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The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia met on this date at 10:00 a.m. in the
Office of the Chancellor of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg with the following present
Rector Albert V. Bryan, President Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., and Visitors Blanton, Camp, Coxe, Faulconer,
Fenwick, Jones, Lantor, Lewis, McWane, Montague, Pollock, and Wilkerson. Absent: Visitors Berkeley,
Hartfield, and Martin. Chancellor Grellet C. Simpson and Bursar Edgar E. Woodward were present throughout
the discussion of the Mary Washington College matters. Comptroller Vincent Shea was present during
the consideration of the items relating to the University Consolidated Endowment Fund and the State
Council of Higher Education.

The minutes of the meeting of 10 December 1960, previously distributed, were approved as corrected.

ELECTIONS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the following persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty:

Mr. Martin C. Battestin as Assistant Professor of English, for three years, effective 1 September
1961, at a salary of $7,800.

Mr. William Owen Binkley as Instructor in English, for one year, effective 1 September 1961, at
a salary of $5,750.

Mr. George Karlman Fischer as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, for one year, effective 1
February 1961, at no salary from the University.

Miss Addolorata Giaccari as Instructor in Italian, for the second semester of the 1960-1961
session, at a salary of $3,000.

Mr. E. R. R. Green as Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, for one year, effective 1
September 1961, at a salary of $9,300.

Dr. William Boyd Looney as Assistant Professor of Radiobiology and Biophysics, for three years,
effective 16 January 1961, at a salary of $16,000.

Mr. Larry N. Mann as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, for three years, effective 1 September
1961.

Mr. Meade Palmer as Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, for one year, effective 1 February
1961, at a salary of $1,500.

Mr. James Lyndal Potts, Jr., as Assistant Professor of Education, for three years, effective
1 September 1961, at a salary of $6,600.

Mr. Elbert Brunner Reynolds, Jr., as Acting Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
for one year, effective 1 September 1961, at a salary of $8,800.

Mr. David Thorne Steffen as Associate Professor of Law, effective 1 September 1961, at a
salary of $8,300.

Mr. Ronald P. Wertheim as Assistant Professor of Law, for three years, effective 1 September
1961, at a salary of $7,500.

RE-ELECTION

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following person be and he is hereby re-elected to the faculty

Mr. Paul Summers Dulaney as Assistant Professor of City Planning, for one year, effective
1 September 1961.

APPOINTMENT

The President announced the following appointment

Mr. William Thomas Elias as Head Football Coach, effective 18 January 1961.

In commenting on Mr. Elias' appointment, the President commended the excellent work of the
Special Committee on Athletics which he had appointed to assist him in the selection of a Head
Football Coach and Athletic Director. In recognition of the Committee's contribution, the
following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the President be and he is hereby requested to express thanks, on behalf of the Board, to
the members of the Special Committee on Athletics for their contribution to the successful search
for a new football coach.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

The President proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. Mortimer M. Caplin, Professor of Law, be and he is hereby granted leave of absence, without
pay, for four years, effective 1 February 1961, to serve as United States Commissioner of
Internal Revenue,

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board hereby commends Mr. Caplin and the School of Law
for the distinction which this appointment has brought to the University.

RESIGNATION

The President announced the following resignation

Mr. William S. Weedon, Professor of Philosophy, effective 30 June 1961, to accept a position
at Wesleyan University

SPECIAL SALARY ACTION

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following person shall receive the salary indicated

Mr. Matthias E. Kayhoe, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Coordinator of Planning, at
a salary of $7,200 plus 20 per cent for summer duties, effective 1 July 1961

DEATH OF MR. ORESTE RINETTI

Mr. Oreste Rinetti, Associate Professor of Italian, died on 28 December 1960 after a brief illness.
He had been a member of the faculty since September 1928.

DEATH OF MR. GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER

Mr. George Baskerville Zehmer, Professor of Education, and former Dean of the Extension Division,
died on 13 January 1961 after a brief illness. He had been a member of the faculty since 1925.

REPORT ON UNIVERSITY CONSOLIDATED ENDOWMENT FUND

Messrs. L. B. Gunn and D. S. Willcox of the State-Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts of Richmond
presented a detailed report on the University of Virginia Consolidated Endowment Fund for the
year ending 25 January 1961. At the conclusion of the presentation, a copy of the report was ordered
to be filed with the permanent records of the Board.

STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Mr. William H. McFarlane, Director, State Council of Higher Education, appeared before the Board
to discuss the study of higher education in Virginia which the Council was to launch later this year.
The purpose of the study was to develop a coordinated program for the development of higher education
in Virginia. Mr. McFarlane pointed out that the Council was charged by statute with the preparation of
such a plan and that the Council felt that the institutions concerned should participate in the study.
He accordingly requested that the Board, (1) authorize the President to serve on an advisory committee
to the State Council of Higher Education in the development and conduct of the study and, (2) that the
Board select one of its members to serve on the committee along with the President.

After discussion, the following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the Rector be and he is hereby empowered to select one member of the Board of Visitors to serve with
the President on an advisory committee to the State Council of Higher Education in a study of the
coordination of higher education in Virginia.

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible accounts
Schedules 972, 973, 976, and 977, aggregating $112,253.37, as recommended by it, consisting of the
following

     

Bad debts, etc.	$ 40,851.21
Free service to Counties and Cities	71,402.16
	$112,253.37

UNCOLLECTIBLE STUDENT ACCOUNTS

For the three sessions of 1957-1958 through 1959-1960 and the Summer Session of 1959, there were
total charges to students in excess of $7,000,000. Of this total, only $1,189.73 has not been collected.
The Committee on Student Accounts recommends that this uncollected amount of $1,189.73 be charged off.

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the Committee on Student Accounts be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts Schedule 18, for the years 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1959-1960 and the Summer Session of 1959,
aggregating $1,189.73, as recommended by it

REPORT ON ROUTE 29 BY-PASS

The President presented a brief report on the current status of the plans for the construction
of a by-pass connecting Route 250 West and Route 29 South. He reported that he had appeared before
the State Highway Commission to support the pleas of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Chamber of Commerce,
the Charlottesville City Council, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and the Board of Visitors
(Minutes, Board of Visitors, University of Virginia, No. 12, 10 December 1960, p. 245) for the early
appropriation of funds to begin the construction of the by-pass.

REPORT ON NEW CONSTRUCTION

The President presented a report on the current status of the construction program for the following
projects (1) George Mason College, (2) Married Student Housing, (3) Library Addition at Mary
Washington College, (4) Gymnasium-Auditorium at the University, (5) Dormitories, and (6) Madison Hall.

REPORT ON ADMISSIONS

The President presented a current report on the status of admissions to the undergraduate colleges
and schools of the University for the academic year 1961-1962. He reported that the number of applications
had increased markedly over the number on hand at this time a year ago, and that the prospects

were most favorable for a good entering class in each of the undergraduate schools. He placed
special stress on the large increase in the number of applications from graduates of Virginia
public schools. A copy of a profile prepared by the Dean of Admissions of the entering class
for 1960-1961 in the College of Arts and Sciences was also ditributed and discussed.

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President announced the following gifts and grants:

                                                                                                                                                                           

From Mr. C. Waller Barrett, to Alderman Library, books and manuscripts, valued at	$ 76,400
From Mr. C. Waller Barrett, for Barrett Room furniture and landscaping at new entrance, securities valued at	8,056
From Mr. Linton R. Massey, to Alderman Library, William Faulkner collection of books and manuscripts, valued at	7,000
From Prof. T. R. Snavely, to establish the Tipton R. Snavely Prize in Economics Fund (NO PUBLICITY)	10,000
From an anonymous donor, to be added to the endowment fund of the Graduate School of Business	50,000
From Mrs. Ralph E. Conrad, to establish the Ralph Erskine Conrad Memorial Fund for the purchase of books and periodicals in the field of medical research, securities valued at	1,044
From Mr. Ralph P. Johnson, an unrestricted gift, securities valued at	1,355
From an anonymous donor, to Alderman Library, a collection of Chinese books, valued at	9,000
From Col. Theodore Barnes, to be added to the Toole Memorial Fund, securities valued at	325
From Mr. B. Woodruff Weaver, to be added to the Toole Memorial Fund, securities valued at	3,000
From Mrs. Doris K. Neale, to be added to the Doris K. Neale Fellowship Fund	1,000
From Mrs. Helen G. Mott, to the hospital to be added to the Mott Cancer Fund	500
From Mr. Bernard M. Meeks, to Alderman Library, political cartoons (original drawings), valued at	3,315
From Mrs. Robert T. Baldwin, to Alderman Library, books and bound files of magazines, valued at	3,006
From Mr. Edward G. Cale, an unrestricted gift	100
From Mr. Freeman J. Daniels, to be added to the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship Fund, securities valued at	402
From an anonymous donor, to the Medical School to be added to the House Staff Fellowship Fund	2,400
From an anonymous donor, to be added to the endowment fund for the following purposes, bonds valued at:
Alderman Library for purchase of books	11,000
Clinch Valley College for purchase of books	4,950
Tipton R. Snavely Scholarship Fund	550
From Mr. Archibald J. Edge, to the Medical School to be used for research in the Department of Urology	1,500
From Hazel O. Becker, to the hospital to be added to the Premature Nursery Fund	100
From Dr. John T. Bate, to the Medical School to be added to the Bate Audio Visual Fund	150
From Mr. John D. Gordon, to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Fund	100
From Mrs. Grace M. Keane, to be added to the Children's Rehabilitation Center Equipment Fund	200
From Mr. Russell A. Orr, to be added to the University scholarship funds, securities valued at	507
From Dr. John H. Russell, to the Medical School to be added to the Mulholland Chair of Medicine Fund	100
From Dr. John B. Hamilton, to be added to the loan funds of the Medical School	100
From sundry persons, to be added to the Ullin W. Leavell Scholarship Fund	390
From the Camp Foundation, an unrestricted gift	500
From the estate of the late Harcourt Parrish, to be added to the unrestricted endowment fund	9,472
From the estate of the late Vivian Louise Aunspaugh, to establish a scholarship in the Department of Art	30,243
From the following persons, to be added to the Vincent Archer Portrait Fund (NO PUBLICITY)
Ivor D. Harris	$ 100
Ernest G. Smith	100
Dr. J. R. Mapp	100
C. N. McPeake	100
Dr. Joseph G. Doboy	200
Charles H. Peterson	100
Dr. Walter L. Kilby	100
Sundry Persons	1,240
From the Charles E. and Joy C. Pettinos Foundation, to be added to the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship Fund	4,000
From the Stettinius Fund, Inc., to the Medical School to be added to the Mulholland Chair of Medicine Fund	1,000
From the Christian C. Yegen Foundation, an unrestricted gift	250
From General Motors Corporation, four scholarships for the 1960-1961 session	4,700
From Union Bag-Camp Paper Company, an unrestricted gift	287
From the Relm Foundation, for continued research under the direction of Prof. J. M. Buchanan, Department of Economics, for one year beginning September 1960	7,000
From Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc., to provide supplements to salaries of certain members of the Department of Physics	10,000
From Research Corporation, for support of research under the direction of Dr. Thomas Crowell, Department of Chemistry	2,700
From Edgar Stern Family Foundation, for research under the direction of Prof. Paul T. David, Department of Political Science	8,000
From National Association for Mental Health, for research in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry	1,500
From American Heart Association, for research under the direction of Dr. J. F. Dammann, School of Medicine	25,300
From Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, for continued research under the direction of Dr. C. L. Gemmill, School of Medicine	6,912
From Upjohn Company, for research under the direction of Dr. J. A. Owen, School of Medicine	6,000
From American Trudeau Society, for continued research under the direction of Dr. J. B. Littlefield, School of Medicine	6,532
From Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, for research under the direction of Dr. P. E. Conner, Department of Mathematics	13,800
From Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, for research under the direction of Dr. E. E. Floyd, Department of Mathematics	9,200
From Department of Health, Education and Welfare, for continued research under the direction of Dr. A. J. Bollet, School of Medicine	36,904
From U. S. Air Force, for research under the direction of Prof. O. R. Harris, Research Laboratories for the Engineering Sciences	100,000
From National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of Dr. W. S. Flory, Blandy Farm	22,300
From National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of Prof. O. R. Rodig, Department of Chemistry	14,800
From Foundations' Fund for Research in Psychiatry, to the Medical School for research in Psychiatry under the direction of Dr. Ian Stevenson, for a period of five years	10,000
From Atomic Energy Commission, for continued research under the direction of Drs. A. R. Kuhlthau and R. A. Lowry, Research Laboratories for the Engineering Sciences (NO PUBLICITY)	665,182
From U. S. Public Health Service, training grants under the direction of the following members of the faculty
Dr. Ian Stevenson, Dept. of Psychiatry	69,035
Dr. William Parson, Dept. of Internal Medicine	22,734
Dr. Ian Stevenson, Dept. of Psychiatry	16,243
Dr. A. J. Bollet, Dept. of Preventive Medicine	25,164
Dr. J. I. Kitay, Dept. of Internal Medicine	32,347
Dr. W. H. Muller, Jr., Dept. of Surgery	9,720
Miss Margaret Tyson, School of Nursing	13,445
Dr. Vincent Hollander, Cancer Research Lab	25,000
From U. S. Public Health Service, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty
Dr. R. G. Kindred, Dept. of Orthopedics	$ 20,304
Dr. Oscar Swineford, Dept. of Internal Medicine	9,200
Dr. C. E. Wheeler, Dept. of Dermatology	14,145
Dr. C. F. Fox, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology	8,289
Dr. Catherine Russell, Dept. of Microbiology	8,461
Dr. R. B. Martin, Dept. of Chemistry	27,296
Dr. W. R. Sandusky, Dept. of Surgery	13,915
Dr. D. W. Kupke, Dept. of Biochemistry	9,172
Dr. A. J. Bollet, Dept. of Preventive Medicine	18,688
Dr. R. T. Major, Dept. of Chemistry	11,500
Dr. R. W. McGilvery, Dept. of Biochemistry	27,140
Dr. W. H. Muller, Jr., Dept. of Surgery	29,617

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

ELECTIONS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty of Mary Washington
College

Mrs. Leatrice Grove as Instructor in Psychology, part-time, for the second semester of the
academic session 1960-1961, at one-half salary in the amount of $1,200.

Mrs. Nancy Mitchell as Instructor in English, part-time, for the second semester of the
academic session 1960-1961, at one-fifth salary in the amount of $550.

Mr. James Youniss as Instructor in Psychology, part-time, for the second semester of the
academic session 1960-1961, at one-third salary in the amount of $800.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following members of the faculty of Mary Washington College be and they are hereby
granted leaves of absence

Miss Rosemary Herman, Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, with half pay, for
the session 1961-1962, in order to further her study toward her doctorate in Spanish at the
University of Wisconsin.

Miss Anna Scott Hoye, Associate Professor in Physical Education, with half pay, for the
session 1961-1962, in order to continue her course of study toward her doctorate in Physiology
at the University of Wisconsin.

RESIGNATION

The Chancellor announced the following resignation

Mrs. John C. Russell, Assistant Professor of Home Economics, effective 1 February 1961,
for reasons of health.

DEATH OF DR. MINNIE ROB PHAUP

The Chancellor reported to the Board the death of Dr. Minnie Rob Phaup, Assistant Professor
of Psychology, who died unexpectedly on 28 December 1960. Miss Phaup had been at Mary Washington
College since September 1958, and only last June received her doctorate from George Washington
University. Previously she had taught at Wells College and Converse College.

NEW DORMITORY NAME

The Chancellor recommended that the new dormitory at Mary Washington College be named in
honor of Mary Ambler Marshall, wife of Chief Justice John Marshall.

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, occupied in September 1960, be and it is hereby named in honor of Mary
Ambler Marshall.

STUDENT FEES

The Chancellor reported on the increase, in September 1960, of student fees in the amount of
$75 as authorized by the Board at its meeting on 10 June 1960. The revenue derived from this
increase had been used exclusively to finance the new faculty salary scale which went into effect
on 1 September 1960. Copies of the new fee schedule were distributed to each member of the Board
and a copy was ordered to be placed in the Board files

DARDEN AWARD ENDOWMENT

The Chancellor reported the receipt of an anonymous gift of five $1,000 bonds, issued by the
American and Foreign Power Company. The bonds are 4.8 junior debenture 1987. The Secretary was
instructed to write a letter of thanks to the donor for this gift.

GARI MELCHERS ENDOWMENT TRANSFER

The Chancellor reported that final arrangements had been concluded for the acceptance of the
principal and the division of the income of the Gari Melchers Memorial Endowment Fund. The securities
representing the principal have been delivered to the State-Planters Bank of Commerce
and Trusts to be added to the Consolidated Endowment Fund of the University.

In order that the transfer might be officially concluded, the Chancellor proposed and the
Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the University accepts $112,707.53 in securities and $2,558.14 in cash representing the principal
of the Gari Melchers Memorial Endowment Fund, as determined by the State Treasurer and the
Auditor of Public Accounts and as approved by the Finance Committee of this Board and the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, and that the University agrees to the distribution of income which on 31
December 1960 amounted to $23,829.03

REDUCTION IN FACULTY TEACHING LOAD

The Chancellor reported that the standard teaching load at Mary Washington College had been
15 hours. He stated that long-range plans called for a gradual reduction of the teaching load to
12 hours, beginning in certain departments of the College. He pointed out that one result of this
reduction would be the need for additional teaching personnel. His plans were to reduce teaching
loads in certain departments to 12 hours and to request the instructors to devote the three hours
formerly spent in teaching to counseling and guidance work and conferences with students.

Following the Chancellor's presentation, there was a general discussion of the financial implications
of this proposal. Specific consideration will be given to this proposal when the 19611962
budget for Mary Washington College is presented.

REPORT ON ADMISSIONS

The Chancellor presented a general review of the applications for admission for the academic
year 1961-1962. A notable increase in the number of applications had resulted and it appeared that
a larger percentage of the applicants given admission would be Virginians.

CHAIRMAN OF MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE COMMITTEE

The Rector announced the appointment of Mrs. Belva Dunn Jones as Chairman of the Mary Washington
College Committee, effective 11 February 1961, to succeed the late Fred B. Greear.

CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE MATTERS

ELECTION

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following person be and he is hereby elected to the faculty of Clinch Valley College

Mr. Roy Lee Wells, Jr., as Instructor in Chemistry, for one year, effective 1 September 1961,
at a salary of $5,100.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.