Graces

Grace submitted to the Regent House on 14 November 2012

The Council submits the following Grace to the Regent House. This Grace, unless it is withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 23 November 2012.

1. That the recommendations in paragraph 4 of the Report of the General Board, dated 10 October 2012, on the establishment of a Professorship of Hypoxia Signalling and Cell Biology (Reporter, 6281, 2012–13, p. 48) be approved.

2. That the recommendations in paragraph 5 of the Report of the General Board, dated 10 October 2012, on the establishment of a Readership in Quantitative Sociology (Reporter, 6281, 2012–13, p. 49) be approved.

3. That a Whipple Museum of the History of Science Conservation Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Whipple Museum of the History of Science Conservation Fund

1. The gifts received from the grandchildren and other family members of the late Mr Robert Stewart Whipple, and other gifts received for the same purpose, shall form a fund called the Whipple Museum of the History of Science Conservation Fund.

2. The income of the Fund shall be used to support conservation of the collections of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science including the provision of resources to obtain specialist conservation advice and support.

3. The Board of History and Philosophy of Science shall be responsible for the management of the Fund.

4. Any unexpended income in a financial year may be: (a) added to the capital of the Fund; (b) applied under the purposes specified in Regulation 2; or (c) applied in support of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science with the prior consent of the descendants of Mr Robert Stewart Whipple who are recognised by the University at the date of the Grace to establish the Fund.