 | Board of Visitors minutes September 9, 1955 |  |
DEATHS OF PROFESSORS STARNES, FRASER, AND WOOD
President Darden announced to the Board the deaths of three professors, as follows
Dr. George Talmage Starnes, Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, on 6 July 1955,
after serving on the University's staff since 1925.
Dr. Alexander David Fraser, Professor of Classical History and Antiquities, on 2 August 1955,
after serving on the University's staff since 1930.
Col. Thomas Wood, U.S.A., Professor of Military Science and Tactics, on 3 August 1955, after
serving at the University from the summer of 1953.
There were expressions of the affection and esteem in which Professors Fraser, Starnes, and
Wood were held, and the Secretary was directed to record in the permanent minutes the deep
sense of loss felt by the Board and the gratitude felt by the Visitors for their devoted and
valuable services to the University.
| Board of Visitors minutes September 9, 1955 | |