 | Board of Visitors minutes February 9, 2007 |  |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAWRENCE W. PENNISTON, M.D.,
FAMILY PROFESSORSHIP IN WOMEN ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
IN
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
WHEREAS, the late Lawrence W. Penniston, M.D., was a radiologist in Suffolk who trained at the Medical College of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the late Mrs. Penniston, Dr. Penniston widow, wished to establish a professorship at the University of Virginia to further research in the cancers that primarily affect women; and
WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Penniston daughter Anne, with money from her mother estate, created the Penniston Family Foundation in 2002; and
WHEREAS, Anne Penniston and the Foundation have made a gift to establish a professorship in accordance with the late Mrs. Penniston wishes, and in honor of the late Dr. Penniston;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Lawrence W. Penniston, M.D., Family Professorship in Women Oncology Research, to be held in the Cancer Center at the School of Medicine. In doing so, the Board expresses its appreciation to Anne Penniston and the Penniston Family Foundation, and honors the memory of Dr. and Mrs. Penniston.
| Board of Visitors minutes February 9, 2007 | |