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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THOMAS A. SAUNDERS, III,FAMILY PROFESSORSHIP IN NURSING
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THOMAS A. SAUNDERS, III,FAMILY PROFESSORSHIP IN NURSING

WHEREAS, Theresa A. Thomas died in Hanover County in 1972; and

WHEREAS, her husband, George Thomas, soon after Mrs. Thomas' death established the Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Foundation; and

WHEREAS, the Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Foundation has made a generous gift to the School of Nursing for a professorship; and

WHEREAS, the Saunders family, through the Saunders Professors Fund, has matched the Foundation's gift in order that the professorship might be established; and

WHEREAS, it is the wish of the Foundation that the professorship be named to honor the generosity of the Saunders family;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Thomas A. Saunders, III Family Professorship in Nursing, to be held in the School of Nursing, and expresses its gratitude to the Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Foundation and the Saunders family for making this professorship possible.