For Release:
July 8, 2002
Contact: Joshua Scott
434-243-3540
CHARLOTTESVILLE ---The University of Virginia Center for Politics will host the
Commonwealth’s top journalists, political analysts, and current and former members of Virginia state government during the Gerald L. Baliles Governors Conference on Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19 at the Boar’s Head Inn in Charlottesville.
Sponsored each year by the University of Virginia Center for Politics and the Weldon Cooper
Center for Public Service, the Governors Conference reviews the administration of one of
Virginia’s modern governors in a non-partisan manner to determine how each has helped shape today’s Commonwealth. Following the success of conferences on Mills E. Godwin, A. Linwood
Holton, John N. Dalton, and Charles S. Robb, the fifth annual Governors Conference will explore the lessons, legacy, and historical significance of Baliles’ gubernatorial administration
(1986-1990).
Governor Baliles sought to make Virginia more competitive in the international marketplace. He was a Richmond attorney who also served in the House of Delegates and as Attorney General
(1982-1985). During his tenure, the state increased revenue collections dedicated to transportation. He also expanded the state prison system and appointed the first woman to the
Virginia Supreme Court.
A full schedule of panel discussions held at the Boar’s Head Inn on both days will be highlighted by a dinner on Thursday evening. The evening will include remarks by Center for Politics director Larry Sabato and a keynote address by Gerald L. Baliles.
Scheduled participants include United States Senator John W. Warner, former Governor
Linwood Holton, and numerous current and former legislators, including Al Smith, Joan Jones,
William Wampler, Hunter Andrews, Richard Cranwell, Vince Callahan, Joe Gartlan, Pete
Giesen, Janet Howell, and Bob Bloxom.
The panels are free and open to the public. Member of the media interested in covering any portion of the event should contact Joshua Scott at the Center for Politics at (434) 243-3540. For more information, please visit the Center’s new website at www.centerforpolitics.org
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Please see attached agenda.
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Thursday, July 18, 2002
11:45-12:45 PM Registration
12:45-1:00 PM
1:00-2:15 PM
Conference Opening
Welcome by Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director, Center for Politics
Panel Discussion
2:30-3:45 PM
The Pre-Gubernatorial Years
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: Sandra D. Bowen
William G. Broaddus Darrel D. Martin
David Doak
Bob Gibson
Joan Jones
Jeff Schapiro
Alson H. Smith, Jr.
Panel Discussion
Trade and Economic Development
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: Curry A. Roberts
Carol Amato Hugh D. Keogh
J. Robert Bray
Michael Hardy
William C. Wampler, Jr.
4:00–5:30 PM
6:00 -7:00 PM
7 :00 -9:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Transportation
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: Vivian E. Watts
Hunter B. Andrews
C. Richard Cranwell
Robert Melton
Ray D. Pethtel
Cocktail Reception
Dome Room Dinner (Rotunda, Dome Room)
Presiding: Andrew B. Fogarty
Remarks by The Honorable John W. Warner
Remarks by Gordon F. Rainey, Jr.
Introduction by Eva Teig Hardy
Keynote Address, The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles

Friday, July 19, 2001
8:00 -9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 -10:00 AM Panel Discussion
Education
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter:
Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
Margaret Edds
Donald J. Finley
Timothy J. Sullivan
Suzanne F. Thomas
10:15–11:15 AM Panel Discussion
Health and Human Resources
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: Eva S. Teig Hardy
Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.
A.R. Pete Giesen
11:30 AM–12:15 PM Panel Discussion
Natural Resources
Janet D. Howell
Bonnie Winston
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: John W. Daniel, II
Robert S. Bloxom
Robert G. Burnley
Larry Evans
Marge Fisher
Katherine E. Slaughter
12:30-1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Panel Discussion
The Politics of Governing
Presiding: Carolyn J. Moss
Presenter: Leonard L. Hopkins, Jr.
Christine O. Bridge
H. Benson Dendy, III
Conference Closing
Meredith Strohm Gunter
Gordon C. Morse
Final Remarks by the Honorable Linwood Holton, Governor of Virginia
1970-1974
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