 | Board of Visitors minutes January 27, 1940 |  |
RESIGNATIONS:
The President presented the resignation of Dr. John Calvin Metcalf, Linden Kent Memorial
Professor of English Literature, and Dr. Richard Henry Wilson, Professor of Romanic Languages, which
were accepted and the following resolutions adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignation of Dr. James Calvin Metcalf, effective June 15, 1940, be accepted
with deep regret. The Board desires to record its appreciation of his long and distinguished
service to this University as Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English
devotion and distinction and the Rector and Visitors wish for him the joy that comes of work
ably done and hopes that he may have many years of happiness in his retirement.
RESOLVED, by the Board of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that the
resignation of Dr. Richard Henry Wilson as Professor of Romanic Languages be accepted with deep
regret, effective June 15, 1940. Dr. Wilson has carried forward his work here since 1899 with
devotion and skill and the Rector and Visitors wish for him the joy that comes of work well done
and hopes he may have many years of happiness in his retirement.
| Board of Visitors minutes January 27, 1940 | |