ALUMNI “WALL OF HONOR” The West Liberty University Alumni Board of Directors instituted a project in 1990 to demonstrate to current students, visitors, and friends that the college has some very successful graduates. This project, known as the “Alumni Wall of Honor,” is a dramatic way to honor some of the college’s most distinguished alumni and display pride in the accomplishments of its graduates. The concept was suggested by then Associate Professor of Physics Robert W. Schramm, who is a 1958 graduate of the college and a 2002 Alumni Wall of Honor inductee. The Alumni Wall of Honor is housed in the south end of the Union known as the Alumni Lounge.
John W Hoppers
Inducted 2014John Wm. Hoppers has been in the private practice of law since 1968 with Strip, Hoppers, Leithart, McGrath & Terlecky LPA, where he is a principal of the firm. Areas of concentration include corporate formation and governance matters, insolvency, state court receivership, business planning and formation, estate planning and probate.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1963 at West Liberty, then went on to earn a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1968. He is admitted to practice before Ohio Courts, Federal District Court for Southern District of Ohio and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hopper is a member of Columbus Bar Association (CBA) and the Ohio Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the Columbus Bar Foundation and former committee chair for CBA committees including: Volunteer Mediator, Common Pleas and Municipal Courts. He is a popular lecturer at Continuing Legal Education seminars. He was an adjunct professor at both Capital University Law School and The Ohio State University College of Dentistry where he taught both business law and basic tax introduction.
A resident of Columbus, Ohio, his civic activities include trustee positions at: Maple Grove United Methodist Church; Wesley Glen Methodist retirement center (Ohio Methodist Elder Care) and Humboldt Lodge F.& A.M. He also serves as a volunteer radio reader for Voice Corps service to the blind and disabled.
He serves an agency of the US Department of Defense, the Employer Support of Guard and Reserves (ESGR) since 1994. He was certified as ombudsman at Great Lakes Naval Station in 1996; appointed Ohio ombudsman coordinator and served from Post-Desert Shield through the 9-11attacks. Hoppers also served four years as Ohio State ESGR chairman.