94-04-21 U.Va. Alumni Association Presents Awards to Faculty, Staff and Students

U.VA. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AWARDS TO
FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 21 -- The University of Virginia
Alumni Association recently saluted faculty, staff and students for
their outstanding achievements and service to the University
community.
      Law student Peter G. McHugh and fourth-year student Nicole D.
Woodard received the Alumni Association's Distinguished Student
Award.
     McHugh, who earned an MBA degree at the University in 1991,
has been an area coordinator for Resident Staff in the dormitories
at U.Va. Last year, as part of the University's commemoration of
Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, he organized the Jefferson
Literary and Debating Society's 24-hour read-a-thon, during which
students and faculty read selections of Jefferson's writings.
     Woodard has been a resident coordinator for Resident Staff and
has served as an honor adviser and task force member for the Honor
Committee. In that role she created and disseminated educational
material to familiarize undergraduates with the workings of the
Honor System. She also has served as a peer adviser and as a
multicultural facilitator.
    Mary M. Anderson received the Alumni Association's
Distinguished Service Award, which honors an outstanding member of
the University staff.  Anderson began working for the University 28
years ago and has spent 15 years in the University's Student Health
Center, where she is senior executive secretary to the director.
She is admired for her caring and helpful attitude when dealing
with students who call the center seeking help.
    Terry A.C. Gray, a fourth-year student from Gary, Indiana,
received the Gray-Carrington Memorial Scholarship. Recently elected
president of Student Council, Gray was one of the founders of the
undergraduate branch of USUPRA, University Students United to
Promote Racial Awareness. During the awards presentation, Gray
received a letter of congratulation from Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh, an
alumnus of the U.Va. law school.
    Dr. Gerald L. Mandell and colleague Gail W. Sullivan of the
U.Va. department of internal medicine received the University's
Inventor of the Year Award for their discovery that alkylxanthines
can be used in the treatment of sepsis, AIDS and arthritis.
According to the award citation, "the future holds great promise
for the alleviation of human suffering and death because of this
discovery."
    George L. Cahen Jr., professor of materials science, received
the Adelle F. Robertson Award for excellence in continuing
education. Cahen has played a key role in organizing the
University's televised engineering courses, which allow engineers
around the state to receive graduate training.
    A Special Award for Economic Development in the Commonwealth of
Virginia was presented to Judy Lindstrom, president of MicroAire
Surgical Instruments Inc., and Hovey Dabney, rector of the
University, for their part in opening U.Va.'s new research park
north of Charlottesville. MicroAire will be the first tenant in the
research park.
    Other award winners honored during the ceremony include:
     o  Jennifer Annis, winner of the Gilbert J. Sullivan Parents
Program Scholarship
     o  Michael Christian Stouse, winner of the Thomas Rodney
Crowley Jr. Scholarship
     o  Holly Cox, winner of the Kelly O'Hara Memorial Scholarship
     o  Justin Winthers, winner of the Sky Alland Scholarship
     o  Leah Brannon, winner of the economics department's William
M. Hill Jr. Award
     o  Jin Auh, winner of the drama department's Clay E. Delauney
Jr. Award
     o  Caroline Bootle and Pip Tulou, winners of the drama
department's William DeMoville Pettway Prize
     o  Edward Carr and David McConnell, winners of the Dana H.
Rowe Scholarship
     o  Robert Loftin and Christopher Grey McLean, winners of the
religious studies department's Edwin B. Kyle Scholarships.
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                                                   April 20, 1994

Karen A. Castle
University News Office
kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu
(804) 924-7116


[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Thu, 21 Apr 94 10:33:52 EDT]