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PROFESSORSHIPS AND NAMINGS

The Board resumed in Open Session at 4:00 p.m. All Members, save Mr. Kington, were present.

The Board approved resolutions establishing the one Professorship and changing the name of another:

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUCKNER W. CLAY PROFESSORSHIP

WHEREAS, the late Buckner W. Clay of Charleston, West Virginia, was a student at the University at the beginning of the Second World War; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Clay left the University in 1942 to serve with the American Field Service in North Africa and India; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Clay returned to Charleston after the War and subsequently was a co-founder of the Clay Foundation and a generous philanthropist in his native state; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Clay’s generous benefactions also supported the University of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hamilton Clay, Mr. Clay’s widow, has made a very generous gift to create a professorship in support of the Dean of Arts and Sciences;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors creates the Buckner W. Clay Professorship, to be designated for the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and thanks Mrs. Clay for her generosity.

APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CENTENNIAL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN PEDIATRIC NURSING TO THE CENTENNIAL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN NURSING

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors in 2000 created the Centennial Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Nursing in accordance with the wishes of a very generous anonymous donor; and

WHEREAS, the School of Nursing, with the agreement of the donor, wishes to broaden the scope of the Professorship by changing the name and charge;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors changes the Centennial Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Nursing to the Centennial Distinguished Professorship in Nursing, to be held in the School of Nursing, and once more expresses its gratitude for the generosity of the donor.

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The Board then heard a report on the naming of the Lewis W. Oehmig Short-Game Center at the Birdwood Golf Course.

LEWIS W. OEHMIG SHORT-GAME CENTER AT THE BIRDWOOD GOLF COURSE

The late Lewis W. Oehmig (1916-2002) of Chattanooga was well known as an alumnus of the University, as a champion golfer, and as a respected citizen of his city. He was Captain of the Golf Team as a student, when he began winning tournaments – a habit which he continued until 1985. He was given the Bob Jones Award for distinguished sportsmanship in golf in 1994, the highest award given by the United States Golf Association.

The Oehmig Short Game Center is to be located between holes one, two and three at the Birdwood Golf Course. It will include a large putting area and four chipping/pitching/target greens from 165 yards and in.

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