U.VA. GAINS NEW EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 12 -- Simon Brown, an academic
administrator with nearly 20 years experience in designing and
implementing affirmative action policies, has been named director of
the Equal Opportunity Programs Office at the University of Virginia,
effective Aug. 28.
	Currently associate vice president for affirmative action
and equal employment opportunity at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, Brown will oversee the recruitment, hiring
and retention of women and minorities and will train staff in equal
opportunity policy.  Brown, who will have primary responsibility for
equal employment and affirmative action (EO/AA) planning at the
University, will also handle discrimination complaints and will
monitor and promote minority student recruitment.
	ÒMr. BrownÕs experience makes him particularly well-equipped
to work with the Health Sciences Center in developing a new Equal
Opportunity Programs satellite office there,Ó said President John T.
Casteen III.  ÒWe look forward to his leadership in investigating
and resolving discrimination complaints, providing advice and
assistance to academic and administrative departments and
implementing the recommendations of the work group on equal
opportunity efforts that reported to me last year.Ó
	Brown, who has held his current position since 1989,
developed a comprehensive diversity program that included forums for
disseminating EO/AA information.  Before joining the New Jersey
institution, he served for 10 years as assistant to the president of
EO/AA programs at the University of Houston, where he developed
policies for affirmative action and oversaw development of grievance
procedures.
	At U.Va. he will succeed John Garland, who has been serving
as interim director since Lincoln Lewis retired last August.
	Brown has been affiliated with the American Association for
Affirmative Action, the College and University Personnel Association
and the American Association for Higher Education.
	A graduate of Goshen College in Indiana, he holds a masterÕs
degree in education from the University of Houston.
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August 11, 1995