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Show Utah Heart Fund Reaches $24,936 ' Utah's heart fund was swelled bv $24,936 following successful completion of the 1953 campaign fund of the Utah Heart Association, Associa-tion, according to the report made bv Robert R. Colyar, executive secretary. In accordance with the policy of affiliates of the American Heart Association 25 per cent of this amount was sent to the American Heart offices who in turn gave research grants to Utah as follows: fol-lows: 6300 to the University of Utah department of pharmacology pharmacol-ogy and heart, school of Medicine and ?5250 to the University of Utah department of pediatrics, school of medicine. From funds which remained in Utah Mr. Colyar reports that the Utah Heart Association awarded research grants in the field of heart disease to Dr. H. H. Hacht, University of Utah school of medicine, med-icine, $3,000, and Dr. Stewart C. Harvey, University of Utah schbol of medicine, $3,000. This year the American Heart Association will award identical grants to Utah in the same amounts previously listed. This brings a grand total of $33,100 which has been givven to heart re-earch re-earch projects in Utah alone during dur-ing 1952-53 fund drives. Funds sent by the American Heart Association As-sociation to Utah were more than three times the amount sent by the Utah Heart Association to their national affiliate. |