Alumni Association

1934 Margaret E. Covert, BS, Pittsburgh, PA, a professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, will be 93 years old in December.

1941 R. Thomas Myers, AB, '49 PhD, Kent, OH, published True Molar Surface Energy and Alignment of Surface Molecules.

1947 Bob "Punchy" Powell, BS, Atlanta, GA, was a guest panelist on the Veterans History Project ceremonies at the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. During the war, he flew three combat missions in support of the Normandy invasion in 1944. The nose art on his plane read, "The West by Gawd Virginian."

1949 Robert L. Hoye, BS, New Bern, NC, past member of the WVU Business and Economics Visiting Committee, retired as VP of human resources for Borg-Warner Chemicals.

1950 Jane Hodges Theiling, BA, Folly Beach, FL, retired from Folly Beach City Council after ten years of service, eight of which she served as mayor pro tem.

1951 Alfred A. Bocton, BS, Danville, VA, retired and is now a professor emeritus in business at Averett University in Danville. . .Arnold Bower Jr., BS, Lake City, FL, retired as general manager for Valenite Mining Products. . . Ralph "Pug" Heinz, AB, Chapel Hill, NC, received a Gold Medal award from the American Society of Neuroradiology. He continues to practice at Duke University.

1955 Lovell R. Greathouse, BS, Roswell, GA, was formerly a planning coordinator for the first West Virginia statewide outdoor recreation plan, as well as Georgia's first statewide outdoor recreation plan.

1957 Richard L. Jarvis, BS, Grantsville, WV, is a retired colonel with the U.S. Army Reserves.

1958 Phillip D. "Phil" Turner, BS, Masontown, WV, retired in 2003 as CEO of the Preston County Sheltered Workshop. In 1999, he retired as regional director of the USDA Food Stamp Program and formerly served as executive director of the WV Commission on Aging until 1988.

1959 John R. "Bob" Moody, BS, Hudson, OH, retired from General Electric in 1996 after 37 years of service. His wife, Janet J. Moody, BS, retired in 1999.

1961 Dick Struck, BS, Wilmington, DE, organized a tribute to World War II veterans and military personnel in Wilmington to coincide with the national dedication of the memorial in Washington, D.C.

1964 Julia Kay Rush, BA, '71 MA, Hundred, WV, retired after 40 years of service from teaching English, social studies, and reading for Wetzel County Schools. . .Thomas R. Wilson Jr., BS, Crosby, TX, is an engineering manager at Sunoco Chemicals in Bayport. He and his wife, Dawn, and son, Ryan, live in East County.

1965 Bonnie C. Campbell, BS, Brooksville, FL, retired from teaching after 26 years of service . . .William R. Hockman, BS, Hertford, NC, is a plant operations manager for Jennette Bros. Inc. in Elizabeth City, NC. . . Donald E. Maiolo, BA, Vestal, NY, retired from teaching instrumental music after 35 years of service. He now tours with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra as lead alto and road manager.

1966 James H. Suttle, BA, '67 MS, Omaha, NE, received the Engineer of the Year award from the Nebraska Society of Professional Engineers, Eastern Chapter, for his outstanding contributions to the engineering profession, public welfare, and humankind. He is executive VP and director of corporate development for HDR, Inc. . .David Westfall, MS, '68 PhD, Reno, NV, is dean of the University of Nevada's College of Science. He will begin an eight-week fellowship at Oxford University in October.

1968 William Raymond Rudolph, BS, Moon Township, PA, retired from Bayer Corporation in Pittsburgh.

1969 William Waters, BS, Maitland, FL, retired as a colonel with the U.S. Air Force after more than 28 years of service. He earned an MBA from the University of Tennessee and is now employed as a business development manager for Northrop Grumman Laser Systems.

1970 Robert K. Bush, MD, Madison, WI, is a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin and chief of allergy at William S. Middleton VA Hospital. He is on the board of directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. . .Jennie Hunter-Cevera, BA, '72 MS, Ellicott City, MD, president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, received the 2004 USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award for her expertise in collecting, maintaining, and preserving microbial cultures. . .Paul Criswell, BM, '71 MM, Greenwood, SC, is chairman of the department of music at Lander University.

1971 Bonni McKeown, BA, Capon Springs, WV, coproduced a CD with Chicago blues singer/drummer Larry Taylor. The CD titled, They Were In This House, honors blues greats Howlin' Wolf and Elmore James. . .Pamela Bradford Morris, BA, Dayton, OH, is president and CEO of Care Source. She lives in Ohio with her husband, David. . . Rosemary Hamrick Ruff, BA, Fayetteville, AR, is director of research and support sponsored programs at the University of Arkansas.

1973 Mort Gamble, BA, '76 MA, '03 EdD, is VP for institutional advancement at Hood College in Frederick, MD. He previously served in the same position at Fairmont State University. . .Thomas R. Tolley, BS, '74 MPA, Alexandria, VA, is a financial management analyst with the federal government.

1974 James M. Carrier, AB, '78 MD, Martinsburg, WV, is the surgical clerkship director at the Eastern Division of WVU's Health Science Center. He also serves as president of the medical staff at City Hospital in Martinsburg . . .Charlotte Fox Luttrell, BS, Ann Arbor, MI, is on the American Humanios Board of Eastern Michigan University. She is senior director of marketing and special events for Washtenaw United Way and received a regional award of excellence for her 2003 ad campaign. . .Karen McGill, MA, Mentor, OH, received the Crystal Apple Award for teaching excellence from The Plain Dealer—Ohio's largest newspaper. She is a middle school teacher at St. Anselm School.

1975 E. John Carns Jr., DDS, '79 MS, retired from practicing oral surgery and is currently teaching anatomy and physiology at Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg, VA. . .Deborah Sue Catsonis, BS, '81 MA, Sugarland, TX, has been teaching special education for 28 years . . .Cyril W. Reich, MS, Proctorville, OH, is a teacher at Cabell County Schools Technology Center in Huntington, WV.

1977 Bernadette L. Puzzuole, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, a partner in the corporate real estate department of Rothman Gordon, has been nominated as a Fellow of the Allegheny County Bar Association in recognition of her commitment to excellence in charitable, community, professional, and public service activities.

1979 Wendy Dankovchik, BA, '80 MS, Titusville, FL, retired from the Boeing Company at the Kennedy Space Center after more than 22 years of service with the company. She is now owner and general manager of a Bruster's Ice Cream franchise. . .Neil F. McGlone, BS, Dallas, TX, is senior VP at Michael A. Burns & Associates, a Dallas-based public relations firm.

1984 Nick A. Alvaro III, Mt. Claire, WV, is district manager for Eli Lilly & Co. and lives with his wife, Ann, and their three children in Clarksburg. . .Philip E. Seifried, BS, Annandale, NJ, is controller for the Dome-Tech Group in Edison, NJ.

1985 Jeffrey W. Barker, BS, Fairport, NY, is VP at Canandagiua National Bank & Trust in the commercial services department. . .Mark Mazzei, BS, Pittsburgh, PA, is associate general counsel of Crown Castle USA Inc., which owns more than 10,000 wireless towers in the United States. He and his wife, Laura, have four children. . .Bill Treasurer, BS, Decatur, GA, is editor of a new book called Positively M.A.D.—a compilation of stories from Berrett-Koehler Publishing.

1986 Shun Nakasone, BA, Japan, is a translator for Bobby Valentine, manager of the Chiba Lotte Mariner baseball team in Japan, and recently appeared on HBO's Real Sports.

1987 Eric Stoneking, BM, Clarksburg, WV, is the band director at Liberty High School in Clarksburg.

1988 David Antonik, BS, Slidell, LA, is a lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Marines Corps and is completing a summer tour of duty in Iraq. . . Gerald "Jerry" Blair, MA, '91 JD, Clarksburg, WV, opened a private law practice in Clarksburg after serving as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Harrison County. . . E. Biji Mathew James, BS, Sykesville, MD, is a columnist for the Howard County Times.

1989 Ken Alkire, BS, Newark, DE, opened a third location of his upscale bakery/café.

1990 Leslie J. Orner, BRBA, Gettysburg, PA, earned a master's degree in education from Western Maryland College and is teaching special education at Fayetteville Elementary School.

1991 David A. Turner Jr., BS, Lake Ridge, VA, served nearly 12 years with the U.S. Air Force and is now a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton working on unmanned vehicles. He and his wife, Karol, have two children.

1992 Kevin O'Rourke, BS, West Chester, PA, is a principal with Turner Investment Partners—an investment-management firm in Berwyn, PA. . .Ricky D. Youngblood, BS, Evington, VA, a district asset data collection manager for the Virginia Department of Transportation, earned certification as a geographic information systems professional.

1993 Kristine Faith Enright Condie, BA, Lovettsville, VA, received Loudoun County's Teacher of the Year Award in gifted education. She also owns Total Basket Cases, a gourmet gift basket and specialty food company. . .Wendy Davidson Cunning, BA, Valencia, CA, is a global product manager for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. . . Noah Stein, BS, Philadelphia, PA, is advertising director of Philadelphia Style Magazine. . .Amy Brim Tobias, BS, Indianapolis, IN, is VP of nonprofit communications for Hirons & Company Communications.

Giving Prime Time Help
By Jim Bissett

Does this alumnus look familiar? You may have seen her on TV before. Kim Webster, a 1994 WVU theater graduate, plays the recurring role of Ginger on NBC's Emmy-winning political drama, The West Wing.

When Webster isn't acting in plays or putting in 14-hour days on the set of the series starring Martin Sheen, she volunteers her time working for AIDS awareness. She is a national spokeswoman for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and travels the country speaking out for awareness of the disease.

Webster has two very special reasons for volunteering her time. She was in her freshman year at WVU when her parents decided to adopt two HIV-positive infants, Ricky and Jessica, who had been abandoned.

When speaking of her parent's decision to adopt the sick children, she said "They're very brave. They're absolute angels. I just didn't see it. Not at first. I reacted pretty badly. I'm pretty ashamed and embarrassed when I think back."

Now she says it's her mission to try to save her brother's life.

Jessica was spared. While born HIV-positive, she began testing negative at 18 months. Infants are born carrying their mother's body fluids, which are eventually replaced by their own. Sometimes that's enough to knock the HIV. That's what happened with Jessica, who is now 16.

Ricky wasn't as lucky, but regular visits to his doctors have Ricky on an even keel for now. Doctors had initially predicted the 15-year-old wouldn't live past his seventh birthday.

"We've had him for twice as long as we were supposed to," Webster said. "Every day is a blessing."
Webster appreciates the turns her life has taken.

1994 Kenneth Brown, BA, '96 MSW, Bridgeport, CT, is a group home social worker with Leake and Watts Children's Services, Inc. in the Bronx, NY. . .Alecia M. Daves-Johnson, BS, Farmville, VA, earned a master's degree in urban and environmental planning from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

1996 Beverly Jo Harris, EdD, Montgomery, WV, is president of the Community and Technical College at WVU Tech. 1995 Tom Shields, BA, is a major select in the U.S. Air Force and is part of the Phoenix Hawk Program at Scott AFB. He and his wife, Rebecca Coffin-Shields, are the proud parents of two-year-old daughter, Erin. . .Melissa Ann Swanson, BS, Charlotte, NC, is owner of a catering and event planning company in Charlotte.

1997 Caryn M. Bailey, BS, '99 MS, Alexandria, VA, is director of business development for Group Goetz Architects in Washing-ton, DC. . .Christie Ammons Galeota, BS, '99 MS, is a teacher. . . Elizabeth Koropsak-Berman, PhD, Wilmington, DE, a consulting psychologist, is named in the 2004-2005 edition of Who's Who In American Women.

1998 Maria Brenner, BA, Parkersburg, WV, received the Genesis Student Award for her short film, Remembering Bob, which tells the true story of a little boy who grows up on a pig farm in the late 1960s and is forced to kill his pet pig. The Hollywood office of the Humane Society of the United States presents the award to members of the news and entertainment media for bringing attention to animal issues with courage, creativity, and integrity.

1999 Renee Burger, BS, '02 JD, Charleston, WV, is an associate attorney at McQueen, Harmon & Murphy, LC. . .Todd Galeota, BA, Lake Wylie, SC, is an account executive for a mortgage company in Charlotte, NC. . .Joshua Kakel, BS, Sparks, MD, earned an MBA from Loyola College. . .Jennifer Brooks Luzader, BA, Wilmington, DE, graduated magna cum laude from Delaware State University where she was awarded the Delaware State Dental Society's Outstanding Dental Hygiene Student of the Year. She is practicing at Clay and Clay, specializing in pediatrics.

2000 Rebecca Morgan, BA, State College, PA, worked as a social worker in Ohio County and is now in her third year in the Pennsylvania State University School of Psychology doctoral program. . .Kevin Olkowski, BS, Abingdon, MD, works for Under Armour performance apparel in Baltimore. His wife, Tara Cerasi Olkowski, BS, works for Aventis Pharmaceuticals. . .Christine A. Whitaker-Wagner, BS, Montvale, NJ, is marketing manager for KPMG LLP. . .Chad Winkler, BS, performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the Papal Concert of Reconciliation at the Vatican, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II.

2002 Leah Bogdan, BS, Silver Spring, MD, is a junior editor for a government consulting firm. . . Adam Richard Justice, BA, Logan, WV, is studying theology at Asbury Theological Seminary and plans to graduate in May 2005.

Terry Dixon-Playing It Smart
Terry Dixon grew up in a violent and poverty-ridden area of Washington, D.C. Many of his friends and acquaintances are now dead.

Terry was lucky. He had a father that he followed everywhere. And, he had sports.

After graduating from high school, he enrolled at WVU where he was a lineman for the Mountaineer football team, playing on the Music City Bowl's championship team.

Armed with his college degree and love of the game, he returned to the D.C. area to try to help other kids in the similar situations. He teamed up with his former coach at Anacostia High to coach football. It was there that he was introduced to the National Football Foundation's Play It Smart Program—an educational program targeted at kids from tough inner city environments where family and community support are generally lacking.

As an academic coach, Terry serves as a counselor, providing the kids with extra attention to their off-the-field development, while helping them grow as players. He works with them, makes sure they go to class, checks their progress, and helps them get tutoring—whatever it takes.

For Dixon, it's an opportunity to help try to keep kids off the streets and out of harm's way through sports and school. His goal: To make them so tired that they won't want to go out onto the streets.

At less than a-dollar-a-day per student-athlete, the program has sent 87 percent of its participants to college.

Marriages
Aimee Alvarez, '93 BS, '94 MA, to Brandon Vincent, '94 BS, Herndon, VA, November 23, 2002. . .Cori Begg, '99 BFA, to Jason Bernards, '99 BFA, July 4, 2003, Pittsburgh, PA. . . Catherine Borsuk, '96 BS, to Chris Whittard, '96 BA, July 20, 2002, Sterling, VA. . .David Cornell, '87 BS, to Dr. Lisa Duke, Gainesville, FL. . .Lisa Kelley, '91 BS, to Thomas McGrath, Silver Spring, MD, April 21, 2004. . .Philip E. Seifried, '84 BS, to Danielle Pellicano, Annandale, NJ, November 2003. . . Christine Whitaker, '00 BS, to Jason Michael Wagner, Morristown, NJ, March 27, 2004.

Adoptions/Births
Lucy to Rita Schutlz Adolphson, '00 MS, and Michael Adolphson, Naperville, IL. . . Joseph Marc and Julia Patricia to Marc Cuesta, '91 BS, '92 MS, and Molly Cuesta, West Chester, PA. . .Avery Sophia to Scott Daniels, '94 BS, Lawrenceburg, IN. . .Kacey Violet to Aemy Morris Dean, '93 BA, and Matthew Dean, Tewksbury, MA. . .Mason Douglas to Stacy Moffa Deel, '98 BS, and Douglas Deel, St. Albans, WV. . .Jeffrey Thomas Jr. to Marcy Polce Devlin, '93 BS, and Jeffrey T. Devlin, Bryan, OH. . .Gabrielle Elyse to Shelley Evans Donnelly, '93 BA, Indianapolis, IN. . .Mitchell Chase to Michelle Brubaker Duez, '92 BA, and Matt Duez, '92 BS, Bridgeport, WV. . .Samuel George to Amy Byrnside Duty, '95 BS, and Eric Duty, Charlotte, NC. . .Delaney Isabel to Aimee Monroe Green, '94 BS, and Clint Green, '94 BA, Buckhannon, WV. . .Mitchell Brendt to Melanie Edwards Jacobsen, '98 BA, '99 MPA, and Brendt "Jake" Jacobsen, '99 BA, Delaware, OH. . .Julian Blake Llamas to Katie Kelley, '02 BRBA, Boise ID. . .Jacob Morgan to Suzanne Taboada Kidder, '93 BA, and Ken Kidder, '94 BS, South Riding, VA. . . Hunter Wyatt to Julie Mathess, '99 BS, and Daniel Mathess, '97 BS, Morgantown, WV. . . Katherine Faye to Kara Bonacci Nitti, '92 BS, and Michael Nitti, Robbinsville, NJ. . . Cole Broderick to Kim Overbaugh, '94 BS, and Matt Overbaugh, '93 BS, Lancaster, PA. . . Alexander to Anthony T. Securo, '98 MD, and Jackie Securo, Douglas, GA. . .Drew Jayden to Drew Shaver, '02 BA, and Julie Shaver, Core, WV. . .Antonia Jolee to Nicole Rafiani Valles, '00 BS, Savannah, GA. . .Olivia Rose to Aimee Alvarez Vincent, '93 BS, '94 MA, and Brandon Vincent, '94 BS, Ashburn, VA. . . Lauren Cate to Catherine Whittard, '96 BS, and Chris Whittard, '96 BA, Sterling, VA. . . Josey Wayne to Kelly Cawley Williamson, '01 MS, and Joshua Williamson, '97 BA, '02 MD . . .Justin Loran to Lora Zukowski Wright, '94 BA, '96 MA, and Jeff Wright, Flemington, WV.

Deaths
Antionette Hays Arkle, '67 MS, Morgantown, WV, March 12, 2004.
Anthony J. Bochicchio, '56 BS, Rockville, MD.
August C. Cappellanti, '53 BS, Morgantown, WV, May 10, 2004.
Earl L. Carpenter, '37 MA, Fairmont, WV, April 16, 2004.
Edmund E. Collins, '32 AB, '37 MA, Morgantown, WV, March 22, 2004.
Maxson B. Collins, '60 MA, Oakland, MD, June 13, 2004.
James M. Cornwell, '53 BA, Decatur, GA, June 21, 2004.
Anthony "Tony" G. DiBartolomeo, '63 BA, '67 MD, Morgantown, WV, April 17, 2004.
William D. Domico, '59 BS, Tallahassee, FL, May 30, 2004.
Helen Elizabeth Baker DuPuy, '37 AB, Charlotte, NC, May 11, 2004.
Lillian A. Wotring Faux, '40, Morgantown, WV, March 29, 2004.
G. Drew Forrester, '74 BS, '92 MSW, '93 MPA, Martinsburg, WV, June 21, 2004.
Carolyn R. Frame, '53 BS, Morgantown, WV, May 19, 2004.
Elizabeth "Betty" Furfari, '47 BS, Morgantown, WV, June 2, 2004.
Frank W. Glover Jr., '47 BS, Morgantown, WV, May 10, 2004.
Harper Granville Grimm, '33 BA, '37 JD, Morgantown, WV, March 1, 2004.
Charles H. Haden II, '58 BS, '61 JD, Charleston, WV, March 20, 2004.
Elizabeth V. Hallahan, '51 JD, Charleston, WV, June 8, 2004. Charlene
Marie Homer, '87 BS, Nitro, WV, February 26, 2004.
Larry Harless, '80 JD, Charleston, WV, April 1, 2004.
Jack Highwart, '56 BS, Torrance, CA, May 8, 2004.
Lillian Columbia Hughes, '43 AB, Morgantown, WV, May 12, 2004.
Joseph William Jeran, '63, Morgantown, WV, February 24, 2004.
Jack Richard "Dick" Leftridge, '76 BA, Morgantown, WV, February 27, 2004.
William D. Looney, '48 AB, Memphis, TN, January 29, 2004.
Harold A. "Zip" Lorenz, '39 BS, Charles Town, WV, March 14, 2004.
Robert Louderback, '52 JD, Charleston, WV, May 28, 2004.
William B. Marcrum, '51 BS, Chardon, OH, February 6, 2004.
Lorraine S. Mason, Wilmington, NC, May 9, 2004.
Robert Lee McCormick, '50 AB, Cocoa Beach, FL, June 19, 2004. S
ue Ann Miller, '65 BA, '61 MA, Shinnston, WV, February 22, 2004.
Tomas H. Newbraugh, '64 BS, '66 MS, '70 JD, Morgantown, WV, March 23, 2004.
Ardith Lowry Orth, '68 BS, Fairfax, VA, March 25, 2004.
Elizabeth Tuckwiller Peck, '39 BA, Spokane, WA, March 24, 2004.
Virginia Belle Davies Rogers, '31 BS, Smyrna, GA, December 22, 2002.
Stanley E. Romanoski, '42 BS, '50 MS, Morgantown, WV, June 26, 2004.
Hazel Tidler See, '35 BA, Winchester, VA, December 20, 2003.
Douglas Chidester Talbott, '49 BS, West Hartford, CT, February 25, 2004.
Catherine "Kay" Ann Allen Thompson, '51 BS, Beckley, WV, March 9, 2004.
Grace Anne Keyser Tuckwiller, '45 BS, Lewisburg, WV, March 28, 2004.
Henry L. Walker, '69 BS, Columbus, OH, June 4, 2004.
Marshal Gordon Walls, '63 BS, '66 JD, Welch, WV, February 20, 2004.
George Blackburn "Buffy" Warner, '76 BS, '79 MS, Ocracoke Island, NC, June 11, 2004.
Victor Ross Watne, '71 MA, Morgantown, WV, March 23, 2004.
Ray H. Watson, '54 MSPE, Elizabeth, WV, May 18, 2004.
Benjamin Hays Webb II, '48 LLB, Charleston, WV, March 18, 2004.
Joseph E. Wilkinson, '50 BA, Norfolk, VA, June 26, 2004.
Robert "Bob" E. Wright, '48 BA, '54 JD, Sistersville, WV, March 1, 2004.
James Edward Zeno, '78 BS, Bulger, PA, March 17, 2004.

Faculty and Staff Deaths
Lawrence "Larry" Keith Christianson, Morgantown, WV, March 1, 2004.
John Luchok, '44 BSJR, Morgantown, WV, June 30, 2004.
John Racin Jr., Morgantown, WV, March 2, 2004.

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