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 | Board of Visitors minutes June 16, 2000 |  |
The President gave his customary report:
The first two winners of the University Seminars Sabbatical Fellowships have been named — Farzaneh Milani, Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and of Women's Studies, has won the Thomas I. Storrs Fellowship, and Sarah Farrell, Assistant Professor of Nursing, has won the Dennis J. Shaughnessy Fellowship.
Professors Anita Jones and Michael Thorner have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, which brings to 26 the total of faculty fellows in the Academy from the University.
Lori Graham, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, has been given a Presidential Early Career Award, which is the highest honor for young scientists and engineers in the country.
Gifts to the University since July 1, 1999, and through April 30th of this year come to $171 million, an increase of 59.2% over the previous year. The Campaign total on April 30th was $1.131 billion. Since April 30, several significant gifts have been received: U. Bertram Ellis, Jr. and his wife, Deborah Hicks Ellis, have pledged $5 million to the Darden Foundation and $5 million to the College of Arts and Sciences. The Olsson Memorial Foundation has pledged $1 million to the Engineering School, the Pew Charitable Trust $530,000 to the Law School Foundation, and the Trust of Roy R. Charles $500,000 to the School of Nursing. Mr. James W. Todd has pledged $500,000 to the Athletics Department and an anonymous donor has given $2 million to the College of Arts and Sciences. The Report was accepted by the Board.
On motion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 a.m.
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