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As Secretary of the Faculty I have the pleasant duty of enclosing
the resolution which was adopted by the Faculty of Mary Washington
College at its regular meeting on Monday night, May 13.

WHEREAS, President Colgate W. Darden, Jr., during his ten years as
head of the University of Virginia, has provided this institution with
able, constructive leadership, and has brought it closer to the needs and
the spirit of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and

WHEREAS, he has brought distinction to the University and its
curriculum by extending his career of public service into the field of
international relations, and

WHEREAS, he has shown an enduring interest in the cause of education
for women in Virginia and has worked diligently for both the
establishment and the successful development of Mary Washington College
of the University of Virginia, and

WHEREAS, recent press reports have suggested the possibility that he
contemplates retirement within the near future:

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty of Mary Washington
College respectfully requests the Rector and Board of Visitors to make
every effort to persuade President Darden to continue in his present
position of leadership, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to
the Rector and the Secretary of the Board of Visitors and to President
Darden, and that this resolution be made a part of the Minutes of the
Faculty.