Board of Visitors minutes February 4, 2005 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KAREN JARGOWSKY
PROFESSORSHIP
IN PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
WHEREAS, Karen Jargowsky of Botetourt County suffered from acute mylogenous leukemia and was treated at the University Hospital in 1997; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Jargowsky’s cancer went into remission after treatment by chemotheraphy and she matriculated in the College of Arts and Sciences in August, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Jargowsky’s cancer returned and she died on April 13, 1998; and
WHEREAS, before Ms. Jargowsky died, the first of four annual Snowballs was held to raise money for a professorship to be named in her honor; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the money raised by the Snowballs, there have been many donors, individual and corporate, to the Jargowsky Chair;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Karen Jargowsky Professorship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, to be held in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, thanks the many donors who have made the Professorship possible, and salutes the memory of Karen Jargowsky whose life and death touched so many people.
Board of Visitors minutes February 4, 2005 | ||