WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE

Eighty-Fourth Year

The Eightieth

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FLEMING HALL

May the Seventeenth

AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFfERNOON

A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

c9rbtr of exercistsPRELUDE-Tanglewood Overture •.

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

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PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and CircumstanceConcert Band

Mel Gillispie, Director

Edward Elgar

The MarshalThe Candidates for Baccalaureate and Associate DegreesThe FacultyThe Administrative Officers and Special GuestsThe Recipients of Special HonorsThe President and Commencement Speaker

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

THE INVOCATION-The Reverend Cecil S. McMillion

Pastor, Humphreys Memorial United Methodist ChurchDunbar, West Virginia

MUSIC-J oshua Fit the Battle of Jericho • • . . • . • . . . Van ChristyConcert Choir

J. Truman Dalton, Director

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

Charlie J. Collins Louis Cooper Robert DorcasGrant S. Gray James Henderson R. B. Welch

THE CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREEJoseph J. Smith

Doctor of Science

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER-President Harold M. McNeill

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ••.••••.••• James C. MaloneVice President, Union Carbide Corporation

Musrc-s-Be Glad Then America . • . • • • • . • . • • William BillingsConcert Choir

J. Truman Dalton, Director

<9rbtr of ~xtrti~ttSAWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Phatana BuddipridaphanCharles Carmello Butta, Jr.Deborah J0 CampbellDonald Ray HallCarol Sue Jones

Virginia I. MoffattElizabeth Mae OlderEileen Mary SaunbyBetsy Samples StephensonKathy Medley Varney

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Oliver Wendell Arbogast, Jr.Regenna Sue BarkerRose Grim CampbellBeverly Anntionette DorcasVerna Mae FisherSue Talley FosterRaymond A. FrenchLynda Carol Gilkeson

Kathie Wagner HillBertha Bernetta HowellBetty Lou JonesFonda Cheryl LockhartDeborah Kennedy McQuainWillie Kenneth MeadowsElizabeth Ann MooneyMary Ann Wobser

CUM LAUDE

Wilma Curry BaysEvelyn Bohler BrennenJ erald Burnell BurnsWilliam Kent CarperL. Jane CovertLinda Jane DavisHarold Kenneth Edwards, Jr.Edgar M. FinkOliver G. GarrisonDeborah Lyn GibsonCharlotte Elizabeth HaynesDavid Lee Hundley

Richard Leon JamesFannie Woods KeatsLisa Gay Tucltwiller KingDavis N. LewisMichael Wayne LillyCandra Denise MooreOrvie L. Nicholson, Jr.Charles Lee SigmanKenneth Dean ThompsonSaravoot VorathavornLaura Viken Wiik

<!&rber of ~xerci~e5THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Provost Edwin D. Hoffmanill 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 ProfessorDelores Taylor

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Morris Hawkins,Jr.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administrationby Professor Joseph Oden.

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

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by ProfessorSamuel Securro.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics byProfessor Lina Kelley.

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

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Social Work by ProfessorMary Heiser.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Arts in Commerce by ProfessorJoseph Oden.

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

Candidates for the Degree of Associate 111 Science 111 Education by ProfessorSamuel Securro.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Health, Recreation andSafety by Professor D. Tredway.

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

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Social Work by ProfessorMary L. Heiser.

After the Conferring of the Degrees by President Harold M. McNeill, the namesof graduates will be announced by Mr. John L. Fuller, Registrar.

qranbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Pamela Sue AdamsOliver Wendell Arbogast, Jr.Wilma Curry BaysPhilip Augustus BickhamEvelyn Bohler BrennanJ erald Burnell BurnsWilliam Kent CarperRalph Arthur Chapman, IIFred Ronsford ClarkDelories Yolanda DavisGeorge R. DeLongJanis DickersonBeverly Anntionette DorcasTimothy FergusonAlice Legusta FullerDeborah Lyn GibsonVerlie Ann GoldenCharlotte Elizabeth HaynesJoseph Peter HenrySandra Ellen HessDeAnn Gail HillLeonard Alvern Hill

Manfred G. HollandVictoria Sue HolsoppleJohn Wesley LewisJeffery LovelyCharles E. PerkinsPatricia Ann PhillipsCharles Robert PlantzFred Nathan PressleyOsborne Michael ReavesDavid Lynn RiffleHenry C. RowleyDgvid Edward ShafferAlan James ShortDavid Orlan ShumateDarlene Marie SmithHerman Lawrence SnowBetsy Lynn StephensonBarbara J. StrumJ ames Leonard WallaceLaura Viken WiikAlton Williams, Jr.

FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

Raymond Arkie AbramsDanny Jarrett AbstenElsie Hill AndersonJohn Creighton AndersonRuth Elizabeth AndersonDonald Ray ChafinViolet Johnson ChildsMartha Gilmer DavisRichard Kerr GalbraithBarbara Annette HarrisCharles Paul Jeffries

Fannie Woods KeatsD. Joanne LivengoodEdward Dale MohlerJohn William MoonPaul Wayne MullinsStephen K. Noble, Jr.Annabelle RhodesJohn Francis SmithNesba Cann SmithJ ames Tyrone WilliamsPaul Ray Williams

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Phatana BuddipridaphanPhillip Ray CollegeGeorge Robert Jefferson, Jr.Michael Wayne Lilly

Elizabeth Ann MooneyOrvie L. Nicholson, Jr.Lowell H. Thompson

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bruce Sherman BrittRichard Lee Cassis

Louis Anthony Collazo

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)

Roy Lee CombsDavid Paul ConleyThomas Pringle CrouserHoward David Darnold, Jr.Doyle Daniel Davis, IIStanley Edwin DavisJerome Andrew DawsonCharles Edward DoddRoger Henry DollisonCharles Stephen ElkinsEdgar M. FinkRaymond A. FrenchRobert Lee GraleyDwight E. GriffithDonald Ray HallMarcus Delbert HarrisonDanny J. HartwellRonald Lee Koster

Melvin Thomas LeftwichHolly Estel Lewis, Jr.Freddie F. MajorMichael David MamoneMary Cecelia MarshWillie Kenneth MeadowsVichai PhongadulyasookRaymond Hunter PyleFrank Edward RandolphThomas Lee RichardsonRichard Lee Rollins, Jr.Charles Lee SigmanEddie McHenry Sweeney, Jr.Frankie C. WalkerFrederick AIlen WalkerSteven Wayne WheelerIrvin Linwood Wright, IIIAndre Lee Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Danny Wayne Armstrong Peggy S. JohnsonLinda Douglas Bowers Charles David JusticeRobert Lewis Cooper Davis N. LewisElmer Dural Ferguson Dennis Joseph MorrisonOliver G. Garrison John Harold PriceEdward Cassidy Hager John K. RappKim Vincent Hairston Thomas Duane SalserJoseph M. Hill William Henry Scott, Jr.~{;chael Trent Hoal Joseph Lorentz SheltonRichard Kavin House Thomas William SignorelliDavid Lee Hundley Yolando Amelia SimmonsRichard Leon James Richard Dale Walker

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

Fileta Lynn AdkinsFrances Kay AdkinsBob Thomas AndersonRegenna Sue BarkerNancy Patricia BarnhartPatsy Ferrari BerryAnne A. BlaylockWilliam Andrew Bryant, Jr.Pamela Lynch Burton

Charles Carmello Butta, Jr.Stephen Allen CaldwellDeborah Jo CampbellRose Grim CampbellMarion Kathryn CamperMalva Joan CareyYvonne Stephanie CarrellVirginia Christine CookL. Jane Covert

((anbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION (Continued)Anna Brown"CunninghamChristy Carolyn DavisJeffery William DavisLinda Jane DavisTerry L. DeCapioFreddie Morris DossLoretta B. DurrettHarold Kenneth Edwards, Jr.Phyllis Jeanne FeldhausCharles Edward FisherVerna Mae FisherDaisy Eugenia C. FosterCordelia Brabble FranklinLynda Carol GilkesonValerie Lynn GillispieDavid Willard GodbeyJoyce Anita GodfreyBarbara Marie GregoryJennifer Lynn GreterFrederick Joe GriffithBetty Jane HackneyBettyanne HairstonMarian HairstonSarah June HardmanKathie Wagner HillRobyn Gene HooverBertha Bernetta HowellAnnalee A. HughesClifford Martin JohnsonBetty Lou JonesCarol Sue JonesJ earline I. KessellLisa Gay Tuckwiller KingBruce Wayne Knell

Charles Howard LeshonMargie Constance LeshonFonda Cheryl LockhartEva Shirley LongsworthKenneth Wayne LyonsKaren Ann McCloyDeborah Karen McCroneDeborah Kennedy McQuainDavid Wallace McVickerVirginia I. MoffattElizabeth Mae OlderMary Jane PriceRose Kiss QuillenMary Kay RainesPhyllis Gail ReynoldsJanie Sue RhodesSherrie Lynn RobinsonSharon Lynn RoseBrenda Renee SalesEileen Mary SaunbyJanice Effie Oxley SayreTorji Darane SmithChristina D. SpanosCarl Leo StammEdith Jewell StantonDeborah Jean TawneyConnie Lea TaylorDeborah Lee TignorStephen Lee TolliverViolet Myrel TuttleKathy Medley VarneyNellie Elizabeth WalkerPhyllis Loretta WoodRex Alan Young

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Martha Hope MynesAdrienne Evelyn Skeete

Lelia W. Snyder

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN HOME ECONOMICS

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

William Lawence Blanchfield, Jr.Michael Byron ConnerDon Kenneth CunninghamThomas Eugene Davis

Charoen KayurapunGary Duane ScottSaravoot VorathavornRobert Alan Wilks

(tCanbibate~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN SOCIAL WORK

Julius Buster BishopDenice J aclynne CottrillConnie Sue CoveyMary Margaret CunninghamChristina H. DavisSue Talley FosterRodney Evans GilmerDebra Francine Harris·Martha E. JacksonMichael William JonesJohn A. Kolwick, Jr.Drema F. Lee

Julia McCownMary Elaine MillerCandra Denise MooreRandolph Earl NutterJ ames David PorterSharon Ann PowellRita Margaret PressleyTerry Lee SkeenKenneth Dean ThompsonDiane Faye WhiteBetty Wilson WilliamsMary Ann Wobser

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTSIN COMMERCE

Byron W. ArmstrongPamela Elaine HartmanSharon Lynn Meadows

Teresa Jane MorrisKaren Sue Williams

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Jack Eugene BishopJulius Buster BishopBob Ray BoggsCheryl Renee ByrdReginald Anthony ColemanEugene Nathaniel GodfreyJason Drew HarperJ ames Carrington IngramPeggy S. Johnson

Michael William JonesReba Kay LawsonGary Calvin LillyRomey Clarence Lovejoy, Jr.Darrell Eugene McClungDemra Ray MeadowsBetty Joanne PorterfieldRalph William PorterfieldMyron Lyle White

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

Deborah Jean BaldwinMary Louise BuckleyMildred Ophelia HaleyAretta Joyce HodgesDarlene Frances Holland

Clara Mae JettObyra Jean MorrisJune Lee PrietoElnora W. ThompsonMary Lee Watson

~anbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN HEALTH, RECREATION AND SAFETY

Willie C. Bluford Samuel B. PattersonThomas Lee Dudley

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Michael W. GouldHerman Ray Harless

Terry K. Wade

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN SOCIAL WORK

Irene E. Jones Cheryl Lanier Roach

Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will beawarded by Colonel Stanley I. Goldsmith assisted by SGM Fred Wangler from theROTC staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Philip A. Bickham Osborne M. Reaves Thomas D. Salser

Elizabeth MooneyElizabeth OlderRaymond Pyle:Eileen M. SaunbyKathy M. Varney

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MuHONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Evelyn B. BrennanJ erald BurnsVirginia C. CookLinda CovertBeverly DorcasVerna M. Fisher

Raymond FrenchDeborah GibsonRichard L. JamesLisa G. KingFonda C. LockhartDeborah K. McQuain

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PIAN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Regenna S. BarkerDeborah J. CampbellMarion K. CamperL. Janes CovertLoretta B. DurrettVerna M. FisherValerie L. Gillispie

Betty J. HackneyKathie W. HillBertha HowellCarol S. JonesLisa G. T. KingFonda C. LockhartDeborah K. McQuain

David W. McVickerVirginia 1. MoffattElizabeth M. OlderSherrie L. RobinsonEillen M. SaunbyChristina SpanosKathy M. Varney

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHISCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Oliver Arbogast, Jr.Patricia Casto Phillips

Beverly DorcasThomas Dudley

Elizabeth MooneyOrvie Nicholson

€anbibatt~ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI

NATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETYJerald Burns Eileen Saunby

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHINATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

Elizabeth Older Eilleen Saunby

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAUNATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

Elizabeth M. Older

ELECTED TO ALPHA PSI OMEGANATIONAL DRAMATIC HONORARY SOCIETY

Valerie L. Gillispie Deborah L. Gibson Victoria Holsopple

c9rbtr of (fxercistsGREETINGS-

The Honorable Roland MurphyPresident, West Virginia State College Advisory Board

SPECIALRECOGNITION-Mrs. George W. FowlerRetiring Member, West Virginia State College Advisory Board

Carl T. HairstonRetiring Member, West Virginia State College Foundation

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-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 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.

COMMENTARY•••••••.••••••• President Harold M. McNeill

MUSIC- Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-King Cotton March •••••••• John Phillip SousaConcert Band

Mel Gillispie, Director

MARsHAL-Associate Professor Chester A. Burris

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-Assistant Professor Helen P. BaileyAssociate Professor Clyde P. CampbellMrs. Charlotte FinneyAssistant Professor Charlotte GinestraAssociate Professor Roland Sevy

ALMA MATERor West VirainiaState Coil•••