U.VA. ECONOMIST SAM KAPLAN CHOSEN PRESIDENT-ELECT
OF VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMISTS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 22 -- Sam Kaplan, an economist
with the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public
Service, has been chosen president-elect of the Virginia Association
of Economists. 
	Kaplan, a member of the U.Va. Cooper Center's business and
economics research staff since 1991, was elected at the association's
annual meeting in Richmond Friday.
	He will serve as president of the 100-member organization in
1998. The association represents economists in colleges and
universities, state and local government and private industry
throughout the state. 
	At the Cooper Center Kaplan conducts numerous studies of the
state's economy and local economies, including an annual report on
Virginians' adjusted gross income.
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March 21, 1997
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