 | Board of Visitors minutes February 7, 1997 |  |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOHN L. NAU III PROFESSORSHIP THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
The following resolution was adopted:
- WHEREAS John L. Nau III, a resident of Houston, took a Bachelor of Arts from the College in 1968; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Nau for many years has been a student of the military history of the American Civil War; and
- WHEREAS Barbara Brinkman Nau shares Mr. Nau's interest in the University of Virginia; and
- WHEREAS Mr. and Mrs. Nau, already generous supporters of the University, have established an endowment for a professorship in the history of the Civil War;
- RESOLVED, The Board of Visitors thanks Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nau III for their interest and generosity and hereby establishes the John L. Nau III Professorship in the History of the American Civil War.
| Board of Visitors minutes February 7, 1997 | |