The University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved a resolution authorizing the establishment of 10 endowed professorships in the College of Arts & Sciences to be allocated among the history, politics, classics and philosophy departments.

The $5 million gift, from alumni Donna and Richard Tadler, will be matched with $5 million from the University’s Bicentennial Professorship Fund to support a distinguished scholar in the field of entrepreneurship.

The gift will be matched by UVA’s Bicentennial Professors Fund, for a total investment of $20 million in the two inaugural University Professorships.

The University has long benefited from private foundation support. Today, these organizations continue to make important work at UVA possible.

Recent gifts from a prominent alumni couple will position the University to attract and retain outstanding faculty at Darden, Law and College and Arts &Sciences.

Imagine what democracy in the 21st century might look like.