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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR BELVA T. DUNN JONES

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, Belva Tune Dunn Jones, an alumna of Mary Washington College, was appointed to the Board of Visitors by Governor Stanley in 1954; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones was 31 at the time of her appointment, the youngest woman to be named to a board of visitors in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones was reappointed to the Board of Visitors by Governor Almond for a second term in 1958; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones was a valued member of the Board with a particular interest in Mary Washington College, at that time a part of the University of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Jones died in Northampton County on May 31, 2000;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of Belva Tune Dunn Jones, as well as its appreciation for her years of devoted service to the Board and to the University of Virginia.