SIX PROFESSORSHIPS ESTABLISHED BY U.VA. BOARD OF VISITORS
	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 7 -- The University of Virginia
Board of Visitors established six new chaired professorships at its
meeting here today, bringing the number of endowed chairs to 366.
	In the School of Medicine, the board established the Evelyn
Troup Hobson Professorship in Health Evaluation Sciences, for a
faculty member who will focus on education, training and research in
the fundamental and information-dependent disciplines of health
evaluation, epidemiology, biostatistics, health informatics and
health services research. The chair was funded by William Hobson in
honor of his wife, the late Evelyn Hobson, a clinical psychologist.
	Also in the School of Medicine, the board established the
William Hobson Professorship in Information Sciences, to support a
physician/scientist to foster the development and integration of
computer-based information throughout the School of Medicine and
Medical Center. Funding was provided by William Hobson, a highly
successful real estate investor who, with his late wife, has been a
generous supporter of institutions of higher education.
	A third chair in the School of Medicine, the Louise Nerancy
Professorship in Neurology, was also established by the board. It
was funded by the estate of the late Louise Nerancy, who, with her
husband, the late Dr. John T. Nerancy, established three other
endowed professorships in the health sciences and made substantial
gifts to the Health Sciences Center and the neurology/neurosurgery
intensive care unit that bears their name.
	In the School of Law, the board established the William L.
Matheson and Robert W. Morgenthau Research Professorship in Law, to
attract and retain eminent legal scholars in the field of criminal
law. It was funded by a gift from Matheson, a 1950 graduate of the
school, to honor his friendship with Morgenthau, district attorney
for the District of New York and recipient of the school's 1991
Thomas Jefferson Award. Matheson has previously established three
other funds in the School of Law.
	Also in the School of Law, the board established the
Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professorship in Business Law and
Regulation, to focus on education and research in those legal areas.
It was funded by Chimicles, a 1973 graduate of the school who served
on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. A practicing
attorney in Haverford, Pennsylvania, he is a frequent lecturer at
the law schools of Rutgers University and New York University and at
numerous bar association-sponsored programs.
	A third chair in the school, the Class of 1941 Research
Professorship in Law, was also established by the board. Funding was
provided by members of the class including Andrew Brent, the
Honorable John Butzner, Frederick Field, W. Floyd Williams, Beverly
Pattishall, A. J. Drexel Paul Jr. and Martin Goodman.
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April 7, 1995