 | Board of Visitors minutes April 15,2004 |  |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MASTERCARD PROFESSORSHIP IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, MasterCard International, Inc., at the instigation of H. Eugene Lockhart, Jr., an alumnus of the University and then the President and Chief Executive Officer of MasterCard, made a generous pledge in 1996 to provide funds for a professorship at the University; and
WHEREAS, the pledge has been fulfilled and subsequently augmented by funds from the Batten Family Challenge; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of MasterCard that the professorship be based in the Darden School and that it emphasize entrepreneurial leadership;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the MasterCard Professorship in Business Administration, to be held in the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and expresses its appreciation to H. Eugene Lockhart, Jr., MasterCard International, Inc., and the Batten Family Challenge for their generosity and support.
The Board next adopted the following resolution naming the Grounds of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration in honor of William H. Goodwin, Jr.:
| Board of Visitors minutes April 15,2004 | |