 | Board of Visitors minutes October 7, 1959 |  |
RESTORATION OF EAST LAWN GARDENS BY GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA
President Shannon read to the Board a letter he had received from Mrs. C. James Andrews,
Chairman of the Restoration Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia under date of 24 September
1959, in which the Committee stated its interest in cooperating with the University in the restoration
of the East Lawn gardens. He stated that arrangements were being made for a meeting of the
Restoration Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia with the University Committee on the Restoration
of East Lawn Gardens and that such a meeting would probably be held before the next meeting of the
Board in December. Accordingly, he asked that the Board authorize him to enter into negotiations with
the Garden Club of Virginia for the restoration.
The Board adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that President Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. be and he is hereby authorized to enter into negotiations with
the Garden Club of Virginia for the restoration of the East Lawn gardens.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 7, 1959 | |