Board of Visitors minutes February 3, 2006 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HARRISON DISTINGUISHED TEACHING
PROFESSORSHIPS
WHEREAS, the late David A. Harrison, III, of Prince George County, an alumnus of the College and of the School of Law, was a generous benefactor of the University; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Harrison left $19,300,000 to establish professorships in the School of Medicine, the largest gift ever received by the Medical School for professorships; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors in 2003 established the Harrison Distinguished Professorship in Medicine; and
WHEREAS, the School of Medicine proposes to use the remainder of the Harrison gift to create a single, flexible, endowment to establish a number of chairs with variable levels of funding; and
WHEREAS, each of these chairs will be brought to the Board of Visitors for approval;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professorships, to be held in the School of Medicine; each holder of these chairs shall have the title of "Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of (name of department)"; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board once again takes note of the extraordinary generosity and vision of the late David A. Harrison, III.
Board of Visitors minutes February 3, 2006 | ||