Board of Visitors minutes February 4, 2005 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEWTON AND RITA MEYERS
PROFESSORSHIP IN ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
WHEREAS, Daniel Maxwell Meyers of Boston has made a generous gift to the Curry School of Education; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Meyers’ gift has been matched with funds provided by the Thomas A. Saunders family; and
WHEREAS, it is Mr. Meyers’ intent that his gift be used to establish a professorship in the Curry School; and
WHEREAS, the professorship would honor Mr. Meyer’s mother, Rita Meyers, and the memory of his father, the late Newton Meyers, as well as the importance the Meyers family attaches to higher education and access to it;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Newton and Rita Meyers Professorship in Economics of Education, thanks Daniel Maxwell Meyers and the family of Thomas A. Saunders for their generosity in providing funds for the Professorship, and commends the support of the Meyers family for higher education.
Board of Visitors minutes February 4, 2005 | ||