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RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO EDWARD ELLIOTT ELSON

The following resolution was adopted:

• WHEREAS, Edward Elliott Elson has served the Commonwealth and the University of Virginia since 1984 as a distinguished member of the Board of Visitors; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson presided over the meetings of the Board which concluded the presidential search and led to the election of John T. Casteen, III, as the seventh President of the University of Virginia, thereby assuring the University of continuing excellence in administrative leadership; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson has served since 1990 with the highest distinction as the 37th Rector of the University; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson, with great generosity of time and spirit, has devoted energy and his own resources to making the Board more effective in the governance of the University. Under his leadership, the Board has become well versed in University affairs and deeply involved in the running of the institution. He has worked with great effect to foster a sense of community between the Board, on the one hand, and the faculty, students and administration of the University on the other; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson has worked diligently for effective communication between the Board of Visitors and the State Government; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson will be remembered perhaps above all for his intelligent compassion, for his vision of what the University of Virginia should be, and for his efforts to recognize all members of the University community and to involve them fully in the affairs of the University; and
• WHEREAS, Mr. Elson's term as Rector and as a member of the Board of Visitors will end on February twenty-ninth, 1992;
• NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors recognizes and thanks Edward Elliott Elson for his distinguished leadership, for his friendship and for his guidance. The Board looks forward to a continuation of that friendship for many years to come.