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Visitors Okay Coed Mary Wash

By Brian Siegel
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

In their meeting last week, the Board
of Visitors paved the way for the
coeducation of Mary Washington College
by next September.

Even though the statute passed by the
state legislature established Mary
Washington as a women's college, men
have attended the institution under
special circumstances in previous years.

The only hold-up in the immediate
coeducation of Mary Washington is a
needed change in a state statute. Such a new
statute is in the legislature now under the
sponsorship of Charlottesville state Senator
Harry Michael.

Action Expected

According to one University administrator,
action is expected on the ill within a short
time possibly by next week.

This means that male students would be
allowed to enroll in Mary Washington College
for the session beginning September, 1970.

In approving additions to the faculty, the
Board of Visitors elected both Alan Y.
Taniguchi and Robert L. Vickery to hold the
title of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Professor of Architecture for the coming
semester.

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Dean of the School of Architecture at the
University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Taniguchi is
president-elect of the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture and was named one of
the 16 "Bright Young Men with Designs on the
Future" by Fortune magazine in 1966.

The University of Texas has recognized him
with two teaching excellence awards.

Mr. Vickery, associate professor and assistant
dean of the School of Architecture at
Washington University, is currently designing a
$3.5 million student union and performing arts
center for his campus.

Having studied housing in India and Japan,
he is continuing his housing research with a
grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts.

Diplomat-In-Residence

Also elected to the faculty as Diplomat-In-Residence
by the Board for next September is
George C. McGhee.

Ambassador to Germany in 1963 and
ambassador-at-large in 1968, Mr. McGhee has
also been ambassador to Turkey and consultant
to the National Security Council.

A former Rhodes Scholar, he is an expert on

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and
German foreign policy.

In their week-long meeting, the Board also
made several changes in the degrees that will be
awarded upon graduation.

Besides officially authorizing the University
to award the University Major in the College,
the Board voted to change the first professional
degree in law, the degree of Bachelor of Laws
(LL.B.) to the degree of Juris Doctor (J.D.).

Following a trend in law schools across the
country, this new degree will give graduates

from the School of Law the title of doctor.

The Board has made this degree available
retroactively to all graduates of the School of
Law who presently hold the LL.B. Furthermore,
those students now enrolled in the law
school will be permitted to choose between the
two degrees.

Pertaining to the School of Engineering and
Applied Science, the Board authorized the
University to award the Bachelor of Science
Major in Applied Mathematics pending approval
of the Educational Policy Committee.