 | Board of Visitors minutes October 15, 1999 |  |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WALKER PROFESSORSHIP IN GROWTH ENTERPRISES
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, Jeffrey C. Walker took the B.S. in Commerce from McIntire School 1977; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Walker has had a most successful business career in New York where he founded Chase Capital Partners and serves as its Senior Managing Director; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Walker has been a generous and supportive alumnus of the McIntire School, having established the Walker Fund for Academic Excellence and serving as a member of the McIntire School's Advisory Board and the McIntire Foundation Board, of which he is Vice President; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Walker has made a very generous gift to the McIntire School establish professorship support faculty member in finance or management who strong interest growth enterprises;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors thanks Mr. Walker for his generosity and establishes the Walker Professorship in Growth Enterprises in the McIntire School of Commerce.
The Board resumed its Executive Session meeting at 11:20 a.m., Saturday, October 16, 1999, in the East Oval Room of the Rotunda. All Members present at the beginning of the Executive Session the previous afternoon, save Dr. Caravati and Mr. Small, and with the addition of Mr. Ross, attended the meeting.
The Executive Session ended at 1:35 p.m.
The Board resumed its meeting in Open Session at 1:50 p.m.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 15, 1999 | |