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I , In this edition. .. Forty cadets elected to"Who's Who" ........ 2 Mullen assists team in Boston 0000 00 000000 oo• 2 Learning Center dedicated 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00. 2 Observatory open house 000000000000000000000000 3 Ball to be on With Good Reason 00 00 00 00 00 00. 3 Spilman Symposium 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4 The Hon. George R Allen, former Governor of the Commonwealth, addressed the Corps as the inaugural speaker of the John W. and Jane M. Roberts Free Enterprise Speakers Series. Allen Year 2000 contingency planning 00 OOooooOO 00 4 spoke October 12 in VMI's Cameron Hall. The event was sponsored by VMI's newly-formed chapter of Students in Free Enterprise. Students in Free Enterprise is a national organization that promotes educational outreach projects by college students to their peers, to primary and secondary school Thanksgiving holiday schedule 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4 students, and to the community, revolving around business and economics topics. The speakers series and Students in Free Enterprise are funded by a permanent endowment, through the VMI Foundation, established by John W. and Jane M. Roberts in January 1998. The endowment is used Five cadets dismissed 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 to fund this and similar activities by the economics and business department at VMI. Also pictured (right) is VMI Superintendent Major General Josiah Bunting 111. Col. Mike Monsour 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 Physical Education Wing to be Named for King Dedication of 300 Level of Cocke Hall Set for December 6 EMTs provide emergency care 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8 Dr. Clark King, one of VMI's most respected and loved teachers, coaches and educators, will be honored on December Cross Country I Soccer players honored 00 8 6'h with the dedication of the 300 level of Cocke Hall to his name. There will be a dinner at 5:00p.m. on December 6'h for Dr. King and invited guests, followed by a dedication ceremony at VMI Theatre 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00. 9 the 300 level of Cocke Hall. He will also receive special recognition at halftime of the VMI-Virginia Tech basketball game ROTC Corner 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00. 9 later that evening. Dr. King, a graduate of Nebraska State College, holds a master's degree from the University of Wyoming and a doctorate Winter sports schedules oooooooooooooooooooooo• 10 in education from the University of Virginia. A Marine officer during World War II, he was recalled to active duty during the VMIKeydets.com OOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 10 Korean War. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action Dr. Clark King on Iwo Jima in World War II, the Purple Heart, and a Presidential Potpourri . 11 Unit Citation. He came to VMI in 1952 as an assistant football coach and served 39 years on the faculty and staff before his retirement in 1991. Coach Tom Nugent brought him to VMI, but most of Dr. Calendar of Events ooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooOO 12 King's coaching career was with the legendary John McKenna. "I couldn't be more pleased that Clark is receiving this honor," said Coach McKenna from Continued on page 5 Forty cadets elected to ''Whos Who'' The 2000 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" will include the names of 40 VMI cadets who have been selected as outstanding national campus leaders. A campus nominating committee and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these cadets based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. Virginia cadets selected to the 2000 edition of "Who's Who" are: Daniel A. Alvarez, Springfield; Christian A. Arllen, Ivy; Charles J. Brady, IV, Chesapeake; Charles F. Bryan, III, Richmond; Thomas B. Craig, Suffolk; Augustine 0. Ekpoudom, Yorktown; David B. Epperly, Christiansburg; Nathan K. Friedline, Chester; Ross S. Fuller, Fredericksburg; Craig A. Giorgis, King George; Michael P. Goldman, Midlothian; Christopher L. Haney, Riner; Scott C. Hillyer, Dumfries; Phillip D. Hopkins, Jr., Marshall; Timothy M. Joyce, Stafford; Christopher L. Lucas, Centreville; Matthew T. Milburn, Mechanicsville; Peter M. Miller, Marshall; James L. Nelson, III, Madison; Joshua W. Petry, Richmond; Kelly R. Underwood, Radford; William T. Warthen, Manakin Sabot; Chadwick M. Welch, Roanoke; Ryan A. Wheeler, Lynchburg; Kenneth M. Wing, Jr., Clifton Forge; and Justin G. Wood, Tazewell. The remaining electees are: James A. Boatright, Fayetteville, Ga.; John W. Downs, Gallatin, Tenn.; Ian P. Doyle, New Port Richey, Fla.; Stephen E. Fern, Jr., West Terre Haute, Ind.; Christopher D. Gamble, Anderson, Ind.; Carl B. Hammond, Jr., Silver Spring, Md.; William W. Huffman, III, Chesterfield, Mo.; Christopher J. Lowrance, Lexington, Ind.; Colin P. Mahle, Sacramento, Ca.; J. Micah North, Cleveland, Tn.; Anthony J. Rayome, Englewood, Ohio; Nathaniel W.T. Rhodes, Dallas, Texas; James G. Sheldon, Greensboro, Ga.; and James R. Wallace, Sumerco, w.v. These cadets join an elite group of students from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations. Learning Center Dedicated in Honor off. Clifford Miller, Jr. '28 The J. Clifford Miller, Jr. '28 Learning Center was dedicated in a ceremony held in Carroll Hall October 19. In 1990 Miller's wife Lizora Schoolfield Miller, initiated the J. Clifford Miller, Jr. '28 Learning Enrichment Program at VMI in honor Mullen Assists Team in of her husband. The purpose of this program, which involves faculty, cadet and curriculum Raising Obelisk in Boston development, is to explore and identify the varying learning styles among cadets and to In August and September, Col. W. Grigg Mullen, Jr., professor of develop appropriate learning approaches and civil and environmental engineering, assisted a diverse group of members goals based on these styles. of the Timber Framers Guild and Massachusetts College of Art, and a Miller, who died in 1998, was a member of the VMIBoard of Visitors crew from WGBH/NOVA television to film the raising of a multi-ton from 1948-1956 and served as its president from 1954-1956. He was a granite obelisk Egyptian style. charter member of the VMI Foundation's Board of Trustees and The project was filmed under the direction of producer Julia Cort considered to be one of the founding fathers of the VMI Keydet Club. and is part of the NOVA PBS television historical series, "In Search of He served on the VMI Alumni Association's board of directors 1937- Lost Empires" (Another in the series is the trebuchet project in Scotland 1956 and held the office of president from 1945-1947. filmed last fall with an international team of some 50 timber framers) Miller, also a founding director of the George C. Marshall Research The obelisk program will be aired in the Spring of 2000. Foundation, had been a trustee of the Marshall Foundation since its After several months of presentations and extensive deliberations establishment in 1953. In 1972 he was awarded the VMI Foundation with local engineers, the obelisk team was assembled. Volunteers also Inc.'s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. included men and women from a local air force base. Veteran experts at the site included stone mason Roger Hopkins and archaeologist and Egyptologist Mark Lehner. <lJ{Je lfns'titute 1l{eport The successful plan, based on Roger Hopkins's original idea demonstrated on a smaller scale in Egypt, was to haul the 25-ton obelisk, Editor: .................................................................... Burton R. Floyd, III on its side, up a gravel ramp to the edge of a sand-filled pit lined with Supervising Editor: ................................................ Col. Mike Strickler Contributing writers/photographers: stone blocks. As the sand was removed from two doors at each side of Doug Chase, Chris Clark, Maj. Chuck Steenburgh the pit, slowly and painfully by human diggers and carriers of the sand, the base of the obelisk slowly lowered into a turning groove, to a 75 Printed by: The News-Gazette, Lexington, Va. degree angle, where it could be pulled by ropes into an upright position. The Institute Report is published by the VMI Public Relations Office. Eight Extensive ropes and rigging master-minded by Grigg Mullen and New issues are printed during the academic year. Inquiries, suggestions, news York millright Jim Kricker allowed all of this to happen in a controlled items, or address changes should be directed to Editor, The Institute Report, VMI Public Relations Office, Lexington, Virginia 24450-0304. and careful manner. Telephone 540-464-7207 Fax 540-464-7583 E-Mail:[email protected] Page2 The Institute Report, November 15, 1999 Col. Gordon V. Ball, Jr., professor of English and fine arts, will represent the Institute in November Col Gordon Ball to be featured on on the public radio program, With Good Reason. The program can be With Good Reason Radio Show heard locally on WMRA-FM (90.7), Sundays at 3:30p.m. and on WVTF FM (91.9), Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Col. Ball will participate in a With Good Reason Broadcast Schedule show entitled "Poetry: The Beat Goes WAMU-FM (88.5): Sundays midnight On." The show examines how Beat (Washington D.C., Northern Va., Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland) - ~ ~~~·~-"'" ~· -·~·~~~~-~~ generation writers and poets continue WCVE-FM (88.9): Sundays 7 p.m.