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PROFESSORSHIPS AND NAMINGS

The Board recessed at 3:50 p.m., and resumed its meeting, also in Open Session, in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at 4:00 p.m., to consider the establishment of four professorships and the naming of a building.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HARRISON DISTINGUISHED TEACHING
PROFESSORSHIPS

WHEREAS, the late David A. Harrison, III, of Prince George County, an alumnus of the College and of the School of Law, was a generous benefactor of the University; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Harrison left $19,300,000 to establish professorships in the School of Medicine, the largest gift ever received by the Medical School for professorships; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors in 2003 established the Harrison Distinguished Professorship in Medicine; and

WHEREAS, the School of Medicine proposes to use the remainder of the Harrison gift to create a single, flexible, endowment to establish a number of chairs with variable levels of funding; and

WHEREAS, each of these chairs will be brought to the Board of Visitors for approval;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professorships, to be held in the School of Medicine; each holder of these chairs shall have the title of "Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of (name of department)"; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board once again takes note of the extraordinary generosity and vision of the late David A. Harrison, III.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDWIN P. LEHMAN PROFESSORSHIP IN
SURGERY

WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin P. Lehman, an alumnus of Williams College and the Harvard Medical School, joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1928 as Chairman of the Departments of Surgery and Gynecology, a position he held until 1953; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Lehman is remembered as a superb teacher and devoted physician, as well as a figure of national importance in the study of cancer; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Lehman died in 1954; and

WHEREAS, the late Dr. Charles V. Amole, an alumnus of the School of Medicine who trained under Dr. Lehman, established annuities during his lifetime to provide funds for a Lehman professorship; and

WHEREAS, the late Dr. William R. Hill, also a student and colleague of Dr. Lehman, provided funds for a Lehman chair as well;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Edwin P. Lehman Professorship in Surgery, to be held in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine, honors the memory of Dr. Lehman, and takes note of the generosity of Dr. Amole and Dr. Hill.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STANTON P. NOLAN PROFESSORSHIP IN
THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

WHEREAS, Dr. Stanton P. Nolan, an alumnus of the School of Medicine, became the Director of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the Medical School in 1968 and Claude A. Jessup Professor of Surgery in 1981; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Nolan, as Director, was known for his innovations, among them the establishment of the Heart Center and a thoracic surgery curriculum which is used in every thoracic training program in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Nolan is known for his concern for his patients and students alike, and as a champion of strong residency training; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Nolan retired from the faculty in 1998; and

WHEREAS, friends and colleagues of Dr. Nolan, as well as the Department of Surgery, have contributed generously to a professorship in Dr. Nolan's honor;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Stanton P. Nolan Professorship in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, to be held in the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the School of Medicine. In doing so, the Board thanks the generous

donors who have made this possible, and pays tribute to the contributions of Dr. Nolan to his profession, to the School of Medicine, and to the University.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JAY BERKOWITZ PROFESSORSHIP IN
JEWISH HISTORY

WHEREAS, Nancy Berkeley Bynum, an alumna of the Law School, and her husband, Frank K. Bynum, Jr., an alumnus of the College, have made a generous gift to the University for the establishment of a chair in Jewish History; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Bynum's grandfather, Jay Berkowitz, born in New York in 1901 to emigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, took great pride in being an American and in the history and traditions of this country, while at the same time was aware of Jewish traditions and his Jewish heritage; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Berkowitz died in 1993, the year that his granddaughter took her law degree from the University;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Jay Berkowitz Professorship in Jewish History, to be held in the Department of History, and thanks Nancy Berkeley Bynum and Frank K. Bynum, Jr. for their generosity which has made this chair possible.

NAMING OF THE CLAUDE MOORE MEDICAL EDUCATION BUILDING

WHEREAS, Dr. Claude Moore took an M.D. from the University in 1916; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Moore practiced medicine for many years in Washington and lived in Northern Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Moore died in 1991, having directed in his will the establishment of the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation; and

WHEREAS, the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has made a generous challenge gift of $12.5million to the School of Medicine for a new medical education building;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the building the Claude Moore Medical Education Building, in memory of Dr. Moore, and expresses its appreciation to the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation for its generosity and support.