 | Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 |  |
RENAMING OF THE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN ANESTHESIOLOGY AS THE ROBERT M. EPSTEIN PROFESSORSHIP IN ANESTHESIOLOGY
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors established the Distinguished Professorship in Anesthesiology in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Robert M. Epstein served as Chair of the Department of Anethesiology from 1972 to 1996 and began his retirement from the faculty in 1997; and
WHEREAS, friends, family, colleagues and former residents in Anesthesiology have contributed to the Professorship with the understanding that it would be renamed in Dr. Epstein's honor on his retirement;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors renames the Distinguished Professorship in Anesthesiology the Robert M. Epstein Professorship in Anesthesiology, in the Department of Anesthesiology of the School of Medicine, thanks the many donors who have made this possible, congratulates Dr. Epstein on his retirement and expresses its gratitude for his years of distinguished service to the University.
On motion, the Board adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
The Board of Visitors resumed its meeting in Executive Session at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 27, 1999, in the East Oval Room of the Rotunda. All Members were present save Mr. Goodwin.
The Executive Session ended at 1:40 p.m. and the meeting was resumed in Open Session at 1:50 p.m.; Messrs. Goodwin, Robertson and Small were absent.
The President told the Board about the Virginia Festival of the Book, currently underway, and invited Members to attend a reception for Festival participants that evening at Carr's Hill. He also told the Board that the directors of Blandy Farm, which is administered by the University as the State Arboretum, asked him to extend an invitation to the Board to visit the Farm in Clarke County.
The Board then approved the following resolutions:
| Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 | |