April 21, 1998
						Contact: Ida Lee
Wootten, (804) 924-6857

AWARD RECOGNIZES ANNETTE GIBBS' DIVERSE LEADERSHIP ROLES 
AT U.VA.
	A national honor society chapter at the University of Virginia
has bestowed on education professor Annette Gibbs an award for her
leadership and service at U.Va.
	The Virginia Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) recently gave
its Arthur F. Stocker Faculty Award to Gibbs, director of the Center for
the Study of Higher Education and the Linda K. Bunker Professor of
Higher Education.  Named in honor of a U.Va. professor of classics, the
Stocker Award recognizes outstanding contributions of an ODK member.  
	The award cites Gibbs' leadership in implementing co-education
at U.Va.  It also cites her leadership in promoting educational
opportunities for doctoral students pursuing careers in higher education
and recognizes her service as mentor and advocate for women seeking
Ph.D. degrees.  The award also recognizes Gibbs' work in advancing the
field of college and university administration.
	Gibbs was recruited to the University in 1970 by then-President
Edgar Shannon to implement co-education.  As associate dean of students,
Gibbs designed a full range of academic, cultural and social support
programs for students.  They included residential life, academic
advising, orientation and University Union's programs and activities.  
	In 1985, several years after being promoted to professor, Gibbs
became director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, which
prepares people for leadership roles in post secondary education.  Since
its creation in U.Va.'s Curry School of Education in 1969, the center
has graduated about 150 individuals, many of whom now hold top
policymaking positions in colleges or universities nationwide.
	In nominating Gibbs for the Stocker Award, Linda Bunker,
associate dean for graduate programs and admissions in the Curry School,
wrote, "I can think of no more deserving member of the University of
Virginia community.  In this, the 25th anniversary of the first class of
undergraduate women graduates, what could be more fitting than to
celebrate the woman who personally supervised the transition of women
into Mr. Jefferson's University and who has contributed to every aspect
of University life for both men and women."
	In 1995 Gibbs was selected the Curry School of Education
Outstanding Professor.