R7.25 - Lady Masson Memorial Lectureship

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Recitals-

1. £500 was presented to the University to endow a Lecture in memory of Lady Masson, wife of Sir David Orme Masson K.B.E., M.A., D.SC., F.R.S.E., F.R.S., professor of Chemistry in the University from 1886 to 1923.
2. The sum of £500 increased to $1,973 at 31 December 1994.

It is provided as follows-

1. The sum of $1,973 and any additions and accumulations to the sum forms a fund called the “Lady Masson Fund” (“the fund”) and the fund must be paid into an investment pool and remain there until the Council directs otherwise.
2. The fund forms the endowment of a lectureship known as the "Lady Masson Memorial Lectureship".
3. The net income of the fund is devoted to the provision in alternate years of a lecture on some important aspect or application of Chemistry.
4. The lecturer is appointed by the Council after consultation with the head of the school of Chemistry (“the head”).
5. If on any occasion there is in the opinion of the head no suitable lecturer in Chemistry the income available in the year concerned is to be devoted to the provision of a lecture on a topic of interest in Social Development to be delivered by a lecturer appointed by the Council after consultation with the dean of the faculty of Arts and the head of the department of Social Work.
6. The lecturer receives (subject to the deduction of necessary expenses) the income of the fund in the two years preceding the lecture.