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1942 full board members photo

Members of the V.P.I. board of visitors, which met yesterday in a called session to draw up resolutions in an effort to correct certain conditions at the college, are pictured here together with Governor Colgate W. Darden, Jr., who met with the board. Left to right, above, are: first row, Col. James P. Woods, Roanoke Charles W. Wampler, Harrisonburg, president of the state board of agriculture and immigration; Governor Darden, Dr. Julian A. Burruss, president of V.P.I.; former Governor Westmoreland Davis, Leesburg; Allen T. Eskridge, Pulaski ; second row, Robert S. Moss, Burke's Garden; Robert A. Russell, Rustburg; Charles C. Reed, Richmond; J.R. Horsley, Appomattox; J. B. Fogleman, secretary of the board and treasurer of the college; and Dr. Dabney Lancaster, state superintendent of instruction. (Times Staff Photo) Roanoke Times, August 18, 1942.