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NAMINGS AND PROFESSORSHIPS

The Board reconvened, in Open Session, at 4:30 p.m., in the Lower East Oval Room of the Rotunda and adopted the following resolutions:

NAMING OF THE CLAUDE MOORE NURSING EDUCATION BUILDING

WHEREAS, the late Dr. Claude Moore, an alumnus of the School of Medicine, in his will directed the establishment of the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation; and

WHEREAS, the Foundation has made a very generous gift toward the construction of the new nursing education building on 15th Street, SW, at the School of Nursing;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors names the new nursing education building the Claude Moore Nursing Education Building and thanks the Claude Moore Foundation for this latest instance of its generosity and support.

NAMING OF THE BOYD TINSLEY COURTS

WHEREAS, Boyd C. Tinsley, a native of Charlottesville, an alumnus of the University, and a well known musician, is passionate about both music and tennis; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Tinsley’s many benefactions to his community involve both music and tennis; and

WHEREAS, the indoor tennis facility at the Boar’s Head Sports Club is being expanded as a joint project of the Club and the Virginia Athletics Foundation; and

WHEREAS, three of the twelve courts of the expanded facility are to be reserved for the use of the women’s and men’s tennis programs of the University; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Tinsley has been the major donor for these three courts;

RESOLVED, the three courts at the expanded Boar’s Head Sports Club indoor tennis facility to be used for the University of Virginia’s tennis programs are named the Boyd Tinsley Courts. In taking this action, the Board thanks Mr. Tinsley for his generosity and support and commends him for his many benefactions to the Charlottesville community.

CHANGE IN THE NAME OF A PROFESSORSHIP TO THE JOHN L. COLLEY, JR., RESEARCH PROFESSORSHIP IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors in 1995 established the Alumni Research Professorship in Business Administration, to be held in the Darden School of Business; and

WHEREAS, it was the intent of the donors in 1995 that the Professorship honor Professor John L. Colley, Jr., of the Darden School and that the chair be renamed for him on his retirement; and

WHEREAS, under the rules for naming now obtaining, professorships can be named for active members of the faculty; and

WHEREAS, John L. Colley, Jr., the Almand R. Coleman Professor of Business Administration, has been a member of the Darden School faculty since 1967 and has been a profound influence on generations of students;

RESOLVED, the name of the Alumni Research Professorship in Business Administration is changed to the John L. Colley, Jr., Research Professorship in Business Administration, to be held in the Darden School of Business. In so doing, the Board commends and thanks Mr. Colley for his years of devoted and exemplary service to the Darden School and to the University.

CHANGE IN THE NAME OF A PROFESSORSHIP TO THE NABI BIOPHARMACEUTICALS PROFESSORSHIP IN TRANSPLANTATION

WHEREAS, Nabi, a biopharmaceutical company now known as Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, made a generous gift to the University for a professorship in the School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors, in 1999, accordingly established the Nabi Professorship in Pharmacology; and

WHEREAS, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals and the University have amended the original agreement between them to grant the Dean of the School of Medicine the greatest flexibility in appointing a holder of the chair, without restriction to specialty and in the area of greatest need in transplant medicine;

RESOLVED, the Nabi Professorship in Transplant Pharmacology is changed to the Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Professorship in Transplantation, to be held in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine. In so doing, the Board once again thanks Nabi Biopharmaceuticals for its generosity and support.

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The Board recessed at 4:55 p.m.