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DIRECTOR OF VIRGINIA ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTER

The President reminded the Board of its approval, on 1 June 1962, (Minutes, Board of Visitors,
University of Virginia, No. 12, 1 June 1962, pp. 333-334) of a Joint Agreement between the College
of William and Mary in Virginia the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
dated 1 July 1962, providing for the establishment of the Virginia Associated Research
Center to operate and manage a space radiation effects laboratory to be constructed by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Joint Agreement, in Section X, provides that
the Agreement "may be changed or amended at any time or from time to time by and with the consent
in writing of the governing bodies or duly authorized committees thereof of the three institutions,
parties hereto, but not otherwise." One of the stipulations of that Agreement was that
the Director of VARC "must be a ranking scientist as well as a capable administrator." The
Governing Committee, composed of the Presidents of the three institutions, now desires to change
the requirements for the position of Director of VARC to provide that he be a capable administrator.

Accordingly, the following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, in accordance with provisions of Chapter 604, Acts of Assembly 1962, the governing
bodies of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, University of Virginia, and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute approved as of July 1, 1962 a Joint Agreement for the operation and
management of a space radiation effects laboratory to be constructed by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration in the area of Hampton Roads, Virginia, and

WHEREAS, this Joint Agreement constituted the basic operational plan for the Virginia
Associated Research Center, which has functioned accordingly since July 1, 1962, and

WHEREAS, this Joint Agreement provided that the Director to be appointed "must be a ranking
scientist as well as a capable administrator," and

WHEREAS, the Governing Committee, consisting of the Presidents of the three institutions,
has found through experience since July 1, 1962 that it would be to the best interests of the
Virginia Associated Research Center to employ a capable administrator to the position of Director
of the Center and to make such an appointment at the earliest possible date, and

WHEREAS, the Governing Committee did on May 26, 1964 resolve this finding and recommend the
necessary amendment to the Joint Agreement in specific reference to the qualifications of the
Director,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia approve a modification in the qualifications of Director of the Virginia
Associated Research Center, presently set forth in the Joint Agreement as "he must be a ranking
scientist as well as a capable administrator," to read and specify as "he must be a capable
administrator."