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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HUGH H. OBEAR 21ST CENTURY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN CLASSICS

WHEREAS, Hugh H. Obear took the LL.B. from the School of Law in 1906 and was for many years a distinguished lawyer in Washington, and at one time the President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and

WHEREAS, Hugh H. Obear paid the college tuition of his nephew, Henry Norwood Obear, thus enabling him to attend the University; and

WHEREAS, Henry Norwood Obear matriculated in the University in 1929 and took his degree in 1933; and

WHEREAS, Henry Obear read law in his native South Carolina and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar, after which he established a practice in Winnsboro; and

WHEREAS, Henry Obear was a beloved and distinguished citizen of his city and state; and

WHEREAS, Henry Norwood Obear died in 2003, leaving a generous bequest to the University for a professorship to be named in honor of his uncle and benefactor, Hugh H. Obear;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Hugh H. Obear 21st Century Distinguished Professorship in Classics, to be held in the Department of Classics in the College of Arts and Sciences. In so doing, the Board pays tribute to the memory of Henry Norwood Obear of South Carolina, whose generosity made this chair possible.