UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 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. May 12, 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: 99
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $320,725,000
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 205 5840SH SOLE 0 5840 0 0
AEGON NV ORD AMER REG 7924103 349 4332SH SOLE 0 4332 0 0
AES Corp. COM 00130H105 630 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
Affiliated Computer Svcs Inc. CL A 008190100 2502 65842SH SOLE 0 65842 0 0
Airlease Ltd. L.P. DEPOSITORY UNIT 009366105 259 22400SH SOLE 0 22400 0 0
Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 16623 88421SH SOLE 0 88421 0 0
Alliance Capital, LP UNIT LTD PART 01855A101 249 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
Alliant Energy Corp COM 018802108 207 6800SH SOLE 0 6800 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 596 4000SH SOLE 0 4000 0 0
American Int'l. Grp. COM 26874107 242 2208SH SOLE 0 2208 0 0
American Tower Sys CL A 029912201 14239 288414SH SOLE 0 288414 0 0
AMFM, Inc. COM 1693100 2924 47062SH SOLE 0 47062 0 0
Auto. Data Proc. COM 053015103 217 4500SH SOLE 0 4500 0 0
Aztec Tech Ptnrs Inc COM 05480L101 128 16000SH SOLE 0 16000 0 0
B O K Financial Corp New COM NEW 05561Q201 1875 101376SH SOLE 0 101376 0 0
Bank of America Corp. COM 066050105 235 4474SH SOLE 0 4474 0 0
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 368 7850SH SOLE 0 7850 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway CL A 084670108 9209 161SH SOLE 0 161 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway B CL B 084670207 1440 791SH SOLE 0 791 0 0
Brookdale Living Communities, COM 112462106 1995 180380SH SOLE 0 180380 0 0
Cablevision Sys Corp CL A 12686C109 486 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 367 6474SH SOLE 0 6474 0 0
CFW Communications COM 124923103 18666 474056SH SOLE 0 474056 0 0
Choice Hotels Int'l COM 169905106 144 10000SH SOLE 0 10000 0 0
Clear Channel Communications, COM 184502102 2093 30300SH SOLE 0 30300 0 0
CNA Surety COM 12612L108 9330 669400SH SOLE 0 669400 0 0
Comcast Corp. - Sp. CL A 200300200 2308 53200SH SOLE 0 53200 0 0
Commerce Group. Inc. COM 200641108 428 14500SH SOLE 0 14500 0 0
Dover Downs Entertainment COM 260086103 439 34400SH SOLE 0 34400 0 0
E W Scripps Co. - A CL A 811054204 884 18217SH SOLE 0 18217 0 0
Esco Electronics COM TR RCPT 269030201 6780 404800SH SOLE 0 404800 0 0
Evergreen Resources COM 299900308 1045 43200SH SOLE 0 43200 0 0
Exxon Mobil COM 302290101 954 12239SH SOLE 0 12239 0 0
Fedders Corp. A Nvtg CL A 313135303 2036 357950SH SOLE 0 357950 0 0
First Union Reit SH BEN INT 337400105 1239 450522SH SOLE 0 450522 0 0
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 632 14300SH SOLE 0 14300 0 0
General Dynamics COM 369550108 4194 84300SH SOLE 0 84300 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 1067 6858SH SOLE 0 6858 0 0
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 394 5550SH SOLE 0 5550 0 0
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.COM 422317107 1778 76076SH SOLE 0 76076 0 0
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 339 2550SH SOLE 0 2550 0 0
Honeywell International Inc. COM 438516106 237 4491SH SOLE 0 4491 0 0
IndyMac Mortgage Holdings, IncCOM 44977L100 285 19100SH SOLE 0 19100 0 0
Int. Speedway Corp. CL B 460335300 3964 88080SH SOLE 0 88080 0 0
INTEL Corp. COM 458140100 979 7420SH SOLE 0 7420 0 0
Intl Speedway A COM 460335201 3737 83150SH SOLE 0 83150 0 0
IPC Holdings, Ltd. ORD G4933P101 2646 220465SH SOLE 0 220465 0 0
John Nuveen Co. CL A 478035108 5075 132689SH SOLE 0 132689 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 400 5700SH SOLE 0 5700 0 0
Journal Register Company COM 481138105 6174 418596SH SOLE 0 418596 0 0
Kaiser Ventures COM 483100103 4022 286000SH SOLE 0 286000 0 0
Koninklijke Philips ElectronicSPONSORED ADR 500472105 14837 86606SH SOLE 0 86606 0 0
Leucadia National COM 527288104 411 17300SH SOLE 0 17300 0 0
Markel Corporation COM 570535104 16967 116612SH SOLE 0 116612 0 0
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 209 5600SH SOLE 0 5600 0 0
MediaOne Group Inc. COM 58440J104 550 6790SH SOLE 0 6790 0 0
Mellon Financial Corp COM 585509102 1677 56360SH SOLE 0 56360 0 0
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 409 6580SH SOLE 0 6580 0 0
MGI Pharma, Inc COM 552880106 32954 817464SH SOLE 0 817464 0 0
Micros Systems COM 594901100 31632 502598SH SOLE 0 502598 0 0
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 340 3198SH SOLE 0 3198 0 0
MS DW Discover COM 617446448 233 2808SH SOLE 0 2808 0 0
National Wireless Hlds. COM 638560102 7088 253141SH SOLE 0 253141 0 0
Niagara Mohawk COM 653520106 8780 650400SH SOLE 0 650400 0 0
Nortel Networks Corp COM 656569100 419 3324SH SOLE 0 3324 0 0
Nvest Companies, LP UNIT LTD PARTN 644095101 406 24700SH SOLE 0 24700 0 0
Penn Virginia COM 707882106 9570 558816SH SOLE 0 558816 0 0
Penn-America Group Inc. COM 707247102 6545 918552SH SOLE 0 918552 0 0
Pepsi Americas Inc. CL B 713434108 286 84700SH SOLE 0 84700 0 0
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 261 7149SH SOLE 0 7149 0 0
Pico Holding COM NEW 693366205 1049 94286SH SOLE 0 94286 0 0
PIMCO Adv Hldg LP UT LTD PART INT 69338P102 1993 52022SH SOLE 0 52022 0 0
Potomac Electric Pwr COM 737679100 1244 55000SH SOLE 0 55000 0 0
Precision Auto Care Inc. COM 74018R105 776 592841SH SOLE 0 592841 0 0
Prime Retail, Inc. COM 741570105 54 24764SH SOLE 0 24764 0 0
Pulitzer Publishing COM 745771105 8849 216500SH SOLE 0 216500 0 0
Reliant Energy, Inc COM 75952J108 285 12100SH SOLE 0 12100 0 0
Reptron Electronics COM 76026W109 5071 463634SH SOLE 0 463634 0 0
Safeguard Sci. COM 786449108 1553 22500SH SOLE 0 22500 0 0
Saul Centers COM 804395101 2396 148615SH SOLE 0 148615 0 0
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 642 15233SH SOLE 0 15233 0 0
ServiceMaster Corp. COM 81760N109 522 46387SH SOLE 0 46387 0 0
SFX Entertainment A CL A 784178105 3406 83443SH SOLE 0 83443 0 0
Sonex Research, Inc. COM 835448101 6 21478SH SOLE 0 21478 0 0
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 462 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
Synalloy Corp. COM 871565107 413 55950SH SOLE 0 55950 0 0
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 288 4576SH SOLE 0 4576 0 0
Teppco Partners UT LTD PARTNER 872384102 619 27800SH SOLE 0 27800 0 0
Time-Warner Inc. COM 887315109 500 5000SH SOLE 0 5000 0 0
TV Guide Inc A CL A 87307Q109 817 17000SH SOLE 0 17000 0 0
U S West Inc. COM 91273H101 640 8811SH SOLE 0 8811 0 0
United Television COM 913066106 410 3100SH SOLE 0 3100 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl A CL A 925524100 321 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
Vodafone ADR Sponsored ADR 92857T107 528 9500SH SOLE 0 9500 0 0
Washington Gas Light COM 938837101 435 16012SH SOLE 0 16012 0 0
Waste Management, Inc. COM 94106L109 7963 581780SH SOLE 0 581780 0 0
Wells Fargo Co. COM 949740104 10415 255572SH SOLE 0 255572 0 0
Wesco Financial Corp COM 950817106 714 2800SH SOLE 0 2800 0 0
ZymeTx, Inc COM 989859103 83 31000SH SOLE 0 31000 0 0
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