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NAMINGS AND PROFESSORSHIPS

The Board reconvened, in Open Session, at 4:05 p.m., in the Dome Room of the Rotunda and adopted the following resolutions:

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROBERT M. BLIZZARD PROFESSORSHIP IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

WHEREAS, Dr. Robert M. Blizzard was a distinguished member of the faculty of the School of Medicine for twenty years and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics; and

WHEREAS, when he retired in 1994, Dr. Blizzard had trained more than 50 fellows in pediatric endocrinology, many of whom have become distinguished leaders in their field; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Blizzard has received national recognition for his contributions to pediatric endocrinology and to endocrinology and metabolism, and was co-founder and the first Director of the National Pituitary Agency; and

WHEREAS, a number of Dr. Blizzard’s colleagues, friends and former students have contributed generously to a professorship in his honor;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Robert M. Blizzard Professorship in Pediatric Endocrinology, to be held in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, thanks the contributors to this chair for their generosity, commends Dr. Blizzard for his distinguished professional contributions, and thanks him for his devoted service to the University and to his profession.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HUGH H. OBEAR 21ST CENTURY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN CLASSICS

WHEREAS, Hugh H. Obear took the LL.B. from the School of Law in 1906 and was for many years a distinguished lawyer in Washington, and at one time the President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and

WHEREAS, Hugh H. Obear paid the college tuition of his nephew, Henry Norwood Obear, thus enabling him to attend the University; and

WHEREAS, Henry Norwood Obear matriculated in the University in 1929 and took his degree in 1933; and

WHEREAS, Henry Obear read law in his native South Carolina and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar, after which he established a practice in Winnsboro; and

WHEREAS, Henry Obear was a beloved and distinguished citizen of his city and state; and

WHEREAS, Henry Norwood Obear died in 2003, leaving a generous bequest to the University for a professorship to be named in honor of his uncle and benefactor, Hugh H. Obear;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Hugh H. Obear 21st Century Distinguished Professorship in Classics, to be held in the Department of Classics in the College of Arts and Sciences. In so doing, the Board pays tribute to the memory of Henry Norwood Obear of South Carolina, whose generosity made this chair possible.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHURE PROFESSORSHIP IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

WHEREAS, Randl and Allison Shure of Charlottesville, in gratitude for the treatment their son received at the University’s Children’s Hospital, have made a generous gift for a chair in pediatric neurology; and

WHEREAS, the Shures have taken an active role not only with the Children’s Hospital but with the Health System in general, Mr. Shure serving as Chair of the Children’s Hospital Campaign, as a trustee of the University of Virginia Health Foundation, and as a Member of the Medical Center Operating Board;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Shure Professorship in Pediatric Neurology, to be held in the Department of Pediatrics of the School of Medicine. In so doing, the Board expresses its profound gratitude to Randl and Allison Shure not only for their generous gift which makes this chair possible, but for their leadership and support of the Children’s Hospital and the Health System as a whole.

CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THE JOSEPH WEINTRAUB-BANK OF AMERICA PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW TO THE JOSEPH WEINTRAUB-BANK OF AMERICA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors on October 5, 2000, established the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Professorship in Law, named principally for the late Joseph Weintraub of Miami, an alumnus of the College and of the School of Law; and

WHEREAS, gifts from the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation and the Bank of America made possible the establishment of the chair; and

WHEREAS, in June, 2000, the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation agreed to continue to deposit funds in the endowment supporting the Weintraub chair, with the understanding that when the market value of the endowment reached $1 million, the Law School would recommend to the Board of Visitors that the name of the chair be changed to the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Distinguished Professorship in Law; and

WHEREAS, The market value of the endowment is now comfortably in excess of $1 million;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors changes the name of the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Professorship in Law to the Joseph Weintraub – Bank of America Distinguished Professorship in Law. The Professorship will continue to be held in the School of Law; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board expresses its gratitude to Mr. Weintraub’s son, Michael Weintraub, himself an alumnus of both the College and the School of Law, who as Chairman of the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation has continued the Foundation’s support of this professorship and of the Law School.

LINDNER CENTER FOR ART HISTORY

In addition, the Board heard a report on the naming of the Carl H. and Martha S. Lindner Center for Art History. The Center is not a building, but rather a generous endowment established by Mr. and Mrs. Lindner of Cincinnati for the support of Art History at the University. The gift was made in honor of their daughter, Blake Lindner, who took a B.A. in Art History in 2004.

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