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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WILLIAM STONE WEEDON PROFESSORSHIP IN ASIAN ARCHITECTURE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WILLIAM STONE WEEDON
PROFESSORSHIP IN ASIAN ARCHITECTURE

WHEREAS, William S. Weedon, a native of Wilmington, Delaware and the holder of three degrees from the University, joined the Faculty as an Assistant in Mathematics in 1929; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Weedon, as a graduate student, became an Instructor in the Philosophy Department in 1934, rising through the ranks to become Chairman of the Department in 1955 after service in the United States Navy during the Second World War; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Weedon was made our first University Professor and subsequently taught courses in Asian art, architecture and culture, his classes on Asian Architecture at the School of Architecture being particularly popular; and

WHEREAS, the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation, matched with funds from the Saunders family, has made a gift for a professorship in Asian Architecture;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors creates the William Stone Weedon Professorship in Asian Architecture, to be held in the School of Architecture, and expresses its thanks to the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation and the Saunders family for their generosity.