
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 14, 1990                   TAG: 9003142719
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

VCU PRESIDENT SEARCH FRONTRUNNER NAMED

Eugene P. Trani, vice president for academic affairs in the University of Wisconsin system, is the apparent frontrunner for the presidency of Virginia Commonwealth University, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

A VCU delegation visited Wisconsin on Monday to perform a final background check on Trani, sources told the Richmond News Leader.

Trani, 51, was one of three candidates identified last month as leading prospects for the job. The other two were Charles A. Kiesler, 55, provost of Vanderbilt University, and Donald N. Langenberg, 57, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

by CNB