Committee on Names
Charge
The Committee on Names shall be charged by the President to make specific recommendations to the President and the Board of Visitors for assigning a name to any new or previously unnamed academic program, center, institute, department, physical structure, or part thereof, on the University of Virginia Grounds or property owned by the University Real Estate Foundation or University affiliated foundations, if used by the University. This also includes programs, departments, centers and institutes, buildings, portions of buildings (such as a classroom, auditorium, foyer, library, wing), collections of buildings, fields, open air courtyards, streets, alleys, and other outdoor areas and spaces.
Further, the Committee on Names shall, now and in the future,
- Compile brief biographies of persons after whom buildings have been named.
- Compile a list of unnamed buildings.
- Compile a list of University people after whom buildings might be named.
- Keep an ongoing memorial biography on those people upon their demise.
Committee Structure:
The Senior Vice President for Development and Public Affairs shall chair the Committee. The Committee shall be comprised of the following nine members by virtue of their position:
- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Vice President and Provost
- Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine
- Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer
- Secretary to the Board of Visitors
- Representative of the Office of the President
- Representative of the Department of Athletics
- Architect for the University (ex-officio)
- Assistant to the Senior VP for Development and Public Affairs (ex-officio and Executive Secretary)
The remaining members of the committee shall include three at-large faculty/staff members and two student members. Of the two student members, one shall be the student member of the Board of Visitors.