U.VA. ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE OF CHARACTER 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 10 -- The University of Virginia
will grant three Algernon Sydney Sullivan awards at its upcoming
Valediction Exercises on May 18.
	The awards, which recognize excellence of character and
service to humanity, will be presented to a psychology professor
revered by thousands of former students and to two graduating
fourth-year students. The criteria for selection include service to
the University community and the personal traits of kindness and
gentleness of spirit. 
	Raymond C. Bice Jr., now University historian, for decades
captivated his students as professor of psychology through a creative
approach to teaching that used equipment now known as "Bice devices."
Bice arrived at U.Va. in 1948 as an assistant professor of psychology.
He later served as the dean of admissions and as secretary to the
Board of Visitors. 
	Barbara Gulick, of Adelphi, Md., has spent countless hours on
a broad range of volunteer programs while a student at U.Va. They
include: helping with the Holiday Sharing Program to see that needy
families have holiday food and gift baskets; organizing a group of
students to tutor local children living in transitional housing and at
the Salvation Army shelter, and during spring break, living on a
reservation in Tahlequah, Okla., to work with Native Americans.
	"Bobby" Chinh Quang Le, of Springfield, Va., has contributed
greatly to various organizations that enrich student life and
strengthen the University community. He has served as honor educator
for the Honor Committee, as a member of the Asian Student Union and as
a multicultural facilitator.
	The Algernon Sydney Sullivan awards were established by the
New York Southern Society in 1925 to honor its first president. The
awards are presented annually at U.Va. and at about a dozen other
universities in the United States to two undergraduate degree
candidates, a man and a woman, and a member of the university
community. Recipients receive medallions, certificates and books on
Algernon Sydney Sullivan.
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May 9, 1997
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