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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALVIN V. AND NANCY BAIRD PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALVIN V. AND NANCY BAIRD
PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

WHEREAS, Alvin V. Baird and his wife Nancy Chappelear Baird of Harrisonburg have had a strong awareness of the importance of historical archives; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Baird attended the University and Mrs. Baird took a degree from what is now James Madison University; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Baird died in 2002; and

WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Baird in 1999 pledged a gift to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library to be used to create an endowed position of curator for historical collections, a position that few medical libraries have;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors thanks Mr. Baird for his and the late Mrs. Baird's generosity and vision, and creates the Alvin V. and Nancy Baird Professorship in Historical Collections, to be held in the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.