EIGHTy-SIXTH YEAR OF

WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

ffiid-'t/earCommencemen t

FLEMING HALL

DECEM BER SEVENTEENTH

A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX AT SEVEN-THIRITY O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING

Order of ExercisesPRELUDE-Fanfare from the XX Olympaid Arnaud-Moffit

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

PROCESSIONAL-Dedicatory Overture Clifton WilliamsConcert Band

Me! Gillispie, Director

The MarshalThe Candidates for DegreesFaculty and Administrative OfficersThe President and Commencement Speaker

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM-To be sung by the audience(The audience will remain standing un til after the invocation.)

THE INVOCATION The Reverend Leroy KeeneyPastor, Highlawn Baptist Church

St. Albans, West Virginia

THE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORSMASON CRICKARD CHEATHAM ALSTON

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER President Harold McNeill

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS The Honorable Vincent E. ReedSuperin tendent of SchoolsThe District of Columbia

M usrc=-A Patriotic Medley Cohan-MoffitConcert Band

Me! Gillespie, Director

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Dolly Mae Withrow

Gary Keith Eggleton.

Wayne E. Legg

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Brenda Joyce Gillenwater

Gregory Mark Moreland

Inez Deloris Barthlow

Sandra Lowther Massey

CUM LAUDE

Cheryl Lynn Casto

Chester Allen Plants

Estell L. Edwards

Thomas Gene Stratton

Ronald Dana Ray

Order of ExercisesAWARD OF HONORS

Mary Elizabeth Pierce

George Walter Cobble*

Edward Thomas Drue

Ruth Ellen Tyson Saunders

Poonchai Jit-Medha

Larry Dean Kidd

Jill Ann Hindle

Rita Jane Estep*

Nancy J. Hayes Hamm*

Janet Leah McCormick

Watanachart Watcharathai

Kathi Lynn McCormick

Mary Elizabeth Igo

Patricia Hery Keeler

Patrick Marvin Rawlings

Amnuay Tangsuan

Mark Robert Landin

Carmela Payne Ryan

Emmitt Milton Thompson, J r.

Bonzetta Lolita Hairston

Paul Edwin McCallister*

Eric Wayne Pennington*

Barry Curtis Wood

Lawrence Wayne Ponder

Order of ExercisesTHE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Provost Anderson in the following order:

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Virginia Edwards

Candidates for the Board of Regents Bachelor of Arts Degree by Professor Delores Taylor

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Bernard Krabacher

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by ProfessorJoseph Oden

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelo r of Science in Criminal Justice by ProfessorCharles M. Walker

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor 0 f Science in Education by Professor Samuel Securro

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor 0 f Science in Industrial Technology by ProfessorRichard N. Gwinn

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Social Work by Professor Mary Heiser

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Arts in Commerce by Professor Joseph Oden

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Arts in Communications by Professor W.Till Curry

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

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Education by Professor Samuel Securro

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Industrial Technology by ProfessorRichard N. Gwinn

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Recreation Service by ProfessorRichard Tredway

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Social Work by Professor Mary Heiser

After the conferring of the degrees by President McNeill, the names of graduates will heannounced by Mr. John L. Fuller, Registrar.

CandidatesFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Richard Harold BurtonRobert L. Carothers*Dianne Lynn Carte*Walter Harold Chamberlain*Barry Walter DobsonEdward Thomas DrueLinda' Elizabeth FrazierMelissa A. Hancock*Adrienne Kay Holmes*

Robert Paul Holmes*Deborah Lynn JacobusElizabeth Jane Jividen*Sharon Kay LawsonCharles Lee Loudermilk*Joanne Streiff Milburn*Gerald Thomas MillsHerschel McKinley PageDwane Bruce Porter

George Daniel RohrboughRoseann Marie Russo*Ruth Ellen Tyson SaundersJoslyn Marie ThomasVichai Tumparnuvatr*Sharon Kay VossPaul David WallaceDolly Mae WithrowRobert David Woolwine"

FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

John Leonard Bess*Nancy Jane Booth*J ames Henry BrownMarcus Joseph Brown*M. Earl CampbellPhillip Ring Capehart*Nancy Louise Carvey*Dale Keith Cooke*Mary Hoffman CulbrethGeorge Clifford DavisWayne E. DavisJoe Lee Dawson*Michael David Eakle*Alvie Houston Fitzwater, Jr.William Christoph Foster*Percy D. GilesLinda Kay Given

Bernard Huston Goodall, IIILouise Ellen Greenleaf*Dorothy Louise GrovesRobert Lee Harper*Rose Hoffman HarrisPatricia Anne Haye*Robert Lewis Hess*Darlene Frances HollandWilliam Severe J ohnson*Ralph W. J ustice*Arnold F. Lehmann*Jerry Wayne McElhinny*Nellie D. MillerCarla Jeanne Morgan*Peggy Elaine NutterLaurence Andrew Partan, Jr.Cynthia B. Payne*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

David William DelaneyWalid G. HaikalPoonchai Jit-Medha

*August 1976

Jeffery Lane KeysDaniel Lewis LightSteven Lawrence Marcum*

Eleanor Ann PettitDavid Wayne PlumleyClifford Bernard RansomLarry W. RobinsonGarland Wilder SteeleRobert Lee Sturms*Robert Harold ThompsonRalph L. TigheThomas Eck ToliverCarrie Elizabeth Ward*John David WareJerry Otis WatsonRichard Lee WeeklyJanet L. WelchFred E. Westbrook, Jr.Harold Donald WilliamsHenry P. Witthohn*

Gregory Mark MorelandChester Allen PlantsWatanachart Watcharathai

CandidatesFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Brenda M. Adams'"Jerry Lee Bennett"Charles Ernie BiasDavid Thomas BuckalewRandall P. Burdette"Daniel J. Cain"William Stephen CanfieldJohn Lundy CharlesSaroch CharuhetiKaren Suzanne FooseKeith Vincent GallagherJerry Eugene HammockCharles W. Hanson, Jr.·David Van Howery, III.

Dhakur Jit-MedhaJohnny William j ohnson"Ralph L. JonesPatricia Hery KeelerLarry Edwin KennedyMark Robert LandinFranklin Theadore Lanham"Guy Cameron McElwee, Jr.Charles Kent McKinney·John Thomas MarinoThomas A. MilamLynda S. PerryLawrence Wayne Ponder

Robert Clifton ReelStephen DeWayne RowleyTerry Kessler ShieldsDavid Wayne Smith"Amnuay TangsuanRoger Dale TaylorDaniel W. Vannoy"Deborah Ann Walker+Patricia K. Lucas WalkerStephen Rodney Wallace"Sandra Ann Wheeler"Clyde Emerson WillardBarry Curtis WoodDavid Michael Wright

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Sc IENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Danny L. Burdette"Timothy Alan Casey.Douglas Wayne ChevalierMelton Darnell CrummelLonnie McMillan DeHart·Tony N. Douglas.Estell L. EdwardsJohn Phillip Harris"

Denzil Dale Harrison"Harvey Thomas Hill"Arnold Ray HumphreyCurtis Eugene J ohnson*Arland Edward Lanham, J r.*Darrell Eugene McClungHenry Lee Mouzon*

Donald James PolanskiJanet M. RaderRobert John RamseyLarry Stovall"Thomas Gene StrattonChester Sylvester ThomasJohn Henry Valentine"James Estes Wilkinson, III

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION

Diana Lynn Adkins'"Linda Carol AdkinsRon Lee AsburyLinda D. BarronLinda Cora BradleyCheryl Lynn CastoLinda Darlene Cline

·,August 1976

George Walter Cobble"Kathy Ann CrinerRobin Johnson CrockettClara Naomi Davis*Brenda Roberts DlugosGary Keith Eggleton

Rita Jane Estep·Brenda Joyce GillenwaterLinda Diane GuignardBonzetta Lolita HairstonLinda Jean Hanson"Jill Ann HindleWilliam David Howell

CandidatesFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION (Continued)

Cheryl B. H ughes*Mary Elizabeth IgoDeborah Davis JacksonClara Mae J ett*Charles Eddie J ohnson*Ruth Katherine JonesLarry Dean KiddRachel Hudson KinderMichael Charles KnightonWayne E. LeggTimothy McCallisterKathi Lynn McCormickMichael Andrew Massey

Sandra Lowther MasseyDebra Glynn Mur ray"Eric Wayne Pennington*Kathryn Bednarzik PhillipsMary Elizabeth PierceOliver Carter PinkardMichael Lee PleasantMary Oda PughWilliam Reid Radtke*Deloris Kathleen RansonCynthia Ann RayRonald Dana Ray

Troy Denver Rhodes*Judy Lee RoseberryDavid Bruce Rupert*Linda Lou Rutta*Carmela Payne RyanGloria Francis ShirkeyRoxanne Lynn Evans ShockGloria Dale ShultzRebecca J oann SnodgrassPamela Ann SwisherEmmitt Milton Thompson, Jr.Connie Sue Warner*Mary Lee Watson

FOR THE DEGRE OF BACHELOR SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Gary Allen Blackhurst*J ames William CharleyThomas Anthony Hill*Jonathan W. McDavid

Frederick Eugene Miller, J r.Ebere Fabian MuonekeMack Henry Myers, Jr.Richard Esmond Neal

Patrick Marvin RawlingsDavid Allen SneedYada Taupradist

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL WORK

Greta S. AshleyDanny Lee BakerInez Deloris BarthlowRobert BikaBrenda Kay Brown

Terri G. CarperBarbara Cooper GreeneNancy J. Hayes Hamm*Roberta Jane HaymakerBarbara Jean Knapp"

Paul Edwin McCallister*Vivian Wesley McCauleyJanet Leah McCormickRobert Leroy MillerErnest Michael White

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS IN COMMERCE

Joyce Ann Banks"Leslie Ann Bohnert*Thomasthene Love Davis

*August 1976

Larry Paul FarleyMary Catherine HermansdorferNancy Lee McClure

Rosemary OsbornB. Imogene TankersleyGilbert Austin Young

CandidatesFOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS IN COMMUNICATIONS

Wesley David Martin

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCI ENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Monna Dell CaldwellWilliam Thomas Castleberry"Gregory N orman ClarkWilliam Eugene Donegan*J 0 Ann DorcasTony N. Douglas"William C. EblingMichelle Yvette Grigsby*

Kevin Mark HancartWesley William Holden, Jr.*Donald Edward j arvis"Wilbert Lee Kirby*Alvah Lewis Krantz*Janet M. Rader

Vanessa Linda ScottGregory Joe SmithLarry Stovall*Thomas Gene StrattonJoslyn Marie ThomasMike Alan White*Myron Lyle WhiteKeith Alan Wood

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN EDUCATION

Gayle Yvonne FisherDonnell Gilliam*

Phyllis Wanda Howard Kenneth James Jones

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Timothy Alan GodbyRichard Greene

Roy Frederick McClanahanMark David Martin

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN RECREATION SERVICE

Leon Anderson+Vicki Lynn Barnett*

Mary Patricia Davis" Mary Patricia Davis*Robert F. Price

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN SOCIAL WORK

Robin J an Davis"Karen L. Wilson·

·August 1976

Cassandra Francesca Renee Williams

CandidatesCommissions of Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will be awarded by LTCEdward Robertson from the ROTC Staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

James H. BrownJames E. Wilkinson, III

Keith V. Gallagher Thomas A. Milam

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHI NATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

Brenda J. Gillenwater

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PI-AN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATIONBrenda J. GillenwaterMary E. IgoMary E. Pierce

Bonzetta L. Hairston Kathi L. McCormickJill A. HindleSandra L. Massey

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI SCIENTI FIC HONOR SOCIETY

J eHery L. Keys Brenda J. Gillenwater Gregory M. Moreland

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA NATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Wayne E. Legg Mary E. Pierce

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA Mu NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYEdward DrueMark R. LandinChester A. Plants

Dolly WithrowBrenda J. GillenwaterMary Young Pierce

Patricia KeelerPatrick RawlingsCarmela P. Ryan

Order of Exercises

REMARKS .r/-,r~~C _

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. President Harold M. MeN eill,~S-Z;-d~

. . . . . . . . . .. The Honorable William L. LonesomePresident, West Virginia State College Alumni Association

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

MusIc-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-Parade of the Charioteers Miklos RozsaConcert Band

Me! Gillispie, Director

MARSHAL-Associate Professor Thomas Cabbell

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-Associate Professor Arthur BurrisAssistant Professor Charlotte FinneyAssistant Professor Charlotte GinestraAssociate Professor Roland Sevy

ERNEST WADE '30

ALMA MATEROf West Virginia State College

MARTHA SPENCER '31

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We'll love her more as days go by,And send her praises to the sky;To place her over "II the rest,And keep her e'er the dearest and the best

Shadowed 'neath a deep blue sky;Is State for whom we'll live and we'I1 die-Arl.sel 0 men of God and sing;We're loyal, and to her we'I1 always cling