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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JAQUELIN T. ROBERTSON VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE

WHEREAS, Jaquelin T. Robertson, a Richmonder who was educated at Yale University and the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, was Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia from 1980 to 1988; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Robertson did much to enhance the reputation of the School, bringing architects and planners of international renown to lecture and teach at the School; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Robertson continued the work of earlier Deans and faculty members in restoring and preserving the historic center of the University, and helped raise money to put these efforts on a sound footing; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Robertson received the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture in 1998; and

WHEREAS, friends, relatives, and colleagues of Mr. Robertson have contributed generously to the creation of a chair in his honor;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Jaquelin T. Robertson Visiting Professorship in Architecture, to be held in the School of Architecture, thanks the generous donors who have made this possible, and pays tribute to Mr. Robertson as an architect and as a Virginian for the contributions he has made to his profession, but above all for the contributions he made to the School of Architecture as Dean.