Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997
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President Emeritus of the University of Virginia.
From the description of Remarks at the funeral of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1991 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829572
Fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency; Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Excellence in Public Education: Charlottesville/Albemarle; published The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
From the description of Oral history interview of Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], July 11, 1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920563
Tennyson scholar; fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Excellence in Public Education: Charlottesville/Albemarle; published The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
From the description of Oral history interview of Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. by Lisa G. Guernsey [manuscript], April 8, 1993. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920556
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