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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

Eighty-Second Year

The Seve1Jty-Eighth

~nnual (!Commencement

FLEMING HALL

May the Thirteenth

AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE

erbtr of ~Xtrci~e~PRELUDE-Olympic Fanfare and March Gerald Nowak

Symphonic Wind EnsembleW. Kent Hall, Director

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

PROCESSIoNAL-Intrada and Marziale James MahrySymphonic Wind Ensemble

W. Kent Hall, Director

The MarshalThe Candidates for Baccalaureate DegreesThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Faculty and Administrative OfficersThe Recipients of Special HonorsThe President and Commencement Speaker

THE HYMN- The National AnthemTo be sung by the audience(The audience will remain standing until after the invocation.)

THE INVOCATION-The Reverend Manning L. Smith,Vicar, St. Jam'es Episcopal Church

Charleston, West Virginia

Musrc-e-Hallelujah, Amen HandelConcert Choir

Brenda Mullins, Director

THE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORS(To retirees for long and distinguished service to the College)

FROM THE OPERATIONAL STAFF

Jackson BarnettJames A. MosleyGladine J. RobinsonHilda F. Tyree

FROM THE FACULTY

Wilma B. CarrollSarah B. Crosby

, Gwendolyn G. GoldstonJohn C. HarlanJ ohnsie C. HillTheodora F. RutherfordP. Ahmed Williams

FROM THE COLLEGE HEALTH CENTER

James H. Nelson, M.D.

THE CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREES

Robert L. BradfordDoctor of Humanities

Jeannette Gordon McPherson GatesDoctor of Humanities

Sharon Ann LewisMark Clinton RowhAda Sowards BoggessEvelyn Estelle Thomas

Betty L. Ferrell+Terry Michael Jordan.·John Milford HarrisKathleen Regina Kave

erbtr of ~xerci£itSTHE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENTS

Dr. John W. DavisPresident Emeritus, West Virginia State College

Dr. William J. L. WallacePresident, West Virginia State College

The Heavens Are Telling FranckConcert Choir

Brenda Mullins, Director

AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Carlotta Ann Williams*Richard O. SpencerElizabeth Davis DarnoldElizabeth LeGrande Rouse**Juanita Wilson CookEllen Diane White*Linda Lou Skeen*William Crowder, III*Ralph Edward PhelpsMarian D. Cameron*

Elaine B. ConnBrenda Joyce PriceStephen Edward Barton

,Kay Frances McClungSharon Kay Gjllman·Linda Carol Trimble jordan"Kathleen Sue DunnCar] Robert ChapmanDeborah Sue McKinney

CUM LAUDE

Donald Ray Wood**Shirley Gayle Connor+"Sidney HicksRebecca S. KeeferRuth Ann PerryKenneth Glenn Franson*Debra Jeanette MollohanMargaret Frankie ClendeninBarbara Ann JividenSharon Lynn LettBarbara Jean Harvey Penn"Okey V. Redrnon+"Harold Andrew Colvin*·J ames Stephen Woodford·Patricia Kenith Early

Betty Gail McCormick**W

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Edwin D. Hoffmanin the following crder:

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Charles C.Hawkins.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor BernardKrabacher.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Business Administrationby Professor Guy R. Cassell.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Education by ProfessorJames D. Thomas.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Industrial Technologyby Professor Richard N. Gwinn.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Criminal Justice byProfessor Charles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Social Work by ProfessorCharles C. Hawkins.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate In Arts In Commerce by ProfessorGuy R. Cassell.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate 111 Science In Chemistry by ProfessorBernard Krabacher,

Candidates for the Degree of Associate 111 Science 111 Criminal Justice byProfessor Charles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate 111 Science In Education hy ProfessorJames D. Thomas.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Industrial Technology hyProfessor Richard N. Gwinn.

After the Conferring of the D'earees by President If/ii/jam f. L. "ralla

ctCanbibatt5FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Doris Lee AllagasMaryella Wright Alston*Freddie Lawson BaileyRobert E. Lee BaileyAdrienne Michelle Belafonte*Alfred Bennett**Rance A. BerryVictoria Ruth Bowman*Dorothy Mahan BranchEmma Lee BrownMargaret Jean BrownRonald Keith BrownSylvester Reginald Brown*Rosanne Robison BurgessJ 0 Montruse ByrdPamela Lewis Carter*Walter Murray Cavanaugh, Jr.Bruce Leonard Ceney*Carl Robert ChapmanBryan Stewart Clay**Harold Andrew Colvin**Betty Lou Conner**Celestine Rosalyn CrockettWilliam Crowder, III*U rmi Das SarmaCharles Robert Dennie**Glenn Alan DoddKay Davis Doak*Raymond Augustine DunleavyKathleen Sue DunnPatricia Kenith EarlyCharles William Eastwood**Eva Kaye FergusonRichard Charles FlintEmma Louise ForteMary Ann FrancisKenneth Glenn F ranson*William Ray FrenchDeborah Joy Fuller*Sharon Kay Gillman*Marsha Anne GilmerJohn S. Gunnoe*Zelma Lorane Hall

Thomas James Hamilton, Jr.Linda A. Harrick**Thomas Warren Harris*Cornelia Calvert Hedges*Sidney HicksAlbert James Hughes, J r.Kathy Kanney HughesBrenda Elaine JohnsonKathleen Regina KaveYvonne Henrietta Kincaid*James Henry Lee, Jr.**Sharon Ann LewisWilliam B. McCabe*Morris Edwin McCormick**Thelma Ophelia MartinJ ames Edward Miller**Glenna A'Dele MosbyDarrell Dexter Mullins, Jr. **Theodore R. Mullins, Jr.*J ames David NewcombKenneth Lipscomb Or rCarl Willis Piggott, Jr.*Jimmy B. Plear**Gearl G. RaynesPatricia Ann RevealPaula Ruth Rice*John Melvon Rogers*Judy Lynn Rose**Elizabeth LeGrande Rouse**Mark Clinton RowhWayman Clenton Rucker, Jr.William Elward Stephens**Evelyn Estelle ThomasGladys E. TurleySandra Lee Walls*Eric L. Warren**Gale Lynn WattsBarry Jerome WhiteChesley William Whitehair*Howardeen Yolande Whitmire*Lloyd Wilfred Wilkerson*Donald Ray W ood**Kent Michael Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Samuel I ra Adams, J r.Martin Fru AkorJessie James Bass**Richard Allen BeaneRonald Lee Blessing*Vichai Boonsachai*Arlin Dayton Carpenter, Jr.

John Edwin Casto**Thongsuk Chinnawongse*Gary Ray CraigGary W. GoinsCharles Douglas Goldsmith, Jr.Haywood Richard HopsonLee Rogers Hornsby

((anbibatt5FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Continued)

John Mack JosephThomas Wayne KellerTusnai Moungthangtham*Brenda Joyce PricePhilip Dexter Riddle

Michel Gene TenneyRuxsitti ThanudapeKermit Fredrick Tolbert*Gale D. Woods*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

George Arthur Abodeely*Somboon Apinyakul*Betty Marie Bates**Danny George BirdDanny Lee BoggsLarry Roosevelt BonnerWilliam Alier Brown, IIIChristopher Harris CargillRonnie Ray ChampeShelba Reed ChildersLloyd Edward Cleage*William Martin ClemMargaret Frankie ClendeninJames Warren CobbKeith Douglas Comer**Cynthia Jane CoxWalter V. CrawfordRoy Allen CummingsJ ames Edward DavisFrench Richard DeBordRobert Lee Deitz, Jr.*Adrian Thomas DespresWilliam Spencer Diefenbach*Winfred Hugo Diggs, III**Randall Lynn Dornbos*Pongpun Eauthasaneekul*Michael Lee Farley**Jerry Ray Ferguson*Bruce Edward FisherDelmer David FisherJohn Ray FlemingThomas Edward FoddrellMichael Gordon Frye*Grant M. Furnas, Jr.Robert Stanley GreenMichael Glen G{)vernor**Richard Mark HannaDanny Ray HanshawSterling Mathew Hart*Guy Robert HersmanJ ames Edward Hiller.T ohn Payne HiltonMichael Hamilton Hudnall

David Michael In{!ram**Donald Ray KernsRonald Kay KernsDavid Lee Kosa*Warren Ray Lee**Kay Frances McClungBetty Gail McCormick**Allan L. McVeyStephen Reed MarcumTeddy William Massey'[Ruenchit MekhayarajjananonthJerry Thomas MeltonJames Monroe MillsAlfred Lewis Moore*William Carthage Morrison, J r.John Sterling MosleySallie A. MosleySumeat amsupakJoseph Edward T elsonDavid Owen PendleberryOscar Harvey Perry*Surachai Purivetkunakorn*Patrick Shanklin QuinlanHarry Webster Ray, Jr.Leslie Allen RayThomas Patrick RaynesEileen Riffle*Robert Woodrow RitenourEarl Wayne Robertson**Donald Edward SalmonsWilliam Lowell Salser**Ronnie Lee Saunders*Bernard S. Savage**Terry Dennis SayreFrancis Allan Sc~tt*Herbert Lee ShadwickThedford LaRon Shanklin, Sr.LeGrand A. Shelton*David Lee ShingletonClaude Warren Smith**Lawrence Adelbert Smith, J r.William Douglas Smith*Patricia Ann Spence*

ctCanbibatesFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BUSINESS ADM INISTRATION (Continued)

Larry Ray Spencer**Richard O. SpencerPaul Emerson Stump, Jr.

opphorn SuebsiriJerry Ray SutphinPhilip Daniel Sweeney"Larry Robert TuckerEric Lamonte TurnerHoward Eugene Tyree"Lew Gary Tyree

Ronald Wayne VaughtJames Michael VicarsBarbara S. WashingtonChanwid W athanachanya *Leon V. Williams*J erry Wayne Williamson*Jackie Lee WinrotteJ ames Stephen Woodford*Hollie Michael Workman*

Frances Theresa Amos**Garrison Edgar Anderson':'Jocelyn Olivia AndersonDonna Lenora ArthurTaun Charlene White BakerIra Paul Baldwin*Michael Dale Barbcr*Stephen Edward BartonGary Wayne Bays*Evelyn Darnice Binilln**Carol Frances Blair*N ancy Catherine BlairAda Sowards BoggessJean Ann Bolton*Kathryn H. Bone*Donna Lee BordenHarold Edward Bradford*Nancy Anne BradleyJudith Karen Brown*Frances Elizabeth Bush*Marian D. Cameron*Malva Lynn Canada**Jerry Edward Cavender*Michael Vernon Clark*Mary Sue Clay**Elaine B. ConnShirley Gayle Connor**Juanita Wilson CookEmma J 0 Crace*Garnett Evelyn Craft**Brenda Joan CrawfordBarbara Boggess CrowDianne Clements Curry*Elizabeth Davis Darnold

Neva Cummings Decker**Drema Lynn DuncanVirginia I. DunlapDonald Ray E~linDoloris Rhea Erlewine**Hershel Adam FacemyreBetty Lucile Ferrell*Steven D. Fetty*Brenda Faye Fisher*Loretta Mae Fishcr*Sharon Collette Fisher*Ruth Ellen FrameDewayne Montez FreemanYlonne Polley FullenGlendall Goodall GentryMargaret Lynn Good*Thomas Gregory Grant*Gertrude Hazel Grimm*Tricha Y. Hairston*Frankie Lee HarperNola Fay HartWilliam Darrell Hayes*James Von Henike*Sharon Lee Henry*L. Daphene HensleyElma Marie Hess*Linda Harkins HoffmanFrances Egnor Hudson*Ollie Duane Hunting**Kathy Lee Adkins HutchisonTiny E. JacksonBarbara Ann JividenAlma Gay Johnson*Herman Jones, Jr.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION

ClCanbfbate~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION (Continued)

Jerry Dale Jones*Peggy Sue Johnson Jones*Toussaint L'Ouverture J ones*James Edgar Kay, Jr.Rebecca S. KeeferJohn Preston Keiffer, IlI*Velinda Dianne Kelly*Margaret Louise Kendrick**Danny B. Kirk*Stephen Alan Knighton*Joyce Ann Landes**Paulette Faye Larkin**Marva Smoot Law*Trena Lavone LawsonSharon Lynn LettDeborah Sue McKinneyRose Sharon Martin*Roger Steven MeadowsDavid Larry MillerDebra Jeanette MollohanCarrie Linda Moon1{vonne Bly MorganHarry Ivan Neal, III**Doris Jean Pannell*Donald Lee Parsons*Charlotte Waugh PateHazel A. PattersonBrady Ralph Paxton*Robert Ryan Paxton*Barbara Jean Harvey Penn*Steven A. Perrine*Ruth Ann PerryJayne Harper Peters*Arlene Mae Pettit*Ralph Edward PhelpsMary Jane RayOkey Vernon Redmon**I rene Dolores RorrerConnie Sue RunyanConstance Renee Runyon*Charles Rudolph Rush, J r. *

Evelyn Belle Sansom*Patricia Ann Edens Serles*Charles Michael Shadie"Margaret Minette ShadieDavid Dwight ShahanSara Susan Sheets**Suzanne Hiles SimsLinda Lou Skeen*Regina Elizabeth Skeen**Dorothy Katherine Solomon*Vera J eannene SovineBarbara Ann Stallworth*Joyce Aliene StavrakisJ 0 Lane SternCharles Richard StocktonBenjamin Allan StutlerJack R. SummersLinda Marie SummersDonna Paulette Taylor*Gloria Jean Taylor*J ames Dean TaylorGarland Ray Tenney**Clifford Francene Thompkins"Lorenda Yvonne TurnerSally Lynne Smith Uhde*Albert Michael U rlahs*Clara Dawn Vickers"Aleta J 0 Wade*T anice WallaceBruce Wilson Warner*Linda Gave Watson*Joyce E. WeldonEllen Diane White*Carlotta Ann Williams*Ronnie Zane WilliamsClayton E. Willis*Ellen Diehl Wirth**Romona ;'vIae Woodall*.T ack DeBell Woolwine, Jr.Delores Ann Young*Thomas Allan Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

David Bruce AshworthWilliam Lee Franklin"Lewis Arnold Gandee*John Milford Harris

Timothy Paul LandinLewis Daniel Pauley*Charoenchai Phoonphiphatana*Larry Ralph Swiger

((anbibatt5FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN CRIMINAL JUSTICEJudith Lorrine ChandlerRobert Allen FergusonKathryn Susan FinkWilliam Hamilton FinkFranklin FragaleKaren Miscelle GreeneJeannie Marie HayesLinda Carol Trimble Jordan*Terry Michael Jordan**John L. King*Michael Joseph McGrawChristine McNabb

Michael Stephen MollohanDennis David Morgan*Mitchell P. Nagy**Robert Eugene PringAdrian Sylvester RobinsonDavid Anthony RomeoWayne Cornell RossJ effrey Lynn StoneDavid Londa Tucker**Jetaun Cheryl WashingtonJ esse Alonzo Wilkerson, Jr.Phillip Lee Wilson

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN SOCIAL WORKRobert Thomas Eggleton Cary Lesta KnoppDeborah Aloma Fullen Billy Lee Whittington

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS

IN COMMERCE

Jerry Lee BennettJohn Wayne CampbellSusan Adora Clatworthy*Bernice Desmond**Louvenia Faye EddensBonnie Henrietta R. EdmondsBarbara Jean Hairston*

Tandra Gae Ingram*Sharon Gaynell Lewis*Catherine PennGlenna Carol RacerDebra Lynn SkilesLaura Ann Stanley**

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN CHEMISTRY

Charles Edward McLane

Roger L. BowyerAlethia Bennanye BrooksGloria Jean BrownY'vonne L. CarterRaymond Roger CasdorphWilliam Allen CobbDeborah Kay Dyer**J ames Carlton GrovesMichael Trent HoalDavid Lee HundleyCarl Roland Jones, Jr.*Roy Edwin J ones**Charles David Justice

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN CRIMINAL JUSTICEIvin Beatrice LeeJ ohn Edward Lee*Nancy Jo McAvoyAdrian Richard McGinnisDanny Ray MeadorKathy Rene MooreClifford Phillips, J r.Robert Eugene PringJohn K. RappRoger Dale RobinsonWilliam H. RomineEllis Grant RossMichael Ray Rucker

((anbtbate~FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Continued)

Thomas Duane SalserBrenda Joyce SayreKathleen V. SmithJohn Carter TarrArnold N eil Wehrle

John Wayne WestKaren Sue WhiteJack DeWayne WhittingtonPhillip Lee Wilson**

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION

Ruby C. Albaugh*Dorothy Virginia AuradyDonald Alfred Bowles**Helen Irene BrownRose Grim CampbellVirginia Christine CookMary Martha Copenhaver**Geraldine A. CountsRuth Katherine EaleyDonna Mae Estep**Phyllis Jeanne FeldhausVerna Mae FisherBetty Jane Hackney**Brenda Johnson Howard

Annalee Agnes Hughes*Betty Lou Jones**Stephen Curtis Kelley*Betty Jane Leachman*Margie Constance Leshon**Helen Kathryn Patrick**Esta S. Pierson*Catherine Marie Proudfoot**Peggy Joyce Rhodes*Christina D. SpanosBetty Jean Szasz**Violet Myrel Tuttle**Phyllis Loretta Wood**Willavene L. Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Wayne Scott BiasWalter Alan BrownRobert F. CarpenterFrank Carl Davis*Jerry Wayne FisherJ ames Austin Ingram*Mark Alan Irwin

John Lawrence J effries*Wayne Michael Perdue*Ronald Lee PoeJoseph Rodney StephensonWallop VorathavorRonald Eugene Walker**Tracy Roland Wilson

Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps, will beawarded by Colonel Lawrence M. Sevdy assisted by SGM Leland Ashcraft from theROTC staff of "Vest Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Danny G. BirdWilliam A. Brown IIIArlin D. CarpenterJohn E. Casto**Bryan S. Clay**Delmer D. Fisher

Joseph E. NelsonPhilip D. RiddleWayman C. Rucker, Jr.Lawrence A. Smith, Jr.Benjamin A. StutlerLew G. Tyree

Ada BoggessKathryn BoneElaine ConnJuanita CookWilliam Crowder III·Elizabeth DarnoldSharon K. GillmanMargaret Lynn GoodJohn HarrisSidney Hicks

Shirley Gayle Conner··

Stephen BartonAda BoggessJean Ann Bolton"Donna BordenFrances Bush·Marian Cameron"Michael Clark"Elaine ConnShirley Ccnner+"

ELECTED TO ALPHA KApPA ~U

HONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETYLinda T. Jordan· Mark RowhTerry M. Jordan Michael R. RuckerKathleen R. Kave Wayman RuckerSharon Lett U rmi Das SarmaSharon Lewis Linda Skeen"Barbara Penn" William D. SmithRuth Perry Richard SpencerRalph E. Phelps Evelyn ThomasBrenda Price Gladys G. TurleyElizabeth Rouse·· Carlotta Williams·

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETANATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

William Crowder III· Gladys Turley

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PIAN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Juanita CookElizabeth DarnoldBetty Ferrell=Margaret Good·Barbara JividenRebecca Keefe-Joyce A. Landes··Sharon LettCharlotte Pate

Barbara Penn"Ruth PerryRalph PhelpsOakey Redmon··Linda Skeen"Dorothy Solomon"Linda M. Summers

ELECTED TO BETA KApPA CHISCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Ronald Lee Blessing"Charles Douglas Goldsmith, Jr.

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PINATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY

Vicky CarneyElizabeth Darnold

Barbara J. Penn"Brenda J. Price

Sandra FlowersDebbie Grant

Glenna Mosby

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHINATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

Darlene Tackett··

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAUNATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

Helen CarperClara Escue

Jeanne GerlachMark Rowh

erbtr of ~xtrtf~t~THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES FOR CAMPUS BUILDINGS

The President

GREETINGS-The Honorable John L. RayWest Virginia State College Advisory Board

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-The Honorable William L. Lonesome, '33President, West Virginia State College Alumni Association

To join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of my college,nurturing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor inmy chosen profession and to make of myself a symbol of the best traditionsof my college-this is my commission and my challenge.

RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONORED GUESTS

MUSIC- Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-March and Fanfare Albert CobmeThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble

W. Kent Hall, Director

MARSHAL-Associate Professor Thomas Cabbell, '50

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-Associate Professor C. A. Burris, '48Assistant Professor Clyde Campbell, '64Mrs. Charlotte Finney, '61Assistant Professor Charlotte Ginestra, '63Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28