Oct. 13, 1998
Contact: Katherine Jackson
(804) 924-3629


LITERATURE SCHOLAR AND FORMER DEAN ROBERT KELLOGG TO SPEAK AT U.VA.'S
FALL CONVOCATION

	Robert L. Kellogg, professor of English at the University of
Virginia and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will
deliver U.Va.'s 1998 Fall Convocation address on Friday, Oct. 30, at 2
p.m.
	The Lawn ceremony, which officially opens Family Weekend, will
honor more than 680 undergraduate students for their academic
excellence.  Students will be awarded Intermediate Honors in
acknowledgment that they've earned grade-point averages of 3.4 or higher
during their first two years at U.Va. 
	The Thomas Jefferson Award, given annually to a member of the
University community who exemplifies in character and achievements the
ideals of the University's founder, also will be presented. The event is
open to the public.
	Kellogg, an expert in medieval literature, joined the University
faculty as an English instructor in 1957 while completing his doctoral
degree at Harvard and was promoted to assistant professor in 1959.  In
1964 he became an associate professor of English and in 1967 was
appointed professor.  He served as chairman of the English department
for four years beginning in 1974 and also was chairman of the executive
council of the Faculty Senate.  He became Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences in 1978 and served until 1985.  From 1985 until 1988
Kellogg was principal of Monroe Hill, U.Va.'s first residential college.
	Faculty attired in academic regalia will proceed from the steps
of the Rotunda toward the South Lawn, signaling the start of the event.
In case of rain, the convocation will take place in University Hall.  A
decision to move indoors will be announced by 10 a.m.
	Family Weekend at U.Va. also includes the University Forum, a
public address by President John T. Casteen III on the state of the
University, followed by a public question and answer session with U.Va.
administrators.  The forum will take place Saturday, Oct. 31, on the
South Lawn from 9:30 to 11 a.m.  The rain site is Cabell Hall
Auditorium.
###
Television reporters should contact the TV News Office at (804)
924-7550.