Tree planting April 13

A tree honoring Mrs. Marian Lee Stuart Cochran, a former member of the U.Va. Board of Visitors, will be planted in the garden of Pavilion IV on April 13 during Founder's Day activities. University President John T. Casteen III will preside at the planting of a tall stewartia at the 2 p.m. ceremony.

Appointed by then-Gov. Charles S. Robb, Cochran served on U.Va.'s board from 1982 until 1990. A 1946 graduate of Hollins College, she was awarded the Garden Club of Virginia's Massie Medal in 1980. She has also served as chair of Monticello's Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.