 | Board of Visitors minutes March 28, 1992 |  |
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LEWIS M. WALKER, JR., MEMORIAL RESOLUTION
The following resolution was adopted:
- WHEREAS, Mr. Lewis M. Walker, Jr. served with great distinction as a member of the Board of Visitors from 1962 to 1970; and
- WHEREAS, Mr. Walker was Chairman of the Mary Washington Committee of the Board when Mary Washington College was part of the University of Virginia; and
- WHEREAS, Mr. Walker took such an interest in Mary Washington College that when his term on the Board of Visitors expired and Mary Washington became an independent institution, he was appointed to the Mary Washington Board of Visitors and became its Rector; and
- WHEREAS, Mr. Walker, a native of Danville but virtually a life-long resident of Petersburg, took a B.A. from the College in 1935 and an M.S. in 1936; and
- WHEREAS, Mr. Walker was a devoted and supportive alumnus of the University for the rest of his life; and
- WHEREAS, Mr. Walker died on February 7, 1992;
- NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors honors the memory of Lewis M. Walker, Jr., and recognizes his contributions to the life of the University.
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