John T. Casteen III, president emeritus of the University of Virginia, received an honorary doctorate on July 1 from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

President Obama recently announced the appointments of John Casteen and Timothy Broas to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

John T. Casteen III, widely recognized for transforming the University of Virginia into an institution of world standing, is joining in leadership of Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va.

President John T. Casteen III is leaving the University of Virginia a far different institution than it was when he took office in 1990.

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...