Board of Visitors minutes September 29, 2006 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IVY FOUNDATION PRATT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN MORPHOGENESIS IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation, under the chairmanship of the Honorable William C. Battle, has made generous commitments to the School of Medicine to help create the Morphogenesis and Regenerative Medicine Institute; and
WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation gift has enabled the establishment of two Distinguished Professorships in the Department of Pediatrics and startup money for research in morphogenesis; and
WHEREAS, the University, using funds designated by the late John Lee Pratt in his bequest to the University for the support of research in the School of Medicine, has matched the gift of the Ivy Foundation; and
WHEREAS, these matching funds have been designated for a chair to support research in morphogenesis;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Ivy Foundation Pratt Distinguished Professorship in Morphogenesis, to be held in the School of Medicine, and thanks the Ivy Foundation and its Chair, Mr. Battle, for their generosity and support.
Board of Visitors minutes September 29, 2006 | ||