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GIFT OF CHESTER F. CARLSON
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

GIFT OF CHESTER F. CARLSON

The following resolution was adopted:

  • RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that we hereby express our grateful thanks to Mr. Chester F. Carlson for his gift of securities valued at approximately $150,000, of which $50,000 is to be used to support the current research of Dr. Ian Stevenson and the remainder to constitute the principal of a Trust to support future work in parapsychology; and
  • RESOLVED FURTHER that, while we respect and shall abide by the desire of Mr. Carlson that no publicity be given to this gift, we want him to know that it is gifts such as these which are so important in enabling the University to reach and maintain a high standard of excellence in its teaching and research programs.