Board of Visitors minutes September 30, 2005 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUCKNER W. CLAY PROFESSORSHIP
WHEREAS, the late Buckner W. Clay of Charleston, West Virginia, was a student at the University at the beginning of the Second World War; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Clay left the University in 1942 to serve with the American Field Service in North Africa and India; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Clay returned to Charleston after the War and subsequently was a co-founder of the Clay Foundation and a generous philanthropist in his native state; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Clay’s generous benefactions also supported the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamilton Clay, Mr. Clay’s widow, has made a very generous gift to create a professorship in support of the Dean of Arts and Sciences;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors creates the Buckner W. Clay Professorship, to be designated for the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and thanks Mrs. Clay for her generosity.
Board of Visitors minutes September 30, 2005 | ||