Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 29, 1993 TAG: 9309290030
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
JAMES MCCOMAS
September 1988: McComas named Virginia Tech's 13th president.\
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January 1989: Virginia Tech takes over management of the Graduate Center of
the Roanoke Valley.\
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July 1989: Norfolk Southern Corp. announces gift of Hotel Roanoke to Virginia
Tech.\
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August 1989: State orders first round of budget cuts.\
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Spring 1990: State orders second round of budget cuts.\
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September 1990: Virginia Tech included in U.S. News & World-Report's Top 50
national universities.\
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November 1990: Tech told to prepare for third round of budget cuts. The first
two rounds in 1989 and 1990 equaled $46.7 million.\
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February 1991: Tech joins the Big East football conference\
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November 1991: National Science Foundation designates Tech one of 11 national
science and technology centers.\
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January 1992: Virginia Tech unveils the Electronic Village.\
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January 1992: Mississippi State University names its creative arts complex
McComas Hall. McComas was president there from 1976 to 1985.\
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February 1992: Tech reaches $41 million goal for the Hotel Roanoke and
adjacent convention center with Norfolk Southern's $2 million gift to the
joint project between Tech and Roanoke.\
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February 1992: Applications to Virginia Tech reach an all-time high.\
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November 1992: State voters approve a $472 million bond issue, for which
McComas campaigned heavily. It provided $46 million for construction at Tech.\
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November 1992: McComas named chairman of the National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges.\
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June 1993: McComas named co-chairman of the New Century Business Council.\
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August 1993: Final federal funding for Virginia Tech's biotechnology center
secured; construction to begin in 1994.\
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September 1993: McComas diagnosed with colon cancer.\
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Sept. 28, 1993: McComas announces his resignation.
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