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 A. Zavalney graduated in 1977 with a B.A. in Secondary Education majoring biology and general science. He began his teaching career at Foshay Middle School in South Central Los Angeles in a classroom filled with illegally smuggled exotic animals from around the world donated by Fish & Wildlife. These…