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214 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 16
Technology in Pittsburgh June 17-July 26, 1957, one month with pay and two
weeks as part of his vacation.
LONHART, DONALD E., Registered Pharmacist in Hospital Pharmacy, in the Research
and Educational Hospitals and in the College of Pharmacy — leave of
absence for military service, without salary, December I, 1956-August 31, 1957.
WINTER, EDWARD H., Assistant Professor of Anthropology — leave of absence,
without pay, one year from September 1, 1957, so that he may do research
work under the Ford Foundation grant for studies in Cross-Cultural Regularities
of Change Among Native Populations, including East Africa.
CANCELLATION OF SABBATICAL LEAVE
FRAENKEL, GOTTFRIED S., Professor of Entomology — sabbatical leave of absence
granted him for the second semester of 1956-57 cancelled, without prejudice.
MINUTES APPROVED
The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of
Trustees of October 22, 1956, press proof copies of which have previously
been sent to the members of the Board in advance.
On motion of Mr. Swain, these minutes were approved as printed
on pages 105 to 145, inclusive.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At this point, an executive session was requested and ordered for consideration
of the following item of business.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE
(19) The University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the
Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendations relating
to inventions by members of the staff:
1. Linear bearing converter and bearing average computer — Donald L. Bitzer,
Research Assistant, Control Systems Laboratory, inventor. This is a device which
can be attached to existing radio direction finding systems to facilitate in accurately
observing, averaging, and recording radio bearings.
2. Panoramic radio direction finder — Harold D. Webb, Associate Professor
of Electrical Engineering, and Donald L. Bitzer, Research Assistant, Control Systems
Laboratory, inventors. The purpose of this invention is to provide a panoramic
display of radio frequency bearings versus frequency on the face of a cathode
ray tube.
3. Equiangular spiral antenna — Victor H. Rumsey, Professor of Electrical
Engineering, inventor. This was developed under an investigation that is classified
by the U. S. Government for security reasons.
4. Radio direction finder system bearing computer — pulse delay analog by
Albert D. Bailey, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, inventor. This
invention is to accomplish the transformation of data of a radio direction finder
for immediate integration and processing by a computer.
5. Radio direction finder bearing computer — Albert D. Bailey, inventor. This
invention relates to a radio direction finder bearing indication and determination
which is intended to replace the indicator and the human observer.
The Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and the University
Patent Committee recommend the release of the above inventions to the Office of
Naval Research, the sponsoring agency.
I concur in this recommendation.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, this recommendation was approved.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, the Board adjourned.
A. J. JANATA
Secretary
H. B. MEGRAN
President