UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Avenir Corporation
Address: 1725 K Street, N.W.
Suite 401
Washington, D.C. 20006
13F File Number: 28-6032
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Peter C. Keefe
Title: President
Phone: 202-659-4427
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing
Peter C. Keefe Washington, D.C. August 11, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 96
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $301,004,000
List of Other Included Managers:
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
Abbott Labs COM 2824100 260 5840SH SOLE 0 5840 0 0
ACNielsen Corp. COM 004833109 838 38100SH SOLE 0 38100 0 0
AEGON NV ORD AMER REG 7924103 309 8687SH SOLE 0 8687 0 0
AES Corp. COM 00130H105 730 16000SH SOLE 0 16000 0 0
Affiliated Computer Svcs Inc. CL A 008190100 2148 64963SH SOLE 0 64963 0 0
Airlease Ltd. L.P. DEPOSITORY UNIT 009366105 266 22400SH SOLE 0 22400 0 0
Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 15068 89693SH SOLE 0 89693 0 0
Alliance Capital, LP UNIT LTD PART 01855A101 285 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 626 12000SH SOLE 0 12000 0 0
American Int'l. Grp. COM 26874107 224 1908SH SOLE 0 1908 0 0
American Tower Sys CL A 029912201 11973 287214SH SOLE 0 287214 0 0
AMFM, Inc. COM 1693100 3243 47007SH SOLE 0 47007 0 0
Aztec Tech Ptnrs Inc COM 05480L101 35 16000SH SOLE 0 16000 0 0
B O K Financial Corp New COM NEW 05561Q201 1754 99876SH SOLE 0 99876 0 0
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 335 7850SH SOLE 0 7850 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway CL A 084670108 8608 160SH SOLE 0 160 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway B CL B 084670207 1396 793SH SOLE 0 793 0 0
Brookdale Living Communities, COM 112462106 2587 178380SH SOLE 0 178380 0 0
Cablevision Sys Corp CL A 12686C109 543 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
CFW Communications COM 124923103 22834 608906SH SOLE 0 608906 0 0
Clear Channel Communications, COM 184502102 2243 29900SH SOLE 0 29900 0 0
CNA Surety COM 12612L108 7753 649500SH SOLE 0 649500 0 0
Comcast Corp. - Sp. CL A 200300200 2961 73100SH SOLE 0 73100 0 0
Commerce Group. Inc. COM 200641108 428 14500SH SOLE 0 14500 0 0
Dover Downs Entertainment COM 260086103 482 34400SH SOLE 0 34400 0 0
E W Scripps Co. - A CL A 811054204 897 18217SH SOLE 0 18217 0 0
Esco Electronics COM TR RCPT 269030201 6347 373350SH SOLE 0 373350 0 0
Evergreen Resources COM 299900308 1280 43200SH SOLE 0 43200 0 0
Exxon Mobil COM 302290101 961 12239SH SOLE 0 12239 0 0
Fedders Corp. A Nvtg CL A 313135303 1656 357950SH SOLE 0 357950 0 0
First Union Reit SH BEN INT 337400105 1323 450522SH SOLE 0 450522 0 0
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 425 10500SH SOLE 0 10500 0 0
General Dynamics COM 369550108 4476 85670SH SOLE 0 85670 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 979 18474SH SOLE 0 18474 0 0
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.COM 422317107 1084 55615SH SOLE 0 55615 0 0
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 318 2550SH SOLE 0 2550 0 0
HRPT Properties Trust COM SH BEN INT 40426W101 78 12800SH SOLE 0 12800 0 0
Imperial Parking Corporation COM 453077109 377 22522SH SOLE 0 22522 0 0
IndyMac Mortgage Holdings, IncCOM 44977L100 245 18100SH SOLE 0 18100 0 0
Int. Speedway Corp. CL B 460335300 3655 88080SH SOLE 0 88080 0 0
INTEL Corp. COM 458140100 979 7320SH SOLE 0 7320 0 0
Intl Speedway A COM 460335201 3515 84950SH SOLE 0 84950 0 0
IPC Holdings, Ltd. ORD G4933P101 3238 231315SH SOLE 0 231315 0 0
John Nuveen Co. CL A 478035108 5233 124789SH SOLE 0 124789 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 571 5600SH SOLE 0 5600 0 0
Journal Register Company COM 481138105 7639 418596SH SOLE 0 418596 0 0
Kaiser Ventures COM 483100103 4081 294100SH SOLE 0 294100 0 0
Koninklijke Philips ElectronicSPONSORED ADR 500472105 16455 346424SH SOLE 0 346424 0 0
Leucadia National COM 527288104 395 17300SH SOLE 0 17300 0 0
Lexington Corp Pptys Tr COM 529043101 326 29100SH SOLE 0 29100 0 0
Markel Corporation COM 570535104 16493 116456SH SOLE 0 116456 0 0
MediaOne Group Inc. COM 58440J104 452 6790SH SOLE 0 6790 0 0
Mellon Financial Corp COM 585509102 2047 56180SH SOLE 0 56180 0 0
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 504 6580SH SOLE 0 6580 0 0
MGI Pharma, Inc COM 552880106 23925 831739SH SOLE 0 831739 0 0
Micros Systems COM 594901100 13848 746038SH SOLE 0 746038 0 0
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 256 3198SH SOLE 0 3198 0 0
MS DW Discover COM 617446448 234 2808SH SOLE 0 2808 0 0
National Wireless Hlds. COM 638560102 5569 253141SH SOLE 0 253141 0 0
Niagara Mohawk COM 653520106 9331 669500SH SOLE 0 669500 0 0
Nortel Networks Corp COM 656569100 472 6914SH SOLE 0 6914 0 0
Nvest Companies, LP UNIT LTD PARTN 644095101 917 24200SH SOLE 0 24200 0 0
Penn Virginia COM 707882106 13785 559816SH SOLE 0 559816 0 0
Penn-America Group Inc. COM 707247102 7679 975152SH SOLE 0 975152 0 0
Pepsi Americas Inc. CL B 713434108 221 73600SH SOLE 0 73600 0 0
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 343 7149SH SOLE 0 7149 0 0
Pico Holding COM NEW 693366205 1602 113916SH SOLE 0 113916 0 0
Potomac Electric Pwr COM 737679100 1375 55000SH SOLE 0 55000 0 0
Precision Auto Care Inc. COM 74018R105 407 592141SH SOLE 0 592141 0 0
Prime Retail, Inc. COM 741570105 18 14506SH SOLE 0 14506 0 0
Pulitzer Publishing COM 745771105 3974 94200SH SOLE 0 94200 0 0
Reliant Energy, Inc COM 75952J108 358 12100SH SOLE 0 12100 0 0
Reptron Electronics COM 76026W109 5419 463634SH SOLE 0 463634 0 0
Safeguard Sci. COM 786449108 728 22700SH SOLE 0 22700 0 0
Saul Centers COM 804395101 2409 149373SH SOLE 0 149373 0 0
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 616 14233SH SOLE 0 14233 0 0
ServiceMaster Corp. COM 81760N109 528 46387SH SOLE 0 46387 0 0
SFX Entertainment A CL A 784178105 3729 82293SH SOLE 0 82293 0 0
Sonex Research, Inc. COM 835448101 9 21478SH SOLE 0 21478 0 0
Southtrust Corp. COM 844730101 339 14966SH SOLE 0 14966 0 0
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 343 7500SH SOLE 0 7500 0 0
Synalloy Corp. COM 871565107 371 52200SH SOLE 0 52200 0 0
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 313 4576SH SOLE 0 4576 0 0
Teppco Partners UT LTD PARTNER 872384102 660 27800SH SOLE 0 27800 0 0
Time-Warner Inc. COM 887315109 380 5000SH SOLE 0 5000 0 0
TV Guide Inc A CL A 87307Q109 582 17000SH SOLE 0 17000 0 0
U S West Inc. COM 91273H101 634 8811SH SOLE 0 8811 0 0
United Television COM 913066106 399 3100SH SOLE 0 3100 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl A CL A 925524100 410 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl B CL B 925524308 479 7023SH SOLE 0 7023 0 0
Vodafone ADR Sponsored ADR 92857T107 394 9500SH SOLE 0 9500 0 0
Washington Gas Light COM 938837101 371 15406SH SOLE 0 15406 0 0
Waste Management, Inc. COM 94106L109 13330 701580SH SOLE 0 701580 0 0
Wells Fargo Co. COM 949740104 9642 248822SH SOLE 0 248822 0 0
Wesco Financial Corp COM 950817106 574 2800SH SOLE 0 2800 0 0
ZymeTx, Inc COM 989859103 74 31000SH SOLE 0 31000 0 0
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