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NORTHERN VIRGINIA COLLEGE SITE

The Rector read to the Board a telegram from Mr. Cooper Dawson urging postponement of any
decision fixing a site for the Northern Virginia college. Judge Smith and President Darden
discussed the proposed Ravensworth and Herndon sites, and the Rector said that he would shortly
appoint a special committee of Visitors, subject to the Board's resolution of 14 April 1956, to
consult with the local committees in Alexandria, Fairfax County, and Falls Church, and to assist
the President in determining the most appropriate site.