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ELECTION OF MR. ABERNETHY AS RICHMOND ALUMNI PROFESSOR OF HISTORY EMERITUS

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 the following faculty member be and he is hereby elected Richmond Alumni Professor of
History Emeritus

Mr. Thomas Perkins Abernethy, Richmond Alumni Professor of History, who retires in June 1961,
and who has been on the staff of the University since 1930.