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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE L.A. LACY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGINEERING
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.