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Letitia Byrd, '47, was selected "Citizen of the Year" in a program sponsored by the "Ann Arbor News" on January 12, 1997.
Paul J. Tuffin, '51, was selected as a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals.
Robert Harrison, Jr., Ph.D., '68, was the keynote speaker for the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce's Literacy Awareness Conference on March 19, 1997. He is the Director of the Office of Professional Development and School Recognition and Coordinator of English Language Arts for the West Virginia Department of Education.
Stanley Woody, '68, was appointed to a new high school feeder pattern leader post, "school improvement leader," in Toledo Public Schools on April 14, 1997.
Drema Lively Burleson, received her Certificate in Day Care for North Carolina in May 1996 from Mitchell Community College in Statesville, North Carolina. She is a resident attendant in the Jurney's of Statesville Retirement facility.
Deborah Rosenthal Goldstein, '71, is vice president and manager of Union Loan Company, Inc. of Bluefield, West Virginia and chairperson of Bluefield's Human Rights and Community Relations Commission.
Debbie Sudduth Green, '76, has had two chapters published in a Mosby Book Company publication, "Practical Approaches to Patient Teaching." She also reviewed five chapters for Mosby for another book, "The Twenty-Five Most Common Diseases." She is the manager for a medical-surgical telemetry services at the Moses H. Care Health Care System in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Richard Harless, '73, is the administrator of the independent satellite prison camp at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley, West Virginia.
Ronald L. Harris, '72, has been appointed by West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood as director of the Office of Miners, Health, Safety and Training.
J. Franklin Long, '72, has been selected "1997 Member of the Year" of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association. The Trial Lawyers' Association is the state's second largest professional organization for attorneys.
Dorothy Lively Tatum, graduated from the National Business College in May 1996 with an associate degree. She received the M. A. Symth Award in Computer Science. She is a dispatcher for the Cimarron Coach.
A. Keith Wagner, '76, has been appointed by the West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood to serve as a deputy commissioner of the state Alcohol Beverage Control Administration.
Rob Brown, '89, is currently pursuing his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
Donna Jean Bryant, '86, and Fred Richard Brinkle were married on September 22, 1997. She is a clinical information systems consultant for Ernst and Young in Washington, DC.
Bonnie Taylor Carter, '82, received her Postgraduate Certificate from Marshall University as a Family Nurse Practitioner on May 10, 1997. She is the Director of Education at Princeton Community Hospital.
Tim M. Dalton, '82, is an electric and instrumentation reliability engineer for Hoechest Celanese in Narrows, Virginia. He is responsible for developing and implementing predictive and preventive maintenance programs for electrical equipment and instrumentation.
Bonnie Henry Carter, '82, received her Post-graduate Certificate from Marshall University as a Family Nurse Practitioner on May 10, 1997. She is the director of education at Princeton Community Hospital.
David Allen Hedge, '87, married Joan Leigh Metcalf on January 11, 1997. He is an engineer for Nortel Technology in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Toni Thompson Johnson, '87, recently opened the Bluefield Chapel Funeral Home in Bluefield, West Virginia. She is also a chief dispatcher for Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
Thomas Kirk, '80, was one of three members of a panel for the train-the-trainer seminar sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The topic was "The Future of West Virginia Criminal Justice."
Sylvester C. Myers, '86, received the Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator's Award for Excellence. The award exemplify out-standing performance by a government contractor. He is a member of the Anthony Bowen YMCA Board of Management and chairperson of the Bluefield State College Board of Advisors.
Janet Davis Neal, '84, was awarded the A. L. Simmons Scholarship to pursue studies in the travel and tourism field. The scholarship was awarded by The ASTA Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the American Society of Travel Agents, Inc. (ASTA).
Stacey L. Boardwine, '95, and Christopher P. Flanagan, '95, were married on March 15, 1997. She is employed by True Line, Inc. in Thorpe and he is attending the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Steve Browning, '91 and Brenda Gillenwater Browning are the parents of twins, Kelsi Lea and Alex Stephen, born March 5, 1997, weighing in at eight pounds, three ounces and seven pounds, eight-and-one-quarter ounces respectively. Steve is a meter reader for American Electric Power in Bluefield, West Virginia.
Nicholas Canoy, '96, is the assistant softball coach for Bluefield State College.
Traci Richardson Cassell, '95, and Christopher L. Cassell, '93, are the parents of a baby girl, Taylor Mackenzie, born May 1, 1997, weighing in at seven pounds, fourteen ounces.
Lyle A. Davidson, '96, recently completed basic training at Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, South Carolina and was promoted to Private First Class.
Anthony Dillard, '95, received his Master's Degree in Social Science from West Virginia University (May 1997). He is a representative of the Daniel Memorial Agency in Jacksonville, Florida, a non-profit organization working in conjunction with the regional juvenile justice system to assist adjudicated youth in the area.
Peggy J. Epling, '93, graduated from West Virginia Graduate College in May 1996 with a Master of Art degree in Counseling. She is employed with Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Saulsville, West Virginia.
Faye Hairston, '91, is employed by the Wonderland Kindergarten in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Dennis Lee Jarvis, II, '95, received his Master of Arts in Political Science from Marshall University on May 9, 1997 with a concentration in Public Administration. He is employed by the Securities Division of the State Auditor's Office in Charleston, West Virginia.
David Matthew Kidd, '95, married Latisha Robin Lane on January 18, 1997. He is an engineering technician with Concrete Pipe and Products in Salem, Virginia.
Lance Lee, '94, is a probation and parole officer for the West Virginia Division of Corrections in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He covers a four county region of southeastern West Virginia.
Charity McDaniel, '92, was the women's division winner in the 17th Annual Bluefield Regional Wellness Center 10K Road Race. Her time was 46:19.
Nancy Moore, '96, was selected by the Mercer County Board of Education for the "110 Percent Club" for a service personnel honor in January 1997. She is a programmer for the administrative offices.
Kara Peecher, '96, is the softball coach for Bluefield State College.
Calvin Harless Proffitt, Jr., '95, and Amy Jo Boyce were married on December 7, 1996. He is a police officer for the city of Perry, Georgia.
David M. Socks, '91, has been promoted to Assistant Vice President at Marshall Miller and Associates' Ashland, Virginia office.
Debbie Surface Turner, '95, received her Master of Science degree in Nursing from Kent State University on May 18, 1997 with a speciality in Adult Nurse Practitioner. She was the recipient of the Linnea Henderson Award for having a 4.0 GPA.
Pamela "Michelle" Ward, '93, is employed with the Georgia Department of Transportation in Thomaston, Georgia.
Kimberly Weatherly, '96, and Greg Weatherly are the parents of a son, Gene Andrew Weatherly, born November 19, 1996, weighing in at six pounds, one-half ounce.
Jennifer S. White, '97, and Thurman S. Dickerson, III, '96, were married on January 4, 1997.