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            <text>BOARD OF VISITORS&#13;
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Dear Members of the University of Virginia BOV:&#13;
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I am writing to you as a "fellow" Virginia University "member", a mother of a U. Va. graduate, and grandmother of a U. Va. graduate &amp; her husband.  I am also a graduate of a Virginia State University.&#13;
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My ties with the University of  Virginia are deep and long-standing.  I graduated from the College of William &amp; Mary, B.A. Government and worked as a student assistant to William Abbot (later Professor at U. Va.) at the Institute of Early American History &amp; Culture, and after graduation, assistant for collection of letters between Jefferson &amp; Madison.  One summer I sane in "The Common Glory," a Paul Green outdoor drama&#13;
telling the story of Jefferson and the writing of the Declaration of Indeendence.  I am a member of Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, founded by Mr. Jefferson.&#13;
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Now I am a Professor Emerita at George Mason University, having taught there for 26 years (including many classes in American Political Thought -- Jefferson again!), GMU, the "adult child" of U. Va.) and have met many times with Virginia Conference of Political Scientists at U. Va.&#13;
I am proud to be the mother of a B.A. &amp;  M.A. grad. of U. Va (who, with her husband, lives in Albemarle Co.) and grandmother of a recent U. Va. B.A. graduate &amp; her (now) husband, B.S. in Computer Engineering, U. Va.&#13;
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I write at length about all this not to wear out your eyes, but to indicate that I care enormously about the University and its community and its future.  I have read and thought deeply about this current firing of the University President and the reasons cited for the firing. &#13;
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I urge you to vote to re-instate President Teresa Sullivan on Tuesday.&#13;
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Respectfully and with all good wishes for the entire U. Va. community,&#13;
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Barbara B. Knight&#13;
(Emerita, George Mason University)</text>
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            <text>sgh4c@virginia.edu</text>
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