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NAMING OF THE BARRY AND BILL BATTLE BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Battle of Albemarle County have been tireless and effective advocates for children's health in Central Virginia for many years; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Battle has been involved with the Children's Hospital for over twenty years, having been the first Chair of the newly formed Children's Medical Center Committee in the early 1980s and most recently a member of the Children's Hospital Campaign Steering Committee; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Battle is Chair of the Ivy Foundation, part of whose recent and very generous gift to the University is to be applied toward the construction of a new Children's Hospital outpatient clinical building;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the new Children's Hospital outpatient clinical building the Barry and Bill Battle Building at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Battle; the Board thanks Mr. and Mrs. Battle for their support and leadership over the years in the cause of children's health, and once again expresses its appreciation to the Ivy Foundation whose gift has made the construction of this building possible.