Clarksville; Middle Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro; East Tennessee State University, Johnson City;
Memphis State University at Memphis; and Tennessee State University in Nash-
ville,
and
WHEREAS, only in Nashville, where a predominantly Black state university
is located, does the University of Tennessee operate a branch such as the
University of Tennessee-Nashville--resulting in the State of Tennessee
financing unfair competition, and a segregated system in violation of Federal
law and court decisions, and
WHEREAS Tennessee State University does not now, and never has, since
its inception (except when required by State Law) denied admission and full
matriculation to all academically qualified persons, regardless of color, and
WHEREAS certain high government officials are rejecting the time-honored
concept of education being the right of every American citizen, and asserting,
instead, that education is a "privilege" of the few,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT:
Tennessee State University be sustained and reinforced as an independent
educational entity, whose elements of control guarantee that the educational
needs and aspirations of Black citizens continue to be met;
All universities be required to maintain a high level of quantity and
quality educational production, that is, insure (as Tennessee State Univer-
sity has done) not only the entry--but also the successful exit--of Black
students;
Members of the Tennessee State University Alumni Association--both
individually and as a group--oppose most stringently and in every feasibl^
manner the current attempts to destroy the University in the manner indicated
above;
The political and educational leadership of the Nation and State be
hereby called upon to counter the covert attempts to destroy the University,
recognizing that such action is necessary to prevent the turning of our
campuses into caldrons of riot and rebellion over the right--not merely the
"privilege" of all citizens to an education;
All citizens of the State and Nation recognize that the covert attempts
described above simply further the pattern of subverting Black education
nationally, thereby furthering the demise of the democratic process and the
essential values of the Republic--and conceiveably, endangering the Republic
itself.
--By James S. Mullin, President
Tennessee State University Alumni Association
statement
NOTE: This issue of FORWARD carries for your information the full text of/
by the alumni made during the Homecoming meeting.
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University
(Formerly Tennessee A. &I. State
University, Frequently called "A.
& I.")
A. P. TORRENCE, PH.D.
President*
One of the youngest of the Land-Grant Colleges and
Universities, opened in 1912 as a Normal School, State-
supported, comprehensive; one of the institutions of
higher education operating under the Tennessee State
Board of Education.
Accreditation and memberships include the following:
Regional accreditation-Southern Association of Col-
leges and Schools. Professional accreditation-National
Association of Schools of Music and National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education. Memberships -
American Association of State Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges, American Alumni Council, American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American
Council on Education, National Adult Education Associ-
ation, National Collegiate Association, Council on Social
Work Education, Teachers College Association of Ex-
tension and Field Services, Tennessee College Associ-
ation, and Southern College Placement Association.
Campus: 450 acres in Northwest Nashville, 34 perma-
nent buildings; book value more than $41 million.
Instructional Faculty of 250; Staff and other employees,
470.
Enrollment approximately 4,500 in five schools-Agri-
culture and Home Economics, Arts and Sciences, Edu-
cation, Engineering, and Graduate-and 25 departments.
Degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Associ-
ate of Arts (in Nursing), Master of Arts, Master of
Science, Master of Arts in Education.
Air Force ROTC (men and women) Detachment; Di-
vision of Extension and Continuing Education; and,
through affiliations with Meharry Medical College and
the Vanderbilt University - Veterans Administration
School of Medical Technology, has joint programs for
training in medicine, dentistry, and medical technology
which qualify for the bachelor's degree.
*The third president, an alumnus, as was W.S. Davis, Ph.D.. now Presi-
dent Emeritus.
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Special curriculum enrichment: The Honors Program,
13-College Curriculum Program, and special services
programs and projects including Counseling and Test-
ing and the Language Arts Development-Reading Pro-
ject.
More than 100 students per quarter participate in the
Cooperative Education Program, learning while earn-
ing in more than 50 cooperating industries, businesses,
and government agencies.
Among out-of-class activities available to students: 75
student organizations including department, state, and
other clubs; honorary scholastic societies; fraternities
and sororities. Music groups-three bands (Marching,
Concert, and Stage (Jazz); String Ensemble; two choirs
(University and Chapel); Men's Glee Club. Athletics:
Intercollegiate football, basketball, baseball, swimming,
and track for men and women; and intramural team
game sports for men and women.
Student Governance: Students assist with planning for
the University by serving on University committees.
Elected members of the Student Council, the Joint Sen-
ates, Student Union Board of Governors, Associated
Women Students, and Residence Halls Councils effect
student government.
University Colors: Blue (Royal) and White. Mascot:
Bengal Tiger.
University Motto: THINK, WORK, SERVE.
Team Names: "Tigers," "Big Blue," "Tigersharks
(swimmers)"; "Tigerbelles (track girls)."
HAS PRODUCED
Almost 15,000 alumni holding positions of leadership
in this country and abroad in pure and applied sciences,
healing and performing arts, engineering, agriculture,
home economics, education, business and industry, law the
armed services, government, and amateur and professional
sports, including
Fourteen college and university presidents - seven
alumni, seven from faculty.
From 25% to 30% of all black engineers.
More than 70% of black principals and teachers in State.
More than 60 holders of academic doctorates.
School superintendents in centers as St. Louis, Mo.;
Gary, Ind.; and Detroit, Mich.
Judges, State Senators and Representatives.
More than 300 Air Force officers of field grade or above
since 1953.
ATHLETIC GREATS IN-
Basketball, runner-up 1970 NCAA; history-making three
consecutive NAIA Championships.
Track, 26 student athletes won 11 gold, 4 silver, and 6
bronze medals over 4 consecutive Olympics.
Football, 1970 undefeated; named 1970 National Champ-
ions by 100% Wrong Club and The New Pittsburgh
Courier; NCAA National College Division Champion-
ship Grantland Rice Bowl victories 1965 (tie), 1966, and
1970.
Professionals: 32 (9 drafted in 1971) football, 11 basket-
ball, and 3 baseball players made it in major league play.
NEW DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AT
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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Tennessee State University is one of the 16 predominantly black
Land-Grant institutions in the nation. There are two Land-Grant
Universities in Tennessee; namely, the University of Tennessee and
Tennessee State University. The University of Tennessee became a
Land-Grant college under the authority of the Morrill Act passed by
Congress in 1862. Tennessee State University was established as a
Land-Grant institution under the authority of the Morrill Act Amend-
ment and often referred to as the Second Morrill Act that passed Con-
gress 28 years later in 1890. All of the 16 predominantly black Land-
Grant institutions were established under the 1890 Amendment. Thus,
they are sometimes called the 1890 Land-Grant institutions.
The Morrill Act of 1862 and its Amendment of 1890 provided
federal funds for specific purposes to the Land-Grant institutions. Where
there were two or more Land-Grant institutions within one state, Congress
delegated to the states the responsibility for dividing the federal funds
between (or among) the land-grant institutions within its borders. Con-
gress stated that federal funds allocated to a state should be divided in
a "just and equitable" manner between the Land-Grant institutions.
Statement by President A. P. Torrence, Tennessee State University, to
the Thirteenth Annual Farm, Home and Ministers' Institute, November 12,
1971, TSU campus, Nashville, Tennessee.
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In 1909 the Tennessee General Assembly created this institution we
now know as Tennessee State University. In 1911 the Tennessee Legislature
enacted legislation setting forth its interpretation and policy of the "just
and equitable" clause in the amended Morrill Act of 1890. The 1911
Tennessee law provides ".
that a just and equitable division of (federal
funds) is to be based upon the scholastic population of negro (sic) children
and the scholastic population of white children in the State of Tennessee,
giving each race its just and equitable proportion of the funds received
in proportion to the scholastic population of each race. "
Since 1912, the first year we had students at TSU, Congress has
enacted numerous laws and provided increasing sums of federal money
for Land-Grant institutions. However, the predominantly black 1890
Land-Grant institutions have not shared "equitably" in the distribution
of these funds. For example, in fiscal year 1971, the United States
Department of Agriculture provided a total of over $6,000,000 of federal
funds for Research and Extension in Tennessee. Tennessee State Uni-
versity received $19,000 of these funds and, hence, was obliged to spend
its limited state appropriations on research and off-campus education
and service programs. Since our state funds were so limited, we
were required to defer, disregard, or inadequately meet the pressing
needs of the one-third of the state's population that are often called
the "unreached or disadvantaged."
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The foregoing is a brief history that I think it is well to know.
Fortunately, the future looks brighter and this brings me to the announce-
ments that I would like to make at this time.
Congress has appropriated for 1972 fiscal year (July 1, 1971 - June 30,
1972) $12, 600, 000 for the 16 predominantly black Land-Grant institutions
plus Tuskegee Institute; $4, 000, 000 is for Extension programs and
$8, 600, 000 is for Research. These funds are specially earmarked for
the 1890 institutions. TSU's share of this appropriation will be about
$800, 000 for this fiscal year. All indications are that these funds are
"hard" funds i.e. will be included in USDA's budget estimate each year.
For the last several months we have been studying and develop-
ing our programs and proposals for specifying the use of the funds as
required by the federal guidelines. Generally our programs are planned
to give strong emphasis to the following important areas:
(a)
Community Resource Development
(b)
Health and Nutrition
(c) Leadership and Youth Training
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(d) Low income Farmers and Families
(e) Protecting and Improving the Environment
You will note that all of these major activities are centered around
improving the lives and welfare of people rather than emphasizing crop
and livestock production and efficiencies, though technical agricultural
needs will not be precluded. All of these five major areas will require
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university-wide participation and support. A major portion, though not
all, of both our Research and Extension funds will be spent on projects
and programs aimed at helping the nearly one-third of our Tennessee
families whose incomes are near or below the poverty level. Both our
Research and Extension programs will be coordinated with our sister
Land-Grant University--The University of Tennessee-- to bring about
a coordinated Research and unified Extension program in the state.
In order to assure that our proposed programs will be fully
operative and highly effective, we have made new leadership assign-
ments within our own institution. Dr. James E. Farrell, Director of
Extension and Continuing Education, will also be the TSU leader and
Director of the USDA sponsored new Extension program. Dr. David
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Hamilton, Dean of the School of Agriculture, will become the Research
Coordinator for TSU in the USDA sponsored new Research programs.
He will continue as Dean of the School of Agriculture. However, I want
to emphasize again that both our Research and Extension programs will
be interdisciplinary and will be university-wide in scope. We are
presently analyzing our new staff needs and hope soon to secure highly
qualified faculty and staff, both by reassignment within our own insti-
tution as well as from other sources.
This means for the first time in the history of this institution,
TSU will have substantial funds to conduct its Land-Grant mission of
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Research and Extension. We truly need--more than ever before--the
support of such groups as the Farm, Home and Ministers' Institute
as well as all groups across the State. We are determined, here at
TSU, to see that these new federal funds will be put to the service of
this State and nation. We ask that you join us in our dedication.
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THIS UNIVERSITY IS MORE THAN
Five Schools-Engineering and Technology, Arts and Sciences, Education, Agri-
culture and Home Economics, and Graduate-and 26 Depart-
ments in buildings and facilities on 450 acres on the banks of
the Cumberland.
IT IS a solid academic community where tomorrow's
creative innovators concentrate on total career
preparation-a university for tomorrow-minded peo-
ple of all ages.
IT IS
a growing, multi-racial stream of eager students
drawn from points throughout the world-a place
for you as an undergraduate or a graduate
as
an adult returning for re-training and/or a new ca-
reer
a place for an interested citizen desiring
to make a contribution to insure keeping these op-
portunities alive for many others io become knowl-
edgeable, concerned members of our society.
IT IS
the spirit of thousands of alumni holding leadership
positions here and abroad (including alumni who
are presently on the faculty and in administration at
Harvard University) more than a hundred with
earned doctorates
a high percentage of black
engineers
physicians, dentists, and other pro-
fessionals in the healing arts
distinguished
teachers
school superintendents in metropoli-
tan centers, judges, and state legislators
seven
college and university presidents, and more than
three hundred Air Force officers of field grade or
above.
IT IS
a holder of athletic records of "greats"-one of the
best in the country-including three consecutive
NAIA Basketball Championships, nine drafted for
pro football in 1971, and 26 student athletes win-
ning 11 gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze track medals
Dt
over four consecutive Olympics.
is
eager to serve
You!
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WRITE:
Dr. A. P. TORRENCE
PRESIDENT
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
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Formerly Tenn. A. and I. State University
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203
TIME, SEPTEMBER 27, 1971
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
ROUTING SLIP
DATE
ROBERT J. BROWN
WILLIAM BLAIR
PAUL LAVRAKAS
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ROSALEE DANSAN
OF
ROSEMARY MANARIN
ACTION:
black colleges
DEPARTMENT OF STATEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE
PRINCESS ANNE 21853
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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
November 30, 1971
Mr. Robert J. Brown
RALOR RALD A. FORD GRARD
Special Assistant
to the President
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The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Brown:
I was indeed gratified to receive your communication
of November 15, 1971, which informed us of special funds
made available for the purchase of surplus property.
Your letter came at a most opportune time as we are
currently embarking on an ambitious plan to create an in-
stitution of superior quality. I am sure many of the sur-
plus items to be made available to us will free much of
our budget for use in academic pursuits.
I have instructed my key staff to coordinate proced-
ural matters with our USDA Liaison Staff Officer, and we
will surely be represented at the workshop in North Caro-
lina.
My sincere thanks for your assistance in making the
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore an institution of
quality in education and service.
Sincerely yours,
Archie L. Buffkins
Chancellor
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
Office of Education
Washington, D.C. 20202
HEALTH
JAN 1 1972
OF
EDUCATION REPAIRE
USA
Albert L. Alford
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Assistant Commissioner
Room 4161
for Legislation
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATION
For your information
Comment
As requested
Per Conversation
Remarks:
Attached is a copy of the reply
to Congressman Ichord which you
had referred to Commissioner Marland
on December 22, 1971.
OE FORM 114 (OL), 9/70
GPO 899.368
1890 calleges
January 6, 1972
Our Reference: BHE-DCS
Honorable Richard H. Ichord
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Ichord:
This is a response to your recent correspondence with Mr. Robert J. Brown
in which you insuired about the eligibility 05 Lincoln University to
participate in an Institute on the Acquisition and Utilization of
Surplus Property".
Lincoln University is eligible to participate in this training program.
I have been advised that the Division of College Support plans to announce
the awards under Part E of the Education Professions Pro Development Act in
late January or early February 1972.
You can get up-to-date information about the institute by contacting:
Dr. Benjamin W. Harris
Department of Adult Education and
Community Services
North Carolina A and T University
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
(919) 273-1771, Ext. 328
Sincerely yours,
/ /S/
Willa B. Player
Director
Division of College Support
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Honorable Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
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1890 colleges
January 12, 1972
Dear Pat:
Thank you for your letter relating to the "1890
Colleges" in terms of using USDA funds for obtaining
surplus property.
We appreciate your progress report. Please keep
us informed of the progress being made.
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Sincerely,
Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant
to the President
Dr. N.P. Ralston
Associate Director
Science and Education
Office of the Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
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STATES DEPARTMENTOP DEPARTMENT CRITILTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20250
January 7, 1972
Mr. Robert Brown
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. Brown:
Enclosed is a copy of our letter which was sent to each
of the Presidents of the 1890 Institutions and Tuskegee
about the procedures to use in the utilization of USDA
funds for obtaining surplus property.
I was pleased to hear from Dr. Burleigh C. Webb of
North Carolina A&T State University, this morning
that it would appear that the training conference for
obtaining surplus property is scheduled for February 17
and 18.
If our office or our liaison people can help in any way,
we stand ready to be of assistance.
Sincerely,
RALD P. FORD
N. P. RALSTON
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Associate Director
Science and Education
Enclosure
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20250
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President R. D. Morrison
JAN 6 1972
Alabama Agricultural and
Mechanical University
Normal, Alabama 35762
Dear President Morrison:
This letter is a follow-up to correspondence you have
already received dated November 9, 1971, and signed by
Mr. Robert Brown of the White House Staff. His letter
refers to funds from three sources, HEW, OEO, and USDA,
to be made available to you to cover costs of acquiring
government surplus property for your institution. The
Department of Agriculture's portion for your institution
is 3,500 dollars.
The Department will disperse these funds to you under
authority of Public Law 89-106. These funds are
administered by Cooperative State Research Service
through your Research Coordinator, Dr. Winfred Thomas.
The $3,500 does not represent an increase in your
institution's portion of the funds appropriated for
fiscal year 1972. It is part of your FY 72 allotment
of P.L. 89-106 funds. If your institution does not
wish to utilize any part of the $3,500 for surplus
property acquisition, you must secure the approval of
Cooperative State Research Service to expend the
balance on approved research projects.
You have three options that can be used separately or
in combination for the acquisition of surplus property.
Option One
Use of the above referenced funds. These are direct
research funds and surplus property obtained must
be used in direct support of research on the broad
spectrum of the problems of rural resources and
rural people.
President R. D. Morrison
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Option Two
Use of P.L. 89-106 funds allotted to approved research
projects. These likewise are direct research funds
and surplus property obtained must be used in direct
support of the research covered by the approved project.
Option Three
Funds that accrue as institutional overhead from
P.L. 89-106 grants. Surplus property for any purpose
within the institution may be acquired with such funds
provided that all services that have been identified
in negotiating the overhead rate remain available to
the research program. If funds from this source are
used to acquire surplus property, we would appreciate
your keeping us advised of the amounts expended.
You will appreciate that the limitations associated with
Options One and Two are made necessary by the wording
of Public Law 89-106 which restricts all direct expen-
ditures to research on rural resources and rural people.
Requests for P.L. 89-106 funds to acquire surplus
property may be made as a portion of your usual requests
on Form AD-454, Fiscal Report and Payment Authorization.
Sincerely,
BLLovom
R. L. LOVVORN
Administrator
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CC: Dr. Winfred Thomas
Dr. E. V. Miller
July 7, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE FRANK ELLIOTT
HONORABLE WESLEY L. HJORNEVIK
HONORABLE PETER MUIRHEAD
SUBJECT: "1890" Black Colleges
As you may recall, each of your agencies supplied monies to provide
surplus property for them. We hope that such an effort can be continued
over the next three to four years.
Thank you.
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Robert J. Brown
Special Assistant
to the President
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
OPPORTUNITY
file
August 25, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT J. BROWN
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
PHILLIP V. SANCHEZ
DIRECTOR
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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
This is in reply to your memorandum of August 8, 1972 which sought
to determine OEO's intentions with regard to the continuation of its
funding, through our Office of Program Development, of the consortium
of Black 1890 land grant colleges.
OEO, in the fall of 1970, designed a pilot project which included the
formation of a consortium of the fifteen predominately Black 1890
land grant colleges, plus Tuskegee, for the purpose of obtaining col-
lective technical assistance and training in proposal writing, pro-
curement, federal agency advocacy, and grant management so that these
colleges could emerge as a major institutional force in rural com-
munity development. A grant of $290,000, to cover the two-year period
April 1971 to April 1973, was made to the National Association of
State Universities and Land Grant Colleges for this purpose.
While the grant still has about eight months to run, the Planning Com-
mittee of the Office of Program Development met very recently and de-
cided to express its intent to refund the grant for one year at about
$150,000, subject to the successful completion of the work undertaken
in the current grant. It is too early to formally assure the con-
tinuation of the grant, but this action reflects OEO's current favor-
able attitude.