EVENT RECAPS
40-YEAR MILESTONE CELEBRATION
The 6th Annual VAF 40-Year Milestone Celebration was held the weekend of Oct. 14-15 in conjunction
with the Virginia football game versus Pittsburgh. The celebration, which honored all VAF members who
reached their 40th anniversary for consecutive years of giving in 2015, included a dinner Friday evening at
Morven Farms and an on-field recognition at the football game on Saturday.
To start the celebration, honorees enjoyed a cocktail hour and were treated to a performance by the Vir-
ginia Gentlemen. Afterwards, the formal program opened with Dirk Katstra taking a look back at the scope
of Virginia Athletics over the past 40 years, followed by Billy Hunt, a member of this year's class of 40-year
donors, who offered the crowd his perspective on the importance of giving. Craig Littlepage thanked the
honorees for their loyal support, then introduced the evening's keynote speaker, head men's basketball
coach Tony Bennett.
Coach Bennett provided a humorous and thoughtful speech noting how grateful he was for longtime
donor support and how essential that kind of giving is to the success of programs like his own.
Speakers at the Morven Farm dinner were Billy Hunt, VAF executive director Dirk Katstra and head
men's basketball coach Tony Bennett.
