MILLER CENTER PROGRAM GIVEN $500,000 BY TAIWAN GOVERNMENT 
	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 3 -- The Miller Center of Public
Affairs at the University of Virginia has received a $500,000 gift
from the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan to establish
the C. K. Yen Chair for the study of political leadership in Asia.
	The gift supports the expansion of a program on leadership
instituted and directed by S. C. Leng, Compton Professor at the
Miller Center since retiring from the University's Department of
Government and Foreign Affairs.
	C.K. Yen was a president of the Republic of China. His
daughter is Nora Leng, wife of professor Leng.
	"This gift will enable us to continue an important program
that adds a comparative dimension to the center's study of the
American presidency," said center director Kenneth W. Thompson.  "We
can further deepen our understanding of leadership and open new
horizons for thinking about Asia. In the past the government of
Taiwan has made similar grants to centers and programs at Harvard
University and the University of Michigan."
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May 2, 1995