THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 13, 1997              TAG: 9701130046
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MAC DANIEL, STAFF WRITER 
                                            LENGTH:   33 lines

DON SCALF, 49, DIES IN TENN.; ONCE CHESAPEAKE CITY MANAGER

William D. ``Don'' Scalf, Chesapeake's city manager from 1984 to 1987, died over the weekend in a Tennessee hospital. He was 49.

Scalf was credited with being an innovator whose time in Chesapeake was short-lived. He moved back to Tennessee after being dismissed from the city manager's position in Chesapeake.

``He came to us with a number of great ideas,'' Mayor William E. Ward said. ``I am sorry to hear of his passing.''

James W. Rein, Chesapeake's longest-serving city manager, remembered Scalf as an administrator who began the tradition of planting crape myrtles along street medians. During the city's high-growth heyday, this was a first.

Scalf came to the Chesapeake job from similar city manager positions in Macon, Ga., and Pigeon Forge, Tenn., where he served five years. He also was city manager of Kingston, Tenn., from 1972 to 1975.

Scalf was hired by Chesapeake after the resignation of former City Manager John Maxwell. Rein, who served as deputy city manager for Scalf, took over the position in 1987.

Scalf's two children, Joseph D. ``Joey'' Scalf and Casey B. Scalf, live in Chesapeake. Services were held Sunday and the funeral will be held Tuesday in Kingston, Tenn. ILLUSTRATION: William D. ``Don'' Scalf was the city manager of

Chesapeake from 1984

to 1987.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY