CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Jan. 16 -- Magda Stayton has been named
assistant vice president for development at the University of
Virginia Health Sciences Center.  Stayton has been serving as
director of corporate and foundation relations for Health Sciences
Development since 1993.  She came to the U.Va. School of Medicine
as a major gifts officer in December 1992.  Her appointment,
announced by J.A. Knight, associate vice president for health
sciences development, was effective November 1.
     "Ms. Stayton has developed a superb corporate and foundation
relations program which will have significant, long-term impact on
the Health Sciences Center," Knight said.  "She has assumed major
responsibilities for the fund-raising campaign and works well with
the faculty.  She carries out her tasks with competence and good
humor.  This promotion is richly deserved."
     Prior to joining Health Sciences Center fund-raising efforts,
Stayton served as senior development writer for the Long Island
Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.  From 1988 to
1991, she coordinated trustee education programs at North Shore
University Hospital in Manhasset, New York.  She is a certified
health education specialist and has held a variety of health
education and social work positions at St. John's Hospital and
Health Center in Santa Monica, California, Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center and U.C.L.A. Medical Center.
     Stayton holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's
degree in health administration.  She and her husband, Larry, and
their son, Connor, live in Ivy.