Board of Visitors minutes June 9, 2006 | ||
CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THE JOSEPH WEINTRAUB-BANK OF AMERICA PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW TO THE JOSEPH WEINTRAUB-BANK OF AMERICA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW
WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors on October 5, 2000, established the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Professorship in Law, named principally for the late Joseph Weintraub of Miami, an alumnus of the College and of the School of Law; and
WHEREAS, gifts from the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation and the Bank of America made possible the establishment of the chair; and
WHEREAS, in June, 2000, the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation agreed to continue to deposit funds in the endowment supporting the Weintraub chair, with the understanding that when the market value of the endowment reached $1 million, the Law School would recommend to the Board of Visitors that the name of the chair be changed to the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Distinguished Professorship in Law; and
WHEREAS, The market value of the endowment is now comfortably in excess of $1 million;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors changes the name of the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Professorship in Law to the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Distinguished Professorship in Law. The Professorship will continue to be held in the School of Law; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board expresses its gratitude to Mr. Weintraub’s son, Michael Weintraub, himself an alumnus of both the College and the School of Law, who as Chairman of the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation has continued the Foundation’s support of this professorship and of the Law School.
Board of Visitors minutes June 9, 2006 | ||