temporarily release Norton from his teaching duties so he could lead the new foundation. Glennan agreed. Glennan and Ylvisaker also decided to have Kent Smith work with Norton on developing the proposal further. Norton's proposals On July 17, 1961, Norton met with The Cleveland Foundation's Distribution Committee to discuss his proposal for a new foundation. Clark convinced Thomas Patton, president of Republic Steel and chairman of the Cleveland Development Foundation, and Elmer Lindseth, president of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and a director of the Cleveland Development Foundation, to accompany Norton to underscore the importance the business community gave to his plans. The Distribution Committee agreed to give Norton $5,000 from The Cleveland Foundation's Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Special Purpose Fund to allow him to write the proposal. By August 1, Norton had a draft proposal finished which proposed establishing a new program under The Cleveland Foundation. He had also won preliminary agreement from Clark that a major grant would be made to the new foundation by the Hanna estate. Norton and Lindseth both urged Kent Smith to become chairman of the board of the new organization. On August 25, 1961, Norton presented a revised proposal to the Distribution Committee. His plan now conceived of a foundation separate and distinct from The Cleveland Foundation. Concluding that The Cleveland Foundation did not have the vision or funding mechanisms for carrying out the more activist program envisioned for the new foundation, Norton proposed establishing a separate entity. In order to avoid the appearance that the Hanna estate had control over the new foundation, Norton argued that the Hanna donation should be a matching grant. This required seeking the majority of the new foundation's funding from an outside source, like the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation's name would also provide the new organization with a great deal of cachet, which would be needed to win the support of the business community. On November 8, 1961, the Distribution Committee, the Hanna estate, the Elizabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, the Louis D. Beaumont Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, and the Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwynn Mather Fund jointly submitted the proposal for the new community fund to the Ford Foundation. Letters of recommendation also came from Anthony J. Celebrezze, Mayor of Cleveland; Michael DiSalle, Governor of Ohio; the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. Glennan, in his capacity as president of Case Institute of Technology. The