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UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FULL BOARD
April 11, 1997
4:00-4:30 p.m., Dome Room, The Rotunda
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ITEMS
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The
President will propose resolutions establishing five professorships
and a resolution to change the name of a sixth professorship.
The five new professorships are:
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Edward F. Howrey Professorship in Law, which is to be
established with a bequest from the late Edward F. Howrey,
a prominent member of the Washington Bar and a former
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
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The
Frances Myers Ball Professorship, to be in the Cardiovascular
Division of the School of Medicine; the Chair is a bequest
of the late Mrs. Ball of Charlottesville.
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The
B. Lewis Barnett, Jr. Professorship in Family Medicine.
Dr. Barnett, Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine
in the Medical School and Family Practitioner-in-Chief
at the University Hospital, is retiring from the faculty
this spring. The Barnett Chair is being established
in his honor by friends of his.
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The
Rouhollah K. Ramazani Professorship in Arabian Peninsula
and Gulf Studies. Several friends of the University
have made generous gifts to found this Chair, which
represents a significant step in establishing Gulf Studies
at the University. Professor Ramazani, a distinguished
member of the faculty since 1954, is an internationally
recognized authority in this area.
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The
Linda K. Bunker Professorship, in the Curry School of
Education. The Chair, a gift of Ms. Deborah Slaner Larkin
of Pelham, New York, honors the work of Professor Bunker,
a member of the Curry School faculty since 1973.
The President will propose that the Distinguished Professorship
in Internal Medicine be renamed the David D. Stone Professorship
in Internal Medicine. The Chair, established in 1985 with
a gift from the late Mrs. Nettie Marie Jones, is being renamed
in honor of Dr. Stone, as Mrs. Jones wished.
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