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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEt •

INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

Seventy-fifth Anniversary

The Seuenty-First

~nnual (!Commencement

FLEMING HALL LAWN·

May the Twenty-Eighth

AT TEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

C!&rbtr of ffxtrti~t~THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-

Academic Processional March EngelThe Concert Band

Professor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

The MarshalThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Faculty and Administrative OfficersThe Recipients of Honorary DegreesThe President and the Commencement Speaker

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM-The Concert Band

Professor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

THE INVOCATION-Dr. Cecil S. McMillion

President, Charleston Ministerial AssociationPastor, Central Methodist Church, Charleston, West Virginia

MUSIC-A Mighty Fortress is Our God Luther-MuellerThe College Choir

Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Conductor

THE CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES-

Patsy GravesDoctor of Humanities

Rudolph M. RosenthalDoctor of Humanities

William L. LonesomeDoctor of Humanities

Hulett C. SmithDoctor of Humanities

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS-

THE HONORABLE HULETT C. SMITHGOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

MUSIc-Coronation SCene(from "Boris Godunov") Rimsky-Korsakov

The College ChoirProfessor Gladys B. Johnson; Cond-uctor

<!&rbtr of ~xerti£)e~AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Brenda Greene Tate

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Frances Ruth RymerGeorgette Lucretia Burns

CUM LAUDE

Joseph Jacob SelmanAnnola B. DoddJ ames Arlington CampbellK. Paul ChurchN ona Jean StreetIris Chandler BradyJune Eloise FrancisBarbara Main Randall

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

Mary Jacqueline Craigo

Phillip Earl Hodge

Aretta Ann Kelley*Robert Daniel HarrisAnnie Ruth MossJanet Thornton ChapmanDoris Elizabeth GladneyClydia Ann AnthonyJohn Raymond JonesRaymond Richard Faber

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Harrison H. Ferrell in thefollowing order.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Naomi M. Garrett.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Frederick A. Clement.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration byProfessor Theodora Rutherford.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor L. V.Jordan.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science III Home Economics by ProfessorMae Belle Jones.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology byProfessor F. J. Lacy.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Law Enforcement by ProfessorRobert A. Anglin. .

After the Conferring of the Degrees by President William J. L. Wallace. the namesof graduates will be announced by Mr. J. Douglas Anderson. Registrar.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Millard Alfonso BlakeDaisy Lousie BradfordCharles Hubert Brown"Wallace E. CheekK. Paul ChurchPenny Beth CraddockMary Angela CreamerCharlene C. CreaseyShauree Crooks=Beverly J. Cummings*Glenn Richard CummingsEthel O. Davie**Helen Ashton DavisCharles Warne Dawkins"Constance Elaine DaySidney J ahu EllisCharlene ElmoreThomas L. EubankWilliam Lorenzo Fontaine, Jr.John Lewis Fuller'"Kenneth Darnell GrayRobert Daniel HarrisSandra Jean HutzlerGloria Maxine Johnson

Linda Dean JohnstonGeorge G. Jones, Jr.Michael L. Kincaid'"Glen A. KnappLarry ]. McNeelyJohn Calvin MackeyRoger C. MaybinMichael Lee MitchellJudy Natalia MooreBrown Wesley PayneCheryl Anderson PeguesJoan Manilla PorterJulius Thomas RansomeLarry Robinson, Jr.Joseph Jacob SelmanRichard Thomas SettleShamsher Singh*Booker T. Stephens*Shirley Dolin WaltersJune Rand WhartonBruce Meredith WilkersonErnest Leon Willard*Jack Eugene Yeager**

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Charles Orville Allen"Malvin Marshall AllisonDavid Ray ArringtonRonald Jackson BlandRuth Ann BuchananRobert Everett Bush'"J ames Arlington CampbellRichard Allen Crowder**Larry Talmadge Eskew**Raymond Richard FaberElizabeth Mae GreenRalph Elbert Griffith*Phillip Earl HodgeClyde Leonard Hughart**John Raymond JonesDonald Ray KeatleyErnest Ray Long*

Willie James McCraryJohn Woodrum MandevilleHarry Richard Marshall, Jr.Kyle Ralph MillerRichard Clark Newsom**Larry Henry NolandCharles Edward PennWilliam Lowell Perry, II**Clifton Ray SamplesWayne Phillip Sheets**Uthai Sirichoke*George Craig SpaniolLarry Clinton Stewart**Toni Marie TaylorWilliam Monroe Walters, Jr.**Beatrice Levon Wilson

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Demetrius Wesley AndersonThomas Franklin BishopBlanche Bowles BookerRilly Lee Burdette

Stafford W. BurroughsClayton Richard ConwayRobert Joseph Eggleton*George Stephenson Evans

CattbibatttiB.S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)

J ames Robert FordWilliam Albert GarrettJerry Lynn HallPaul Richard Isaacs.Richard William JohnsonRonald Ray J ohnson*William Gordon Kimble.Tohn Floyd Koehn

Darryl W. Love**Alvin elson Marquis*.Charles Thomas MillerMicah Miyogo Mochoge**James Lester Shanahan, Jr •••Robert Earl SimmsCharles Franklin SwiftNathaniel Andrew Williams

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

Wilma Lavern AllenKenneth James Alston**Yvonne Newsome AlsupClydia Ann AnthonyLinda Barbara AtkinsonJuanita Geraldine AustinBeverly Ann BakerGlena Elaine BessKingsley Oliver Bird, Jr.Peggy Lynn BoggessMary Drennen Boggs*·Raymond Eugene Boggs**Carole Liggett Booton*·Iris Chandler BradyCarol Jean Bragg*Mary Elizabeth BrannonEvelyn Spangler Breedlove*Sue B. Brooks*Marzella Irene BrownKaren Lynette BryantMarion Lou Burdette**Georgette Lucretia BurnsCourtney Leone ButlerHazel P. Carney**Burl G. Carr**Queen Banks Carter'"Janet Thornton ChapmanSanra Allen Coleman*Catherine CollinsMary Jacqueline CraigoMarilyn Sue Crawford**Gregory Cecil CummingsFrances Bowles CurryJean Cary DavisLouis Deas**Gloria Jean DeBerry*·Bette Ann Della FloraDwight Darwin DialsJoseph Michael DivitaAnnola B. Dodd

Cecil Claude Dolin**Franklin Eugene Duncan••Bobby Gene EdmondsonCarroll Gene ElliotRosemary Ellswick**Katherine Ann FerrisPamela FlemingJune Eloise FrancisPatsy Carole French••Joseph Van Meter Funderburk, IIICarol Ann GainerPhyllis Carol Garner·.Anna Emogene GarrettDoris Elizabeth GladneyBrenda June GoolsbyTyrone Edward GrearCarrie Riffle Greene**Brenda Elayne GriffinJ ames Edward HairstonHarry Warner Hare, Jr.Paticia Mae Hayes*·Ruby HendricksJudith Ann Hopkins··Anthony Jay HudsonSharon Lynn JackKenneth Louise JacksonStephanie Powell j ackson"Theresa Martina JeffriesAretta Ann Kelly"Roberta Elizabeth Knox"Brenda Carney KoehnWinona Huber Lawson··Mary Rosalyce LeveridgeCathrine Elizabeth Lewis"Diane Evyonne LewisPeter Allen Lewis··Sandra Kay LillyClifford Hurl Lively, Jr.Doughtry Long, Jr.··Maybelle McCallister·

ctCanbtbatt5B.S. IN EDUCATION (Continued)

Gladys E. McClureSandra Ann McComas**William H. McCoyMildred McFieldOlivia Jacquelin McGeeFredrick Gene McGlothlin*William Lee McRae**Valerie Mae Mathison*Carol Frances MeadowsMary Edna Miller*Mozelle Miree, Jr.Beatrice Mae Mitchell*Martha N. Morris*Annie Ruth MossRuth Akers Okes**Marilyn Theresa PageMartha Ann PayneElbert Thomas Pegues*Carol Ann PerryRonald Lee Petitt*Catherine Winnifred Pozega**Barbara Main RandallArlene Render**Carl Wayland Renick, Jr.Arthur Edgar Reynolds*Lawrence Stephen RobertsMary Frances RobinsonFrances Ruth RymerBillie J can SantrockShirley Barker Sawyer*William Dewey Seymour, Jr.**James Forrestt Shamblen

Grace Virginia SheffeyWilliam Wayne Skull**Tony Gale Smedley**Peggy Jewell SpencerMargie Stewart*Pauline Ellen Stewart*N ona Jean StreetJohn David Studebaker**Brenda Greene TateAlice Jean ThomasMaisie Frances Thomas*Carolyn Jane TricePatrick Elij ah Vance*Julie Ann VassRosetta VealCheryl Prillerman WalkerJoy Ann WalkerCurtis Richard WallaceCarrie Betty WashingtonJoseph Goodwin Watson**Phyllis Adams WatsonRandall Michael White**Shirley Fuller White**Carolyn Sue WhitlockRobert Jerome WilkesSandra Sue Williams**Shirley F. WilliamsHelen Frances WillisJudith Kay WittJosephine Rice WooddellJennie Mae WrightAnna Elizabeth Zeller

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN HOME ECONOMICS

Lois Vera Sharp* Nora Yeh

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN TECHNICAL SCIENCE

Paul Clifford Hermansdorfer John Edward Mackley

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

Edward Graham Bell

* Completed requirements for graduation January 1966.** Completed requirements for graduation August 1965.

(!anbibatt~Comissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will beawarded by Lt. Col. Joseph C. Hill, assisted by Major William Purcell from theROTC staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Paul C. HermansdorferMichael MitchellJames F. ShamblenJoseph M. DivitaMillard BlakeSidney J. Ellis

Kenneth D. GrayJohn C. MackeyCharles PennBrown PayneLarry Robinson

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MuHONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Georgette BurnsMary CraigoAnnola DoddDoris GladneyPhilip Hodge

John R. JonesFrances RymerJoseph SelmanNona StreetBrenda Tate

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI

NATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY

Mary J. Craigo*Shauree Crooks*Maybelle McCallister

Lawrence S. Roberts

Joseph SelmanLarry McNeelyJoy Wallcer

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHI

NATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

Mary J. CraigoK. Paul ChurchAnnie Moss

Joseph SelmanJulie VassJudith Witt

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI

NATIONAL HONORARY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY

Malvin M. Allison John R. JonesJ ames A. Campbell Willie J. McCraryK. Paul Church *Uthai SirichokePhilip E. Hodge Beatrice L. Wilson

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAU

NATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

Brenda KoehnSandra Lilly

Lawrence RobertsNona Street

• Completed requirements for graduation January, 1966.

<!&rberof (fxerciSetiTHE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-

The President

GREETINGS-

Dr. S. J. BaskervilleWest Virginia Board of Education

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 my college, nur-turing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor in my chosenprofession and to make of myself a symbol of the best traditions of my college-thisis my commission and my challenge.

RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONORED GUESTS-

MUSIc-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-Fanfare and Recessional PloyhaeThe Concert Band

Professor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

CO- MARSHAL~-

Professor Emeritus Daniel L. Ferguson, '09Professor Marvin D. Mills, '47

ASSISTANT MARSHALS-

Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28Professor Minerva Napper, '31Professor Rosa L. Pickel, '52Professor George Williams, '27Professor Sharleen Corbett, '35