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Volume Thirty-Five Fall 1996 Keyser, West Virginia
Kidner Honored For Achievement
John P. Kidner, Class of 1946, Arlington, VA, author,
free-lance journalist, and retired Air Force officer has been ·named
recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award for 1996 at Potomac
State College ofWest Virginia University. He will be honored at
the ~nnual Hc;miecoming banquet Saturday, September 28, at
Lough Gymnasiuin. ·
Kidner' s writing has
gained international recognition
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following an outstanding cai-eer in
the USAF. H,e is well-known-.in
the K-eyser a~ea for his weekly
column and occasional reporting
done for the Mineral Daily News
Tribune from his perspective as a
Wind/all scheduled to play Homecoming dance.
resident of the Washington scene.
. Lt. Col. Kidner was born
Homecoming '96 Returns.To.Campus
in Keyser, graduating from its
high school in 1941. Exhibiting
an early interest jn flying,- he
Annual Homecoming reunions of.1971 and 1946 and celebration from 9 to 11 a.m. at soloed at age fifteen and made his. Jc,j,n P. ,C;dne,.
celebration activities, scheduled "Fifi.ties Foiles." The dance, at the Student Union. A
first exhibition parachu~ jump at
for Saturq.ay, · SeptemJ:>er 28, which the well-kno~ band Homecoming luncheon will be
seventeen. (See'IGdner Page 2) .
have a new look this yeat. In Wi_ndfall will play, will begin at available at the Davis Hall
addition to the usual activities approximately 9 p.m. Cafeteria. Reservations are
Gustafson's Service Recognized
on campus, the Alumni Reservations for the preferred but not necessary.
Association .has moved the dinner-dance, the cost of which The football game will
Homecoming banquet to the is $15 per person, should be feature th~ Catamounts against Oscar H. Gustafson, Class of 1948, Professor Emeritus
Dana G. Lough Gymnasium to made with Mrs. Melanie Taylor Fork Union Military Academy of Agriculture at Potomac State College, has been named the 1996
be followed by a dance. in the Public Relations/Alumni at 1:30 p.m. PSC's date was set recipient of Distinguished Service Award given annually by the
(R~servation form on back Office no later than Monday, for Homecoming when the Potomac State College Alumni Association. He will be honored
page.) The change was made irt September 2~. The telephone WVU Mountaineers were at the annual banquet of the
response to requests by many number is 304-788-6811. scheduled to play Maryland on Association during · the
alumni to hold all events on Motel and-hotel rooms Thursday, September 26, PSC Homecoming celebration
campus. are tn · high demand and low was unable to reschedule the Saturday, September 28, at
The banquet will begin supply locally. Reservations celebration in late June when Lough Gymnasium.
with a social .hour at 6 p.Ifi. with. should be made as soon as WVU announced moving its Established in i975 the
a buffet slated for seven o'clock. possible. A listing of lodgings game to Saturday evening. Distinguished Service Award is
Highlighting the evening will be available in the area is printed On Sunday morning the conferred for exceptional service
the presentation of the Alumni on the inside back cover .of this Merryray Restaurant on Main and dedication to the College and
Achievement and Distinguished newsletter.- Street will host a br-eakfast /or its Alumni Association.
Service awards as well as the Registration and a buffet·from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. In. choosing Professor
25th and 50th anniversary class coffee hour will begin the No reservations are necessary. Gqstafson, selection committee
· · members noted that from the day
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he arrived on campus in 1956
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until his retir~ent in 19_88, he
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(Continued from page 1) - -interrogation. Ultimately he · His 'hext .U.-S. participated in firefights during : Not long 'after
. was
imprisoned in Stalag Luft assignment· was as the ·a.52 · enemy ambush._ - retirement' from the military,
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After -high school he _I V_ noithtastern Germany. flight_line otiicer at Loring AFB Christine and , John John began 'his wrjting cara;r
continued to fly, work nights at Then in February,· 1945, in the· in Maine. His tour was cut Craig went to Ral~igh, NC, with The_ Kidner -Report, -a
the
Celanes·e .Corporation, and face of the So_viet westward short when he and five other· where she attended the -scathiilg satire on \Vashmgton's
-attend Potomac State College. advance, he and countless other officers were_h and-picked for University of North Carolina. bureaucracy. His 1>9ok was well
There he ·met his wife-to-l>C?, POWs:were matched aimlessly strategic missile training first at · His combat tour over, received, getting _ him two
Christine Smith of West Union, across Germany to avoid the Cape Canaveral, then Kidner was reassigned to the Aii: appearances on · Johnny ,
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Class of 1945. He enlisted as a Russians. The. march and Vandenburg AFB in California. Force Systems Command at Carson's J'onight Show-as well
private in the Army Air C-orps 111 starvation ~d abuse - (he .After a _ year of intensive Andrews AFB near as other network and local TV .
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December 1942, color blindness -weighed 90 lbs. and ~ -been. schooling, they were assigned to Washington. _ While there he -and radio shows. At the
· preventing his becoming atlying bayoneted) ended with his guidance control- console duty was asked to .. accept time he began speaking_ 'tp
cadet - liberation by the British near with the Air Force's · initial reassignment to Southeast Asia, groups -· across -the . country, .
. After completing Hamburg, releasing him from -ICBM ~uclear. strike force. working out of Bangkok and tr~ting them to bis ·i>arti<?tilar
airborne _ -- gunnery and confine~ent ·, in- a · Nazi Charged _ with steering and Saigon. •C hristine and son were brand of satire.
communications· schools, he concentration camp and a year tracking.America's first Atlas to accompany him, living in - -__ With colUIIllll:st _J ack -
became a :s;.17 gunner and radip as a POW_ missile from launch to warhead Bangkok while he sµpervised Anderson, Jre. co-authored Alice
operator. After combat crew Upon return -- to the separation, they had to be ready communications research. and i,i Blunder/and, a lampoon of
training he was sent to 'Avon UnitedStates he was discharged to -guide . retaliatory strikes development in the jungles of government wasteful sp~nding .. _
,_ Parle, FL, where his crew was into the reserves, Determined to within minutes of a confirmed Thailand and Vietnam,. H~ boo~ Crimaldi, COf!tract -'
put on "combat alert" and due to_ become a career Air- Force Soviet nudear attack. Later, - On July 4, I9 68, jusft Kilter, the biography_ of
ship out~ a moment's notice. officer, he was admitted to St. Kidner's .guidaltce crew was two days from departure, -a ''Chuckie" Crimaldi, once the
Christine joined him Louis University's school of_t ransferred to missile Res~ch careless .driver forced their car Chicago mob's· principal hit
there and they were married just aeronautical engineering, and its and Development, steering the off the roa<fnear Junction, WV. man, wai published and sold
down
three days before his•1 ;3-17 crew ROTC program. _H e earned his _f irst Atlas-boosted satellites into As the. car _r olled an througho:u!_ the U.S. and in New
.. was ordered to -join the I 00th degree in--three years; --was orbit. _D uring tlus tour, David embapkrnent. -Christine's neck Zealand, Australia, England, ·
-_ Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbots, named a distingui~hed military Geoffrey, the couple's second -was broken. Neither John nor_a nd in some of the_t hen "Iron
England. From there· he flew graduat~, and commissioned a son, was born. _ Craig was injur-ed. · Curtain" countries.
heavy bombardment missions second lieutenant. - · After . four years at Christine was, destined • With Peggy Whedon,
a
against Nazi targets. - Christine After advanced V ~B -Colonel -Kidner was to live at home as quadriplegic producer p_f ABC's Issues and
'- -return~ to West Virginia to electrpnics - and armament among.three officers chosen Air for the next 25 years. J~ had 'Answer,s ~ tbt; f1avi4,.Bt.i~Y
-t -. finish· her degree mfwent on to schools, folm''was assigned to Force Wide to be sent to'Purdue served in the military for 28. $how, he _<»-authorc4 Dintng.at
. teach' ui l\1cDowell·Cowity; . - the 4 7th Bomb Group at Royal University to obtain ,a master's y~. and ~ked for retirement the Great'- Embt:lssies ,_- a
On May -12, 1944 while Air F otce.· . Base Sculthorpe, · degree in -- industrial to be . with and care for cpokbook featuring the menus
. on his fourteenth mission, Norolk,England, as the Group management. After graduation, Christine: Sharing his h~me Washington's, major ~bassies ·
Kidner's ·pt~ was ·shot down. Electronics . Staff Officer; he was assigned to · the -with live"'."in aides, he-was able to_. serve· their i:nost distinguished
He bruted out~l anding_directiy iri overseeing the maintenance and Pentagon's - newly created work a few minutes from home, guests. -
a prison labor camp for-British p~rfonnance of' Defense Intelligence Agency, at the -O_rug Enforcement . ~dner, a . long~tiine
ortce,
-soldiers. ~aptured'at he co~unications, radar, and and the family r,1oved to Administration in Washington. -member of the National Press
was taken to nearby Brux, bombing equipment aboa,rd Arlington, VA. Two years after - · Through her · courage, Club, continues _h is journalism .
Czech.oslovakia for a brutal three squadrons of medium that transfer, their son, David faith, and· grace._ Christine career, ~ting frequent articles
for
interrogation by the focal -SS. range B-45s. Significantly, died of a severe heart condjtion. stayed in: good spirits. She spent many national magazines ·
the- He
He says his_l anding within these bombers were NATO's . Du~ John's tour ~th hei: time teaching English to and periodicals. now
"of a· -
confines prison~-camp·-fi'rsC nuclear .. stnlce -deterrent , DIA, he requested and received troubled ·studeiits and foreign manages his own _news outlet, -
probably saved his· -life; against _ further Soviet -duty in Vietnam_ where he residents. - For many years she Capital Newsfeatu,res - and
!Jlembers .of other crews shot aggression. SlJpervised the maintenance, was the contact point for a St. Editorial Services. He· is
_ down that ·day were lynched by From 1952 to 1956, battle damage repairs, Andrews Episcopal Church currently writing satirical
t<:>wnspeople, He was· later Christine and John lived in the. operations and defense of six team devoted to helping the old, treatinent o~ "how government
·m oved to the Luftwaffe's formal village of Heacham a few miles remote radars. When visiting needy, and infirm. _· Their_ is put to one· side until the
interrogation · center in from RAF Sculthorpe, where · these sites, he and his -First marriage lasted over 50 -years. demands of politics • _a re ·
Frankfurt, Germapy for further their first son, John Craig, was Sergeant often rode convoy with ending when Christine died of satisfied."
solitary confinement and born. the U.S. infantry and pneumonia in September 1994.
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Gustafson---------------
_ (Continued from page 1) from 1980 to 1988 and ap,d being active m the
chairperson of the Division of Methodist_Men.
tirelessly trekked across th~ Applied Sciences, Career · In the words of his
State and bordepng states · to Programs, and . Technologies former colleague, the late
offer· opportunities for students from 1974 to 1986. Professor Kenneth M. Malone,
m agri~ulture at the College. He organized ·the first "I doubt if there is another
During his tenure the two-year Agriculture Club upon his professor of agriculture in the
agriculture,. pre-veterinary arrival and remained an active State or in the country who has
·medicine, horticulture and sponsor and co-sponsor for his had the responsibilities that
forestry programs became 32 years of service. He stressed J>rofessor Gustafson. has had.
extremely competitive and of leadership, citizenship, student He has taught . 5· different
high quality. · ' · · d~elopment, and cooperation subjects each year, coordinated
The Chester D. -Hannan, M.I>. Memorial Scholarship was created
His selfless in the club. The club engaged the operation of two College
this month with contributions from Patricia A. ~ (far left), wife
commitment~ dedication, and in both college and community farms ef about 800 acres for 30
of the late Dr. Harman; and Theresa (Harman) Falkowski and Dr.
loyalty to Potowac State service projects and remained years, does extensive r~ruiting,
Henry Falkowski, daughter ~d son:in-law of Dr. Hannan. President
College,. ·west Virginia on:e of the most active campus was departmental chairman for Kathryn Brailer (second from left) accepts the gifts on behalf of the PSC
Unive:rsity, and ,the State of groups. a number of years, became Foundation.
West Virginia as well as a · · An excellent classr~m division chairperson, served on
sincere love for young people teacher, Professor Gustafson countless committees, and was ,Toundor/un -Xece47es S.100.000 C/li
and a fostering of their· hopes consistently received active in the conununity as
Harman Scholarship Established-
and dreams have been the outs&ding student evaluations. well."
driving forces behind the man His many former students hold "Gus,. and his wife,
all know to be "Mr. Gus." a variety of agriculture Jacqueline Simmons, Class of A ·combined $100,000 medicin~ major_
Professor Gustafson positions not only in West 1948, are parents of four gift has .been received by the Dr. Harman was a 1948
graduated from Green Bank Virginia but surrounding states. children, all of whom are Potomac State Coilege graduate of Circleville. _High
High Schoolin 1943 and served The West Virginia Director of graduates of PSC and currently Foundation to establish the School. He received his Al3.
from 1943 to 1945 in the United Vocational Agriculture are health science professionals. Chester D. Harman, M.D. degree from Bridgewater
States.Navy, nineteen months of Teachers for 1989-90 listed a Michael · Gustafson, M.D., Memori~l Scholarship. Th(? College; a B.S. degree from
which was spent in the South total of I09·vo-ag teachers with Class . of 1983, 'recently scholarship gift was made by West Virginia University School
of
Pacific. After getting his 42 having attended Potomac completed a residency in Patricia A Harman, wife of the Medicine; and an M.D.
Dr.
associate in arts in agriculture State College. surgery . at Massachusetts late Harman, ·'and his degree at the Medical College of
from Potomac State, he earned A member of Alpha General Hospital. Robert A. daughter and sori,..iri-faw, Virginia. He practic5Xl. medicine
a bachelor and a master's Zeta · Agricultural Honor Gustafson, M.D., Class · of Theresa . .(Harman) ·Falkowski in the· Petersbur3 area for over
degree in agricultural ¢ucation Society and Alpha Tau Alpha, 1970, is assocaite professor of and Dr, Henry Falkowski. 34 years. · ·
from West Virginia University professional agriculture surgery and pediatrics section of 'The scholars~p -has The Falkowskis noted
in 1950 and 1953 respectively. education fraternity, he was cardiovascular and thoracic been established to benefit a that Dr. Harman too~ payment
His first teaching job named FF A Honorary State surgery at West Virginia graduate · of either -a Grant or for medical . services in many
was at Buckhannon High Farmer in 1979 and received University. He was the 1990 Pendleton County high school forms including _cakes, chickens.
School for 1950-51. He then Farmer chapter awards from the winner of the Alumni· who attends Potomac State as a fruit, and old silverware.
came to Keyser High for five FFA in both Mineral and ·Achievement Award. John P. full-time pre-pharmacy or pre-
years until joining the PSC Hampshire counties. Gustafson, D.V.M., Class of
_faculty in. 1956 as assistant ''Gus" is a member of 1973, is a veterinarian in private
Beavers·Named Academic ])ean
professor of agriculture, the Keyser Lions Club, serving practice at High Rock Animal
achieving the rank of full as its president in 1972-73. He Hospital in McCoole.
professor in 1968. had been a member of the Jacqueline Sions, RN., Class of Dr. Lester K. Beavers has
In addition to his Mineral County Farm Bureau 1976, is assistant nurse been named Dean of Academic
teaching duties "Mr. Gus" held from 1966 to 1988. He has held manager o( the operating room Affairs at Potomac State College,
several administrative positions a vari~ of positions in Grace at Ruby Memorial Hospital in according to an announcement by
at Potomac State. He was United Methodist Church, Morgalitown. The Gustafsons Dr. Kathryn A. Brailer, president.
manager of Farm #2 from 1956- teaching a Sunday School class have eight grandchildren. They Dr. Beavers has been a faculty
60, director and chairman of from 1965 to 1989, serving on resioe at 180 "A" Street in member and administrator at the
agriculture from 1960 to-1980, the Administrative Board, Keyser. College for 25 years. He hau
umt .coordinator ·of agriculture holding the position of trustee, served as interim president .and then
i~~=~c of ~r
interim dean of academic affairs
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and coordinator of institutional
~~~:e ~~
research.
Alumni like~ to-k~: up-to~ate alumni in
"Dr. Beavers has served
tnews. ff you have changed jobs recently, been promoted, relocated or have any special11
our students, campus, and . Dr. lesfer K. Beavers
celebration to share with the college community, please let us know. Send ~y community fo~ many years and is
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.information to Melanie Taylor. Alumni Association, Potomac State CoHege, Fort completely dedicated to the success and growth of Potomac State ·
Avenue, Keyser, WV 26726. College,'' said PresidenfBrailer.
This not only will assist in the production of future alumni publications, but will also helpj "I've enjoyed my 25 year career at Potomac St;;ite and look
to maintain accurate alumni records. forward to serving as Dean ·of.Academic Affairs. I f~l confident
PJease incJude your complete name, class year and address with your correspondence. that we will be able to maintain the high acad~mic quality of our
prograrn.s as_w e meet t_he challep.ges and. .o p.p.pft't.n.iti,e~ facin.g
We IOQk f9rward to hearing from you
-------- higher education," said Dr. Beavers.
Alumni News f:aR
1996
Kennett,. F. Ra;nes HePen F. mnes Georqe (_;ff-Je DaPPas B. Shaffer
Nine Faculty and Staff A~nounc~_-Ret.irem~nt
· Ni11:e members of the PROFESSOR · the West Virginia Foreign responsible for accounts She has also held the posts of chair
faculty and staff retired at the KENNETH F. MINES Language Teachers Association payable for 23 years. Born in of the Division of Natural and
close of the last academic. year, and served as its . secretary- Esmont, VA she is a graduate Physical Sciences, Coordinat9r of
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and one staff member retired last After 44 years of treasurer-for 12 years: He is a of Howard High School, Athletics, Academic Administrative
summer. They are Mrs. Elsie teaching Frep.ch; Spanish, member of Phi Delta Kappa Piedmont, and Parkers Beauty Liaison, Associat.e Dean, and
M. Carnell, Professor Kenneth German, and English, Professor Education Honorary, the Keyser School in Fairmont. She has Int.erim ChiefExecutive Officer.
F. Haines, Mrs. Helen Hines, Haines retired with the Presbyterian Church, where he also taken courses at the She is a member of many
Professor · Nancy M. distinction of having the most is an elder, and the Keyser Mineral County Vocational' profus&onal associatioos including
Hockensmith, George Little, seniority of any faculty member Rotary Club of which he is a Technical Center. the American Association of
Professor Dallas B. Shaffer, of the three campuses of West past president and has been Mrs. Hines was self- University Wami, West Virginia
Mrs. Francine G. Shanahan, Virginia University. secretary for 38 years. The employed for sixteen y~s and Academy of ~ience, Phi Delta
Richard A. Smith, and Professor A Keyser native, he Keyser club honored .him as a has also worked for the Beauty Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma, the
Charles D. Whitehill. All were graduated from Keyser High PautHarris Fellow in 1978. School and the West Virginia Nature Conservancy of West
honored by the Potomac State School in 1949 and ~ed an He served as faculty Department of Welfare: Virginia, the West V~
College Social Club at its Spring Associate in Arts degree from representative to Sigma Phi She is a member of the Association ofA cademic Deans, the
banquet, Saturday, April 27, at Potomac State College in 1950. Omega Honor Society from Church of God in Christ where Keyser Rotary Club, and the West
the Polish Pines Restaurant. He was graduated summa cum 1960 to 1%7 and then became she serves as Sunday School Virginia Public Radio Citizens
laude from West Virginia the faculty adviser from 1967 to Superintendent. She also Advisory Commitn;e.
El_SIE M. CMNfil .University in Romance 1995. teaches a Sunday School class Hockensmith is also
Languages in 1952 and named He has served tirelessly and sings in the choir, of which Commissioner of the West
Witlr 24 years of service to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a with the Potomac State CoHege she is secretary. She is active Virginia Women's Commission,
to .the College, Mrs. Carnell is Master ofA rts degree in 1953 in Aluiillli Association as president with the Tri-Towns Yo.uth w1th-appointments from three
retiring" from her·position as a the same field from West _(1967-73)' and curre~tly Outreach Program. . governors over the past years,
Pata · Technician m the Virginia University. He has secretary-treasurer, a position She has a daughter She was a member of the
a
Compute~ cent.er. done additional graduate work he has held for 37 years, as well Deonne, Coh.urtbus, OH, and Mineral County· D.evelopment
She is a member of the at the Sorbonne in Paris, Indiana as current editor oft he AL UMNJ son Langston at Charleston, SC Authority and the Governor's
Bloomington Methodist Church, University Laval University in NEWS He is a charter member Air Force Base. She has seven Partnership foi-Progress.
were she serves as a member of Quebec and McGill' University of _the Potomac Sfate College grandchildren. She was honored as ·a
the Board-pf Trustees: in Montreal. Foundation; Inc,, serving as its In her retirement she ·Distinguished West Virginian
She and her husband, He has· received many secretary since 1962. looks forward to visiting with 1994 by Governor Gaston
Herbert, have one son, John, and honors as a f_aculty member An avid Pittsburgh h~ family, traveling, and Caperton. She was instrumental
a daughter, Lisa. They have two including · Outstanding Steelers fan, he looks forward to. working with the Tri-Towns in the establishment of the
grandchildren, Clint and David_ Professor,. the Distinguished travel and reading as well as youth group. Potoniac State College and
Foote. Service Award from the staying active in the Alumni Mineral County Earth Week
Mrs. Camell loves to . Potomac State College Alumni Association and Foundation. PROFESSOR activities and· was the charter
ttav;:l and she lqoks forward to ,AsSO_C_I · ation~ the_ establishment NMCY M. HQCKEN5Mm, sponsor of the College's· Life
ha'6ng time to do so as well as of the Kenneth Franklin Haines H~ F. FUNES Sciences Club:
Nancy ·
to¾elax and enjoy the outdoors. Scholarship by friends, and the . £ Professor M.
W; E.c Michae( C~unity Mrs.· Helen Hines Hockensrnitl\ Professor of Biology (Continued on next page)
Citizen Aw4rd. . ,, r~edi fr..oo,_ Potomac State's and funner Dean of the College, is
iears ~ce
. Ile is a.past prysident of 8u$_iness Office wh~re she was ~ with_over 30 E_f
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GEORGE LITTLE Fairmont State College. A graduate of Bruce the American Legion, and Janes and Humanities, and was also
He is a graduate of the High School in Westernport, she United Methodist Church. · chair of the Music Deparbnent
George Little retired University of Richmond with a attended Potomac State , "Rich" served in the U. for many years.
during the summer of 1995 as Bachelor of Arts in history and Frostburg State College and S. Anny from 1951 to 1953. He He has been recognized
the chief financial officer, sociology. He received both his Catherman's Business School was stationed in Korea for 14 as a West Virginia University
serving the College in that master's and doctorate from before joining American months as a truck driver and Outstanding Teacher in 1971-72
position since 1988. West Virginia University. Airlines as a stewardess. also in an intelligence platoon. and Potomac State College
Born in Hazleton, PA, Dr. Shaffer has been an She is a member of the He comes from a large Outstanding Professor for 1992-
he is a graduate of Tamaqua active member of the West Keyser Presbyterian Church, family of seven brothers and 93. He was the recipient of the
High School. He received his Virginia Department of where she has served as both four sisters. He has three Region VIII Bandmaster's
Bachelor of Science in Business Education review team for Deacon and Elder. · children, Andrew, Allen, and Award in 1986. He also
Administration from Lehigh public school systems and of the She has a daughter Erin Karen; and is a very proud received a Certificate of
t'.fn1versity and his MBA from North Central Accrediation Williams in Cumberland and grandfather to seven Appreciation and Merit from the
Indiana University. teams. two grandchildren.. Mrs. grandchildren. Keyser Ministerial Association
Prior to Potomac State He has served as a Shanahan plans to spend a lot of "Rie.h" was recently in 1991 and again in 1995.
he had worked at Bucks County member of the board for the time with Erin and her children. named an Outstanding West Before comjng to
(PA) Community College, West Virginia Humanities She is also looking forward to a Virginian by Governor Gaston Potomac State, Dr. Whitehill
Johnson and Johnson, American Council and the Potomac Valley trip to Spain to visit relatives, Caperton. was band director at Clay-
Express, Merck and U.S. Steel. Sheltered Workshop. He was a reading, and becoming more He is an outstanding Battelle High School, an
He served in the U. S. Air Force state Liaison officer for historic active in her church. softball pitcher, having played instrumental and vocal teacher
during the Korean War. preservation and has served on in the Cumberland Recreation at Belington High School, a
He and his wife Linda many state and campus RIGMMD A. 5Mrm League and thP. Rocking Chair graduate assistant in music
own and operate Linda's committees. A significant League. Fonner students will education and brass at West
Hallmark Shop in Keyser portion of his more recent With 51 years ofs ervice remember his prowess as a ping Virginia University, and an
Square. He has three children committee work and Richard Smith retired with the pong player. instrumental music school
and five grandchildren. presentations has been related to longest employee record at With retirement "Rich" teacher in West Palm Beach,
Little is a spectator social justice and affirmative Potomac State College. plans to work with the youth of FL.
sports enthusiast and enjoys the action issues. A native of Keyser he the Burlingtoh Children's Home He is a wember of the
theater as well as traveling. Dr. Shaffer is a li~ensed attended Howard High School in and other area youth in_n eed of Music Educators NatiQ.na~ t
lay minis~er for the Ep~scqpal P,ie<hnont aud began workiog. special atu;ntion. H~ also plans Conference, -~ -,W~l Y~
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PROF[55OR Diocese of West Virgini~; He is part~time after school and on a lot of rabbit huntipg with his B~ Mas~cx~.. . ~-- SQCiati-9- ~
M.1M B. 5HN=FER a member . of the Emmanuel weekends at the College two beagles. · ~ West Vuguua College .·. ~c
Ep,iscopal (:~urchin Ke}'._~r. · cafet.eria in 1945. In 1947 he E<fucators. J-1e ~ s~f4 as
Retiring with 29 years He_a n~ his wife J~e joined the cafeteria staff full- PROFESSOR f3':ulty representative !o S~
of service is Professor of have three children, Frankhn, .time. In later years he served the .G ~5 0. wmTEmll Phi Omega Honor Society smce
Political Science Dr. Dallas B. Lynne, and Douglas, and two College in the Student Union, as 1984.
Shaffer. Dr. Shaffer had also grandchildren. a custodian in the Dr. Charles Whitehill He and his wife,
served the College as chair oft he Administration Building and in retired with 35 years of service Rebecca, have one son,
Division of Social Sciences and FRNICUIE 5HMNVYI recent years as a Campus Police to Potomac State in the field of Rhoades. Whitehill's Vineyard
adjunct Professor of the West . ·Officer.. music. Born in Wana, WV, he was_ e~blished in 1?79, an~ Dr..
·Virginia University Graduate Mrs. Francine (Garcia) He is a member of earned his bachelor's, master's, Whitehill became vice-presulent
Center at Potomac State Shanahan, Class of 1957, Potomac Lodge No. 41, and doctoral degrees from West and winemaker of West
College. retired with 30 years of service. Masonic Lodge, of which he is a Virginia University. Whitehill W~ from 1980 to
Prior to Potomac State Currently a Resident Director Past Master. He also holds In addition _to his 1988. He 1s the founder and
Dr. Shaffer had taught at the for Friend Hall, she has also membership in Thotmes Temple current position as Professor of c~rrent o~er of Potomac
Parkersburg Branch of West served as College Housing of the Shrine in Fairmont. He is Music, he served several terms Highland Wmery.
Virginia University and at Coordinator and secretary to the a member of the Keyser VFW, as chair of Division One, Arts . He plans f:<> ~h part-
~ Dean of;Studenti~Jl$. .. tlt.e Washington-Smith Post of tune and manage his wmery.
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William L. McLaughlin, center, Class of 1947, is pictured receiving the 1995 Alumni The Honorable Jerry L. Mezzatesta, Class of 1966, is presented the Distinguished
. Achievement Award from his presenter and fellow classmate, Dr. Harry W. Boggs, Service Award from the Alumni Association by Professor Nancy M. Hockensmith,
assisted by PSC President Dr. Kathryn A. Brailer. biology.
Homecoming '95 Highlighted By Capacity Crowd
A capacity crowd was institution." He also called on holds eight patents, edits two last football team "Horse" Judy, Circleyille; Richard and
on hand for the annual alumni to send ~eir children to international newsletters from Lough coached also held a Connie McCue Hoffinan,
Homecoming Banquet Potomac State. Several Oxford, England, and sits on reunion. Members of the team Clarksburg; John Moore, Burke,
Saturday, Oct. 21, 1995, at members of his family were also advisory boards in Austria and and anniversary classes were Va.; David Parker, Romney;
Polish Pines Restaurant, present and were introduced by Denmark. guests at a brunch earlier in the and Lanny Propst, Elkins.
sponsored by the Potomac State Professor Hockensmith. In his acceptance day hosted by President Kathryn Members of the 1969
College Alumni Association. President Rogers then speech McLaughlin noted his A. Brailer. Catamount football team in
Guests were greeted · .by read a letter from West Virginia ties to Keyser during the time Professor Kenneth F. attendance were John Bord,
Association President M. House of Delegates member when his father, the late Haines, Class of 1950, Grafton; Mike Hicks and Dan
William Rogers, Class of 1948, Harold Michael of Moorefield Reverend John McLaughlin, secretary-treasurer of the Hinkle, Buckhannon; Lanny
who presided at the event. in which he commended the was pastor of the Keyser Association, introduced the Propst, Elkins; Bill Aiken,
Highlighting the evening was the Alumni Association on its Presbyterian Church. He said honorees. Accident, Md.; Ernest Donahoe,
presentation of awards. selection. Michael said he had he owed so much to the college Attending either the Morgantown; Jim Webster,
Nancy Hockensmith, observed Mezzatesta's special faculty during his time as a brunch_o r the banquet, or both, Cumberland; and Steve Ye wcic,
professor of biology and former interest in education and young student. He mentioned David from the Class of 1945 were Marion Center, Pa. Assistant
dean of the college, presented people. G. Nuzum, Dr. Elizabeth Ellen Harper Golliday and coaches also present were
the Distinguished Service Dr. Harry W. Boggs, Atwater Alexander, the late Adair Welton Marby of Professor Larry Bolyard and
Award on behalf of the Class of 1947, presented to his Water Boone, the -late Dr. Cumberland; Linda Adams Thomas O'Connor, Keyser.
Association to the Honorable friend and former classmate, Nancy M. Miller, and the late Bell, Winchester, Va.; Myrtle In her remarks to the
Jerry L. Mezzatesta, Romney, William L. McLaughlin, Dr. John Aldrich. He also cited Fries Elliott, Kingwood; alumni, President Brailer said
speaker pro tern of the West research physicist, the Alumni Mrs. Katharine Church, the late Barbara Proudfoot Shears, that summer school enrollment
Virginia House of Delegates. Achievement Award for 1995. coach Dana G. "Horse" Lough, Elizabeth; Dr. George Solan, for 1995 had grown by 24
Professor Hockensmith praised Boggs noted_ that he and and former physical education Stow, Ohio; Eleanor Williams percent and that fall enrollment
his efforts not only on behalf of McLaughlin had graduated teacher and assistant coach Deal, Frederick, Md.; Doris is up IO.I percent. She noted
Potomac State College but also together from Keyser High Judson Hodges. Elrick Mathews, Williamspo¢ that in addition to the college's
the people of the State. She School in 1945 and then McLaughlin said, "I Md.; Magdalene Williams Sitar, excellent transfer program,
noted that twice in the past ten attended Potomac State. He will always cherish this award. Romney; and from Keyser Potomac State will expand its
years Mezzatesta has had to praised McLaughlin for his It will hang in iny office as a Ernestine See Golden and Irene career-technical offerings in
assist in keeping the college a many achievements in his field, reminder to me of the excellent McGuire Twigg. accordance with West Virginia
part of West Virginia including ten major awards, trammg and outstanding Members of the Class Senate Bill 547. She called
University. some of which are international teachers I had at Potomac of 1970 present were Bill Aiken, upon the alumni to assist in the
In his remarks in scope. State." McLaughlin also Accident, Md.; Ernest Donahoe, growth of the college by
Mezzatesta said, "I want to Recognized world-wide introduced family members. Morgantown; Mike Hicks and spreading the word about
thank all of you at Potomac as an authority on nuclear The Classes of 1945 Dan Hinkle, Buckhannon; Dr. Potomac State.
State; I do appreciate this science, lasers, and radiation, as and l 97Oceiebrated their golden Lynn Brant, Delaware, Ohio; (See Homecoming Page 7)
award. I will always do well as medical physics and and silver anniversaries as _Linda Bergi:m.U~ ... JJ.urge_ss\
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-~<!_~~!E, t~~ ~~~~~~S;Q'_.,,.~:~~~~iR alumni, and the members of the Moorefield; Margaret Mowery
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Above are members of the Golden Annive·rsary Cla§ of 1945: (front, left to right), Memben of the Class of 1970 who were present at Homecoming 1995 for their 25th
Elle~ Hal'\'~r Go_lli~ay, Ernestine See (}ol4en, Adair;Weltpn,.Mark)?y, .. 1)9ris Elrick apniversary of attendance at PSC were (front, left to right), Dan Hinkle, Comrie McCue . -
·· Mathews, Myrtle Fries Elliott, Dr. George Solan; Linda Adams Bell, Irene McGuire Hoffman, Linda Bergclall Burgess, Margaret.Mowery Judy;:L yn& Brant;·· (back, left to
Twigg;'' ·(back, left ·10 right), Barbara Proudfoot Shears, Eleanor Wiliiarns Deal, right), Mike Hicks, Lanny Propst, David Parker, Richru;'d Heffman, and John Moore.
Magdalene Williams Sitar. ·
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_, (Continued from page 6) worth over-$50,000 this year. 1953. The slate was approved expressed the appreciation of all from 1973 to 1976 and who was
. . . . .. _, .· - . . ,: . . Dqfing tlw, . business by the Association.· - -alumrti to: Mrs. Patty' Bell, instnifuental :fu establishing the
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)~t:Pf~~qr ~~. ~lso ~ep_~ _.m~ring.J>:rofessot Sally ~es · :: . · President _ · .. Rogers' --~atite secretai-y ~~('~e ~w~~1J ?ow 11es~~t~-by .the
on the .statµs of the Alumm Brown, Cl3$S of 1983, chair of ,presented a first-tnne award to· Association, fot her fine work m Association.
¥rs,
AssociAti~n1- noting. that-_ it .the ;11orninating COJllJilittee, the alumnus who traveled the ·setting - . up: 'ii'Homecoinmg -:, . - . Dor~~y Stephen;
currentlY. .has 145 life members. presented three .candidates for farthest. The award wenFto weekend and the banquet ~. He . Class '' of .. 194 ( . gave the
that flo\Vers ·'ni~'
He also .noteq the Potomac election to. the· board of -Mrs. Mary Kitzmiller Benhase, also noted~that the ~ithe · invoca'tl6n. b~quet closed
State ..C ollege Foundation has directors: Stacey .. Pancake Class of 1949, formerly of ,head table had ·b~Ii given in with.t he'. singing O of the Alina
assets.' approaching the one Boggs, Class of 1987; Kelli Keyser, now resi~g ili Tucson, memoryofthe·Iate State Senat9r }dater" with Mrs,. K,atharine
million ~ollar mark and provided Myers Hickey, Class of 1988; Apzona. Willfam J _O ates, who served as . Church· accompanying' at the
55 students with scholarships and Helen Yoder Poe, Class of Preside1_1t Rogers president of the· Association piano. . .
I Severan~Planl3erit:fits WVU Retirees
· In consideration of the .provisions of West Virginia
Senate Bill 54 7 and its inc!usion qf severance plans as one of
several explicit apprpaches to reduce CC>sts in higher edq.cation; i
the _Uniyersity System of~est Virginia created a Faculty/Staff :..
Severance Benefit Plan. -
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Approximately 350 faculty and staff at WestVirginia 1
·university· and ·Potomac State College have ·elected to
participate in the program. Based on,,an individual's current
salary, the· plan proyides a full year's· pay spread over two
years with 48 semi~montbly payments for those with 25 or
_m ore years of service. .Those ·with less service are given a ;
percentage of their base salary beginning with 10 y~rs of . '
service at 40o/o with 4 % increments to 24 years at 96%.
· Signed contracts ~ere due at the University by May .
are
29, 1996. Faculty entry dates for the plan June 1, July 1.., '
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August 1, i996 and January 1, 1997. Staff members may·
enter the first of ~Y month from April 1, 1996 to February I~
1991'. . . .
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. Participants also receive the full cost of health
two
:t_· to ,
Attetiding a teunio~ of the late·Coach Dana G. "Horse" Lough's 1969 football teani were (front, left insurance for years in addition to. what they have already .
right), Jil{l Webster (split end/defensive backJ; Lanny Propst (quarterback);· Dan Hinkle (fullpl\ck); __ ~(;V!;': accumulated. -Plan participants are ineligible for . re
Yewcic (li~ebacker); (back, left to right), Larry Bolyard (assistant coach); Torn O'Connor (assistant emplo)'Illent in West Virginia higher edu~oq for ~ore thap,,
coach}; John Bord (center); Mike Hicks-(fearn captain,~guard/linebacker),;_ Ernie_Donahoe (defensive;" ~;;99,0-P.Oiper;}'.W, ·:, L_o ~ ,:h ,:•::· _. _; r,' ,·r :''l ·: ,
nose guard); and Bill Aiken (d efensiyeiitmf>.t ·: ·La; l • ; '. ! ·. ·-· ., .' l . t ' : · 1 < i' 1 ; ; ;• :, ; : ; l1 . 1
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PSC Alumna· Named 1996-.
_West Vjrginia Teacher of;year
Mrs. JoAnn (Snyder)
Harman;
Lahmansville, Class
of 1960, has been named ·west
Virginia's Teacher of the Year
for 1996. She is a -French
teacher: and also teaches
English for gifted _and talente4
students at Petersburg -High
School .in Grant: County. - -
After · receiving her
Associate · in -Arts ·d egree in
.s econdary education from .
Potomac State College, · she
The PSC Outstanding Prof~sor reception held in April at-the Candlewycklnn was attended by all
earned a Bachelor's degree _in
the recipients ofth_e award since its inception in 1~90. From left Academic Dean Lester K. Beavers Frel!ch and English from
Mary
{1991); Professor Ann Davis (1,995); Professor Charles D. Whitehill (1993); Kaye Staggers Fairmont State College ~d a .. Jo.Ann.5 ngder Harman
·_ (1996); Professor Dinah Sue_C ourrier(l994); Professor Kenneth F. Haines {1992); and Professor _M aster's + _ in gifted
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Tony Whitmore (1990). · education froni West Virginia "the total well-being of
University. students" in order to educate
Mrs. - Hanp.an also them-fully. A teacher-for 33 -
teaches at the South Branch years,-she says the physical and
Center foi; Shepherd College in emotional health of students is_·
Petersburg,_o ffering advanced important · to. thefr- complete
_c omposition, Briti$h and World _ education. "I strongly believe
Literature, Shakespeare, Great that what young people-'think, ·
say, and· ~rite - are _ a11
Books, French, adolescent ~d
West-Virginia literature. significant," she said. -
_- "Mrs. _HarmaI). ctlsplays . -Stie was Grant Count)'
and
an extraordinary dedication to Teacher oft he Year in 1992
both _her students and her again in 1996.· She received the
community," said State Schools Ashland Achievement Award in
Superintendent H~ 1992 and has .been .awarded
Marockie. - "She is an nine West Virginia E<iu~ation ..
exceptional exarhple of what Fund mini-grants. She ha:s -
committed educator$ can lis#ngs in Who's Who in
Ms. Mary Kaye Staggers (center), nutsinginstructor and 1996 winner of the-Outstanding Professor_ A-mer,·can E'-iuca--tion· Who's
oins accomplis.h in the classroom." u, . ,
Award at Potomac State College J0 other no_m inees (left to right),· Profe_ssor John Haw_kins~m u_s ic,· Who if d' ha
Harman advocates the o TrrUo men, an - s.
Professor Phil Douthitt,,computer science; and Professor Elizabeth Hudson, physical education; with need for teachers to focus on published. in the Wo"rld. of
College President Dr. Kathryn A. Brailef -· ·· · Po~try. . · · ·
Mrs. f4nnan served as
Outstanding Professor for 1996 _
presid_ent -o--f the Petersburg
High Faculty Senate from 1991
StaggersReceives·. Teaching·Ho.nor
to 1994. -She is chapter vice- -
president of Delta Kappa
Gam,ma _Education Honorary -
for Women, Kappa Delta Pi
Ms. Mary Kaye was selected by a committee of student. WVU School of Nursing. Honor Soci~, and Pi Lambda
Staggers, visiting instructor in College Administrators and The honoree earned a Ms.· - Staggers has Theta Education Honorary. -
nursing, was _ honored , at Professors repr_esenting all areas master's· degree . in · child traveled .extensively in Western She -~ponsors the National"·
Potomac State's Outstanding_ of the College. · This is the psychiatric nursing in 1970 Europe, C~, _and the United Honor Society and the French
Year
Professor of the for 1995. seventh consecutive year for the from -the Wayne State States. Club at ·Petersburg,' as well as
first
She was awarded a plaque and award. University School of Nursing in She is married to local advising the school's and
received congratulatior:is at a Ms .. Staggers came -to Detroit. She had completed her attorney David Webb. They_ second literary magazines. She
reception Thursday, April 25, _Potomac State in 1991. _ She _b achelor's degree at the· WVU have two children, Walthow and holds· memb~rship in many
__ _attended by her peer~ at .th~ teaches in the newly developed_ School ofN ursing in 1968. · _· Chloe. professional · organiz.ations
Cancijewyck Inn. nursing program which From 1980 to 1991 she Former winners of the including NEA, -WVEA, WV
The PSC Outstanding combines a year· of general was executive director of the Outstanding Professo? Award Association . for · the Gifteq.,
Professor · Award recognizes cou~e ·work with the first year Potomac Center in Romney, a include Tony Whitmore (1990); N~ional Council of English
excellence in teaching, service, of nursing · school classes. short-term residentia:l facility for Lester K. Beavers (1991 ); Teachers; she has also served
and professional developm<::nt as· Students who _s uccessfully the developmentally disabled. Kenneth_ F. Haines (1992)~ on North Central accreditatjon
weli as r~rch. Ms. Staggers complete *e two year · PSC She has also _t aught at the Charles D. Whitehill (1993); teams. ·
noqiination was supported by program may transfer directly to University of South Alabama, Dinah Sue Courrier (1994); and· She has sponsored trips
wyu
both students ~faculty. .. She cl$ a second-year nursing Catholic· University, and ·the Ruth Ann Davis (1995). to Canada, France, Belgium,
and En_gland.
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Sigma Phi Omega.Sponsor Changes
Professor Kenneth F. Haines stepped down as sponsor of
Si!:,'lTla Phi Omega Honor Society in the-fall of 1995 after 28·ycars
m that position. Prior to ·that he had. been the · faculty
-r,cprescntativc to the society from I 960 to 196 7.
Professor Dinah Sue (Wells) Courricr, Class of I 964, <!
fom1er prcS'idcnt of t~c orgariization assumed the role. of faculty
spo,11sor .. Three of her children also held offices in· Sigma Phi ·
()mega·; Jay~ Class of l988, and· Tona, Class of_.19~1, were
1>.rcsidcnt, and H~thcr; Class of 1995., was vice-president
Mon·a' han· Begin_s· Duties. A' s
'PS·c · Chief Financial Officer
at Michael L. Monahan,
'For~er,: current, aqd new officers are gathered the annual spring banquet' of Sigma Phi
Frostburg, has ·been appointed
Omega·H Qnor Society. (left to -right) Prnfessor Kenneth F.- Haines, adviser to the society for
the Chief Financial,
28 years, who stepped down in 1995; Amanda Taylor; 1996-97 president; Mark Haggerty,.
Administrative . Services, and
vice-pr~ident; Professor .Dinah Sue Courrier, adviser; Darr~n Stockett, president; and
Human Resources Officer at
. Amanda Radcliffe, incumbent vice-president: · -
Potomac State _C ollege. He
joined the staff May 13,
Rawlings:a n·d ~eavers Hono'.ted For· pr,cviously having served as city ·
administrator of Fro~~burg.
Monahan holds an
25 _Years of Service To College
undergraduate degree from ·· · ,.,,
Wcstministd College in New
Wilmington, PA, and Master of
-- The Potomac State She and ·her husband are ·ham Antioquia in Colombia as well.
. Batsincs~ Administration from
t~iieg~ Social Club hon~red radio .enthusiasts. She also "'· Fluent in . Spanish; he
Frostburg 'state University.
two employees 'ror 25 years of enjoys reading and crafts. . · has also taught intermediate
Prior to his Frostburg position
se~vicc at the annual spring -Dr. Beavers has served Spanish at Potomac State.
he had served in a number of ·
banquet Saturday, April 27, .at Potomac State in _many He currently serves as
capaciti¢~ with the. ,BonT on Foundation of Frostburg.
Polish Pines Restaurant. Dr. capacities including ptofcssor of an institutional-representative to
Retail ·. Management team He is a big brother with
Lester · K. Beavers, dean· of social sciences, coordinator of the · Faculty Consortium for
including General Manage~ and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of ·
academic affairs and professor institutional re~earch, . interim course Development in
Divisional · Merchandise the Alleganies program ·and has
of.political science, and Mrs.· president, interim . dean of IntemationalStudies (FACDIS).
Manager. worked with the Frostburg
Charlotte Rawlings, accountant academic affairs, and his current He is a -member of the
' A form~r member of Community Service Committee
in the business office, were position as Dean of Academic Association of . 1nstitutional
the board of directors of Task , Force, the University
recognized. Affairs. Researchers and the AAHE
theFrostburg Rotary Club,'he is Community Relations
· Mrs. Rawlings was B6m in Berwind, WV, Assessment Forum. He also
now a membcr of the _Keyser Committee; af1C1 ihc Frostburg
born· in Antioch and attended he earned his bachelor of arts belongs to the West ·Virginia
Rotar}. l,n Frostburg he was Library Adviso1 Com~ittee.
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Antioch and New Creek degree· in political science and Sociologka!Association and the
active with the Palace Theater.
elementary schools. She is a sociology from We~t Virginia West Virginia Political Science
Frostburg : , Museum ·
graduate of Keyser High School. University in 1966 .. He was Association, having served both
Association. and the - .
· Prior to coming to awarded both a master's and a groups as president.
Potomac State, she held doctorate in political science and· He is a past president Emeritus Status Granted
·positions with the Hunt Wesson sociology from West Virginia and Paul Harris Felio'"'. in the
Foods Company in Fullerton, University in 1968 and 1978 Keyser Rotary Club. _
CA. · and the 3M (:ompany in respectively. .· He and his wife, the Four retiring faculty retirement in recogntion of their.
East. Los Angeles. For six years he was a former Jeannette Shepp, Class members at Potomac State meritorious service. Faculty .
Her family includes her member of the Peace Corps in of 1965, reside at 17 Arnold College have been granted members who are awarded
husband· Lorn: children D~bbie, Colombia. He has served on the Street. They have two sons, professor emeritus. rank. They ·emeritu~ status retain their
Brenda,: Donna. Clay, and faculty of . Fairmcmt State 'Kevin andTom. are Nancy M. Hockensinith, professional titles, have library
· Misty: and six grand~hildren. College and the University of · biology (1965-1996); Kenneth _p rivileges, access to athletic
F. Haines, foreign languages events, and other privileges as
and English · ( 1952-1996); designated by their departments
Dallas B. Shaffer, political or colleges· within West
science (1967-1996); and Virgiriia University.
Charles D. Whitehill, music · ·Appointments are
(196J-1996). made_by the University System
- Emeritus appointments Board of Trustees upon
are granted selectively to recommendation by the_.
faculty members upon their presidents of PSC and WVU. ·
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Dr, Paul C. Cline, formerly of ..
Piedmont, retired last summer as
'Jl Lillian Boughton, · - Professor of Political Science at James
Cumberland, was. Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
recently presented the after 34 years of service.
· :Presbyterian Women's
,___ ___ _,Honorary Life Russell V. Hedrick, Jr., Petersburg,
Membership Award. - accepted the appointment of Ma:yor of
·- that city by his fellow counciimen last ·
Dr. B. Holly Grimi:n, November.
'19 -~ LA, .was ;.-4 -
honored by being _ Jerry Coot, Little· _·
chosen the Marauder / F~ls, Montana, bas
'------' Man of the Year at the , _ ~etired after teaching .
. 50th annual Victory · · - · 32 years at.Little Falls
Celebratfon-tifthe Marauder Historical -· High School. He bas James E. Thompson, _
Society in Akron, Ohio,·1 ast summer: _ remained coach oft he - / ; · _, -_ Keyser, was inducted Dr. Henr9y LoJu: is "Skip"(;~ ,
Grimm was·a pilot during World War II varsitx~Fls b~ketball team. . into t.be Keyser High·_ i· 6_. · chajnnan of Afro-
and _fl~ a B-26 Marauder. ' School Athletic Hall of Anierican S~es and
;; . '4 Doris Martin Tennyson, Silver F~ .for his cooclling W.E.B. DuBolS -
6·· --.· Springs, MD, is senior editor of Home , contributions from · - ·: Profussor of
_w__ 1963 to 1989 as head coach in five · Humanities at Harvard
ayne C. Boor - . Builder Press.
as
· · , retired coach and sports~ football, wrestling, track, golf . _ University, _ga_ve_the
tennis. . -'
· -teacher from Wheaton Harry S. White, Morgantown, and 1995 fall West Virginia University
'(Montgomery County, ·_ department adniirustrator for the Scholars/Benedwn Lecture at West
~----~_MD) Higl:t School in· : University Eye Center, Department of ~6-- ~ -~-T. Edward Smith, Virginia University. He was also the
1995 after 36 years of service. - ()phthalmology, West Virginia - / 0 Keyser, served as 1995 Betsy McCreighton Lecturer and
~. University, retired June 30, 1996, after chairman of HUinanities Award winner at Shepherd
Harold Tucker, DDS, bas retired as _8 years of service. -He had previously · Westvaco's County College.
Professor at the West had a 25_year career with the Uriited United Way campaign ,
-/48 Virginia University States Bureau of Standards ·and l O ~--- -~ drive at the Luke plant. ~----~
School of Dentistry· years as _the-owner pf a: computer /' · ~onnie Corder,.,a , __ ,
0
7-· ·
and bas taken up consulting business in Washington, DC. Gerald D. Riggleman, Cumberland, of teacher at the West ·.
rc,sidence in Riggleman, Smyth & Associates, P.A., _- _- _ Vir~a: School for the
'---------'Wardensville. - Howard Goff, Fairmont, bas retired a regional accounting 0¢and Blind, was a
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after 31 years of firm/attended the 1995 '------~guest speaker at the
Ma;ry Koid·n·e r Holleran, Burgettstown, ' ; ; service at National Small Firm Keyser Rotary Club last fall..
PA,·h as retired as Monongahela Power Conference co-
I and has started hi~ sponsored by the Mary Lou Robertson, Keyser
Repu~ti~Jury
commissioner of own business, . American lnstJ.tute of Primary/M~ddle-School, received a grant ·
Washington County, ~----~"Software Services ~-----'Certified Public from th~ Bell Atlantic World School
PA, a post she has and Careers, Inc." Accountants in Scottsdale, Ariz.ona. He Grant Program to help her students tap
~~----'--'· held for 10 years. She ~--~-~ is a member of the American Institute of the resources of the Internet.
was presented a plaque by t!te President _ Robert Hannan, CPA's.
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Judge Thomas Gladden for her Keyser, was recently· Lee 7Heavner, a fanner. and agricidture
organizational skills. and meritorious -elected to his fourth 1------~teacher at Flinstone,
service. year term as president ,----1__ · D r. Don Thompson , 1 JM D High Sch~l, was -
pf the Mineral.County has'been named Dean• the winner of the 1995 ·
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Ken Ward, Charleston; formerly of - ~----~ Commission. I
VL_ _ of the Counseling Service to Agriculture
Keyser, won a Scripps Howard 11· / Education and Award by .the Allegany
Foundation National award for pubiic Dr. E. Keith Inskeep, Professor ~f I Psychology Division of , County (MD) Farm ·
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· service reporting. He is a reporter for Animal and Veterinary Sciences ~t West Troy State University, Bureau in December. · ·
the Charleston Gazette. Virg~a University, was chosen in April --~ Montgomery,
for a 1995--96 Bene4urn Distinguished Alabama:
Anita Bartlett White recently received Scholar Award. ~ Susan· Minshall
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'.the Cape Fear Women of Achievement · Daskal, a teacher. at ·
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Award-in the Human Service category Elk Garden High
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from the YWCA of Wilmington, NC. Nora Egan Collett, S.ehool from 1977 to
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She is director of the Brunswick teacher at Frankfort 1989 delivered the
lnteragency Program, head!ng a Middle School, ~ ----~ Commencement
program for mentally handicapped ~ ------!Ridgeley, received a address at the school's '-74
adults and also training disabled adults grant from the Bell graduation ceremonies. Diann Manns, Keyser,
-_t o work in public agencies. She has also Atlantic World School Grant Program was awarded a Master
been
honored with the Bruns~ck , to help her students tap the resources of '68 Steve Delaney is an of Science degree in
County College Distinguished Service the Internet .. assistant football Speech Pathology and
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Award and the Brunswick C.C. coach at Keyser Higli Audiology at West
Employee of~e Year. _ , _, ,_. _. School. Virginia University 41st year..-. ; . .
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