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

DATE: SUNDAY, October 8, 1995                   TAG: 9510090080
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FORT DEFIANCE                                LENGTH: Short

BUSINESSMAN BUYS ACADEMY

The academy closed in 1984 because of financial difficulties, was founded in 1858 and was the state's oldest military academy.

Stuarts Draft businessman Kennard W. Campbell bought the school Friday at a court-ordered auction. He said he had no plans for property but it ``won't be a school.''

- Associated Press