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RETIREMENT POLICY

The President stated his belief that the retirement policy should be uniform for all divisions
of the University and accordingly proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that,
effective 1 September 1962, the age of 70 be and it is hereby prescribed as the mandatory retirement
age for members of the faculty at Mary Washington College, that, upon the initiative either of the
Chancellor or of the professor concerned, any professor aged 65 or over may be retired or may have
his teaching load, and proportionately his compensation, reduced to an amount that is appropriate
in each particular case,

RESOLVED further that the age of 65 be and it is hereby fixed as the retirement age for the
Chancellor, the Bursar, and other administrative officers, and that deans and chairmen of departments
be retired at age 65 from their administrative positions even though their teaching duties
may continue either in whole or in part, and

RESOLVED further that the College's retirement policy as set forth in this resolution shall
be presented to future employees of the College at the time of election or appointment and
accepted by them as a condition of employment.