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NORTHERN VIRGINIA COLLEGE SITE

President Darden presented to the Board copies of letters dated 23 September
1957 and 3 October 1957 from Mr. Henry H. Glassie, of Messrs. Weaver and Glassie,
attorneys for A. Smith Bowman and Sons, Inc., and Messrs. A. Smith Bowman, Jr., and
E. DeLong Bowman, renewing and extending the offer made on 14 May 1957 of a
permanent site at Sunset Hills, near Herndon, Virginia, for the University's
Northern Virginia College. The revised offer, Mr. Darden noted, was made at the
same time to the University and to the Board of Control for the Establishment of a
University in Northern Virginia, and includes the construction of a small lake on
the property and of a sewage disposal plant that has been approved by the Virginia
Department of Health and the State Water Control Board.

There was a discussion of the proposed permanent college in Northern Virginia
as a part of the University. Members noted that there appeared to be little
prospect of adequate development of a college in that area without a permanent site.
It was pointed out that a basic need, once a permanent site has been acquired, will
be capital outlay appropriations for construction of essential buildings, that
State appropriations for the 1958-1960 biennium are already under study, and will
be made by the Governor and General Assembly during the next three months, hence
that further delay in the choice of a site will jeopardize the possibility of
action by the University to develop a permanent new college in Northern Virginia as
a branch of the University.

The Secretary was directed to communicate with the Board of Control for the
Establishment of a University in Northern Virginia, and to inquire as to progress
made regarding possible sites, and to invite the views of the Board of Control as
to appropriate action that the University might take at this time toward attainment
of the common objective of the two boards.