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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The President listed a number of honors won by University faculty and organizations: Ms. Ann Beattie, Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Creative Writing, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vice President Lampkin has received the award, “Outstanding Mentor to Graduate Students,” presented by the American College Personnel Association. Dr. John Jane, Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, has been awarded the 2004 Harvey Cushing Medal of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Major Fritz Pfeiffer of the Department of Naval Science has won an award as the number-


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one Naval ROTC instructor in the country. And several University communications offices have been given CASE awards.

The President reported on his trip earlier in the week to Reykjavik for a meeting of the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation. The Foundation is to provide scholarships for University of Virginia students to study in Iceland and for Icelandic students to study at the University. Next week, he said, he will lead a group of alumni on a walking tour in Dorset.