University of Virginia Library

APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH THE SAMUEL BRALEY GRAY PROFESSORSHIP IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

WHEREAS, A. Vincent Shea, a native of Richmond and an alumnus of the University, was a member of the faculty from 1936 until his retirement in 1982; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Shea served the University in a number of significant ways, having been Vice President for Business and

Finance and a valued advisor to three Presidents of this institution; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Shea and his wife, the late Eleanor Gray Shea, were generous and almost always anonymous benefactors of the University; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Shea established a trust to create a professorship in the Curry School of Education, to be named for Mrs. Shea’s father, with the aim of encouraging excellence in the instruction of mathematics in the schools of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, it was Mr. Shea’s wish that his gift be anonymous, at least during his lifetime; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Shea died on May 18, 2002;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Samuel Braley Gray Professorship in Mathematics Education, to be held in the Curry School of Education; in so doing, the Board once again honors the memory of A. Vincent Shea and his love of, and devotion to, the University of Virginia.