Gov. Abigail Spanberger sent an unmistakable message to colleges and universities on Tuesday with the appointment of former Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Cedric Wins and former University of Virginia Rector Robert Hardie to the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments.
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Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, VMI's former superintendent, is seen addressing graduating cadets in 2023. Wins' time at VMI placed him at the intersection of institutional history, political scrutiny and cultural change. Those same pressures now confront universities across the commonwealth, writes Jeff Bennett.
SCOTT P. YATES, The Roanoke Times
Virginia first lady Virginia Rogers "Jinks" Holton shakes hands with a parent after arriving at Mosby School in Richmond on Aug. 31, 1970. Two of then-Gov. Linwood Holton's children, Anne, center, and Woody, right center, were assigned to Mosby for the 1970-71 school year.
- Bill Lane, Times-Dispatch
Ann Holton, at 11-years-old (front row, left) attended her father's inaugural ball at the Jefferson Hotel in 1970. With Holton that night were her mother, Jinks Holton; father, Gov. A. Linwood Holton; sister, Tayloe, 13; and brother, Woody, 10. Brother Dwight, then 4, didn't make the party. Â
- 1970, Times-Dispatch
In 2006, with his wife, Anne Holton, holding the Bible, and his children standing behind Chief Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr., Timothy M. Kaine takes the oath of office as governor of Virginia Saturday in Williamsburg. From left are Kaine's daughter, Annella, and his sons, Woody and Nat.
Anne Holton, wife of former governor and current senate candidate Tim Kaine gets a hug from Lyric Weston, 8, of Henrico as she greeted supporters at St. Elizabeth's Jazz and Food Festival in Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood, Saturday, August 4, 2012.
- JOE MAHONEY
GALLERY: Anne Holton
Ann Holton, at 11-years-old (front row, left) attended her father's inaugural ball at the Jefferson Hotel in 1970. With Holton that night were her mother, Jinks Holton; father, Gov. A. Linwood Holton; sister, Tayloe, 13; and brother, Woody, 10. Brother Dwight, then 4, didn't make the party. Â
- 1970, Times-Dispatch
