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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.