BOARD OF VISITORS ESTABLISHES THREE NEW CHAIRED PROFESSORSHIPS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 11 -- The University of Virginia
Board of Visitors established three new chaired professorships at
its meeting here today, bringing the number of endowed chairs to 360.
	In the College of Arts and Sciences the board established
the Alice Griffin Professorship in English Literature in honor of
the mother of an alumnus.  The chair is supported by a gift from
John A. Griffin in honor of his mother, a longtime professor of
English at the City University of New York.  John Griffin, a 1985
U.Va. alumnus, is president of a New York-based investment banking
firm.
	Also in the College of Arts and Sciences the board
established the T. Cary Johnson Jr. Professorship in History, in
memory of a former distinguished history professor and chair of the
department here.  T. Cary Johnson Jr., who served on the history
faculty between 1928 and 1967 and died in 1972, was widely admired
for his rich contributions to the University as a teacher, scholar
and administrator.  The professorship is made possible by a gift
from an anonymous donor.
	In the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the board
established the Edgar A. Starke Jr. Research Professorship in
Materials Science.  It honors Starke, an internationally known
expert on materials science who served as dean of the school from
1984 until this year and has been a member of its faculty since
1983.  The chair was made possible by a gift from two graduates of
the school, E. Morgan Massey and Sture G. Olsson, who are also
members of the board of directors of the Virginia Engineering
Foundation.  Olsson was honored for his many services and financial
contributions to the school, especially gifts toward the renovation
of the old applied mathematics building, in 1989 when the structure
was renamed Olsson Hall.  Massey has been a major contributor to the
University and several colleges throughout the Appalachian region,
as well as the Massey Cancer Center at the Medical College of
Virginia.
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November 11, 1994