[meteorite-list] 1st Nininger-ASU Grant, C. Moore, 1961 NPA

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Arizona Daily Sun
City: Flagstaff, Arizona
Date: Saturday, October 28, 1961
Page: 2 (of 10)

Dr. Nininger Seeks Research

Sedona Man Presents ASU $1,000 Meteorite Grant

     TEMPE (Special) - Dr. H. H. Nininger of Sedona has award a $1,000 grant 
to Arizona State University to stimulate meteoritic research.
     Dr. Nininger, one of the world's foremost authorities on meteorites, 
presented the $1,000 in the form of one or more awards to students 
submitting the best papers describing their original meteorite research.
     The papers must be submitted to Dr. Carleton Moore, director of the 
Nininger collection at ASU, according to President G. Homer Durham.
     The Nininger meteorite collection at ASU, one of the largest in the 
world, contains 1,220 catalogued specimens, in addition to several thousand 
small particles, from 684 if the 1,600 meteoritic falls known to world 
scientists.
     The university purchased the collection with the assistance of a 
private donor, the National Science Foundation - which provided a grant of 
$240,000 - and the ASU Foundation.
     A national meteorite symposium was held at ASU March 10 in connection 
with the inauguration of Dr. Durham of the university.

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