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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

Eightieth Year

The Seventy-Sixth

~nnual (!Commencement

FLEMING HALL

May the Sixteenth

AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONEWEST VIRGINIA STATE COlLEG~

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The Symphonic Wind EnsembleAssistant Professor Kent Hall, Director

THE COMMENCEMENTPROCESSION

PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and Circumstance Ednoard ElgarThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Assistant Professor Kent Hall, Director

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

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

THE CONFERMENTOF HONORARYDEGREESRichard A. BrownDoctor of HumanitiesHarrison H. FerrellDoctor of HumanitiesArch A. Moore, Jr.Doctor of Humanities

THE INVOCATION-The Reverend Manning L. SmithVicar, St. James Episcopal Church

Charleston, W. Va.

MusIc-Where E'er You Walk HandelThe College Choir

Associate Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Director

THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS-THE HONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, Jr.Governor of West Virginia

MUSIc-Glory and Honor RachmaninoffThe College Choir

Associate Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Director

Barbara StephensonSarah Malone

J ames LipscombSandra M. Gray

Gary Swingle*Lynwood White*

erbtr of ~xerci~egAWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Joanne Rich*Sara B. Davis.Iune Pa rsonsPatsy JohnsonMildred SmithSara Turley

Mary SmathersBillie TaylorNancy HuffmanCharles SpainhourMargaret ParcellBillie Brammer

Michael Edds*La rry PauleyDarest SmithMarjorie Holt*Donald Graham

CUM LAUDE

Virginia PaulVelma Seymour*John A. Lilly*Donna Cox**La wrcnce Peters**Ilias Michotas

Karen EllisPrinnice SimpsonDa vid Fisher*Gale Gray*Brian TsouEvelyn Maddox**

Brenda MastonJudith Murphy**Curtis WhiteJacqueline BahorSharon Givens*

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Edwin D. H o/fman in thefollowing order:Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor P. Ahmed Williams.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Angie T. King.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Profes-

sor Guy R. Cassell.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor Harry

v. Scott.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology by Profes-

sor Richard N. Gwinn.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics by Professor

. Wilma B. Carroll.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement by ProfessorCharles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Arts in Commerce by Professor Guy R.Cassell.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Law Enforcement by ProfessorCharles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in. Industrial Technology by Profes-sor Richard N. Gwinn.

After the Conferring of the Degrees by President William J. L. Wal/ace, the names ofgraduates will be announced by Mr. J. Douglas Anderson, Registrar.

* Completed requirements for graduation December 1970.** Completed requirements for graduation August 1970.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Charles O. Acree, Jr.William Pde Allen*Richard Thomas Allport*Lewis Vernon Barnes**June Lynnette Baugh*Morris Leon Brandon*·Michael Duane Brooks·.Marquessa Vonberee BrownJames Michael BurtonMichael B. CareyBarry John CassidySarodel ChildsDeighton Eugene Colvin ••Edouard Thomas deLagardeDavid Joseph Diaz"Michael Fain Edds*Frederick Robert Ellis.Joseph CarIton Ferrell *Anna Victoria Finney*"John Arthur FountainDonald Lynn Graham

Gale Lester Gray*Woodrow Franklin Hanshaw*Brenda Elaine Hemingway"Timothy Earl HendersonGeorge Melvin HillStephen Neal HonakerHoward Kenny JacksonGeorge Thomas Jenkins"Michael Kenneth JordonGary L. KamerBertron Howard Keys.Marsha Elaine Lambert*William Mason Light.Mary Ann Marples*Terry Lee Melton*Nawana Leota MillerShirley Ann Miller*Leonard Charles Mills, Jr.Michael Lynn Minsker.*Barbara F. MitchellSylvester Ray Mitchell

Clifton MooreJudith Evans Murphy·.Aubrey David PackHenry Anderson Parham, Jr.·June C. ParsonsLouis PennBarbara Lorece Perry.Gary Wayne PhillipsMary Catherine Prentice.Andre Jay RobinsonNancy L. RowePaula C. SadlerTeddy Roland Samples.Prinnice Wayne SimpsonDenver Eugene SlappeMary Lee SmathersGloria E. Smith.Reggie Barnett WaltonPeggy WatkinsSharon Lynn Zitz elsberger

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Harry Barringer'"Stanley Ray CantleyJohn W. Davis··J ames Bernard FisherJames D. Haggerty*James H. Hodge.Raymond Michael Kight*

John A. Lilly·Linda Margaret LowenSarah Ann MalonePairoge MaroongrogeMelvin L. MosleyRobert W. Peters*Randolph Brent Richardson

Masculan Thorn •• RoachJohn Leonard Stephens+Terrence Robert TrobaughBrian Huoug-Peng TsouCurtis Desmond WhiteJames Samuel Witt

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Albert O. Adams*Geraldine Aguu·Charles Gary Boddy**Philip Allen BrightRichard P. Burnette*James Donald Carey··Pen Kuei ChenMalin Chulavalli**Kenneth N. Clark**Glencie Merlene Clarke.*Joe Vernon Compton="Denver C. Dent.Stephen McKinley DodrillBenjamin H. DowningWilliam Albert Farmer, Jr.Steven Earl FerrellStephen Ray Fox

Kenneth Richard Francis, Jr.·George E. Gabbert, Jr .•Sharon D. Givens.Daniel Lee GreeneDonald Ray HagerRoger Dunn HartmanJames Paul HendricksLeo Carson HudsonSidney Percell JacksonThomas Raymond JacksonChris Edward JarrettCourtney Decker Joslin·Everett J. KimbleDonald Gene KingO. Allen LaDriere·*Larry Earl Landers*William C. Law=

Arnold Wayne LewisJ ames Stafford LipscombJohn Lewis LittleGary Allen LucasJack Madree McCloud, Jr.Donald Reginald McClure*·Herbert Lee McLain, Jr .•Ilias Michalis MichotasCynthia Douglas Orr ••John Maxwell Pullin·Michael Timothy- QuinlanNeil Martin RaperJoanne Rich*Kenneth Anthony RobinsonWilliam Franklin Robinson, Jr.Steven Hall Rowe=William Tyrone Sawyers*

(fCanbibatt5B. S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)

Paul Donald Sheler**Da vid Stephen Skeen*Fred Small.Joseph Lyle SnodgrassCharles T. SpainhourBarry Shelton Sprouse*

Norman Chase StephenGary Leslie Swingle*Kathi McCoy Swingle*Gregory Brent Taylor*Thomas Robert Waldorf ••James Michael Walker

Lynwood Robert White·Vincent Joe White·Ricardo Wright.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

David Wesley Adkins'"Golden AdkinsLamont Maurice Aheart=Viloris Anna AllenJoan Hope Anderson"Jacqueline Clair BahorKathlyn Lee BaileyElazer James BarnetteBrenda S. Baxter=Cal vin S. Baxter=Clinton Edwin Beaver=Edward Stanley BensonHarry K. Black, Jr.Billie Jo BrammerDelbert Michael Brannon, II.Eugenia Leigh Brown*Carl Dean CaldwellJohn Caldwell Calhoun*Harold Edwin Carter, Jr.Harold Kenneth Carvey, Jr.*Judith Morris Casey*Lavington Daniel Charles, Jr.*Wanda Diane Claytor*Nancy Carol Coffman*Brenda Jean Counts*Donna H. Cox**Georgiann Bonham CurrenceSara B. Davis*Judith Kaye Deane*Jack Varo DeVanDeLano David DillonRebecca Lynn Dodson*Brenda Lovorace Ealy*Brenda Ann Ellis*Karen Brenda EllisLinda Dianne EstepThomas Allen FisherBarbara Jean Thomas FlorenThyrel A. Hines GauseJoy Louise Gibbs

ancy Walker GibsonClaudia Lucille GoodeJack Lee GoodwinSandra Jean McCracken Gray

Jerry Wayne GreathouseJames Clair Hamilton*Flora Grey HamonsJames L. Harrison=Mary Kay HarrisonGary Wayne Hess··Marjorie Holt*Marsha Badgley HoseyDebra Carrie Lee HoustonNancy H. HuffmanPamela Lucretia Hughes*Shirley Minor Jarrett.*Patsy Ann JohnsonPaula E. Johnson*Linda B. 10nesMarian Stella Kaul**Theodore Lawrence, IIIRobert Lee Lively**David Earl LongsworthFranklin Roosevelt McAdooSandra Grayson McClendon*Samuel Warren McClung*Evelyn Dunnam Maddox**David Phillip Major**Dorothy Ann MartinRichard Hayse MartinRoy Richard MartinBrenda Carol MatsonGeraldine MeHonLynne Kerr Miller*Wilma Jean Miller··Beverly Gilkerson MinshallHarry Edward Monroe, Jr.Donald Russ~ll MooreKathryn Lois MosesHoward Dewain Naylor, Jr.Stephanie Ellen O'NeillMargaret May Pauline ParcellLois Elaine ParkerConnie Rae Parsons*Sherry Lynn ParsonsVirginia Lois PaulLarry Jackson PauleyLawrence Ywvelington Peters**

Vivian Marie Poling*Marilyn Sue Potts.Deborah Ann PriceHarland Denny PriceOtha Wayne PriceRaymond Allen. ReevesMuriel V. Richardson.Patricia Louise ScottVelma Mae Seymour.James 1ackson Sharp, 1r.Mary Irene Shaw ••Alden Mason Sheets.Darest Madison SmithGloria Jean SmithMildred Ruth SmithFidelia LaVern SpeaseBarbara Kennedy StephensonJosephine Hallie Parsons StoneSandra Ferrell Strader*Ellouise StrosniderMary Ellen TallaricoBillie D. TaylorCheryl Yvette TaylorDelores Ann Tredway ••Louyse Belva P. Tuffin**Sara Susan TurleyLinda Sue Vicars.*Judith Elaine WaggonerHarold French Ward, Jr.Karen Sue Ward.*Cynthia Barbara WestBlanche R. WhiteBonnie Halstead WhiteDoris Lynn WhiteEllis Ray Williams, Jr.Patricia Sue Wines*Paul Edward Winters, Jr.No1een Mary WojciakLaurence Alston \VomackRodney E. Wright.Sandra Clarice WrightLena Mae Young*

€anbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

David Vaughan Fisher. Steven Wayne Gibson

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN HOME ECONOMICS

Annette B. Gilbert ••

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

Jess Junior Bowe*'"David Reed DuVall

William Aaron FinkRobert Jennings Frazier

Robert Paige Gentry·Larry Ray Walten.

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF ARTS

IN COMMERCE

Leah Marie BraggLuetta BrownLinda L. Dooley CottrellDebra Lynn Crook:\[ury Tormey Erdman*Dixie Lee Garrett*

Connie Ann GilmoreVirginia Esther Goodall*Theresa Sue HyreShirley Ann Lane··Granada Ann Lewis

Pamela Holley Martin.Ruenchit MekhayarajjananonthRosemarie K. ScottSarah WoldemariamReba Sue Wooten

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

Harry Eugene Sigman.

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Leonard Roscoe BirdCharles W. Buckner, Jr.

Ronnie Allen CraddockDonald Carroll McCoy.

William Howard Page, Jr.·Edward Dale Pence, II··

Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will be award-ed by Major Leonard Teakell assisted by SGM Wilbur ]. Wiseman from the ROTCstaff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

David W. Adkin.·Delbert M. Brannon+Stanley R. CantleyMichael B. CareyBenjamin H. DowningJohn A. FountainStephen R. FoxDonald L. Graham

Jerry W. Greathou seRoger D. HartmanStephen D. HonakerLarry E. Landers "Roy R. MartinTerry L. \Ielton*Harry E. Monroe Jr.Melvin L. Mosley

Henry A. Parham.Warren R. Petri.··John M. Pullin·Neil M. RaperDonald L. Riley··William T. Sawyers·Harry S. Sprouse=Laurence A. Womack

Linda CottrellSandra McCracken GrayMargaret Parcell

Michael F. Edds*Sara B. Davis*

Jacqueline C. BahorBillie J. BrammerSara Davis=Karen B. EllisSandra M. GrayMarjorie Holt*Nancy H. Huffman

Linda M. LowenSarah Ann Malone

Barbara Stephenson

Kathlyn Lee BaileyTimothy E. Henderson

~anbibatt~ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MuHONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Barbara StephensonKaren EllisLarry Pauley

Velva C. Seymour+Brian T,ou

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA

NATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

Marjorie Holt*Evelyn Dunnam Maddox**

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PI

AN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Patsy A. JohnsonLinda B. JonesBrenda C. MatsonMargaret M. ParcellVirginia L. PaulLarry J. PauleyLa wrence Peters**

Marilyn S. Potts*Velma M. Seymour.Darest M. SmithMildred R. SmithBarbara StephensonBillie D. TaylorSara S. Turley

ELECTED TO BETA KApPA CHI

SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Randolph B. RichardsonBrian H. Tsou

Curtis D. White

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PINATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAU

NATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

Nancy H. HuffmanLinda B. Jon ••

Mary Lee Smathers

Cl&rbtrof (fxtrclt)tt)THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-

The President

GREETINGS-

The Honorable Forrest L. BlairWest Virginia Board of Regents

The Honorable John L. RayWest Virginia State College Advisory Board

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-

Attorney William L. Lonesome, '33President, West Virginia State College Alumni Association

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

RECOGNITIONOF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONORED GUESTS-

Musrc=-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-Proud Heritage ... . . . . . . . .. r-Villiam LathamThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Assistant Professor Kent Hall, Director

CO-MARSHALS-

Associate Professor C. A. Burris, '48Associate Professor Thomas Cabell, '50

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-

Assistant Professor Helen P. Bailey, '59Associate Professor Nancy T· Bird, '62Assistant Professor Clyde Campbell, '64Assistant Professor Charlotte Ginestra, '63Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28