Board of Visitors minutes February 25, 2000 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ELWOOD R. QUESADA PROFESSORSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE
WHEREAS, General Elwood R. Quesada made significant contributions to American aviation; and
WHEREAS, General Quesada's sons T. Ricardo Quesada and Peter W. Quesada, and his granddaughter Charlotte Quesada, are alumni of the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Quesada family has made a generous gift to the School of Architecture to establish a professorship in memory of General Quesada; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III, and Calvert Saunders Moore gave generously to the School of Architecture to establish professorships; and
WHEREAS, the Quesada gift and a portion of the Saunders family gift will be used to create a chair to honor General Quesada;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Elwood R. Quesada Professorship in Architecture, to be held in the School of Architecture, and thanks the Quesada and Saunders families for their generosity and support.
Board of Visitors minutes February 25, 2000 | ||