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CHANGE OF TITLE FOR DEAN FERGUSON

President Darden discussed with the Board the need for securing a dean for the College
and the delays in regard to making a selection, on which a new committee is now working.
He praised Dr. Ferguson for his generous attitude in agreeing to carry this work for an
additional year. The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Dr. George O. Ferguson, Registrar of the University and Acting Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences be and he is hereby elected Registrar of the University and Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, without change in salary and effective as of the beginning of the
present session.