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RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION FOR MARK J. KINGTON

WHEREAS, Mark J. Kington of Alexandria, but a native of Tennessee, took a B.S. from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. from the Darden School; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington has a strong background in communications and information technology and is a founding partner of Columbia Capital LLC, of Alexandria, a private equity firm focused on communications and technology; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington is an officer or director of several other investment and wireless communications companies; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington has a keen interesting history and in historic preservation, interests manifested in his service on several important boards concerned with historical and preservation questions and in the restoration of his house in Alexandria, a building of some historical importance; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington was appointed to the Board of Visitors by Governor Warner in 2002; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington served the Board and the University with great distinction as a Member of the Executive Committee and as Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, among other assignments; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kington’s term on the Board expired in March, 2006;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors thanks its friend and colleague, Mark J. Kington, for his devoted and exemplary service to the Board and to the University of Virginia.