Eberly College Alumni Recognition Award Recipients

2009

Gudfinna Bjarnadottir
Deputy Speaker of Althingi for the Reykjavik North Constituency, MA Psychology 1989, PHD Psychology 1991

Jane Burdette
Disability Consultant, MA Comm Stud 1984

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2008

Asra Q. Nomani
Author and Journalist, BA Liberal Arts 1986

Chuck Kinder
Author and Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh, BA English 1967, MA English 1968

Vaughn L. Kiger
President, Morgantown Branch, Old Colony Realtors, BA History 1966

Steven Shreve
Orion Hoch Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon U, BA For Lang 1972

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2007

Kimberly Weaver
Astronomer and Adj Associate Professor of Physics, John Hopkins U, BS Phsyics 1987

Jon K. Hammock
President and CEO, KeyLogic Systems, Inc., BS Computer Sci 1988

E. Ralph Heinz
Neuroradiology Specialist, Duke University, BA Liberal Arts 1951

David A. Faber
Chief Judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of WV, BA History 1964

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2006

Peter J. Kalis
Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP, BA Political Science 1972

Cheryl L. Ware
Children’s Author, BA English 1988, MA English 1991

James P. Zacny
Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care, University of Chicago, MA Psychology 1981, PHD Psychology 1983

Dwight B. Billings
Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky, BA Soc Anthro 1970

John E. Ferling
Professor Emeritus of History, University of West Georgia, PHD History 1971

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2005

A.L. Emch
CEO, Jackson & Kelly , AB English 1969

Richard M. Adams
CEO, United Bankshares, Inc. and United Bank, BA Political Science 1968

Bonnie L. Yegidis
Provost, Florida Gulf Coast University, MS 1976

Jon L. Jordan
Federal Air Surgeon, Federal Aviation Administration, BA A&S 1958

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2004

Thomas E. Potter
Retired Attorney and Partner, Jackson & Kelly, BA Political Science 1955, JD 1957

G. William Whitehurst
Kaufman Lecturer of Public Affairs, Old Dominion Univ., PHD History 1967

Larry V. Starcher
Chief Justice, West Virginia State Supreme Court, BA Political Science 1964, JD 19670

Mary Ellen Mazey
Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Wright State University, AB Soc Antrho 1970, MA Geol & Geog 1972

Maggie Anderson
Director of Wick Poetry Program, Kent State University, BA English 1971, MA English 1973, MSW 1977

Dorothy J. Dotson
Vice President for Investments, WVU Foundation, Inc and former Managing Director of NatWest Markets, BA Political Science 1966

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2003

Jay Alan Garner
Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Development Officer, Chattanooga, Area of Commerce, Chattanooga, Tennessee, BA Political Science 1978, MPA 1979

James Raymond Gabriel *
Co-Founder and Pres., Gabriel Brothers, Inc., MA Political Science 1951

William D. Barnhart
Physician and Program Director, Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of the University of Chicago Hospitals, Weiss, BA A&S 1967

Diane E. Papalia
Author and Psychologist, PHD Psychology 1971

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2002

Harlan R. Janes
Retired Vice President, ACNielson, Regents BA 2000

Thomas A. Lyson
Professor of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, BA Soc Anthro 1970, MA Soc Anthro 1972

Mark Royden Winchell *
Professor of English, Clemson University, BA English 1971, MA English 1973

Laura L. Carstensen
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, MA Psychology 1980, PHD Psychology 1983

David D. Meisel
Distinguished Professor of Physics, SUNY at Geneseo, BS Physics 1961

John A. Cardea
Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, BS A&S 1962, MD 1966

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2001

Eugene P. Salvati
Surgeon, Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, BA A&S 1944, BS Medicine 1945

Jennie Hunter-Cevera
President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, BA Biology 1970, MS Agricult. 1972

William R. Haden
President, West Virginia Wesleyan College, BA Political Science 1964

Cecil H. Underwood *
Governor, State of West Virginia, MA Political Science 1952

Sharon B. Lord
President, Sharon Lord Associates, AB English 1965

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2000

Margaret C. Hambrick
Regional Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, BS HRE 1971, MPA 1982

Steven C. Hayes
Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, MA Psychology 1974, PHD Psychology 1977

M. Blane Michael
Federal Judge, AB Political Science 1965

Edwin F. Flowers
Judge and University Administrator, JD 1954

Addison M. Fischer
Owner, Fischer International Systems Corporation, BA Mathematics 1970

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1999

Irene McKinney
West Virginia Poet Laureate, MA English 1970

Rebecca C. Cain
President, National League of Women Voters, BA Political Science 1968

Alan D. Poling
Professor of Psychology, Western Michigan University, MA Psychology 1974, MA HRE 1978

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* An asterisk indicates that the recipient has deceased