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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RUTH E. MURDAUGH PROFESSORSHIP IN FAMILY PRACTICE IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

WHEREAS, the late John Dandridge Murdaugh, an alumnus of the Curry School of Education, was an administrator in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University for many years; and

WHEREAS, as the consortium director and conference coordinator for the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Mr. Murdaugh established the "Summer on the Lawn' program, an innovative way of encouraging contacts between faculty and alumni through summer educational programs at the University; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Murdaugh was grateful for the care his late wife, Ruth E. Murdaugh, received as a patient at the University Hospital; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Murdaugh left the majority of his estate to the School of Medicine for a professorship to be established in his wife's memory;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Ruth E. Murdaugh Professorship in Family Practice, to be held in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, and expresses its profound gratitude for the generosity of the late John Dandridge Murdaugh and for his years of devoted service to the University of Virginia.