James S. Cheng and his wife, Jeanette Wang,
of McLean, pledged $1 million to create a scholarship
fund at the University of Virginia's Darden School
of Business for students from Asia. Cheng, who
received an MBA from Darden in 1987, began Computer & Hi-Tech
Management Inc. in 1994. He sold the company in 2005
and is now an angel investor. (News release)
Dr. Sarah Forbes of Newport
News donated $1 million to Christopher Newport University's
merit scholarship challenge campaign. Forbes, the first
woman to start her own obstetrics and gynecology practice
in Newport News, received her medical degree from
the Medical College of Virginia in 1954. (Daily
Press)
H. Russell "Russ" Griffith, chairman, president
and CEO of Datatel Inc. of Fairfax, died in his sleep on Aug. 7 while attending an industry conference
in Chicago.
He was 59. Griffith
joined the company in 1972 and became president and
CEO in 1992. (Business Wire)
W. Carter Younger, a partner in the Richmond
office of McGuireWoods, was listed in the Lawdragon
500, a list of top litigators selected by Lawdragon quarterly
from peer and client evaluations. Younger's practice
focuses on representation of management in employment
and labor issues. (News release)
