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.
- 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
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.
- 1970, Times-Dispatch
Laywers, Anne Holton, daughter of former Gov. A. Linwood Holton, and husband Timothy Kaine are photographed in 1975.
- Bruce Parker/Times-Dispatch 1975
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.
In 2006 Queen Elizabeth II and Virginia First Lady Anne Holton watched ceremonies presented by representatives of Virginia's eight Indian tribes.
In 2007, the then Virginia First Lady, Anne Holton flatfoot dances with the crowd at the National Folk Festival Sunday, October 14, 2007.
In 2006 First Lady of Virginia Anne Holton (center) gets ready to run a mile at Cool Spring Elementary School in Hanover County.
In 2008 Anne Holton holds the mule-drawn plow during the official groundbreaking for the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County.
In this 2008 photo (from left) Mary Henley, of the Richmond area, First Lady of Virginia Anne Holton, and Michelle Obama, take part in a women's economic roundtable at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Wednesday, September 17, 2008.
Former Virginia first ladies, from the left; Jinks Holton, Anne Holton, Jeannie Baliles and Susan Allen surround Va. first lady Maureen McDonnell, center, at the governor's mansion Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
Campaign volunteer Elnora Allen talks to Anne Holton at St. Elizabeth's Jazz and Food Festival in Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood, Saturday, August 4, 2012.
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
