Abstract:
Photograph of Director J.N.G. Finley and some of the key persons from Town of Fairfax who, at the last minute, helped acquire the Farr property in 1958, securing a permanent home for George Mason University. This sign was erected on the northwest side of the property facing Route 123. It reads:
GEORGE MASON COLLEGE
of the
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
On February 10, 1959 This Tract of 150 Acres
Was Given by the Citizens of the Town of Fairfax
To the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
As a Permanent Site of the College
From left to right: Stacy Sherwood (Fairfax Town Council), Daniel Harrison, Roland Clarke (Fairfax Town Council), Fairfax Mayor John C. Wood, J.N.G. Finley, George Hamill, and Dr. Fred Everly (Fairfax Town Council). George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972
