
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 7, 1990                   TAG: 9003071808
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: shenandoah bureau
DATELINE: LEXINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

VMI PLANS KNAPP INAUGURATION

Maj. Gen. John Knapp, who last summer was named superintendent of Virginia Military Institute, will be inaugurated March 29, the school has announced.

The school's 12th superintendent will be inaugurated at an 11 a.m. ceremony that will include a speech by James Madison University President Ronald Carrier, school officials said. There will be a parade at 9 a.m.

Knapp's inauguration was ordered by the school's board of visitors, according to VMI spokesman Tom Joynes. Gen. Sam Walker, Knapp's predecessor, never had one - "He didn't want to fool with it," VMI spokesman Tom Joynes said - but the board decided that Knapp should.

by CNB