 | Board of Visitors minutes October 18, 1963 |  |
PORTRAIT OF BARRON FOSTER BLACK, FORMER RECTOR
The Rector proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution
WHEREAS Barron Foster Black, LL.B., 1920, has served the University of Virginia with extraordinary
devotion, as Alumnus, advisor, benefector, and friend, and
WHEREAS through eleven arduous years, as Visitor from 1945 to 1956, and as Rector of the
University from 1949 to 1956, Mr. Black effectively advanced the well being of the University, with
self-sacrificing devotion and attention to the interests of Faculty, Staff, and Students, and to the
advancement of higher education in Virginia, and
WHEREAS Mr. Black has continued since his retirement from the Board of Visitors to serve the
University through varied services as an Alumnus,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia hereby records its profound gratitude to Mr. Black,
RESOLVED FURTHER that it is the unanimous desire of the Visitors to see a portrait of Mr. Black
hung at the University as a reminder to future generations of his distinguished services,
RESOLVED FURTHER that the Secretary of the Board be directed to transmit a copy of this
resolution to Mr. Black.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 18, 1963 | |