1970

Upper Division Scholarship program for minority students is established ($7.5 million, 1970-1976).

Venture Fund grants are made to forty-nine colleges to encourage innovation in undergraduate education ($8.5 million, 1970-1974).

Police Foundation is established under a $30-million, five-year appropriation.

Support of public-interest law centers begins (1970-1977, $13 million).

Native American Rights Fund is established under a grant of $115,000 ($2.9 million through 1977).

1971

Institute for Educational Leadership is established with a grant of $410,000.

Cash Reserve program is initiated to attack recurring financial problems of performing arts organizations.

Julius A. Stratton retires as chairman of the board of trustees.

Alexander Heard, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, is elected chairman of the board of trustees.

Foundation commits $100 million for six years to increase minority opportunities in higher education, with half of the funds going for minority graduate fellowships and half going for institutional development at selected private black colleges. (Institutional support for black colleges: $37 million, 1960-1971; graduate fellowships for minorities: $12 million, 1967-1971.)

1972

Drug Abuse Council is established jointly with Carnegie Corporation, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation ($8.8 million, 1972-1976).

Committee on Public Policy and Social Organization is established.

Cable Television Information Center is established with a $2.5-million grant ($2.8 million, 1972-1976).

Energy Policy Project is established to conduct research and analysis of