resting_place death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor image_size nationality birth_date known_for term article_title education name occupation alma_mater
university of virginia cemetery 21 september 2004 charlottesville , virginia , u.s. edgar f. shannon , jr. . lake charles , louisiana , u.s. robert m. o’neil 175px american 18 july 1923 president of the university of virginia 1974 -- 1985 frank hereford -lrb- university of virginia -rrb-
 ph.d frank loucks hereford , jr. . educator university of virginia
frank hereford -lrb- university of virginia -rrb-

frank loucks hereford , jr. -lrb- july 18 , 1923 -- september 21 , 2004 -rrb- was the president of the university of virginia from 1974 to 1985 .
he died in 2004 at the age of 81 .
among the hallmarks of his presidency were a major capital campaign , which increased the university 's endowment from $ 97 million to more than $ 250 million ; and ending the traditional easters weekend party .
