| Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE L.A. LACY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGINEERING
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, Linwood A. Lacy matriculated in the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1941, but left to fight in the Second World War; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lacy was for many years a Charlottesville businessman, the owner of L.A. Lacy Plumbing and Heating Contractors; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lacy died in 1994; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lacy's son, Linwood A. Lacy, Jr., an alumnus of the School of Engineering and of the Darden School, has made a generous gift to establish a professorship in the School of Engineering in memory of his father;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professorship in Engineering and thanks Mr. Linwood A. Lacy, Jr. for his generosity and support.
| Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 | ||