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PROFESSORSHIPS AND NAMINGS

The Board resumed its meeting, in Open Session, in the Dome Room at 2:00 p.m. to vote on several professorships and namings.

The following resolutions were approved:

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAWRENCE W. PENNISTON, M.D.,
FAMILY PROFESSORSHIP IN WOMEN ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

WHEREAS, the late Lawrence W. Penniston, M.D., was a radiologist in Suffolk who trained at the Medical College of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, the late Mrs. Penniston, Dr. Penniston widow, wished to establish a professorship at the University of Virginia to further research in the cancers that primarily affect women; and

WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Penniston daughter Anne, with money from her mother estate, created the Penniston Family Foundation in 2002; and

WHEREAS, Anne Penniston and the Foundation have made a gift to establish a professorship in accordance with the late Mrs. Penniston wishes, and in honor of the late Dr. Penniston;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Lawrence W. Penniston, M.D., Family Professorship in Women Oncology Research, to be held in the Cancer Center at the School of Medicine. In doing so, the Board expresses its appreciation to Anne Penniston and the Penniston Family Foundation, and honors the memory of Dr. and Mrs. Penniston.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DUDLEY F. ROCHESTER PROFESSORSHIP
IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE IN THE SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE

WHEREAS, Dr. Dudley F. Rochester joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1976 as the E. Cato Drash Professor in Pulmonary Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Rochester, also beginning in 1976, became Head of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Rochester transformed the Division to the point where it was rated recently as being among the top 40 in the country; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Rochester is recognized as an international authority on the respiratory muscles; and

WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Rochester and a host of friends, colleagues and former students have contributed generously toward the establishment of a professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, a professorship which would emphasize Dr. Rochester cross-disciplinary approach to medicine;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Dudley F. Rochester Professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, to be held in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of the Department of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine. In so doing, the Board recognizes the achievements of Dr. Rochester and his dedication to his profession and the School of Medicine, and thanks Dr. and Mrs. Rochester and the many other donors who have made this chair possible.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JAMES R. SCHLESINGER
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP AT THE MILLER CENTER OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WHEREAS, James R. Schlesinger was a member of the faculty of the Economics Department from 1955 to 1963, first as an Assistant Professor and then as an Associate Professor; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Schlesinger is one of the most distinguished figures in American public life, having been Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Secretary of Defense, and the first Secretary of Energy, as well as having been and continuing to be an advisor to a number of government agencies; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Schlesinger career embodies the ideals of public service in this country; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Schlesinger has made a generous gift for a professorship, to be held in the Miller Center, whose occupant should offer expertise in foreign policy or national security;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professorship at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, pays tribute to Mr. Schlesinger exemplary public service, and thanks Mr. Schlesinger for his very generous gift to the University.

NAMING OF THE EMMET/IVY PARKING GARAGE

RESOLVED, that the parking garage adjacent to the northwest side of the intersection of Emmet Street and the Ivy Road, be named the Emmet/Ivy Garage.

NAMING OF THE MELLON PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE

WHEREAS, the University of Virginia Health System received a bequest of $20 million in August 2000 to establish an institute for prostate cancer research; and

WHEREAS, the bequest was a generous gift from Paul Mellon, who was treated at the University; and

WHEREAS, the institute envisioned by Mr. Mellon has been established;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the prostate cancer research institute, established in the School of Medicine, the Mellon Prostate Cancer Research Institute, and in tribute to the late Paul Mellon expresses its profound gratitude for the generous gift which has enabled the founding of the Institute.