I cannot believe (1) that somebody with $100M would make such a proposal, but (2) that the Board of Trustees would even put the proposal on their agenda. I trust that cool heads will prevail and "Lee" will remain. Randy Cabell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: [VA-HIST] WASHINGTON & LEE $100M BEQUEST > Washington & Lee University announced that it has received a $100M > bequest > from a source who desires to remain anonymous at this time. However, the > rumor is that the bequest is conditioned upon the University dropping the > Lee > name in favor of some other well know Virginia since the Lee name brings > to mind > the leader of the slave states during the War. The proposal is > apparently > before the board of trustees. > > Fair or unfair, and what Virginian would be eleigible to replace Lee in > the > name of this great university? > > J South > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. >