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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE

Eighty-First Year

The Seventy-Seventh

~nnuaI (!Commencement

FLEMING HALL

May the Fourteenth

AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

A .D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO

erbtr of ~xtrti~t~PRELUDE-America The Beautiful Ward-Moffit

The Symphonic Wind EnsembleAssistant Professor Kent Hall, Director

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

PROCESSIONAL-A Festival Procession Alfred ReedThe 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 INVOCATION-The Reverend Manning L. SmithVicar, St. James Episcopal Church

Charleston, W. Va.

Musrc=-The Last Words of David Randall ThompsonThe Concert Choir

Assistant Professor Brenda Maurice, Director

THE CONFERMENTOF SPECIALHONORS(For long and distinguished service to the College)Robert A. Anglin Zeona E. HaleyFrederick A. Clement Arthur C. HollandAnthony B. Crawley Gladys B. JohnsonNaomi M. Garrett Lorena E. KempNewman M. Goldston Angie T. KingJoseph W. Grider George W. Williams

THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS-THE HONORABLE DAMOND J. KEITHUnited States District Judge,United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

C!&rbtr of ~xtrti£)t~AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Betty Lou HarrisonDeborah Joy Farmer

Lois A. Perry'"Scott G. Graham

Tene H. Barcroft*Cheryl Watkins

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

R. Glenn Skeen"''''James J. GreenleeFranklin W. Flowers

Lisa J. McClureM. Darlene TackettPeggy M. Murphy

Marilynn K. GroghanKenneth P. Sheets

CUM LAUDE

Brenda Joyce T. Witt**Max W. DunlapVivian R. ErkinsMichael K. HillJames B. ReedPauline C. Mariani*Kathy A. CountsSandra D. Thomas

Denzel E. Dorsey, Jr.Theon F. Ashworth*Carol Fields Simms*Carolyn A. RogersGeorge H. Hall*Stephen AshworthSteven K. RumbaughChester H. Adkins

Rebecca J. Billups*Linda M, WagnerCarol E. Hammontls*Charles E, Worley**Velva A. Wilson*Otis D. CastoKaren F. NicholsonMary V. Whaling

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Edwin D. Hoffman in thefollowing order:Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Charles C. Hawkins.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Nancy L. Bird.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 Criminal Justice by Professor

Charles M. Walker.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 Associate of Arts in Commerce by Professor Guy R.

Cassell.Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Criminal Justice by Professor

Charles M. Walker.Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Education by Professor Harry

V. Scott.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. WaUace, the names of

graduates will be announced by 111r. Jolin L. Fuller, Registrar .

• Completed requirements for graduation December 1971.•• Completed requirements for graduation August 1971.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

William Alan BerhannanMichelle Jean Billups**John Robert Blisard**Stephen Michael Bossie.Robert Wayne BranchSteve BriscoeStephen Morris Brooks=Charles Franklin BrownNancy Ruth BrownThomas BrownElaine Gay CainMiles Calhoun CaryOtis Doyle CastoFrank Geraud ChesterBrendalyn Diane CookWilliam L. CunninghamAlphonso Barclay DealMaryellen Hannah Evan.**Willis M. Freeman, Jr.Roderick N. Friend**Greer Lee Gentry**Clarence William GoodsonKay Jayroe Gorsuch

James Jerrell GreenleeCarolyn Harrison Hart**Michael Keith HillErnest Eugene Hi ••om, Jr.Stephen Lawrence HissomRamona Elaine Wanzer HodgesGinger W. Howard*Kenneth Leon Howard ••Denver Dennis Huffman, Jr .••Rose Marie JohnsonUriel Dempsey JohnsonMichael L. LambertFred Allen LawrenceRalph Curtis LewisSonny LewisSaundra Elaine MillerMichael Anthony Orr "Terry Lee ParsonsMary T. PattersonWalter Pearley, Jr.John Elbert Pettre •• , Jr.*Willard Marshall PettyZandra Ann Pollard.

Barbara Chapman Powe ••Ray R. ReedFrancis A. Reich·.Rosiland Lou Roberson=Maria Soledad Sanchez+Da vid Vincient Scherrep*·Paul Richard Selan, Jr.Ivor Alan SheffCarol Fields Simms*Fred Lee Sims·Collett Morris SmithNancy Alexander StarksEloise Ann ThorntonAnnette Kendrix TolliverTerry Lee TuckerLinda M. WagnerShirley Katherine WashingtonCheryl Ilene Watkin.Frank Edward WatkinsAlfonso Xavier WestMelanie Kate WomackCharles Edward 'Worley**

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Alan Michael Adam.Jeanna Lynn BonnettFredrick Ray Boyce*John Edwin CastoKarnjana Cbumsanti vutJames Edward ConleyValarie Belinda CopneyMarian Peggy Cosgrove

Denzel Everett Dorsey, Jr.Gene Larry DuncanStanley H. Elliott*Franklin Wayne FlowersFrankie Donnell HoskeyGerald Richard JohnsonDanny Robert LorentzRoy Gale Lowther

Robert Alan Montague.-Patrick C. ParkDarrell Wayne PreeceGary J. PreeceJ ames Robert ReedKenneth Paul SheetsDavid Leo SmithP. Michael Witte

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Charles William AllenLeslie C. Anderson*Stanley Joe Backus··Ronald Irvin Bates·Michael Andrew Beckner+"Mesa Bhokasiri+Timothy Wyatt Brown··Jerry Lee Burdette*Arthur Sherman Burlingame, IIAlbert Lee Cavender, Jr.**Carl Dewey Cavender, Jr.·James Kellis ChewningWilliam Howard ClaybornRichard Alan Cline·Ernestine B. Cooper··Jame. E. Dodson·Max Wood roe Dunlap

Phillip Allen Edward.-David Walker EllingtonKenneth Joseph Filbin·Roger Bruce FisherJohn Harold Freeland, Jr.Benjamin Price Fix·Michael Frederick Gallagher*William Lee Gibbs.Herlman L. GibsonTrena J. Gile.Edwin Leslie GoellerScott Gerald GrahamConkalene Michael Gray*Yvonne L. Rucker GrayBarbara A. Hairston*George Herman Hall-Bob G. Harper-

Brian Vincent Harter-.Roger Carl Hickman.Robert Dean HillKenneth A. Holland-John A. Jordan**Prinya KaralaiBarrington KingJohnnie Linville, Jr.Jame. Eugene LowePaul Jonathan LowenCharles Randall Luca.-Charles Edward McCalli.ter-Richard Lee Maze, Sr.Robert Lee Miller-Larry Stuart Mori.on.-Charle. Kenneth Mowry.Charles Reed Newsom

ctanbibate~B. S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)

Charles Re~d N ewsomLantz Terrence Ogden, 11*Harold Lee OxleyTherdsak Plooksawasdi*Suchit Purivetkunakorn**Cluther William Ray*

FOR THE

Sydney Anne Adan".Chester Harold AdkinsMarian Alice Alston*Stephen Leslie AshworthTheon Farris Ashworth*Calvin Lee BaileyPatricia Pring Barber*Tene Hinerman Barcroft*David Paul BashElizabeth Jo Baskinjcseph Michael Berta*·Rebecca Johnson Billups'"Clinton Black+Douglas Lon BlackshireMary Frances BurnetteLamont Canada+Michael Dean Chandler.Louise Madonna ClemonsRuby Jane Coat.Eva Delois CochranJo Ellen ConnerBeverly Ann CookMichael Ray CorbettKathy Ann Count.Linda Marie CrichlowWilliam Clifton CrouchCharlotte Ann DadismanJam~s Allen Davidson, 11**Wilma Marie DeFuriaBrenda Ann DixonMargaret Ellen Do •• •Bonita Elizabeth DunnGloria Jean EdgertonVivian Richardson ErkinsNora Frances Est~p·Richard Elenzie EvansDeborah Joy FarmerRonald Lewis FergusonPhyllis Marie Fink**William W. Fink*Dorothy B. Finn·Gail Juanita Fowler=John FoxCynthia Renee Fullen

J ames Benton Roberts*·Steven Kent Rumbaugh*Patricia Moore Shafer=Jame. Calvin SmithLeroy Bryant Starks, Jr .• *Michael Edward Sullivan*

DEGREE OF BACHELORIN EDUCATION

Jam~1 Erwia GallowayHarold Don GarrisonBeulah L. Gobble*.Brenda Joyce Graham*Philip Meredith GravelyMarilynn Kaye GroghanHelen Overstreet Hall**Carol Elaine Hammonds*Barbara Elaine HansonMary Rosetta Harris*Iva Bell Hartwell*Martha Jane Hewitt=Betty Lou HarrisonAnita Louise Hosea HillBarbara Hardman HillRalph Garland Hill, Jr.Bessie Alliene Holley*Charles Leon Hughes*Ida Morrison Hughes*Vickie Ellen Hutchison*Bernice G. Johnson·Kathryn F. Johnson.Linda Belcher Johnson*·Sharon Hartley JohnsonGeorge Edward Jones**Otis Zephoria J ones*Sandra Kay JonesMichael Emerson J oyce**Wayne Kent KeeJane I. Pauley Kight*Cynthia Ree Kinney**Anthony Dwight Lafferty*Sara B. LillyBetty Jo LloydLisa Jane McClureLinda Lee McCollamJune Ann McCormick*Robert Max McCormick, Jr.Michael Richard McKee*Colleen Gwen McNally·Ronald Jos~ph McQuerrey·Pauline Crist Mariani*Janet Sue MartinKaren Brady Martin

Harrell Wayne TuckerJam~s N. WestlundJames Phillip Wheeler·William Daniel Williams.Dennis W. Withrow

OF SCIENCE

James Allen Mauh**Lyle David Milam··J. Henry Mill~rSignora Elizabeth MitchellClarence B. MortonRegina Lee Murad+Peggy M. MurphyKaren Francis NicholsonVollie Cleveland Older"Vida Ann PerrineLois A. Perry.Karen Rene PriceKarl Clarence Priest.Jane H. Prosser=Harry William Radcliffe.Nathaniel Hawthorne Reid, III.Fred Bernard Richardson.Edward Ernest Rider*Carolyn Amanda RogenBrenda Houston SherrerR. Glenn Skeen"Douglas Bruce Smoot.Merileen W. SnyderRaymond King SpaniolWilla Mae SpencerJosephine Scott Steele**Lloyd Lee Stevens*M. Darlene Egnor TackettPatricia Ann Taylor.Regina Mae Taylor*Sandra DeAnn Thoma.Willie Sedric ToseLola Ruth WaldodJohnnie WallaceWilla Dean WallaceMary Virginia WhalingCynthia Adrienne WhiteElaine Diann WhortonIva Jewell Wilburn.Alfred Emanuel Williams*Barbara Ann WilliamsVelva Ann Wilson*Brenda Joyce Tolley Witt ••Thomas Anthony Zarichansky.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Paul Fletcher Adkins, Jr.Joyce Elaine Barden*David Joseph BrownGerald Lee Given.

Byron Nelson Harrison"Jerry Thomas Lynch**Amanda Owen.Harry Eugene Sigman

William Robert Thomat"Kenneth M. Tolbert.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Robert Austin BowenLeuan Hirannet*

Nikom PaullukintaraKenneth Harold Reed'"

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN HOME ECONOMICS

Terry Sue McBrayer

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF ARTSIN COMMERCE

Phyllis J. Bailey"Barbara Schipper Frye**

Larry Ray Spencer.Rolland Arthur Williamson, II

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCEIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Paul Fletcher Adkins, Jr.*Kenneth Wayne Blake*Judith Lorrine Chandler*Duane Edward Drennen*Robert Morgan DyerDonald Garry Evans*Kathryn Susan FinkWilliam Hamilton Fink*

Harry Francis Frashier, IIGerald Lee Givens*Byron Nelson Harrison*Linda Carol Trimble JordanTerry Michael Jordan*John Louis King*Douglas Lynn KnightCarol Ann Latkiewicz

Sylvia Diana Joyce LuskRandall Kieth MayhewMitchell Paul NagyThomas A. NelpiGary Wayne SmithKenneth M. Tolbert*David Londa Tucker+Jene Alonzo Wilkerson, Jr.

FOR THE DEGREE or- ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION

Frederick J. Griffith Marguerite J. Jacklon

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Gilbert Samuel DyeJ ames Andrew FortnerJames William FowlerMichael William Gandee·

Jackie Roosevelt Gregory.Kenneth McKinley Harbert, Jr.ROle Marie HoffmanMarion Carl Nida

Steven Lee SmithLarry Wayne Stone.

C!tanbibatesCommissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps, will heawarded by Col. Lawrence M. Sevdy assisted by SGM. Wilbur J. Wiseman from thethe ROTC staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Stephen A. Ashworth'Paul F. AdkinsMichael A. Beckner**Douglas L. BlackshireStephen M. BOllie*Miles C. Cary

Kathy A. CountsDeborah FarmerFranklin W. FlowersScott C. GrahamBetty L. Harrison

Oti. Dalye CastoKathy Ann Counts

Theon Ashworth*Tene Barcroft*Rebecca Billups*Kathy CountsDeborah Farmer

Alan M. Adam.J eanna L. Bonnett

Frank G. ChesterBenjamin P. Fix*Gerald L. GivensErnest E. HissomFrankie D. HoskeyRobert A. McCormick

Robert A. Montague**I vor A. SheffDavid V. Scherrep**Terry L. Tucker

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MuHONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Sandra W. JonesLinda C. JordanTerry M. Jordan*Lisa J. McClurePeggy Murphy

M. Darlene TackettCheryl Watkins

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETANATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

James Jerrell GreenleeLois Perry*t

ELECTED TO KApPA DELTA PIAN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Carol Hammonds*Betty HarrisonSara LillyPauline Mariani*Lisa McClure

Lois Perry*Darlene TackettLola WaldorfMary Whaling

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHISCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Fredrick R. Boyce*Franklin W. Flowers

Mary V. Whaling

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHINATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PINATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY

Cheryl Watkin.

Betty Harrison xr. Darlene Tackett Cheryl Watkin.

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAUNATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

Jame. E. Galloway Jo Ellen Conner

Q&rbtr of ~xtrci~t~MUSIC-Choose Something Like A Star ..... Randall Thompson

The Concert ChoirAssistant Professor Brenda Maurice, Director

THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-

The President

GREETINGS--

The Honorable Prince B. WoodardChancellor, West 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.

RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONORED GUESTS-

Mtrsrc-e-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL--March in E Gustau HolstThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Assistant Professor Kent Hall, Director

MARSHAL-

Associate Professor Thomas Cabell, '50

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-

Associate Professor Nancy L. Bird, '62Associate Professor C. A. Burris, '48Assistant Professor Clyde Campbell, '64Mrs. Charlotte Finney, '61Assistant Professor Charlotte Ginestra, '63Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28