- Raven Society
The Raven Society is the
University of Virginia 's oldest honorary society. Founded in 1904 by University student William McCully Jamescitation
url=http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2004/raven-march-11-2004.html
last=Wolcott
first=Dave
title=Raven Society Celebrates Centennial Anniversary
date=2004-03-11
accessdate=2008-01-03] , and named in honor of the famous poem byEdgar Allan Poe (who attended The University in 1826), the Raven Society seeks to promote academic excellence at the University of Virginia. According to its constitution, one of the society's main goals is "to bring together the best men in the various departments of the University for mutual acquaintance and for cooperation in their efforts to protect the honor and dignity of the University."citation
url=http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/atf/cf/%7B83927FB7-52BF-4DC5-A9D5-009D9CEC41CF%7D/Constitution.pdf
title=Constitution of the Raven Society of the University of Virginia
format=pdf
accessdate=2008-01-03] In addition to presenting annual Raven Fellowships,citation
url=http://magazine.clas.virginia.edu/x1097.xml
last=Jacob
first=Katie
title=Looking back at years of Bananas, Ravens
date=2004-01
accessdate=2008-01-03] the society recognizes students, professors, administrators, and alumni for their "scholarly pursuits and their dedication to University ideals" with the Raven Award,cite web |url=http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/c.qkI2KgMUIrF/b.3835637/k.C5CE/History.htm |title=History of the Raven Society |accessdate=2008-04-21] and is also responsible for the upkeep of Poe's living quarters, 13 West Range.cite book
last=Alderman
first=Edwin A.
authorlink=Edwin Alderman
coauthors=Joel Chandler Harris
title=Library of Southern Literature
publisher=Martin and Hoyt
date=1907
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=apYOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4080&lpg=PA4080&dq=%22raven+society%22+%2213+west+range%22&source=web&ots=NQ8X3m456Y&sig=M6ykizZDz3k3U1i581TmnAHYhoQ
accessdate=2008-01-03]The Raven Society has been active in commemorating Poe's life, beginning with a celebration of his centenary in 1909.citation
url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9800EFDE1031E733A2575AC1A9679C946897D6CF&oref=slogin
newspaper=New York Times
title=Raven Society Celebrates: Poe Anniversary is Appropriately Observed at University of Virginia
format=PDF
date=1909-01-19
accessdate=2008-01-03] At this time, the Society first opened Poe's preserved room at 13 West Range, which they had furnished with "a settee from the Allan home in Richmond" as well as "a real raven, stuffed, [which] looked down from a coign of the room."cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vs0zAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0w55cLoNKUKstO#PPA357,M1 |title=History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919: The Lengthening Shadow of One Man |last=Bruce |first=Philip Alexander |authorlink=Philip Alexander Bruce |volume=V |pages=357-8 |year=1922]Notable members of the Raven Society have included founder and UVA Law professor Raleigh C. Minor,cite book |last=Dabney |first=Virginius |authorlink=Virginius Dabney |url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:178665/uva-lib-bdef:100/getFullView |title=Mr. Jefferson's University: A History |location=Charlottesville |publisher=University of Virginia Press |year=1981 |pages=123|isbn=081390904X] University president Frank Hereford,Dabney, 598.] former Alumni Association director J. Malcolm "Mack" Luck,Dabney, 122] , and UVA and Baltimore Colts football player
Gary Cuozzo ,Dabney, 557]Raven Award Recipients
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Harry Clemons , UVA librarian
*Bill Crutchfield , founder, Crutchfield Corporationcitation
url=http://www.crutchfield.com/S-vhEaWpQ4g5S/mediarelations/bcrutchfield.html
title=William G. Crutchfield, Jr. (corporate biography)
accessdate=2008-01-03]
*Dr. Annette Gibbs
*Dean Patricia Lampkin
*John Lloyd Newcomb , UVA president
*Colgate Darden , UVA presidentDabney, 418.]External links
[http://www.uvaravensociety.com/ The Raven Society]
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