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DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

The President reported that efforts were being made to strengthen the work being done in
Astronomy and noted that new equipment and facilities would be needed if the University was to
have a first-class program in that field. He stated his intentions to apply for a grant to
match University funds to provide for this new equipment and facilities and stated further that the
Buildings and Grounds Committee, at its meeting on 28 September 1962, had approved his proposal
for the purchase of land for this project.

After discussion, the following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the President be and he is hereby authorized to set aside $75,000 from non-State funds to be used to
match a National Science Foundation grant of at least $75,000 for equipment and facilities for the
Department of Astronomy