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RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION TO MR. L. JAY LEMONS

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, L. Jay Lemons, a native of Nebraska and an alumnus of Nebraska Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska and the University of Virginia, was elected Interim Chancellor of The University of Virginia's College at Wise in 1992 and Chancellor in 1993; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Lemons has directed an extraordinarily successful administration and led the College to new heights of excellence; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Lemons and his wife, Marsha, have fostered a sense of community in the College among faculty, students and alumni; and

WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Lemons have in every way been good citizens of the larger community of Southwest Virginia, and have brought extraordinary and visible credit to themselves and the College; and

WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Lemons will leave Wise County for Pennsylvania, where Mr. Lemons has been elected President of Susquehanna University;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors thanks Mr. and Mrs. Lemons and commends them for a job well done, expresses regret at their departure from The College at Wise and from Virginia, and wishes them every success in Pennsylvania.