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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR THE HONORABLE DANIEL FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR.

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, Daniel French Slaughter, Jr., was born in Culpeper County in 1925; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter matriculated in the Virginia Military Institute but left to serve in the United States Army during the Second World War and was awarded both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter resumed his studies, but at the University of Virginia, from which he took the B.A. in 1949, and the J.D. in 1953; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter served the University as President of the Alumni Association, as a member of the Board of Visitors from 1978 to 1982, and as Rector from 1980 to 1982; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter served the Commonwealth as a member of the House of Delegates from 1958 to 1978 and as the member for the 7th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter, in his public service, was a particular supporter of higher education and one of the founders of the Community College System in Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Slaughter died in Charlottesville on October 2, 1998;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors notes with sorrow the passing of Daniel French Slaughter, Jr., and expresses its deepest sympathy to his family, and marks with gratitude his

devotion and service to the University of Virginia and to the Commonwealth.