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.
Robert N. Susko earned his doctor of law degree in 1976 from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained and started a law practice that he has maintained to this day. He has lectured to many organizations and has afforded counseling and free representation to the indigent…
Robert H. Sykes, professor emeritus of West Liberty State College, has held professorships at Bethany College, Ohio University, and Washington & Jefferson College. In his 40 years at WLSC, Sykes was student body president, president of the Veterans Club, professor of language and literature, and an administrator. He authored three…
Richard F. Terry, MD, is a practicing cardiologist in Wheeling, WV. He completed his internship, residency, and fellowship training at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, OH, after graduating from the WVU School of Medicine. Terry returned to Wheeling in 1978 and was the key figure in the development of…
Linda K. Toops Lemasters completed her EdD and CAGS at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is an EdS and MSA graduate of The George Washington University, and was invited and studied briefly at Exeter College at Oxford. Linda makes her home in Gloucester, Virginia, where she was the former…
Supported by a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Tucker earned his MA in English (1966) at the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. (1970), specializing in medieval and renaissance literature, from Harvard University. He later did postdoctoral study in law as a visiting fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Before his retirement…
Nancy S. Warmuth attended Southern Seminary and Junior College in Buena Vista, Va., majoring in biology before transferring to WLSC, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene in 1947. She completed post graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry through the Postgraduate Education…
Dona Elane Wayman received her Ed.D. from Columbia University, where she became a faculty member of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery. Wayman later became the Director of Dental Hygiene at Columbia until the Division was closed. She served the University as Corporate Representative to American Association of University…
Gary E. West began his career with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in various positions and by 1970, reached the level of district manager of the State of Connecticut. At that time, West purchased the Valley Welding Supply Company, a one plant, seven employee industrial gas and welding supply…
Currently Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Dr. Mary H. Whitman leads a group of 13 full-time employees. During her 13-year tenure at Janssen, Whitman has received several Johnson and Johnson Standards of Leadership Awards for Publication Excellence and holds two Greenbelt Awards in Publications. She…
Born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, Sara Wiedt first came in contact with Professor Al de Jaager and West Liberty University when chosen for the West Virginia state-funded FACTS (Fine Arts Center for Talented Students) program. She attended Webster University and Missouri State University before earning a degree in…
Kristina K. “Kris” Williams is a distinguished 1986 graduate of West Liberty and practically grew up on campus where her father, Roland “Rollie” Williams, was a life-long professor and her mother, Vera Williams, worked in the Elbin Library. After completing her undergraduate work at WLU, she went on to earn…
Vic Wood attended West Liberty State College from 1974-1978, where he earned four letters in football and two letters in track. He was a sprinter on the 1975 WVIAC Track Championship. Wood earned a B.A. in sociology in 1978. After graduation, he served as a W.Va. State Trooper from 1979-1983…
