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RICHARD HEATH DABNEY SCHOLARSHIP IN HISTORY

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the gift from Mrs. Richard Heath Dabney of 80 shares of Dan River Mills stock, valued at
approximately $1,920, be gratefully accepted, subject to the conditions set forth by the donor;

RESOLVED further that the principal of the gift be held intact until additional gifts shall
increase it to a total sum of $10,000, and that the income from the endowment shall thereafter be
used as the stipend of a scholarship to be known as the RICHARD HEATH DABNEY SCHOLARSHIP IN HISTORY,
to be awarded upon the designation of the Chairman of the Department of History to an undergraduate
or graduate student majoring in history who shall have attended the University for one or more
years, the award to be made annually except in those years when the Chairman shall find no student
deserving of the award, in which years the income shall be added to the principal;

RESOLVED further that in transmitting the text of this resolution and the appreciation of the
University to Mrs. Dabney, the Secretary shall convey also the gratification of the Visitors, both
corporately and personally, in a gift that perpetuates the happy association of the University of
Virginia with the Dabney family, and fittingly commemorates the beneficent influence of Richard
Heath Dabney upon the University in a personal association as student, teacher, and administrator
for more than half a century.