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The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date in the office of the
President at 11 o'clock, a.m. with the following present: Visitors, E. C. Anderson, Barron F. Black, M. H.
Bustard, C. B. Garnett, Thomas B. Gay, Mrs. Bertha P. Wailes, Mrs. J. M. H. Willis, and Dr. H. H. Trout, Sr.,
President Newcomb, and President Combs of Mary Washington College.

In the absence of the Rector, Mr. C. B. Garnett was elected chalrm of the meeting.

The minutes of the meeting of June 1, 1946, which had been copied and mailed to the members were
approved.

The President submitted the following matters:

ENROLLMENT TO DATE: 2413.

GIFTS:

   

From The Rockefeller Foundation, toward the general budget of the Bureau of Public Administration during the two years beginning July 1, 1946	$53,600
From Dr. S. E. Chambers, of Miami, Florida, for scholarships in the Department of Medicine, in honor of Dr. H. E. Jordan, Dr. Harry T. Marshall, Dr. W. E. Bray and Dr. J. A. Waddell	$2,000

RESIGNATIONS:

The President submitted the resignations of Dr. John Henry Rushton, Professor of Chemical Engineering,
and Dr. Melvin Gardner de Chazeau, Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, which were accepted with
regrets, and with the formal wishes of the Board of Visitors for the highest success in their new undertakings.

CHANGES IN NAVAL PERSONNEL REPORTED BY THE PRESIDENT:

The following officers have been detached from the Naval Reserve Officers' Mraining Corps
at the University of Virginia, and their names have been removed from the list of faculty members:

• Lieut. Comdr. William Francis Thompson, U.S.N.R., as of June 14, 1946.

• Lieut. Comdr. Herman Louis Trautman, U.S.N.R., as of June 11, 1946.

• Lieutenant John Quincy Edwards, U.S.N.R., as of June 18, 1946.

• Lieut. (jg) Quentin Powell Whipple, U.S.N.R., as of June 11, 1946.

THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED:

The following Thomas Fortune Ryan Scholarships were awarded for the session of 1946-47:

• First District; Dean Gunther White, Christchurch, Virginia

• Second District; Thea Woodson Adams, Portsmouth, Virginia

• Fourth District; Martin Boyd Coyner, Jr., Farmville, Virginia

• Sixth District; Robert Earl Offenbacker, Roanoke, Virginia

• Seventh District; Raleigh Minor Eager, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Eighth District; Robert Payne Cox, Warrenton, Virginia

• Tenth District; Alan Martin Bruns, Howardsville, Virginia

• Awarded at Large; Floyd Layton Taylor, Jr., Amnerst, Virginia

On motion of Mr. Gay, the following was adopted:

RESOLVED, That the President be requested to submit to the Board, report of methods used in
bringing to the attention of parents and prospective students, scholarships valuable.

JOINT HEALTH DEPARTMENT:

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that the existing contract with the Joint Health Department of the City of
Charlottesville and Albemarle County be amended as follow, striking out Section 13 of
the contract which reads,

and inserting in lieu thereof the following,

NEW BUILDINGS COMMITTEE INCREASED:

On motion of Mr. Anderson, the following was adopted:

The chairman of the meeting added the following members to the New Buildings Committee:
Stettinius, Black and Mrs. Willis.

The Jefferson Memorial Foundation made application for permission to erect a sign at the intersection
of routes 250 and 29 to advertise Monticello and the University of Virginia. The matter was
disposed of in the following resolution adopted:

The City of Charlottesville asked permission to run its on University property from
Elliewood Avenue to route 29 to increase gas facilities for the Copeloy Project. Deferred for further
action.

Mr. Black, Chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted a report of the changes in the endowment
investments from January 1, to July 1, 1946. Action was deferred to the August meeting of the Board, at
Mr. Black's suggestion.

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

President Combs presented the following matters for Mary Washington College which were adopted:

Mr. Julien Binford was elected Acting Professor of Art for the session of 1946-47 at a basic
salary of $3,500 for the session of 9 months, subject to the increase effective July 1, 1946, incumbency
to begin on September 16, 1946.

Dr. Richard M. Kirby, Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration, was granted
an extension of his leave of absence until September 1947.

In the matter of the purchase of the Reichel property, the following resolution was adopted:

REPORT OF THE BUILDINGS COMMITTEE ON THE RENOVATION OF THE BROMPTON PROPERTY:

The Building Committee of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia met in the office of
the President of the University on June 29 and reviewed the architectural plans and specifications for the
renovation of Brompton of Mary Washington College. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the
Rector and Visitors the approval of these plans, whereupon

The following resolution was adopted:

The foregoing resolution was adopted by the Rector and Visitors.

The meeting then adjourned.