Williams said, "the amount of money may be sizeable but the committee is good and the members tell me that things are improving."

The Institute is currently searching for a permanent director. Williams added that the position would be filled before the end of this term.

"Some people think that the real establishment of the institute will come with the announcement of the permanent director, since my job as interim head is just to keep things flexible for the new person," he added.

Andrew F. Brimmer, chairman of the now defunct advisory committee that formed the institute two years ago, is the chairman of the nine-man fundraising committee.

In 1975, Brimmer rejected proposals by DuBois Institute Student Coalition (DISC) to widen the scope of the Institute to include current social and political problems of the black community as well as supporting graduate research.

The students also requested participation in planning the institute and wanted it to have close ties with the Department of Afro-American Studies.

The Fundraising committee also includes William T. Coleman, Jr., former Secretary of Transportation, Walter J. Leonard, former special assistant to President Bok, John U. Munro, former dean of the college and Lois Dickson Rice, vice president of the College Entrance Examination Board.