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Discussion with Three Leaders in Higher Education

The Board, again meeting as the Special Committee on Planning, resumed its meeting in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at 4:35 p.m., Friday, October 5th. Ms. Dorsey and Messrs. Wynne, Payne, Ligon, Rainey, Pippin, and Mignerey were present.

The President had suggested to the Rector that the Board might want to meet with three leaders in higher education to hear comments on how other institutions are dealing with issues of planning, funding, direction, and so on. With the Rector's agreement, he invited Mr. John C. Vaughn, Executive Vice President of the Associations of American Universities; Mr. James Moeser, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Mr. Hunter Rawlings, III, President Emeritus of Cornell University and a former President of the University of Iowa — as well as University Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. The three leaders each made presentations and then led a lively and productive discussion with Members of the Board and members of the faculty who were in attendance.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.