THE INSTITUTE REPORT Volume XV August 28, 1987 Numberl An occasional publication of the Public Information Office, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia 24450. Tel. (703) 463-6207. Corps to Hear ucture on AIDS The Corps ofCadets will have an important opportunity next week to hear a noted University of Virginia physician talk to them on the realities ofAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the deadly viral disease that kills by destroying the body's ability to fight illnesses. Dr. Richard Keeling, a hematologist at the University of Virginia H?spital and director ofthe University's Student Health Department, wIll address the Corps on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7:30p.m. in Cameron Hall. The program is also open to faculty and staff. As chairman of the American College Health Association's task force on AIDS, Dr. Keeling is a national figure in the effort to educate the nation's college-age population about the deadly virus. In the last two years, the Tidewater Virginia native, who is married and the father of three, has conducted seminars at more than 100 nationwide colleges and universities. He is a 1969 graduate ofthe University of Virginia Joseph M. Spivey, III Bruce B. Cameron and received his medical degree at Thfts University. Spivey Named Board of Visitors President SAT Scores Show Marked Increase Joseph M. Spivey, III, a Richmond attorney with the state's largest law firm, Hunton and Williams, has been elected president ofthe VMI College Board scores for VMI's 407 new cadets, who matriculated Board of Visitors, whose members also selected business executive Aug. 19, represent the highest differential ever between the national Bruce B. Cameron, of Wilmington, N.C., as vice president. average and that of the new fourth class, whose average SAT score is Election of officers of the 17-member board was held in early just over 1080, up 44 points from last year and some 175 points above August at the board's annual summer meeting. the indicated national average of905. Itis the highest SAT average for an entering VMI class in more than twenty years and the fifth best in Spivey, a 1957 VMI graduate who was recently reappointed to a VMI history. second four-year term on the board, succeeds Lynchburg business leader George P. Ramsey, Jr., who stepped down after two years as The new cadet class also represents a significant improvement in president. He has one year of board service remaining. Cameron, a selectivity, said Col. William J. Buchanan, retiring director of 1938 VMI graduate who is also beginning his eighth year on the board, ~dmissions, whose acceptance rate among the 1200 "true" applica­ succeeds retiring vice president 1. Robert Philpott, ofLexington, N.C. tlons was 63 percent, down nearly to percent from last year in an effort to keep the class size near 400. Retirement for Buchanan who has New members of the board, appointed in August by Governor served as admissions officer for the past decade, became eff~ctive with Gerald L. Baliles, are William A. Hazel, of Broad Run, and Dr. the arrival of the new fourth class. Harvey S. Sadow, ofNew Canaan, Conn. Hazel, a developer and con­ tractor in Northern Virginia, is chairman ofthe board of William A. Approximately 44 members of the class are receiving athletic scholarship aid in nine sports, and, as always, they easily meet the Hazel, Inc., ofChantilly. Dr. Sadow, a graduate ofVMI'sclass of 1944, is president and chief executive officer ofthe Boehringer Ingelheim academic eligibility standards prescribed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In addition to 14 foreign students in the class, Corp., a German-based chemical firm located at Ridgefield, Conn. there are brothers who are not twins and two ofthree valedictorians They replace retiring board members Philpott and James F. Betts, of from the same school, Brunswick Academy, in Lawrenceville, Va. The Richmond. The Governor's reappointments also included a second three June graduates ended up with perfect grades and thus shared four-year term for James W. Enochs, Jr., of Hopewell. the title ofvaledictorian. Tho came to VMI. The third, a girl, will be entering Washington and Lee. The only set ofbrothers in the class are Of Dukes and Bagpipes from Virginia Beach. One is a transfer from a Virginia university, while the other is entering college for the first time. Kilted soldiers of the Atholl Highlanders of Scotland, complete Seven members ofthe class are natives of the Republic of China; with pipers and drummers ofthe Atholl Highlander Pipe Band, will two are from Thailand; and there is one each from Brazil, Canada, make a parade appearance at VMI on Friday, Sept. 25, during the Hong Kong, Panama, and Vietnam. Two are resident aliens, one is a historic group's first visit to the United States. Commanding the permanent resident, and the other eleven are on student visas. Athollmen will be the tenth Duke of AthoU, George I. Murray, into whose family the dukedom passed in 1629. During their one-day visit to VMI, the historic group, called the last remaining private army in Europe, will join the Corps of Cadets in the 4 p.m. Friday parade. Their U.S. visit will also take them to a number ofSeptember events, including the New Hampshire Highland Games; the Williamsburg Scottish Festival; a parade appearance in Alexandria; and the 225th anniversity celebration ofthe founding of the town of Athol, Mass. The Atholl Highlanders, who number about 80 in all, preserve the ancient traditions ofScotland by providing the honor guard at royal visits and participation in other such festive occasions. They have their headquarters at Blair Castle, where the Dukes ofAtholl have lived for seven centuries. The castle was opened to public visitation in 1936. The 407 members o/the new cadet class make it thefifth largest in VMI history Page 2, Tbe Institute Report, August 28, 1987 Museum Displays Wyeth Portrait of Jackson While likenesses of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson are generally commonplace at VMI, the VMI Museum currently has on display a Jackson portrait that is a departure from the usual image of the professor who led the Corps of Cadets off to war in 1861. The large and dramatic oil-on-canvas painting is a full- figure study of Jackson by artist N. C. Wyeth, who with his son Andrew and grand­ son James became a three-generation family dynasty in American art. The portrait by the senior Wyeth shows Jackson and his horse illuminated against clouds of mist or smoke. N. C. Wyeth, 1882-1945, first gained fame as an illustrator of classic Brig. Gen; John W Knapp literature. His portrait of Jackson was painted in 1910 as the frontis­ piece for the Civil War novel The Long Roll by Virginia author Mary Johnston, a native of Botetourt County. The painting has been Dean Gets USAR Division Command reproduced in a number of publications, most recently on the back cover of Virginia Cavalcade magazine. Brig. Gen. John W. Knapp, dean of the faculty at VMI, is the new commander of the U.S. Army Reserve's 80th Division (Training), The Jackson portrait was recently purchased in California by a made up of some 5,000 Reservists in 22 Virginia communities and one private collector who has placed it on loan to the VMI Museum. It is unit in Baltimore, Md. Division headquarters are in Richmond. The expected to be on exhibit until next summer. The first public display 33-year veteran of Army Reserve service succeeded Maj. Gen. John ofthe painting at VMI in July coincided with the Washington, D.C., P. Henderson, Jr., who retired from the command in July. opening of the Corcoran Gallery's monumental exhibition of paintings by the three Wyeth family artists. That exhibition, which Gen. Knapp, whose military service has included five separate showed in Russia earlier this year, is scheduled to close this weekend. assignments with the 80th Division, was deputy commander of the 97th Army Reserve Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md. Commissioned at graduation from VMI in 1954, he served on active New PNS is 1960 VMI Graduate military duty until March 1958, when he joined the 80th Division. In past Division assignments he has served as instructor with the 2079th Ceremonies July 17 in the Naval ROTC unit at VMI saw command USAR School; battalion commander; brigade deputy commander; of the Navy-Marine Corps unit handed over to Col. William H. commander, 80th Training Command; and deputy commander, 80th Dabney, a 33-year Marine veteran whose combat decorations include Maneuver Training Command. the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam. Gen. Knapp is, in addition, vice chairman ofthe U.S. Army Science Col. Dabney, a 1960 VMI graduate from Gloucester County, Board and a member of the Secretary of the Army's Task Force to succeeded Col. Thomas 1. Solak, also of the U.S. Marine Corps, who Evaluate Reserve Component Personnel Management Systems. had served as professor of naval science since 1984. Col. Solak's new A former civil engineering professor and VMI department head, assignment will take him to Marine Corps headquarters in Gen. Knapp has been a member of the faculty since 1959 and dean Washington, D.C. Col. Dabney comes to VMI from assignment at the since 1984. He is a registered professional engineer, holds M.S. and National Defense University at Fort McNair, also in Washington, Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University in environmental where he was a senior military fellow at the Strategic Concepts engineering, and is widely recognized for his contributions to Development Center. education and engineering research. The new naval science professor, who heads a unit in which some 30 percent of the VMI Corps of Cadets is enrolled, entered VMI in 1957 after a year of college and three years of enlisted service with the WAC: Thoughts on Writing and Learning Third Marine Division in Japan and Okinawa. He was discharged as a sergeant and while a cadet at VMI, continued to serve in the Marine A volume of 13 essays written by the first VMI professors to prac­ Corps Reserve. He was commissioned at graduation from VMI, where tice intensively the teaching devices of Writing Across the Curriculum he received a bachelor of arts degree in English. He is also a graduate (WAC) is being distributed to all members of the faculty. It is entitled of the Marine Corps Command and General Staff College and the Galley Proofs, Interim Thoughts on Writing and Learning. National War College. The spiral-bound collection, assembled by English professor Dr. Before his assignment to the National Defense University, Col. James B. Davis, coordinator ofthe WAC program at VM1, is an effort Dabney spent three years as commanding officer ofthe Marine head­ to help other faculty members profit from the achievements, as well quarters battalion at Henderson Hall in Arlington. Previously he as the mistakes, of the first group of teachers to be formally trained commanded the 9th Marines, Third Marine Division, at Okinawa. He in the various devices of WAC. The essays, says Davis, do not repre­ has also served with the National Emergency Airborne Command sent the ultimate application of WAC but show the strengths and Post, a Joint Chiefs of Staff organization at Offutt Air Force Base, weaknesses, as well as pitfalls and significant side benefits, of specific Neb., and with the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Calif. exercises as explained by those who have implemented the program in their classrooms. The first WAC workshops at VMI were conducted in the spring and fall of 1986 on the model of colleges and universities across the coun­ try who are attacking the problem of poor learning and writing. Another group of VMI faculty members has just completed a second two-part WAC workshop, conducted by Dr. James 1. Kinney of Virginia Commonwealth University, and will implement the program in their disciplines this year. Although format and approaches vary from essay to essay in the collection, the papers attest to the over-all effectiveness of the WAC program. ''A fair assessment," adds Davis, "recognizes that WAC is like other approaches to teaching: one must make certain adjustments to accommodate it, but in the long run, the adjustments are worth­ while, even satisfying. " Marine Col. W H. Dabney, right, takes command ofNavy Rare unit. The Institute RePOM. August 28. 1987. Page 3 Reunion of Undefeated '57 Football Team Gen. Walker to Serve on Advisory Council On the eve of VMI's 1957 football season, Coach John McKenna American Friends ofTurkey, a non-profit organization devoted to reminded fans and sports writers seeking his pre-season prediction strengthening ties between the United States and Turkey, has named that "a football has an odd shape - it takes too many crazy bounces." VMI's Superintendent, Gen. Sam S. Walker, to its newly-formed His predictions were measured, cautious, but the elements ofsuccess Advisory Council, which includes all former U.S. military were there, and when the season ended, the Keydet football team had commanders in Turkey, former U.S. ambassadors to Turkey, and amassed a 9-0-1 record. Itwas the first undefeated season for VMI in recipients of the American Friends of Turkey Award. 37 years and made the Keydets the undisputed Southern Conference Gen. Walker served as the last U.S. Commander of Land Southeast, champions as well as the Virginia Big Six champion. the American Army contingent in Izmir, Thrkey, 1977-78. He was When the 1987 football season opens at home on Sept. 12, members made commander ofAllied Land Forces, Southeastern Europe, upon of that 1957 VMI football team will be on hand for a 30-year reunion his promotion to four-star rank. Parker T. "Pete" Hart, former U.S. oftheir nationally ranked team, which at one point in the season was Ambassador to Turkey, serves as chairman of the Advisory Council. 13th in the national polls of the Associated Press. They ended the Coincidentally, Gen. Walker's father, the late Gen. Walton H. season in 20th place. It was a poised, well-drilled team with out­ Walker, commanded the first contingent of Turkish troops in Korea standing leadership from its own ranks as well as from coaches; a team in 1950 when he was ~ommanding general of the U.S. Eighth Army. undaunted by the size and reputation of its opponents; a team with confidence and desire, and with speed, rather than weight. as its forte. Their coming reunion stirs a host of memories ofexciting game per­ Faculty in Summer Programs Abroad formances and of honors that came to both players and coaches. Thirty years ago, co-captained by guard Lou Farmer and fullback For the second time in his 19-year teaching career at VMI, modern Sam Woolwine, the team allowed one touchdown or less in each of languages professor Col. Siegfried Weing was recipient of a Fulbright six games and five times came from behind to win. Four - Farmer Grant to a summer program in Europe for U.S. college professors. In and Woolwine, Jim McFalls, and Bobby Jordan - were named to All Germany from June 8 to July 14, he participated in a three-city Southern Conference honors, and, with "Duke" Johnston, to All seminar on the theme of German Civilization. Seminar sessions, held State honors. Coach McKenna was named Southern Conference at Rheinische University in Bonn, and in Mainz and Berlin, covered Coach of the Year, an honor he won again in 1959 and 1%2. the political, social, and economic institutions of West Germany in Forty-one players made up the roster of the 1957 team, and all but light of current history and developments. Col. Weing received a one, who left at the end of his third class year, were graduated. Fifteen similar Fulbright award in 1972. (37 percent) went on to receive graduate degrees: two have a Ph.D.; Lt. Col. Wayne C. Thompson, associate professor of political four are in the general field of medicine; one in law; and eight have science, was among 35 Joseph J. Malone Faculty Fellows selected to master's degrees. More than 85 percent fulfilled some period of visit the Middle East in a special program sponsored by the National military service, including several who have had service careers. Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Thompson, who joined the VMI Today the achievements and public service of members of the faculty in 1984, spent three and a half weeks studying at the American undefeated 1957 Keydets demonstrate the high calibre of the University in Cairo, Egypt. He was selected a Malone Fellow through individuals who pounded their way into VMI's athletic record book. a nationwide competitive process established by the National Council, Two are dentists, including Dr. Sam Woolwine who serves as a current which this summer sent Fellows to Egypt, Jordan, North Yemen, and member of the VMI Board of Visitors. Dr. Jim McFalls is the only Tunisia to attend lectures on Arab and Islamic Studies; to meet with physician on the team, but there is, literally, a horse doctor in Dr. Sam professors, government officials, and specialists in various fields; and Horner, whose Georgia veterinary practice is primarily with large to travel to sites of historical and cultural importance. animals. One is a lawyer-judge; two are investment brokers; and some Col. Patrick M. Mayerchak, professor of political science who two dozen are in business and industry, several as company presidents. specializes in the political and economic affairs of Malaysia and Two are in public school teaching and administration, and three are Singapore, toured Malaysia as a study group leader for the Smith­ in higher education one is a professor, one is in college administra­ sonian Institution. During the three-week tour, Mayerchak, who has tion, and one, Bobby Ross, follows in the steps of Coach McKenna been a member ofthe VMI faculty since 1974, lectured to a IS-member and is now head football coach at Georgia Tech. group of Smithsonian Associates from across the nation. The tour In the 1957 season, the Keydets had victories over Thmpa, began at Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, and included stops in Richmond, Davidson, William and Mary, George Washington, Malacca and the Chinese island of Penang. On their visit to Sarawak, Virginia, Lehigh, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech. Against Holy Cross, the East Malaysia state on the island of Borneo, participants were the 19-point underdog Keydets won an upset 21-21 tie. quartered in a traditional Iban tribe long house. They also explored the 4O,OOO-year-old Niah caves near the Indonesian border and visited NIH Grant to Davidson Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo before returning home. Maj. Terry L. Davidson, assistant professor of psychology, has received a two-year Academic Research Enhancement Award of $67,000 from the National Institutes of Health. This grant, the first received at VMI from the NIH, will support research on the long-term effects ofanxiety-reducing and anxiety-inducing drugs on the ability of organisms to behave adaptively under stress. Maj. Davidson's previous work indicates that use ofsome widely prescribed tranquilizers can reduce the capacity to tolerate stress once drug administration has been discontinued. Conversely, he also found that stress tolerance can be enhanced by pre-exposure to certain drugs that are thought to induce anxiety in humans and other animals. The new project, which will be conducted under the auspices of the VMI Research Laboratories, will attempt to specify the brain mechanisms that underlie the effects of drugs on stress tolerance and will investigate the range of conditions under which these effects occur. A bound volume 0/1864 editions 0/the mustratedLondon News has been given to VMI by Robert Bennison, 0/Lincolnshire, England. The volume, Davidson, who joined the VMI faculty last year, is a 1973 graduate which provides a record 0/how English correspOndents view!!d the American of Michigan State University and earned a master's degree at Califor­ Civil War, was presented in Bennison's behalfby Mr. Peck Whitcomb. Brig. nia State at Fullerton and the doctorate at Purdue. Gen. John W. Knapp, dean 0/the/acuity, accepted thegift/or the Institute.

.. Page 4, The Institute Report, August 28, 1987 New Faces in the Faculty and Staff, 1987-88

New Faculty andStaff1987: Left to right,first row: Lt. CoL E. Barcus Jernigan; Third row: Capt. Stephen T. Ross; Reginald A. Webb; Kenneth E. Alrutz;Lt. Joseph F. Coughlin; General Sam S. Walker, VMIsuperintendent; Dr. Norman Randolph D. Friend; Maj. Timo;hy P. Duggan; Lt. Col. Darryl D. Magee. A. Graebner; Maj. Winnie W. Fun. Second row: Maj. John L. Gilbert; Dr. Fourth row: Col. Leonard L. Lewane; Lt. Gary D. Smith; Col. William H. Michael1. Puglisi; Lt. Eric T. Cochran; Lt. Charles B. Dozier; John C Johnson. Dabney; Maj. John S. Gatton; and Lt. Cmdr. Clarence L. Getsinger.

Mr. Kenneth E. Alrutz, Assistant Professor of English and tennis Lt. Cmdr. Clarence L. Getsinger. USN, Assistant Professor of Naval coach: BS 1972, California State University; AM 1976, Ph.D. in pro­ Science: BA 1969, East Carolina University; MA 1984, Old Dominion gress, University of Pennsylvania. Has taught at Ripon College, University. Comes to VMI from Naval Communication Station at Lynchburg College, and Amherst County public schools. Jacksonville, Fla. U. Eric T. Cochran, USN, Assistant Professor of Naval Science: BA Maj. John L. Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineer­ 1979, University of Florida. U.S. Naval officer since 1980, last assigned ing: BS 1953, VMI; MS 1965, University of Virginia; Ph.D. 1974, to USS Saratoga. Virginia Tech. Taught at VMI 1956-58 and returns after 28 years at Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Mr. Joseph F. Coughlin, Admissions Counselor: BS 1987, VMI. Administration. Physics graduate from State ofTexas; will go on Army active duty next summer. Dr. Norman A. Graebner, Visiting Professor ofHistory, Mary Moody Northen Chair in the Humanities: BS, University of Wisconsin­ Col. William H. Dabney, USMC, Professor of Naval Science: BA Milwaukee; MA, University of Oklahoma and Oxford University; 1960, VM1; graduate, Marine Corps Command and Staff College and Ph.D. 1949, University of Chicago; honorary degrees, Albright Col­ National War College. Comes to VMI from Natiotlal Defense Univer­ lege, Valparaiso University, and University ofPittsburgh. Retired this sity where he was senior military fellow, Strategic Concepts Develop­ year after 20 years on faculty at University ofVirginia. Has also taught ment Center. Veteran of 33 years in Marine Corps. at Iowa State, Stanford, and the University of Illinois. Second U. Charles B. Dozier, Instructor in Mathematics: BA 1987, Capt. John C. Hickox, Glee Club Director: Music and voice major VMI. Came to Institute from Lanham, Md. at Houghton College and Ithaca College before joining U.S. Air Force Maj. Timothy P. Duggan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry: BS 1983, in 1963; retired in 1985 after 22 years with the Air Force Singing Fredonia State College, State University of New York; Ph.D. 1987, Sergeants and the Air Force Band. University 0 f Buffalo. Has been teaching assistant at University of Lt. Col. E. Barcus Jernigan, Associate Professor of Civil Engineer­ Buffalo since 1983. ing: BE 1966, MS 1967, Ph.D. 1974, Vanderbilt University. Came to Mr. Kenneth J. Duncan, II, Instructor in Physical Education and VMI in January 1987 from Louisiana where he was in professional swimming coach: BS 1979, graduate degree in progress, James engineering practice. Was assistant professor at Louisiana State Madison University. Has been a teacher-coach in Rockingham University, 1975-79. County Schools since 1980. Lt.ij.g.) James P. Johnson, USN, Assistant Professor of Naval Second U. Randolph D. Friend, Instructor in Mechanical Engineer­ Science: BA 1981, Roanoke College. A Roanoke native, he has been ing: BS 1987, VMI. Alabama native, battalion commander in Corps, assigned aboard the USS Barney. graduated last year with distinction. Mr. John C. Johnson, Admissions Counselor: BA 1987, VMI. Com­ Maj. Winnie W. Fun, Technical Services Librarian and Assistant Pro­ pany commander last year; now in Army Reserve; expects to enter law fessor of Bibliography: BA 1957, University of Taiwan; MLS 1961, school next year. Roanoke is hometown. Case Western Reserve University. Came to VMI in April after five years at Carnegie-Mellon University. Col. Leonard L. Lewane, USA Ret., Executive Director, VMI Ses­ quicentennial: BS 1950, VMI; MA, George Washington University; Maj. John S. Gatton, Assistant Professor of English: BA 1969, MS, Auburn University; graduate, Command and General Staff Col­ Catholic University ofAmerica; M. Litt, 1973, University of Dublin, lege, Armed Forces Staff College, and Air War College. Retired 1976 Ireland; Ph.D. 1981, University of Kentucky. Visiting assistant pro­ after 26-year Army career (in Army Rare at VMI, 1959-62). Returned fessor in honors program at Kentucky since 1982. Lexington 1985; named to VMI position last January. The Institute Report, August 28, 1'87, Page 5

Lt. Col. Darryl D. Magee, USAR, Assistant Professor of Military Mr. Joseph A. Smalley, Instructor in Economics: BAS 1981, Ohio Science: BS 1966, U.S. Military Academy. Spent the past five years on State University; MS 1983, Ph.D. imminent, Virginia Tech. Has been RarC staff at North Carolina A&T University. a teaching assistant at Virginia Tech and an instructor at Radford University. Dr. Michael J. Puglisi, Assistant Professor ofHistory: BA 1981, James Madison University; MA 1982, Ph.D. 1987, College ofWilliam and Second Lt. Gary D. Smith, Instructor in Electrical Engineering: BS Mary. Teaching assistant at W&M 1981-86; worked last year as senior 1987, VMI. Cadet captain and distinguished graduate from nearby project assistant, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Staunton. Lt. Brian L. Quisenberry, Assistant Director of Admissions: BS 1981, Capt. Robert W. Trower, Assistant Professor ofMilitary Science: BS VMI. U.S. Navy communications officer, 1981-86; now in Navy 1985, Oral Roberts University. Was instructor, Army National Guard Reserve. Hometown is Enterprise, Ala. Professional Education Center in Oklahoma before assignment to Capt. Stephen T. Ross, Instructor in Economics: BA 1983, VMI; MS VMI last November. 1986, University ofArkansas. Richmond native, just completed four years in U.S. Air Force. Mr. Reginald A. Webb, Golf Coach: BA 1975, VMI; MA 1977, University of Kentucky. Has been teaching in Rockbridge County Capt. Brian G. Schmidtke, USA, Assistant Professor of Military since 1978; current English teacher and men's basketball coach at Science: BS 1979, U.S. Military Academy. Arrived last October from Natural Bridge High School. Fort Bragg, N.C., where he was a battery commander.

Notes a paper at the Las Vegas, Nev., summer meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. His paper, based on research for his *Cadet investment teams, using real money provided by the VMI doctoral dissertation, received special attention because ofresearch Foundation, Inc., continue to attract attention on Wall Street, most results demonstrating the importance ofweight training in reducing recently in the July 13 issue of Forbes magazine. Last year's two cardiovascular stress. 15-cadet teams, each with $1 00,000 to invest, netted an overall $43,000 profit, a 21 percent gain on their investments. Capt. Daniel D. Tatar, *The new Sergeant Major of the United States Army is Julius W. instructor in economics, is faculty adviser to the investment club. Gates, who was assigned to the Army ROTC unit at VMI from 1978 to 1980. In his new position, Sgt. Maj. Gates serves with the Army * Commendations from the U.S. Navy were awarded in July to five ChiefofStaff, acting as his senior enlisted advisor on matters pertain­ members of the staffin the Navy RarC unit. The presentations were ing to enlisted soldiers. The position, established in 1966, is the made by Col. Thomas J. Solak in his last official act as commanding number one slot for enlisted men in the Army. officer of the Navy unit. Lt. Howard D. Schafer, III, a Navy pilot assigned to VMI in August 1984, received the Navy Commendation * Robert W. Wentz, Jr., senior executive vice president of the VMI Medal for meritorious service as instructor to first classmen enrolled Alumni Association, is the new vice-chairman of the board of in Navy RarC. He has completed seven years in the Navy and is directors of Lexington's Stonewall Jackson Hospital. Before coming leaving military service at the end ofhis VMI tour. Marine Gunnery to VMI in 1982, he held a number ofimportant positions in the health Sergeant John D. Canellas, assistant Marine officer instructor since care field in his native Tidewater Virginia, the last as board chairman April 1984, received the Navy Achievement Medal, also for ofthe Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. He was appointed meritorious service. He has been reassigned to the Marine Air Station to the local hospital board in March. at Cherry Point, N.C. Receiving Certificates ofCommendation were * Maj. John H. Page, assistant professor ofcivil engineering, has been Mrs. Gail W. Ayres and Mrs. Linda B. Hambrick, military personnel awarded his Professional Engineering license, a career milestone and clerks, and Mrs. Sandra D. Graves, secretary-receptionist. The com­ at VMI a requirement for those teaching in the engineering curricula. mendations, which covered the period 1984-87, praised the three Qualification includes a series of examinations plus a period of women for the continuity they give to the unit. working experience. He has been a member ofthe faculty since 1979. *Capt. Owen M. Kirkley, professor of civil engineering, has been elected to the membership grade of Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Naval Academy graduate, who has a Ph.D. New Faculty Chairman of Athletics from the University of Illinois, was cited by ASCE for significant Ifhistory professor Col. Thomas W. Davis has a sequel in mind for technical achievements during his engineering career. his published history of VMI athletics, he's in the right position to start * Col. Lee L. Nichols, Jr., professor of electrical engineering, was in assembling the facts. The 1964 VMI graduate, who has been a member Reno, Nev., in June to attend the national meeting of the American of the faculty since 1972, is the Institute's new faculty chairman of Society for Engineering Education. The occasion provided him an athletics. He succeeds Col. John G. Barrett, whose retirement this year opportunity to see Dr. Lyle D. Feisel, who was the EE Department's ended 22 years in the position. visiting professor in the 1982 spring semester. Col. Davis, recipient of a VMI Distinguished Teaching Award in *Col. James E. Gaines, Jr., head librarian, has been reappointed by 1987 and ofa Distinguished Service Award in 1986, began his teaching Governor Gerald Baliles to a new three-year term on the State Library career at VMI after receiving a Network Users Advisory Board, which was created by the Virginia master's degree and Ph.D. from the legislature in 1983 to encourage cooperation among the various types University of North Carolina at oflibraries in the state. He is a charter member ofthe board and served Chapel Hill. Between degrees, he last year as board chairman. spent two years ofactive military ser­ vice in the Army. His book, The * Col. E. Burwell Wingfield, professor ofbiology and member ofthe CorpsRoots the Loudest: A History faculty since 1968, is chairman of the newly-aligned Natural Bridge ofVMIAthletics, was published last Soil and Water Conservation District, which includes Rockbridge year by the University Press of County and the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista. A five-year Virginia. He also serves as chairman member and former chairman of the old NBSWC District, which of VMI's Foreign Study Committee previously included Botetourt and Craig Counties, he spearheaded and is, in addition, the author of a the effort toward reorganization. . book on British history and editorof * Maj. James A. Coale, assistant professor ofphysical education and a VMI sesquicentennial volume to coordinator ofstrength and conditioning programs at VMI, presented be published in 1989. Col. Davis Page Ii, The Institute Report, August 28, 1987 It's Been a Busy Summer Rarely in VMI's history has so much been going on at once in construction, renovation, and repairs. Six contracting firms either completed or started eight projects, while buildings and grounds crews finished seven of their "critical list" jobs. The contractors involved, when all jobs are complete, will have received $8,173,000, with over $2 million of the funds coming from private sources. The firm ofR. H. Feagans and Co., of Lynchburg, was the prime contractor on four ofthe projects. They completed the new dressing room at Patchin Field for baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis teams, and their subcontractor, Jake A. Moore and Sons, completed grading and seeding for the Patchin area. The two jobs cost $482,000. Lt. Col. Sandy Feagans also completed the upgrading ofDelaney Field, behind the Sandy Named VMI Admissions Director stadium, including topsoil, seeding and relocating the lights to that area from Patchin Field. That project was a $121,000 effort. In Troppoli, Golden, Exchange Positions addition, Feagans has started - with completion expected next Lt. Col. Mark S. Sandy, associate director ofadmissions and a five­ summer - the new football building behind the stadium. It will pro­ year veteran of the admissions staff, is VMI's new director of vide dressing, training, and supply rooms, as well as coaches' offices admissions. Chosen from 51 applicants, he succeeds Col. William J. and an extension into the stadium for a new press box and guest box. Buchanan who retires next week after ten years in the position. The price tag is $1.4 million. Sandy, who was promoted to his new rank on Aug. 1, came to VMI Holland General Contractors ofLexington removed the houses on in 1979 as an assistant basketball coach and moved to the admissions Letcher Avenue to make room for the new science building, and their office in 1982. He is a native ofWelch, W. Va., and holds a bachelor subcontractor, Hill House Movers ofRoanoke, moved the Pendleton­ of science degree in mathematics from Concord College, 1974, and Coles House to its new site at 309 Letcher. The total cost of those a master's degree in education administration from Lynchburg projects was $160,000. College, 1982. Before coming to VMI, he was an assistant basketball David C. Earman, electrical contractor, completed an upgrade of coach at Evansville and Wake Forest Universities. His wife Kathryn the electrical system on the bottom three floors of Nichols is an instructor in VMl's department of modern languages. Engineering Hall at a cost of$9,800. And ....ground was broken by Tapped to become associate director ofadmissions is Maj. Daniel the Avis Construction Co. of Roanoke for the $6 million science A. Troppoli, financial aid officer, who is exchanging positions with building, slated for completion in the fall of 1989. Maj. Timothy P. Golden, who had been slated to move into Sandy's Buildings and Grounds forces completed patching and painting the former position. The two staffmembers suggested the exchange since front side ofbarracks, installed completely new domestic water piping each was interested in the other's field. and courtyard surface in new barracks, painted all first and third stoop Troppoli, a graduate of St. Francis College in Pennsylvania, has rooms, and repaired concrete in the area of the Washington arch. They been financial aid officer at VMI since joining the staff in 1980. also refinished gym floors in Cameron, Cocke, and Cormack Halls, Throughout the last seven years he has also been involved in and constructed a walkway from Anderson Drive down to the area admissions recruiting. where new seating will be installed for the baseball field. Similarly, Maj. Golden's work in admissions has been involved with financial aid. He is a 1971 graduate of VMI and was an assistant vice president of the VMI Foundation, Inc., from 1977 until joining the VMI Meets New Management Standards admissions staff in 1984. VMI is one of three state-supported Virginia colleges which met new state management standards for higher education for 1986-87. VMI Tops in Per Student Endowment Donald J. Finley, Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth, A survey released in June by the National Association of College commended the Institute for having met the stringent requirements and University Business Officers shows VMI with the largest endow­ developed by a special higher education task force in 1985. The ment per student of any publicly supported college in the nation. standards include requirements for an unqualified audit opinion, no The new study also shows Virginia with three of the top five schools major audit deficiencies, compliance with financial reporting in the survey. The University ofVirginia ranked second in the report, standards endorsed by the state comptroller, and standards on with the College ofWilliam and Mary in fifth place. Other Virginia accounts receivable and accounts payable. schools listed in the survey were Virginia Tech, at 18th, and Virginia James Madison University and the College of William and Mary Commonwealth University, 23rd. joined VMI in meeting the requirements. Fund raisers say that Virginia's state colleges placed high in the survey because, in large part, they made earlier starts at raising endowments. The Institute's own endowment arm, The VMI Foundation, Inc., was established in 1937 and conducted its first major John Kitridge, one ofa vanishing breed fund raising campaign in the 1940s. offlogpole painters, made his annual visit to VMI in June to paint the two 60-fool parade ground flagpoles. The EI Paso, Sports Publication Wins Award Thxos, specialist, who has practiced his unique trade since 1949, travelsthecoun­ Programs for the 1986 VMI football games were recently judged try paintingjlagpoles, hoisting himself in second best in the nation by the College Sports Information Direc­ a harness to the top and painting his way tors of America (CoSIDA). down. While in the area, he also painted The 96-page magazine published by sports information director flagpoles at Lexington High School and Mike Strickler and his assistant, Wade Branner, was recognized at at Buena Vista's city haiL He has, hesays, CoSIDA's annual convention in July in Portland, Ore., where it was more than 500regularcustomers, most of cited among Division I -AA game programs from around the country. them on an annual bosis. The 1987 recognition mar ks the second time that Strickler has been cited for his game-day publication. In 1982, CoSIDA selected the VMI football programs Best-in-the-Nation for Division I-AA schools. Tbe Institute Report, August 28, 1987, Page 7 legislature and the VMI Board of Visitors, and the house which was to become known by his name remained with his family for almost a half century. After Pendleton's death in 1899, the house was owned by his daughter, and it was here in 1902 that his granddaughter, Elizabeth (Lily) Coles, was married to Second Lt. George C. Marshall, a 1901 VMI graduate. The house also served as an early meeting place of Sigma Nu Fraternity, founded by three VMI cadets in 1869. VMI bought the Pendleton-Coles House from Mrs. Walter Coles in 1928, and it has been a faculty residence since that time. The first assignment of its quarters went to Col. Raymond E. Dixon, professor ofEnglish, who lived there until 1930. From 1930 until 1948 itwas the residence ofCol. B. D. Mayo, '09, professor of mathematics, who was For the Pendleton-Coles House, it was indeed a moving experience. followed by Col. Robert A. Marr, '18, professor ofcivil engineering, who occupied the quarters from 1948 until 1955. Mathematics pro­ History - On the Move fessor Col. Robert H. Knox, '24, was the next resident, 1955-69, followed by CoL James A. McDonough, professor ofcivil engineer­ Like royalty on a summer carriage ride, the Pendleton -Coles House ing, from 1969 to 1979. Col. Charles C. Caudill, VMI chaplain, was rolled grandly in July to its new location southwest of the VMI Limit the last occupant. Gates where it had stood for 120 years. Newspaper and television photographers, along with a crowd of admirers and sidewalk For the next six months, the Pendleton-Coles House will be given superintendents, lined the iron railing along the sidewalk to watch as time to settle on its new site before full repairs begin next year. Little the queen of the Letcher Avenue residences moved over to make way changed from its original form and retaining its special listing in for VMI's much-needed new science building. VMl's National Historic District, its move has made its old site next to Mallory Hall available for VMI's new $6 million science building, While moving the historic house was accomplished in a matter of which had its groundbreaking earlier this month. days, the actual relocation consumed weeks ofpreparation by crews from Harry B. Hill, Inc., a Roanoke firm of house movers. Earlier in the summer, Holland General Contractors ofLexington had cleared Former POW to Inaugurate Lecture Series the area between the old and new sites by razing four houses and level­ ing the land to provide a smooth path for the relocation. Rear Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., former United States Senator from Alabama, whose long years as a prisoner ofwar in North Viet­ Spectators, with cameras at ready, waited apprehensively on the first nam became the subject of a book and television movie, will day for signs that the movers were ready to lift the 360-ton structure inaugurate a new lecture series at VMI on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 and begin the slow pivot to a position for pulling the house, back porch p.m. in Jackson Memorial Hall. forward, to the new site. When the signal came, it was a cloud ofsmoke from the big diesel truck that was the workhorse ofthe project. Said Adm. Denton, who served in the Congress from 1981 to 1987, will one retired VMI employee, watching intently for each smoke signal, be the first speaker in the new William L. Cooper Memorial Christian "It's just like getting a new Pope!" Lecture Series, established at the Institute by the family of the late William L. Cooper, a Rocky Mount business, civic, and church leader. Other onlookers who watched under the hot July sun reminisced Cooper, who was a 1952 civil engineering graduate of VMI, died ofearlier days in the Pendleton-Coles House - when seven small coal­ burning fireplaces were in use; ofdumb waiters built into the walls of in an airplane crash in Roanoke in March 1981. He was president of the old house; of a day when it had one ofthe first bathrooms in the Cooper Wood Products in Rocky Mount and was chairman of the VMI area, a very special treat for young ladies invited to stay there Virginia Aviation Commission, to which he was appointed in 1979 by while attending cadet hops. Governor John Dalton. The former Air Force jet fighter pilot had served in Korea after being commissioned at VMI. The move was not entirely smooth for the gracious old house, as a number ofincidents interrupted and ultimately delayed the planned Adm. Denton, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 1977 after 21 years schedule. In the initial turning ofthe house, workmen had to stop to of military service, is founder and president ofthe non-profit Coali­ remove tree limbs that dragged against the slate-tiled roof. Then more tion for Decency. A Navy pilot when he was shot down over North serious problems developed for the movers a blowout ofone ofthe Vietnam in 1965, he spent seven and a half years as a prisoner ofwar 16 giant tires that supported the lOO-ton dollies on which the house in Hanoi and is especially remembered by the American public as the was carried, and a broken truck axle just as the house was ready to be senior officer and spokesman for the first paws released in 1973. His turned a second time. Final maneuvering to set the house on its new book, "When Hell Was in Session," was made into a television movie location took the longest time. and won the Peabody Award in 1979. Believed to be one of the first buildings completed in Lexington after the Civil War, the Pendleton-Coles House, as it is popularly EEO Statement known, was constructed in 1867-68 during VMI's rebuilding after the war. It is of an architectural style known as Gothic cottage, a design Executive Order Number One (86) signed by Governor Gerald L. that was introduced into the Lexington community in the late 1840s Baliles, and effective January II, 1986, reads in part: and that continued through the 1850s and 18605. The house, more "Itis the policy ofthe Commonwealth of Virginia to assure equal correctly described as carpenter Gothic, is built of wood and brick employment opportunity for all state employees and for all applicants nogging, with vertical board-and-batten on the outside, large bay for state employment. windows, and ornamental bargeboard at the roof lines. "This policy specifically prohibits employment discrimination on The historic Gothic cottage was built by Dr. Robert L. Madison, the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, or handicap. VMI post surgeon and professor of natural history from 1860 until "State appointing authorities and other management principals his death in 1878. Madison, who accompanied the Corps ofCadets will take positive affirmative measures as directed by the Secretary of to New Market and remained with the wounded cadets when the battle Administration and Finance. Such measures shall emphasize the was over, was also physician to Generals Jackson and Lee and to recruitment ofqualified minorities, women, handicapped and older Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. persons to serve at all levels of state government. Following Dr. Madison's death, his widow sold the house in 1881 "This policy does not permit or require the lowering of bona fide to Col. Edmund Pendleton, a member ofVMI's first graduating class job requirements, performance standards, or qualifications to give in 1842. He had served in the Civil War, been a member ofthe Virginia preference to any state employee or applicant for state employment." Page 8, The Institute Report, August 28, 1987 Calendar of Events: September 1987 1987 VMI Fall Sports Schedule

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: FOOIBALL Noon Library Research Progress Report, "Development and Use of Sept. 12 WEST VIRGINIA TECH 2:00pm Microcomputer Software," Capt. O. M. Kirkley, professor of Sept. 19 Appalachian State 1:30pm civil engineering. Bring lunch; coffee/brownies available 1l:45 Sept. 26 WOFFORD 2:00pm a.m.; talk begins 12:05 p.m., ends by 12:30 p.m., Preston Library. Oct. 3 Virginia 7:00pm 3 p.m. Soccer. VMl vs. Furman, parade ground. Oct. 10 The Citadel 2:00pm 8 p.m. Open auditions, VMl Theatre, 318 Scott Shipp HaIL Oct. 17 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY 2:00pm Oct. 24 Marshall 1:00pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: Oct. 31 William & Mary (Oyster Bowl in Norfolk) 1:00pm 8 p.m. Open auditions, VMI Theatre, 318 Scott Shipp Hall. Nov. 7 Furman 1:30pm Nov. 14 EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 1:30pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER J: Nov. 21 UT/CHATTANOOGA 1:30pm 3 p.m. Soccer exhibition game, VMI vs. Royal Military College of Canada, parade ground. 7:30 p.m. Lecture to the Corps by Dr. Richard Keeling, student health CROSS COUNTRY director, University of Virginia, and chairman of the American Sept. 12 ODU Invitational at Va. Beach ll:ooam College Health Association task force on AIDS, Cameron Hall. Sept. 19 Davidson Invitational at Charlotte, N.C. ll:ooam 8 p.m. Open auditions, VMI Theatre, 318 Scott Shipp Hall. Sept. 26 Va. Ten Miler at Lynchburg II:ooam Oct. 3 William & Mary, JMU at Williamsburg II:ooam FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4: Oct. 17 UVA Invitational ll:ooam All day Open house, Preston Library audiovisual center. Oct. 31 Southern Conference at Charlotte, N.C. II:ooam 4 p.m. Review parade for presentation of academic stars. Nov. 14 NCAA Region III Qualifying at Greenville, S.c. II:ooam

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: 6:30 p.m. CPB movie, second showing 9 p.m., Lejeune Hall. SOCCER Sept. I FURMAN 3:00pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12: Classes begin at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 3 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA 8 a.m. Meeting, Alumni Association Board ofDirectors, Lejeune HaiL (Exhibition Game) 3:00pm 1I:45 a.m. Parade. Sept. 5-6 Mary Washington 1:00pm 2 p.m. football, VMI vs. West Virginia Tech, Alumni Memorial Field. Sept. 16 Virginia Tech 4:00pm 6:30 p.m. Reunion dinner, VMI football team of 1957, Moody Hall. Sept. 19 Randolph-Macon 2:00pm Sept. 23 Hampden-Sydney 4:00pm SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: Sept. 27 Appalachian State 2:00pm 9:30 a.m. Air Force birthday memorial service, Jackson Memorial HaiL Sept. 29 LONGWOOD 4:00pm Oct. 3 Pfeiffer 2:00pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17: Oct. 4 Davidson 1:00pm 4 p.m. Review parade in recognition of Bicentennial of U.S. Oct. II UMBC 2:00pm Constitution. Oct. 18 THE CITADEL 2:00pm Oct. 20 Washington and Lee 4:00pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18: Oct. 24 GREENSBORO 2:00pm 5 p.m. Faculty Club social hour, Moody Hall. Oct. 29 RADFORD 4:00pm Oct. 31 MARSHALL 4:00pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: Note: Home games in CAPITALS. 1:30 p.m. Football, VMI at Appalachian State, game broadcast on Lex­ All home soccer games are OB the parade ground. ington radio.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: 7:30 p.m. Planetarium show, "The Radio Universe." Shows are free, open to the public, and start promptly; latecomers not admitted.

WEDNE.'1DAY, SEPTEMBER 23: 6:30 p.m. CPB movie, second showing 9 p.m., Lejeune Hall.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24: 7:30 p.m. William L. Cooper, '52, Memorial Christian Lecture, Rear Theatre Auditions Next Week Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton. Jr., USN Ret., former United States Open auditions for the VMI Theatre's fall production ofOrdinary Senator, Jackson Memorial Hall. People will be held Sept. 1,2, and 3 from 8 to 10 p.m. in 318 Scott Shipp FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: Alumni Reunion Weekend Hall. The play, which will openduring VMl's Parents Weekend in mid­ 2 p.m. Semi-annual meeting, Friends of Preston Library, with brief October, is dramatized by Nancy Gilsenan from the popular novel by business session and talk by Dr. Richard M. McMurray, VMI Judith Guest and calls for a strong cast ofsix men, ages 17 to 45, and '61, on VMI men in the Civil War, Preston Library. three women, two ages 17-18 and one in her late 30s. 4 p.m. Review in honor ofthe Duke ofAtholl, with parade participa­ Ordinary People centers around 17-year-old Conrad Jarrett, whose tion by Atholl Highlanders and Atholl Highlander Pipe Band. older brother drowned in a boating accident; his successful, well­ 6:30p.m. Class of 1962 reunion dinner, Cameron Hall. 9 p.m. Homecoming Hop, Cocke Hall. intentioned father; and his efficient-but-remote mother. They com­ prise a family ofordinary people in jeopardy as they struggle to get SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: on with their lives after the death of a brother and son. Other Alumni Reunion Weekend; classes begin at 7:30 a.m. characters include two teammates from Conrad's high school swim 9:30 a.m. Reunion class pictures, steps of Preston Library. team, his swimming coach, psychiatrist, and two girls friends. 11:45 a.m. Parade. The VMI Theatre, which will present its production of Ordinary 12:30 p.m. Alumni buffet luncheon, tickets at the door, Moody Hall. People on Oct. 15, 16, 17 and again Oct. 22,23,24, welcomes all 2 p.m. Football, VMI vs. Wofford, Alumni Memorial Field. 9 p.m. Homecoming Hop, Cocke Hall. interested persons who would like to audition for parts or help backstage in any capacity. Scripts may be checked out at the VMI TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: Theatre office, 311 Scott Shipp. For more information, call theatre 4 p.m. Soccer, VMI vs. Longwood College, parade ground. director Mrs. Joellen Bland, 463-3281, or the theatre office, 463-6389.

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