CBS CORRESPONDENT WYATT ANDREWS TO SPEAK AT U.VA. 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Feb. 25 -- Wyatt G. Andrews, the former
White House news correspondent who covered President George Bush from
his inauguration through the end of the Gulf War, will be the keynote
speaker at Valedictory Exercises on Saturday, May 17, at the
University of Virginia.
	Andrews, who graduated with honors from U.Va.'s College of
Arts and Sciences in 1974, was chosen by the graduation committee of
the '97 class, chaired by Scott Bryant.
Andrews has won two Emmy Awards -- in 1986, for his coverage of the
Reagan-Gorbachev Summit at Reykjavik, and in 1984, for coverage of the
assassination of India President Indira Gandhi. 
	A national correspondent for CBS News in Washington, D.C., he
is responsible for reporting national trends for the "Eye on America"
segment of the CBS Evening News. Since October 1996, Andrews has been
responsible for "The Best of US," an occasional series that profiles
people doing inspirational projects.
	Other CBS assignments have included the State Department,
where he covered Secretary of State George Shultz, during the
Afghanistan accord, and Shultz's attempt to broker a Middle East
peace. From 1986 to 1988, he was the Moscow correspondent/bureau
chief, covering Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika,
the Chernobyl disaster, internal Soviet reform, the INF Treaty, and
all summit meetings between presidents Gorbachev, Reagan and Bush.
From 1984 to 1986, as CBS news Tokyo/Asia correspondent, he covered
Japan, unrest in the Philippines, the assassination of Indira Gandhi,
Bhopal and MIA negotiations. 
	Prior to joining CBS News, Andrews covered news at television
stations WPLG-TV in Miami from 1979 to 1981, and WFTV-TV in Orlando
from 1977 to 1979. He worked at WTVR-TV 6 in Richmond from 1974 until
1977. 
	Andrews, who grew up in Norfolk, lives in Vienna, Va. 
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February 24, 1997
	For more information on the ceremony contact Scott Bryant,
graduation committee chair, class of '97 trustees, at (804) 977-4617
or Paul Pastor, president, class of '97 trustees, at (804) 243-1679.
Television reporters should call our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.