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.
Rhea Rutter Haxton has been recognized as one of the outstanding art educators during her 27-year teaching career. Haxton has taught in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Florida and Texas. Her accomplishments throughout her career are too numerous to mention. Because West Liberty State College is noted for its teacher education…
John Hennen is a 1970 graduate of West Liberty. After earning his Master of Arts degree in acting and directing at West Virginia University he served as the Associate Director of Arts and Humanities at the Center for the Arts in Charleston, W.Va. where he managed the statewide Grants Program…
Ben A. Hitt majored in biology and chemistry at WLSC and earned a bachelor of science degree in 1966. After graduation, he enrolled in the Department of Biochemistry at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and earned a doctor of philosophy degree in biochemistry in 1970. After doing post-doctoral…
John 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.…
Gerald Huffman is the Director of the Consortium for Fossil Fuel Science (CFFS) and a Research Professor of the Departments of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kentucky. The CFFS is a research consortium that includes participants from the University of Kentucky, West Virginia…
James R. Hupp is president of American Office Systems, Inc. with headquarters in Charleston, WV. He began a successful career at 3M Company and then founded American Office Systems in 1983. The company continues to grow and now includes four branch offices and sales topping $18,000,000. He was recognized by…
Gary B. Inclan earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration from WLSC in 1964. He began his real estate career with the W.Va. Department of Highways before moving to Florida in 1971, where he joined O.R. Colan Associates and was named vice president in 1975. In 1976 he…
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…
Brian E. Joseph is a visionary, inventor and an American entrepreneur. Joseph started in an unheated basement with a $101.00 piece of scientific equipment with which he created the remarkably successful Touchstone Research Laboratory, which has emerged into one of the most successful and innovative private companies in America. He…
Dan Joseph is a 1975 graduate of West Liberty State College. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from West Virginia University and his Master of Science in Orthodontics from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Joseph established his orthodontic practice in Wheeling in 1980. He has served as…
Robert L. Joseph received his master of science degree in bacteriology from West Virginia University in 1966 and graduated from the WVU School of Medicine in 1968. He served in the US Navy and was honorably discharged in 1972. Joseph served his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh…
Katie Kacmarik earned her bachelor’s degree in biology at West Liberty in 2008 and went on to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at West Virginia University in 2012. While at WLU, she served with the Student Government Association, was advertising manager of the Trumpet, president of the Biology Club,…