TheMott

Foundation1972

ANNUALREPORT

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a private,non-operating foundation established in 1926 tomaintain a fund and make grants from the fund foreducational, health, welfare, cultural, civic andsimilar purposes which improve individual growthand development, and strengthen society.

It works toward these goals in its home communityof Flint, Michigan. Its intent is to make Flint alaboratory or proving ground for new concepts inenrichment of living, and it invites other communi-ties to inspect programs and adopt concepts

A FOUNDATION FOR LIVINGpioneered and developed in Flint.

In 1935 the Mott Foundation joined with the FlintBoard of Education in a unique partnership whichgave birth to the Community School Concept. Thatconcept has become a powerful force nationallyin the field of education, and is typical of theFoundation's efforts to innovate programs whichmay be beneficially developed by others.

The Mott Foundation is independent of otherinstitutions, commercial and non-commercial.

C. S. MOTT FOUNDATION

1972 ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Year of Transition 3

Foundation Trustees 5

Emphasis: Urban 10

Where Child Care and Research Meet 20

Community Education: A New Model 22

For Sharper Tools in Education 26

A Five-Year Plan in Education 29

Financial Report 33

Foundation Personnel . . . 43

A YEAR OF TRANSITION

For more than a year, the Mott Foundation has

been living in a time of particular transition.

There was transition in leadership as death re-moved a great moral and spiritual force behindthe Foundation — a force existing in the personof its founder, Charles Stewart Mott, who in hislong life was regarded generally in Flint as akindly neighbor.

There was transition in community education. Thatcame with development of a five-year plan that willguide growth nationally — emphasized by intro-duction of federal legislation for community educa-tion— and it came very realistically in Flint. Here,the Board of Education united its Mott Program

and Kindergarten-through-12th Grade Divisionsinto a single unit for the greater good of eachand also of the community. It was a change the

Foundation could readily accept.

And there was a degree of transition in emphasis.While there was no lessening of traditional supportfor programs carried on through communityschools, both here and elsewhere, there wasincreasing stress on addressing a wide range ofurban needs.

Thus, the Foundation joined eagerly in helpingto bring about a great breakthrough in the revital-ization of Flint's central area. Thai was the decisionof the University of Michigan to develop a river-front campus in (he heart of the city for itsFlint College.

Charles Stewart Mott established the Foundationin 1926 and in the mid-1930's found in Frank J,Manley the partner he needed for developing itsbroad range of activities and projects, Mr. Mottdied February 18, 1973, less than eight monthsafter the passing of Mr. Manley. Maryanne TurnbullMott Meynet was elected to fill the vacancy on theBoard of Trustees left by the death of her father.

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She early had evidenced an interest in the work ofthe Foundation, and has become thoroughlyfamiliar with its philosophy and objectives,

Five days after Mr. Mott passed on, the Trusteesadopted a resolution of rededication as individualson whom he had placed "a particularly exactingtrust because he chose to make us stewards ofwhat he began." The Trustees pledged "to carryon as best we can the goodness he practiced and,in his tradition, to face with courage and creative-ness the times that are before us."

Having been a member of the Foundation boardsince its beginning in 1926, a partner with Mr. Mottand Mr. Manley in the development of communityeducation from its very first days, and having

shared my father's office for many, many years aswell as shared with him the Foundation's executiveresponsibilities, I can attest to the great loss we allhave suffered. And because my long and intimateassociation allows me no other course. I am justas sure that the principles of C. S. Mott will longbe extended through the work of the Foundation;and we contemplate those principles will prove assound and practical in the years ahead as theywere tn his long lifetime.

Continued embodiment of the spirit of C- S. Mottin the character and work of The Mott Foundationis the greatest memorial we could devise.

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TRUSTEESSeveral common threads weave through the back-grounds of the members of the Mott FoundationBoard of Trustees - - leadership in communityservice, responsibility in business and the profes-sions, a conscientious striving for the better thingsof life for all people. It was to these individuals thatC. S. Mott entrusted the on-going affairs of theFoundation, It was on them that he placed "aparticularly exacting trust." Their experience, dedi-cation and innovating spirit are required constantlyas policy setters for the Foundation.

JOSEPH A. ANDERSON

Retired vice-president of General Motors andgeneral manager of AC Spark Plug Division . , .now a director of Avemco and Ecological ResearchCorporations . . graduate of University of Minne-sota, LLD from Alfred University . . . has been aleader in education and the arts: formerly presidentof Flint Board of Education. Flint College and Cul-tural Development and Flint institute of Music,trustee-emeritus of Denison University, helpedFlint get a branch of the University of Michigandirector-emeritus of Genesee Bank . . . formerlyheaded Manufacturers Association of Flint, Indus-trial Mutual Association, Flint Kiwanis . . . helpedstart Flint Area Conference, Inc., and is leadingeffort to establish a National Institute of AutomotiveScience and History.

WILLIAM S. BALLENGER. JR.

Career banker with equal interest in communityendeavor . . . recently retired as vice-presidentand trust officer of Citizens Commercial & SavingsBank and continuing as vice-chairman of FirstFederal Savings and Loan Assn., both in Flint . .trustee chairman of McLaren General Hospital andpresident of McFarlan Home graduate ofPrinceton University, former president of PrincetonClub of Michigan . . . has served as a member ofthe Flint Board of Education and InternationalInstitute and president of Flint YMCA and YWCAAdvisory Board . . . looks after Ballenger andMemorial Parks, which were provided to the com-munity through a Trust set up by his late auto-pioneer father.

CHARLES 0, CUMINGS

An attorney with a practice of many years . . - hasserved as president or chairman of GeneseeCounty Bar Assn.. Flint Area Chamber of Com-merce. Flint YMCA. Flint Institute of Music, RedFeather (now United) Fund - . trustee and counselof Flint Public Trust . . . a charter director of FlintLegal Aid Society . . . treasurer of Flint College andCullural Development . . . formerly served in theMichigan House of Representatives - . , graduateof University of Michigan and law degree fromUniversity of Virginia . . . a director of several localbusiness firms . . . active in church and church-related work.

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MRS. ALAIN R. MEYNET

The former Maryanne Turnbull Mott. youngest ofthe three children of Charles Stewart and RuthRawlings Mott, is the newest member of the boardas successor to her father , . . mother of two . .a leader in Planned Parenthood in Santa Barbara,Calif., where she lives, and vice-president of thatcity's Community Environmental Council . . . aformer chairman of Spectemur Agendo, Inc., acharitable New York foundation set up by somemembers of the Mott family.

MRS. CHARLES STEWART MOTT

Ruth Rawlings Mott came to Flint from El Paso,Texas, as a bride in 1934. Says the Mott biography,Foundation for Living: "Mrs. Mott shared her hus-band's wide-ranging interests, and brought newenthusiasms of her own — and Applewood blos-somed afresh in hospitality and happy life" . . .graduate of Lasell Junior College and BostonSchool of Physical Education . . taught physicaleducation and conducted a School of Dancing . . .served in Junior League, British War Relief. YWCA,Flint Institute of Arts . , . active in Michigan Councilfor the Arts , . past-president of Child WelfareAssociation . . . frequent sponsor of communityenterprises.

C.S.HARDING MOTT

Long a moving force in both the community and theFoundation, leader in many business and civicenterprises, the Foundation's vice-president from1944 until elected president in 1965 . . . Yale Uni-versity graduate . . , owned and operated a Chevro-let dealership . . . a director of Bendix, NationalCan, Consumers Power, Michigan Life Insurance,Wayne-Oakland Bank . leadership postsin Continental Water, U. S. Sugar Corporation.. . . serves on U. S. Urban Transportation AdvisoryCouncil, National Alliance of Businessmen. Non-Profit Housing Center, Inc., . . . trustee of PrincipiaSchool and College . . . present or past head ofUnited Fund. Flint Area Chamber of Commerce,Flint Area Conference, Inc., . . . in vanguard toachieve downtown renaissance, including effortto develop riverfront campus for University ofMichigan-Flint. He is pictured here with UM-FChancellor William E Moran

HAROLD P. RODES, Ph.D.

President of General Motors Institute . . . formerlyheaded Bradley University and Ohio College ofApplied Science - , graduate of Dartmouth Col-lege, advanced study at University of California anddoctorate from Yale University . . . LL.D. fromBradley . . . active in national educational, manage-ment and engineering societies . . . long servicerecord with International Institute, Rotary. UrbanLeague, United Fund, Urban Coalition, Red Cross,Easter Seal Society , . . vice-president 'of FlintCollege and Cultural Development . . , formercounty campaign chairman for United Negro Col-lege Fund and U S. Savings Bonds . . activechurchman.

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GEORGE L. WHYEL

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Vice-president and secretary of the Foundation'sBoard of Trustees . . . at time of his election to theboard in 1971 was serving as a management con-sultant to the Foundation . . . formerly senior asso-ciate and assistant to the president of Bruce Payne& Associates, Inc., New York management con-sultant firm , . . graduate of Dartmouth Collegewith master of business administration degree . , ,a director or trustee of Flint Area Conference, Inc.,Flint Renaissance. Inc., and Flint Institute of Music. . . on boards of two charitable trusts . , . formerlyon executive committee of a private school inConnecticut. . serves on his church board.

President-elect of American Bankers Association,vice-chairman and retired president of GeneseeBank . . . served maximum term on Detroit Branchboard of Seventh Federal Reserve Distr ict . . . aftergraduation from University of Pennsylvania, enteredbanking in Miami . . . served as president of Mich-igan Bankers Association after move to Michigan. . . 1973 recipient ol Flint Area Chamber of Com-merce's first Citizen of the Year award for "out-standing community leadership" . chairman ofMayor's Implementation Committee to foster trans-fer of University of Michigan-Film to riverfrontcampus downtown . . . treasurer of Flint Area Con-ference, Inc.. and Flint Renaissance, Inc., formercampaign chairman and president of United Fund,past-presidenl of Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Rotaryand Civic Research Council . , . serves as treasurerof St. Joseph Hospital and a director of SponsorsCommittee of Flint College and Cultural Develop-ment.

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Site out/meet for new Riverfront if Michigan-Flint (1972)

EMPHASIS: URBAN"Let's make use of what we already have."

For one who made that his creed, who hated wasteand insisted that programs come first, CharlesStewart Molt left his name on the cornerstones ofan extraordinary number of buildings.

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The names of Mott and Flint have been linkedtogether for more years, more generations, Ihanmost families have lived here. Thus, there may besome folk who are not aware that long before heset up the Mott Foundation in 1926, Mr. Mott wasdoing his part as an extraordinarily good citizen.

Thrice mayor during years of great growth, a majorindustrial developer of the city and a leader incountless civic enterprises. Mr. Mott perceived theneeds of his community and went about doing whathe could to meet them.

Yellowed records attest to this leadership and thegenerosity that enabled the city to construct one ofthe major buildings of the original Hurley Hospital,helped to provide the East Kearsley Street YMCABuilding (replaced a few years ago) and the YMCACamp, and developed the Mott Camp for Boys.

Even then, he felt that money should be investedin buildings only as a last resort. He wantedprogram results from the funds that he and othersgave. His penchant for conserving resources andgetting the most out of them became, in fact, oneof the birthing principles of the Mott Foundation.

"Let's unlock our sleeping giants," the late FrankJ. Manley said of the schools in which he worked.Mr. Mott agreed with him.

"Utilize to the fullest extent possible and practicalthe facilities that already exist" - this is still abasic principle of the Foundation.

Yet he felt that if a lack of facilities was hurting orholding back a program, or keeping a good ideafrom flowering, every effort should be made toproduce a building, or a park, or a stadium ora concert hall.

And many ideas have blossomed in this way, asshown by the large number of Flint buildings andother facilities made possible completely or inpart by the Mott Foundation grants. (Some areshown in this report, with dates when their fundswere granted.)

In the larger picture, however, buildings haveplayed only a modest part in the Foundation'srelationship with Flint. Program after program hasburgnonert over the years in tho schools, the Y's,

the cultural facilities, the parks, the athletic fieldsand stadiums. Some of these have been used somuch that Foundation help was needed to restoreor replace worn-out facilities.

Flint YWGA (1984)

Homer E. Ocwtfy. vice-president for program administration

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Houston Stadium adjacent to Northwestern High School (1968)

Perhaps few urban projects have more significancethan one in which the Mott Foundation joined itsfellow citizens in 1972. That was the genesis of anew riverfront campus for the University of Mich-igan-Flint in the central area of the c t t yHaving made the decision for an urban college,the university decided it must be in the heart ofthe city. When growth dictated more space, theFoundation readily agreed to join with the City ofFlint, the State Legislature and the community'sorganizations and private citizens to acquire 38acres in the downtown area as a site tor acomprehensive urban center of learning.

There, in what will eventually become a $60 millioncampus, the people of Flint and neighboringcommunities will be able to pursue many fieldsof education leading to service in a number ofareas vital to every city As many as 10,000

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students will be able to work toward baccalaureateand graduate degrees. The university will be in aunique position to join with other agencies to seeksolutions to urban problems and bring about newopportunities for the area's residents.

The Foundation has pledged $5 million over fiveyears toward campus development. This is part ofa $14 million package raised locally to be addedto funds allocated by the State.

With so many diverse elements, facilities, insti-tutions and agencies in a city, no one can addressitself to all the problems of urban living. Each isbest suited to perform a unique function, but allthe elements need to function efficiently and effec-tively in cooperation and mutuality.

It is toward this end that the Mott Foundation setsits sights. The Foundation has tried for many years

Molt Memorial Building of University o! Michigan-Flint onEast Court Street campus f Addition, 1965)

to be sometimes a lubricant, sometimes a catalyst,sometimes a supporter, sometimes a bell cow. inworking with people of the community. It regardscommunity institutions as the front runners. Henceit is not an operating organization, but strivesinstead to help strengthen the existing network andthus to assist the community to face change. Aperusal of this report will show a satisfying relation-ship with many varied organizations to help putacross promising ideas and concepts, plansand programs.

Traditionally, the Foundation has worked throughthe Flint Public Schools. But in the last severalyears it has worked increasingly with municipaland county units of government, with health andwelfare groups. There has been support for medicalservices and transportation, parks and homes forthe elderly. Perhaps unseen, but yet felt, havebeen efforts in job training and placement,economic development, child care, culturaladvancement.

In addition to the funds for the University ofMichigan's riverfront campus, these urban grantswere made during 1972:

Flint YMCA (Addition. 1967)

Or Naomi Crumley, consul- Dr. Marilyn Steele, directortant in urban affairs during of planning services and1972-73. community activities

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In the introduction of his biography, FOUNDATION FOR LIVING, published just ten years ago,Charles Stewart Mott said:

When a man believes that nothing else is important, really, except people, how can he implementhis belief effectively? That is the question which has challenged me, and to which I have found,here in my own community, an answer that is deeply satisfying.

It seems to me that every person, always, is in a kind of informal partnership with his com-munity. . . . For me, this sense of partnership has become a growing reality over the years. In thesimplest terms: Flint has given me much that is good; I try, in return, to make available to thepeople of Flint much that is good, placing human values f i r s t . . . .

Our attempt here in Flint is to open for as many people as possible the doors of opportunity forself-advancement in health, education, recreation, active participating citizenship, technicalskill, economic knowledge, and successful adaption to every challenge of modern living. But onlythe opportunity can be provided, the rest is up to the individual.

BIG BROTHERS OF AMERICA— Two grants weremade to Ihe national organization, S21,868 tosponsor workshops nationally in the effort to estab-lish new Big Brother Agencies, and $27,584 tosupport for the second of three years a Mid-WestRegional Office as a pilot for the organization'sdecentralization of services to local units.

CARPENTER ROAD SERVICES — Grants to twoagencies which completed 14 months of specialservices to the residents of a recently developedneighborhood in the East Carpenter Road area. Itis a neighborhood of mobile homes; small, pri-vately constructed and owner-occupied homes;low-income, federally subsidized, single-familyhouses, and a public housing development and a"236" townhouse complex.

In the Carpenter Road area, Michigan StateUniversity received $5,700 enabling the GeneseeCounty Cooperative Extension Service to operatea Social Outreach Program. An office for informa-tion, referral and community ouireacn providedassistance and demonstration in home mainte-nance and management as well as nutrition andconsumer buying.

Also, Credit Counseling Centers received £3.900to maintain an office staffed by a credit counselorin the Social Outreach Program. Individual andgroup counseling in family money management andconsumer education was combined with counsel-ing in debt management for families over-extendedin credit. The grant to the university also permittedemployment of a second counselor at the extensionservice office for the same purposes.

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Main building of Goodwill Industries (1966)

FLINT AREA CONFERENCE, INC. - - $25,000toward program administration. The purpose ofFACI is to provide leadership from the businessand Industrial community to set up programs torevitalize the central area of Flint. FACI was instru-mental in carrying out the action plan for the devel-opment of a new riverfront campus on which torelocate and expand the University of Michigan-Flint.

FLINT-GENESEE COUNTY COMMUNITY CO-ORDINATED CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION -$8,858 as a local match to enable the association(4-C) to obtain a grant of $26,572 under Title IV-Aof the Social Security Act through the MichiganState Department of Social Services, The fundsenabled 4-C to continue as coordinator of allGenesee County child-care agencies serving those2Va to 18 years of age.

FLINT-GENESEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPART-MENT— $106,875 to reactivate Project ECHO, acontinuing environmental survey which had pro-vided data beginning in 1967.

The Michigan Health Survey for six cities, includingAdrian, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Mus-kegon as well as Flint, supplies a basic health-related and environmental questionnaire as acommon frame of reference.

An appraisal of every dwelling unit in each blockof all census tracts provides environmental datafor the total population of Genesee County. Fromthis appraisal, a sample is drawn every two weeksfor interviews with householders by a trained com-munity aide.

Summaries of the data are available upon requestat the ECHO office, with the data categorized inthree forms By census tracts, byelementaryschoolattendance districts and by metropolitan planningareas.

Flml's center for the blind < 1964)

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Dorf Music Center (1969)

FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS -- $15,395 to con-tinue the decent (guide and teaching) programfor school children and to help meet administrativeand program costs. In addition, the Foundationannounced an endowment grant of $100.000, whichwas added to previous endowment contributions,

FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — $18,000 for eachof two fiscal years for administration and program.Granting such money has been the practice forseveral years. In addition, a special grant of $5,680enabled the institute to employ a consultant todevelop plans fora music library.

Stock valued at $514,296 was given for an endow-ment to stabilize the institute's finances, with onlythe income to be used. The institute has a broadprogram that ranges from teaching children andyouth to sponsoring performances on both thecommunity and professional level.

One of the galleries at DeWaters Art Center

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Community Service Center ant) headquarters of Genesee-Lapeer Red Cross Chapter (1967)

FLINT URBAN COALITION — $25,000 as a matchfor funds from other sources within the GreaterFlint community. The coalition serves an advocacyrole for minority groups and the poor. It serves asa communications link with the business and indus-trial sector to make community leaders more awareof problems in employment, housing, education,health and related social fields.

GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- $150.000toward property acquisition for a manpower train-ing center that would bring together skills trainingefforts of the college and several communityagencies.

Flint's East Court Street college campus was developed on acreage that made up the Mott term (1952)

SPECIAL ENDOWMENTS— Religious and educa-tional institutions and funds which had been ofparticular interest to C. S. Mott. some associationspredating the Foundation's establishment, receivedgrants that will provide annual incomes approxi-mating former annual gifts.

Mott academic building at Genesee (now Charles SrewarrMail) Community College (1953) Courtyard af Genesee Area Skill Center (1967)

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Students of horticulture work in the greenhouse at SheGenesee Area Skill Center (1967)

GENESEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CON-FERENCE— $102,052.48 to support reorganiza-tion. The purpose of the conference is to improvehousing conditions in Genesee County. Sixty-twosingle dwelling units for low-income families arebeing completed in Windcliff Village, adding to thealmost 500 units previously built- Under considera-tion are a planned unit development, constructionof rental housing units for the elderly, and rehabili-tation of FH A-repossessed homes, "City-Edges,"a feasibility study of land use between an indus-trial plant and the Flint River, received Federalsupport.

GENESEE COUNTY REGIONAL DRUG ABUSECOMMISSION — $50,531.70 for continuing sup-port of several program components, includingadministration, for this planning, coordinating andgrantmanship agency serving Genesee, Lapeerand Shiawassee Counties.

Sirna Center, which offers the methadone-treatmentprogram, moved to Fairview Center, where it oc-

cupies the ground floor. About 100 clients areenrolled for individual and group therapy and re-habilitation, including employment.

About 50 area residents served as members ofadvisory groups for 254 persons in the adult edu-cation program on alcohol and drugs. Credit forthose desiring it was arranged by Michigan StateUniversity

Through the commission, a committee, composedof clergymen trained in alcohol and drug education,offers individual and group counseling to familiesconcerned with related problems.

Homes bu/l! on East Carpenter Road under the program oi theGenesee Community Development Conference (Since 1967)

GENESEE-LAPEER-SHIAWASSEE HEALTH PLAN-NING COUNCIL— S5.000 as the final grant in athree-year plan to add Mott Foundation funds tomoney from other sources. The council studieshealth needs in the tri-county area to establishpriorities and make recommendations towarddelivering health services more efficiently andeffectively.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AUTOMOTIVE SCIENCEAND HISTORY— $25,000 to the Flint Area Con-ference, Inc., to help with its study of the viabilityof establishing such an institute in Flint to tell thestory of the automobile's contribution to the Amer-ican life and economy. The center is contemplatedas a major attraction for tourists, providing educa-tion and entertainment for families, stimulus to the

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Flint economy and a place tor research for theserious student of automotive history.

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIA-TION — $15,000, the second grant in a diminish-ing series, toward the salary arid expense of anexecutive director for the Michigan Recreation andPark Association. The appointment permitted ac-celeration of plans for membership and service tocommunities,

A family eriioys one of 77 park-school sites (Since 1968)

PARK-SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT— S50.000 to theFlint Board of Education to support the joint park-school development program of the board and iheFlint Recreation and Park System.

Park-school sites are open spaces developedadjacent to elementary schools as recreation andplay areas for both the school children and neigh-borhood residents The sites have lighted picnicfacilities, grass, trees and areas for horseshoes,shuffleboard, tennis, badminton, basketball, base-ball and other organized sports.

Seventeen sites have been developed or are inplanning by the two agencies, working with resi-dents in a neighborhood or a school CommunityCouncil. Activities are scheduled cooperatively bythe school and the recreation staff.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $109,125 aspart of the funds needed to construct and equipthe Furstenburg Student Study Center, which hascomputers and audio-visual materials at the U. ofM, School of Medicine in Ann Arbor.

YOUNG LIFE— $10.414 to this organization thatseeks to provide spiritual and moral foundationsfor high school youths, as support for a trainee inthe black community, and $3,000 for camp scholar-ships for needy club members.

Mot I Children's Health Center (19611

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Charles Stewart Molt Library on East Court Street collegecampus (1959)

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Flankmg the patten! af the Mon Children's Health Center are Dr Arthur L. Tuun (left), president of the center, and Dr.Fleming A, Barbour. chairman of its board

WHERE CHILD CAREAND RESEARCH MEET

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As in other years, 1972 found the Mott Children'sHealth Center deeply involved with other commu-nity health, welfare, and educational organizationsproviding comprehensive services to children inthe Flint-Genesee County area. The major healthcenter contributions to the package of children'sservices have not basically changed. Special edu-cation, pediatrics, speech and hearing, dentistry,maternal health education, and social servicesremain as the primary programs. Although eachprogram is singularly important, the outstandingcontribution of the center is its multi-professionteam effort to meet the needs of the total child.

With a budget approaching $2 million per year, thecenter has received income almost exclusively froman annual grant by the Mott Foundation. An endow-ment established for the center by the Foundationin 1971 now exceeds $17 million. It is expected thatwith the help of the endowment fund, the centermay become self-sustaining. The move to makethe center more financially independent has putincreased emphasis on fiscal and program respon-sibility. The center has displayed this responsibilityby entering into shared programming with a numberof other community agencies.

The center used state and federal money to createa program to diagnose and prescribe for severelyhandicapped children. The program is serving as amodel for a regional network of Michigan specialeducation centers.

Recently, the health center led in a communityeffort to provide the most comprehensive prenataleducation program of any community in the UnitedStates. Before this year, the center was the primaryprovider of prenatal education. Now. using thecenter model, three major Flint hospitals also con-duct maternal and infant health classes for thou-sands of expectant parents. The Flint-GeneseeCounty Health Department, National Foundation,and United Cerebral Palsy Association are amongother community agencies which have also in-creased their efforts to provide more service toexpectant parents.

Once again, the center provided free clinical, con-sultative and support services to well over 100organizations, agencies, and institutions rangingfrom neighborhood groups to state committees tofederal agencies.

Each year the center is the setting for a significantamount of undergraduate and graduate training inpediatrics, nursing, dentistry, social work, speechpathology, and special education, Nearly everypediatrician in practice in Genesee County has atone time or another either trained at the center orworked there.

Center assistance to Model Cities. Head Start, andHealth Department programs brought additionalservices to the Flint area under the matching-fundsformula of various federal agencies, Help to theseprograms included laboratory assistance m sicklecell anemia and lead poisoning research and treat-ment, physical examinations and dental services,

The primary purpose of the center is to treat eligiblechildren who are not well. Last year such a childarrived at the center on the average of every twominutes. The children were treated for medical,dental, emotional, special education, speech andhearing needs. In addition, over 5,000 adulls re-ceived counseling and education as part of thecenter's comprehensive approach to children'shealth. The number of persons served by the centertotaled over 21,000 with nearly 90.000 patientcontacts.

The second step of a three-year evaluation processwas completed in 1972. More than 50 communitypersons from all levels of service, including con-sumers and providers, thoroughly reviewed threemajor center services - medical and laboratory,dental, and social services. Dialogue about thecenter's role in the community produced a con-sensus that will relate directly to the center's plan-ning. In summary, the Evaluation Committee stated,"The Mott Children's Health Center provides a highquality service which meets the needs of thecommunity's children who otherwise would gounserved."

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COMMUNITY EDUCATION:

A NEW MODEL

Dr Peter L Clancy (sealed). Flint's superintendent of community education, and members of his staff. From the left, they areMrs. Anne N. Gregory, director of elementary education,- Kenneth M. Green, director of pupil personnel; Jerry A. Zerbe,director of community programs, and Joseph B. Wargo, director of community education services

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Flint's pioneer community school program has goneout of existence as an appendage of the Flint PublicSchools. But it lives on, with a greater role andgreater potential than ever, as a social force mergedinto the total school picture.

The role is to return to the school and the commu-nity as much as the program gives to the individualsit serves through the myriad of educational andrecreational activities started nearly four decadesago.

Its potential is to help Flint avoid the fate of urbanareas where social and economic problems havebecome overwhelming. In the words of SteveCenko, who was president of the Board of Educa-tion when the merger was ordered, "as the schoolsgo. so goes the city."

In combining the Mott Program and Kindergarten-through-Twelfth-Grade Divisions of the schoolsystem, the board acted independently bul inparallel to Mott Foundation philosophy. It is theFoundation's intent to provide original funds for aproject or program and encourage the agency in-volved to assume increasing responsibility as toboth finances and improvements in methods andobjectives.

The board voted May 25, 1972, to end the dicho-tomy under which the community school programwas directed by an associate superintendent for theMott Program and the K-12 division by anotherassociate superintendent. The divisions weremerged into a community education system headedby Dr. Peter L. Clancy, who was promoted fromassociate for the Molt Program to superintendentof schools.

The board said:

"In a general sense, public education has two kindsof broad objectives, those concerned with thedevelopment of individuals to the limils <?f ihvircapacities and those concerned with the develop-ment of the community to improve the-quality ofliving. Fortunately, for nearly 40 years and increas-ingly so for the past decade, with the cooperation

Flint Board of Education ProgramsSupported by Mott Foundation Grants

Adult Education and ExtendedSchool Services $1,323.346.80

Community Services Programs

Administration 143,519.70

Conferences and Visitations . . . . 223.964.31

Community School Programs . . . 889,883.31

Leadership Development 27.230,80

Curriculum Related Programs

Action Now 200,715.00

Communication SkillsLaboratories 35,000.00

Family Lite Education 133,733.00

Personalized CurriculumProgram 482.134.73

Target on Achievement 27.000.00

Recreation and Athletics 511.624.32

Youth Services

Big Brothers of Greater F l i n t . . . . 163,667.60

Heart in the Cily 63,953.36

Mott Camp (72 - 67.600 + 1973advance 30.000) 97.600 00

Mott Farm 46,707,98

Public Safety Related Programsincludes Police School LiaisonOfficers and Fire SafelyProgram 201.259.50

Special Youth Services, 234,141.20

Stepping Stones 109.269.30

Park-School Development 50.000.00

$4,964,950.91

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Parent workshop draws Flint Schools Community Council members

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Of. Howard Roussell. consultant ineducational projects in 1972-73

Dr. Herman E. Marsh, director ofeducational protects

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and financial assistance of the C, S. Mott Founda-tion, our school system has recognized the secondof these objectives as being just as important asthe first, for the individual in our community canflourish only in a social setting— the community.

"The two objectives are interdependent. Thedevelopment of individuals assuredly contributes tothe betterment of the community, but one of theimportant experiences through which the individualmay be developed is through involvement in pro-grams for improving the community. Certainly ourcommunity school concept has recognized thisinter-relationship, but our approach to the concepthas been one of two separate divisions. There is aneed to bring about a true and complete integrationof the two divisions, a unification process for amore effective concentration on the two objectives."

. The board, concerned over "the myriad of socialand economic problems" that had brought aboutthe deterioration of some cities, directed Dr, Clancyto reverse a situation in which some schools hadpaid only lip service to the community schoolphilosophy and enjoyed little parental involvement.Some principals had not taken responsibility for thecommunity school program. Others were uncertainas to their responsibilities or felt their main alle-giance was to the instructional program, while somecommunity-school directors were less concernedabout instruction than about the Mott Program.

"We've got to get the people involved at everyschool, thereby having a true, viable communityschool system," Mr. Cenko said. "If they are in-volved through community school activities, they'llunderstand how their children are being taught,they'll know better what they want for their childrenand themselves and there will be a better workingrelationship between them and our professionaleducators."

To this end, tho hoard ordered a School-Commu-nity Council established in each of the city's 57public schools and a Citywide Citizens AdvisoryCouncil formed. It was planned that the generalcouncil would meet with the board once or twice

each semester. The board also authorized Dr.Clancy to organize a group to provide close co-operation between school administrators and non-school agencies with an interest in education.

But the board turned to school personnel for theleadership essential to showing the direction thecity must take to avoid being overwhelmed bycommunity problems. That leadership is Tied insep-arably to making community education an integralpart of the instructional program.

It must, the board said, be community educationthat is:

• No longer directed from central administrationbut as an accountable responsibility of the schoolprincipal.

• No longer carried on just as the job of the com-munity-school director but as a role of the totalstaff.

• No longer waiting for people to express theirneeds but with community educators searching outthe needs of people.

• No longer school-centered but extending itselfinto the community, its homes, its streets, its socialand civic institutions, its government

Finally, it should be community education seekingtwo-way communication with people and institu-tions so that educators may better know attitudesand problems outside the framework of our schools'operation.

The educators, the board felt, must know how thoseattitudes and problems are reflected in the childrenand young people whom they serve. They mustknow how and why people view their schools inparticular ways. They must know how educatorsmay better serve the educational needs of peopleand at the same time play a significant role inshaping a better community,

They must strive to see to it that the schools —and thus the community, under the board's phi-losophy— take the right direction.

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A student gels vocational information from a computer used in the Educational Career Exploration System

FOR SHARPER TOOLSIN EDUCATION

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Emphasis in the program of the Mott Institute forCommunity Improvement at Michigan State Univer-sity has shifted from developing new educationaltechniques to disseminating to educational leadersthe innovations already tried and proved.

In 1972, the Mott Foundation granted $290,018.45to the university for the eighth year of a planned10-year support commitment for the institute. Nowthe results of the institute's work are being shared.

MICI is part of the university's College of Education,one of the country's largest teacher-training cen-ters. The institute was set up to introduce theprinciples of community education into the integraloperation of the college.

There were three objectives: To experiment withdifferent procedures of preparing teachers andadministrators, to develop improved classroomand school organization models, and to find waysto help urban youth to get full value from theireducation- Some activities started by the institutein its earlier years are now part of the university'sgeneral program.

During the 1972 grant year, the institute set out toevaluate what had been learned through its efforts,then started to put the findings into effect.

National testing of a primary reading-managementsystem, using older children or adults as classroomvolunteers, is nearing completion. Other institutionscan now avail themselves of models for parapro-fessional and volunteer training, community educa-tion units for future teachers and several alternativeteacher-training models.

A number of other grants were made during theyear to promising projects:

COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNERS- $10,000 to explore the relationship between

community education programs and the physicalplants of schools.

ECONOMIC EDUCATION CENTER — $37,074.32to Olivet College to support the center. The center'smajor objective is to assist school districts to inte-

grate the teaching of the principles of economicsinto their instructional programs.

Courses, school on-site consultation, in-servicetraining and special meetings and institutes areprovided to support cooperating districts. The cen-ter operates an extensive economic-educationlibrary for genera! use and for loan to teachers andschool districts. The center also sponsors semi-nars, classes and workships for businessmen,farmers, professionals and labor.

EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER EXPLORATIONSYSTEM — $55.000 to the Genesee IntermediateSchool District to complete development of theexperimental, computer-assisted guidance pro-gram. This allows students to explore over 400occupations and their own interests and aptitudesand receive information about schooling needed toenter various occupations. The computer also pro-vides names of colleges or trade or technicalschools they might wish to attend and requirementsof each. The student's scores on aptitude"and in-terest tests and his grades are recorded so thathe, his counselor and parents can compare re-quirements for various occupations with his ownbackground and interests. The program serves 14high schools and other interested agencies.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION— $14,750toward Michigan's share in the development ofhealth education instructional films.

PROJECT CHANGE-- S60.000 to the GeneseeIntermediate School District to support efforts toimprove staff performance and the instructionalprograms in the 21 Genesee County school dis-tricts. Over 5.000 individuals, including schooladministrators, parents, citizens, teachers andstudents, took part in a study of their district'sneeds and developed a plan for cooperative action.

Activities include teacher in-service training toimprove reading achievement in elementary andsecondary levels, training to upgrade counselingservices, development of environmental educationcurriculum guides, support of curriculum improve-ment studies in various school districts, develop-

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ment of resources collections and consultative ser-vices on drug abuse education and ethnic studies.

Other activities include development of a CountyTalent Bank of volunteer educational specialists toassist other school districts, student leadershipworkshops, dissemination of current information tomembers of boards of education, improved com-munication between various educational organiza-tions, and information services to teachers andadministrative staffs.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT — $18,250 tosupport the Challenge Program. Challenge pro-vides pre-college counseling for under-achievingFlint area high school students and supportiveservices for college students who could nol other-wise meet admission standards or stay in school.

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — $26,000 to con-tinue nutritional studies at the School of Medicine.

Mrs. Odell Broadway, consultant m community involvement

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Dr. Douglas M. Procunier (seated), director of training and dissemination, andRobert D Kelly, director of field services

A FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN EDUCATIONCommunity education, viewed as a new concept inthe broad field of learning, has spread nationallysince the late 1960s. Each year its acceptance hasbeen steady and more penetrating into both urbanand remote regions. Not infrequently its expansionrate has been rapid.

In 1972. community education advanced substan-tially in three significant areas:

• A record number of schools and school districtsadopted the community education concept andbegan programs fully complying with the ratherwell defined guidelines of a true "communityschool."

• More colleges and universities inaugurated

(raining centers in community education orstarted plans for such centers,

• The Mott Foundation, which planted the seedsof the community education concept in 1936and has become a stimulating force behindcommunity education, began formulation of afive-year plan which promises to produce oneof the most far-reaching educational endeavorsof this decade.

Consider these three developments in order:

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OPERATION

In 1972 there were 528 school districts in theUnited States in which community education, in its

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strictest sense, was in operation. In these districtsthere were 2.284 school buildings considered to becommunity schools. And at these schools therewere 1,424 trained community school directors.This means there is a professional communityschool director in charge of the program for every1.6 community schools in the country,

On a national average, the number of participantsin programs per school was 336 weekly. A partici-pant is a person involved in a non-classroomactivity, which may mean an avocation, a hobby, asport or almost anything that the individual wantsto do. There was an average of 903 enrollments foreach community school. An enrollee is a personregistered in a formal classroom or organizedactivity for academic credit or formal activity of anenrichment nature.

Regional centers, supported jointly by the MottFoundation and the college or university at whichthe centers are operated, may exercise an optionto grant "seed money" to school districts desiringto have community school programs. Last year, 138school districts received financial support, allocatedon a diminishing basis usually for three years. Theaverage amount of money received by the districtswas $2.900.

Recognized as inherent in the Mott Foundation'sphilosophy is the belief that people should behelped to help themselves: thus, an interestingfigure comes to light. For every $1 that the MottFoundation expends in helping to establish com-munity education, $25 additional money comesfrom other sources. This establishes that when acommunity wants community education, andreceives a token amount of assistance in launchinga program, revenues from other sources will be-come available to carry on and expand the pro-gram. It accentuates, perhaps better than anythingelse, Charles Stewart Mott's abiding belief that "ifyou help people to get started, then they will helpthemselves to go on and do better."

REGIONAL AND COOPERATING CENTERS

The story of the establishment and growth of

training and disseminating centers in cooperationwith institutions of higher learning need not bereviewed here in detail. Briefly, it is a mode of co-operation between the Foundation and selectedcolleges and universities to set up communityeducation centers on a mutually agreeable financialand commitment basis.

Regional centers are largely autonomous withinbounds of their operating agreement with theFoundation, and are responsible for communityeducation activities within their geographic areas.Cooperating centers work within the sphere ofregional centers. Each is responsible for the func-tions of dissemination, implementation, and train-ing, but with the regional center serving as theteam coordinator for an entire area. Thus, the co-operating centers serve as a multiplying factor forthe regional center with which they serve.

It should be noted that a cooperating center servesa unique purpose. The mood of the times, espe-cially in education, places strong emphasis onaccountability. The demands of local communitiesare strong. The need to develop university servicesis increasing. Hence, a major thrust of cooperatingcenters is their ability to provide tailor-made assis-tance to local school systems more immediatelyand with more effective followup. They function, soto speak, as a platoon rather than a regiment.

Statistical evidence of what ts being achieved atregional centers is impressive. It indicates that intraining functions there were:

• 10,000 participants in community educationworkshops, exclusive of those in Flint.

• 590 community school directors trained.

• 1,416 undergraduates taking part in commu-nity education classes.

• 4,215 undergraduates taking part in commu-nity education seminars and workshops.

• 2,356 graduate students taking formal com-munity education classes.

• 2,676 graduate students participating in semi-nars and workshops.

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• 57 full-time masler's-degree interns studyingwith centers.

• 25 full-time doctoral interns studying with cen-ters,

The above figures indicate not only the situation incommunity education development today, but fore-cast even accentuated development in the nearfuture.

FIVE-YEAR PLAN

The five-year plan was conceived in 1972 to bringinto focus the unfolding patterns of communityeducation. It was a natural evolution once the com-munity education concept had gone beyond thebounds of Flint, and turned into a national move-ment.

To get it started, regional meetings were conductedby personnel from the centers, They discussedfield suggestions for a national plan. There were norestrictions on ideas, idealistic programs, andbasic requirements. Out of these, after much sifting,there developed the elements required for a na-tional program. But to preserve an open channelfor future discussion, no effort was made to givepriority to these elements.

Each center was requested, after the originaldiscussions, to prepare its own recommendationsfor its service area. Each center's plan was basedon strengths and weaknesses of community educa-tion in the area, unique needs and demographicfactors in the area. From these many plans theFoundation's five-year plan was to evolve.

In brief, projections indicate that at the end of thenext five years, community education will haverecorded these figures:

7,946 community schools

2,600 community school districts

$139 million in tax support of community educa-tion (1977-78)

6.020 trained community school directors

12,920 undergraduate college students completingcommunity education classes

33,050 university graduate students completingcommunity education classes

1,251 master's degrees in community education

389 doctorates in community education

60 cooperating centers with Mott Foundation funds

50 cooperating centers with other funds

It is anticipated that the geographic spread of theschools, the centers, the students will be nation-wide. There should be hardly an area in the UnitedStates without an example of what CommunityEducation is all about. This, on the assumption thatnothing throttles the training of leadership. With-out trained leadership, no educational effort cansucceed.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION-- The National Com-munity School Education Association provides thelinkage between the practitioners, trainers andresearchers in the movement. A grant of $49,700supported publication of "The Community Schooland Its Administration," and other educationalactivities of the association.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EDUCA-TION— For the ninth year, highly qualified candi-dates were selected for doctoral and master-degreetraining at the National Center for CommunityEducation in Flint. Most of the 357 doctoral andthe 230 master students had held responsiblepositions in education and allied fields beforecoming to Flint for a year's residence, degree workat one of seven Michigan universities and intern-ships in a variety of settings.

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The Mott Foundation has lost two staff members, long distinguished in theirfields, through the deaths of Guy V. Houston and Stephen H, Richards.

Guy V. Houston Stephen H Richards

Mr. Houston, consultant in secondary educationand recreation, joined the staff after retirement asNorthern High School principal. He was the onlyhigh school coach so far elected to the MichiganSports Hall of Fame — a tribute to the great suc-cess of the football teams he produced at Northernbefore becoming principal.

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Mr. Richards started his career as a reporter whosebyline became familiar through his stories for UnitedPress International. He was a UPI news editor orbureau chief in several major cities. He came to theFoundation in 1970 as consultant on informationand publications after long and notable service inautomotive public relations.

LYBRANU, Ross BROS, tit MONTGOMERYCERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CooPEHB & l .TOKAMD

To the Board of Trustees ofCharles Stewart Mott Foundation:

We have examined the balance sheet of Charles StewartMott Foundation at December 31, 1972 and the related income andfoundation fund statements for the year then ended. Our exami-nation was made in accordance with generally accepted auditingstandards, and accordingly included such tests of theaccounting records and such other auditing procedures as weconsidered necessary in the circumstances. We previouslyexamined and reported upon the Charles Stewart Mott Foundationfinancial statements for the year ended December 31, 1971.

In our opinion, the above-mentioned financialstatements present fairly the financial position of CharlesStewart Mott Foundation at December 31, 1972 and 1971. and itsincome, expenses and fund balances for the years then ended,in conformity with generally accepted accounting principlesapplied on a consistent basis.

«{A&*JL f^Jj X&o/. <* /%x L7q</tiW4

Detroit, MichiganFebruary 16, 1973

FINANCIALREPORT

Lawrence Doyle (sealed), Foundation controller, andFrank Gitsdorf. projects controller

Robert B. McCultough,financial vice-president

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CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATIONBALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1972 and 1971

1972 1971

ASSETS

Cash .

Investments, at cost or market value at date of receipt;Commercial paperInvestment stocks, approximate market value $401,000,000at December 31. 1972Bonds, approximate market value $369,000 at December31, 1972

Income producing property, at cost or market value at dateof receipt-

LandBuildings, improvements and furnishings, net of $1,368,610

in 1972 and $1,272,382 in 1971 accumulated depreciation . . .

Other assets .

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Excise tax

Unexpended grants

FOUNDATION FUND

*The accompanying notes are an integralpart of the financial statements.

$ 3,155,420

—

293,506,242

316,306

651,902

1,726,479

530,515

$299,886,864

$ 95,892

753,812

10,530.500

11,380.204

288,506,660

$299,886,864

$ 13,515,593

7,750,000

260,822,037

326,526

651,902

1 ,734,806

402,934

$285,203.798

$ 129,047

563,721

9,683,993

10,376.761

274,827,037

$285,203,798

INCOME FUND STATEMENT for the years ended December 31,1972 and 1971

1972 1971

Income:DividendsInterestInvestment real estateOther . ,

Grants

Management expenses

Excise tax .

Excess of grants, management expensesand taxes over income .

$ 15,759,423194,259153,977

1.721

16,109,380

15,932.425

515,708

750,000

17.198,133

$ 1 ,088,753

$ 12,808,471968,875150,252

8,311

13,935,909

15,370,394

470,540

560,000

16,400,934

S 2.465.025

FOUNDATION FUND STATEMENT for the years ended December 31,1972 and 1971

1972 1971

Balance, January 1

Contributions received

Gain on sale of investments

Excess of market value over cost or market value at date ofreceipt of assets given to grantees

Excess of grants, management expenses and taxes over income

Balance, December 31

The accompanying notes are an integralpart of the financial statements.

$274,827.037

1,485

8.598,185

6,168,706

289.595,4131,088,753

$288.506,660

$268,289,978

3,594

247,841

8,750,649

277,292,0622.465,025

$274,827,037

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

A. ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

The following is a summary of certain significant accounting policies followed in the preparationof these financial statements. The policies conform to generally accepted accounting principlesand have been consistently applied.

METHOD OF ACCOUNTING

The financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting which includesrecognition of dividends, interest, investment real estate income and expenses as earned orincurred. Grants are recognized in the year authorized by the Foundation Trustees.

INVESTMENTS

Investment stocks and bonds are stated at cost or market value at date of receipt, reduced byreturn of capital dividends.

INCOME-PRODUCING PROPERTIES

Income-producing properties are stated at cost or market value at date of receipt. Deprecia-tion of these properties is determined on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful livesof the assets.

PENSION COSTS

The Foundation maintains a pension plan covering substantially all of its employees. Pensionexpense includes amortization of prior service costs over a period of 10 years. The Foundation'spolicy is to fund pension costs accrued.

B. MARKET VALUE OF INVESTMENTS:

Market value of investments is based on published quotations where available. Market value ofinvestments having no quoted market, $41,929,087 at cost and approximately $43,515,000 atmarket value, is based on other security evaluation procedures.

C. DEPRECIATION:

Depreciation expense aggregated $97,018 in 1972 and $95,778 in 1971.

D. PENSION EXPENSE:

Pension expense was $28,435 for 1972 and $25,038 for 1971. Amounts funded or accruedexceed the present value of vested benefits at December 31, 1972.

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Itemized Statement of Securities as of December 31,1972INVESTMENT STOCKS: Common Stocks Unless Noted

Alabama Gas CorporationAmerican Electric PowerAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Company .American Telephone & Telegraph Company $4.00 convertible preferredAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Company warrants .Bendix Corporation . . . .Boise-Cascade Corporation . .Cominco. Limiled .Commonwealth Edison CompanyConsolidated Natural Gas CompanyConsumers Power CompanyDetroit Edison Company .Dow Chemical CompanyEast Malantc Mines, LimitedEverglades CorporationExxon CorporationFlint Mortgage CompanyGary National Bank . . .General Electric CompanyGeneral Motors Corporation . .Genesee Merchants Bank & Trust CompanyGeorgia-Pacific Corporation . . . .Gulf O H o f Canada . . .Hercules IncorporatedInternational Nickel Company of CanadaMclntyre-Porcupine Mines, Limited .Monsanto CompanyMontana-Dakota Utilities CompanyNational Bank of DetroitNoranda Mines, Limited , , ,Ohio Edison Company . . . .Pacific Power & Light CompanyPoriland General Electric CompanyPublic Service Electric & Gas CompanyRoyal Dutch Petroleum CompanySt. Louis County Water CompanySouthern CompanyStandard Oil Company of Indiana ,Union Carbide CorporationUnion Electric Company . .United States Sugar Corporation .Wayne Oakland BankWestlnghouse Electric Corporation .Weyerhaeuser Company

Investment Stocks Totals .

Investment Bonds:Pacific Power & Light Company, Convertible Debenture, 4a/4V Due

Sept. 1. 1974American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Debenture, B^V Due

May 15, 2000, .

Investment Bonds Totals .

NO. OF BOOK MARKETSHARES VALUE VALUE

80,000165,000

6,6168,000

38047,188

6619.000

125,0007,566

253,600200,000

7.30550,000

50091.534

1.4402,000

10,1002,703.650

4,17418.9019,600

28.3518.100

42,3003,809

10,0001.605

16.0001 50.000340.560200,000322,223

3.705110.000400.00041 ,000

464445.900546.617381,737

3.20081 .000

PRINCIPALAMOUNT

$ 278.900

1 9.000

$ 697,0884,660.856

201,933443,182

16317,536

7.265229.248

4,422.07280.267

7,813.7994,137,838

148.27486.565

3.6874,258.51-1

1.440262.500347,666

173,293.26350,530

575,76090.000

1.509,691156,813

1,182,27598.201

306.25043.810

129,5003.325.0136.498,2332,453.6917,517.198

77,01241,925,400

7.987.7672,474.010

16.2777.993,2865,199,379

676,992104,975

1 .680.970

5293.506,242

$ 297,306

19,000

$ 316,306

S 1.290.0004,950.000

348,994488.000

3,5152,300,415

7,354225,000

4.484.375230.425

7,354,4004.125,000

741,45780.000

115.0008.009.225

15,8401,200,000

736,038219.333.606

147,133696.974428,400

2.055,447258.188

2.104,425189.022377,50081,454

666.0003,468,7508,514,0004,425,0007,652,796

149.58943,400.000

8,050.0003,587.500

23.2007,303,250

31,703,78614,887,743

1 37,6004.566,375

5401,412.776

S 348,625

21.280

£ 369.905

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STATEMENT OF GRANTS for the year ended December 31,1972

Moil Children's Health Center, Flint. MichiganEndowment contribution . . . . . . .Agreement signed with Flint Board of Education and Molt

Children's Health Center to provide $1,000,000.00 peryear for 10 years, 1970-1979. (or operations of MottChildren's Health Cenier. . . . .

Grant in excess of SI.000.000.00 per year included inabove agreement for operations of Mott Children'sHealth Cenier

Flint Board of Education, Flint Michigan:Community School Programs and Administration. Adult

Education, Recreation, Youth Programs. Public SafetyRelated Programs and Curriculum Related ProgramsMott Camp . .Park-School Developmen! . .

Regional Community Education Centers(Assisting School Districts lorCommunity School Programs):

Alma College, Alma. MichiganArizona Slate University. Tempe, Arizona . -Ball Stale University, Muncie. IndianaBngham Young University, Prove, UtahCalifornia Stale University, San Jose, CaliforniaEastern Connecticut State College, Will imantlc

Connecticut . .Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MichiganFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Florida .Northern Michigan University. Marqueite. MichiganTexas A S M University. College Station. Texas .University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham.

AlabamaUniversity of Connecticut. Siorrs. ConnecticutUniversity of Missouri. Columbia, MissouriUniversity of Oregon. Eugene, OregonUniversity of Virginia, Charloltesville, VirginiaWestern Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Michigan . . . .

Inter-University Clinical Preparation Program (Fellow-ship Program for Advanced Degrees in CommunityEducation):

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. MichiganMichigan Slate University, East Lansing. MichiganWayne Slate University. Detroit. Michigan .Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan . . . .Central Michigan University. Ml, Pleasant. Michigan . . .Eastern Michigan University. Ypsilanti. MichiganNorthern Michigan University. Marquette. Michigan . . . .Flint Board of Education, Flint, Michigan, Administration

and General Services. 1971-72 Fiscal Y e a r . . . .University of Michigan-Flint College, Flint, Michigan.

Administration and General Services. 1972-73 FiscalYear, , ,

United Fund of Genesee and Lapeer Counties.Flint. Michigan

General CampaignHuman Services Planning Council

UnpaidDec. 31, 1971

—

$8.000.000

204.747

97,150

—

—

—

—

230,900

—

30.000

Grants(Reductions)

$ 5,750,000

—

(88,425)

3.330,25597,60050,000

79,722127.858110,0001 30,000129,968

(31.295)89,951

102.18925.88571 .860

69,957129,10240.000

107,89060,123

122.516

94,00094.00094.00093.20569.00072.00055,812

—

255,600

39,000

Payments(Refunds)

$ 5,750.000

1 ,000,000

4,797

2,058.92267,60050,000

79.722127.858110,0001 30,0001 29.968

(31.295)89,951

102,18925,88571 ,860

69,957129.10240.000

107,89060.123

122,516

94.00094,00094.00093,20569.00072.00055.812

230.900

255,600

39,00030,000

UnpaidDec. 31, 1972

—

$ 7.000,000

111,525

1.368,48330,000

—

—

—

—

—

—

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STATEMENT OF GRANTS, Continued

Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven. Connecticut,Endowment contribution

Bexley Hall. Rochester, New York. Endowmentcontribution

Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley. Cali-fornia, Endowment contribution

The Episcopal Church Foundation, Chicago. IllinoisEndowment contribution . . . . .

Episcopal Theology Seminary of the Southwest, Austin.Texas. Endowment contribution

General Theological Seminary, New York, New York.Endowment contribution .

The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Vir-ginia. Alexandria. Virginia, Endowment contribution .

School of Theology, Dioceae of Michigan, Detroit. Michigan. Endowment contribution

Trinity College. Harttord. Connecticut. Endowmentcontribution

Flint Area Conference, Incorporated, Flint, MichiganAdministrative Expenses for Charitable Purpose of

Conference.... S 18,750Planning grant for National Institute of Automotive

Science and History .

Genesee County Community Mental Health Services,Flint, Michigan, Drug Abuse Programs (Treatmentfor Drug Abuse) .

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, NationalCommunity School Education Association administra-tion expenses

Lasell Junior College, Auburndale, Massachusetts,Building . 50,000

Big Brothers of America, Philadelphia. PennsylvaniaCentral Region Administrative ExpenseNational Workshops

Berea College, Berea. Kentucky, Endowment contribution

Denison University, Gransvllle. Ohio, Endowmentcontribution

Detroit Institute of Technology, Detroit Michigan. Endowrnent contribution .

Shimer College, Mount Carroll. Illinois. Endowmentcontribution . . .

United Negro College Fund, New York, New York. En-dowment contribution

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MichiganGrant to support Mott Institute for Community Improve-

ment (or 10 years. 1965-74 (Preparation of Teachersfor Inner-City Teaching) . . 900.000

UnpaidDec- 31,1971

Grants(Reductions)

62.725

62,725

62,725

62.725

62.725

62.725

62,725

62.725

62,725

25,000

25.000

50.532

49.700

(50,000)

27,58421,868

43,425

43,425

43,425

43.425

43,425

(9.982)

Payments(Refunds)

$ 62.725

62,725

62,725

62.725

62,725

62,725

62.725

62.725

62,725

25.000

25,000

50.532

49.700

27.58421.868

43.425

43.425

43,425

43,425

43,425

290,018

UnpaidDec. 31. 1972

£ 18.750

6u'J UUU

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STATEMENT OF GRANTS, Continued

Genesee County Cooperative Extension Service (Com-munity Counseling)

University of Michigan-Flint, Tlinl, MichiganLand for College ExpansionChallenge Program (Upgrading of Disadvantaged

Students)

Flint Institute of Music:Endowment contributionGeneral purposeDevelopment of Library and Audio-Visual Center

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flint. Michigan, Endowmentcontribution .

Bishop Emrich Discretionary Fund, DetroitEndowment contribution

Michigan.

•The Venerable Charles D. Braidwood, Archdiocese Dis-cre t ionary Fund, Lapeer. Michigan, Endowmentcontribution .

The Church Society ol College Work, Cambridge. Massachusetts. Endowment contribution .

Genesee Community College. Fiml, Michigan. Building . .

Flint Institute of Arts. Flint MichiganEndowment contribution .Educational classes al Art Institute

University ol Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Contributiontor establishment of FurstenDurg Center

Genesee County Health Department. Fl int, Michigan.Project ECHO (Survey measuring social change Indesignated areas)

Harding College, Searcy. Arkansas. Endowment contntau •lion

Michigan Colleges Foundation, Detroit Michigan. En-dowment contribuiion . . .

George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois, En-dowment contribution .

Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint MichiganComputer Based Guidance System (High School Stu-

dents Career Guidance Program)Project Change (Teachers' In-Service Education)

Genesee Community Development Conference, FlintMichigan

Administrative expenses for conference to carry on Itscharitable purposes in low income housing

Wabash College, Crawfordsvtlle. Indianacontribution . .

Endowment

Olivet College. Olivet, Michigan. Baste Economics Work-shops

National Recreation and Parks Association, Arlington.Virginia. Expanding Park Facilities . . . . . ,

UnpaidDec. 31, 1971

—

$ 100,000

—

_

—

—

—

—

-

—

—

-

—

—

—

—

—

—

20,588

Grants(Reductions)

S 5.700

1 ,000.000

18.250

514,29636,050

5.680

252.000

217,125

217,125

159,225

150,000

100,00015,895

109.125

106,875

106,150

106,150

106,150

55.00050.771

102,052

43.425

34,973

15.000

Payments(Refunds)

—

—

$ 18,250

514,29636,050

5.680

252.000

217,125

217.125

159.225

100.000

6,270

109,125

31,172

106,150

106.150

106.150

55.00050,771

87,052

43,425

34,973

20,588

UnpaidDec. 31, 1972

$ 5,700

1,100,000

—

. — .

—

—

—

50.000

100,0009,625

—

75,703

—

—

—

1 5,000

—

—

15.000

40

STATEMENT OF GRANTS, Continued

Wayne State University, Detroit. Michigan, School ofMedicine (Research)

Urban Coalition of Flint, Flint, Michigan, Administrationexpenses for Urban Coalition to carry on its charitablepurposes in urban problems . . .

Indiana University Foundation, Bloommgton, Indiana,Health Education instructional Film Series

Young Life, Colorado Springs, Colorado:Program in Flint. Michigan area .Camperships

Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission,Flint. Michigan. Establishment of a zoo in GeneseeCounty. $ 18,000

Council of Educational Facility Planners, Columbus.Ohio, Open Space School Development forCommunityEducation . . . . . . . . . . . .

Flinl-Genesee County Community Coordinated ChildCare Association, Child Care Programs . 8.858

Michigan Association of the Deaf, Inc., Flint Michigan,Counseling and Referral Services to Hearing-ImpairedCitizens of Genesee County

G. L. S. Health Planning Council, Flint, Michigan, Ex-penses tor Tn-County Council . 5.000

Michigan Health Council, East Lansing, Michigan,Scholarship...

Credit Counseling Centers, Inc., Detroit. Michigan, CreditCounseling tor Disadvanlaged Families . . . . . . . .

Grants of less than S3,000 made to various grantees forexempt purpose of organization

UnpaidDec. 31, 1971

E9.683.Q •

Grants(Reductions)

26,000

25.000

14.750

10.4143,000

(5.155)

10.000

8.000

4.000

3.900

12.374

$15.932.425

Payments(Refunds)

26,000

12,500

14.750

12.845

10.000

8,858

8.000

5.000

4.000

11,474

$15,085,918

UnpaidDec. 31,1972

$ 12,500

10,4143.000

3,900

900

$10.530.500

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Joseph A Anderson Maryanne Molt Meynet Harold P Rodes, Ph.D.

William S. Ballenger, Jr. C. S. Harding Mott William S, White

Charles B. Cumings Ruth R. Mott George L, Whyel

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation was created by Trust Agreement dated June 19, 1926

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND STAFF

C. S. Harding MottPresident and Treasurer

WtlliamS. WhiteSecretary and Vice-President

PROGRAMHomer E. Dowdy

Vice-President, Program Administration

EducationHerman E Warsh. Ed.D.

DirectorWalter A, Langs. Jr.

Consultant

Health Education and MedicineArthur L, Tuuri, M.D., Consultant

Planning Services andCommunity Activities

Marilyn H Steete, Ph DDirector

Mrs. Qdell BroadwayConsultant. Community Involvement

Training and Dissemination

Douglas M. Procunier, Ph.D,Director

Robert D. KellyDirector, Field Services

FINANCERobert B McCullough

Financial Vice-President

Lawrence R. DoyleFoundation Controller and

Compliance Officer

Frank R. GilsdortProjects Controller

INFORMATIONWilliam F. Grimshaw

Director

For further informationregarding any phase of

this Annual Report contact:

The Mott FoundationMott Foundation Building

Flint, Michigan 48502

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Communication with individual Trustees ofthe Foundation will not be of assistance tothe applicant and is not encouraged.

Charles Stewart Mott

It is difficult for many of us to visualize a world in which there isno Charles Stewart Mott: he has always been a part of the world wehave known up to now. But. of course, he — through his works — isstill very much a part of the world we will continue to live in. sincefew men have done so much to influence the growth and progress ofour times. The heritage we receive from Mr. Mott wil! continue as aliving force. In a most appropriate phrase from a great poet, "Thoughmuch is taken, much abides."

The life of Charles Stewart Mott reached almost 98 years. Histime on earth was not only exceptionally long, but even more excep-tionally diversified. The most logical beginning would seem to be todivide his activities into the several careers he pursued with sucheminent success; sailor, automotive engineer, industrial pioneer,public servant, soldier, corporation executive, banker, philanthropist.educational innovator, community leader.

And yet those many careers were not. in fact, separate, but for themost part carried on simultaneously by a man with a great zest forlife; tremendous appetite for experience; boundless capacity for work.

In Memoriain

Charles Stewart Mott1875 1973

C. S. Mott. age 13. circa 1888, when he and his family lived in New York.

He was a man with imagination and vision that saw people and so-ciety with a simplicity not attainable to most of us, a man with con-cern and loyalty for family, friends, people, city, state, and the nationto a degree not commonly encountered. His acute intuitions aboutpeople, business, and economic forces were constantly amazing evento those who knew him best.

He had the strongest possible sense of personal responsibility. Hefelt a continuing obligation to his town, state and country — andcarried out that obligation in a wide scope of public service. He earnedhis right to move on equal terms among the great men of his age, andyet he never lost that down-to-earth, man-to-man simplicity whichmade him accessible to his humblest friends. He recognized that inthe last analysis only people are important, and he devoted MR artivi-ties and resources to this belief.

Warm, close-knit family life was central to his pattern of living.Mr. Mott. born in Newark, N. J., June 2, 1875. always retained affec-tion for the memory of his parents and maintained the closest ofties with his sister Edith, two years older than he.

In his advanced years, Mr. Mott couldstill wear the uniform he earned as achief gunner's mate in the Spanisn-American War.

His father, John Coon Mott. had come off the family farm to pursuethe cider and vinegar business in the New York City area. When hewas 22, John Coon Mott married Isabella Tumbuil Stewart, of Newark. John Coon Mott. an imaginative businessman, developed asuccessful beverage business — even importing carbonic gas fromEurope to put the sparkle in soda-water.

After attending a number of public schools, young Charles StewartMott entered Stevens Institute of Technology to learn mechanicalengineering. At his father's request, he interrupted the course tospend a year in Europe studying the science of fermentation.There-after he returned to Stevens, being graduated as a mechanical engi-neer in 1897. He entered business with his father in the family bever-age enterprise and a related company manufacturing a soda-watercarbonating machine.

The day after the United States declared war on Spain April 26.1898. Mr. Mott joined the Navy, and served as a gunner's mate firstclass in the Cuban blockade. The letters he wrote to his family dur-ing this period reveal the enjoyment of adventure, the enthusiasm.

Mr. Mott (wearing a cap and driving) and his first automobile,a 1901 Remington, that he purchased for $364.25. He wasthe last surviving founder member of the American Automo-bile Association — organized in Chicago in 1902.

the pride of accomplishment, the acceptance of discipline, and thesense of personal responsibility notable throughout his life.

After the war. he returned to work with his father in the beverageand carbonating machinery companies. But on June 2, 1899. whichwas Mr. Mott's 24th birthday, his father died. His interests shifted anda few months later. Mr. Mott went to Utica. N. Y.. as superintendentof the Weston-Mott Company, manufacturer of wire wheels. Hisfather and uncle had purchased the company in 1896. but the firmwas struggling with financial losses in a declining wire wheel market.

On June 14. 1900. Mr. Mott married Ethel Culbert Harding, adaughter of one of his mother's girlhood friends. Soon thereafter.Mr. Mott's uncle withdrew from the wire wheel company for otherinterests, giving Mr. Mott management responsibility — at a salary of$100 a month. By brilliant engineering and a daring venture into theaxle business, Mr. Mott brought the company from loss to profit.

When W. C. Durant took over the Buick Motor Company in Flint.he recognized the necessity of having suppliers close at hand. So onJune 4. 1905, he invited Mr. Mott to move Weston-Mott to Flint to

The Weston-Mott Plant in 1909

produce axles for Buick. Final arrangements for the move were madeduring the Labor Day weekend. 1905 — and Mr. Mott's fortuneswere joined with Flint's from that time forward.

In Flint the Weston-Mott plant — at East Hamilton and IndustrialAvenues — became the largest axle manufacturer in the world. WhenDurant organized General Motors in 1908. he acquired 49 percent ofthe stock of Weston-Mott in exchange for General Motors stock, andin 1913 Mr. Mott exchanged the remaining 51 percent of WestonMott stock for General Motors stock, although he remained in chargeof the company. In the same year. Mr. Mott became a director ofGeneral Motors — a position he retained until his death 60 years later.

It had taken brilliant planning and tremendous effort to bring thecomparatively small Weston-Mott Company to its dominant positionin the automotive manufacturing world. But in spite of the demandsMr. Mott imposed on himself to develop his business, he found timefor his family, his friends, his church, and for participating concernwith his community. The family now consisted of three children bornin Utica — Aimee, Elsa, and C. S. Harding.

In 1910, Durant lost control of General Motors, and one of Mr.Mott's good friends, William Little, left as manager of Buick — to bereplaced by another good friend. Charles W. Nash. In 1911, partlyas a result of the fears engendered by the threat to the existence ofGeneral Motors a year earlier, Rint elected a Socialist mayor. Mr.Mott was persuaded by his friends to run for the office in 1912. Hedid so, and was elected. He was elected again in 1913 — but lostin 1914.

These were very difficult years of growth for Flint — with the inrushof people, some of them from Europe, seeking jobs in Flint's youthfulautomobile industry (which, of course, included Weston-Mott). Thenorth side of Flint had been farm country a few years earlier, lackingsuch amenities as sewers and sidewalks. During his administration.Mayor Mott worked hard to improve living conditions for the residentsof the industrial area. His own Weston-Motl plant was employing1,675 men in 1912, and late in the same year it was announced thatChevrolet would move from Detroit to Flint. Also in 1912. Mr. Mott'sclose friend, Charles W. Nash, was made president of General Motors

lii this photo taken in 1916are (from the left) Alfred P. Sloan,Jr.. Charles Stewart Matt. Charles W. Nash and Harry H.Bassett.

Employees of Weston-Mott Co. 1907

- a fact which no doubt influenced Mr. Matt to exchange the re-mainder of his Weston-Mott stock for General Motors in 1913. Therewas no man for whom he felt greater respect and affection thanCharles Nash.

After the 1914 election, in which a cigar store operator receivedmore votes than Mr. Mott for mayor, he toured Europe. When hereturned, a banquet was given in his honor. Such friends as W. H.Little. Nash, and J. Dallas Dort paid tributes to him. The highlight ofthe evening was presentation of a loving cup on which was engraved:"Presented by His Friends and Fellow Townsmen to Hon. CharlesS- Mott, Twice elected on a non-partisan ballot Mayor of Flint, 19121913 — In grateful recognition of his unselfish devotion to the publicwelfare and his insistence upon the application of business principlesin municipal government." Other close friends during this periodwere Harry H. Bassett, Walter P. Chrysler, both of Buick, and AlbertChampion, founder of AC Spark Plug Co,, now a GM division.

Mr. Mott became a vice-president of General Motors in 1916, In1918. he was again urged to run for mayor, to help meet the many

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and difficult problems of the First World War. Even the Flint LaborNews devoted its entire front page to recommending his election inthe strongest terms. He was elected — and in the same year wasappointed a major in the Army and chief of production of the MotorBranch of the Army Quartermaster Corps.

When the post-war depression shook General Motors loose fromDurant's control for the second time, Pierre S. du Pont assumed thepresidency of the corporation, There was serious need for a stabilizinginfluence throughout the corporation because of the magnitude ofthe changes and problems confronting it. To provide this influence.Mr. Mott. in April 1921. was appointed chief of the corporation'sadvisory staff, with headquarters in Detroit. Years later du Pont re-ferred to Mr. Mott as having been a "tower of strength" during thisdifficult period of readjustment.

Among Mr, Mott's many accomplishments as chief of staff was thehiring of William S. Knudsen, who later became president of GeneralMotors. He also made important contributions in a number of otherways — including promotion of the use of Ethyl gasoline, which had

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been developed under the direction of his friend Charles F. "Boss"Kettering. He also is credited with the concept of making the Pontiacautomobile.

Although-Mr. Mott was spending most of the week in Detroit, hislife was still centered in his home. In 1918. he bought 26 acres fromDort and 38 adjacent acres from Nash, creating a farm almost in themiddle of Flint, at 1400 E. Kearsley Street. He built a fine house and,being very proud of his farm-family ancestry, named his estate"Applewood/1

In the days when Mr. Mott was getting started in the axle business.he had become the good friend of Alfred P. Sloan. Jr., then manag-ing the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company. In 1916, with the purchase ofHyatt, Durant had brought Sloan into General Motors. Thus, whenSloan became president of the corporation in 1923. he and hisfriend Mr. Mott were occupying the key positions in General Motors.Their relationship was always highly congenial. They understood eachother and liked to work together.

Chartes Stewart Mott and a group of Weston-Mott executivesduring the firm's early years in Flint. From the left are F. A.Bower. Harvey J. Mallery. Wallace Clark. Kirk Moore. Mr.Mott. Jack Thomas. Harry H. Bassett and Coleman J. Ross.

In the splendid book. AUTOMOTIVE GIANTS OF AMERICA,published in 1926, B. C. Forbes devoted a chapter to Mr. Mott, notingwith great perception the qualities of character that distinguishedhim. Forbes said: "Charles Stewart Mott is an example of a new typeof citizen America is producing. This new type is the brainy, busy.successful businessman, willing, while still in the very prime of life,to enter the stormy political arena, and fill public office, therebynecessitating the giving up, either partly or entirely, of money-makingpursuits."

In 1920. Mr. Mott sought nomination as the Republican candidatefor governor of Michigan. But. not being well-known in those daysbeyond the Flint area, he was not elected. In 1924, tragedy struck theMot) family with the death of Mrs. Ethel Harding Mott.

In 1926, Mr. Mott took a step which was to have effect throughoutthis country and abroad when he incorporated the Charles StewartMott Foundation. The original trustees, in addition to Mr. Mott, werehis three children, his attorney and close friend Roy E. Brownell. andEdward E. MacCrone of Detroit. In its early years, the Foundation

Charles S. MottCandidate for Nomination for

GOVERNORon the Republican Tiokel

Primaries, Aug. 31, 1920. - . '

Henry Ford pens a tribute to Candidate Mott, "A Good Man.'

(Right) Mr. Mott and Frank J. Manley - 1950

(Below) Close personal friends, Mr. Matt and William S-Knudsen, inspect a young craftsman's pride hi April. 1937.shortly before Mr. Knudsen was elected president of GeneralMotors. It was always a matter of pride with Mr. Mott thathe hired Mr. Knudsen forGMon February 23. 1922.

contributed to many charitable and community endeavors in Flint,as well as churches, universities, and a camp for under-privilegedboys. However, it was not until 1935 that the Foundation found thepatterns for which it has since become known in many parts ofthe world.

On October 13. 1934. Charles Stewart Mott and Ruth Rawlingswere married in St. Clement's Church Chapel at El Paso. Texas.Mrs. Mott then, as always, shared her husband's broad interests, andmade her own splendid contributions, particularly in charitable, edu-cational, and cultural areas.

It was on June 21.1935. that Mr. Mott heard Frank J, Manley speakat a Rotary Club meeting about the youth problems of Flint. Laterthat summer they got together on a plan by which Mr. Mott wouldsupply funds to open a few Rint schools after regular hours to providesupervised recreation for depression-limited young people. This wasthe genesis of the Mott Program of the Rint Board of Education —and what was to become known as the community school.

The concept of the Mott Program evolved gradually as a creativepartnership between Mr. Mott and Mr. Manley. Mr. Mott always gaveMr. Manley credit for being the spark plug of the entire program, andfor both men this expanding vision of more and more doors of oppor-tunity — particularly for children and young people — became trulythe "foundation for living." li began with the idea that opportunity forwholesome, supervised recreation — somewhat on the Boy s Clubpattern — would provide a solution of juvenile delinquency problems.

The concepts kept broadening and intensifying, until the wholecommunity, not just the school or some after-hours recreation, be-came involved. The adults of the community must be involved be-cause they make patterns for the young. While the chief areas ofFoundation operation were in the fields of health, recreation, andeducation, the concept of working with all the elements that shape ayoung person's life carried activities into a whole complex of programs.

As far back as Mr. Mott's third term as mayor, he had instituted -and contributed to — a pioneer program to correct the dental defects

A volunteer for Operation Tornado — 1953

of children. In 1937, a Foundation plan, the Mott Health Achievement Program, was instituted — with some 20.000 Flint childrenparticipating during the first months. This whole-child approach ledto development of the Mott Children's Health Center, with its vastmedical and dental assistance in years to come.

Mr Mort's pleasure in his home and family increased over the years.He and Mrs. Mott took the greatest interest in their children: SusanElizabeth, Stewart Rawlings, and Maryanne Turnbull.

Meanwhile, the development of adult education opportunitiesextended to college level classes for credit, and the University ofMichigan published a brief study of the Foundation's activities underthe title. AN EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. During this war period. Mr. Mott was carrying out a special responsibilityassigned to him by the National Office of Production Management,helping to locate people with the experience and ability to assistnational defense production. He was also instrumental in organizingthe Genesee County War Board, and served faithfully and effectivelyon Flint's Civilian Defense Council. Thus, his efforts aided his nationin three wars.

In 1945. as Mr. Mott reached the age of 70. the Foundation'sbudget had increased to $200,000. The services of the Foundationhad been demonstrated through a depression, a conversion to war-time conditions, and readjustment to peace time. The primary objec-

five of the Foundation — to serve as a model and example to othercommunities on means of community improvement — was madevery clear.

In 1946, Harding Molt, completing his military service as a majorin the Air Force, began devoting a large part of his time to assistinghis father in Foundation work and interests. During this period, andfor the remainder of his life. C. S. Mott received many honors andawards for his exceptional community and humanitarian services.Foundation activities kept broadening and intensifying, bringingcloser together the school and the home and opening more and moredoors of opportu nity.

More than 5,000 persons attended a community birthday partygiven for Mr. Mott on his 75th anniversary in 1950 at the IndustrialMutual Association auditorium. There after expressing his thanks toFrank Manley, his staff, and the Flint Board of Education for develop-ing the Mott Program, Mr. Mott pledged to give $1,000,000 for de-velopment of "a four-year community college or branch of the Uni-

(Left)In 1954, Mr. Matt was presented with "The Bry Brotherof the Year" award by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

(Below) C. S. Mott and Dr. Arthur L. Tuurf

versity of Michigan" if the public would vote a millage issue in behalfof needed facilities. The millage was ordered by a 4-to-l vote — andthe first impetus was given to opening a branch of the universityin Flint.

I n 1951, Flint's first planned community school — FreemanElementary — was opened, with the floor space designed for use asboth a modern school and a community center By 1953, the com-munity school copcept was extended to every area of Hint

When, in June. 1953, a tornado devastated a suburb of Flint,C. S. Mott was among the thousands who volunteered for the "Opera-tion Tornado" rebuilding project, and took his own hammer. Thiswas not intended as a dramatic gesture, but was a simple act ofgood citizenship to help where help was needed. In the same spirit,his son Harding and grandson Harding, Jr.. also worked on the project.

It was with particular pleasure that C. S. Mott contributed $188,810in 1954 for construction of a school swimming pool, because thepool was to be named in honor of Frank Manley. That same year hehimself received a high tribute. Harlow H. Curtice, then president of

As cha/rman a/ an Easter Seal Campaign. Mr. Mott meetsthat year's Easter Seal Child.

General Motors, announced a corporation gift of $3,000.000 to theCollege and Cultural Center, of which the Flint Community JuniorCollege was a component. In announcing the GM gift, Mr. Curticesaid: "The Junior College Science and Arts Building, now nearingcompletion on this campus, will be dedicated to Charles StewartMott. This very campus we owe to his generosity. The Mott Founda-tion has a nation-wide reputation for accomplishments."

Other honors came to Mr. Molt from high places. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower conferred the International Big Brother of theYear award on him for his "outstanding work with the Flint YouthBureau and for broad humanitarian endeavor." He received anhonorary life membership in the American Federation of Labor. Aresolution adopted by both houses of the Michigan Legislature com-mended him for "contributions made throughout the years." Amongthe developments most gratifying to him was passage by the Legis-lature of a bill providing for establishment of a branch of the Universityof Michigan in Flint. The year was 1955, marking his 80th birthday,and after dedication of the Science and Arts building he moved

(Left) Lighting the torch for the Flint Olympian Games

(Below) C. S. Mott at a school breakfast, 1960.

across the campus to break ground for the U. of M. building — allthis on land which a few years before had been part of his farm,

Appropriately enough, Mr. Mori's 80th year was Flint's Centennialyear — and the Foundation was celebrating 20 years of constantprogress toward community improvement for all the people of Flint.

For the 1956-57 year, the Foundation's grants exceeded $800,000- not counting half a million dollars for construction of a special

education building for handicapped children. In 1956. Mr, Mottreceived the American Legion's distinguished service rnedal — andthe next year, the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers namedhim Michigan Engineer of the Year. The Rint College of the Universityof Michigan opened in 1956. and the enlarged Flint CommunityJunior College enrolled 2.247 full time students. The junior college,renamed Genesee Community College in 1970 when control passedfrom the Flint Board of Education to an independent board electedby the voters of the entire county, was renamed again after Mr.Mott's death. In recognition of his many contributions to its develop-ment, it now is called Charles Stewart Mott Community College-

A three-day workshop in community education in 1957, with theFlint schools as a laboratory, became an important springboard forspreading the community school concept. By autumn that yearthe program was operating in 36 Flint schools. Foundation grants for1957-1958 exceeded $1.000.000. Another 1957 advance wasextension of economic education through a special project in anumber of colleges and universities.

Since that time, the idea of the community school has been growing and spreading not only throughout this country, but in otherparts of the world. It has added dimensions both to the school andto the community experience, enhancing the quality of living for all.

In 1958, a gift of $1,000,000 provided a library to serve bothFlint colleges - - bringing the Foundation's contributions to theCollege and Cultural Center to almost $4,000,000, In the same year,the Tuuri-Mott Building was constructed with a Foundation grant aspart of the Durant School, for the education and rehabilitation ofhandicapped children. Mr. Mott took advantage of the dedication topay eloquent tribute to both Frank Manley and Dr. Arthur L. Tuuri.

Time out for a chat between friends.

of the Mott Children's Health Center, whom he called "the bestever, loved by the medical profession, his assistants, the folks heserves, and by all of us."

Mr. Mott's warm concern for children was central to his thoughtsand feelings, and this may be seen as the central theme of the entireMott Foundation development. His pride in, and affection for, themembers of his family stood out always; he was highly pleased whenMrs. Mott received recognition for her contributions to communityendeavors. In 1970, when the Chamber of Commerce honoredHarding Mott. as Citizen of the Year, C. S. Mott commented: "I amgreatly pleased with the record Harding has made in Flint, and withhaving such a fine son who has made himself so popular in thecommunity."

His interest in the Foundation was not remote and impersonal; heconcerned himself even with the details of its operation, and usedall his immense ingenuity to make sure that it would continue to bea living force for good in the lives of all the people it could touch.

- Clarence H. Young.

Mr. Mott in his office - 7969