Washington and Lee name change decision will be made in June, rector says

[TexasTowelie]

The Washington and Lee Board of Trustees will announce its name change decision in June, almost a year after the formation of a special committee to reconsider the university’s relationship to Robert E. Lee.

The deliberation over dropping Lee’s name from the university has been lengthy. It began in July , when the board formed a committee to gather input from all campus constituencies, analyze data and consult relevant experts.

Mike McAlevey, rector of the board, announced the June deadline in a Wednesday email to the university community.

“As always, we seek to act in the university’s best interests, and the multitude of considerations before us decade that we take the time necessary to make our best judgements,” McAlevey said. “We expect to reach and announce our conclusions in June.”

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. W&L could return to the preceding name of Washington.

From 1813 to 1870, the institution was known as Washington College. The Trustees changed the name in 1870 upon the death of Robert E. Lee, partly to memorialize his service to the college and partly to drawn more applicants.