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Remembrances from War Years

Remembrances from War Years

I entered Mary Washington College in 1941, but shortly thereafter was the attack on Pearl Harbor. After two years there, I did not want to go back to Mary Washington.…

Building Haiti

Building Haiti

Fear paralyzed me. Although questions about my family’s safety clawed at me, I felt nothing. I sat in front of the television watching headlines projecting the devastation of the 7.0…

When I walked the Lawn … I felt I was standing on the Grounds that tell the story of higher education in America.

— John D. Simon, upon being named U.Va.'s new executive vice president and provost on Aug. 24MORE QUOTES »