AIDS ENDOWMENT NAMED FOR ASHE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, February 14, 1993                   TAG: 9302140096
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MEMPHIS, TENN.                                LENGTH: Short
AIDS ENDOWMENT NAMED FOR ASHE
A $1.25 million pediatric AIDS research endowment named for tennis legend Arther Ashe will be established at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, officials said Saturday.
The hospital was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas and opened in 1962 to treat catastrophic-children's diseases. The announcement came during the Kroger-St. Jude International tennis tournament.
Ashe, the only black man to win Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis championships, died Feb. 6 of AIDS-related pneumonia. He had worked for increased AIDS awareness and helped raise funds for AIDS research programs.
"One call to Arthur and he was quickly on board," said J. Wayne Richmond, executive vice president of the IBM-ATP Tour. "He worked up to 48 hours before his death to make this happen." IBM-ATP was previously called the Association of Tennis Professionals.
The Racquet Club of Memphis, site of the tournament, Kroger and the IBM-ATP Tour Charities committed to raising money for the $1.25 million endowment, said club owner Mac Winker.
Days before his death Ashe recorded a videotape about the effort.
St. Jude is part of the AIDS Clinical Trails Group, a network of 24 pediatric and 28 adult AIDS research units across the country.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB