University of Virginia Library

Phi Beta Kappa

A director of Canadian British Aluminum
Co., Basic, Inc., Mr. McConnell is an honorary
trustee of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
He is a fishing and golf enthusiast who owns
two camps in North Carolina for young people.
He is a member of Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta
Kappa.

Mr. Barrett, an alumnus and benefactor of
the University, graduated from the University
in 1920, and is currently president and
Chairman of Norgulf Corporation. Born in
Alexandria, he attended Alexandria High
School (now George Washington High School)
and graduated valedictorian of his class.

Mr. Barrett has spent 35 years of his life in
the shipping industry in roles that ranged from
common seaman to shipping clerk to
half-owner of a fleet of as many as 80 vessels.
He is also of Eastern Broadcasting Corporation
and a member of the New York City Art
Commission.

Besides editing or publishing several books
and teaching for a semester as a visiting
professor at the University of California at
Berkeley, Mr. Barrett is a collector of books —
first editions, rare books, and manuscripts of
American literature.

In 1960, he presented his collection of more
than 300,000 American books and manuscripts
— described as the most comprehensive of its
kind — to the University of Virginia's Alderman
Library. The appraised value of this collection
is ten million dollars.

In addition to serving as Chairman of the
Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, Mr.
Barrett is a trustee of the McGregor Library at
the University. He is a trustee of the New York
Public Library and a member of the Board of
Regents of the James Monroe Memorial
Library.

For his contributions to the University, Mr.
Barrett has received the Raven Society Award,
the Z Society Award, the 7 Society Award, and
honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa. His
philanthropic actions include yearly donations
to the Barrett Library and gifts to the Barrett
Foundation, a charitable organization. He also
donated the rare book room of Alderman
Library.

Joseph H. McConnell

Rector of the Board of Visitors