2009-2010 Annual Report
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2009-2010 Annual Report
2009–2010 Annual Report 2009-2010 Annual Report 2009–2010 Annual Report Letter from the President Dear Alumni and Friends, It was a year for the history books. • Our football program broke into the national Division II Top Ten, and finished last year ranked 19th in the country. Not to be outdone, the UC men’s soccer team made it to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament and Head Coach Chad Duernberger, ’06, was named national Division II Soccer Coach of the Year. • UC brought two controversial figures together for the “Forum on Energy,” featuring Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and environmental activist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., gleaning more national attention than any prior event at UC. • We added a $22 million apartment/parking facility next to the School of Pharmacy, on the former site of Dickinson Hall. The innovative design won a “Growing Smart” award from the City of Charleston. • The UC Annual Fund remained healthy despite a weak economy – a testament to the loyalty of our supporters and the value they place on making private higher education accessible to students. • I traveled far and wide, from Slovakia and Turkey to Washington, DC, and Little Rock, AR, speaking about the outcomes-based, assessment-saturated curriculum that has come to be UC’s trademark. Watch for an in-depth look at Learning Your Way in the next issue of the Maroon & Gold magazine. • UC granted degrees to the first Doctors of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.). Never before in the history of Morris Harvey College/University of Charleston has the institution awarded a doctoral degree. The increased number of graduates forced us to seek a larger venue for commencement. You can see the result on the cover – a memorable outdoor commencement on the riverfront lawn. This Annual Report gives you the highlights of a year in the life of the University. As always, we seek excellence – in teaching, in learning and in service to our students. A printed magazine can only say so much; it is my hope that you visit campus often to see it for yourselves. Sincerely, Dr. Edwin H. Welch President 1 2009–2010 Annual Report President: Dr. Edwin H. Welch Editor: Jennie Ferretti Managing Editor: Scott Castleman Design: Rachel Bush Web: Kurt Wolf Contributors: Ben Beakes Ronna Dittman Stephanie Martin Tina Wright Questions or comments: Scott Castleman Director of Public Relations 304.357.4719 scottcastleman@ucwv.edu Annual Report 2009-2010 Contents Year in Review........................................................................2 2009–2010 Gift Income..........................................................4 Dr. Letha Zook: VP, Dean, Cow Lady....................................5 Honor Roll of Donors.............................................................6 Fraternity Offers “Greek Challenge”...................................18 Hallowed Ground: The UC Riverbank.................................19 Commencement 2010..........................................................20 UC’s First Pharmacists........................................................21 Robert C. Byrd: UC’s Most Famous Alum..........................22 Alumni Giving by Class Year...............................................26 2009–2010 Advisory Boards................................................32 Senior of the Year Beats Long Odds to Achieve Success....34 Scholarships..........................................................................35 Heritage Society...................................................................37 The mission of the University of Charleston is to educate each student for a life of productive work, enlightened living, and community involvement. University of Charleston 2300 MacCorkle Ave., SE Charleston, West Virginia 25304 800.995.ALUM (2586) 304.357.4716 www.ucwv.edu A New Home for UC Alumni...............................................39 Where Were You in 1960?....................................................40 Basketball Fever: New Men’s Coach Mark Downey............41 How to reach the UC Advancement staff Ben Beakes, Vice President for Development 304.357.4849, benbeakes@ucwv.edu On the Cover Stephanie Martin, Director of Donor Relations 304.357.4734, stephaniemartin@ucwv.edu May 2010 Commencement marked many milestones. See story p. 20. Photo by Steve Davis. For all other questions, please call 304.357.4735 or email development@ucwv.edu 2 2009–2010 Annual Report 2009–2010 Year in Review July • Friends and family of community leader Mary Price Ratrie gather to dedicate Ratrie Hall, formerly New Hall, in her honor. August • Class of 2013 descends on campus. Faculty and administrators celebrate the end of summer. • For the second year in a row, UC is the highest ranking baccalaureate college in West Virginia, according to U.S. News & World Report. September East Apartments • Two hundred seventy-three freshmen, 93 transfer students, and 44 graduate business students begin their UC educations, and 80 new pharmacy students don the white coat for the first time. • Four School of Pharmacy professors, Dr. Gagan Kaushal, Dr. Rebecca Linger, Dr. Dean Reardon, and Dr. Aladin Siddig, are awarded research grants by the West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE). October • Dr. Bart Morrison is named the second Dean of the UC Graduate School of Business. • The University of Charleston is the beneficiary of a surprise $1 million gift from the Estate of Edgar Loring, ’48. November Edgar Loring, ’48 • UC’s new parking garage opens for business, providing over 500 much-needed parking spaces. • Dr. John Ratey, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, speaks on “The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” in Geary Auditorium. December • Faculty and students from the School of Pharmacy and the nursing program, in cooperation with the Kanawha County Health Department, administer 370 free doses of H1N1 vaccine in November and December. • Thirty-nine graduates join the ranks of UC alumni at December commencement, followed by the 14th annual Holiday Gala. January Forum on the Future of Energy • First residents move into East Apartments, the University’s newest, apartment-style residence hall. • Chad Duernberger, ’06, is named national Division II Soccer Coach of the Year. • The world tunes in to UC as environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joins Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship for a Forum on the Future of Energy, moderated by President Welch. 3 2009–2010 Annual Report February • A delegation of faculty and academic administrators from two universities in Japan visits the University of Charleston to learn about outcomes-based education and the assessment of student learning. • UC students bring the world to Charleston at the annual WorldFest Celebration and Global Sensations dinner. • Dr. Gagan Kaushal of the School of Pharmacy and Dr. Mark Watson of the biology department are named 2010 University Fellows in recognition of service that reflects extraordinary credit upon the University and its faculty. • The UC School of Pharmacy announces the opening of patient care services at the PharmUC Patient Care Clinic, providing medication and disease education for patients. • President Welch is selected for The State Journal’s “Who’s Who in West Virginia Business” award. March Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) • The UC Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team is named a Regional Champion at the SIFE USA Regional Competition held in Charlotte, NC. • The University of Charleston is one of only 115 schools in the country named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, based on 5,098 hours of community service performed by 550 students. April • UC announces the hiring of Mark Downey, ’95, as the head men’s basketball coach. See story p. 41. • John Allison, former president and CEO of BB&T, presents “Dissecting the Financial Crisis” in Geary Auditorium. • John Sturm, CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, squares off against John Abel of Team Light Bulb, in the Debate on the Future of Print Media. • The 2010 Governor’s Cup/Alumni Weekend is a smashing success, with beautiful weather, fast boats, and over 150 alumni returning. May John Allison • UC confers degrees on 248 graduates at the 122nd commencement of Morris Harvey College/University of Charleston, including its first-ever doctorates. See story pp. 22–23. • The Master of Business Administration and Leadership (MBAL) class of 2011 leaves for Varese, Italy, to learn the language and culture, and intern in local businesses. • Forty-two Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) students return from the Netherlands and France. • Dr. Ed Welch and Dr. Barbara Wright are part of a Charleston delegation to Charleston’s sister city, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, where they laid the groundwork for future student and faculty exchanges with Matej Bel University. June • Erin Cipolat James, ’06, is the first graduate of the UC School of Pharmacy to pass the NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination). • Dr. Letha B. Zook joins the University of Charleston as Vice President for Academic Affairs, succeeding Dr. Charles Stebbins. See story p. 5. Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) students at the Eiffel Tower 4 2009–2010 Annual Report 2009–2010 Gift Income Who Gave Donors Number Gifts Percent of Total Alumni Corporations Friends Foundations Parents Others 1,020 120 719 22 35 141 $1,367,832 $1,121,191 $471,273 $1,603,060 $5,811 $481,656 27% 22% 9% 32% 1% 9% Total 2,057 $5,050,823 Where They Gave The Vision: UC $1,732,163 Annual Fund $2,813,776 100% Who Gave Others $481,656 Parents $5,811 1% Alumni $1,367,832 Endowment $504,884 Where They Gave Foundations $1,603,060 Corporations $1,121,191 Friends $471, 273 Annual Fund Endowment The Vision: UC Total $2,813,776 $504,884 $1,732,163 56% 10% 34% $5,050,823 100% 5 2009–2010 Annual Report Dr. Letha Zook: VP, Dean, Cow Lady By Scott Castleman Since Messiah didn’t have a PT program, Dr. Zook transferred after her sophomore year to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Penn she was able to pursue a career in physical therapy, play Division I field hockey, and experience life in the hustle and bustle of a metropolitan area. After graduating from high school, Dr. Letha Zook left her home in small-town Chambersburg, PA, for Messiah College, just 45 minutes away, to play collegiate field hockey and follow her aspirations of becoming a physical education teacher and coach. Little did the University of Charleston’s new Vice President for Academic Life and Dean of the Faculty know that cross-country travels and a successful career in higher education awaited. A three-sport athlete growing up, it only seemed natural at the time that Dr. Zook would pursue a career that would keep her involved in athletics. However, during her first two years at Messiah her interests changed from instructing players from the sidelines to helping injured athletes get back on the field. “I loved the idea of physical therapy and helping people maximize their potential despite illness or injury,” said Dr. Zook. “Philadelphia was my first introduction to a city and I fell in love,” said Dr. Zook. “I was sitting in California thinking, ‘I took the wrong job this time,’ when I received a call from Wheeling Jesuit telling me they were looking for a director of PT,” said Zook. “So I came back east in 1998.” The country girl quickly became a city slicker. Soon after graduating from Penn, Dr. Zook headed to New York City, where she received her master’s degree from NYU and doctorate from Columbia. And when she wasn’t sitting in classes she was teaching them. Dr. Zook rekindled her passion for working with students and developed a funny nickname as well. Dr. Zook said it took some time to adjust to Wheeling after living in big cities, but it grew on her. She was instrumental in getting the PT school recertified and rose through the ranks to Academic Vice President. She enjoyed her 12 years at WJSU but the opportunity to come to UC was too good to pass up. “When I was teaching kinesiology and anatomy I “I’ve watched the University of Charleston grow for the last 12 years from would use examples from the Wheeling,” said Dr. Zook. farm, so the kids started call“I have always admired ing me the ‘Cow Lady,’” said “I’ve watched the University President Welch, so when Dr. Zook. “Soon they started of Charleston grow for the this job came open I felt it bringing me little cow ornalast 12 years from Wheeling. I was probably time for me to ments and then one of them leave.” Since arriving this found out about ‘Cows on have always admired President past summer Dr. Zook says Parade’ from the MetropoliWelch, so when this job came that she has fallen in love tan Museum of Art, so people open I felt it was probably with the city of Charleston. started buying me those coltime for me to leave.” lectibles as well.” The Cow Lady’s prestigious When she was ready for a career has led her across the change of scenery, Dr. Zook country and back, but Dr. packed up her bovine collectibles and moved about as Welch and the UC family hope to keep her here for far away as she could to Northridge, CA. She taught at many years to come. “ “ Dr. Zook shows off her cow collection. Cal State Northridge for two years before heading to Charles Drew University in Los Angeles to help start a PT school there. Unfortunately, the program never came to fruition, after an unfriendly affirmative action ruling in 1998 caused funding to disappear. 6 2009–2010 Annual Report Honor Roll of Donors Gifts received between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 Every attempt has been made to create an accurate list of donors. Some individuals have requested that their gifts remain anonymous. Should there be an error or omission, please bring it to our attention by calling the Advancement Office at 304.357.4735, or email development@ucwv.edu. Barboursville Society ($20,000+) American Electric Power Foundation AmherstMadison, Inc. Anonymous Anonymous Ballard Family Foundation BB&T BB&T West Virginia Foundation BBL Charitable Foundation Inc. Michael* and Augusta Brannen CAMC Mr. William C. Campbell Chapman Technical Group/Sharon L. Chapman Chester A. Lewis Trust The Daywood Foundation J. Q. Dickinson & Co. The John L. & Maude H. Dickinson Fund The Dow Chemical Company Foundation John and Fonda Elliot The Elliot Foundation Frederick Lively Testamentary Trust The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation H. B. and Cecilia Wehrle Fund Bernard H. & Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation UC students raise money for cancer research at “Dig for the Cure” event. Mr. Andrew B. Jordon Mrs. Frances Pritchard Jordon Mr. and Mrs. Allenby Lewis Loop Pharmacy & Home Medical Estate of Edgar Loring Maier Foundation Inc. McDavid Foundation Bernard McDonough Foundation Berkeley Minor and Susan Fontaine Minor Foundation Mrs. Carol Martin Montgomery Ann and Paul Moran NiSource/Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. Reed Brothers Limited Partnership Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rice Jr. Smith Fastener Company St. Francis Hospital Standard Laboratories Inc. State of West Virginia Dr. C. Carl * and Margaret A. Tully Cecil I. Walker Charitable Trust, Advisory Committee Mr. Michael S. Walker H. B. Wehrle Foundation Martha Gaines and Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation Stephen and Laura Wehrle West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities Inc. Tony and Lynne Zande Morris Harvey Society ($10,000+) Deborah Martin Belcher Mary Beth Martin Carson Dr. and Mrs. William H. Carter Dr. John T. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Childress Christ Church United Methodist Dickinson Properties Mrs. Frances Fruth, in memory of Jack E. Fruth Goldman Associates Inc. Flick and Lynn Goldsmith The Goldthorpe Foundation Dr. and Mrs. W. Henry Harmon *Deceased +Matching Gift Herscher Foundation Charles T. and Mary Ellen Jones Kanawha Realty Investment Group Kenneth and Joy Kleeman Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Long Mrs. Julia C. McCormick Pine Grove Realty Company Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ranson Tommy and Suzy Reich Joe and Cathy Rice Jed and Vicki Smith Sodexo Mr. James R. Thomas II Mr. Jason P. Thompson United Bank Walgreens Company Wal-Mart Mr. and Mrs. H. Bernard Wehrle III Lewis and Julia Woodford Riggleman Society ($5,000+) Mrs. Katharine Bullard Becker and Mr. W. Marston Becker BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Carbon Fuel Foundation Fund Carpenter’s Local Union No. 1207 Mrs. Mary Batman Converse, CPA CVS / pharmacy Charitable Trust Mr. William M. Davis 7 2009–2010 Annual Report Rudolph L. and Martha V. DiTrapano Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Dye Findlay’s Tall Timbers Distribution Center, Inc. Fruth Pharmacy Dominic and Rosalie Gaziano Gibbons and Kawash, CPAs Mr. and Mrs. David E. Haden Mr. Gregory T. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hill I.B.E.W. Local 466 International Assoc. Heat & Frost Insulators Allied Workers Kimberly and Rory Isaac Kanawha - Roxalana Co. Kawash Family Laborers’ Union Local 1353 Local Union No. 301 Mr. J. Kemp McLaughlin Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip A. Morabito Ms. Bonnie Otis Painters & Allied Trades District Council 53 Reserve Oil & Gas, Inc. Rite Aid Corporation Mr. Houghton Robson Estate of Lee O. Rockwell Herk and Sherry Sims Subway Development of West Virginia Ms. Linda R. Torre Gene and Bonnie Waggy Drs. Edwin H. and Janet Welch West Virginia American Water 1888 Society ($1,000+) A.M. Scott Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Verlin T. Adams II Anonymous Marion H. and Frank A. Baer II Mr. David Howell and Judge Irene Berger Chuck & Dee Dee Bills Mrs. Sandra G. Bishop Mrs. Jean Ann Bolling Mr. John and Dr. Sandra Bowles Brewer and Company of West Virginia Briar Mountain Coal and Coke Company Mr. John and Dr. Jennifer Britton C & D Bills Ltd Mr. Charles Capito and The Honorable Shelley Capito Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Casto Jr. Charleston Area Adult League Tennis Mrs. Elizabeth Early Chilton Ms. Nelle Ratrie Chilton Cathy Collins Stewart, Michael Collins, Patrick Collins Mr. Joseph B. Cook Mr. A. Lawrence Crimmins Jr. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. George and Ellen Davis Dr. Donald and Dr. Lisa Drakeman Dr. Harold Thomas Elmore, ’52 and Mrs. Sylvia Conklyn Elmore, ’73 Mr. Tim Euler and Dr. Mary Euler David P. and Jennie O. Ferretti Dr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Foster Allan and Linda Fowler Mr. David Freshwater Mr. Scott Freshwater Dr. Robert and Patricia Frey Mrs. Katherine H. Gates Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaunch Mr. and Mrs. William E. Gouckenour Mr. Bradford D. Hague Todd and Cleta Harless Mr. and Mrs. James H. Harless William and Margaret Hitchman Mr. and Mrs. Joey Holland I.U.O.E. Local No. 132 Patricia and John Johnston Kanawha City Lions Club Ms. Elizabeth Keightley Dr. and Mrs. Jamal H. Khan Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Kincaid Jr. Joe and Carol Kinder Professor David Haas supervises a chemistry experiment with students Amanda Lloyd and Sarah Jones. Mr. Matthew Kingery Mr. Ted Lawson Mr. Richard Legon Edward “Ned” B. Lehmann Sr. Liberty Mutual Group Mr. Alan Liebrecht Lipoplasty Institute Ms. Betty White Ludden Stephen and Janell Lundin Mr. Tom Maddox Ward and Pat Maxson Mr. William McDavid and Mrs. Diana Long Ms. Deborah L. McHenry ME Consulting Engineers, Inc. Mr. Richard R. Meckfessel John and Karen Merriman Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Miller Harry and Mary Ellen Moore Morgan Stanley Matching Gifts Program + David C. and Anna Anderson Morris Holmes and Antoinette Morrison NACDS Foundation NiSource Charitable Foundation + Gerald and Harriett Nottingham Bob and Ann Orders Mr. and Mrs. Corey Palumbo Mrs. Mary J. Payne Pharmacists Mutual Pilot Club of Charleston, Inc. Mrs. Virginia Point Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Price Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pumo James and Virginia Rice Don R. and Sally K. Richardson Dorothy S. Ridings Brad and Robin Ritchie The Ross Foundation Rotary Club of Charleston Mrs. Agatha Rubin Mr. Steven M. Rubin 8 2009–2010 Annual Report Charles and Becky Ryan Harry and Ann Santen Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Sears Holdings Ms. Mary D. Sella Richard and Marion Sinclair Pete and Sally Slicer Dr. Charles L. Smith, D.D.S. Mr. James F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Southworth II Mr. and Mrs. Troy F. Stallard Catherine Collins Stewart and William L. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. James B. Straw Summit Community Bank Mr. J. C. Supcoe Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Thomas Jr. Dr. L. Blair Thrush Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Company W. E. Stone Foundation Dr. Parvez Wadia Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Walker Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co. Ms. Marjorie J. Washburn Mr. Raey W. S. Webster Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Wehrle Jr. Mr. Michael H. Wehrle Wellness Council of West Virginia Greg and Catherine Widdecombe Mr. Robert K. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wynn Estate of Abreeza Zegeer Maroon and Gold Club ($500+) Mr. Denver Allen American Geotech, Inc. Associated Architects, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David J. Bauer Dr. Alan Belcher Mr. Gordon L. Berlin Ms. Patricia J. Bills Ms. Kimberlee Blackwell Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Bone Ms. Jane Bowling and Mr. Sam Bowling David Bowyer Mr. Thomas J. Burger Mr. and Mrs. Donald Calhoon Mr. Richard S. Carney Charleston Steel Company DBD Sports LLC Mr. and Mrs. Timothy DiPiero Mr. Robert W. Dorsey Dr. Michelle Easton Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Entsminger Mrs. Annette Zizzi Evans ExxonMobil Foundation Melva and William Ferguson Mr. C. Brent Gibson GSB Process — A Division of GSB, Inc. Mrs. Sharon L. Guest Mr. Simon G. Haddad Dr. William E. Hamm Ms. Joan M. Hammonds Mr. Richard L. Harrah Hastings & Chivetta Architects, Inc. Mrs. Janet Holmes Howard P. & Mary Needles McJunkin Foundation Mr. Larry A. Hyatt IBM Matching Gifts Program + Joe Holland Chevrolet & Imports, Inc. Mr. Fred L. Kellmeyer Ms. Joan C. Kentner Kilgore Gas Company Ms. Lisa J. Klopfer Ms. Kellee Lowdermilk Judge James C. Mahan Dr. Peter A. Maresco Ms. Kim L. Mays Mr. James R. McCartney Mr. Douglas W. Metten Mr. Robert L. Monsheimer Mark I. and Barbara C. Murovitz Ms. Lisa A. Necastro Mr. Thomas O. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John Neuner III Nichol & Associates Pharmaceutical Care Consultants, Inc. Mr. Alan C. Nicholas Northwestern Mutual Foundation NTELOS Foundation Dr. and Mrs. George H. Pierson Potesta & Associates, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Quick Mrs. Theresa M. Rabel Ms. Wanda Nunley Radcliffe George A. and Susan C. Ragland Mrs. Virginia Roberts* Mrs. Joan G. Rollins Ms. Jill Rossman Ms. Brenda Salisbury Mr. Martin H. Scharf Mr. Jerry C. Skelly Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Smith Reginald and Sally Smith Mr. Stephen P. Sydnor Dr. and Mrs. Julio D. Teodoro Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson Dr. Garold W. Thumm Ms. Moyra G. Vazquez Verizon Foundation Wachovia Matching Gifts Program + Mr. David L. Waggy Mr. and Mrs. James R. Waggy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Wilkerson Mr. Richard S. Williams Scholar Club ($100+) Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell L. Abraham Mrs. Genevieve T. Adams Dr. Robin D. Adams Dr. Sarah J. Adams Governor Joe Manchin poses with UC/MHC alumni at Governor’s Cup event. Dr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Adkins Mrs. Barbara Agsten Ms. Geneva Aide Mr. Rodney K. Albertson Mr. and Mrs. Ruffner Alexander Major Robert E. Alfred Jr. Mr. Paul D. Allen Allman Insurance Services Aluminum Metalworks Ms. Sarah S. Alvarez Ms. Hazelene E. Anderson Ms. Beverly E. Andrzejewski Appalachian Children’s Chorus Mr. and Mrs. Benny J. Argento Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Armstrong Ms. Kimber Lee Asseff Astar Abatement, Inc. Mr. Billy B. Atkins Mr. Grant M. Atkinson Keith W. and Phyllis S. Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Atkinson III Avon Matching Gifts Program + Mr. John A. Babalis Dr. Frank Badger Mr. Charles E. Barnett Ms. Marie-Anne Barnhart Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Beakes Mr. Daniel N. Bean Mr. Calvin Beckelheimer Mr. Paul E. Bedrin 9 2009–2010 Annual Report Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick H. Belden Jr. Mr. Robert Bennette Mr. Charles C. Bibbee Ms. Vanessa K. Bills Mr. Vernon H. Birthisel Dr. and Mrs. Spencer L. Bivens Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Black Mr. Rod Blackstone Mr. and Mrs. David A. Blashford Mr. Robert L. Bliss Mr. and Mrs. Ezra E. Boehm Mr. Robert Ted Boehm Mr. Frederick L. Boggs Mrs. Susan Bohnert Mr. and Mrs. Frederic G. Bollinger Mr. Steve Bolte Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bonasso Dr. Michael Bottorff David and Elizabeth Bowles Ms. Erica S. Bracey Ms. Vada M. Bracey Ms. Judith L. Bradbury Ms. M. A. Bradley Ms. Amanda R. Brandeburg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Branham Ms. Lynn R. Bria Paul and Ellen Brinkley Mr. Bob S. Brotherton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Brown III Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Brown Mr.* and Mrs. Roy Brown Mr. Stephen V. Brown Ms. Sherry Broyles Billy R. and Carolyn Bryant Mr. William D. Bryant Mr. Jack R. Buckalew Mr. and Mrs. James L. Buckalew Ed and Lynn Bunn Mr. Tommy Bunting Mrs. Kristine B. Burfeind Ms. Tammie Burgett Ms. Lisa M. Burnside Ms. Beth Ann Byrnside C. H. Summers and Co. Property Rentals Mr. and Mrs. David A. Campbell J. Clark and Nancy D. Campbell Mr. Kenneth E. Canter Dr. Kathleen Cantwell Mr. David G. Carney Mr. and Mrs. James H. Carr Mr. Chester C. Carter Mr. Arthur C. Cartwright Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Casse Mr. John P. Casto Mr. and Mrs. John S. Casto Dr. and Mrs. James W. Caudill Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Cavender Mr. John N. Charnock Jr.* Mr. David B. Chenoweth Rev. Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Chenoweth Jr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Webb Chenoweth Dr. and Mrs. Ross G. Childress Mr. Richard Christian Mr. James P. Clark Ms. B. Diane Clements Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Click Mrs. Janet U. Clouse Mr. William I. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Colbert Ms. Llewellyn S. Cole Ms. Martha D. Cole Mrs. Vicky R. Collier Joe and Jane Comisky Dr. Colleen Jackson-Cook Mrs. Delores W. Cook Mr. W. L. Cooke Jr. Mr. Gerard P. Cooney Mr. David J. Cooper Mr. Donald Lucci and Mrs. Deborah Copeland Mr. John Paul Cornell Mr. Howard Crain Mr. and Mrs. John Crecca Dr. Patricia Zekan Crumpler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Crutchfield Scholarship recipient Gabrielle Wright gets to know Frank and Tanya Law. Mr. and Mrs. Pete R. Culicerto Mrs. Betty T. Cunnings Mr. Edward Curry Timothy and Ramona Dagostine Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. D’Agostino Ms. Tina Daigneau Ms. Robin F. Darnell Arthur and Deloris Jean Davis Mr. Gerald H. Davis Ms. Mary Jean Davis Mrs. Toni L. Davisson Mr. Robert B. Dawson Mr. Michael J. Del Giudice Mrs. Catherine DePaulo Mr. and Mrs. John A. DeRito Mr. and Mrs. John L. DeRoo Design Concepts by T. Jane Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Devlin Ms. M. Suzanne Devore Ms. Mae Devore Mr. Jay Dewhurst Ms. Sue A. Dick Mrs. Patty W. Dillon Mr. James H. Dingee Ms. Jane Dittman Ms. Ronna J. Dittman Don and Karen Dorow Ms. Kourtney Dorow Dorward Energy Corporation Dr. J. Chiropractic & Wellness Center Mr. James E. Drotar Jr. Mr. Steve D. DuCett Mr. Chuck C. Dunlap Robert L. and Irene M. Dunn E Blake, Inc. ECA Foundation Mr. Nick G. Ehle Mr. Ted Ellis Mr. Anthony M. Engesser Mr. Donald J. English Mrs. Mary L. Milam Entzminger Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Familletti The Family of Charles E. Meadows Mr.* and Mrs. William A. Ferrell Mr. Michael S. Figgins Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fisher Mr. and Mrs. James S. Foglesong Peyton and Anna Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Forster Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Foster Ms. Cheryl Fout Ms. Sharon S. Frame Mrs. Flora L. Francis Mr. R. Ford Francis Mr. David W. Gallagher Mrs. Ellen Gannon Weider Harold and Allison Garrison Mr. William L. Gaudreau Mrs. Terri Gallanter Geifman, ’70 Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Mr. Tim Gephart Mr. Steve Gernert Ms. Kathy Getz Mr. Louis M. Gioia Jr. Mr. William D. Glass Mr. Ellis Glover Jr. Ms. Sarah Glover Ms. Kay Goetz Jerry and Donna Goldberg Ms. Susan E. Goldcamp Goldfarb Electric Supply Co., Inc. Mr. William K. Gordon Mr. Jeffrey A. Grantz Mr. Earl E. Graybeal Mr. Thomas Greene 10 2009–2010 Annual Report Freshmen from the Avampato living-learning community compete for the best “can-struction” project. Mr. Michael E. Greenleaf Mrs. Audrey Greever Bishop William and Mary Lou Grove Mr. Frank Guglielmi Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hall Mr. Thomas Halloran Mr. Wade L. Halsey Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamner Jr. Dr. Avas B. Hamon Richard Hanlon in memory of Janet T. Hanlon Hanna and Hanna Mrs. Raenel R. Hansen Mr. Michael J. Hardison Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harich Ms. Beverly Ruth Harless Mr. Larry Harris Mr. Richard E. Harris Mr. Richard R. Harris Ms. Nancy R. Harrover Mr. Joe S. Hartney Mr. and Mrs. Buford R. Hartsog Mr. Darel Hathaway Mr. Richard R. Hawkins Mr. William H. Hayden Mr. James E. Heaton Ms. Gertrude H. Hebron Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heffelfinger Mr. J. C. Hemmings Sr. Rev. Basil Hensley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herald Mrs. Ana M. Hernandez Ms. Kimberly F. Hess Dr. and Mrs. Donald L. Heywood Mr. Benjamin C. Hibbs Mr. Harley R. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hill Ms. Carolene Hoffman Ms. Hazel C. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoffman Major Eric O. Hoke USAF (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Holstein Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hopta William and Virginia Horn Ms. Nettie A. Horne Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Houck Mr. Roger Houck Mrs. Ann M. Huffman Ms. Phyllis C. Huffman Mr. Joel R. Huntington Mr. Dominick Iacovone Jr. Mrs. Beverly Isner Mr. Corey N. Isner J&B Sales Mrs. Geraldine B. Jackson Mr. Shida Jamie Dr. Joseph Janisch Mrs. Mary S. Jarmusch Mr. and Mrs. Greg Jarvis Frank and LaDonna Jennings John L. and Lucy M. Jividen Mrs. Denise C. John Johnna Lynn Gas Company Ms. Mary Edith Johnson Mr. Orland C. Jones Mr. Ray E. Jones Mrs. Marcia Heavner Kaminski Ms. Christine Kampfer Kanawha Coin Shop Mr. and Mrs. Asaad N. Karam Dr. and Mrs. Percy R. Kavasmaneck Ms. Alexa Kay Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Kay Rex and Janet Keener Mr. Robert G. Keller Jr. William E. and Marguerite P. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Kerr Mr. David A. King Mr. Kelly S. King Mrs. Linda Beth King Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kistler Ms. Tamara J. Klemkowsky Mr. Gerald A. Klyne E. D. Knight Family John and Sandra Konstantinos Mr. Frank A. Kovach Mrs. Kimberly F. Kristic Mr. David N. Kurtz Dr. and Mrs. Paul Lambert Ms. Susan Lancaster Ms. Nola D. Landers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lane Lang Gas Company Mr. Guy W. Lanham Jr. Mrs. Barbara Lantz Law Office of Larry W. George, PLLC Mr. Stephen J. Law Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lawson III Lazy H. Farm Ms. Susie D. Leasure Ms. Ruth R. Legg Dr. Joan B. Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis Mrs. Lucy W. Lewis Mr. Richard Leyva Jr. Mrs. Elvira F. Licup Norwin and Donna Lilly Mrs. Colleen Liming Jack C. and Betty Mick Liming Ms. Carol L. Loats Log Garden Apartments Mr. Morris Logan Mr. Sidney Lopinsky Mr. John Lough Mr. and Mrs. David E. Love Jr. Ms. Allyson Lowdermilk Ms. Judy A. Lowdermilk Mr. Joseph G. Lucas Sr. Mr. William H. Lucht Dr. Peter J. Lukowski Lynn Creek Gas Company Ms. Traci Markham Mr. Richard B. Marks Dr. Henry and Dr. Mary Marockie Mrs. Helen S. Marsh 11 2009–2010 Annual Report Mr. and Mrs. Brandon M. Marshall Mr. Chet Marshall Mrs. Joyce S. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Martin Mr. Larry A. Maser Mr. William B. Maxwell III Mr. John W. May Mr. Albert V. Mays Jr. Mr. John C. McChesney Jr. Mrs. Thelma H. McClanahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McClelland Ms. Deanna O. McClung Ms. Kayleigh McCormick Mrs. Kathy McCullough Ms. Rachelle McGlaughlin Mr. Jack W. McGraw William H. and Martha B. McKee Mr. Todd J. McLaughlin Mr. Dennis McMillen Mr. Tom McNeel Mr. Allan L. McVey Drew and Bethany Meighen Mr. James Melmige Mrs. Melba M. Merrill Mr. Mathew L. Millen Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Miller Jr. Mr. Lowell Thomas Miller Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Mills Millwood & Affliated Companies Mr. Okey W. Moffatt Dr. Gannett Monk Monsanto Company Mr. Thomas H. Moore Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moran Jr. Ms. Sandra Morgan Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Morgan Jr. Robert L. and Ann Vintroux Morris Mr. Archie O. Morris II Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Morris Mr. Bob Moyers Mr. Joseph Mullins Ms. Bing M. Murphy Mr. Tim Murray Ms. Nora Myers Myers Taylor Gas Company Mr. and Mrs. Victor G. Naseef Mr. Joseph O. Natalie Mr. Robert L. Neal Tom and Bev Casdorph Neal Mr. and Mrs. George J. Neilan Mr. James H. Nelson Jr. Louise H. Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Newman Ms. Ruby M. Newman-Peck Mr. Arthur B. Nicholas Mr. Robert J. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nichols Mr. Harold E. Nicholson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Nickell Ms. Sheila A. Nicoll Mr. Todd E. Northrop Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Nowviskie Mrs. Jacquelyn Oblinger Mrs. Jean O’Connor Mr. Robert J. O’Neil Mr. John T. Oplinger Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Orders Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Orders Richard and Tammy Owen Ms. Shannon Pack Ms. Margaret N. Palmer Mr. Samuel L. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Dean Parkins Dr. Robert W. Paskel Mr. Dean W. Patrick Mrs. Bonnie Woolwine Pattie Rev. George R. Pauley Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne Dr. Ernest N. Pennington Mr. Meredith Persinger Mrs. Ruth R. Peyton Ms. Tamara A. Pike Ms. Christine S. Pilcher Mr. Larry T. Poe Mr. Warren M. Pomroy Mr. John D. Pope Mr. Daniel Popovich Professor Neale Blackwood enjoys his retirement event. Mr. Ron Potesta Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Priddy Jr. Mrs. Louise Pullen Mrs. Marjorie T. Rabourn* Mr. Timothy J. Rafter Mary Watson Ragland Dr. Desingu Raja Ramsey Plumbing & Heating Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Reed Daniel S. Reich M.D. Mrs. Rebecca A. Reier Mr. John O. Rider III Mrs. Judy A. Ridinger Mr. Thornton J. Ridinger Ms. Cecilia Riegert Mrs. Constance C. Riley Mr. Ronald C. Ringness RMS Electric, LLC Rev. G. Todd Roberts Mr. Jeffrey S. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Robertson Mr. William S. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Rockwell Ms. N. G. Rose Dr. Lewis S. Rosenberg Ms. Susan E. Rosensteel Mrs. Lisa K. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rubin Mr. Richard W. Ruehe Glen and Rosie Ruttencutter Ms. Cristine Sahota Mr. and Ms. Glenn Salisbury Mr. Howard G. Salisbury Jr. Mr. David A. Samson Samuel L Gas Company Mrs. Sukhbinder K. Sandu Mr. Dennis C. Sauter Mr. Glenn R. Savage Rev. Thomas and Dr. Kay Schulze Mr. John R. Scott Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Scragg Jr. Ms. Jacqueline Scyoc Ms. Marsha E. Seadler Sears Monument Company Security America, Inc. Mr. Duane K. Sellards John and Joan Ritchie Seville Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sharp Ms. Ruth Shepherd Harvey and Phyllis Sherman Mr. Michael Sherry Douglas E. and Carol Palmer Sherwood Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Shipley Mr. James M. Shock Mr. Bob Sholes Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Showalter Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Sibley Mr. Lonnie C. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Simpkins Margaret Ann Simpson and Chuck Simpson Ms. Melody A. Simpson Ms. Joyce F. Sinclair Ms. Deborah A. Sink Mr. Joseph Sisson 2009–2010 Annual Report 12 Dr. Donna Slayton and Gregory White Dr. Glenn and Mrs. Nora Smith Mr. and Mrs. Isaac N. Smith IV Mr. Joseph F. Smith Ms. Julie L. Smith Mr. Kenneth D. Smith Ms. Midge Smith Dr. Richard Duff Smith Mr. Rodney K. Smith Mrs. Dale S. Snyder Sokolosky & Weaver, DDS, Inc. Mr. Michael I. and Dr. Martha S. Spiker Dr. and Mrs Thomas Sporck Paul and Carol Spradling Ms. Patricia E. Steadman Charles and Sarah Stebbins Mr. and Mrs. Eric Steele Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steinberg Ms. Bren A. Stevens Mrs. Nora B. Stewart Ms. Lora Stone Dr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Strickland Ms. Karla H. Stull Ms. Ruth A. Swanson Swarthmore Investment Corporation Mr. William R. Swecker Ms. Judith Szarowski Ms. Kristin A. Szarowski Ms. Janet M. Szopo Mr. Donald L. Tate Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor Ms. Olivia A. Teel Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Thacker Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thaxton Ms. DeAnn Thomas Mr. J. Christopher Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Thompson Dallas E. and Gay A. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. James P. Tierney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tinder Ms. Alison Tobias Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tobias Professor John Robinson leads UC’s pre-professional programs. Margaret Foster Turk Mrs. Dorotha Turley Mr. and Mrs. James Underhill Joy and Fouziee Underwood Mr. William K. Valko Dr. Pegg Vanek Ms. Lara Nichole Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Victorson Mr. John K. Vintroux Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Voorhees Jr. Mr. Olaf K. Walker Dr. Glenn and Dr. Nancy Warner Warren Eye Clinic, Inc. Mr. Michael E. Warren Mrs. Rita Watson Mr. Gregory A. Webb Mr. Chadd Weikert Ms. Judy L. Wellington Wesbanco Bank Wheeling Mr. Charles W. West Wells Fargo Insurance Services of WV, Inc. Mr. Paul S. White Mr. Peter S. White Mr. Daniel E. Whitt Ms. Virginia S. Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wildt Mr. Okey Z. Wiley Mrs. Carolyn F. Wilhoit Timothy R. and Janice L. Wilking Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. John R. Williams Mrs. Martha Jane Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Willock Willowood Gas Company Mrs. Debra K. Wilson Ms. Tera L. Winfree Mr. Clarence L. Winn Ms. Sherry M. Winn Ms. Kathryn E. Winter Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Wiseman Mr. Stanton Withrow Mr. and Mrs. Lowell C. Witters Mr. Warren J. Woomer Mr. William A. Workman WV United Federal Credit Union Ms. Joanne Youlton Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Young Ms. Camelia Zakaib Dr. John E. Zegeer, D.D.S., PLLC Ms. Andrea Zekan Mr. Mike Zelek Mrs. Xiu Z. Zheng Dr. Ericka P. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Zukosky Friends Club Mrs. Jane C. Aaron Mr. Richard L. Abel Ms. Roslyn Adams Mr. John Adkins Ms. Shirley L. Adkins Anonymous AEP Appalachian Power Mr. Kevin Aikenhead Mr. Stephen C. Akers Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Albert Ms. Carol A. Albertson Mrs. Annette L. Albright Mrs. Betty P. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. George W. Alexander II Rick and Julie Allen Mr. and Mrs. John Allevato Allied Artists Mr. and Mrs. Brian Allman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Amendola Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson Mr. Bob T. Anderson Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton L. Anderson Mr. Dave Anderson Mrs. Jane Best Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Arcell Mrs. Merle Kadish Arcovio Mr. Martin M. Arcure Mrs. Tammy A. Argento Ms. Alexandra Claudia Argyris Ms. Kaitlyn Arick Ms. Rebecca Arick Ms. Joyce L. Armentrout Mr. William R. Arthur Ms. Korin M. Arvila Mrs. Lisa G. Asbury Ms. Dorothy S. Ashmore Mr. William R. Atkins Mrs. Jeanette Atkinson Mrs. Melanie Hickman Atkinson Ms. Jennifer Attley Mr. Jack L. Auer Mrs. Juanita Auer Mrs. Erma V. Axelson Mr. J. Tedford Bachman Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Bailey III Mrs. Juanita M. Bailey Mrs. Kelli A. Bailey Ms. Lois C. Bailey Ms. Susan Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Bailey Ms. Patricia L. Baird Ms. Elizabeth A. Baker Ms. Fredia V. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Danny L. Ball Mr. Robert J. Ball Mrs. Catherine M. Ballengee Ms. Christine A. Ballengee Mr. Ed Balthazar 2009–2010 Annual Report Mrs. Christi D. Banks Mrs. Deborah K. Barber Mrs. Sallie Bardelas Mrs. Teresa V. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Barnett Mr. Scott Barr Mrs. Judy Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Barron Mr. John M. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Alan E. Bart Joe and Toni Bartges Ms. Leslie Eva Bartner Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus J. Barton Jr. Mrs. Ruth S. Barton Mr. H. Dill Battle III Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Battle Mr. Donald Beane Ms. Allyson Beatty Ms. Tina Beatty Mr. Joseph J. Beaudoin Walton U. and Joyce H. Beauvais Mr. William B. Bee Ms. Geraldine Begay Ms. Abbe Belcher Mr. Arnold D. Belcher Ms. Kimberly Y. Belt Mr. Howard D. Ben-Asher Mrs. Loretta Benson Mr. Earl Benzenhafer Ms. Gladys B. Berchtold Ms. Amanda Berger Mrs. Virginia A. Bergosh Ms. Jamie Bero Ms. Elizabeth Beury Ms. Ashley Bialek Ms. Karen Bialek Ms. Lil Bias Mrs. Lora W. Bibbee Mr. Ernest G. Bilodeau Mr. Philip M. Binderman Mrs. Linda L. Bird Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Bird II Ms. Nancy A. Birthisel Mr. Earl H. Blackshire Jr. 13 Drs. Neale and Jo Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. John W. Blagg Mr. Charles W. Blake Mrs. Deborah L. Blakeman Mr. Albert L. Bleiberg Mrs. Sara J. Blincoe Mrs. Carter V. Blundon Mr. David R. Board Mr. Steve Bodge Ms. Linda Bodie Mr. Mike L. Boehme Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boggs Ms. Laura D. Bohnert Mr. Hughes Booher Ms. Ernestyne D. Booker Professor Bernard L. Bostick Ms. Linda K. Bottger Dr. and Mrs. Michael M. Boustany Dr. and Mrs. William G. Bowles Mr. and Mrs. William S. Bowles Jr. Mrs. Marcelle Bowne Ms. Debbie S. Bowyer Ms. Jacqueline Branch Mr. Kelly D. Brandt Mrs. Alyce U. Braun Mrs. Fern Brazda Mr. Herbert T. Brennen Mr. P. J. Brenner Mr. William G. Brewer Mrs. Nancy Bricker Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Bright Mrs. Janet M. Brightbill Jim and Marilyn Brinkman Mrs. Danielle R. Brooks Ms. Tressie L. Brooks Mrs. Bonnie Brothers Mrs. Alma Evans Brough Mr. Ben A. Brown Ms. Bonnie Brown Ms. Brenda Brown Mr. James L. Brown Mrs. Leslie F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Brown Students enjoy outdoor socializing at the CT. Mr. Robert L. Brown Rev. and Mrs. John D. Browning Mrs. Alice K. Bruner Rev. Ronald W. Buckalew Mrs. Laura Buckel Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Bumbalo Mr. Ralph W. Burchett Mrs. Freda Simon-Burdette Mr. James R. Burgess Ms. Kathryn Burgess Mr. James Burgett Ms. Sue Burgett Mrs. Nancy Faith Burks Mr. Curry Burnside Mr. and Mrs. John Bushkar Ms. Ellen C. Butt Ms. Katherine “KC” Butt Mr. and Mrs. Matthew I. Byock Ms. Nancy K. Cahall Mr. Kenneth Cain Mr. Jonathan Caldwell Ms. Gloria J. Callan Mr. Bob Campbell Mrs. Carol Campbell Ms. Brenda Canal Mrs. Donna R. Cantley Ms. Margaret P. Carey Ms. Patricia H. Carloss Mrs. Eloise Crickard Caroland Ms. Patty E. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carper Mrs. Kim Carr Mr. James Carrico Mrs. Reba J. Carson Mr. Dennis Carte Mr. Rodney Carter Mr. Steve Carter Cielo Carvajal Mr. John P. Casey Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Cassis Mr. Richard L. Cassis Mrs. Joan R. Casto 2009–2010 Annual Report 14 The state Capitol forms a beautiful backdrop for an outdoor class. Mr. Marion E. Casto Dr. Jean P. Cavender Mr. and Mrs. William S. Centner Kenneth and Barbara Chaffins Ms. Dianna Chapman Ms. Judith Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Chapman Mr. Park V. Chapman Charleston Area Alliance Mr. David E. Chenoweth Mr. Stephen Cheredar Mrs. Deborah A. Childers Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Christian Mrs. Lillian I. Church Ms. Briana Cicero-Johns and Mr. Scott Johns Ms. Kim White Ciotta Ms. Frances Clark Edward and Joan Clark Mrs. Patricia L. Clark Mr. Wilson F. Clark Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke Ms. Pamela N. Clarke Mr. Thomas Clarke Mr. Timothy J. Clarke Mrs. Garnet Clay Ms. Joan L. Claypoole Mr. Sydney C. Click Mr. Carlos M. Clifton Ms. Samantha N. Coates Mrs. Rita P. Cobb Mrs. Frances M. Coburn Mr. Mark Cochran Ms. Shirley R. Cochran Mr. Peter M. Cohen Ms. Bridgette A. Colligan Mrs. Jo A. Collins Mrs. Lila Geraline Colter Ms. Joyce Combs Mr. and Harry T. Comer Mrs. Dormal E. Cometti Mrs. Marsha R. Condee Ms. Taryn Conklin Ms. Tina Conklin Mrs. Jody Connell Noble and Margaret Conner Mrs. Susan K. Conner and Mr. Cloyd Conner Mr. Norman S. Constanza Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook Ms. Martha Cook Mr. Richard J. Cook Mrs. Sylvia Cook Ms. Stella Cooksey Mr. Daniel Cooney Ms. Deborah Cooney Ms. Rita M. Cooney Ms. Andrea Hahn Cooper Ms. Jamie N. Cooper Mrs. Mabel S. Costen Mr. John T. Coyle Mr. Ivan J. Coyner Mr. Jacob D. Crabtree Mr. Adam Craft Mr. and Mrs. Gary Craft Ms. Connie Crede Ms. Christine Crocker Mr. Sonny Crocker Miss Carol Crow Mr. Michael R. Cummings Mrs. Cathryn T. Cunningham Mrs. Phyllis Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. John M. Curry Ms. Michele L. Dahl Mr. Robert J. Daily Mr. David R. Daniel Ms. Susan Kay Daniel Ms. Megan Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Allan I. Davis Mr. and Mrs. J. Hornor Davis IV Ms. Kay M. Davis Mrs. Linda W. Davis Mrs. Mary E. Davis Mrs. Ouida C. Davis Mr. Steven T. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Davisson Ms. Maria De La Cueva Mrs. Helen H. Dean Dr. and Mrs. Alva W. Deardorff Mr. Michael G. Debenedette Mr. Ernest H. deHaas Mr. Robert T. Deitz Mrs. Mary A. Demeyer Mrs. E. Jean Dennison Mrs. Harriet B. Deutsch Ms. Tonya S. Dewhurst Ms. Anita S. Dillon Ms. Stephanie S. Dobbins Mr. Andrew W. Dolan Mrs. Judith D. Donnalley Ms. Patricia Dorow Mr. and Mrs. David Dorsey Ms. Nancy M. Douglas Ms. Ellen P. Dozet Ms. Marjorie Duffy Pat and Jim Duffy Mrs. Gladys V. Duncan Mr. Andrew Dunlap Mr. Al Durback Mrs. Patricia A. Durgin Mr. and Mrs. Fred Duty Ms. Meagen Dwyer Ms. Jenny Dyer Ms. Teresa Edgar Mr. Gregory Edwards Mrs. Janice M. Elkins Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott Mrs. Anna M. Crewdson Elskus* Mr. Dean L. Emig Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Eplin Mrs. Helen Epps Mr. Robert Ernst Ms. D. Lynette Evans Mrs. Karen Ewton Mrs. W. R. Exley Mr. Robert S. Farlow Mrs. Mary L. Fast Ms. Lois A. Faunda Ms. Mandy M. Faunda Ms. Barbara A. Feldbush Ms. Wilma J. Feldbush Ms. Priska Ferguson Mr. Frances E. Ferrari Mr. Glen R. Ferrell 2009–2010 Annual Report Ms. Martha Ferrell Ms. Patricia Fields Ms. Jan Finlay Mrs. Debra H. Finnell Mr. Francis M. Fisher Ms. Leila J. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. David Fix Ms. Laura J. Flaugh Mr. Daniel P. Flint Mr. William G. Flint Ms. Tocarra Flowers Mr. Frank N. Floyd Ms. Barbara J. Fornari Mrs. Kathy S. Foster Mr. Robert E. Frame Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Francis Ms. Beatrice M. Franco Mr. Alexander L. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Frazier Mrs. E. Richard Freer Mr. Fredric A. Friend Mrs. F. C. Frostick Mr. Brian Fuller Ms. Christina Fuller Mrs. Jean C. Dolin Fulton Mrs. Karen Gage-Woody Ms. Lucille Gainer Mrs. Mary L. Gallaher Ms. Adrienne A. Galloway Ms. Ann Garcelon Ms. Megan E. Garnes Mr. Bruce Garrett Ms. Susie Garrsion Mr. Patrick E. Garten Mr. William H. Garten Jr. Ms. Nancy G. Garwood Ms. Erin R. Gauker Mr. Edwin S. Gauld General Electric Foundation Mrs. Anna Georgetson Captain Richard I. Gerber Mr. James C. Getz Ms. Loriette Gibbs 15 Sheila Kay Duncan Gibbs Mr. Randall and Mrs. Bernadette Gibson Mr. Larry Gilbert Mrs. Katherine Giltinan Ms. Virginia Girard Ms. Lois F. Godbey Ms. Sharon A. Godwin Mr. Michael A. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Goldman Mr. Jay Goldsmith Mr. David Goldstein Ms. Lori C. Gollan Mr. Hullet C. Good Mr. John R. Gorman Mrs. Elizabeth A. Gorrell Mrs. Pamela K. Gorrell Mr. Carlos E. Graley Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Graley Dr. and Mrs. David B. Gray Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George H. Gray Ms. Diana K. Green Ms. Robin D. Green Mrs. Betty M. Greene Mr. and Mrs. John F. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Gresham Grigoraci, Paterno & Associates Mrs. Trina M. Grigsby Mr. William K. Grizzell Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Groom Mrs. Beverly S. Grose Mr. Bernard Grove Mrs. Jeanne Grubb Mrs. Bette I. Grubbs Mr. Brad H. Grutter Ms. Kim R. Guise Ms. Lynn Gunnoe Mrs. Sandra Hamon-Gunther Mr. David Haas Mr. Russell Haas Ms. Kelly G. Hackney Mrs. Priscilla M. Haden Ms. Mary L. Hager Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Hale Mrs. Beverley Hall Mr. Stephen Halpin Jr. Mrs. Donna A. Halstead Ms. Dorothy Halstead Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Haltiwanger Ms. Debra Ann Hambrook Mrs. Roxalena Hissom Hamer Ms. Betty A. Hamilton Mrs. Jeanne Hamilton Mrs. Maureen W. Hamilton Ms. Sharon L. Hamilton Mr. Nathan Hanshew Ms. Amanda R. Hardison Ms. Diane W. Harper Mr. Stephen E. Harper Mrs. Judith E. Harris Mrs. Vicki L. Harris Ms. Lori Harrison Ms. P. K. Harrison Mr. Robert L. Harrison Ms. Ursula P. Hartenstein Ms. Elisabeth W. Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Terry D. Harvey Ms. Kaitlin R. Hastie Ms. Joanne A. Hatcher Mrs. Sandra L. Havely Rev. Dr. Gregory L. Hayes Ms. Constance Hays Mr. Charles F. Hearn Mrs. Virginia Hedrick Mr. Gregory J. Henshall Dr. Richard G. Herndon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Hershberger Mr. Jack W. Hickman Ms. Sybil Hickman Mrs. Mary A. Higginbotham Miss Traci L. Higginbotham Ms. Maureen High Mrs. Velma High Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Hillenbrand Alumni from far and wide return to UC for Greek Weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hoblitzell Mr. David K. Hoffman Mrs. Jennifer G. Hoffman Mrs. Imogene G. Hogan Mr. Kyle M. Hogan Mr. John R. Hoglund Mrs. Dana L. Holbrook Mrs. Pat Harris Holcomb Rev. Richard C. Holliday Mr. Daniel W. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Holmes Sr. Ms. Tammy Holstine Ms. Helen L. Hopkins Horizon Medical Technologies, LLC Ms. Bernice Hosey Mr. Grant R. Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. John L. Huddleston Mr. Brerry D. Hudson Mrs. Susan B. Hufford Ms. Brenda Hughes Mr. Douglas M. Hughes Ms. Glenda Hughes Ms. Lisa K. Hughes Mr. James S. Hunt Mr. Jarred W. Hurley Mr. Curt Hutchinson Ms. Barbara S. Hyle Ms. Joann M. Hyle Mr. Mark G. Hylton 16 Mr. Pat Hyman Mrs. Kelly J. Icenhower Ms. Beverly C. Igo Ms. Charlene M. Ihrig Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Inghram Mr. David L. Ingram Ms. Deborah S. Ingram Ms. Betty S. Ireland Mr. Ray F. Isaacs Dr. Mochito Ishii Ms. Jeanette Jackson Ms. Mary K. Jackson Mrs. Nancy B. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson Mr. Donald J. Jaconia Ms. Abha Jain Ms. Jennie L. James Ms. Betty C. Jarrell Ms. Cora L. Jarrell Mrs. Penny L. Jarrell Mr. Thomas L. Jarrell Ms. Olivia Jefferds Mrs. Jennifer Jeffries-Gallagher Mrs. Deborah S. Jefko Mr. Ronald W. Jelliff Mr. Donald E. Johnson Mrs. Elizabeth S. Johnson Mrs. Maggie Johnson Ms. Mary Johnson Ms. Virginia Johnson Mrs. Betty W. Johnston Ms. Elizabeth M. Johnston Mr. Levi S. Johnston Ms. Emily Jones Mrs. Emma W. Jones Mr. Robert L. Jones Mr. Robert J. Jontos Mrs. Sarah E. Jordan Ms. Sharon Joyce Mr. Keith Kamps Ms. Patricia Kanerva Mrs. Sara Kapo Mr. Richard J. Karlis 2009–2010 Annual Report Follow the tracks to a great education. Mr. John J. Karszen Mr. and Mrs. James F. Katzenstein Ms. Cheryl B. Kauffelt Judge and Mrs. Tod J. Kaufman Mrs. Kimberly S. Kay Ms. Sally A. Kay Ms. April Kearns Mr. Larry Keaton Mr. Carlye B. Kee Mr. and Mrs. James Keene Mr. and Mrs. Wayland F. Kenner Mrs. Jeanette Keeney Mrs. Phyllis L. Keir Mr. James B. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Joshua C. Kelly Ms. Latricia P. Kelly Ms. Elizabeth M. Kerns Roger and Joellen Kerr Mrs. Carolyn P. Kersting Ms. Maria Kibblewhite Mr. Dominic I. Kim Ms. Sarah A. Kimble Mr. and Mrs. Larry King Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. King Ms. Dortha King Ms. Georgiana B. King J. Suzanne King Mr. and Mrs. James R. King Ms. Sharon King Mr. William S. King II Ms. Chelsea R. Kinzinger Ms. Marilyn H. Kirchner Nathan and Dianna Kirk Mrs. Polly A. Kirk Mrs. Jean K. Kiser Ms. Joan D. Klemkowsky Ms. Pamela S. Klopfer Mrs. Terri C. Knight Ms. Karen Knopp Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Knuckles Ron and Linda Kogan Ronald J. and Margaret E. (Muller) Kranchalk Ms. Katy M. Kriebel Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Kriney Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Krise Mr. Alan J. Kristal Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kurtz Mr. William H. Lake II Mrs. Katharine S. Lamb Dr. and Mrs. John Lambros Mrs. Barbara J. Lamp Mrs. Marianne Lane Mrs. Alicia S. Lang Ms. Lena T. Langer Mr. Oliver O. Langland Ms. Carole A. Lapinsky Dr. A. Vernon Lapps Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Lavender Sr. Ms. April J. Lawrence Mrs. Priscilla P. Lawson and Mr. Robert W. Lawson Ms. Sandra K. Lawson Frances Houston Layton Mr. Clarence E. Lee and Mrs. Brenda C. Lee Mrs. Helena E. Lee Mr. Kenneth Lee Mrs. Alfreda Leef Mr. James M. Legg Mr. and Mrs. Steve Legge Mrs. Greta C. Leighty Mr. Frank LePage Mr. Chad M. Leport Mrs. Laura L. Leport Ms. Pauline F. Lester Mrs. Susan Bader Levie Mrs. Lillian C. Levine Ms. Roberta L. Levine Mr. David J. Levinson Mr. Mike Levy Mrs. Donna Lewis Mr. Richard V. Lewis Ms. Robin A. Lewis Mr. Gary Leyva Mr. Steve Lickliter Ms. Dorthy Lilly Ms. Sarah E. Lilly Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lindell Mr. Robert A. Linkenhoker Mrs. Paula Linsenmeyer Mrs. Mary C. Linville Mr. Donald W. Lister Ms. Evelyn H. Livingstone Mrs. Denise R. Long Mr. Donald C. Long Mrs. Rosalind A. Long Scott and Sara Long Mr. Michael Lonsinger Mr. Robert L. Lookabill Mr. John S. Lopez Mrs. Blossom W. Lopinsky Ms. Regina Loughery Ms. Lisa A. Lowe Ms. Patricia Luchsinger Ms. Tracy L. Lutsy Mr. George P. Madrid Mr. and Mrs. Michel G. Maggio Jr. Mrs. Billie J. Maguire Ms. Dolores J. Magulick Mr. Anthony W. Maisano III Mrs. Prudence Majestro Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. Malcolm Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie H. Maltempie Ms. Barbara G. Mangus 17 2009–2010 Annual Report Mr. Steven L. Mangus Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W. Mann Ms. Gloria G. Margeson Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Margolis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mariani Mr. Michael C. Marie Mrs. Virginia R. Marion Ms. Helen Y. Marria Ms. Carol J. Marshall Mrs. Jeanette M. Brown Marshall Ms. Alberta Martin Mrs. Gloria J. Martin Ms. Molly G. Martin Dr. and Mrs. Michael Martin Ms. Mary A. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Marx Mrs. Barbara Mason Michael S. and Reginia A. Mason Ms. Stephanie W. Massey Mr. Jerry M. Matthews Sr. Ms. Linda S. Mattson Maverick Gymnastics, Inc. Ms. Karren Maynard Mrs. Marjorie McAuley Ms. Amy McBee Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. McCallister Mrs. Evelyn A. McChesney-Knight Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. McClanahan Ms. Amy McClellan Ms. Alexis E. McConihay Ms. Anne McConihay Dr. Tera L. McCown Mrs. Dawn McCoy Mrs. Mary Ann McCray Kemp Littlepage McElwee Ms. Marilyn McGeorge Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie J. McGlosson Ms. Judy D. McGohon Mr. Seaman F. McGrew Mrs. Carolyn S. McIntire William H.* and Anne McKee Ms. Vickie King McLaughlin Tom and Toni McMillan Mr. John M. McMillion Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McNamara Mrs. Betty M. McQuain Mr. James D. Meadows Mrs. Jean D. Meadows Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Meadows Mrs. Sally J. Meadows Mr. S. M. Mecum Mrs. Lucie A. Mellert Ms. Beth A. Melone Mrs. Patricia R. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Messina Mr. Mathew C. Messina Mr. Steven L. Metheny Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Metten Ms. Deidre D. Mezger Dr. and Mrs. Dickran Mgrdechian Mrs. Pamela J. Middleton Ms. Sarah K. Midkiff Ms. Sallie Milam Ms. Mary A. Milano Mrs. Gail Cavender Miley Ms. Alberta Salem Milhem Ms. Eileen Miller Mr. Gary J. Miller Mr. Kenneth Miller Mrs. Mara Scatena Miller Mrs. Patricia Huffman Miller Ms. Alana Minear Ms. Deanna Mitchell Ms. Janet Mitchell Mr. Samuel E. Mitchell Rev. Robert Moales Mrs. Kathy S. Mobley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Molinari Jr. Mrs. Nancy L. Monroe Ms. Eugenia G. Moore Mr. James R. Moore Mrs. Sharon A. Moore Ms. Priscilla E. Moredock Ms. Pamela A. Moreton Ms. Angela C. Morgan Pharmacy students try out their techniques on a simulation mannequin. Mr. John G. Morgan Mrs. Kay J. Morgan Mr. Wayne Morgan Thomas F. and Sharon Rollins Moriarty Mr. Charles W. Morris III Mrs. Doris M. Morris Mr. Eric Morris Mr. Sean Morris Dr. J. Bart Morrison Mr. Willard E. Morrison II Mr. Anita A. Morton Mrs. Barbara Morton Mrs. Patricia A. Morton Mrs. Holly E. Mosteller Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Moyers Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Muldoon III Ms. Lorene Mullins Ms. Misti Mullins Mrs. Phyllis N. Mullins Ms. Arminda Munoz Mrs. Mary G. Murphy Mr. Sean Murphy Mrs. Nancy E. Murray Ms. Anamae Murzynski Ms. Jacqui A. Murzynski Ms. Elizabeth Musante Mrs. Lucretia P. Myers Ms. Pamela S. Myers Mr. R. D. Myers Mr. Michael Necessary Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson Ms. Lois Nelson Ms. Patricia S. Nelson Mrs. Virginia M. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Donn Neurman Mrs. Barbara J. Nichols Mr. Dale Nichols Mr. Ernest D. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nichols Mr. Gary L. Nist Mrs. Richard E. Nolan Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nolley *Continued on pg. 23 18 2009–2010 Annual Report Dear Greek Alumni, ty sisters! I could elaborate on Oh, the times we had with our fraternity brothers and sorori but they are probably better the memories from Morris Harvey/University of Charleston, left unwritten. s during Greek Weekend, along This past April I had the pleasure of coming back to campu ’t been back for a while you haven with 150 other Greeks and alumni. What a sight! If you UC has advanced itself mater. will be amazed at the growth and beauty of our beloved alma beyond my imagination and we should all be proud. : UC campaign, which has While on campus I learned about the successes of The Vision te programs, and an expanded curtransformed the campus with new residence halls, gradua construct a new Sports & Fitness riculum. For the final phase the University is planning to campus, and Gorman Physical Center to replace Eddie King Gym, the oldest structure on ngs on campus have been buildi 11 Education Building. Over the past decade, seven of the King. I knew I wanted Eddie for built and those remaining have been renovated — except to help. University, to announce the Greek Therefore, it is my pleasure, with the endorsement of the participate in the challenge, Challenge. We would like for each Greek organization to s Center campaign. The brothers which will make a huge difference for the Sports & Fitnes the project and have nearly fulof Sigma Phi Epsilon are committed to raise $50,000 toward organizations have inquired other filled this promise through several pledges. I understand and begun the process of raising money as well. the challenge and will publish The Office of Advancement staff will track the progress of to get involved with the results in the Maroon & Gold and on the website. If you want contact Ben Beakes, vice Greek Challenge or organize your fraternity or sorority, please ucwv.edu. The challenge will president for development, at 304-357-4849 or benbeakes@ 30, 2012. run for a period of two years starting now and ending June tion. It’s time we give back and We have all benefited from UC and received a great educa finds it appropriate to particihelp our alma mater complete its vision. I hope each of you will raise more money than the Sig pate in this challenge. However, I know that none of you Eps. Good luck, and thank you! Sincerely, Phil Morabito, ’79 Fraternity Offers “Greek Challenge” 19 2009–2010 Annual Report Hallowed Ground: The UC Riverbank By Ronna Dittman, ’85 UC kicked off the festivities Friday night as John Duernberger, ’72, introduced his son, Chad, ’06, as UC Alumnus of the Year. In only his second season as head men’s soccer coach at UC, Chad was named the Division II national coach of the year. The rotunda and patio were the perfect site for the reception, giving alumni the chance to mingle and reminisce. Under a large tent on the riverbank, alumni began gathering on Saturday morning to watch the crew races on the Kanawha River. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin made a surprise visit to the tent and had the opportunity to speak and be photographed with many alumni. While the festivities were scheduled to end mid-afternoon, many lingered until much later, enjoying the river and the company of good friends. For many, this was the first trip back to campus in 30 years. While the campus had changed, the feelings of our alumni for their alma mater have only grown sweeter. David Kurtz, ’80, summed it up well in a letter written after the weekend: “There were lots of hugs, plenty of laughter, and even a few tears. My throat was raspy from talking so much, and my face hurt from smiling all day long.” As the evening came to a close, and in the weeks that followed, many alumni expressed the same feelings David Kurtz shared as he concluded, “I often dream at night about those undergrad days, and know that if I could ever go back in time, UC would be the place to go. I’m glad that I was able to return there yesterday and spend a day on the riverbank revisiting the people and the place that helped to make me who I am today. Thanks to all of those who were in attendance, and to those who helped to make it happen. To those alums who missed it, you should try to attend a future event — the reconnections are inspiring and invigorating. The UC riverbank will always be hallowed ground to me.” “ I often dream at night about those undergrad days, and know that if I could ever go back in time, UC would be the place to go...the reconnections are inspiring and invigorating. The UC riverbank will always be hallowed ground to me. “ What’s your favorite memory of the UC riverbank? Sunbathing between classes? Dorm Wars tug-ofwar? Having your picture taken with the Capitol in the background? For many alumni, that memory is the annual Governor’s Cup crew races, either as a rower or as a spectator. This was evident at the annual Alumni Spring Weekend and Greek Reunion on April 23–24, sponsored by Huddleston, Bolen LLP. From as far away as Osaka, Japan, over 150 alumni gathered on that hallowed ground to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. - David Kurtz, ’80 20 2009–2010 Annual Report Commencement 2010 When asked to identify the biggest event of the 2009–10 academic year, President Welch did not hesitate: “Graduating the first class of doctoral pharmacists.” For an institution that began as Barboursville Seminary in 1888, this was indeed a crowning achievement. Years of planning the vision for the future of UC came together when hundreds of parents, friends, faculty and staff gathered on the riverfront lawn on Sunday, May 2, for the 122nd Commencement of the University of Charleston. The ceremony marked many milestones: the first outdoor commencement in 20 years, the largest graduating class (248) in a decade, and the inaugural graduates not only of the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program, but also of two new master’s programs: the Master of Business Administration and Leadership (MBAL) and Executive Master of Forensic Accounting (EMFA). Photographers were strategically placed on the lawn and on the rooftop of Riggleman Hall to capture the occasion from every angle. Grand Marshal Dennis McMillen led the colorful cohort to their seats in front of a stage directly across the river from the State Capitol. President Welch awarded 69 pharmacy doctorates, 10 MBALs, 127 bachelor’s degrees, 24 associate’s degrees, 14 executive MBAs, nine EMFAs, and three honorary degrees (see sidebar). Serving also as the commencement speaker, Dr. Welch exhorted the graduates to “Dream Big, Plan Small.” Dewayne Kirkpatrick, a radiology student from Coalton, WV, won senior of the year honors (see story p. 34). Following the ceremony, families and friends gathered on the patio for food, drink and entertainment by the UC steel drum band to celebrate the accomplishments of the class of 2010. As the party wound down, the weather geared up, and Mother Nature brought the outdoor celebration to an end, as 248 new University of Charleston alumni went out into the world to lead their lives of productive work, enlightened living, and community involvement. 21 2009–2010 Annual Report Commencement 2010 UC's First Pharmacists The UC School of Pharmacy opened its doors in August 2006, and its first class of graduated in May 2010. To date, 97 percent of the UC graduates who have taken the national certification test (NAPLEX) have passed, exceeding both state and national pass rates. Soon after commencement, the UC School of Pharmacy received the welcome news that it had achieved full national accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). The ACPE awards full accreditation to a new program that has met all standards and has graduated its first class. A remarkable number of graduates have garnered competitive post-graduate positions, six in pharmacy residency programs and three in clinical research fellowships, for a total of 13% of the graduating class. The large proportion of UC graduates in these postgraduate training opportunities is notable in any graduating class, not to mention the first graduating class from a newly established pharmacy school. About three quarters of the graduates are committed to practicing as community pharmacists, and 10 percent will practice in institutional settings like hospitals and nursing homes. One of the primary goals of the UC program has been to improve the quality of health care in underserved regions of West Virginia and Appalachia. Approximately 80 percent of the inaugural pharmacy graduates will be staying in the Appalachian region: 34 percent in West Virginia, 24 percent in Kentucky, five percent each in Ohio and Maryland, and the other 12 percent spread across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Tennessee. The remaining graduates are spread out from Delaware to Florida and as far west as California. 2010 Honorary Degrees As part of the commencement ceremony, UC awarded honorary degrees to a notable alumnus, a member of the West Virginia Supreme Court, and the CEO of the American Pharmacists Association. The three recipients spoke at a luncheon in the Erma Byrd Gallery prior to the ceremony, and each received a doctoral hood and formal citation during commencement. Greg Burton, ’82, is president and CEO of BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in recognition of his accomplishment in transforming the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission from an expensive state agency to a profitable private company. The University also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to Robin Jean Davis, chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. Thomas Menighan, executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree. From left: Thomas Menighan, Dr. Welch, Honorable Robin Jean Davis and Greg Burton, ’82 Congratulations 2010 UC graduates! 22 2009–2010 Annual Report UC’s Best-Known Alum By Scott Castleman It isn’t often that a student with a 4.0 GPA takes 53 years to graduate from college. But the late West Virginia senator and University of Charleston alumnus Robert C. Byrd was never by any means conventional. was a very special moment for everyone involved. “He was moved because he said it was ‘his’ degree,” said Dr. Welch. “This was the one he began as a student – rather than the other honorary degrees he received so often.” It took Senator Byrd 16 years to begin schooling at Morris Harvey College after graduating from Mark Twain High School in Stotesbury, WV, just outside of Beckley. When he enrolled in classes in 1950, Byrd did so having already served four years as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. The senator and his beloved wife Erma have been invaluable to the advancement of UC and have each been honored on campus. In 2004 the school unveiled the Erma Byrd Women Artists Gallery in Riggleman Hall, which features paintings and sculptures by virtually every wellknown female artist from West Virginia. Although Mrs. Byrd was in poor health when the gallery was completed, Senator Byrd made sure she knew how wonderful it was. Working as a college student and delegate would probably be more than enough to keep most people busy, but Byrd found the time to run for, and win, a seat in the state senate in 1950 as well. He did all this while taking 27 course hours from the fall of 1950 to the spring of 1951 and maintaining straight A's. Duty to his state called after Byrd’s first and only year as a student at Morris Harvey, as he went on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years. His time spent at the school was not forgotten though. He claimed political science professor Dr. Evelyn Harris was the best teacher he ever had, and once said, “I have a warm place in my heart for the University of Charleston, where I started to obtain the kind of learning that I longed for from excellent teachers and faculty.” In 2003, more than a half-century after enrolling in his first class at Morris Harvey, Senator Byrd was awarded a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from UC. The degree was given for his work in the classroom, as well as his superior work in Washington, DC. According to UC President Edwin Welch, being able to award the senator the degree “The most touching moment I had with Senator Byrd was when Janet and I were alone with him in the Byrd Gallery and he called his dear Erma to describe to her in loving words the gallery he knew she would never see,” said Dr. Welch. The following year the senator announced $9.6 million in federal money for construction of the UC School of Pharmacy building, which was named in his honor. The return on investment was seen in May of 2010 as the first class of 69 pharmacy doctorates were granted by UC, helping to alleviate the critical need for more pharmacists in Appalachia. Senator Byrd also acquired funds in recent years to renovate Riggleman Hall, helping to accommodate nursing and radiology students. All of these projects have ensured that his legacy will live on at his original alma mater. “Senator Byrd’s work forever enriched the University, West Virginia, the United States Senate, and the nation,” said Dr. Welch. “We are grateful for his assistance and we cherish him as our best known and most influential alumnus.” Robert C.Byrd 2009–2010 Annual Report 23 Members of the UC Sports Medicine Club prepare to volunteer at the Scarecrow Festival. Mr. David A. Nortrup Mr. and Mrs. Billy K. Nuckols Mrs. Ramona Nunley Ms. Ibifuro D. Obomanu Mr. Otis L. O’Connor Mrs. Joyce F. Ofsa Mr. Brian D. Okraska Mrs. Susie Orders Mr. Andrew Thomas Orrison Ms. Robin Lynn Osborne Mr. Thomas D. Osborne Ms. Ellen M. O’Shea Mr. Pete Ostaseski Mrs. Elsie J. Ours Mr. Charles E. Overstreet Mr. Robert Paetz Mrs. Hazel R. Painter Mrs. Anna G. Parado Mrs. Kiesha A. Parker Mrs. Margaret Parks Mrs. Catherine W. Parsons Ms. Pamela O’Connell Parsons Mr. Robert A. Parsons Mr. Sam A. Pascal Ms. Jessica R. Paschall Mr. Gregory L. Pasquarella Mrs. Ruth Marian Patton Ms. Beth Anne Pauley Ms. Irene M. Pauley Ms. Sharon P. Paxton Ms. Jackie Payne Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Peavley Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pelzel Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Penn III Mr. Edwin M. Pereira Mrs. Patricia Perelman Ms. Mary L. Perriello Ms. Catherine Perry Mr. George W. Pesta Mr. Marlon Peters Mr. Robert W. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Charles Petry Mrs. Angus Peyton Mr. George W. Pfeffer Mrs. Lynn Eileen Phelps Mr. Ronald S. Pickman Mrs. Rebecca Pilcher Mr. Loren A. Piotrowski Mr. Dana Pitchford Ms. Audrey C. Pitonak-Goff Mr. William E. Pittman Jr. Mr. Stephen R. Plain Rev. George F. Plybon Jr. Glenn and Clara Poe Mrs. Emily P. Poling Ms. Margaret A. Poling Mr. Douglas and Mrs. Sharon Pond Ms. Andrea T. Popwell Mr. Thomas C. Porter Mr. David N. Potter Powers Appraisals Mr. William B. Powers Dr. Mary C. Pozega Mr. William R. Praschil III Mr. L. Andrew Price III Mr. and Mrs. Edward Price Mrs. Cathy S. Proctor Mr. James F. Pross Mr. and Mrs. Morris Purdy Ms. Katherine Quesenberry Mr. Terry L. Rabel Mrs. Anne K. Rada Mr. Patrick T. Ragan Mr. Henry E. Ramey Ms. Kirsten A. Ramsey Ms. Neha Rana Mr. and Mrs. DeLane Randolph Rebecca Randolph Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ranson Mrs. Leroy M. Rashid Mr. and Mrs. Steve L. Rayman Ms. Janice A. Rebert Ms. Marlene Reed Mrs. Lynne G. Rees Mrs. Dian A. Reeves Mr. Fredric J. Reid Mrs. Gaye McCoy Reinacher Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Reinhard Ms. Karyn K. Reis Mrs. Maury R. Reishman Mr. Lloyd M. Reveal Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rice Mrs. Barbara L. Richardson Mrs. Iris Riggs Mr. Robert L. Riley Mr. and Mrs. Ron Riley Jack and Karen Rinchich Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Rippetoe Mrs. Betty B. Robbins Mr.* and Mrs.* Belford Roberts Mr. Philip B. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. William D. Robinette Ms. Janet M. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Maurice M. Robinson Mrs. Wilma I. Robinson Ms. Carolyn A. Rocchio Mrs. John D. Rockefeller IV Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Rockwell Jr. Ms. Ana Paula Rodrigues Mrs. Sandra M. Rohr Mrs. Brenda M. Romane Mrs. William T. Romine Dr. Carl J. Roncaglione, M.D.* Mrs. Janet Menconi Rorrer Mr. Joseph S. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rotella Ms. Rona Rothhouse Ms. Barbara Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Rucker Mrs. Joanne Rudisill Ms. Kimberly A. Rudisill Ms. Carol R. Ruesswick Ms. Kathleen Ruggery Mrs. Frances C. Rumley Richard A. and Frances C. Rumley 24 2009–2010 Annual Report Dr. Ed Welch, John Duernberger, ’72, and Mary Converse, ’65, congratulate 2010 Alum of the Year Chad Duernberger, ’06. Mr. and Mrs. David S. Runyon Ms. Carol B. Russo Ms. Laurie M. Sage Ms. Paige C. Salgado Mrs. Cathleen Salmons Ms. Pamela Salyer Mr. Kamal Samar Mrs. Sondra L. Samples Mrs. Penny Sams Mr. Young Sanders Mr. Benjamin Sanger Edward and Laura Sarluca Mrs. Della L. Sayre Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Sayre Mrs. Susan McEwing Schauber Mrs. Mark H. Schaul Joseph and Phyllis Scheirman Mrs. Ann Barry Schneider Schroeders Service Station, Inc. Mrs. Deborah A. Schuchart Mr. Claudio Sciara Mr. Peter R. Scoppa Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David J. Scott Ms. Gail S. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Seabolt Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Seaman Mr. Mark Seay Mrs. Bernadette Secker Ms. Judy Sehnal Mrs. Kathy Seltzer Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Semder Mrs. Carol T. Seufer Mr. Norman R. Shaar Ms. Carolyn L. Shafer Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Shaffer Mrs. Doris T. Shank Ms. Donna J. Shaver Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Shaver Ken and Becky Shaw Mr. Patrick Sheehan Ms. Lana R. Sheetz Ms. Patricia Shinn Mr. Michael B. Shock Mrs. Nancy Shock Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Shores Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Short Jr. Ms. Johana D. Show Mr. Michael Shrewsbury Mrs. Jane H. Shuman Mr. David H. Shumate Mrs. Kathryn C. Shumate Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Siegel Mr. Matthew A. Silva Shane and Susanne Lovell Silver Mrs. Lisa G. Simmons Mr. Donald J. Simpson Ms. Paula Sims Ms. Sally M. Skull Ms. Doris Slack Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Sloan Mrs. Ellen R. Slotnick Mrs. Mary S. Smalley Mr. Carl C. Smart Ms. S. Smialek Mrs. Barbara A. Smith Mr. Christopher S. Smith Ms. Connie Smith Ms. Deborah L. Smith Ms. Debra Smith Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Smith Ms. Dreama Smith Ms. Helen W. Smith Ms. Norma D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Phil E. Smith Mrs. Reba J. Smith Mr. Timothy R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. David A. Sneed Mrs. Mary Norman Sneed* Ms. Bonnie H. Snider Ms. Jessica D. Snider Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Souders Ms. Barbara S. Spain Mr. Robert H. Spain Mr. Laurence E. Spaner Mrs. Joy G. Spangler Mrs. Patricia A. Spangler Mr. S M. Spangler Mr. Ryan D. Spaulding Mr. Donald Mark Spears Mr. David G. Speer Mr. Andrew J. Spellman Mrs. Virginia Spence Andy and Mylissa Spradling Mr. Robert E. Spradling Mr. Edward Squirts Marnie C. Stahl Mr. Charles E. Stalnaker Mr. James P. Stanco Mrs. June Stanley Ms. Linda Stanley Mr. Norris E. Stanley Ms. Alexis J. Stearos Mr. Ron Stempka Ms. Catherine L. Steorts Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. George W. Steve Mrs. Connie L. Stewart Mrs. Carol J. Stieghan Mr. Patrick Stock Mr. Nels Stollings Stonewall Jackson Middle School Ms. Helen D. Straus Ms. Sharon C. Strickland Ms. Kathleen M. Studer Studioidm, Inc. Ms. Barbara C. Sturdevant Mr. Ralph H. Sturdevant Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Sturm Mrs. Carole A. Sull Ms. Marsha L. Sutton Ms. Joe Ann Swann Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Swoope Jr. Ms. Kim Sykes Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Syvertson Mr. Charles R. Szarowski Jr. Maj. General Allen E. Tackett 25 2009–2010 Annual Report 2010 Peer Educators gather on Rashid Family Wall. William and Linda Talbott Ms. Helen D. Tallman Ms. Heidi Talmage Ms. Christine Tate Ms. Patricia Tate Mr. Daniel Taylor Ms. Joanne G. Taylor Mr. Kasey C. Teegardin Mr. Thomas A. Tenney Mrs. Kay M. Teufel Mrs. Helen Thalheimer Mr. Jeff D. Theobald Mr. Les Guy Thomas Ms. Betty L. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thompson Jr. Mrs. Janet P. Thompson Mr. Keith Thomson Ms. Sandra Tilche Mr. Robert N. Titcher Mr. Thomas J. Titus Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Todd Mr. and Mrs. Nick Tomkins Mrs. Mable (Faye) Tompkins Mr. Robert C. Topping Mr. Brian Totten Ms. Deborah E. Totten Mr. Richard S. Totten Mrs. Sandra H. Totten Mr. Arnold Traupman Ms. Carolyn Tretick Mr. Ronald R. Tsuchiya Mrs. Claudia Q. Tull Mrs. Marjorie N. Turkett Mrs. Susan B. Turnbull and Mr. David D. Turnbull Ms. Alice Turner Mr. Justin B. Turner Ms. Leesa Ulrich Mr. Jerry Updegraff Mr. Martin L. Valerio Mrs. Melanie M. Van Metre Mr. Kenneth R. Van Wyen Mrs. Virginia S. Vance Ms. Judith A. VanRaaphorst Ms. Gerrie E. Verdi Vernon Gas Company Mr. C. W. Waddill Mr. Charles O. Walker Ms. Helen L. Walker Mr. and Mrs. John P. Walker Mr. Michael D. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Walker Derek and Nicole Walker Mr. and Mrs. Stewart D. Walkup Ms. Diane Wallace Mrs. Margaret Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Wallace III Mrs. Virginia M. Walther Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Wandling Mr. Jay Wang Mrs. LeMoyne Ward Ms. Betty Ann Warner Mr. and Mrs. Dan Warner Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warner Ms. Glenda L. Watkins Mrs. Shirley F. Watkins Ms. Elizabeth A. Watson Mr. James E. Watson Ms. Margaret Waybright Mr. Franklin D. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Webb Mrs. Phyllis Ann Webber Mr. David E. Webster Mrs. Betty N. Weikle Mrs. Josephine Welcher Ms. Katherine Wellford Ms. Ellen Wells Mrs. Sandy Wells Ms. Dorothy L. West Mr. Jude Raymond Whelan Kevin and Linda Whelan Ms. Betsy J. White Mr. and Mrs. David M. White Mrs. Jo White Mr. William A. White Jr. Ms. Carolyn S. Whitlock Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Whitman Ms. Brittney L. Williams Dr. Lansing E. Williams Mr. Todd R. Williams Ms. Victoria Williams Mr. Loren Wilms Mrs. Bonetta S. Wilson Ms. Christine Wilson Ms. Mae Ellen Wilson Mrs. Joan G. Winkler Mr. R. Bruce Wise Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Wise Mrs. Lucy Withrow Ms. Mary Lou Wittekind Mr. Ronald C. Wlliams Ms. Lisa J. Woo Ms. Jennifer Wood Mr. Thomas E. Woodall Ms. Viola S. Woods Ms. Elaine Wooten Mr. Adam E. Workman Ms. Sandra Wotring Dr. Gary D. Wray Dr. Barbara D. Wright Alan and Tina Wright Artie and Josie Wriston Mrs. Annamae Wukitsch Mrs. Cynthia Wukitsch Mr. Gallus Wukitsch IV Mrs. Geraldine P. Wyatt Mr. Stanley D. Wyatt Mrs. E. Suzan Yancey Mrs. Molly E. Yates Mrs. Carol E. Yeager Mr. Howard L. Yeager Jr. Mrs. Ann G. Yetter Ms. Mary E. Yoho Ms. Sophia Young Ms. Asma B. Yousaf Mr. Jose E. Zambrano Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Zedosky Mr. Curtis Zeilenga Ms. Brandy R. Zickefoose Rev. George A. Zimmermann, Jr. 26 2009–2010 Annual Report Alumni Giving by Class Year Gifts received between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 Class of ’35 Mary E. Davis Class of ’37 C. C. Tully* Class of ’38 Robert W. Dorsey Class of ’39 S. M. Mecum Class of ’40 Garold W. Thumm Class of ’41 Jane B. Anderson Stella Cooksey Shirley J. Lewis Class of ’42 Alice K. Bruner Llewellyn S. Cole Virginia J. Horn Anne C. McKee Class of ’46 Ross G. Childress Frank A. Kovach Betty J. Rippetoe Class of ’47 Charles W. Davisson Richard R. Gresham Frank LePage John G. Morgan Hazel R. Painter Okey Z. Wiley Class of ’48 Calvin Beckelheimer Augusta Brannen R. J. Chenoweth Margaret B. Conner Mary L. Fast Stephen Hopta Edgar Loring* Louise Pullen William S. Robinson Class of ’49 Barbara Agsten Richard H. Childress Martha D. Cole Phyllis Cunningham William H. McKee* Stanton R. Withrow Noble F. Conner Anna M. Elskus* Virginia Hedrick Frances H. Layton Billie J. Maguire Helen S. Marsh Elmer A. Priddy Anne K. Rada Class of ’44 Class of ’50 Class of ’43 Genevieve T. Adams Blossom W. Lopinsky Catherine W. Parsons Marjorie T. Rabourn* Class of ’45 Charles L. Pelzel Juanita Auer Marcelle Bowne Jack R. Buckalew John Bushkar Frances M. Coburn Al Durback Imogene G. Hogan Betty W. Johnston Jack C. Liming Anne McConihay G. E. Moran Myrna H. Rockwell Stephen K. Sturm Janet P. Thompson Charles W. West Lansing E. Williams Class of ’51 John P. Cornell Edward Curry Robert B. Dawson Jack W. Hickman Rosemary R. Hoffman Grant R. Hubbard Ray F. Isaacs Walter H. Kistler Seaman F. McGrew Lucretia P. Myers James H. Nelson George R. Pauley George F. Plybon Edward L. Rockwell Doris T. Shank Mary N. Sneed* Virginia S. Vance Olaf K. Walker Class of ’52 Susan J. Bohnert Gerald H. Davis Irene Dunn Harold T. Elmore Roxalena Hamer Mary S. Jarmusch Lucy W. Lewis Robert L. Morris Glenn E. Smith David H. Wallace Class of ’53 Dalton L. Anderson Robert J. Ball Joe Bartges Roy Brown* Betty T. Cunnings Robert L. Dunn Margaret H. Hitchman Carlye B. Kee William E. Kelly Jean K. Kiser Lowell T. Miller George W. Pfeffer Virginia Roberts * Belford Roberts * William T. Romine Wilma Smith Carl R. Young Class of ’54 Alma Brough J. C. Campbell Nancy D. Campbell A. W. Chenoweth Wanda M. Chenoweth Richard G. Hale Richard B. Marks Mary Marockie Charles E. Metten Patricia Miller Morris Purdy Norman R. Shaar Pete Slicer Glenn W. Smith Nora L. Smith Henry L. Swoope Class of ’55 James P. Clark Jodie A. Crecca Thomas W. Greenwood Mary A. Higginbotham * Deceased Janet G. Keener Rex C. Keener Dana Pitchford Janet R. Purdy Barbara L. Richardson G. Todd Roberts Robert K. Shaver Dorotha Turley Frances H. Valko James R. Waggy Class of ’56 Joseph E. Ballengee Charles E. Barnett Walton U. Beauvais Ezra E. Boehm Robert T. Boehm Frederick L. Boggs James L. Brown Freda M. Burdette Eloise C. Caroland Carlos M. Clifton Joe F. Comisky Mabel S. Costen Nick G. Ehle Robert H. Hill Robert A. Linkenhoker Lewis N. McManus James Melmige Constance C. Riley Joanne Rudisill Charles W. Scragg Richard S. Totten Bonetta S. Wilson George A. Zimmermann Class of ’57 Keith W. Atkinson Vernon H. Birthisel Garnet Clay Thomas A. Crutchfield Frank N. Floyd 27 2009–2010 Annual Report Class of ’60 Athletic training students pause for a photo before presenting a case study at the 2010 Academic Showcase. Basil A. Hensley Charles Herald David K. Hoffman Robert Moales Elsie J. Ours Dean Parkins Maurine K. Price Virginia M. Rice John R. Scott Joan R. Seville Rodney K. Smith Floyd R. Stephens Robert N. Titcher William K. Valko Bonnie K. Waggy Gene T. Waggy Virginia M. Walther Robert D. Whitman Julia F. Woodford Class of ’58 Thomas K. Bailey Flora L. Francis Harriet W. Greenwood Bette I. Grubbs Buford R. Hartsog Velma High Ray E. Jones Clyde E. Krise John M. McMillion Benjamin E. Melton Robert Melton Robert W. Paskel Phil E. Smith Edward Squirts Bruce Thompson Jude R. Whelan Charles B. Williams Lowell C. Witters Class of ’59 Paul D. Allen Jack L. Auer Patsy J. Black Billy R. Bryant James E. Cook Hullet C. Good Norma Herald Robert L. Jones James B. Kelley Melba M. Merrill Robert L. Price Nancy Shock Wanda Simpkins Mable F. Tompkins Anonymous Juanita M. Bailey Donna R. Cantley Joan R. Casto Larry E. Cavender Jane D. Comisky Sylvia R. Cook Judith D. Donnalley Clarence C. Dunlap Polly H. Greene Harley R. Hill C. J. Holmes Roy L. Holstein Orland C. Jones Charles W. Kincaid Alicia S. Lang Archie O. Morris Bob Sholes Franklin D. Webb David E. Webster Class of ’61 Danny L. Ball Iva J. Ball Philip M. Binderman Jo Blackwood Frederic G. Bollinger Bernard L. Bostick Mary L. Brown Tommy Bunting James H. Carr Barbara A. Chaffins David E. Chenoweth Nelle R. Chilton Vicky R. Collier Pete R. Culicerto Robert A. Ersek Sharon L. Hamilton Dominic I. Kim Ruth R. Legg Ernest D. Nichols Gaye M. Reinacher Fouziee K. Underwood Joy D. Underwood Class of ’62 Gregory D. Adkins Albert L. Bleiberg Marion L. Brown Carolyn A. Bryant Lillian I. Church James M. Duffy Janice M. Elkins Philip G. Fitzpatrick Patrick E. Garten Wade L. Halsey Richard C. Holliday Charlene S. Huddleston James S. Hunt Carol W. Kinder Eddie J. Kinder Polly A. Kirk Tom McNeel David C. Morris John M. Ranson James M. Rice Class of ’63 Elaine F. Anderson Erma V. Axelson Ernest L. Bailey Henry W. Battle Joyce H. Beauvais Paul M. Brinkley Jack G. Brown Kathryn Burgess Ivan J. Coyner James E. Drotar William E. Ferguson Anna Georgetson Sandra K. Gunther Mary L. Hager Roger L. Hershberger Carolyn P. Kersting H. M. Logan Jack W. McGraw Betty Moran Anna A. Morris Bonnie W. Pattie Thornton J. Ridinger Joseph S. Rose Sondra L. Samples Lee F. Sayre Norris E. Stanley Class of ’64 Rodney K. Albertson Robert E. Alfred Christine A. Ballengee Marie-Anne Barnhart Daniel N. Bean William S. Bowles William G. Brewer Leslie F. Brown William S. Centner Lila G. Colter Deloris J. Davis Ted Ellis Frances E. Ferrari William G. Flint George H. Gray Joan M. Hammonds Sarah K. Jackson Emma W. Jones Gerald A. Klyne Brenda C. Lee Joyce S. Martin Jack C. McClanahan Joyce L. McClanahan Thomas G. McMillan Alberta S. Milhem Patricia M. Moyers Lynne G. Rees Thomas E. Reich Judy A. Ridinger David J. Scott Donna J. Shaver William R. Swecker Kay M. Teufel Gay A. Thompson Sue Warner Edward Warner Geraldine P. Wyatt Class of ’65 David W. Anderson Benny J. Argento Nancy Bricker John D. Browning B. D. Clements Mary Converse Linda W. Davis Doris B. Duty David Goldstein Bradford D. Hague Robert L. Harrison Eric O. Hoke John S. Lopez David E. Love James C. Mahan Gail C. Miley Samuel E. Mitchell Ann V. Morris Patricia A. Morton Mark I. Murovitz Victor G. Naseef C. E. Penn 28 2009–2010 Annual Report EMBA students take in the sights in Amsterdam. Wanda N. Radcliffe Douglas E. Sherwood James M. Shock Linda M. Talbott William M. Talbott Alvin M. Thacker Thomas J. Titus John R. Williams Jack D. Wiseman Thomas E. Woodall Gary D. Wray Howard L. Yeager Camelia Zakaib Class of ’66 George W. Alexander Alan E. Bart Patricia Bivens Jesse J. Black P. J. Brenner William D. Bryant Kristine B. Burfeind Matthew I. Byock Mildred M. Carper John R. Carper Donald E. Casse Marion E. Casto Judith Chapman Patty W. Dillon H. M. Dye Daniel P. Flint Jay C. Goldman Richard R. Hawkins Ann M. Huffman Marilynn A. Huntington David L. Ingram Robert G. Keller Donald H. King Alan J. Kristal Edward B. Lehmann Bobbie H. Maltempie Virginia R. Marion Barbara C. Murovitz Billy K. Nuckols Jacquelyn Oblinger Clara G. Poe Betty B. Robbins Sue M. Robinette Rona Rothhouse Sally Shaffer Carol P. Sherwood Bronson G. Shores Joseph F. Smith David G. Speer John P. Walker Robert M. Willock Class of ’67 Jeanette F. Alexander Victoria E. Amendola Billy B. Atkins J. T. Bachman Fredia V. Baldwin Marsha B. Bart Sandra G. Bishop Charles W. Blake Ralph W. Burchett Allan I. Davis W. R. Exley David W. Gallagher Judy Gallagher Sharon C. Gouckenour Harold T. Graley John F. Greene Jane H. Harich Kathleen H. Holmes Donald E. Johnson Stephen J. Law Donald W. Lister Mary A. McCray Richard Nichols Ronald E. Nowviskie Mary L. Perriello Rebecca A. Pilcher Daniel S. Reich Elizabeth Rice Philip B. Robertson William D. Robinette Richard A. Rumley Laurence E. Spaner Linda L. Stanley Nora B. Stewart Lora Stone Olivia A. Teel David L. Waggy William A. Workman Benjamin P. Zukosky Martha A. Zukosky Class of ’68 Patrick R. Amendola Donald C. Bell Jennifer Britton Carol M. Buckalew Ronald W. Buckalew Thomas J. Burger James R. Burgess Thea P. Byock Richard Christian Helen H. Dean Robert T. Deitz Peter M. Gayowski Rebecca P. Goldman William E. Gouckenour Carlos E. Graley Jeffrey A. Grantz Albert F. Grauer Avas B. Hamon Ursula P. Hartenstein Robert J. Jontos Ronald J. Kogan Roger D. Kriney Mathew L. Millen John Neuner Anna G. Parado Edwin M. Pereira John O. Rider Suzanne R. Rubin Edward M. Sarluca Kay G. Schulze Thomas R. Schulze Bernadette Secker Carol G. Siegel Robert A. Siegel Sherry Sims Carla C. Sneed Class of ’69 Annette L. Albright Paul E. Bedrin Howard D. Ben-Asher John W. Blagg Ellen H. Brinkley Wilson F. Clark William I. Cohen John M. Curry Robert F. Goldsmith William K. Gordon Betty M. Greene William K. Grizzell Kathleen Groom Beverly S. Grose Joe S. Hartney Sybil Hickman Charles S. Houck John L. Huddleston Douglas M. Hughes Mary K. Jackson Donald J. Jaconia Sarah E. Jordan Larry Keaton Robert L. Lookabill Peter A. Maresco Roy C. Martin Bernard Marx Donna J. McCallister Betty M. McQuain Mary A. Milano Dale A. Nichols Sam A. Pascal Stephen R. Plain Larry T. Poe Emily P. Poling William R. Praschil Theresa L. Rabel Lloyd M. Reveal Joseph L. Robertson Maurice M. Robinson Lewis S. Rosenberg Susan M. Schauber Charles A. Seabolt Donald J. Simpson Marion J. Sinclair Jerry C. Skelly James F. Smith Joy G. Spangler Robert C. Topping Donald C. Wandling Margaret Waybright Thomas Wynn Elizabeth S. Yancey Class of ’70 Verlin T. Adams Merle Arcovio John A. Babalis Sallie Bardelas Earl H. Blackshire Ernestyne D. Booker Stephen V. Brown Laurence J. Bumbalo Nancy D. Burks Kathleen Cantwell Howard Crain A. L. Crimmins Peggy L. Dorsey Patricia A. Durgin Dean L. Emig Anthony M. Engesser Mary L. Entzminger Phillip C. Familletti Kimberly C. Familletti Barbara J. Fornari Robert E. Frame Terri Geifman Richard I. Gerber Louis M. Gioia Michael A. Goldman Diana K. Green 29 2009–2010 Annual Report John R. Hoglund Sara Kapo Ronald J. Kranchalk William H. Lake Clarence E. Lee Susan Levie William H. Lucht Barbara G. Mangus Gloria J. Martin Larry A. Maser Douglas W. Metten Nancy L. Monroe James R. Moore Nancy E. Murray Russell Nichols John E. Nolley Irene M. Pauley Lynn E. Phelps Lloyd D. Reinhard Mary M. Robertson Kamal Samar Laura J. Sarluca Peter R. Scoppa Duane K. Sellards Patrick Sheehan Patricia A. Spangler Joanne G. Taylor Pamela F. Thacker Class of ’71 Richard L. Abel Lois D. Abraham Robert W. Bennette Virginia A. Bergosh Linda L. Bird Patricia B. Blagg James L. Buckalew Reba J. Carson Peter M. Cohen Dormal E. Cometti Delores W. Cook Michael G. Debenedette John A. DeRito Glen R. Ferrell Frances K. Fitzpatrick Ellen Gannon Weider John R. Gorman Helen L. Hopkins Phyllis C. Huffman Larry A. Hyatt Donald L. Kerr Margaret E. Kranchalk David J. Levinson Jimmie J. McGlosson Michael K. Meadows Patricia R. Melton Sharon P. Paxton Sharon C. Pond Douglas R. Pond David A. Samson Michael Sherry S M. Spangler James P. Stanco Michael E. Warren Richard S. Williams Class of ’72 Michael M. Albert John M. Barry Gladys B. Berchtold Bonnie Brown Edwin D. Bunn Lynn K. Bunn Brenda Canal Jo A. Collins Richard J. Cook Patricia Z. Crumpler Lawrence M. Devlin Jean C. Fulton William H. Garten Maureen W. Hamilton Judith E. Harris Gregory J. Henshall Theresa L. Houck Deborah S. Ingram Cora L. Jarrell Deborah S. Jefko Steven E. Lickliter Anthony W. Maisano John C. McChesney Robert L. McClelland Constance S. Meadows Anthony A. Molinari David A. Nortrup Margaret Parks Ronald S. Pickman Glenn K. Poe William B. Powers Hugh L. Rockwell Frances C. Rumley Rosalie H. Ruttencutter Gloria Steinberg Carol J. Stieghan Clyde H. Summers Claudia Q. Tull Kevin S. Whelan Class of ’73 William R. Arthur Gordon L. Berlin David B. Chenoweth Sylvia Elmore Richard G. Herndon Jacqueline M. Heywood Nettie A. Horne Barbara J. Lamp Paula W. Legge Norwin C. Lilly Albert V. Mays Sharon A. Moore Antoinette Morrison John D. Pope Cathy S. Proctor Martin H. Scharf Joseph E. Scheirman Charles M. Showalter Martin L. Valerio Linda K. Whelan Robert K. Wilson Carol E. Yeager Class of ’74 Catherine M. Ballengee Linda K. Bottger Deborah A. Childers Marsha R. Condee Ellis Glover Earl E. Graybeal Michael E. Greenleaf Daniel W. Holmes James F. Katzenstein Roy R. Knuckles Deborah P. Lambert Sandra K. Lawson Greta C. Leighty Richard V. Lewis Steve L. Mangus Helen Y. Marria Beverly L. Neal Thomas H. Neal Laurie M. Sage Phyllis R. Scheirman Virginia Spence Stephen P. Sydnor Sandra H. Totten Stephen C. Voorhees Graduate business students enjoy the school's proximity to Charleston’s Capitol Street. Mary M. Voorhees Judy D. Wiseman Lisa J. Woo Class of ’75 Deborah M. Belcher Elizabeth A. Bowles Bob S. Brotherton John T. Coyle Donald J. English Earl Hamner Mochito Ishii Sally A. Kay James Keene Guy W. Lanham Debbie Lindell Mary C. Linville Diana L. Long Dennis A. McMillen Douglas W. Mills Andrew J. Muldoon Constance C. Muldoon Phyllis J. Mullins Louise H. Nelson Ramona Nunley Kerri R. Petry Robert H. Semder Mary Semder Frederick J. Sloan Jerry Updegraff Class of ’76 Marion H. Baer Lora W. Bibbee Michael R. Cummings George J. Davis Emily J. Dennison Albert O. Eplin Thomas Greene Gregory L. Hayes Hazel C. Hoffman William S. King Terri C. Knight Paula C. Linsenmeyer Sharon R. Moriarty Charles W. Morris Dian A. Reeves Jeffrey S. Robertson Wilma I. Robinson Mary S. Smalley Class of ’77 Shirley L. Adkins Hazelene E. Anderson Grant M. Atkinson Leslie E. Bartner Janet U. Clouse Andrew W. Dolan Sandra L. Fix John L. Jividen Ted Lawson 2009–2010 Annual Report 30 Incoming freshmen from the Elliot living-learning community compete in “can-struction” event. Carol J. Marshall Gary J. Miller Robert J. Nichols Richard E. Nolan Sharon P. Rockefeller William A. White Class of ’78 Mitchell L. Abraham Gloria J. Atkinson Nancy A. Birthisel David R. Board Jean Ann Bolling Dianna L. Branham John W. Britton Colleen J. Cook Brenda J. Dittman Debra H. Finnell Denise C. John Judith G. Lewis Eugenia G. Moore Thomas F. Moriarty Charlotte Y. Neilan Margaret A. Poling Shirley W. Randolph Donald S. Rucker Lisa G. Simmons Linda R. Torre Steven W. Webb Class of ’79 Stephen C. Akers Betty P. Alexander Paul C. Arcell Deborah K. Barber Teresa V. Barnes William T. Bolling Alyce U. Braun Fern E. Brazda Carol Campbell Patty E. Carpenter Melisa K. Cassis Rita P. Cobb Cathryn T. Cunningham Ernest H. deHaas Sheila K. Gibbs Mark G. Hylton John J. Karszen Kathy S. King Helena E. Lee Denise R. Long Beth A. Melone Pamela J. Middleton Phillip A. Morabito Robert L. Neal Sheila A. Nicoll Robert W. Peters Rebecca A. Reier Penny L. Sams Charles L. Smith June Stanley Phyllis A. Webber Betty N. Weikle Debra K. Wilson Nancy B. Jackson Penny L. Jarrell Cheryl A. Ranson Kathryn C. Shumate Reba J. Smith Kim Sykes Dorothy J. Thaxton Greg A. Webb Catherine L. Widdecombe Jay Wildt Class of ’80 Class of ’83 Cathleen S. Arcell William R. Atkins Susan L. Bailey Roger J. Barron Steve G. Bolte Charles B. Gibson Susan E. Goldcamp Marcia H. Kaminski David N. Kurtz Michael S. Mason Dickran Mgrdechian Joseph O. Natalie Ellen M. O’Shea John T. Oplinger Thomas D. Osborne Tammy J. Owen Jacqueline Scyoc Bren A. Stevens J. C. Supcoe Class of ’81 Daniel R. Barnett David A. Blashford Karen S. Buckalew Kimberly F. Hess Kimberly F. Kristic Joseph G. Lucas Deborah L. McHenry Thomas O. Nelson Robert Pumo David H. Shumate Troy D. Stanley Marsha L. Sutton David M. White Class of ’82 Richard A. Atkinson Melanie H. Atkinson Alex M. Belcher Patricia S. Calhoon Jerry Forster Gayle S. Hirsch Dana L. Holbrook Kimberly S. Kay James M. Legg Elvira F. Licup Sandra Mariani John W. May Mark E. Miller Della L. Sayre Marjorie N. Turkett Michael S. Walker Class of ’84 Park V. Chapman Cynthia L. Daniel Toni L. Davisson Annette R. Evans Melanie J. Lee Kenneth R. Lee Claudio Sciara Donald P. Smith Glenn H. Turkett Class of ’85 Joyce L. Armentrout Kelli A. Bailey Ronna J. Dittman Elizabeth M. Keene Joan E. Lehmann Jeanette M. Marshall Allen E. Tackett Class of ’86 Jane C. Aaron Robin D. Adams Loretta J. Benson Robert K. Bird Janet M. Brightbill David R. Daniel Carla B. Huffman Ibifuro D. Obomanu Dean W. Patrick William A. Rice Johana D. Show Sherry M. Winn Stanley D. Wyatt Molly E. Yates Class of ’87 William G. Bowles Kara M. Bowles Bernadette R. Gibson Kimberly J. Isaac Mara S. Miller Mary G. Murphy Class of ’88 Frank W. Badger Angela S. Bird William H. Hayden Mary E. Johnson Joy Kleeman Lisa A. Lowe Alberta Martin Kenneth C. Morris Loren A. Piotrowski Gary S. Thompson Class of ’89 Nancy L. Chapman Ana M. Hernandez T. J. Hodges Ronald W. Jelliff Lucia M. Jividen Norman Lindell Michel G. Maggio Doris M. Morris Mary C. Pozega Timothy J. Rafter Lisa K. Roth Sukhbinder K. Sandhu Carl C. Smart Mae Ellen Wilson Viola S. Woods Class of ’90 Lynn R. Bria Rodney A. Carter Christopher A. Inghram Thomas L. Jarrell 2009–2010 Annual Report 31 Steven L. Metheny Sean Murphy Brian D. Okraska Sandra M. Rohr Patricia E. Steadman Jason P. Thompson Class of ’93 William B. Bee Debbie S. Bowyer Patricia A. Bright Sharon L. Chapman Crystal J. Runyon Carl D. Short Vicki G. Smith Timothy R. Smith Mylissa C. Spradling Katherine S. Walker Janice L. Wilking Professor Michael Martin gets “on their level” with his class in Clay Tower Building. Robin A. Lewis Barbara J. Nichols Charles E. Stalnaker Class of ’91 Joan L. Clark Harry T. Comer Robin D. Green Lynn Gunnoe Kelly J. Icenhower Stephanie W. Massey Todd J. McLaughlin Henry E. Ramey Karen L. Rinchich Deborah L. Smith George W. Steve Michael D. Walker Class of ’92 Tammy A. Argento Deborah L. Blakeman Michael L. Boehme Laura J. Buckel Kenneth E. Canter Edward F. Clark Sharon L. Guest Tracy L. Lutsy Class of ’94 Carol A. Albertson Trina M. Grigsby Donald C. Hutchinson Sally J. Meadows Robert A. Parsons Kathleen A. Payne Jennifer L. Peavley Robin L. Ritchie Susanne G. Silver Andrew J. Spellman Nicole Walker Stewart D. Walkup Class of ’95 Kyle M. Hogan Abha Jain Okey W. Moffatt Holly E. Mosteller Virginia M. Nelson Michael L. Peavley Elisabeth Shipley Class of ’96 Chester C. Carter Jennifer G. Hoffman Michael B. Shock Ellen R. Slotnick Class of ’97 Christi D. Banks Stephanie S. Dobbins Allison N. Garrison Traci L. Higginbotham April J. Lawrence Willard E. Morrison Glenn R. Savage Class of ’98 Julie A. Allen Brad H. Grutter Vicki L. Harris Jennifer Jeffries-Gallagher Stuart T. Mollerup Janet M. Robinson Dale S. Snyder Connie L. Stewart Angela R. Syvertson Michael J. Syvertson James E. Watson Class of ’99 Philip J. D’Agostino Harold D. Garrison Donna A. Halstead Bobby J. Lavender Brandon M. Marshall Alison C. Marshall Kiesha A. Parker Lonzy A. Price James F. Pross Patrick T. Ragan Marnie C. Stahl Class of ’00 Danielle R. Brooks Adam M. Brooks Sharon A. Godwin Katy M. Kriebel Molly G. Martin Class of ’01 Sara J. Blincoe Erin R. Gauker Sarah E. Lilly Pamela S. Myers Brandy R. Zickefoose Class of ’02 Benjamin R. Beakes Brerry D. Hudson Thomas A. Tenney Asma B. Yousaf Class of ’03 Priscilla E. Moredock Class of ’04 Sarah E. Beakes Jamie N. Cooper Anita S. Dillon Tocarra C. Flowers Levi S. Johnston Michael C. Marie James D. Meadows Brittney L. Williams Xiu Z. Zheng Class of ’05 Cheryl B. Kauffelt Amy McClellan Bethany D. Meighen Kirsten A. Ramsey Marlene Reed Class of ’06 Amanda R. Brandeburg Fredric A. Friend Oliver O. Langland Mathew C. Messina Les G. Thomas Class of ’07 Samantha N. Coates Bing M. Murphy Benjamin A. Sanger Class of ’08 Andrea H. Cooper Corey N. Isner Emily M. Jones Chelsea R. Kinzinger Chad M. Leport Laura L. Leport Andrew T. Orrison Kasey C. Teegardin Kenneth R. Van Wyen Class of ’09 Roslyn Adams Megan E. Garnes Matthew A. Silva Justin B. Turner Class of ’10 Earl Benzenhafer Ashley Bialek Dennis Carte Jacob D. Crabtree Adam Craft Christina Fuller Adrienne A. Galloway Stephen E. Harper Jennie L. James Michael Lonsinger Amy McBee Eric Morris Robert H. Spain Giving by Class: UC Annual Fund Highest Participation 1944 1943 1942 1964 1979 1956 1963 1969 1957 1947 21.05% 16.22% 15.38% 14.81% 14.69% 13.53% 13.37% 12.76% 12.72% 12.50% Top Ten Classes for Giving 1948 1937 1962 1969 1943 1968 1965 1973 1967 1957 $770,690.00 $30,000.00 $12,470.00 $11,645.00 $10,415.37 $8,890.00 $7,635.00 $7,455.00 $5,870.00 $5,460.00 2009–2010 Annual Report 32 2009–2010 Advisory Boards Board of Trustees William Henry Harmon, Ph.D., chairman; president and CEO, Triana Energy, Inc. Katharine Bullard Becker, community leader Hon. Irene Berger, judge, Circuit Court of Kanawha County Charles L. Capito Jr., executive vice president and director of business development, United Bank William H. Carter, M.D., professor and Warren Point chair, cardiology, WVU-Charleston Mary Batman Converse, Ross, Langan & McKendree, LLP, CPAs, retired Fonda Elliot, executive vice president, AMFM, Inc. Allan E. Fowler, vice president, WV Operations, The Dow Chemical Company, retired Robert F. Goldsmith, president, Cascades Coal Sales, Inc. Patrick C. Graney III, president, Petroleum Products, Inc. R. Edison Hill, Esq., Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler Patricia A. Johnston, Ed.D., vice president/chief nursing officer, Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC), retired Andrew B. Jordon, president and CEO, Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. Elizabeth Keightley, vice president, BB&T Wealth Management Kenneth Kleeman, Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. R. Scott Long, Esq., Hendrickson & Long Ward Maxson, M.D., physician, retired Ann C. Moran, community leader Corey L. Palumbo, Esq., Bowles, Rice, McDavid Graff & Love; member, WV Senate Mary J. Payne, assistant treasurer, Capito for Congress David L. Ramsey, president and CEO, CAMC Health Care System, Inc. James W. Reed, CFO, Reed Brothers Limited Partnership Dorothy Ridings, CEO and president, Council on Foundations, retired Brad Ritchie, president, Summit Community Bank Steven M. Rubin, president and CEO, Blue Creek Gas Company Charles Ryan, CEO, Charles Ryan Associates, retired Louis S. Southworth, Esq., Jackson and Kelly Troy Stallard, chairman of the board, Standard Laboratories, Inc. James R. Thomas II, president, Carbon Industries, retired Parvez Wadia, D.Sc., chief technology officer and executive vice president Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center (MATRIC) H. B. Wehrle III, former president & CEO, member, Board of Trustees, McJunkin Red Man Edwin H. Welch, Ph.D., president, University of Charleston, ex officio University Builders Board Phyllis Sherman, president Betty Alexander Libby Beury Ruth Boggs Rita Cobb Alex Franklin Rosalie Gaziano Connie Hillenbrand Maggie Johnson Sharon King, secretary Kathy McCullough, treasurer Priscilla Lawson Cathy Rice Connie Riley Sandy Smith Dale Snyder Vicky Sporck Sarah Stebbins Beth Ann Surber Kim Sykes School of Pharmacy Advisory Board Rahul Gupta, M.D., Kanawha-Charleston Health Department Nate Kahn, R.Ph., St. Francis Hospital Eric Lambert, R.Ph., Fruth Pharmacy William “Bill” McFarland, R.Ph., Loop Pharmacy Gerry Nottingham, R.Ph., Rite Aid Pharmacy Harriett Nottingham, R.Ph., Rite Aid Pharmacy Karen Reed, R.Ph., K-Mart Pharmacy Mitch Vickers, R.Ph., Thomas Memorial Hospital 2009–2010 Annual Report 33 National Advisory Committee Gordon Berlin, president, MDRC Charles Bills, president, Ohio Logistics Hon. Shelley Moore Capito, Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives H. Rodgin Cohen, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell H. Michael Dye, chairman, PBS&J, retired Jerry Englert, chairman, Bank of Internet USA James S. Foglesong, former president, DOT Records and Capitol Records, Nashville Division Frank Gottschalk, president and CEO, The Baldwin-Gottschalk Group William Boyd Grove, D.Min., bishop, retired, United Methodist Church William Hamm, Ph.D., president, Lutheran Educational Conference of North America William Henry Harmon, Ph.D., president and CEO, Triana Energy, Inc. Dennis L. Hesse, managing partner, Brinson Partners Inc., retired Kenneth Kendrick, founder, Datatel Inc.; co-owner, Arizona Diamondbacks Richard Legon, president, Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges John Lough, Ph.D., manager, BB&T Professional Development Programs Stephen Lundin, Ph.D., writer, filmmaker, speaker Mark Miller, president/CEO, Miller Environmental Group J. Holmes Morrison, president, BB&T West Virginia, retired Ed Rabel, Emmy-winning broadcast journalist Peter Radakovich, president/CEO, Christian Fellowship Foundation Dorothy Ridings, CEO and president, Council on Foundations, retired David Wilhelm, president, Wilhelm & Conlon Public Strategies Tom Reich, president/COO, Underwriters Service Agency, retired Graduate School of Business Advisory Board W. Marston (Marty) Becker, chairman; chairman and CEO, Max Capital Group, Ltd. Paul Arbogast, president, West Virginia Roundtable Dave Bauer, president/owner, GSB Process, Inc. Deborah L. Copeland, president and owner, Work Smart Business Consultants, Inc. Dr. Glenn Crotty, executive vice president and COO, CAMC John A. DeRito, executive vice president and director of commercial banking, City National Bank Jay Goldman, president, Goldman Associates, Inc. Patrick Graney III, president, Petroleum Products, Inc. Grace Vandecruze-Heyliger, strategic consultant, Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc. Matt Kingery, Esq., Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP, representing Generation Charleston Mike Lutz, general manager, Toyota, West Virginia Robert O’Neil, Esq., Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP Brad Ritchie, president, Summit Community Bank Steve Walker, president, Walker Machinery Dana Waldo, president and COO, Appalachian Power Steve Wehrle, executive vice president sales, McJunkin Red Man Judy Wellington, CEO, The Clay Center National Alumni Board Donald Anderson, ’66 Kaitlyn Arick, ’10 J. Tedford Bachman, ’67 Sarah Beakes, ’04 Benjamin Blackwell, ’67 Peter Burr, ’66 B. Diane Clements, ’65, secretary Mary Batman Converse, ’65, chairman Larry Devlin, ’72 Kevin Fulmer, ’70 & ’74 Justin Gaull, ’02 Michael Gibbs, ’79 Sharon Gouckenour, ’67 William Gouckenour, ’68 Charles Houck, ’69 Jennifer Jeffries-Gallagher, ’98 Andrea Keaton, ’03 Scott Kinard, ’11 Donald King, ’66 David Kurtz, ’80 Edward Lehmann, ’66 Joseph Lucas Sr., ’81 Dickran Mgrdechian, ’80 James Meadows, ’04 Thomas Miller, ’66 Jennifer Overstreet, ’02 Nina Pasinetti, ’65 John Ranson, ’62 Robin Ritchie, ’94 Michael Shock, ’96 J. Michael Shock, ’65 James Smith, ’57 Vivien Souders, ’12 Alvin Thacker, ’65 Lisa Woo, ’74 34 2009–2010 Annual Report Senior of the Year Beats Long Odds to Achieve Success By Stephanie Martin It’s hard to believe the Dewayne Kirkpatrick of today – accomplished college graduate and winner of the University of Charleston’s 2010 “President’s Outstanding Senior of the Year” award — could have ever lacked vision for his future. Once you know Dewayne’s story, however, you will understand. As a child, Dewayne broke his arm, sparking an interest in radiology. Sitting in the hospital and looking at the x-ray of his broken arm, he was fascinated by what he saw on the film. In middle school he started toying with the idea of a career in radiology, and by high school he was taking classes to help him prepare for a future in the field. By his own admission, it wasn’t until his senior year of high school that Dewayne even began to consider college an option. Until then, his focus had been on mending his tattered self-esteem and on reforming definitions of love and trust, results of a tumultuous childhood. Dewayne Kirkpatrick on graduation day Growing up, Dewayne didn’t know his father. He had walked out on the family by the time Dewayne was four. What he knew of his mother included financial struggles, involvement in criminal activities, and her eventual incarceration. When Dewayne was 13, he was adopted by complete strangers, a couple who took him in and raised him as their own child. With the care and support of his adoptive parents, he had the opportunity to rebuild his life. Dewayne gained confidence, applied to college, and was accepted. The University of Charleston was his destination and radiology his chosen field of study. Though his adoptive parents had some money, they were retired and living on a fixed income. Dewayne felt responsible for financing school without draining his parents’ savings account. With the assistance he received from donor-funded scholarships, Dewayne was able to cover a good portion of the cost of his college education. During the President’s Donor Appreciation Night dinner in March, Dewayne met Ed Maier, the donor who made his scholarship possible. He was able to learn firsthand what motivated the Maier Foundation’s philanthropy. What Dewayne realized was the donor of his scholarship was a genuine, down-to-earth man who believes passionately in the value of higher education. Maier shared in the emotion of the evening as Dewayne took the stage— one of four student speakers—and openly recounted his life story to a room full of teary-eyed guests. Dewayne has flourished and become a success story despite his rocky childhood. He credits his experience at the University of Charleston with having a profound and positive impact on his life, and says that attending UC was one of the best decisions he ever made. He graduated in May with a 3.9 grade point average, beat out 12 other accomplished seniors to win the 2010 “President’s Outstanding Senior of the Year” award, passed his radiology board exams on the first attempt, and earned a highly coveted, full-time position as a magnetic resonance imaging technician with Charleston Area Medical Center, normally a position reserved for those with 10 or more years of work experience. Because of his accomplishments in the field of radiology, he has already been asked to return to UC as an instructor after gaining a few years of work experience. Dewayne feels fortunate for his success and acknowledges there have been many people along the way who have helped him to arrive where he is today. He hopes some day to be able to lend a hand to students in need, just as the Maier Foundation did for him. He also believes his story can inspire others to succeed and reach their goals. “The best way I can help students is to tell them how I made it through,” says Dewayne. And with many students in need of encouragement and financial help for college, he knows he will be telling his story for a long time. If you would like to help students at the University of Charleston reach their educational and career goals and realize their dreams, please consider establishing or contributing to a scholarship. Over 95% of students at UC rely on some form of financial aid. Please contact the Office of Advancement at 304.357.4735 for more information. 35 2009–2010 Annual Report Scholarships Endowed scholarships provide a continuing source of financial aid and enhance the University of Charleston’s ability to attract and enroll the best young people, regardless of their financial circumstances. Donors may provide financial aid to students either by designating a gift to be awarded as scholarship funds or endowing a permanent named scholarship. An endowed scholarship required total contributions of $10,000 for scholarships created prior to June 21, 2002; $20,000 for scholarships created between June 21, 2002 and July 1, 2004; and $50,000 for scholarships created thereafter. Annually funded named scholarships may be created for a minimum gift of $5,000 per year for at least five years. Endowed Scholarships Sparky Adams Memorial Scholarship William W. Allen Scholarship John C. and Ada K. Arter Memorial Fund Curtis H. Barnette Scholarship Herman Beckelheimer Scholarship Gladys Stallard Berchtold Scholarship Ashby C. Blackwell Scholarship Benjamin H. Blackwell Scholarship Fund Ivor F. Boiarsky Memorial Scholarship Fund Sandra Sulsberger Bowles Nursing Scholarship Dr. Bert Bradford Scholarship Marshall and Mary Hover Buckalew Scholarship Godfrey Cabot Endowment for Scholarship and Current Operating Herbert P. Campbell Memorial Scholarship Cardwell Family Scholarship Lucille Paris Carp Scholarship Kirk Casto Memorial Scholarship Charleston High School Class of 1949 Memorial Scholarship Chesapeake Energy Endowed Scholarship Fund Robert J. and Jane E. Clark Nursing Scholarship Edith and Daniel Clay and Abe and Mina Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Mary J. Cochran Fund Fred S. and Ruth Coffindaffer Scholarship Rosa C. and Virgil W. Collins Scholarship Virgil W. Collins Scholarship Captain Mary Louise Conner Scholarship Stella Cooksey Outstanding Mathematician Scholarship Earl and Martha Jarvis Cottrell Scholarship Artemus Ward Cox Scholarship Ora E. Crawford Scholarship Elaine Karnes Culpepper Education Scholarship Sidney P. “Tote” Davis Scholarship Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Fund James F. Duncan Scholarship Dye Family Endowed Scholarship Sylvia Conklyn Elmore Endowed Scholarship Daniel and Catherine Bush Emrick Scholarship Harold Ewing Endowed Scholarship Electa A. Pruett Farley Scholarship John A. and Mayme Field Scholarship Fisher Family Endowed Scholarship Claire W. Foster Scholarship Max Frankenberger Memorial Scholarship Fruth Pharmacy Scholarship Nellie Agnes Perrow Fuller Endowed Scholarship Gallery Artists Endowed Scholarship Charles B. Gates Scholarship Fund Gibbons and Kawash Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Evans Goluchowski Scholarship Fund Floyd and Hanna Gwinn Trust Fred Haddad Endowed Scholarship G.W. Harris Endowed Scholarship Professor Evelyn Harris Scholarship Thomas H. Harvey Scholarship Fund Captain Harry and Helen Lee Boone Haverland Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Samuel Hindman Memorial Scholarship Catherine E. Bailey Kerr Hoch Scholarship Arthur B. Hodges Endowed Trust William P. Holfinger Endowed Scholarship John L. Hoselton Scholarship Gladys J. Hundley Scholarship Lucy Jackson Endowment Bernard H. and Blanche E. Jacobson Scholarship Bernard H. Jacobson Fund Blanche E. Jacobson Scholarship J. Clair and Elsie Jarvis Endowed Trust Fund Charles T. and Mary Ellen Jones Scholarship Walter Moreland and Daisy Bransford Judy Scholarship Kanawha City Lions Memorial Scholarship Master Sok Ho Kang Endowed Scholarship Lois Silverstein Kaufman Music Scholarship Aban P. Kavasmaneck Scholarship Paula Newton Kee Endowed Scholarship Keenan Scholarship Fund Kenhill Endowed Scholarship Charles W. Kincaid, Jr. Scholarship Coach Eddie King Scholarship George A. Kinley Scholarship Fund Frank J. and Ruth Krebs Endowed Scholarship KVB Nursing Scholarship Fund Evelyn Collins Lattin Scholarship Walter Vincent Lewis Scholarship Joe Lowenstein Endowed Scholarship Loring Scholarship Betty White Ludden Endowed Scholarship Stephen and Janell Lundin Scholarship Talmage R. Mallory and Ernestine Sims Endowed Scholarship Charles C. Mantle Scholarship Richard Marks Scholarship George T. Martin Endowed Scholarship J. William “Bill” Martin Scholarship Elizabeth McDavid Nursing Scholarship J. E. and Elizabeth McDavid Fund John F. and Ruth B. McGee Endowed Scholarship Dr. Thomas J. McGinnis, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Professor Constance B. McLaughlin Endowed Scholarship McMillan Hospital Auxillary Nursing Scholarship Charles Sennet and Mary Elizabeth Morris Memorial Scholarship Bold type indicates new scholarships created in 2009-10. 36 Vicie Neighbert Scholarship Nursing Endowment Scholarship Lewis R. and Priscilla Pelzel Scholarship Esther T. Peters Scholarship Matthew and Luke Poffenbarger Memorial Scholarship Joseph Leonard Potter Music Scholarship Leslie D. Price Endowed Scholarship G.M.M. Ragland Memorial Scholarship E. Ray Reed Scholarship W.A. Rice Family Nursing Scholarship Rotary Club of Charleston Scholarship John Scheirman Scholarship Dr. Ernest Snodgrass Memorial Scholarship Spilman, Thomas & Battle Scholarship Frederick M. Staunton, Jr. Nursing Scholarship Vivian E. Steahly Memorial Scholarship Dr. William C. Stewart Memorial Scholarship Erma C. Surface Endowed Scholarship Fund for Sports Medicine Frank L. Taylor, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Colonel Lloyd Teague Scholarship Golda Davidson Tetlow Endowment E.C. Thompson Memorial Scholarship George W. and Myrtle V. Thumm Scholarship Deal Tompkins Memorial Scholarship Cleo Bess Trail Endowed Scholarship Dr. C. Carl and Margaret A. Tully Scholarship Joan E. Turner Memorial Scholarship University of Charleston Builders Scholarship Gene Thomas and Bonnie K. Waggy Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. W.H. Walker Memorial Scholarship Michael S. Walker Scholarship The Waltons Endowment Mary and LeMoyne Ward Scholarship Fund 2009–2010 Annual Report Jesse E. Washburn Scholarship E.H. and H.B. Wehrle Endowed Scholarship Russell S. Wehrle Memorial Scholarship Dr. Henry S. Wolfe Memorial Scholarship WV Special Student Aid Endowment Fund WV Symphony League Endowed Memorial Scholarship John A. and Oma B. Young Scholarship Pauline D. and Ralph R. Young Nursing Scholarship Annually Funded Scholarships Annual Nursing Scholarship Fund (Daywood) BB&T Scholarship Fund Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. Scholarship Chesapeake Energy Scholarship Freshwater Family Scholarship Loring Scholarship NiSource Business Scholarship Perry S. and Helen Wood Poffenbarger Annual Scholarship Reserve Oil & Gas Scholarship West Virginia American Water Scholarship Scholarships Held by Other Organizations Jack Basman Nursing Scholarship Fred A. Bloomberg Scholarship Fund Gustavus Capito Scholarship Circle of Vision Fund Earl F. Cottrell Scholarship Galyean Family Fund Bernard H. Jacobson Emulation Scholarship Elizabeth Johnston Scholarship David Ray Keenan Scholarship Harry P. Kessell and Pauline K. Davis Fund George King Basketball Scholarship Norman Kristic Jr. Scholarship Chester A. and Rosetta D. Lewis Residuary Trust J. W. Loop Scholarship Berkeley and Susan Fontaine Minor Foundation Scholarship Byron Neal and Sara J. Morris Scholarship Trust C. Blaine and Mae D. Nicholson Scholarship Pierson Scholarship Poffenbarger Scholarship Rose C. Riggio Scholarship Ross Foundation Scholarship Shepherd Scholarship Robert L. Smith/ Charleston Gazette Scholarship E.M. Thomas Memorial Scholarship John H. and Antoinette B. Thomas Scholarship J. L. Thompson Fund University of Charleston Centennial Trust Fund Scholarships in the Process of Endowment T. Lee Baker Memorial Fund Robert L. Baylous Scholarship Fund William J. Briggs Memorial Scholarship Paula C. Butterfield Scholarship Marjorie and Braxton Davenport Student Aid Dorothy Draper Scholarship Fund Rebecca D. Goldsmith Memorial Fund Martha Walker Harrington Memorial Scholarship Professor Coleman J. Harris Scholarship Ralph Holmes Memorial Scholarship Elaine Edwards Howell Endowed Scholarship David Jarvis Scholarship Fund Luther V. “Nick” Koontz Memorial Scholarship Norm Kristic Memorial Scholarship David N. Kurtz Endowed Scholarship Paul Leslie Lewis Memorial Scholarship Elsie Lumsden Scholarship C. Thomas and Merewyn Davis Meadors Memorial Scholarship Virginia Byrnside Robson Endowed Memorial Scholarship Edward L. Rockwell Football Scholarship Haven T. Rollins Endowed Scholarship Jack Thompson Memorial Scholarship Gary and Connie Toney Scholarship Barbara W. Walters Memorial Scholarship Paul Preston Wilson Memorial Scholarship WV Society of Washington, DC Book Scholarship Academic Chairs Dr. Bert and Harriet D. Bradford Chair in Natural Sciences Held by: Dr. Phillip Clem Ray M. Evans Chair in Humanities Held by: Pending McGee Chair of Doctoral Studies (School of Pharmacy) Held by: Dr. Mary Euler Maier Foundation Chair in Pharmacy Held by: Dr. Michael Bottorff Herchiel & Elizabeth Sims “In God We Trust” Chair in Ethics Held by: Mr. Jay Dewhurst Cecil I. Walker Professor of Management Chair Held by: Dr. Robert Bliss Edwin H. Welch Colleague Program Chair Held by: Dr. Barbara Wright Jeanne and Lawson Hamilton Chair of Business and Finance Held by: Dr. Philip Pyburn 37 2009–2010 Annual Report Heritage Society Many alumni and friends have chosen to support the University with planned gifts, including bequests, gifts with retained life income, charitable trusts, or gifts of life insurance. Those who support the University of Charleston with a planned gift are recognized as members of the University of Charleston Heritage Society. The Platinum Circle is our highest level of recognition, for those who have notified the University that they have made planned gifts and also endowed an academic scholarship. The Gold Circle recognizes the donors who have notified the University that they have committed gifts through planned giving. The Silver Circle recognizes donors who have established an endowed scholarship for the benefit of UC students. Platinum Circle Mrs. Genevieve T. Adams ’44 Dr.† and Mrs. William H. Carter Mr. Robert Clemenz ’82 Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Dye ’66 Mrs. Catherine Kerr-Hoch Mrs. Shirley A. Lundeen ’74 Mr. Richard B. Marks ’54 Mr.† and Mrs. John F. McGee Dr. John P. “Jack” Newton ’59 John† and Jane Ray Dr. and Mrs. Robert Singleton Mr. Jason P. Thompson ’92 Dr. Garold W. Thumm ’40 Gene and Bonnie Waggy ’57, ’57 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Wallace ’52 Lewis and Julia Woodford ’57 Gold Circle Ms. B. Diane Clements ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Alexander Jr. ’67 Dr. and Mrs. Bipin H. Avashia Dr. Frank Badger ’88 Marion H. and Frank A. Baer II ’76 Ms. Christine A. Ballengee ’64 Mr. David Allen Barker ’71 Ms. Marie-Anne Barnhart ’64 Mrs. Helen Jane Beckelheimer Baugh ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Boss ’66 Mrs. Carolyn K. Burton ’71 Mrs. Bonnie L. Cawood ’44 Ms. Llewellyn S. Cole ’42 Ms. Martha D. Cole ’43 Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cox ’60 Mr. William M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William M. Drennen Mr. James A. Faraldi ’76 Mr. William B. Fiaccone ’70 Dr. Robert and Patricia Frey Mr.† and Mrs. James H. Harless Dennis L.† and Martha A. Hesse Ms. N. Camille Keller ’76 Mrs. Elizabeth P. Kenna Mrs. Magdalene N. Kennedy ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Kromer Mr. David N. Kurtz ’80 Dr. and Mrs. John Lambros Captain Guy Leonard ’49 Jack C. and Betty Mick Liming ’50 Mrs. Thelma H. McClanahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. McTeague Jr. ’68, ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Miller ’83 Ms. Alana Minear Ms. Eugenia G. Moore ’78 Mr. Frederick H. Morgan Holmes† and Antoinette Morrison ’73 Mark I. and Barbara C. Murovitz ’65, ’66 Mrs. Betty Sweet Ness Mr. and Mrs. John Neuner III ’68 Mr. Henry C. Pearson III ’67 Mrs. Karen B. Post-Leach ’66 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Robertson ’74 Mr. and Mrs.† Harvey Shreve Jr. ’49 Dr. Barbara Snyder Dr. and Mrs. James T. Spencer Ms. Beverly A. Stevens ’87 Mrs. Lisa Sutphin Mrs. Antoinette B. Thomas Mr. James R. Thomas II† Mr. and Mrs. John H. Thomas Mr. Gary E. Toney ’65 Ms. Nancy L. Trotter ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Voorhees Sr. Mr. Kenneth Warren ’68 Mr. Raey W. S. Webster Drs. Edwin H. and Janet Welch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Wilkerson Mr. Robert K. Wilson ’73 Silver Circle Anonymous Mr.† and Mrs. Curtis H. Barnette Deborah Martin Belcher ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Blackwell ’67 Donors and students alike look forward to the annual scholarship dinner. Mr. John and Dr. Sandra Bowles Mr. Luke B. Briggs ’74 Ms. Paula C. Butterfield ’67 Mrs. Loretta June Cardwell Mrs. Lucille Carp ’60 Mary Beth Martin Carson Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Casto Jr. Bruce and Miriam H. Crawford Marvin and Elaine Culpepper ’54 Mrs. Betty King Davis ’60 Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Dickinson III Dr. Harold T. and Mrs. Sylvia Conklyn Elmore ’52, ’73 Mrs. Max Frankenberger Mrs. Frances Fruth Ms. Cavendish A. Galyean 38 Bonnie and Gene Waggy enjoy spending time with Jessica Johnson, the recipient of the Waggy Scholarship. Mrs. Katherine H. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Gibbons ’75 Mrs. Karen S. Haddad ’71 Ms. Henrietta P. Hankin Dr.† and Mrs. W. Henry Harmon Dr. Evelyn Harris† Mrs. Helen Boone-Haverland ’47 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Hindman ’74 William and Margaret Hitchman ’53 Mrs. Janet Holmes Ms. Nancy E. Howell ’78 Mr. L. D. Hudgins Mrs. Caroline Rose Hunt† Charles T.† and Mary Ellen Jones Dr. and Mrs. Percy R. Kavasmaneck Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Kawash ‘78 Mr. and Mrs. M. Fisher Kee ‘39 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Kincaid Jr. ‘60 Mr. and Mrs. Allenby Lewis ’41 Ms. Betty White Ludden† Stephen† and Janell Lundin Mr.† and Mrs. Ed H. Maier Mr. William McDavid† and Mrs. Diana Long ‘75 2009–2010 Annual Report Mr. J. Kemp McLaughlin Sr. Mrs. Carol Martin Montgomery David C. and Anna Anderson Morris ’62, ’63 Mr. Jay Nesbitt Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pelzel ’45 John and Susan Poffenbarger Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Poffenbarger Mrs. Leslie D. Price Dr. Jeffrey G. Priddy Mary Watson Ragland Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rice Jr. ’86 Mr. David L. Rockwell Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Rockwell ’51, ’50 Mrs. Gayle Rockwell Herk and Sherry Sims ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John Sleeman Mr. and Mrs. Troy F. Stallard Colonel and Mrs. Lance P. Steahly, M.D. ’63 Mr. Michael S. Walker ’83 Mrs. LeMoyne Ward Mr. and Mrs. H. Bernard Wehrle III Dr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Wright Italics indicate MHC/UC alumni † Honorary Degree Gifts in Memory: Frank Adams: Sarah J. Adams Pete Anania: Genevieve T. Adams Roy Brown: Genevieve T. Adams Myrna H. Rockwell Claire W. Foster: Margaret Foster Turk Ralph W. Holmes: Rebecca Randolph Richard and Marion Sinclair Julius Kozlove: Steven M. Rubin Robert B. Maxwell: Genevieve T. Adams Martin M. Arcure Mary P. Ratrie: Sarah J. Adams Ruffner Alexander Katharine B. Becker Charleston Area Alliance Llewellyn S. Cole Martha D. Cole Mary L. Gallaher Grigoraci, Paterno & Associates J. W. Haltiwanger Sara Hoblitzell Elizabeth Keightley Kelly S. King E. D. Knight Family Susan Lancaster Law Office of Larry W. George, PLLC Stephen and Janell Lundin Ann and Paul Moran Holmes and Antoinette Morrison Meredith T. Persinger Ruth Shepherd Richard and Marion Sinclair J. C. Thomas Edwin H. Welch Brisben F. Smith: Genevieve T. Adams James A. Stec: Genevieve T. Adams Gifts in Honor: Gerald C. Celente: Robert J. Jontos Michael Graney: Marion H. and Frank A. Baer II Elizabeth Keightley: Virginia S. Wilcox Ann C. Moran: Virginia S. Wilcox Mary W. Ragland: George A. and Susan C. Ragland Estate Gifts: Edgar Loring Lee O. Rockwell Abreeza Zegeer Frederick Lively Trust Leave a permanent legacy Join the UC Heritage Society The UC website has in-depth resources and information on estate planning and charitable giving. Log on to www.ucwv.edu and click “Support UC.” For more information about planned giving options, call or email Ben Beakes, vice president for development, at 304.357.4849 or benbeakes@ucwv.edu. 39 2009–2010 Annual Report A New Home for UC Alumni By Ronna Dittman,’85 University and recognizes the need for them to always have a place to call their own. The seven-office suite is also a more efficient workspace, providing the alumni and development staff with an environment more conducive to work. “In the old house, we were spread out on two floors and had no doors on most of the offices. Now, our space is better organized and we can talk with our visitors in a more comfortable atmosphere,” said Beakes. Advancement Office staff extend a welcome (from left): Dawn McCoy, Tina Wright, Stephanie Martin, Ben Beakes, Morgan Poore, and Jennie James. A new exterior entrance at the front of the west wing of Riggleman Hall makes the center easy to find and easy to enter. Since the move, which occurred on June 22, 2010, several alumni have already taken the opportunity to check out the new space. The new location has increased traffic to the center. More alumni are stopping by in person, and fewer are calling to find out where the alumni offices are. The Erickson Alumni House has served as host to hundreds of visiting alumni since it was purchased and renovated in 1991, but the growth of campus, increase in alumni activity, and need for professional offices eventually caught up with the once residential home. This past summer, the newly christened “Erickson Alumni Center” moved to the heart of campus on the first floor of Riggleman Hall. As the alumni and development staff continue to offer programs and opportunities for alumni to come back to campus and be involved with the University, they hope the new space will serve as the center for reconnections. “It’s important to UC for our alumni to feel appreciated and ‘at home’ on campus. In the same way, we hope our alumni want to invest their time and resources in making their treasured alma mater feel like home for future students,” Beakes said. “The Alumni House was located at the end of campus, off the beaten path for visitors,” said Ben Beakes, ’02, vice president for development. “Now, we are visible and accessible to everyone who comes on campus.” The move reflects the importance of alumni to the All alumni are encouraged to drop by the new Erickson Alumni Center when visiting campus—for directions, for information, or just to say “Hello.” Stay Connected Did you know that you can stay up to date with what’s going on at UC through Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere? If you are a social media junkie, be sure to follow the accounts below. You can find out all of the happenings from across campus and beyond. Twitter accounts to follow: • Official UC account: @UCWV • Golden Eagle Athletics: @UCsid Facebook accounts to friend: • Official UC account: University of Charleston • Official School of Pharmacy account: University of Charleston School of Pharmacy • Official Grad School of Business account: University of Charleston Graduate School of Business • UC Center for Career Development account: University of Charleston Center for Career Development Blog to read: • The UC Experience: www.theucexperience.com 40 2009–2010 Annual Report Where were you in 1960? This year marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s election as president. During a campaign swing through West Virginia, Kennedy addressed a capacity crowd in Morris Harvey College’s Geary Auditorium. This photo was part of an exhibit at the state Culture Center commemorating JFK’s 1960 West Virginia campaign, and we’re guessing that the young people pictured were Morris Harvey students. If you can help us identify the students in this photo, or have other information about the event, please write or email Jennie Ferretti, vice president for communications, at 2300 MacCorkle Avenue SE, Charleston, WV 25304, or jennieferretti@ucwv.edu. We’ll publish the results in the next issue of the Maroon & Gold magazine. For more of Kennedy’s campus appearance, you can access a five-minute film segment at http://www.ucwv.edu/about_uc/ historical_alamanac.aspx. 41 2009–2010 Annual Report Basketball Fever By Scott Castleman “I wasn’t making any money, didn’t have anything to my name, but I don’t ever remember being happier,” said Downey. UC men’s basketball coach Mark Downey loved his first coaching job. The only downside was he had to avoid catching Barton College fever while he was there. No, the 1995 Golden Eagle alum wasn’t dodging school spirit. He wasn’t even avoiding falling in love with the college’s campus set in Wilson, NC. Downey was actually ducking every infectious germ and illness afflicting students as he navigated through the school infirmary to his living quarters. “I had a little room with a closet and the bathroom was down the hall,” said Downey. “On down the hallway was a big room with four hospital beds, and when students got sick with something they didn’t want to have taken back to the dorms they would have them stay there.” Besides his humble living quarters, the only other compensation Downey received as an assistant coach was three meals per day in the cafeteria. He worked at a local junior college every morning, where he tutored adult students for an actual paycheck. After paying his dues at Barton, Downey made coaching stops at Marshall University (assistant), Independence Community College (assistant and head coach), and the University of New Orleans (assistant) before landing the head coaching job at Arkansas Tech. ATU had only won eight conference games over the previous three years, but the Morgantown, WV, native saw the potential. Four short years later, Downey and the Wonder Boys compiled a remarkable 30-1 regular season record and a No. 1 national ranking heading into the Division II NCAA tournament. Despite falling a little short in the tournament, the 2009–10 season seemed to be a launch pad for the future of the program in Russellville, AR, with Downey as the pilot. Fate stepped in though as long time UC coach Greg White resigned in April and opened the door for the former Golden Eagle guard to return home. “Before I made it to Arkansas Tech, I thought that if I was going to coach Division II that UC is the place I would like to be,” said Downey. “When Coach (Greg) White decided to leave I got a bunch of calls, and so at that point I thought if I was pursued I would really have to think about it.” Thanks to encouragement from Coach White and others, Downey did more than think about it as he accepted the job and the challenge to return the Golden Eagles to the top. Although he was a lights-out shooter as a player, fans should expect more emphasis put on the defensive end by their new coach. “When I played I couldn’t guard a soul but now I am a defensive and rebounding coach because it wins games,” said Downey. “Playing tough, smart and hard makes up for a lot of other things. There are going to be nights when you don’t shoot the ball very well, and when that happens you better be ready to do the other things that can help you win.” Downey believes that the talent he was left by White is much better than what he inherited at Arkansas Tech, but he isn’t ready to make predictions for the upcoming year. He isn’t afraid to state the long-term goals for his program though. “We want to play for it all,” said Downey. “People always tell me that, historically, teams from the WVIAC haven’t gone very deep in the NCAA tournament, but we are going to use that as a chip on our shoulder.” Coach Downey has come a long way from his modest beginnings at Barton College. Much to the liking of his wife, Ericka, the couple is not residing anywhere close to the school infirmary. But that doesn’t mean his team isn’t capable of spreading a little basketball fever this year. 2009–2010 Annual Report 2300 MacCorkle Avenue, SE • Charleston, WV 25304 1.800.995.ALUM • www.ucwv.edu Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Permit No. 2066 Charleston, WV