RELEASE ON RECEIPT

                                            CONTACT: Katherine Jackson


     CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., April 4 -- The American Diabetes Association's 1996
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diabetes in Youth will be presented to
Dr. William L. Clarke.
     Clarke, a professor at the Univeristy of Virginia Children's Medical 
Center, will be recognized June 7, in San Francisco, for working with young
people with diabetes.
     One of fifty-one U.Va. doctors recently named to "The Best Doctors in
America" guide, Clarke's specialty is diabetes in children.
     The diabetes award is made possible by Boehringer Mannheim Corporation,
and consists of $1,000 donated in Clarke's name to U.Va., a plaque and travel
expenses to San Francisco to attend the presentation.
     Clarke, who has been at U.Va. since 1978, received his medical degree 
from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.  He completed his internship
and residency training at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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                                                    April 4, 1996