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ANNUAL REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Reporting Period: June 1, 1973 to May 31, 1974
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Narrative:
The Department of Psychology has had one major administrative change during the
past year involving the resignation of Dr. C. R. Prewett as Chairman, and the
appointment of Dr. Charles C. Mitchell in his place. Dr. Prewett is continuing
as a member of the Psychology Department staff. In line with past policy, there
has been increasing faculty involvement in administrative affairs, and there is
presently an Ad Hoc Committee which is working on the establishment of a Depart-
mental Code. One new faculty position and one replacement were added in the fail
of 1973, and these two individuals will greatly strengthen our program in sclicol
psychology and the research area, with emphasis on computer usage. A computer
terminal is to be set up within the Department, and this will eneble us to com-
plete more research in a shorter period of time. This terminal will be, of
course, available to other schcols and departments. There have been a large
number of faculty honors, with several in particular being noteworthy. Dr.
William F. Grossnickle was elected Southeastern Vice President of Psi Cui, the
national honorary society in psychology, and was aiso elected secretary to the
Faculty Assembly. Dr. Thomas E. Long is president-elect of the North Carolina
Psychological Association and was elected vicge~chairman of the North Carohina
State Board of Examiners of Practicing Psychologists. Four of the tap ten
graduating seniors were psychelogy majors, with one, Thomas Durhan, being i
only student who has ever graduated with a perfect 4.0 average. Faculty members
have participated actively on Departmental and University committees, aad em
has been greater involvement during the past year in comnunity activities, |
Student enrollments in the Department have shown an increase this year ever the
past year, in spite of a decline in overali student enrcilment in the University.
The number of published articles and paper presentations by faculty of the
Department has significantly increased this year -over previous years, and we
plan additional activities in the areas of research and publication. Overall,
the past year's work has been quite satisfactcry, and we intend to keep moving
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Facuity
1. Total number of full-time faculty: 206
Number of part-time faculty: 1
Total full-time equivalent: 1 Is this more or less than last year? More
2. Distribution of degrees:
Number with doctorate: 18
Number with masters only: 4
Number with bachelors only: 0
Number with terminal degree other tham the doctorate: 0
3. Total number with permanent tenure: 14 Number non~-tenured: 7
List by name and rank those granted tenure during the past year.
Dr. Rosina Lac, Assistant Professor
4. Total number separated: 1
List names and reasons:
Dr. Dennis M. Reberts, resigned to accept a position at The Pennsylvenia
State University.
5. Number whe received promotions in rank during the year: 43
List names and new rank:
Dr. Betty Jane Corwin, Professor
Dr. Larry W. Means, Associate Professor
Dr. Charles C. Mitchell, Professor
6. List any administrative charges iavolving the Department or its members:
Dr. C. R. Prewett resigned as Chairman and Er. Charles C. Mitchell
assumed the Chairmanship.
7. List any who received an academic degree during the year: None
8. List names, with highest degree and rank, of new appointmerts:
Dr. Charles E. Cliett, Assistant Professor
Dr. M. John Lutz, Assistant Professor
9. List faculty members with released time during period: None
19. Faculty publications:
Number of bcoks published during period: None
Number of articles: 1
Author, title and journal:
Munson, J. 8. & Graham, R. B. Localization of lateral geniculate spikes in
alert, sleeping & reserpine-treated cats. EEG Journal, 1973, 35,
23-326.
Jones, M. B., Vierck, C. J. & Graham, R. B. Line-gap discrimination on the
skin. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1973, 36, 563-570.
Lao, Rosina C. Important factors in internal-external belief among male
adults. Journal of Social Psychology, 1973, 91, 159-160.
Martoceia, C. T. Authoritarianiem and party switching in 1972. Perceptual
and Motor Skills, 1973, 37, 694.
Mallenbaum, Victor. The role of singing in sensitivity training groups.
American String Teachers Association Bulletin, N. C. Unit. Vol. I,
No. os Sept. 1973, Pe 2~3.
Means, L. W., Huntley, D. H., Anderson, H. P. & Harrell, T. H.
Disruption of acquisition end retention of a visual-tactile
discrimination task in rats with thalamic lesions. Behavioral
Biology, 1973, 9, 435-450.
Walker, D. W. & Means, L. W. Single alternation performance in rats
with hippocampal lesions: disruption by an irrelevant task
interposed during the intertrial interval. Behavioral Biology,
1973, 9, 93-104.
Means, L. W., Hunt, M. W., Whiteside, R. R. and Bates, T. W. Deficient
acquisition and retention of single-alternation go, no-go in rats
with medial thalamic lesions. Physiological Psychology, l,
287-291.
Mitchell, Charles C. On the diversification of graduate study in
psychology. American Psychclogist, 29, No. 4, April, 1974, p. 272.
Daniel, P. N. and Tacker, R. S. Preferred modality of stimulus input
and memory for CVC Trigrems. Journal of Educational Research,
1974, 67, 255-258.
Number of Reviews: None
Number of scholarly papers read: 8
Author, title, and group before which paper was presented:
Moore, Charles H. "Induced anxiety as a function of post treatment
discussion and relaxation." Presented at Southeastern
Psychological Association Convention, Hollywood, Florida
May 2, 1974.
Moore, Charles H. "Induced anxiety: The effects of the number of
transitions from the induced to the relaxed state." Presented
at Southeastern Psychological Association Convention,
Hollywood, Florida, May 2, 1974.
Stapleton, Hazel F. "Psychological aspects of interpersonal relation-
ships in a hospital setting." Presented at the Virginia Medical
Records Association, Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1973.
Tacker R. S. oBehavior Modification: What is it?� Presented at N. C.
Department of Public Instruction, Division of Development
Conference.
Tacker, R. S. "Evaluation comments on Greenville's Project Reach-Ouc."
Presented to N. C. State Board of Education.
Tacker, R. S. "You can learn to teach your child." Presented to
parents of retarded children in Wilson County at Wilson County
Technical Institute.
Tacker R. S. oYou can learn to teach your child." Part of a course con
living with handicapped children at Beaufort Technical Institute
for parents of retarded children.
Tacker R. S. "Principles of learning to use in teaching retarded
children." REAP parents, Developmental Evaluation Clinic.
ll. Theses completed: 16
Dr. Betty Jane Corwin:
Eggers, Carolyn. Modifiability of impulsive cognitive style and
relationship to reading performance in primary grade children.
Nunez, Max. Relationship between the Peabody Individual Achievement
Test and the Metropolitan Achievement Test.
Dr. W. F. Grossnickle:
Anema, Sara R. Empirical validation of a Selection Battery Using
Race as a moderator variable.
Walters, Frances C. Impression formation as related to inter-
personal distance and sex.
Range, Donna C. Attitude change as a function of physical distance,
sex, and message topic.
Dr. Rosina C. Lao:
Upchurch, Wilhelmina. Effects of levels of assertiveness on
ratings of intelligence and liking for males and females.
Cain,Harry. Internal-external control of reinforcement and fear.
Gcldstein, Donald Jay. Internal-external control of reinforcement
and cooperation-competition in the prisoner's dilemma game.
Jones, Alvin. Locus of centrol as a factor in measuring concept of
self-actualization.
Dr. Thomas E. Long:
Mabry, Curtis, Jr. The intensity of hostility responses by black
males to selected interracial and non-interracial situations
in the Rosenzweigh Picture-Frustration study.
Dr. Larry W. Means:
Alexander, Gay. The effects of ITI disruption om pattern
discrimination in the hippocompectomized rat.
Harrington, James W. The effect of medial thalamic lasions con
acquisition of a go, no-go tone~light discrimination task.
Dr. Charlies H. Moore:
Trachtenberg, Joseph E. Induced anxiety: an exploration of Group
Administration via direct andi vicarious means.
Dr. R. S. Tacker:
Smith, Edna Cassiola. The effects of the presence of another
animal on the Kamin effect.
Dixon, Robert G. Copulatory behavior of male rats as a function of
intensity of noncontingent electric shock.
Hodges, Wayne. Fertilization of postcvulatory aged rat ova and
associated develepmental effects.
Theses in progress: 41
Dr. Betty Jane Corwin:
Green, Katherine. Progress in Intellectual Developmental Study--
CA 6-10.
Daves, Richard. Self-Concept Measures and Self-Image.
Hawley, James. Motor component in acnievement.
Miller, Glen. Evaluation of pre-vocaticnal training program.
Henderson, Bruce. Training to modify impulsive cognitive style in
primary grade children.
Fleming, Linda. Impulsive cognitive style and internal-external
control.
Beaman, Jane. Effectiveness of preschool program in modifying
verbal performance.
Fogleman, Jean. Verbal component and motor component in early
school acnievement.
Dr. W. F. Grossnickle:
Bumgardner, Karen C. Physical distance and sex of communicator as
related te attitude change.
Eggers, Ronald =. Construction and preliminary reliability
estimates of Form Y.
Slater, Eileen. Reliability and validity study of short verbal
and non-verbal tests cf general ability.
Winters, Gail S. Reliability and construct validity of Forms S$ & J.
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Wisdom, Stanley L. Item intercorrelation and analysis of
xperimental mentai ability tests
Dr. Victor Mallentbaun:
Poole, Cinda. Death and anger.
muiteside, Eeid. Pacial Attitudes in Chiidren.
Dr. Rosina C. Lae:
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Wuensch, Kari L. Perception of causality and a modulator of the
achievement tive
Maynor, Jerry C. A comparison of the internal-external control
construct among persons addicted to and :not addicted. to
narcotic drugs.
Creager, Allan. Locus of control in discriminating different
patterns of drug use in the college population.
Harrell, Thomas H. Interaction of personality (I-E) and
Situational (success~failure} variables on an achievement
task.
Dr. Thomas E. Long:
Powell, Anthony. The development and validation of an objective
personality test for subjects with limited reading
comprehension.
Helms, Rebecca. Locus of control as related to the Rorschach
determinarts.
Reintjes, Ann. Selected Rorschach determinants as related to
moderate internal-external locus of control scores.
Savage, Minnie. Weight reducticn through operant treatment of
calcric intake.
James, Robert. An MMPI investigation of female prisoners.
Van Buren, Patricia. A paper and pencil test survey of a prison
population.
Mabe, Alex. A correlation of racial attitudes as measured by
PRAM II and sociometric choices for second grade scheol
children.
Dr. Larry W. Means:
Waring, Ann. The effects of small medial thalamic lesions on
discrimination learning and emotionality.
Broome, Belinds.. The effect of..medial thalamic lesions on
acquisition and retention of a visual pattern discrimina-
tion in a water-filled maze.
Riley, Brian D. The effects of transcendental meditation on
learning.
Clarke, Rhonda J. The effects of preoperative overtraining on
postoperative retention in rats sustaining dorsomedial
thalamic lesions.
Harris, Evans. The effects of medial thalamic lesions on shock
motivated discrimination.
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Beck, Hall. Habituation in Spirostomum.
Dr. Charles C. Mitchell:
Lotterhos, Xay. Wo title selected as yet.
Dr. Charles H. Moore:
Kelly, Mary Margaret. Expectancy and demand characteristics in
induced anxiety.
Means, Carolyn. Induced anxiety as a function of post treatment
discussion.
Williams, Sam. The effects of transition from arousal to relaxation
in induced anxiety.
Dr. C. R. Prewett:
Landry, Fernand: The development ef the comprehensive mental health
center in a rural area.
Dr. BE. S&S. Tacker:
Anderson, Harry P. Computer assisted behavior medification: An
expedient to procedures in a token economy.
Majewski, Raymond. Frustrative nonreward.
Cotten, Beverly. iterature work in progress.
Hycer, Lecter. Literature work in progress.
12. Other talks given:
Wilbur A. Casteilow: One talk to Rose High School
John S. Childers: Four: N. C. Mental Health Associatioa annual meeting;
Superintendents, supervisors and principals of Northeastern N. C.
Schools; Currituck County Concerned Parents Group; and radio pre-
sentation at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Charles E. Cliett: One: To Psychology Department--faculty and students-"-
on a research seminar progran.
William F. Grossnickle: Eleven: American Psychological Association;
Southeastern Psi Chi Association; Wayne Community College;
Fayetteville Technical Institute, ECU Home Economics Honor Society.
Ramon Monnie Hedges: Four: ECU Medical students; Northhampton County
Téeaczers, ECU aursing and psychology students.
Thomas E. Long: One: W. H. Trentman Mental Health Center, Raleigh, N. C.
Charles C. Mitchell: Five: Wayne County School Counselors; Eastern
Regional Area Directors of Mental, Health Agencies; Eastern N. C.
Psycholegical Association; Southeastern Psychological Association;
and Wayne Commur~ty College.
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Clinton R. Prewett: Six: Greenville Kivanis Ciub, N. C. Association of
Educational Office Personnel, Columbus County Schools.
Consultant work:
Wilbur A. Castellow: Intelligence assessment for Washington County
Schools.
John 5. Childers: Currituck Co. School Systen=-Hewitt Model Classroom,
Windsor Area Health Department--Reading Program, Edenton~-Chowan
School System, Camden County Schools Resource Room Prograns,
Advisor and consultant REAL House, Consultant Mental Health
Program--Pitt Technical Institute, Consuitant--Albemarle Mental
Health Center, Consultant for Inservice Training--Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center via Pitt Technical Institute.
Charles E. Cliett: University of Georgia Psychology Department in the
system design and computer interfacing (PDP-8/L) of a drug-related
research program. The research work growing out of that consulta-
tion is in progress.
Villiam F. Grossnickle: Wayne County Mentai Health Center, Greenville
Utilities Commission, and Psychological Consultants, Inc.
Ramon Monnie Hedges: Northhampton County Teachers, Ahoskie, N. C.
Thomas E. Long: Greenville City School System, Wayne County Mental
Health Association, and Wayne County Mental Heaith Center.
Myree D. Hayes: Pitt County Mental Health Center.
Rosina C. Lao: Developmental Evaluation Clinic, Greenville, N. C.
John C. Lutz: Research Consultant, Greenville Alcholic Rehabilitation
Center.
Charles C. Mitcheli: Volunteer Consultant to Pitt County Mental Health
Authority, Volunteer Consultant to Group Homes (Residential
Rehabilitation), Greenville Utilities Commission, and Wayne County
Mental Health Authority.
Clinton R. Prewett: St. Augustine Collepge--Center for Educational
Leadership, Columbus County Schcols, and Pitt County Mental. Health
Center. :
R. S. Tacker: Bertie County Board of Education, Greenville City Schools,
Pitt County Mental Health Association, Wilson County Technical
Institute.
Prefessional Societies:
A total of 9 persons attended a total of 17 different meetings of
professional societies in the course of the year.
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Kimber holding chairmanshire: One
Myree Dunn Hayes, Chairman, Ethics Committees, Association of Eastern
North Carolina Psychologis
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Number holding other offices: Three
William F. Grossnickle, Southeastern Vice-president of Psi Chi.
Themas E. Long, President-elect of Nerth Carolina Psychological
Association and Past-president of North Carolina Group Behavior Society.
Charlies C. Mitchell, President of Eastern North Carolina Psychological
Association.
ther faculty honors:
Listings in various Who's Whe directories:
Rosina C. Lao: Outstanding Educators and American Men and Women of
science.
Larry W. Means: American Men and Women of Science: Social and
Behavioral Sciences and Personalities of the South.
Charles C. Mitchell: Outstanding Professionals in Human Services.
R. 5. Tacker: Outstanding Educators (nomination) and American Men and
Women of Science.
Other cff-campus honors:
Rosina C. Lao: Served «s consulting editor for: (1) Division 8 of
the American Psychclogical Association (Division of Social and
Personality Psychology), (2) Journal of Personality, and
(3) Division of Social Psychology for the Chinese Psychological
Association.
R. S. Tacker: President-elect, Greenville-Martinboro Lions Club and
Member of Board, South Greenvilic PTA.
On-Campus honors:
William F. Grossnickle: Delegate to the Faculty Assenbly and University
Community Committee of the Faculty Assembly; Elected 1974-75
Secretary to the Faculty Assembly; Advisor to East Carolin
University Psi Chi.
Rosina C. Lao: Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Award.
Victor Mallenbaum: Advisor to the Hebrew Youth Feilowship.
On-Campus committees:
@ Family Lite Committee (University), Recruitment
(Departmental), and Ad Hoc Committee on Office
(Der: *tmen~:al).
Committe
John S. Childers:
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Charles £. Cliett: Chairman, Departmental Code Committee, Psychology
representative on the Computer Committee.
Betty Jane Corwin: Instructional Survey Committee, Departmental
Graduate Admissions Committee, Departmental Evdget Committee,
and Departmental Curriculum Committee.
Robert B. Graham: Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Departmental
Student-Faculty Advisory Committee, Departmental Comprehensives
Committee, Departmental 50/51 Committee.
William F. Grossnickle: Chairmen, University Curriculum Committee;
Faculty Senate (ex officio), Senate Agenda Committee (ex officio),
Advisory Committee on Programs and Budget Implications (ex officio),
Committee on Transfer Credit, Advisory Committee of the
Coordinated Undergraduate Program in Dietetics, Departmental
Faculty Personnel Committee, Departmental Curriculum Committee
(Chairman), Coordination of Off-Campus Programs, Departmental
Graduate Admissions Committee; Departmental Schedule Cownaittee,
end Departmental Budget Committee.
Rosina C. Lao: Faculty Senate, University Library Committee, Ad Hoc
Committee on Family Life Education Progrem, and Faculty advisor
to Psi Chi.
Thomas E. Long: Chairman, Wahi-Coates Laboratory School Professional
Council.
M. John Lutz: Departmental Schedule Committee, Departmental Curriculim
Committee; Sigma Xi Research Award Selection Committee (Chairman).
Larry W. Means: Animal Research Committee and Psychology Department
Research Committee (Chairman) and Departmental Graduate Admissions
Committee.
Charles C. Mitchell: Scholarship Committee, Family Life Committee and
ex officio of all Psychology Department committees.
Charies H. Moore: Vice-chairman, Committee on Human Research.
Hazel F. Stapleton: Teacher Educaticn Committee.
Clinton R. Prewett: Athletic Committee, Advisory Council for Develop-
mental Evaluation Clinic (Chairman), Advisory Committee for
Moyewood Center, Policy and Review Committee on Human Research.
R. S. Tacker: Graduate Ccuncil, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty
Senate Subcommittee on Instructional Survey, Sigma Xi Research
Awards, Scholarship ~'T2ekend, Pre-Med, Pre-Dent. Committee,
Computer Users Adviscry Committee, Departmental Psychology 50/51
Committee, Departmeatal Curriculum Committee, and Departmental
Graduate Admissions Committee.
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Additional noteworthy faculty activity not covered abeve:
Wilbur A. Castellow: Further study through correspondence in two areas: (1) use
of games and simulations in education and (2) EEG correlates of
cevelopmental dysleyia.
John S$. Childers: Further study: N. C. State University and conducting research
on "Attitudes of Paraprofessionals in Training, local coordinator for
Educational Testing Service on research for development and evaluating a pro-
gram of special instruction for the quantitative section of the Graduate Record
Examination aptitude examination to focus on college seniors from minority-
disadvantaged backgrounds who are potential graduate school candidates. Field
supervisor for The Psychological Corporation for the restandardization of the
Revised Beta Examination.
Betty Jane Corwin: Committee of State Department of Public Instruction on
Competency~based certification of school psychologists.
Yilliam F. Grossnickle: Further study--American Psychological Association,
Division of Industrial/Organization Psychology, Workshop on Decision making,
Workshop on the Introduction to Trensaction:l féaulysis, and arranged si Chi's
program for the 1974 American Psychological Association Convention to he held
in August.
Rosina C. Lao: Gave several talks to the public schools on the general topic of
China, went to Taiwan in the summer of 1973 and consulted with several
psychologists at Taipei. As a result of our meetings there, we are currently
planning some cross-cultural studies on personality factors which will be
carried out jointly by the Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University
and the Department of Psychology, East Carolina University.
- Cliett: Taught an introductory psychology course at Beaufort Technical
Thomas E., Long: Elected Vice-Chairman of North Carolina Board of Examiners of
Practicing Psychologists.
Hazel F. Stapleton: Pre-revision review of Lefrancois, Psychology for Teaching,
for Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Victor Mallenhbaum: Spoke at the Symposium on Aging, East Carolina University, on
"A psychological approach to the problem of plastic surgery for the aged."
"II. Students
i. umber of active undergraduate majors enrolled per quarter:
Summer: 132 Winter: 248 Average; 241
Fall: 328 Spring: 257 Total: 964
2. Number of graduate students: 77
3. Number of graduate ctudents with assistantships: 20
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4. Number receiving each osgree offered diring period: 114 2,4.'s, 18 M.A.'s.
IV.
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Number of students taught:
Summer: 1419 Winter: 3168 Average: 268
Fall: 3308 Spring: 2867 Total 10,702
StudentsT honors:
Two psychology majors graduated summa cum laude: Virginia Pierpoint and
Themas Durham.
Two psychology majors were elected into Who's Who in American Colieges:
Thomas Ducham and William Phipps.
Qne psychology major graduated with the distinction of having earned all A's
during his career at ECU--Thomas Durham. He is the only student having ever
achieved this distinction.
Four of the top ten graduating seniors were psychology majors:
Virginia Pierpoint, Susan D. Campbell, Karen Jo Haskett, and Thomas Durham.
The ECU Chapter of Psi Chi established an on-going scholarship in memory of
Mary Carolyn Faulkner Wray, an ECU student and member cf Psi Chi. Mrs.
Wray was killed while working at the O'Berry Cenrer in Goldsboro, North
Carolina.
Academic programs;
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2.
8.
Number of new courses added: One. Specify: Principles of Learning in the
Classrcom: Psychology 333G
Number of courses dropped: One. Specify: Psychology cf Cegnitive
Processes: Psychology 472.
Changed to Psychology 372G.
Number of courses in course bank: Four undergraduate and six graduate.
Any new programs added? Wo.
Any programs dropped? No.
Any significant revision of existing programs? No.
Describe any special lectures, seminars, etc. sponsored by the Department:
Dr. Daniel Katz, retired professor of psychology at the University of
Michigan and an outstanding, internationally known professor for his con-
tributions to the study of political attitudes and opinions, was an
invited lecturer and spoke on the current status of social psychology
at East Carolina University.
Comment on what is being done to attract students to your program:
A Recruitment Committee has been formed and is active in making plans for
recruitment of students.
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9. Comment on any innovetions or ch.-ges in teaching methods instituted
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or tried during pericd: None.
V. Grants
1, Total number of active grants during period: Six.
Total amount of active grants during period: $8925.00.
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- Number of new grants awarded during period: Six.
1. John S. Childers: N. C. Department of Human Resources
via sponsoring agency The Albemarle Mental Health Center $3000.00
2. W. F. Grossnickle & Rosina C. Lao: Research Council--ECU 150.90
3. Myree Hayes and Dr. C. R. Prewett: N. C. Department
of Mental Health 2000.00
4, Rosina C. Lao: Research Council--ECU 50.00
3. Larry W. Means: North Carolina United Community Services 2285.00
Larry W. Means: Noch Caiclina United Comnunity Services 990.00
3. Grants submitted during period, other than the above:
Number pending. Specify: Two
John. S$. Childer, Charles E. Cliett, and M. John Lutz:
N. C. Division of Mental Health Services Pending....$2847.41
Larry W. Means: N. C. Department of Mental Health Pending....$3000.00
Number rejected: None,
