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SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS LABORATORY

The President advised the Board of the passage by the General Assembly of Virginia in the
1962 Session, of House Bill No. 725 (to become effective as Chapter 604, Acts of Assembly, 1962),
which authorizes and empowers the governing bodies of The College of William and Mary in Virginia,
the University of Virginia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, or duly authorized committees of
such governing bodies, to enter into a joint agreement on behalf of their respective institutions
for the operation and management of a space radiation effects laboratory to be constructed by
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the area of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Act
provides that such joint agreement shall be approved by resolution of the governing bodies of each
institution, duly entered upon the minutes thereof, and that such joint agreement shall be
executed on behalf of each institution by an official designated in such resolution

The Act further authorizes and empowers the governing bodies of said institutions, or duly
authorized committees thereof, to negotiate and execute a contract with the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for the operation and management of such space radiation effects laboratory
by said institutions in conformity with the terms and conditions of the joint agreement

In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, the President reported that at his request
the University's Counsel had prepared a tentative draft of a joint agreement between the three
institutions for the operation and management of the contemplated space radiation effects laboratory
and that at a meeting of representatives of the three institutions held on 11 May 1962, which
was also attended by representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and by
Mr. William H. McFarlane, Director of the State Council of Higher Education, a final draft of such
joint agreement to be submitted to the governing bodies of the three institutions had been agreed
upon

Copies of such final draft were then distributed to the members of the Board for examination

After full discussion and careful consideration, upon motion duly seconded and carried, the
following resolution was adopted

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, that the Joint Agreement between The College of William and Mary in Virginia, the University
of Virginia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute bearing date of 1 July 1962, for the operation
and management of a space radiation effects laboratory to be constructed by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, in the form submitted to this meeting, be and the same hereby is,
approved,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., President of the University of Virginia, be
and he is hereby, authorized, empowered, and designated to execute said Joint Agreement, bearing date
of 1 July 1962, in the name and on behalf of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
and that Weldon Cooper, Secretary of this Board, be and he is hereby, authorized, empowered, and
designated to affix the corporate seal of this Institution thereto and to attest the same,

BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rector be and he is hereby authorized, empowered, and
designated, as a committee of one of this Board, in conjunction with the governing bodies of The
College of William and Mary in Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, or duly authorized
committees of such governing bodies, to negotiate and execute a contract with the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, for the operation and management of such space radiation effects laboratory
by said three institutions in conformity with the terms and conditions of said Joint Agreement dated
1 July 1962, and that Weldon Cooper, Secretary of this Board, be and he is hereby, authorized,
empowered, and designated to affix the corporate seal of this Institution to such contract and to
attest the same.