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DATE: FRIDAY, March 16, 1990                   TAG: 9003162154
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

WISCONSIN EDUCATOR TAKES VCU TOP JOB

Trani, 50, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin, said he will focus on improving VCU's academics and the diversity of its student body when he takes over July 1.

Trani, hired by The VCU Board of Visitors as the school's fourth president, will succeed retiring President Edmund F. Ackell, who has held the job since 1978.

- Associated Press