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ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND APPOINTMENT OF A PROVOST

Mr. Mears, Chairman of the special committee studying the administrative structure of the
University, reported that his Committee had held a meeting with the President, the Comptroller, and
the deans, at which the Report spread upon the minutes of the Board meeting of April 8th and the
accompanying chart had been fully discussed. The deans, Mr. Mears said, had expressed themselves in
favor of the proposed creation of the office of Provost, and, taking note of the fact that the
projected organization plan would not interfere with direct access by deans to the President, had
recommended the adoption of the entire plan.

Following discussion the Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Administrative Organization Plan set forth in the Minutes of the Board meeting of 8
April 1955 be and it is hereby adopted as the framework of the administrative structure of the
University,

RESOLVED further that the office of Provost of the University be and it is hereby created,
and that this position be filled at the earliest practicable date convenient to the President.