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ELECTIONS

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. John Linsley be and he is hereby elected Assistant Professor of Physics, effective at the
beginning of the session of 1951-52, at a salary of $4,550.

Dr. Clifford G. Gaddy as Instructor in Internal Medicine, effective July 1, 1951, at a
salary of $2,760, to be paid from the earnings of the School of Internal Medicine.

The President recommended the appointment of Mr. Stringfellow Barr as Visiting Professor,
to have the direction of a course on the development of American political thought and institutions.
He pointed out that this course was approved several years ago by the academic faculty, with the
understanding that it was to be given under the auspices of the Schools of Political Science, History
and Economics.

After considering a statement by Professor David McCord Wright of the Economics faculty,
which had been sent to each member of the Board and to the Secretary, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. Stringfellow Barr be and he is hereby elected Visiting Professor of Political Science,
effective at the beginning of the session of 1951-52, at a salary of $7,500 per year to be paid from
a grant from the Old Dominion Foundation, Inc., with the understanding that Mr. Barr will assume
responsibility for the course in the Development of American Political Thought and Institutions as
outlined above.