 | Board of Visitors minutes December 12, 1959 |  |
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS
RESIGNATION
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignation of Miss June Gentry, Instructor in Physical Education, effective as of 1
February 1960, be and it is hereby accepted
BELMONT PROPERTY
The Chancellor recalled to the attention of the Board the adoption of a
resolution on 14 February 1959 authorizing the College to accept the permanent trusteeship of
the Gari Melchers Memorial located on the Belmont property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
by Mr. Fielding L. Williams, Attorney for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The proposed bill
had also been reviewed by Mr. C. Venable Minor, General Counsel of the University, who had
made certain suggestions for revision which had been adopted. Arrangements were now being
made to have the bill introduced in the Legislature. In addition, it will be necessary to
file an action in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond to secure the approval of the transfer
after the General Assembly has acted
The bill and the proposed procedure were approved by the Board.
NATURAL GAS CONTRACT
The Rector reported that he and Visitors Blanton and Fenwick, in accordance with the
instructions of the Board at its meeting on 7 October 1959, had called on the Governor with
respect to the contract with the Natural Gas Service Company of Fredericksburg and had secured
satisfactory action. In the meantime, however, certain difficulties had arisen with respect
to the provision of service by the Natural Gas Service Company. Because of these difficulties,
the Rector reported that he had asked the Chancellor of Mary Washington College to defer entering
into a contract until the situation had been stabilized
BAD DEBT
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mary Washington College be and it is hereby authorized to charge off the account of
Camille Merriman Lloyd as uncollectible in the amount of $155
NINA GOOKIN BUSHNELL HALL
The Chancellor proposed that the new dormitory which was occupied in September 1959 be
named after Mrs. Nina Gookin Bushnell who served as Dean of Women from September 1921 to September
1950. He stated that the naming of the dormitory for Mrs. Bushnell would be a tribute
to a person who had contributed immeasureably to the growth and development of the College
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the new dormitory at Mary Washington College, occupied in September 1959, be and it is
hereby named Nina Gookin Bushnell Hall
| Board of Visitors minutes December 12, 1959 | |