
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, July 23, 1990                   TAG: 9007230183
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

UVA CHIEF'S MANSION WILL GET FACELIFT

The University of Virginia president's mansion is getting a $270,000 facelift as the university prepares to make state-ordered budget cuts that could go as deep as 5 percent.

New president John T. Casteen is scheduled to move into the house Friday.

Work on the mansion includes a $120,000 replacement of the 19th-century slate roof, an exterior paint job, repairs to interior walls and new carpeting, said university spokeswoman Louise Dudley.

A whirlpool bath is being installed in the president's second-story bathroom for about $2,000, Dudley said. The tub and the decorating changes are being paid for with private funds, she said.

Outgoing president Robert M. O'Neil said the repairs to the mansion, which he vacated a month ago, are long overdue. He said leaks in the roof had caused water damage.

O'Neil said the whirlpool bath is for treatment of a back ailment.

Ronald Shirley, a university physical plant administrator, said some of the work will not be completed until late August. Casteen begins his new duties on Aug. 1.

by CNB