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PROFESSORSHIPS AND NAMINGS

The Board resumed its meeting, in Open Session, in the Dome Room at 10:25 a.m., to consider a group of resolutions creating professorships and naming buildings. An unusually large number of guests were present.

The following resolutions were adopted:

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROFESSORSHIP IN PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

WHEREAS, the Center for Humanism in Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Daniel Becker, works to foster and sustain the humanistic impulses that draw students, medical residents, and faculty to medicine; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Becker and the Center teach residents and fellows about palliative care and the art of home health care visits; and

WHEREAS, John W. Kluge and the John W. Kluge Foundation, together with other generous donors, have provided funds for a professorship which both recognizes the work of Dr. Becker and supports the expansion of his program in palliative care;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Professorship in Palliative Care, to be held in the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine, thanks John W. Kluge for this latest instance of his generosity to the University, and expresses its appreciation to the other donors whose support has made the Professorship possible.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IVY FOUNDATION PRATT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN MORPHOGENESIS IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation, under the chairmanship of the Honorable William C. Battle, has made generous commitments to the School of Medicine to help create the Morphogenesis and Regenerative Medicine Institute; and

WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation gift has enabled the establishment of two Distinguished Professorships in the Department of Pediatrics and startup money for research in morphogenesis; and

WHEREAS, the University, using funds designated by the late John Lee Pratt in his bequest to the University for the support of research in the School of Medicine, has matched the gift of the Ivy Foundation; and

WHEREAS, these matching funds have been designated for a chair to support research in morphogenesis;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Ivy Foundation Pratt Distinguished Professorship in Morphogenesis, to be held in the School of Medicine, and thanks the Ivy Foundation and its Chair, Mr. Battle, for their generosity and support.

NAMING OF THE IVY FOUNDATION TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH BUILDING

WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation has given $45million to the University of Virginia Health System, the largest capital gift in the history of the Health System; and

WHEREAS, the Foundation's gift is to be applied to three capital projects in the Health System, with the largest portion going toward a new translational research building;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the new translational research building in the Health System the Ivy Foundation Translational Research Building, and expresses its profound appreciation, once again, to the Ivy Foundation for its continuing generosity and support.

NAMING OF THE BARRY AND BILL BATTLE BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Battle of Albemarle County have been tireless and effective advocates for children's health in Central Virginia for many years; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Battle has been involved with the Children's Hospital for over twenty years, having been the first Chair of the newly formed Children's Medical Center Committee in the early 1980s and most recently a member of the Children's Hospital Campaign Steering Committee; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Battle is Chair of the Ivy Foundation, part of whose recent and very generous gift to the University is to be applied toward the construction of a new Children's Hospital outpatient clinical building;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the new Children's Hospital outpatient clinical building the Barry and Bill Battle Building at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Battle; the Board thanks Mr. and Mrs. Battle for their support and leadership over the years in the cause of children's health, and once again expresses its appreciation to the Ivy Foundation whose gift has made the construction of this building possible.

NAMING OF THE EMILY COURIC CLINICAL CANCER CENTER

WHEREAS, The Honorable Emily Couric represented Charlottesville and Albemarle County, and adjacent areas, in the Virginia Senate and was both an extremely effective legislator and a leader of statewide importance, as well as a supporter of the University; and

WHEREAS, Senator Couric was a tireless advocate of cancer research; and

WHEREAS, Senator Couric died of cancer in 2001; and

WHEREAS, the Ivy Foundation has made a generous gift toward the construction of the Clinical Cancer Center, a number of friends of Senator Couric and supporters of cancer research at the University have given funds, and the Governor and the General Assembly have made a generous appropriation;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the Clinical Cancer Center the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, pays tribute to Senator Couric's memory, and thanks the Ivy Foundation and other generous contributors, as well as the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia, for the support which has made the construction of the Clinical Cancer Center possible.

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The Board recessed at 11:00 a.m., to return to the Board Room on the main floor of the Rotunda.