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RESOLUTION COMMENDING WILLIAM G. CRUTCHFIELD, JR.

WHEREAS, William G. Crutchfield, Jr., a native of Charlottesville, took a B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce in 1965; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Crutchfield, parlayed a juvenile interest in electronics into a home-based mail order car stereo business and from there to the Crutchfield Corporation, one of the country’s largest mail order retailers of consumer electronics; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Crutchfield was appointed to the Board of Visitors in 1997 and reappointed in 2001; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Crutchfield has rendered wise and distinguished service to the Board and to the University, not only with his business acumen but also by his detailed understanding of the workings of the University Hospital; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Crutchfield has developed a great interest in, and affection for, the Coalfield Counties of the Southwestern part of the Commonwealth, to the point where he has nearly official accreditation as the Ambassador of the Board of Visitors to Wise County; and

WHEREAS, not the least of Mr. Crutchfield’s services to the Board of Visitors has been his generosity in transporting Members of the Board on flights of Air Crutchfield between Charlottesville and the Lonesome Pine Airport, even to the point of tolerating Members as occasional co-pilots;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors thanks its colleague and friend, William G. Crutchfield, Jr., for his friendship and for his devoted service to the Board and to the University and while expressing regret at his departure from the Board after eight years of exemplary service, takes heart that he will be nearby and, given the generosity of his nature, available for advice and commiseration.