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.
Richard D Edge
Inducted 2003Richard D. Edge earned a bachelor’s degree in business education / health education and physical education from West Liberty State College in 1964 and a master’s degree from University of Dayton in 1975. He spent the next 40 years in education as a teacher/coach, assistant high school principal, high school and elementary principal and superintendent of Monroe Co. and Belmont Co. schools. As a coach he touched the lives of many students who participated on the football, basketball, wrestling, track and cross country teams. His personal sports accolades include starting wrestling at Triadelphia and Warwood high schools as well as four other junior high teams in Ohio County. He also founded the first Pee Wee wrestling team in Ohio County. With a distinguished career as educator and coach, Edge is no stranger to receiving awards. He was nominated Outstanding Young Educator in West Virginia in 1966. In 1975 he was named Eastern Ohio district coach of the year in wrestling and four years later named OVAC “Mr. Mat,” a distinction awarded for outstanding contributions to Valley wrestling. He was inducted into the WLSC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997 and served two terms as president of the WLSC Alumni Association Board of Directors.