A president’s legacy: Casteen, others evaluate his 20 years shepherding UVA

By Josh Barney

“As John T. Casteen III was inaugurated as the University of Virginia’s seventh president on Oct. 6, 1990, the 46-year-old Portsmouth native laid out a vision that would guide UVa for the following two decades.”

“Let our goal be a logical extension of our origins and history: that the University of Virginia become in our time preeminent among public universities and second in teaching and research to no university, public or private,” Casteen told the crowd of 6,000 students, parents, alumni and dignitaries gathered on the Lawn. “This means nothing more than the university will be what it was established to be.”

“Casteen, now 66, is stepping down from UVa’s presidency Aug. 1, when he will retire and University of Michigan Provost Teresa Sullivan will take the helm. ...”

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