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The Rector informed the Board that the first alumnus of the University’s ROTC programs to be killed in Iraq died on June 8th. He then proposed a Memorial Resolution for Captain Humayun Saqib Khan of Prince William County, a member of the Class of 2000 of the College and an alumnus of the University’s Army ROTC program.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION ON CAPTAIN HUMAYUN SAQIB KHAN

WHEREAS, Humayun Saqib Khan of Prince William County matriculated in the College in 1996; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Khan joined the ROTC at the University as a first year student and distinguished himself in every way as a cadet; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Khan was commissioned a Second Lieutenant when he graduated from the University in 2000; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Khan in due course was promoted to Captain; and

WHEREAS, Captain Khan and his unit, the 201ST Forward Support Battalion of the First Infantry Division, were deployed to Iraq in February, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Captain Khan was killed near Baqubah on June 8, 2004, the first alumnus of any of the University’s ROTC Programs to be killed in Iraq;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors notes with profound sorrow the death of Captain Humayun Saqib Khan, salutes the supreme sacrifice this alumnus of the University of Virginia made for his country, and expresses its sympathy to his parents and to his brothers.