Virginia Business - June 2005

COVER STORY
The Virginia 100
Growing economic sectors fatten portfolios of the rich.

The list
Our 16th annual ranking of the wealthiest people in the state

Methodology
How we ranked the rich

Upscale properties
Virginia’s estates offer history and privacy

Directory
A selection of residential real estate firms from around the state

Business law
Richmond lawyer using ABA post to promote change in jury process

Publisher’s profile
Former lottery director beginning new career as university president
A Q&A with Penelope W. Kyle

Regional report
Second homes are growing in Eastern Shore’s fields

Cape Charles’ charms led couple to leave California, buy café

Engineering/IT schools
Engineering schools broaden programs to prepare students for the ‘real world’

Directory
Engineering and IT schools in Virginia

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner
- Wealth is what you make of it

Letter to the Editor
- How best to organize local government in Richmond and elsewhere in Virginia for the long haul

Virginia Ideas
- The erosion of the power of the board of directors

Around the Old Dominion
- US Airways, America West plan merger
- Beyond the wild blue yonder
- Fort Monroe slated for closure
- Tobacco buyout deadline looms
- Microsoft moves in

Commercial Real Estate Quarterly
- Market leader profile: Thomas S. Turner
- Market overview
- Trends
- What's going up
- Awards
- The art of the deal

Followups
An update on companies and trends featured in recent issues:
- USS John F. Kennedy
- Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder

Reporter's Notebook
Notes and thoughts from the travels of Virginia Business writers and editors

For the Record
Mergers & acqusitions	Cutbacks, closings	Stocks, financing
Deals	Products, services	Legal, regulatory
New plants	Divestitures	Noteworthy
People	Expansions
Contracts	Real estate