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APPROVAL OF THE NAMING OF THE ABBOTT CENTER AT THE DARDEN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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APPROVAL OF THE NAMING OF THE ABBOTT CENTER AT THE DARDEN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

WHEREAS, Charles Cortez Abbott was the first Dean, and before that the principal organizer, of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration; and


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WHEREAS, Mr. Abbott was Dean when the Darden School opened in 1955 and continued in that position until his retirement in 1972; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Abbott died in 1986;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors names the new Center at the Darden School the Charles C. Abbott Center, and in so doing pays tribute to the memory and service to the University of Charles Cortez Abbott, and to the generosity of Mr. George David and the other donors who made the Center possible.