Thursday, October 7^th

 7 p.m. Alumni Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony; Alumni Lounge, College Union 

The West Liberty University Alumni Association Board of Directors instituted a project in 1990 to showcase our very successful graduates of the University.  This project is named the “Alumni Wall of Honor.” It is a dramatic way to honor some of the University’s most distinguished alumni. It eloquently displays the pride we hold in the accomplishments of our graduates. 

 This year’s inductees include:  

Louis P. Cardamone, 1965

        After graduating from West Liberty State College in 1965 with a B.A. in education, Louis P. Cardamone began his Ohio teaching career. In 1968, he was selected for a fellowship at West Virginia University and attended there as a full-time student until he completed his M.A. in Counseling and Guidance at the conclusion of the 1968-69 year. Cardamone returned to public education in Ohio while concomitantly continuing his graduate studies in school administration at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

  He was recognized by his Ohio contemporaries as one of the state’s most effective school superintendents. Under his leadership, pioneering educational programs were included in his school districts; these types of programs are common-place today. The programs Cardamone instilled included multi-aged grouping, inclusionary programs for handicapped students and year-round schooling. 

  In 1993, the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, the state school superintendent’s organization, awarded Cardamone the “Exemplary Leadership Award.” That same year, the Ohio County Boards Association recognized him for the leadership that resulted in the students in his school districts improving their performance on the state’s proficiency examinations 

 The curricular and instructional programs in every school district Cardamone served as its superintendent were improved, but one of his most notable achievements was establishing the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the Warren City Schools Harding High School. Of this nation’s 26,000 public and private high schools, Harding High was only one of 400 high schools to be accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. 

     Cardamone spent 31 years as a public school educator before retiring in 1996 because of family circumstances. With the exception of two years, he served in five of Ohio’s public school districts and as the superintendent of schools in three of those districts. 

Joseph D. Clark, Jr. (1964)

          Born in Wheeling, W.Va., and raised in Ohio, Dr. Joseph D. Clark, Jr. earned a B.A. degree in biology/education from then West Liberty State College in 1964. After graduation he began his graduate education at West Virginia University earning an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in pharmacology and did post-doctoral research at the University of Missouri.

  Clark’s career spanned more than 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry dedicated to enhancing the safety and effectiveness of non-prescription drugs. He held various executive positions including Vice President Research, Medical and Dental Clinical Research, and Regulatory Affairs at the Warner Lambert Company and Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Schering Plough Healthcare.

  Working with industry executives, trade organizations, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration he played a significant role in the Over-the-Counter Drug Review, which resulted in non-prescription drug products with proven safety and effectiveness and standardized comprehensive labeling. Many drugs previously available only by prescription were evaluated and approved for over-the-counter use.

  Dr. Clark also served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and the first Director of the Drug Product Evaluation Program designed to educate future pharmacists in clinical research and the new drug application (NDA) regulatory process.

  He served on the Board of Directors and was Chairman of the Research and Development Council of New Jersey, an association of many of the nation’s leading technology-based commercial and academic organizations. He chaired the Patent Award Committee that annually recognized a New Jersey inventor and invention and was a member of the Selection Committee for the New Jersey Inventors Congress and Hall of Fame.

  In his hometown of Randolph, N.J., he was active in the community and local government. He chaired the Drug Action Committee and was a member of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, the Planning Board, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. He was elected to a term on the Randolph Township Council. Kiwanis International recognized him as a “Distinguished President” of the Randolph Kiwanis.

Chip Ingram, 1976 

       Immediately after graduating from West Liberty State College in 1976, with the dream of teaching and coaching basketball, Chip Ingram played on three international basketball teams throughout South America and the Orient against Olympic teams.  While there, he caught a vision for something he never dreamed of … that God could use an ordinary person like him to accomplish extraordinary things. He realized that his coaching experience and education from WLU actually prepared him to “coach” people for Christ and become a pastor.  From that time on, Ingram has been on quite the journey. He started out at a small rural Texan church where it grew from 30 to 500 people, and then moved to California where he led a church congregation of 1,000 that grew to 4,000. It was there that God took those coaching and communication skills way beyond his wildest dreams. Birthed out of his passion to help Christians live like Christians, Ingram founded “Living on the Edge,” a teaching and discipleship ministry that is heard over 900 radio outlets in the USA, has a million weekly listeners, and is broadcasted on television in all the Arab- and Russian-speaking countries of the world, along with parts of Africa and South East Asia. He is also the author of 12 books, including his latest, Living on the Edge: Dare to Experience True Spirituality.   Ingram currently serves as the senior pastor of Venture Church in Los Gatos, Calif., where he resides with his wife, Theresa. They are the parents of four grown children and grandparents to eight grandchildren.