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University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees Resolution To Grant Board Chair Emeritus Status to Dr. Auguste E. Rimpel, Jr. WHEREAS, Dr. Auguste E. Rimpel, Jr. was appointed and confirmed as a member of the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) of the University of the Virgin Islands (“the University”) in April 1993 and served on the Board from that date until June 2009, during which time period Dr. Rimpel was nominated and confirmed as a member of the Board for a second term; and WHEREAS, during his distinguished service on the Board, Dr. Rimpel served as Chair of the Board for thirteen consecutive years; and WHEREAS, by virtue of his position as Chair of the Board, he served exemplary as an ex-officio member of all the standing committees of the Board and as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of the University of the Virgin Islands; and WHEREAS, during his tenure as Chair of the Board, Dr. Rimpel provided guidance to two successive presidents of the University and leadership to the Board as the University faced challenges from time to time, and he provided his expertise as an international management consultant; and WHEREAS, during his tenure of Chair of the Board, he played a major role in promoting the enactment by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands of a law establishing the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation (“the RTPark”) with the goal of providing a new source of income for the University; and WHEREAS, by virtue as his position as Chair of the Board, he served as ex-officio as a member of Board of Directors of the RTPark, was elected as the first Chair of that board, and guided that board through a major challenge faced by the RTPark in the initial years of its existence; and WHEREAS, it is fitting that, in recognition and gratitude for his service as a member of the Board, Dr. Rimpel be granted the status of Board Chair Emeritus. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, in recognition of his outstanding service to the Board and to the University as a whole, Dr. Auguste E. Rimpel, Jr. is hereby granted the status of Board Chair Emeritus with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities pertaining thereto. CERTIFICATION The undersigned does hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands adopted at its meeting on Saturday, October 30, 2010, as recorded in the minutes of said meeting. ____________________________ _____________________________ Secretary of the Board Date