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EDWARD R. STETTINIUS MEMORIAL CHAIR OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The President stated that former President Colgate W. Darden, Jr., in a letter to the Rector,
Mr. Frank Talbott, Jr., dated 19 August 1959, had proposed the establishment of the Edward R.
Stettinius Memorial Chair of Foreign Affairs which was to be supported by certain funds that were
to become available. President Shannon announced that he was in thorough accord with Mr. Darden's
proposal and recommended its adoption by the Board.

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Edward R. Stettinius Chair of Foreign Affairs is hereby established in the Woodrow
Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs.