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A special meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date in the office of the President
at 11 o'clock, with the following present: The Rector R. Gray Williams, Visitors Lewis C. Williams,
Christopher B. Garnett, Edward C. Anderson, Mrs. O. A. Calcott, Mrs. Phoebe E. Willis, Mrs. Bertha P. Wailes,
and Richard A. Carrington, Jr., President Newcomb and Governor Colgate W. Darden, Jr. Also present were
Messrs. Eggers and Young of the firm of Eggers & Higgins, architects for the new buildings.

DEATH OF DR. W. D. HADEN:

The President announced to the meeting the death of Dr. W. D. Haden, a member of the Board, which
occurred on April 8, 1945. The Rector was requested to prepare resolutions with respect to his services as
a member of the Board.

MEMORIAL TO DR. WILLIAM DANDRIDGE HADEN

Dr. William Dandridge Haden served as a member of this Board from July, 1944 until his death, at
the University Hospital, on the morning of April 8, 1945, after an extended heart illness.

Dr. Haden was a valuable and efficient member of this Board and his wise counsel was appreciated.
He was active in the general work of the Board, and was a member of its Finance Committee.

Dr. Haden was a leader in the civic and business life of Charlottesville. He was President of
the National Bank and Trust Company; was Mayor of Charlottesville for three terms, and was a practitioner
of medicine for over twenty years.

He was a native of Fluvanna County, son of the late Eldridge G. Haden, who served two terms as
Mayor of Charlottesville. His mother was the former Miss Martha Douglas Early, of Campbell County. After
attending public schools in Fluvanna and Campbell Counties, he entered the University of Virginia and was
graduated from the medical department in 1910. Following a postgraduate course at Johns Hopkins, he returned
to Charlottesville, where he successfully practiced his profession for twenty-three years. In 1933 he gave
up his practice to accept the presidency of the National Bank and Trust Company.

Dr. Haden was elected a member of the city council, on September 1, 1930, and two years later was
chosen vice-president of that body. In September, 1934, he was elected mayor and, at the close of his
term, was re-elected to serve another two years. In the fall of 1940 he was again named mayor, succeeding
George T. Huff. Throughout his twelve years on the city commission he played an important part in the
city's development along many lines.

In July, 1944, Dr. Haden was appointed by Governor Darden as a member of the Board of Visitors of
the University to succeed the late Hollis Rinehart. Following the expiration of Mr. Rinehart's term, Dr.
Haden was again appointed for a full four-year term.

Dr. Haden was connected with various business enterprises. He was president of the Martha Jefferson
Hospital; vice-president of the Jackson Park Hotel Corporation, which owns the Monticello Hotel, and
a director of the Jefferson-Lafavette Theatres. He was treasurer of the Virginia Cancer Foundation, and
a member of several medical associations, county, state and national. He was a member of Charlottesville
Lodge, No. 389, B.P.O.E.; a member of the Redland Club, and the Farmington Country Club.

Dr. Haden married Miss Sallie C. Pugh, daughter of the late Llewellyn and Josephine Randolph Pugh,
of New Orleans, Louisiana. She survives, with four children; Mrs. Sallie H. Yon, wife of Lieutenant-Commander
Joseph L. Yon, United States Navy, now in the South Pacific area; Llewellyn P. Haden, of this city; Dr. W.
D. Haden, Jr., United States Navy, now stationed in Washington, D. C.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine Smith,
wife of Lieutenant William Massie Smith, United States Marine Corps Reserve, now somewhere in the Pacific.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Anna D. Scruggs, and a brother, Abner E. Haden, both residents of Charlottesville.

Dr. Haden commanded the respect and regard of every member of this Board, and his death has come
at a time when his usefulness had broadened and his public service had developed. Each member of this Board
desires to express appreciation of Dr. Haden, sympathy for those nearest and dearest to him and, to this end,
this Memorial is directed to be spread upon the minutes of this Board and a copy is directed to be sent to
Mrs. Haden.

CONSIDERATION OF PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS:

The special business before the meeting was the consideration of preliminary plans for location
of certain of the proposed new buildings. The locations selected for the various buildings were given careful
study during which the President invited the local Building Committee to give their views thereon. The main
consideration was given the location of the Women's Buildings, and it was decided that they be located at
the point shown on the plans - northwest of Scott Stadium, and the architects were instructed to move the
cafeteria forward nearer the pond, and open up the grouping of the dormitories to give more air around them.

ARCHITECTS CHOSEN FOR WOMEN'S GROUP:

On motion, it was voted that Eggers & Higgins be selected as the architects for the Women's Dormitory
group.

RESIGNATIONS:

The President presented the resignations of Mr. Herman Carl Hesse, Professor of Engineering
Drawing, effective March 1, 1945, and Mr. Thomas Hayhurst Evans, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering,
effective April 1, 1945.

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, that the resignations of these members of the faculty be and they are hereby accepted
with regret. These gentlemen have carried forward their work here with devotion and skill, and the Rector
and Visitors wish for them success and happiness in their new fields.

PROMOTIONS:

Upon the recommendation of the President the following promotions and elections were voted:

Mr. Frank Wirtley Wheeler, Acting Associate Professor of Civil Engineering to Associate
Professor of Civil Engineering, without change in salary, effective July 1, 1945.

Dr. Alfred P. Fernbach, Instructor in Political Science, be appointed Acting Assistant
Professor of Political Science, effective July 1, 1945, at a salary of $2800 for the session.

ELECTIONS:

Lt. (jg) George W. Connelly, Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, without
salary from the University, effective April 2, 1945.

Lt. Harold D. Wedeman, Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, without salary from
the University, effective April 23, 1945.

SEWARD FOREST MATTER:

The President presented to the Board a communication from Mr. Alfred Akerman, Manager of the
Seward Forest stating that he had personally acquired certain tracts of forest adjoining the Seward
tract, which he desired to transfer to the University at the prices paid therefor, approximately $3660.
The matter was referred to the Finance Committee with power to act.

CREDENTIALS OF PERSONS PROPOSED FOR ELECTION TO THE FACULTY, AND LIST OF APPLICANTS FOR RYAN SCHOLARSHIPS
BE FURNISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINTMENT:

Upon the request of members of the Board for advance information concerning persons to be
proposed for appointment to the faculty, and for a list of the applicants for the Thomas F. Ryan
Scholarships, the President stated that such information would be furnished to the members.

ASSIGNMENT OF PAVILION I WEST LAWN:

Pavilion I, West Lawn, now being vacated by Professor W. H. Faulkner, was assigned to
Professor Tipton R. Snavely. (Not accepted)

ASSIGNMENT OF THE SNAVELY RESIDENCE:

The President was authorized to assign the residence now occupied by Professor Snavely on
Monroe Hill, if and when vacated.

CHANNING W. DANIEL COMMUNICATION:

The Rector read a letter from Channing W. Daniel, offering his services as investment counsel
for the University's endowment funds. Same was referred to the Finance Committee.

LAMBETH PROPERTY:

If the location of the proposed student union building in connection with the new dormitory
facilities would require the Lambeth property to be used to accommodate said building, the President
was authorized to confer with Mrs. Lambeth in the matter.

The meeting then adjourned.