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

DATE: THURSDAY, January 13, 1994                   TAG: 9401130365
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-5   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

The hotel, owned by Roanoke-based Krisch Hotels Inc., achieved a guest satisfaction index placing it in the top 10 percent most improved of all properties with significant increases over second quarter results.

The index is based on the results of guest questionnaires evaluating cleanliness, maintenance, comfort, safety, food and employee attitudes.

\ LUCIAN A. DURHAM JR. and JOHN C. LANFORD, both of Roanoke, are among 16 "Eminent Engineers" graduates recently initiated into the Virginia Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at VMI, a national engineering honor society.

Selection to the society is based on lifetime accomplishments in the field of engineering.

Durham, a 1942 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, retired as chief engineer for the Norfolk and Western Railway Co. in 1980.

Lanford, a 1952 VMI graduate, is president of Adams Construction Co. in Roanoke.