Volume 39 Issue 4 Spring 2012 West Virginia Wesleyan Alternative Spring Break Alternative Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble Shares Expertise and Talent Junior Nathan Weaver, a major in religious studies, Christian formation, from Weston, WV is the new president of Wesleyan’s Student Senate. He has been active in Student Senate since his arrival at the College. “I am honored to represent the student body by having the opportunity to ensure their needs are Student Senate works to increase student participation in camp events and organizations; improve communication among student government and class o cers; develop a formal honor code and aca bers-at-large and chairs of various committees to discuss campus issues, activities, and events. Bi weekly, they host a general assembly where every campus organization is required to send one rep campus for representatives to take back to their organization. Timothy Allen, a junior international business major and honors minor from Romney, WV, was elected vice president, while Somi Jeong, a freshman accounting major from Bridge treasurer is Madeson Witosky, a freshman exercise science major and gender studies minor from Parkersburg. Student Senate Weaver Elected Student Senate President Wesleyan’s Big Band members spent their spring break raising the awareness of jazz in area middle and high schools. e band, under the direction of James Moore, assistant professor of music, performed at Robert L. Bland Middle School in Lewis County and Mountaineer Middle School and Bridgeport High School in Harri son County. e school performances were sponsored by the West Virginia Wine and Jazz Festival’s “Music in the Schools” program. “ is was a great opportunity for us to reach out to young people, especially middle school students, and edu cate them about America’s music,” Moore said. “Plus, we hope that our trip will generate excitement among the Wesleyan’s jazz ensembles perform regularly at college and community functions as well as for the Wine and Jazz Festival’s programs. e ensembles will present their annual spring concert on ursday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. in the Culpepper Auditorium of the Virginia omas Law Center for the Performing Arts. L-R Timothy Allen, Nathan Weaver, Somi Jeong and Madeson Witosky On the cover: Mara Wright of Huntington, WV, on Alternative Spring Break trip in Nicaragua. Bobcat Basketball Scholarships Make a Di erence Over 600 alumni and friends have endowed scholarships at West Virginia Wesleyan. These funds provide ac cess to a Wesleyan education for hundreds of students each year. West Virginia Wesleyan is known throughout the region for its commitment to provide an affordable high qual ity private educational experience. The College has been named among the best regional colleges in the South U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges More than 95 percent of Wesleyan’s students qualify for �nancial aid at some level, which includes scholar dition, 35 percent of Wesleyan’s enrollment consists of A scholarship can be established as a result of an individual’s or family’s one-time donation (the current minimum amount is $20,000), or through a will’s gift policy, or an income producing gift. If you are interested in creating your own Wesleyan Second team All-American Lydia Bridenbaugh of Chillicothe, OH, received the Sportsmanship and the Most Valuable Player trophies at the WVIAC Tournament and nished the season as the nation’s third leading scorer. e men’s team nished with a 22-9 season record aer advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season. e Bobcats defeated Winston-Salem, NC in the opening round—our rst ever win in NCAA II post-season play. Tournament Title. Wesleyan advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where they were defeated by eventual national champion Shaw University, NC. e team nished with a 24-7 record. While some students ock to the beaches for spring break, more than 30 Wesleyan students experienced more than just new places and faces earlier in March. Wesleyan’s Alternative Spring Breaks to Managua, Nicaragua, Brunswick, GA, and Slidell, LA gave stu themselves and others in unique environments. For the last six years, Dean of the Chapel Rev. An gela Gay Kinkead has led students to New Orleans, LA to assist with cleanup e orts still ongoing from the devastating 2006 Hurricane Katrina. Freshman J.T. Noland, a criminal justice major from Laurel, MD, has a passion for mission trips and decided to make his rst Alter native Spring Break journey to the re covering city with 12 other students, Cha pel Assistant Debbie Leigh and Wesleyan alumnus Woody Martin ‘76. In Slidell, LA, just outside of New Orleans, the team helped homeowner, Terry, whose house still had watermarks and was in need of new insulation, dry wall and cleaning. When the group was not working to repair Terry’s home, they went into New Orleans to see the French Quarter and upper ninth and lower ninth wards. ere they saw “numerous” houses still abandoned and in need of repairs. Noland says he would recommend the Alternative Spring Break experience to others. Junior economics major Ji Euen Kwon, an exchange student from Ewha Womans University in South Ko rea, traveled to Brunswick, GA with 10 others to help build a home for Habitat for Humanity. Julie Keehner, vice president for student develop ment and enrollment management, and Alisa Live ly, director of campus life, have been organizing the Habitat trips for several years. Upon arriv ing in Bruns wick, GA, the volunteers worked at the home site for four days from around 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Because the frame work had been nished before the group’s arriv al, they worked on decking and shingling the roof, placing oriented strand board on the house’s walls, and constructing a shed. In Nicaragua, six students volunteered for Open Hearts Ministries renovating a school, helping with refugee camp shelters and preparing land for a feeding program. e trip was organized by Katie Loudin ‘07, coor dinator of outreach and leadership development, and senior Mara Wright, of Huntington. It wasn’t all work in Managua, Nicaragua. Wesleyan students girls and boys living in the Open Hearts Ministries homes and spent time with them watching movies at the theatre and playing games. is year’s Alternative Spring Breaks were funded in part by donations from Emeritus Club members , the Buckhannon Rotary Alternative Spring Breaks Michael Chambers, Zach Lonergan and the rescue team visited and played with kids from the Nicaraguan school that is located in a dump. Navy volunteer with roo ng a habitat home. Erin Keller and JT Noland tape and drywall a home in New Orleans. Bill Foster Birthday Club Members and friends paying $1 for every year of age to the Bill Foster Birthday Club: Lorene K. Bailey (Aux) - Parkersburg V. Agnes Tenney Payne ‘50 - Blacksburg, VA Nancy Jo Funk Pepper ‘59 William C. Pepper ‘61 - W. Howard Reeder ‘40 Mildred Reed Smith ‘36 Chambersburg, PA to Scott Depot, WV John A. Morrison Temple Hills, MD to Herndon, VA Mary Kritzer Tangalos ‘52 Jamestown, NY to Buffalo, NY Richard P. Bailey ‘53 and Lorene Kerans Bailey (Aux) Mara Linaberger Watson ‘58 Lewis A. Simmons ‘61 January 25 Lunch in The Villages, FL Agnes Tenney Payne 50 William H. Payne ‘49 L. Gar�eld Sager, Jr. ‘47 Carolyn Law Thompson ‘61 William G. Thompson, III ‘60 Dorothy J. Phillips Warner ‘55 Lester G. “Bud” Warner ‘55 March 3 Luncheon in Charleston Marvin W. Culpepper ‘54, Hon ‘06 Rymer D. Davis ‘55 and son Tom Curtis L. Withrow ‘53, M.D. Lucy Peyton Withrow ‘53 March 22 Dinner in Fairmont Nancy Titchenal Cheshire ‘62 Carolyn D. Kerr ( Aux) Welcome Class of 1962 - Huntington, WV Wayne D. Bergdoll David M. Brooks - Indian Wells, CA David C. Brown - Vero Beach, FL Nancy Titchenal Cheshire - Bridgeport, WV George P. Fischer, Jr - York, PA W. James Hawkins - J. Brooks Jones - Buckhannon, WV - Follansbee, WV - Blue�eld, VA T. Marlo Mills - Canal Winchester, OH Naveda Hinkle Webster Walter K. Webster - James Warren Westfall New Auxiliary Members from the Class of 1962 Deane Wareham Hawkins Bonnie Lupfer Mills News About You retired Professor and chair of the Department of Sociol ogy/Anthropology at Marshall University. During his four years at Wesleyan, he was President of his class each year. He has registered for the 50th Reunion events in May of his ’62 Class. This March 24th, he and Sharon attended the Always Remember Interfaith Service at the rial in New York City. The Voices of September 11th is a foundation that is recording and helping to remember the vivors, and the families of 9/11. He and Sharon members of the foundation and ters, and other memorabilia to be placed in the 9/11 Museum. Their son, Paul Wesley Ambrose, M.D., M.P.H., was on American Airlines �ight 77, that crashed into the Pentagon. Paul was a Luther Terry Fellow (a two year fellowship) where he served as senior special assistant to the U. S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, and a senior scientist and editor of “The Surgeon Gener al’s Call to Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity 2001” when he died at age 32. Paul worked part-time in Arlington, VA, in a family practice with a Sally Bigelow Atsumi ’62, of Tempe, AZ, e-mailed thanks for the many updates for the coming 1962 class reunion. She said some of the 1962 class members in her area �nd the trip too expensive and dif�cult, so they are planning their own reunion in Tempe on Saturday, April 21st. Thus far, Dale Bitzer Johnson of Tucson and Glenda Arnold Walker of Phoenix are planning to be there. They Shirley Roberts Valerie Williams McFarland of Sun City, will join them. They plan to take a picture and send to the reunion here on the campus in early May. Alan B. Barlow ‘54, Verla D. Barlow (Aux) Wexford, PA, visited his sister-in-law Twyla R. Barlow and attended Herold Berthy, Jr. ‘56, of Morgantown, serves as the president of the Board of Directors for the Society for the Preservation and Apprecia tion of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America. Nancy Jane Titchenal Cheshire ‘62, was elected president of the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA). In February she presided over the 63 Annual SECA Conference held in San Antonio, TX. The asso ciation is comprised of thirteen southern states working through advocacy and early childhood professional development. Nancy is the �rst SECA president from West Virginia. Before serving as president, she was Co- Chair of the Editorial Committee and was presented the 2009 as Early Childhood Professor and Early Childhood Program Coordinator at Pierpont Community & Techni cal College in Fairmont. She and her husband, David Burr, live in Bridgeport and are the parents of four sons. Roberta J. and Donald D. of Flatwoods, William D. and Louwana Wil liams Mock burg, PA, are pictured at the woods, the geographic center of WV. The Mocks visited the Colemans on their way home from Florida. Ruth Greene Conley ‘53, visited by telephone in March. has authored more than 70 scienti�c publications and Company in 1999 and is now a consultant with Procter & Gamble. He and his wife, Marjorie Gene (Aux) have given a third �oor classroom in The David E. Reemsnyder Research Center Martin S. Schwartz ‘59, and Mere Gur , of Jacksonville, FL, cele brated their 50th anniversary on August 6, 2011. William B. Stemple ‘48, Year’s greeting and wrote that he spent the entire Carrinelle and her family in Nashville, TN. Diana Darnall Steed ‘89, M.Ed of Buckhannon, gave to the Emeritus Club some Wesleyan memorabilia that belonged to her aunt Policy from President Homer E. Wark Ph.D in 1926. of Westminster, Knoxville, TN, spent a month touring Alaska in 2011. Lucy Peyton Withrow ‘53, Curtis L. Withrow President are pictured at the WVIAC Basketball Tournament Wesleyan Women’s team won the conference and tournament titles Lois Schoolcraft Vice ‘43, of Catonsville, MD, wrote “still going strong -- my daughter Karyn and son-in- law have recently visited Wesleyan.” Karyn was born in Buckhannon and her grandfather, Arthur Allen Schoolcraft, Ph.D, LL.D was Wesleyan’s Dean from Community. and parent of three children. Her late husband, W. Conley ‘50, was an attorney and her son, , an attorney with the IRS lives in Takoma Park, MD. Ruth recently visited by phone with her former BJ Crabb Gwennap ‘53, of Charlotte, NC. In January 2012, Marvin W. Culpepper ‘51, Hon ‘06 of Wesleyan. He made his �rst donation of books to Wes leyan’s Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library in 1979 with 76 psychology books. In 1981, he made his �rst gift of Civil War books totaling 386. As of this January he has given 3,524 Civil War books; 2,169 WWI; WWII Korean War books; 245 general history books; 92 psychology books; and 301 �ction books. The book total so far is 6,331. Ronald M. McCauley seph’s Hospital in Buck hannon, has compiled his prayers given at the hospital every morning at 8 a.m. into a book “Morning Prayers.” Sister Maria Francesca trated this book with photos. To purchase a copy you may contact Ron at the hospital, 1 Amelia Drive, Buckhannon, WV 26201. The cost is $15.00 plus tax and shipping. celebration and reception on Saturday afternoon, March logical School, Calvin and Sandra Price McCutcheon Clarence R. Robbins ‘60 of Clermont, FL, has signed a contract with Springer-Verlag GmbH for publication of the 5th Edition of his book, Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair , in 2012. This book contains more than 650 pages describing the structure and morphological characteristics, growth, chemical reactions, and physical properties of human hair. He 1962 Senior Class of�cers Richwood, WV; Vice Judy Karen Bauser WV; Treasurer - Allan Wesley Snyder the Emeritus Club. Three spouses have applied for Auxiliary membership. Welcome Reunion Class of 1962 Information needed for 1962 Class Members Mr. Richard J. Bigelow Mr. Laurence B. Crawford Mr. Maurice A. Davis Mr. Attilo T. DiDaro Mr. Anthony J. Grif�n Mr. Jack H. Haney Mr. Ronald L. Heckman Mr. James E. Hyre Mr. Eugene A. Kincaid Mr. Robert M. Nicholson Mr. Herbert T. Parker Mr. John K. Pearson, Jr. Mr. E. Scott Rose Ms. Charlotte A. Bell Smith Mr. Adrian R. Teaf Mr. James A. Thrash Ms. Patricia L. Wyatt Mrs. Wilma J. Miller Kinnard Mr. James D. Leaseburge Mr. Henry A. Lee Mr. David E. Marks Mr. John E. McGann Mr. Richard L. Morgan Mrs. Ellen Wu Nesbitt 2011-2012 Emeritus Club Of�cers and Directors Mara Linaberger Watson ’58, President Ronald M. McCauley ’59, Vice President G. Herold Berthy ’56, 2015 Immediate Past President Kristi Lawrence Wilkerson ’99, Director of Alumni Relations Schedule for 2012 Commencement Wednesday, May 2 Alumni Center 6:00 Dinner in the Alumni Room in the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, May 3 11:30 Emeritus Club Luncheon and induction of new members in the French A See Dining Center Friday, May 4 11:00 Class of 1962 visit the Library 12:30 Lunch in the Cat’s Claw 1:30 Tour of new buildings and programs 5:30 Dinner with the Class of 2012 8:00 Baccalaureate Service 9:00 Ice Cream Social on Chapel Green Saturday, May 5 8:30 Continental breakfast at 9:30 Reserved seating for 122 10:00 Commencement in Rockefeller Center Wesleyan’s �rst Saturday Commencement Reservation form for luncheon and Ballmr dmp M�acpq and Directors Please return ballot and reservation form in the enclosed envelope and respond by April 30th. e 1962 Reunion Class members have received their reservation form in a separate mailing. Mrs. Valta Curry Can�eld ‘43 Mrs. Mary Lawson Challenger ‘51 & Mr. Sidney H. Challenger, Jr. ‘51 Dr. Robert L. Chamberlain ‘42, M.D. Dr. Paul C. Cline & in honor of Sylvia and Harold Elmore, Hon ‘82 Gifts for Two Emeritus Club Conference Rooms in Reemsnyder Research Center As of March 26, 2012, the following named persons made gifts for the Emeritus Club Conference Rooms: Mr. Richard T. Aidala ‘59 William E. Reiter ‘58 Harold “Bud” Calfee (husband of Fred L. Messersmith Miss Lillian F. Alfred ‘56 Miss Susan Alfred ‘60 Robert E. Alfred ‘31 Nina B. Alfred Mr. Newton R. Anderson ‘55 & Mrs. Awayan Deskins Anderson ‘56 Dr. Jackson M. Anderson ‘39 Mr. William A. Auvil ‘53 Mrs. Judith Kerwood Aylestock ’58 John Thomas Aylestock ‘57 Mr. Richard P. Bailey ‘53 & Mrs. Lorene K. Bailey (Aux) Mr. Allan B. Barlow ‘54 & Mrs. Verla E. Barlow (Aux) Mr. Jimmy T. Beasley & Mrs. Carolyn M. Beasley in honor of Sylvia and Harold Elmore, Hon ‘82 Mr. William A. Berg ‘55 Beverly Hamrick Youmans ‘55 David E. O’Connor, Ph.D., (Aux) Mrs. Anna Young Brady ‘51 Lester C. Brady ‘51 Dr. Charles William Brown ‘49, Ph.D. & Mrs. Sarah H. Brown Mr. Richard H. Calendine ‘62 Emeritus Club members and friends have given $121,100 or 80.73% of a commitment of $150,000 for the two Emeritus Club Conference Rooms. 175 donors have made 274 gifts. The average gift is $442. The �rst �oor Computer Research Lab was given by Marvin W. Culpepper ’51, Hon ’06 and Elaine Karnes Culpeper ’54, Hon ’06 of Charleston in honor of their son, James Marvin Culpepper ’81. A third �oor classroom has been given by Clarence R. Robbins ’60, Emeritus Club members have given to the Hyma Teaching Lab and the John Wright Organic Chemistry Teaching Lab. C. David Trader ‘57, Ph.D., is the coordinator for the Hyma Lab and Alfred L. Moyé ‘60, Ph.D, Hon ‘73 for the Wright Lab. 1,105 512 110 1,105 512 110 1 1 1 2 32 2 1 Total 2011-2012 Emeritus Club Of�cers and Directors Mara Linaberger Watson ’58, President Ronald M. McCauley ’59, Vice President G. Herold Berthy ’56, 2015 Immediate Past President Kristi Lawrence Wilkerson ’99, Director of Alumni Relations Ms. Irene L. Cole ‘44 Dr. Phyllis Kohl Coston ‘53, Hon ‘98 & Dr. Herbert R. Coston (Aux) Patton L. Nickell, Jr. ‘56 Mrs. Pauline Stalder Cox ‘41 Mrs. Annabelle Marteney Cruise ‘58 Dr. Marvin W. Culpepper ‘51, Hon ‘06 & in memory of his parents C. Ross Culpepper ‘30 Hon ‘50 Olive O’Dell Culpepper ‘33, Hon ‘72 Rev. Rymer D. Davis ‘55 & John J. Krupowicz, Jr., Ph.D. Rev. Thomas E. Dunlap, Sr. ‘60 & Mr. Charles E. Elkins ‘52 & Dr. Harold T. Elmore, Hon ‘82 & Mrs. Sylvia C. Elmore Maggie Trimble Cook ‘27 Ronald H. Fortney, Ph.D. Fred E. Harris, Ed.D. in honor of son and son-in-law Thomas A. Elmore ‘81 William A. Baughman ‘83 in honor of William R. Haden, LL.D Hugh A. Lattimer, Hon ‘79 Anthony D. Marcucci ‘81, M.D. Scott D. Miller ‘81, Ph.D. Emeritus Club WV Wesleyan Ms. Marianna Young Fanning ‘58 Mrs. Victoria T. Ferrell (Aux) Mr. Louis F. Filosa ’57 & Mrs. Shirley Van Varick Flynn ‘57 Mr. James J. Fraser ’59 & Mrs. Mary Sue Van Camp Fraser ‘60 Mr. James E. Gaston ‘56 & Ms. Dorothy Wells Gaston ‘56 Mrs. Christine Anderson Gentry ‘49 Mrs. Virginia Casey Gleason ‘45 Dr. Charles Godwin ‘49, Hon. ‘65 & Mrs. Wilda Moore Godwin ‘50 Mr. Robert V. Grif�s ‘51 Mr. James J. Bederka (Aux) Rev. Richard M. Hamilton ‘58 & Mrs. Anna H. Hamilton Ms. Yvonne Moore Hardenbrook ‘49 Rev. Frederick M. Hart ‘60 & Mrs. Roberta Gardner Hart Dr. Alan F. Haught, Ph.D., & in memory of their parents Florence Holt Haught ‘27 & Frederic B. Haught ‘28 Ms. Gene Shumaker Hebb ‘50 Dr. Basil A. Hensley, Hon ‘88 & Mrs. Janis W. Hensley Mr. Edward J. Hood ‘55 & Rev. Robert T. Horstman ’51 & Mr. F. Dick Hudson ‘36 Mr. Robert L. Humphreys ‘60 & Mrs. Sheila G. Humphreys (Aux) Mr. J. Brooks Jones ‘62 & Dr. Myron B. Hymes, Jr. ‘49, D.D.S. Rev. W. LeRoy Jones ‘55 & Rev. Linda Sowers Kissel ‘58 Mr. David P. Kopcak Mr. Richard Kopcak Mr. Robert Kopcak Mr. Ted Walaszozyk Rev. Lejeune Lewis ‘49 Dr. E. Leon Linger ‘50 & Mrs. Melba Smith Linger ‘50 in honor of Sue Young Brady ‘51 Katherine Curran Reemsnyder ‘50 Lester C. Brady ‘51 Mrs. Lucille Debar Lykins ‘44 Mr. Robert L. Lynch ’47 & Mrs. Alice C. Lynch (Aux) Mr. Robert L. Lynch ‘47 Alice Clarke Lynch (Aux) Mr. Carl V. Lyon ‘49 & Mr. Alan P. Machenberg ‘61 Mr. E. Larry Marquess ‘48 & Mrs. Mary Coberly Marquess ‘48 Rev John A. Mason ‘59 & Rev. Ronald M. McCauley ‘59 & Mrs. Joan Ferrell McComb ‘54 & Mr. Ben W. McComb Rev. W. Calvin McCutcheon ‘59 & Mr. Thomas R. Merrill ‘56 & Mrs. Carolyn R. Merrill Mr. Howard P. and Mary Needles Rev. Billee Scott Mick ‘50 & Mrs. Ruth Reeder Myers ‘45 Mr. Patton L. Nickell, Jr. ’56 & Mrs. Cinda Frenzel O’Neill ‘70 in memory of her Father August Richmond Frenzel ‘39 Mr. James C. Owrey ‘02 Dr. Ralph E. Palmer Jr., ‘40, D.D.S. Helen Conaway Palmer ‘42 David A. Palmer ‘67 Mrs. Agnes Tenney Payne ‘50 & Mr. William H. Payne ‘49 Dr. Neil S. Penn ‘54 Mrs. Nancy Jo Funk Pepper ‘59 & Mr. William C. Pepper ‘61 Mr. Elmer A. Raudman, Jr. ‘42 & Mr. W. Howard Reeder ‘40 Conley V. Lowther ‘40, Ph.D. Hazel Lowther Reeder ‘40 Mr. Ralph E. Reeder Mrs. Helen Goss Reger ‘43 Rev. L. Curtis Saville ‘48 & Mrs. Virginia Dodrill Saville ‘47 Cynthia Saville Vance Dr. Herbert L. Sharp ‘43, Hon ‘96 Mrs. Alice Boone Sheahan ‘51 Dr. John Talbott Sheahan ‘49 Mr. Robert N. Skinner & Mr. Robert N. Skinner II ‘75 & Mrs. Jane Squires Skinner ‘79 Mrs. Ann Moss Smith ‘55 & Mr. Huntington F. Smith, Jr. Mr. Rex L. Smith ‘41 Mrs. Hazel Hoover Snyder ‘40 Mr. Clinton D. Spiegel ‘54 Mr. Leonard F. Stagon ‘58 Mrs. Florence C. Stalder (Aux) Mr. R. James Stansbury ‘48 Dr. Fred L. Standley ‘54, Ph.D. & Dr. Jayne M. Standley (Aux) Mr. William B. Stemple ‘48 Virginia Reardon Stemple ‘50 Mr. C. Robert Sullivan ‘50 COL Zane Hill Summers ‘49 & Mr. Donald L. Taylor ‘53 Hazel Lowther Reeder ‘40 in honor of Mr. W. Howard Reeder ‘40 Mrs. Shirley Kincaid Walker ‘57 Mrs. Dorothy Phillips Warner ‘55 & Mr. Lester G. Warner Mr. Donald E. Whiting ‘50 Mrs. Marilyn Price Wilson ‘42 Curtis S. Wilson ‘42 Dr. David E. Wolfe ‘60 & Mrs. Sandra Sue B. Wolfe (Aux) Ms. Suzanne Humphreys Woody ‘59 Mrs. Patricia Winston Wriston ‘54 & Mr. Wayne A. Wriston ‘50 David H. Young ‘60 Mrs. Mary Lou McWhorter Zickefoose ‘45 Mr. Richard T. Aidala ‘59 Mrs. Dolores Keyser Ardito ‘58 Mr. John Baker Mrs. Ann Crail Dr. Robert Dell & Mr. Jacob Engle & Mrs. Doreen Engle Mr. Robert T. Fennimore ‘59 Mr. James J. Fraser ’59 & Mrs. Mary Sue Van Camp Fraser ’60 Mrs. Patricia Malone Gregory ‘58 Mr. G. William Haines & Mr. Robert Hamlin & Mrs. Carol Hamlin Mr. Jack Hawes & Mr. Harold W. Hitchcock ’59 & Carol B. Hitchcock Mr. Alan E. Hubbard ’59 & Mr. Richard M. Kleid & Mr. Leslie Klein & Mr. William H. Koelln ‘59 & Mr. Edmund A. Kristo�k ’59 & Mr. Mitchell A. Leon Mr. Richard M. Leonard & Ms. Susan A. Leonard Dr. Douglas S. Miller ’59 & Mr. Paul Mitchell Mr. John Morgan & Mr. William T. Newman & Mr. Robert Nickey & Mr. James Pandoli & Mrs. Carol Pandoli Mr. William Patient & Miss Marion Preston Mr. Edward Reichard & Mr. Eugene Renna & Mrs. Aprile Renna Mr. Meade Rudasill & Mr. Frank P. Schneider ‘59 Dr. E.B. Self & Mrs. J. Carolyn Self Mr. Charles Snively Stewart Property Management Ms. Nancy Tascone Mr. Alfred Thompson & Mrs. Bonnie Thompson Mr. Edward Thompson & Mrs. Joy Thompson Mr. Terry Thorstenson & Mrs. Carol Thorstenson Dr. William E. Watson ‘58, Hon ‘05 & Mrs. Mara Linaberger Watson ‘58 Mrs. Mary K. Weiss In Memory of Frank C. Ardito ‘58 A wall plaque will be placed in the Reemsnyder Building with the donors listed. Thank you for supporting the Emeritus Club Conference Rooms and the Reemsnyder Research Center. e 2012 Summer Luncheons will be held in the Greek Alumni Room of the Virginia omas Law Center for the Performing Arts on June 14, July 12 and August 9 Dr. Douglas S. Miller ’59 & Mr. Paul Mitchell Mr. John Morgan & Mr. William T. Newman & Mr. Robert Nickey & Mr. James Pandoli & Mrs. Carol Pandoli Mr. William Patient & Miss Marion Preston Mr. Edward Reichard & Mr. Eugene Renna & Mrs. Aprile Renna Mr. Meade Rudasill & Mr. Frank P. Schneider ‘59 Dr. E.B. Self & Mrs. J. Carolyn Self Mr. Charles Snively Stewart Property Management Ms. Nancy Tascone Mr. Alfred Thompson & Mrs. Bonnie Thompson Mr. Edward Thompson & Mrs. Joy Thompson Mr. Terry Thorstenson & Mrs. Carol Thorstenson Dr. William E. Watson ‘58, Hon ‘05 & Mrs. Mara Linaberger Watson ‘58 Mrs. Mary K. Weiss , 94, of Kirkwood, NY, died November 10, 2011. She was born in Binghamton, NY to Harold D. and Mabel Haner. She was predeceased by her husbands, Douglas Whitten and Harry Brink; sisters, Maude Briggs and Elsie Whitten; brothers, Harold & Lewis Ha ner; step children, Carl (Lori Lynn) & Harold Brink. She is survived by her children, Marian (Gary) McManus, Richard Whitten, Norma (Herb) Smith, Thelma (Bob) Skinner and Gary Whitten; step children, Pricilla Smith, Ella (Bob) Brown, Richard (Pat) Brink; and many grandchildren, great- grandchildren, and nieces & nephews. She worked for Binghamton State Hospital from 1946 to 1969. graduate of WV Wesleyan with a Bachelor of Liberal Studies at the Southwest campus in Port John McWhorter Edmiston , 90, of Plant City, FL, died December 11, 2011, of natural causes. He was born February 21, 1921, in Buckhannon to Matthew B. and Nellie McWhorter Edmiston. He West Virginia Wesleyan at age 16 and He graduated from both West Virginia and Temple universities schools of medicine. A surgeon in the U.S. Navy from 1944-46, he was later recalled to serve during the Korean Con�ict from 1950-52. The Edmiston family moved to Plant City from Pensacola, FL, where Dr. Edmiston opened his practice as a general surgeon in George B. ‘48 ; brothers, Andrew ‘51 and Matthew J. ‘40 ; and sister, . He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Emilie Matthews Edmiston; sons, (Cecilia), Andrew B. Shirley Ellen Van Varick Flynn ‘57, of South Charleston, died March 28, 2012. Robert T. Horstman ‘51, of Buckhannon, died April 2, 2012. Dorothy Marie Earnest Lantz , 82, of Annapolis, MD, died March 6, 2012, at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was born August 19, 1929, in Moundsville, a daughter of Arthur Wilbert and Isabelle Sarah Crangle Earnest. In 1952 she married her in death in 1996. In 2004, she married Robert Papp, who preceded her in death in 2011. She is survived by three sons, Leon “Butch” Lantz II ‘75 and wife Marsha Marie ‘75 of Sykesville, Lynn E. Lantz ‘77 and Kathy Giacalone of Kensington, MD; one grandson; three granddaughters; one step-grandson; one step-granddaughter; and one sister, Norma Lee Walters of Huntsville, AL. A 1951 graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan , she was an art educator in the Upshur County Schools; chair of the Art Department in Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School; and art educator at WV Wesleyan. member of the staff development council at Upshur County Board of Education, county advisory council and county art coordinator, a member of the board of directors of the American Red Cross of Upshur County and director of the Strawberry Festival Preview, a member of the International to national convention), WV and Upshur County Education Association (past president), Delta Kappa Gamma (past president) and General Federation Women’s Club (junior department, past , 90, of Vienna, died January 30, 2008, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Parkersburg. He was born in Akron, OH, April 15, 1917, a son of Clyde and Della Cooper Lemon. A 1937 graduate Pierce of West Virginia Wesleyan, chemist. He also served as a minister at the Church of Christ in the St. Albans area. A member of Grand Central Avenue Church of Christ, Vienna. He was a past president of the Lions Club and the Board of Education in Putnam County. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Dorothy Groghan Lemon; one son, Mark A. of Salt Lake City, UT; one daughter, Mary Ann Thorn of Vienna; four brothers and sisters; �ve grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by one son, Russell Jr. A service was held February 2, 2008. Nancy Jane Phillips Martin , 80, of Weirton, died December 6, 2011, at her home in Paris, PA. Nancy, known as “Flip” to many, was born December 11, 1930 in Weirton, the daughter of Dr. Edwin M. and Alta Mae Gatewood Phillips. She was a retired physical education teacher having worked at Mc Guffey High School in Claysville, PA and for the Yough School District in West Newton, PA, where was a graduate of Weir High School and West Virginia Wesleyan in 1952 , and was a long-standing brother, Richard and her sister, Jean Lee Phillips Jelski. Surviving is her husband of 61 years, Donald W. Martin ‘48 , originally from Buckhannon; two brothers, Edwin William Phillips ‘52 and his of Lakeland, FL; and her twin brother, and his wife, Audrey of Weirton and Port Charlotte, FL. Also surviving are two daughters, Cindy Martin ‘74 of Canaan Valley and Sue Martin Kuebler and her husband, David, of Montgomery, TX; two sons, Donald W. “Woody” Martin II ‘76 and his wife, Linda Jane of French Creek and Andrew P. Martin ‘78 his wife, Amy of Arden, NC; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and 13 nieces and nephews. A service was held December 10, 2011, at the First UMC, Weirton. Burial was in Chestnut Ridge Cem etery, Paris, PA. Memorial donations may be made in Nancy’s name to West Virginia Wesleyan William Sutherland Pierce , 80, formerly of State College, PA, died at his home in Pinehurst, NC, on November 9, 2010. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and was a graduate of West Virginia Wes and Carnegie Mellon University. He spent most of his career as a librarian at Penn building consultant. He is survived by his wife, Miriam Dickey Pierce, also of Pinehurst; and his three children David, of Redding, CA, Rosalind, of Potomac, MD, and Morgan, of Sausalito. CA; and three grandchildren. A memorial service was held at a later date. Dorothy Marion Schwing, 99, of Dunbar, died on January 19, 2012, at Moss’ Golden Years Personal L. Justice Brown ‘63 Gene A. ‘60 , of Pensacola, FL, and Stanley “DeeDee” E. Heyne and husband Gary, of Aloha, OR; �ve grandnieces; two grandnephews; and 31 great and great – great grand-nieces and nephews. The salutatorian of her class at Dunbar High School, she attended West Virginia Wesleyan member of the class of 1934 and Columbia University, receiving her master of arts degree. She taught school in Kanawha County for 47 years. The �rst year she taught in a one-room school and 45 years at Dunbar Elementary School. She was Dunbar Teacher of the Year two times, and Kanawha County Teacher of the Year in 1976. Church, Dunbar, and former organist and Sunday School teacher. She was a member of Delta Kappa , 90, a longtime resident of Elkins, died January 20, 2012, at Colonial Place in Elkins. She was born August 12, 1921, at Elkins, a daughter of Hon ’66 who preceded her in death on December 26, 2007. Surviving are one son, Jeffrey Clay Welshonce , of Elkins; one daughter, Michelle “Mimi” Ramey ‘78 Phil, of Dryden, NY; three grandchildren, Thomas Clay Welshonce ‘01 Carolyn ‘02 Wexford, PA, Michael Jeffrey Welshonce Lauren Ramey of Dryden, NY; and one great-grandson, Eben James; and Connie Ricottilli, who School, and West Virginia Wesleyan in 1943 West Virginia Wesleyan never faded, and she considered it part of her life’s work to recruit students from Randolph County to attend Wesleyan. She particularly enjoyed her annual ritual of hosting a lunch for each year’s incoming class from the area. She served on the Alumni Council and Wesleyan’s Board of Trustees number of organizations, including the Elkins Woman’s Club, the Daughters of the American Revo lution, the American Association of University Women, the Davis Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and volunteer at Jennings Randolph Elementary School. A service was held January 25, 2012, at the First UMC. Entombment followed in Maplewood Memorial Mausoleum. Memorial contributions John Collins Wright, 84 , of Huntsville, AL, died January 4, 2012, from pancreatic cancer. He was a scientist, academician, and a strong family leader. He was born August 5, 1927, in Oak Hill to John C. and Irene Collins Wright, and was the �rst in his family to achieve a college education after serving in the US Navy at the end of WWII. In West Virginia Wesleyan degree Cum Laude in chemistry at the age of 20 and was awarded his PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at the age of 23. As a man of thought he was dedicated to education and com mitted to the advancement of human kind through the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. After a brief career as an industrial research chemist he felt his true calling was a career in higher WV Wesleyan in 1957 as a Professor of Chemistry through 1974. He and his family spent 1962-63 in his post doctorate re search at the University of London. In 1964-65, he was the assistant director of the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC. The following year, he was a Carnegie Fellow at the University of Michigan. From 1965-1974, he was the Dean of the College of Arts and Science at Northern Ari zona University and WVU. He received honorary degrees from the University of Alabama, WV Tech and WV Wesleyan in 1974 when he gave the Founders Day address. The new John Wright Organic Chemistry Teaching Lab Center. He served as the Director of Academic Affairs for the WV Board of Regents until 1978 when he became the second president of University of Alabama at Huntsville. His service as President of UAH from 1978-88 were the happiest years of his distinguished academic career. He was preceded in death by his wife of over 50 years four sons and spouses, Jeff, Tim and Sally, Scott and Laura, Keith and Brenda; eight grandchildren; �ve great grandchildren; and his sister, was focused on career and family where he challenged himself and all of us to be the best we could Welshonce Wright Dorothy J. Phillips Warner ’55, of The Villages, FL, in the death of her daughter, Kathryn Ann Dye Findle of Cary, NC, on January 2, 2012. Sarah Jane Sauter Taylor ’61, of Westminster, MD, in the death of her husband, Robert G. Taylor on January of Buckhannon in the death of his sister, Phyllis Ruhlow Clifford of Phoenix, AZ, on Donald E. Whiting ’50, of North Canton, OH, in the death of his daughter, Peggy Ellen Whiting Dick, on March 6, 2011. Gene Russell Meadows , 85, of Woodbridge, VA, died on October 31, 2011, at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. He was born on March 1, 1926, to Lyle and Velma Southard Meadows in Ottumwa, Iowa. An account technician for daughters, Beverly (Henry) Ziemiecki and Joyce M. Meadows, both of Leesburg, GA; one sister, Marylyn Coffman of Bufford, SC; and one grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Carpenter Meadows ‘48 , 95, of Newton, IA, died November 3, 2011. She was born was July 22, 1917. Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Vanderburgh and Susan Harris; a sister, Nellie Rogers; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1987, Dr. Fred E. Harris, President of West Virginia Wesleyan 1977-1981 2007 to be near her family. A service was held November 7, 2011, in Chrisney, IN, with burial in New Hope In Memoriam — Honorary Member of the Emeritus Club 51st Anniversary of the Organization and the 50th Anniversary of French A. See Dining Center, Thursday May 3 11:30 Luncheon and Induction of the Reunion Class of 1962 e Emeritus Club Newsletter is published quarterly by the O ce of Advancement , Erickson Alumni Center, 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV 26201; Robert N. Skinner ’75, Vice President for Advancement; Rochelle L. Long ’00, Director of Public Relations; Mary P. Elliott ’04, Coordinator of Publications and Harold T. Elmore, Hon ’82, Coordinator of the Emeritus Club; E-mail elmore_h@wvwc.edu; Telephone 304.473.8491; Fax 304.473.8543 Condolences are extended to: Carol Lillian Hubbard Morrison , 80, of Herndon, VA, formerly Temple Hills, MD, was born to Jack (Shack) and Wilma Hubbard in Borderland (Mingo County) on June 19, 1931. She died on October 11, 2011, at Inova Louden Hospital, Leesburg, VA. She married John A. Morrison ’51 on December 24, 1948. To this union three sons were born, Gary, Gregory and David. A graduate of Chattaroy High School of Chattaroy, (Mingo County) Community Hospital as EKG Technician in Washington, DC, for over 45 years and in the of�ces in Maryland and preceded in death by her son Gregory, and sisters Marge Hubbard and Marlene Hubbard Varney. She is survived by her husband John; son Gary (Terre) Morrison of Dunnville, KY; son David (Renee) Morrison of Ashburn, VA; four grandchildren; brother, Jack (Carole) Hubbard of Hardy, KY; and many other relatives and friends.
Emeritus Club Newsletter