ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TO DISCUSS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT U.VA.

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 6 -- University of Virginia law
school alumnus Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will address "Our Environmental
Destiny" on Thursday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall
Auditorium at the University of Virginia.
	As a speaker in the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Lecture
Series, Kennedy will describe environmental policies that he
believes can also benefit the nation's economy.  Among the topics he
will address are global warming, the greenhouse effect and water
pollution.
	A senior attorney for the National Resources Defense
Council, Kennedy is also a clinical professor and supervising
attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University
Law School in New York.  
	A graduate of Harvard University, Kennedy earned his law
degree from U.Va. in 1982 and a master's degree in environmental law
from Pace University.
	Public tickets for the lecture are $5 and can be purchased
at Peabody Hall and the Forestry Building at U.Va.  They are also
available at Mincer's, 1527 University Avenue, and Greenberry's
Coffee & Tea Co. in Barracks Road Shopping Center.
	For more information on Kennedy's talk, sponsored by the
Speakers and Issues Committee of University Union, call (804)
924-3286.
###
April 5, 1996
	Television reporters should contact our TV News Office at
(804) 924-7550.