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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Marshall Publications at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in MU NewsLetter 1987-1999 by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Business executives to speak at MU Four prominent business executives - lulu. He has also been director of media and 1973-7 4 teams, is a franchisee of including two former Thundering Herd relations and chief spokesman for the Na­ Houlihan 's Restaurant Group Inc. and basketball stars - will speak at Marshall tional Association of Securities Dealers Auntie Anne's Pretzels. He is also a partner University's Elizabeth McDowell Lewis (NASD) and its Nasdaq Stock Market sub­ with the Marriott Hotel chain and Histori­ NEWSLETTER College of Business during the "Executive sidiary. cal Renovations Inc. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY· OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS· HUNTINGTON, WESTVIRGINIA25755·March19, 1998 in Residence" program held March 30 David D' Antoni - Tuesday, March 31 After graduation from Marshall with a through April 2, according to Dr. Robert at 11 a.m. in Corbly Hall Room 105. David master's degree in education administration, • Alexander, distinguished professor in the D' Antoni is senior vice president ofAshland, Bachelor spent 17 years in management with MU Division of Management and Market­ Inc. and president of Ashland Chemical Ford Motor Company where he conducted 'Marshall' lllagaz1ne lllakes its debut ing. Company. arbitration proceedings, negotiated labor Speakers at the program include Marc A native of Huntington, D' Antoni joined contracts and served as human relations Marshall University President J. Wade Advantage Valley region and their interac­ • two former Marshall athletes, Bob Beauchamp, David D' Antoni and former Ashland Chemical Company in 1973 as a manager. Gilley unveiled a new magazine today tion," Gilley said. "As we devote our Pruett and Greg White, who fulfilled their basketball players Eric Bachelor and Charlie project development manager. He became While at Ford, Bachelor owned several (March 19) designed to "reflect the energies to interactive dreams by return­ Slack. The speakers and the dates and times contrasts between Marshall University and ing to their alma vice president and general manager of businesses including a chain of laundromats, partnerships in eco- they will be making their presentations: Ashland's Polyester Division in 1980 and thoroughbred race horses, restaurants and other universities." nomic, social and cul- M h 11 mater as head Marc Beauchamp -Monday, March 30 group vice president in 1982. In 1987 he real estate developments. The magazine, named, simply, "Marshall" tural development, we ars a coaches; at 11 a.m. in Corbly Hall Room 117. Marc was promoted to executive vice president His success paved the way to become focuses on the economy of the Advantage abandon the ivory • three Marshall tOWer tO better Serve --Putting Knowledge to Work on Advantage Valley ___ alumni Working in Beauchamp is director of media relations for and CEO of Ashland Chemical, and assumed president and CEO of Bachelor Foods Inc., Valley region and the role Marshall the North American Securities Administra­ his current position the following year. which served as a franchisee for Outback University plays. Advantage Valley is a the people of West Virginia and this region different communications media and their tors Association Inc. D' Antoni is a graduate of Virginia Poly­ Steakhouse from 1993 to 1996, when he community and economic development -Advantage Valley." plans to meet technology challenges in the In the late 1980's Beauchamp was technic Institute and Harvard Business completed a successful merger with the partnership of the Greater Huntington­ The inaugural issue of "Marshall" 21st Century (Harvey P. White, a founder "Forbes" magazine's West Coast bureau School's Advanced Management Program. franchisor. Ashland, Putnam County and Metropolitan magazine includes stories on: and president of QUALCOMM Inc., an chief. After leaving journalism, he held Eric Bachelor - Wednesday, April 1 at Charles E. "Charlie" Slack-Thursday, Charleston areas. • the Advantage Valley economic international company based in San Diego, investor and corporate relations positions 10 a.m. in Corbly Hall Room 105. Eric April 2 at 9:30 a.m. in Corbly Hall Room "Marshall' is a serious magazine for those development partnership and Marshall's Calif.; F. Selby Wellman, senior vice with Hawaiian Electric Company in Hano- Bachelor, a member of Marshall's 1972-73 105. Charlie Slack is retired director of per­ sincerely interested in learning in depth merger with the former West Virginia president for corporate marketing with sonnel from Goodyear Tire and Rubber about the university, the economy of the Graduate College; Cisco Systems Inc., and general manager of Company. its Interworks Business Unit in Research Bradberry scholarship established He received a bachelor's degree in edu­ undergoing renovation Triangle Park, N.C., and Diana Sole, cation from Marshall, following a stellar RCBI president and owner of MotionMasters, an basketball career where he established a Huntington facilities of Marshall electronic communications firm in Charles­ NCAA record with 25.6 rebounds per game University's federally funded Robert C. ton, W.Va.); in one season. Slack is also a charter mem­ Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manu­ • a feature on the current and five former ber of the MU Athletic Hall of Fame and facturing (RCBI), located at 1050 Fourth student body presidents and their lives the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Ave., are undergoing a $1.2 million renova­ after Marshall; Upon graduation from MU, he joined tion. •the impact of the university's master's Goodyear as a production management RCBI Director Charlotte N. Weber said degree in forensic science program, in trainee and worked in various sales, labor the project is expected to be completed by conjunction with the West Virginia State relations and human resources positions be­ May 1. Police and the Federal Bureau of Investiga­ fore retiring as personnel director after 35 The work includes enclosing the street tion; years of service. level parking garage to house the Technical • the variety of projects designed by While at Goodyear, Slack continued his Services Shop and major changes in the university faculty through Technology education by completing executive manage­ building's facade. Edward Tucker of Hun­ Advantage grants, ment programs at Northwestern, Carnegie tington is architect for the project. Contrac­ •Marshall University's Year of the Book Mellon, Virginia and Michigan. tors are E.P. Leach & Sons, Inc. of Hunting­ (Continued on page 2) For more information about the speakers ton and Scheeser, Buckley, Mayfield, Inc. or the "Executive in Residence" program, of Uniontown, Ohio. contact Dr. Robert Alexander in the Lewis In addition to the expansion of machin­ sets College of Business, 696-2614. ing capabilities, facilities for telecommuni­ Morrow Library cations and videoconferencing will be im­ Spi:ing Break hours proved, Ms. Weber said. At the same time, the Byrd Institute is Friday Maren 20 - 7:45 &m. ~o 5 p.m. . Letter of appreciation expanding into other regions of the state. $1.2 million has been allocated to Saturda)'. Marel} 2J - CL.~!lED The family of Susan Ruth Smith Bradberry has established a scholarship in her A new facility, the Charleston Technical upgrade RCBI headquarters. Sunday, Maroh 1:1. - CLOSED Dear MU Faculty and Staff: memory at Marshall. Bradberry, who had been a special education teacher at Bradley Center, was opened recently on the Marshall Administrative- E!<;Jur - 8 ~m. to 5 p,m.. Elementary School in Beckley, received a B.A. degree from MU in 1978 and a M.A. University Graduate College campus in easier access to the technical training and Thank you for your rememberances Monday Manch 23 through degree from the former West Virginia College of Graduate Studies in 1985. She died South Charleston and other centers at support the Byrd Institute offers," she after the loss of my mother. Our family Friday, Mareh 27 Jone 14, 1997. Looking over guidelines for the scholarship are, from left, Bradberry's appreciates your thoughtfulness very Bridgeport and Rocket Center are expected added. stepmother, Terri Smith, Bradberry's father, George 0. Smith of Centerville, Ohio, much. to be operational this spring, Ms. Weber Launched in 1990, RCBI is designed to Saturday. Nfarch 28 - Gl:::OSED and Dr. Carolyn B. Hunter, MU associate vice president for development. The said. enhance the competitiveness of small- and Sunday, Maren ~ g -CLOSED Sincerely, scholarship will be awarded to junior-level students in the College of Education and "This expansion will enable us to reach medium-sized companies by helping them Phyllis Griffith Human Services who are majoring in special education. more manufacturers throughout West Vir­ adopt the most advanced technologies and ginia and adjacent states by providing management methods available. Page 4 • Alulllni Association to present awards MU Alulllni Weekend lS April 17-18 Marshall University head football coach through 1978, Pruett was a Marshall He has been a member of the Big Green Marshall University's annual Alumni A luncheon honoring the Class of 1953 Alumni Association's Awards Banquet at 7 Bob Pruett will be honored April 18 as the assistant from 1979 through 1982, serving Scholarship Foundation board of directors. Weekend, with the theme "Memories Last will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the p.m. Saturday, April 18, in the Don Morris MU Alumni Association's 1998 Distin­ first as defensive backs coach and then as In 1983 he served on the search Forever," will be celebrated April 17-18. board room of the Erickson Alumni Center. Room, Memorial Student Center. guished Alumnus. defensive coordinator. committees for a new MU president and a Linda S. Holmes, executive director of Cost is $8 per person. Business Hall of Fame Other honorees during the 61st annual He was an assistant coach at Wake Forest head basketball coach. He also was a the Marshall University Alumni Associa­ Participants can get a closer look at the The Business Hall of Fame will honor Alumni Awards Banquet will include Dr. (1983-89), Mississippi (1990-91) and volunteer for The Campaign for Marshall in tion, said reunions for the Grand Class (all library construction, the addition to Memo­ five inductees on Friday, April 17: Charles E. "Skip" Turner, who will receive Tulane (1992-93) before joining the 1990. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon pre-1948 alumni) and the Classes of 1938, rial Student Center and other changes in the H. Darrel Darby, a former West Virginia the Alumnus Community Achievement University of Florida staff as defensive fraternity, he was co-chair of the group's 1943, 1948 and 1953 are just part of the university's physical plant by joining a state senator, podiatrist and businessman award, and John K. Kinzer Jr. and his wife, coordinator and defensive backs coach, 50th anniversary celebration in 1997. weekend's events. walking tour of campus at 2 p.m. Saturday. whose Darco International manufactures the former Betty Sue Haden, who will be where he coached in the 1995 Sugar Bowl Betty Sue Kinzer was director-teacher at Activities begin with a "Meet and Greet" The tour will depart from the Erickson and distributes medical products world­ recognized with the Distinguished Service and the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. St. John's Pre-Primary School prior to reception at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 17, in Center. wide; award. Dr. Turner, an internist/gastroenterolo­ moving to Missouri in May 1997. She was a the Erickson Alumni Center, 1731 5th Ave. At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, a complimentary Steven J. Day, president and chief Marshall's record-smashing 1997 quar­ gist in Huntington since 1969, was one of member of the Alumni Association board of At noon Friday the Grand Class and the social hour will begin in Erickson Alumni executive officer of City National Bank in terback, Chad Pennington, will be awarded the founding physicians of the Huntington directors, 1989-92, and served on the Classes of 1938, 1943 & 1948 will be Center. Light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar Charleston and City Holding Co., who was the Alumni Association's Cam Henderson Internal Medicine Group Inc., of which he is Erickson Alumni Center Alumni House honored at a luncheon in the Don Morris will be available. recognized by Bankers Monthly as one of Scholarship for 1997-98. medical director. He earned a B.A. degree Committee for six years. The Kinzers have Room, Memorial Student Center. The cost The weekend concludes with the 61st the youngest CEOs in the nation; A Beckley, W.Va., native, Pruett played from Marshall in 1959. been members of The Marshall University is $8 per person. annual Alumni Awards Banquet at 7 p.m. Nancy L. Francis, the first woman to football at MU under Coach Charlie Snyder A clinical professor of medicine for the Foundation Inc.' s prestigious John Marshall Trolley tours of campus will begin at 2:30 Saturday in the Don Morris Room, serve as president of The Marshall from 1961 through 1964 and also was a MU School of Medicine, Turner is an active Society for seven years. p.m. Friday on the Fifth Avenue side of Memorial Student Center. The cost is $15 University Foundation Inc. board of three-year letterman in wrestling and track. staff member of Cabell Huntington Hospital Pennington, a Knoxville, Tenn., junior Memorial Student Center. per person. directors, who was the West Virginia He earned a B.A. degree from MU in 1965. and St. Mary's Hospital, where he was chief majoring in broadcast journalism, was a A champagne reception hosted by the Tickets to the Alumni Association events Chapter of the National Society of Fund Pruett, who began his collegiate coaching of medicine, 1973-82, and president of the Rhodes Scholar nominee and took all­ Alumni Association will begin at 6 p.m. are available by calling the Marshall Office Raising Executives' Volunteer Fund Raiser career at MU under Sonny Randle in 1979, medical staff, 1993-95. He currently is a conference academic honors in both the Friday in the Joan C. Edwards Performing of Alumni Affairs, 304/696-2523. of the Year in 1992; returned in 1996 to lead the Thundering trustee of the St. Mary's Board of Medicine. Southern Conference and Mid-American Arts Center. The $5 ticket price includes Additional Alumni Weekend Events Earl P. Heiner Jr., general manager of Herd to an unprecedented 15-0 season and In 1989 he was recipient of the Laureate Conference. champagne, hors d'oeuvres, coffee and Byrd Institute Heiner's Bakery in Huntington, who served the NCAA I-AA title. In 1997 he coached Award for West Virginia by the American During the 1997 season Pennington led punch. Other beverages will be available Marshall University and the Robert C. as president of the bakery from 1982 until the Herd to a 10-2 season of Division I-A College of Physicians. He also was the nation in touchdown passes with 39, through a cash bar. Byrd Institute will present the first 1996 when the bakery was sold to play, the Mid-American Conference cham­ appointed by then West Virginia Gov. putting him in a tie for fifth place all-time On Saturday, April 18, activities begin Distinguished Alumnus in Manufacturing Earthgrains Inc. of St. Louis, one of the top pionship and a trip to the first Ford Motor Gaston Caperton as a member of the Public NCAA. He set the NCAA record for with a complimentary continental breakfast Award to Phil E. Cline, president of three bakeries in the United States, and City ,Bowl in the Pontiac Silverdome. Employees Insurance Agency Advisory touchdown passes by a sophomore. His at 9 a.m. in Erickson Alumni Center. Broughton Foods Co. A former vice Harvey P. White, a founder and president In 1996, his first season as a collegiate Board. 3,480 yards passing in a season set the MAC At 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Marshall Coach president/finance and treasurer of J.H. of QUALCOMM Inc., an international head coach, Pruett was named the Chevrolet Turner is married to the former Linda record. Bob Pruett, the 1998 Distinguished Alum­ Fletcher & Co., Cline will be honored for wireless communications company based and Frank Leahy National Coach of the Matheny (B.A.'60) and they are parents of Pennington was named by The Washing­ nus, will speak on the topic "How to Build a aggressively representing manufacturing in San Diego, Calif., that since its founding Year. The state's sportswriters unani­ four children: Jim, Holly, Mark and Julie. ton Post as the nation's "Comeback Player Champion." His seminar will be held in the issues throughout the region. in 1985 has grown to more than $2 billion in mously voted him the West Virginia Coach The Kinzers have remained actively of the Year" in 1997. He was Southern Erickson Center. Cline will receive the award during the sales. of the Year. involved with Marshall since completing Conference freshman of the year in 1995, A special reception will begin at 6 p.m. in Pruett was a 12th-round draft choice of their degrees. John Kinzer earned his but was redshirted during the 1996 season. the Don Morris Room, Memorial Student the Dallas Cowboys and played five years B.B.A. degree in 1962. Mrs. Kinzer Pruett, Turner, the Kinzers and Pennington Faculty and staff achievements Center, followed by the induction ceremony (1964-68) of semi-professional football as a received her B.A. degree in 1967. will receive their awards at the annual and banquet at 7 p.m. tight end, outside linebacker and strong John Kinzer, vice president, taxes, with Alumni Awards Banquet Saturday, April 18 Dr. HOWARD R. D. GORDON, profes­ ing Group Inc., for his book on "Interna­ Individual tickets to the Hall of Fame safety. Arch Coal Inc., served eight years on the at 7 p.m. in the Don Morris Room of sor in the Department of Adult and Techni­ tional Cartels and World War II." banquet are $75. Sponsor, Benefactor and After coaching football, wrestling and MU Alumni Association board of directors, Memorial Student Center. cal Education, had an article entitled "Legal Dr. SUSAN C. POWER, associate pro­ Host tables also are available. For more golf at four Virginia high schools from 1965 including two years, 1981-83, as president. Contact the Office of Alumni Affairs, Knowledge of Secondary School Principals: fessor in the Department of Art, has been information, call Gael Setliff at the 696-2523, for more information or to make Impact of Selected Variables" published in awarded a $1500 research grant by the Bead Elizabeth McDowell Lewis College of the Journal of Research in Education (Fall Society of Greater Washington to continue Business, 304/696-2316. Reservations must reservations. Tax workshop for international 1997, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 49-54). research about beads as an art form of the be made by April 10. Dr. ROBERT F. "BOB" MADDOX, pro­ early Southeastern American Indians. HPER Luncheon students scheduled March 25 Magazine debuts fessor in the Department of History, has POWER will work with bead collections at The Division of Health, Physical Educa­ (Continued from page 1) signed a contract with Greenwood Publish- the University of Florida, the University tion and Recreation is having a reunion on Three tax experts will be featured at the their 1997 federal and state tax returns. celebration, which is open to area residents. of Arkansas and the Smithsonian Institution Saturday, April 18. A social hour will begin 1998 International Student Tax Assistance All students holding non-immigrant sta­ The cover shows construction of the $1.4 in Washington, D.C. and will give a lecture at 11 a.m. in the John Marshall Room of Workshop on Wednesday, March 25 from 9 tus are encouraged to attend and should bring addition to Memorial Student Center, which Letter of appreciation for the society in Washington during the Memorial Student Center, followed by a a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Marshall University Me­ their 1-20 or IAP-66, passport and any of is part of $176 million in campus fall. luncheon at noon. Cost is $10 per person. morial Student Center Room 2W9, accord­ the following forms they have received: W- construction and renovations in the 1990s. Dear MU Faculty and Staff: Dr. HERBERT TESS ER, professor in the For additional information, call Olive ing to Scott C. Hoppe, director of the Inter­ 2, 1042-S, 1099 INT or any other form that "Marshall" will be published three times Thank you for the beautiful flowers Department oflntegrated Science and Tech­ Hager at 304/696-2930. Reservations should national Students and Scholars Program at was marked "Important Tax Documents each year and will be mailed initially to and for visiting me while I was in the nology, will serve as principal investigator be made by April 10. MU. Enclosed" on the envelope. those who have previously expressed an hospital. Your gestures of kindness mean for a project involving image processing One-Room School Museum Bill Adams and Terry Pullen of the Inter­ The 1998 International Student Tax As­ interest in what is happening at the a great deal to me. research. This project is funded by a $60,000 An open house of the Ovie and Jesse nal Revenue Service and Tisch Alexander sistance Workshop is sponsored by the MU university and to business, civic and grant to MU by the Northrop Grumman Cline One-Room School Museum will be of the West Virginia State Department of Tax Center for International Programs. For more political leaders in West Virginia. As the Sincerely, Corporation, and its goal is to automatically held from 1:30to3:30p.m.Friday,April 17. and Revenue will be available at the work­ information contact Scott C. Hoppe, 696- magazine grows, it will acquire sponsors Gail M. Singley extract features such as roads and railroads For more information, call Dr. Paul Lutz shop to help all international students file 2379. and be more widely distributed, Gilley said. from satellite digital imagery. at 696-2956. Page2 Page3