by James C. SherlockOn April 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed a group of Nobel Prize winners at a dinner in their honor at The White House.Kennedy, raised patrician, classically educated and fired in war and politics graciously toasted another such man....
by Walter SmithUniversity of Virginia President Jim Ryan has entered into three employment agreements with UVa (technically, the Board of visitors on behalf of UVa). His first agreement was executed in September of 2017, to commence on October 1, 2018, and to last...
Written by Bert Ellis, President of The Jefferson CouncilDear Mr. Unsworth: I am writing to you in your capacity as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, with a request that you postpone the vote scheduled for June 27 on...
by Walter Smith and James A. BaconOn March 20, 2022, The Cavalier Daily student newspaper trumpeted the fact that the University of Virginia set a record low acceptance rate, offering slots to only 9,534 applicants, or 19% of the nearly 51,000 total. Of particular...
A couple of weeks ago, Walter Smith raised questions about the lack of accountability of the leadership of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. Graduates of the Virginia Military Institute are asking similar questions about the VMI Alumni Association, whose...
