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Langhorne Professorship Created

In Architecture School

A professorship in the School
of Architecture honoring the late
Dr. Cary D. Langhorne, a
famed naval surgeon, was established
by the Board of Visitors
in their meeting Friday.

Frederick D. Nichols, a professor
of architecture, was named
as the first Cary D. Langhorne
Professor of Architecture. Mr.
Nichols has supervised restoration
of many University buildings.

Dr. Langhorne, who died
in 1948, was born in Lynchburg,
in 1874. He graduated from
Virginia Military Institute and
received his M.D. from the University
School of Medicine in
1897.

As an officer in the Navy, Dr.
Langhorne served in the Spanish
American War, received a
letter of commendation for
heroism in action in the Philippine
Insurrection and received
the Congressional Medal of
Honor for gallantry in action
at Vera Cruz during the American
Intervention in Mexico.

He served on a hospital
during World War I, resigning
with the rank of commander
after the war.

Upon the death of his widow
last spring, a trust was established
by his will which read,
in part: "I is my desire to perpetuate
as far as possible
benefit of posterity the architectural
beauty and design of the
older buildings, grounds, and
serpentine walls along the same
general lines and in accordance
with the plans of Thomas
Jefferson in establishing the
same."

Mr. Nichols, who joined the
University faculty in 1950, is
a 1935 graduate of Yale University,
and an authority on
the historical architecture of our
country.

In 1963 he was named a
member of the Walpole Society,
a nationwide group interested
in the arts and antiquities
of the United States.

This summer Mr. Nichols received
a faculty research grant
to study architecture of the
English colonies outside the
United States.

His work with University
buildings has included the restoration
of three of the pavilions
on the Lawn.

Frederick D. Nichols

First Langhorne Professor