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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KILLGALLON OHIO ART PROFESSORSHIP IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KILLGALLON OHIO ART PROFESSORSHIP IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

WHEREAS, Martin L. Killgallon and William C. Killgallon, Jr., alumni of the Darden School, have been generous benefactors of the University and of the Darden School; and

WHEREAS, William Killgallon, Jr., and Martin Killgallon are, respectively, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer of the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio; and

WHEREAS, the late William C. Killgallon, Sr., and the Ohio Art Company began the manufacture of the popular toy, "Etch a Sketch," in 1960; and

WHEREAS, William Killgallon, Jr., and Martin Killgallon have made a generous gift to establish a professorship at the Darden School in memory of their father;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Killgallon Ohio Art Professorship of Business Administration, to be held in the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and expresses its appreciation to Mr. William Killgallon, Jr., and Mr. Martin Killgallon for their generosity.