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RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE 1990 FOOTBALL TEAM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE 1990 FOOTBALL TEAM

The following resolution was adopted:

  • WHEREAS, the 1990 University of Virginia football team enjoyed an exceptional season, defeating such strong and traditional rivals as Clemson and the Naval Academy; and
  • WHEREAS, the team was invited to play in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, 1991; and
  • WHEREAS, the team wished to see part of its earnings from the Sugar Bowl support establishment of a professorship emphasizing outstanding teaching, another part used to offset the impact on the Alderman Library of the state budgetary shortfalls that reduce the Library's funds; and
  • WHEREAS, the players represent the highest ideal of student athlete;
  • NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors commends the members of the football team, and their coaches, for their performance during the 1990 season, and thanks the team for its generosity to the University and its support of the University's core academic enterprises.