Current Articles of Incorporation

I.

The name of the corporation is to be "The Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary in Virginia."

The term alumni as referred to in the charter shall refer to male and female graduates or former students of the College who shall be eligible for membership under the by-laws hereafter adopted.

II.

The principal office of the corporation is to be in Williamsburg, Virginia.

III.

The purpose of this corporation is to organize the alumni of the College of William and Mary in one general body, so as to better keep alive the memories of college life, and by their united effort the more efficiently to aid in the promotion of the welfare of the College.

IV.

The corporation shall have the power to solicit, collect, and receive and disburse funds, and dispose of property in furtherance of the objectives of the Association, and with its funds to endow professorships, create scholarship, erect buildings, and to render assistance in any manner to the College, and the power to do any and all other things not prohibited by law.

V.

The membership of the Association shall consist of alumni as may be recognized by this Association under such a constitution or by-laws and rules and regulations as may be recommended by the Board of Directors and adopted by the general Association and altered from time to time in the same manner. The by-laws shall define the voting membership and the method of taking the vote in general or special meetings of the Association. All proposed amendments to the constitution and by-laws, rules and regulations must be submitted by the Board of Directors to the general Association with recommendations.

VI.

The Board of Directors, or the Association in general or special meeting, shall have the power to raise an endowment fund, or such other funds as may be deemed proper for the purposes and aims of the corporation, and to apply and dispose of the same toward the general objectives of the Association in such manner as may seem most judicious. The Association may receive and hold property, real and personal, and dispose of the same from time to time. The Board of Directors shall have the power to propose and recommend for approval of the Association, either at a general or special meeting, a constitution and by-laws, or any rules and regulations deemed advisable for the orderly conducting of the affairs of this Association.

VII.

The maximum number of Directors of the Corporation is to be eleven, and the number may be increased or decreased from time to tim within this maximum upon recommendation of the Board of Directors and approval of the members of the Association in either a general or special meeting provide that thee shall never be less than three Directors.

The President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be chosen from the Board of Directors by said Board. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected in the manner prescribed by the By-laws of this Society.

VIII.

The names and addresses of the members of the Board of Directors, and of the officers of the corporation who are to continue in office, until their successors are elected, are as follows:

{list of officers names in 1938}

IX.

The period for the duration of this corporation shall be perpetual.

X.

The corporation shall not hold more than one thousand acres of land at any one time.