|  Board of Visitors minutes May 27, 1988  | ||
ELECTION OF MR. EDGAR F. SHANNON, JR., AS PRESIDENT EMERITUS
- The following resolution was adopted:
 - WHEREAS, Mr. Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., gave of his time and talents to serve the University of Virginia as its fourth President for fifteen years during the period 1959-1974; and
 - WHEREAS, the University prospered, growing in academic stature and in enrollment under his guidance;
 - NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Mr. Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., be and he is hereby elected President Emeritus, effective May 27, 1988.
 
|  Board of Visitors minutes May 27, 1988  | ||