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RESOLUTION COMMENDING TERENCE P. ROSS

WHEREAS, Terence P. Ross of Alexandria took the J.D. from the School of Law in 1983, having compiled a brilliant academic record there and at Stanford University, his undergraduate alma mater; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ross, on completion of his legal studies, clerked for Judge Robb on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, after which he joined the Washington office of the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ross has had a most distinguished career as a lawyer and has argued cases before the highest courts in the land; and

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

WHEREAS, Mr. Ross has served the Board and the University with great dedication, and with a special lawyerly concern for following the straight and narrow in the conduct of both the Board’s business and the University’s; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ross, in his pursuit of the straight and narrow, has saved his colleagues, individually and as a group, from all manner of difficulty; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ross’ second term expires at the end of February, an occasion much regretted by his colleagues;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors thanks Terence P. Ross, its colleague, for his friendship, for his intellect, and for his devoted service to the University, and once again congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Ross on the birth of their twins summer before last.

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The Board recessed at 4:20 to move to the Dome Room.