University Foundation

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The Belgian University Foundation (French: Fondation Universitaire, Dutch: Universitaire Stichting) was founded in 1920. The goal of the Foundation, as was put forward by Emile Francqui, is to promote scientific activity at Belgian universities.

Goals

To provide grants and study loans to students from less privileged families.
To help university research centres and laboratories to attract young researchers.
To stimulate contacts and collaboration between the different Belgian research institutions by supporting scientific publications.
To organize a Club Universitaire as a meeting place for Belgian and foreign academics.

History

The money for the foundation came from the remaining funds from the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) and the National Committee for Help and Food. The help to the Belgian people during World War I had been organized by Herbert Hoover and Emile Francqui

On 28 August 1919, Herbert Hoover proposed to Emile Francqui, President of the National Committee for Help and Food, and to Léon Delacroix, Prime Minister of Belgium, to use the funds, roughly 150 million Belgian francs, to support university education. The Belgian government decided to give twenty million to each of the four universities, and to use 55 million francs to establish the University Foundation. The remaining funds were used to set up the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF). The first president of the Foundation was Emile Francqui.

Building

The building is located in Brussels (Rue d'Egmont 11) also houses a club, a hotel and a restaurant. There are other institutions located on the premises of the University Foundation like the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), the Olivaint Conference of Belgium, the Coimbra Group, UNICA, ...

Other Belgian Clubs

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Herbert Hoover

31st President of the United States (1929–1933) 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928)

Presidency	1929 inauguration Hoover Dam Federal Farm Board Wall Street Crash of 1929 Hooverville Bonus Army Banana Wars U.S. occupation of Nicaragua U.S. occupation of Haiti London Naval Treaty Hoover Moratorium Stimson Doctrine Cabinet Medicine Ball Cabinet Hooverball State of the Union Address, 1929 1930 Judicial appointments Supreme Court

Other events	Sons of Gwalia mine Zinc Corporation Commission for Relief in Belgium University Foundation Belgian American Educational Foundation American Relief Administration Russian Famine Relief Act U.S. Food Administration Commission for Polish Relief Finnish Relief Fund Hoover Commission

Life	Early life Birthplace and childhood home National Historic Site Hoover–Minthorn House Lou Henry Hoover House Rapidan Camp

Legacy	Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Hoover Institution Library and Archives Hoover Tower Hoover Institution Herbert C. Hoover Building Postage stamp Hoover Medal Hoover Chair Hoover Field

Books	Freedom Betrayed English translation of De re metallica

Elections	Republican National Convention, 1920 1928 1932 1940 United States presidential election, 1928 1932

Family	Lou Henry Hoover (wife) Herbert Hoover, Jr. (son) Allan Hoover (son) Margaret Hoover (great-granddaughter) Jesse Hoover (father) Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (mother)

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