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VOL. 32, NO. 31
RECORD $4 MILL!
GRANTS RECEIVEI
That A&T State University
has become a first-rate research
institution was emphasized this
week when it was noted that
the university received a record
$4,134,508 in federal grants during
the current academic year.
Officials at A&T are making
no bones about the fact that the
federal dollars have really been
rolling in.
Why is it that A&T could
jump from $36,000 in research
grants in 1963 to over a million
dollars the past year?
Director of research, Dr. Howard
Robinson, attributes the
increase to passage of favorable
federal legislation, faculty cooperation,
and administrative
encouragement of research.
Toe dramatic increase in federal
grants from 1963 to 1972
roughly parallels the tenure of j
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy as Presi- '
dent of A&T.Although
Dowdy, himself, does
not claim credit for the windfall,
he does admit that he firmly
believes in university research.
"'Some people get the wrong
impression of research and think
it detracts from university teaching,"
he stated. "I believe that
the whole basis of teaching is
founded on what is gained from
research. If a teacher doesn't do
research, he becomes static."
81-YEAR-OLD M
DFFIIUf Tfl THI
hi aw
Although he Is 81-years-old,
Dr. William Wallace Dowdy is
not about to give up his career
as a scientific researcher.
The brother of Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, president of A&T State
University, was in Greensboro
Wednesday talking about his 1
current project for the National
Science Foundation.
The elder Dowdy retired from
Lincoln University in Missouri
in 1960, but the research grants
keep coming in and he is busier
than ever.
"You feel more an obligation
to work when there is no one
telling you to go," he said. "I
can't predict when I will stop
working, especially as long a3
the money keeps coming in."
Dowdy taught and did research
for more than 45 years
at Benedict College, Lincoln,
Fisk University, Langston UniL
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GREENSBORC
ION FEDERAL
) BY A&T STATE
In an effort to convince national
lawmakers of the necessity
of university research in
predominately black institutions,
lie has testified before Congres- ]
sional committees three times, j
Congress partially answered
his plea by awarding $12.5 mil- j
lion to 16 land grant univers- I
ities established in the 1890s.
What has A&T done with the '
$4 million? Generally it has
been appropriated among three
large categories. The category
receiving the largest amount has
been research ? $1,733,110. The
special projects and academic
institutes division has received
$1,651,398 and the developmental
division has received $750,- 1
000.
The money for these three 1
categories came largely from >
the U. S. Department of
culture which gave the land
grant college $775,000 for research
and $376,000 for extention
purposes. A&T also received
a $537,000 federal grant from
the National Science Founda- I
tion under its College Science |
Improvement Program, and .
$426,000 from the National In- I
stitute of Health. '
Robinson anticipates "at least
another $100,000 in research be- i
fore the end of the fiscal year f
on June 30." (
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versity and Shaw University. 8
He was the first of three (
members of the Dowdy family c
to earn a doctorate. William
Dowdy holds the Ph.D. degree (
from Western Reserve Univers- l
Ity in biology. Another brother, t
George, is director of social stu- 1
dies at the famed Tuskegee In- ;
stitute. f
"He's the brother that all the
other members of the family i
wanted to be like," said Lewis. 1
"I just hope that I can live and <
be a productive citizen as long 1
as he." ]
Dr. Dowdy has accomplished
successful research in the area 1
of invertebrates. His current I
project is on energetics, the sci- ]
ence of energy flow. \
He is a member of Sigma Xi, i
the scientific honor society and 1
he is also mentioned in "Who's i |
Who in Science." 11
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MRS. ANNA BEL
FINAL RITES HELI
EDUCATOR AND I
Funeral services for Mrs. ,
Vnna Bell Hart Bynum were
\eld in the Trinity A.M.E. Zion
Church sanctuary Sunday, July
!, 1972 at 1:30 p.m. with Rev.
-ecil Bishop, pastor, officiating.
Jurial followed in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bynum, the only child
if Nan and Lonnie Bynum was
i native of Greensboro, North
Carolina, where she spent most
>f her life.
Mrs. Bynum served as Church
"lerk for many years at Trinity
\.M.E. Zion Church, was a
harter rtnember of the Annie
N Blackwell Missionary Club,
ind showed interest in civic afairs.
Mrs. Bynum attended the
public schools of Greensboro,
forth Carolina, was a graduate
)f Livingstone College, Salispury,
North Carolina, and the
3usiness School of Wilberforce.
For a number of years Mrs.
3ynum seryed as secretary of
:he A.M.E. Zion Publishing
Souse, Charlotte, North Caroina,
Price Elementary School
?nd Carnegie Library, Greensaoro,
N. C. She taught in the
public schools of Lincolnton,
N. C., and was Dean of Women
Jutl
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CHURCH WORKER
at A&T University. !
Mrs. Bynum leaves to mourn
their loss, a husband, Mrs. Leroy
Bynum, several cousins, and
many friends.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
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MR. ALBERT LATTA, SR.
Mr. Albert Latta, Sr., age 70
ot 1706 Huffine Mill Road, died
Thursday, June 29, at L. Rich(Continued
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
Miss Annie B. Herbin
Consultant in English
For I. S. E.
Miss Annie B. Herbin of A&T
State University is spending the
summer as special consultant in
English, in a model Cultural
Development Program for Hancock
County, Sparta, Georgia.
This Program, currently the
3nly one of its kind in the Na:ion,
a unique experimental program
in the Hancock County
High School, is sponsored by
The Institute of Services to Education,
Washington, D. C., and
s administered through Paine
College in Augusta, Georgia.
New innovative instructional
practices designed particularly
to attract the poor in the couny
ana to aeveiop a greater interest,
in education and economic development
among students and
theii- families, is directed to a
population of 10,000, citizens of
whom 8,000 comprise the Black
community.
Miss Herbin was appointed by
Dr. Elias Blake, President of
I.S.E. The Institute will continue
through August 4, for the
summer, and consultants will
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MISS ANNIE B. HERBlN
follow-up demonstrations and
techniques during the school
year with a monthly visit to
the school. Ope-ating under a
three year grant, The Hancock
Project will culminate in a written
guide of the techniques and
evaluative results of the program,
in hopes that the project
will be feasible for other schools
in the nation.
Miss Herbin and other consultants
in the basic disciplines
and cultural areas of education
are working with a crew of
thirty teachers, counselors and
the Principal, Mr. Marvin Lewis,
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