U.VA. BOARD OF VISITORS ESTABLISHES
 TWO ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 12 -- The University of
Virginia's Board of Visitors established two new endowed
professorships, including one in law and one in medicine, at its
meeting here today.  The action brings the total of endowed chairs
at U.Va. to 377.
	In the School of Law the board established the Albert C.
BeVier Research Professorship through a gift from Michael J. and
professor Lillian R. BeVier in honor of Michael BeVier's father, who
died in 1963.
	A native of Minneapolis, Albert BeVier was a mechanical
engineer who during World War II served as director of test
engineers for General Electric Co.  At the time of his death he was
vice president of marketing for Franklin Electric Co. in Indiana.
	Michael BeVier, a financial consultant, is co-founder and
chairman of MorBanc, a mortgage banking firm.  Lillian BeVier, a
leading constitutional scholar and member of the law faculty since
1973, holds the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation
Professorship in Law and the Elizabeth D. & Richard A. Merrill
Research Professorship in Law.
	Harrisonburg business leader Charles O. Strickler and his
wife, Judy, contributed a $1 million gift to the School of Medicine
to establish the Strickler Family Professorship in Transplant
Surgery. The new professorship will support a nationally ranked
transplant surgeon.
	Strickler, who received a kidney transplant at U.Va. in
1988, is president of Rocco Inc., one of the largest poultry
producers in the United States. In 1988 he was honored as business
person of the year by the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Chamber of
Commerce, and in 1995 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award
from Virginia Tech.  Strickler and his wife founded and co-chair
U.Va.'s Transplant Advisory Committee.
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April 11, 1996