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Medallion
Recipient
1940 Senator
Carter Glass
1940 Dr. Wm.
A. R. Goodwin
(Posthumously)
1941 Dr.
Douglas S.
Freeman
1942 John
Stewart Bryan
1943 Senator
Harry F. Byrd,
Sr.
1944 Dr.
Frederick W.
Boatwright
1945 Bishop
Henry St.
George Tucker
1946 Lady
Nancy Astor
1947 Homer L.
Ferguson
1948 Admiral
Richard E.
Byrd
1949 Governor
Colgate W.
Darden
1950 Thomas
B. McAdams
1951 Admiral
Lewis L.
Strauss
1952 Howard
Bruce
1953 General
Lemuel C.
Shepherd, Jr.
1954
Honorable
Walter S.
Robertson
1955
Honorable T.
Coleman
Andrews
1955 Reverend
Dr. John Henry
Biography
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Day
1956 Dr. G.
Foard
McGinnis
1957
Lieutenant
General Lewis
B. Puller
1958
Honorable
William M.
Tuck
1959 Harry
Ashby Debutts
1960 Senator
A. Willis
Robertson
1961 Virginius
Dabney
1962 Robert H.
Porterfield
1963 Frank
Talbott, Jr.
1964 Dr. Edgar
F. Shannon, Jr.
1965 Rear
Admiral
Charles S.
Minter, Jr.,
U.S.N.
1966 Major
General
George R. E.
Shell
1967
Honorable
Henry H.
Fowler
1968 Edward
Hudson Lane
1969 Dr.
Christopher C.
Kraft, Jr.
1970 Dr.
Thomas G.
Pullen
1971 E.
Claiborne
Robins
E. Claiborne Robins was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Claiborne (Richmond College, 1894) and Martha Taylor
Robins. He earned his B.A. degree at the University of Richmond in 1931 and his B.S. degree from the School of
Pharmacy at the Medical College of Virginia in 1933.
He then joined his mother and two other employees in the family business, which was begun in 1866 by his
grandfather, A.H. Robins, as a small apothecary and manufacturing chemist's shop. By 1970 E. Claiborne Robins
was Chairman of the Board of the A.H. Robins Company, a multinational corporation engaged primarily in the
manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and consumer products. He retired in 1990, following the sale of
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A.H. Robins Company to American Home Products Company.
In 1969, Robins donated $50 million to the University of Richmond. At the time, it was the largest cash gift ever
presented to an American university, and it came at a critical juncture. Robins challenged Richmond “to become the
finest small private university in the nation.”
Over his lifetime, Robins and his family gave Richmond about $175 million in total.
Robins received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Richmond in 1960 and the
University's first Paragon Medal, its highest award, in 1986.
http://urhistory.richmond.edu/people/Robins.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/07/obituaries/e-claiborne-robins-84-dies-executive-and-philanthropist.html
1972 W.
Thomas Rice
General Rice began his career in 1934 with Pennsylvania Railroad in the Operating Department. After serving on
active duty, Rice returned to work for the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad Company in February
1946, and after holding several managerial positions, General Rice was elected President January 1, 1955. General
Rice became President of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company on August 1, 1957, and upon merger of former
ACL and Seaboard Air Line Railroads, he was elected president of the merged company on July 1, 1967. On
January 1, 1970, he was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. General Rice served as Chairman of
Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc. (the parent company) and Chairman of SCL Railroad and Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company. As of August 1, 1978, he became Chairman Emeritus of Seaboard Coast Line
Industries, Inc. General Rice is a director of Tredegar Industries, Inc. & Florida Rock Industries, Inc. and has served
as a director of banks, chemical companies, food companies, and a textile company.
http://www.alumni.armyrotc.vt.edu/Generals/new/Rice.htm
1973
Honorable
Mills G.
Godwin, Jr.
Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. (November 19, 1914 – January 30, 1999) of Chuckatuck, Virginia, was an American
politician who was the 60th and 62nd Governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and
from 1974 until 1978.
For his first term, he was the last Governor elected who was a part of the Byrd Organization, the conservative
Democratic establishment that dominated Virginia politics for over three decades. Although Godwin spent his first
term as governor as a member of the Democratic Party, he was succeeded by the election of Linwood A. Holton, the
first non-Democrat in over 80 years. By 1974, Godwin had switched to the Republican Party, as the dominance of
the Democrats in Virginia politics and the Byrd political machine had clearly ended.
Godwin was born in Nansemond County (now-Suffolk, Virginia) and educated at the Norfolk Division of The
College of William and Mary, now Old Dominion University. He married Katherine Thomas Beale of Holland, also
in Nansemond County. They adopted one child, Becky Godwin (b. 1954). In August 1968, while Governor Godwin
was attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Becky and her mother were vacationing at
the Oceanfront area of Virginia Beach when Becky was killed in a freak lightning accident.[1]
The family resided in the Chuckatuck section of Nansemond County, an area which became part of the consolidation
of the former county with the former town and city of Suffolk centrally located which was the county seat. In 1974,
the modern independent city of Suffolk was formed. It was the final of the city of Hampton Roads to take their
current form during a wave of political consolidations in the Hampton Roads region which began in 1952.
Godwin served in the Virginia state senate between 1952 and 1962 and was the lieutenant governor between 1962
and 1966. In the state senate, Godwin was one of the leaders of the segregationist policy of "massive resistance,"
which aimed to prevent the implementation of federal court decisions under Brown vs. Board of Education requiring
that black students be admitted to white schools. However, after 1960, he was among those leaders who became
much more moderate as Virginia made the cultural transition, and distanced itself from the extreme positions of
Senator Harry F. Byrd (Sr.).
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With an eye to the 1965 gubernatorial race, Godwin reached out to African American voters during the 1964
presidential campaign by campaigning for President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had led the movement for enactment
of the Civil Rights Act of that year.
When he ran for governor in 1965, Godwin had no opposition from within the Democratic party and was therefore
nominated without a primary election. His support of President Johnson the previous year, however, lost him the
support of the most die-hard segregationists, who bolted from the Democratic party to support William J. Story, Jr.,
the candidate of the short-lived Virginia Conservative Party. Godwin's bid for governor in 1965 was endorsed by the
local affiliates of both the NAACP and the AFL-CIO.
Despite the third party challenge, Godwin defeated the Republican Holton by a 48%-36% margin, with Story
winning 13 percent of the vote. (American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell, running as an independent,
won 1.02 percent of the vote.)
After his first term ended in 1970, Godwin began to separate himself from the Democratic party. He managed the
U.S. Senate campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. who was running as an Independent candidate. Godwin was denied a seat
at the Democratic state convention in 1972, and he was a member in the Texas organization of "Democrats for
Nixon," supporting Republican Richard Nixon over the Democratic presidential nominee, George McGovern.
Although Lieutenant Gov. Henry E. Howell, Jr., had been elected to his office as an independent, against Democratic
and Republican opposition, Howell appeared to be the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for governor in
the 1973 election. Howell was a self-styled "populist," but many conservatives of both parties saw him simply as a
liberal, whose push to the governor's office they believed had to be stopped. Former Governor Godwin was
persuaded to run for governor by conservative Republicans who saw Godwin as the most likely candidate to beat
Howell. Although Godwin sought and won the Republican party's nomination, he did not declare that he had
personally switched his party affiliation until his speech to the Republican convention in which he accepted his
nomination "as one of you." In the November 1973 election, Godwin defeated Howell to win his second term.
Virginia law prohibits incumbent governors for running for reelection. Godwin became the only Virginia governor to
be elected to two terms in the 20th century. Godwin narrowly defeated Howell by a margin of 15,000 votes, or a 50.7
to 49.3 margin. In another historic note, Godwin became the last Governor of Virginia to date whose party held the
Presidency at the time of election, a distinction that will remain true at least until 2013.
As Governor, Godwin abandoned the state's "pay as you go" fiscal policy, which Virginia had followed since Harry
F. Byrd's governorship, by having the state issue bonds to pay for capital projects.
In 1976, Governor Godwin supported the bid of President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., for the Republican presidential
nomination, against challenger Ronald Reagan. The Virginia Republican Party convention of that year, however,
elected a largely pro-Reagan delegation to the 1976 Republican National Convention, although as a courtesy Godwin
was designated as co-chairman of the delegation (but was required to share the co-chairmanship with Reagan
supporter Richard D. Obenshain).
After the end of his second gubernatorial term, Godwin worked behind the scenes in the Virginia Republican Party
until shortly before his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_E._Godwin,_Jr.
http://www.nndb.com/people/944/000122578/
1974 James
Jackson
Kilpatrick
James Jackson Kilpatrick (November 1, 1920 – 15 August 2010) was an American columnist and grammarian.
Kilpatrick was born and raised in Oklahoma City, and received his degree in journalism from the University of
Missouri in 1941. He spent many years as an editor of The Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia. During
the 1950s and 1960s, he was noted as a fervent segregationist and an advocate of the states' rights doctrine of
interposition, arguing that the states had the right to oppose and even nullify federal court rulings on the subject.
Kilpatrick's arguments against desegregation were not solely based on federalism, though. In 1963, he submitted an
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article for the Saturday Evening Post entitled "The Hell He Is Equal" in which he wrote that the "Negro race, as a
race, is in fact an inferior race." (The article was spiked by the magazine's editors out of sensitivity concerns after
four black girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.) He eventually changed his position on
segregation, though he remained a staunch opponent of actual or perceived federal encroachments upon the
individual states.[1]
Kilpatrick began writing his syndicated political column, "A Conservative View," in 1964 and left the News Leader
in 1966.[2] Kilpatrick is perhaps best known for his nine years as a debater on the TV news magazine 60 Minutes.
He appeared in a closing segment on each show in the 1970s called "Point-Counterpoint," opposite Nicholas von
Hoffman and, later, Shana Alexander.[1] This was later parodied on Saturday Night Live with Dan Aykroyd and
Jane Curtin, where Aykroyd would respond to Curtin's opening argument with, "Jane, you ignorant slut." Another
famous parody was in the film "Airplane", in which Kirkpatrick, played by William Tregoe, argues "Shanna, they
bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash."
In 1979 Kilpatrick joined the Universal Press Syndicate as a columnist, eventually distributed to more than 180
newspapers around the country.
Kilpatrick went into semi-retirement in 1993, shifting from a three-times-a-week political column to a weekly
column on judicial issues, "Covering the Courts," which ended in 2008. For many years he also wrote a syndicated
column dealing with English usage, especially in writing, called "The Writer's Art" (also the title of his 1985 book on
writing). In January 2009, the Universal Syndicate announced that Kilpatrick would end this column because of
health reasons.
His other books include The Foxes Union, a recollection of his life in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in the Blue
Ridge Mountains; Fine Print: Reflections on the Writing Art; and, A Political Bestiary, which he co-wrote with
former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly.
Kilpatrick married his first wife, sculptor Marie Louise Pietri, in 1942. She died in 1997. In 1998, Kilpatrick married
liberal Washington-based syndicated columnist Marianne Means.[3][4]
Kilpatrick's personal papers, including his editorial files and correspondence, are housed in Special Collections of the
University of Virginia Library. Guides and descriptions of Kilpatrick's papers are available through the Virginia
Heritage database
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Kilpatrick
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/243888/james-jackson-kilpatrick-rick-brookhiser
http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/08/remembering_james_j_kilpatrick.html
1975 Senator
Hugh Scott
Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was a politician from Pennsylvania who served in both
the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and who also served as Chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 11, 1900 and attended public and private schools. He
graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, in 1919 and the law department of the University of
Virginia at Charlottesville in 1922. He was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He was a brother of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.
During World War I he enrolled in the Student Reserve Officers Training Corps and the Students’ Army Training
Corps.
Scott served as assistant district attorney of Philadelphia, Pa. from 1926 to 1941 and was a member of the
Governor’s Commission on Reform of the Magistrates System (1938–1940). During the Second World War he was
on active duty for two years with the United States Navy, rising to the rank of commander.
An author, Scott was also vice president of the United States Delegation to the Interparlimentary Union. He was
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elected as a Republican to the 77th United States Congress and reelected to the 78th United States Congress (January
3, 1941–January 3, 1945). He failed to be reelected in 1944 to the 79th United States Congress and resumed the
practice of law, serving as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1948 to 1949. He then returned to
Congress (the 80th) and was reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947–January 3, 1959), leaving
his seat to run for the Senate.
In 1958 Scott was elected to the United States Senate and was twice reelected, in 1964 and again in 1970, and served
from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977. He was Republican whip in 1969 and minority leader from 1969 to 1977,
serving as Chairman of the Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (92nd Congress). He wielded
tremendous influence. He was one of the congressional leaders to meet Richard Nixon to tell him to resign following
Watergate.
A memorable quote from Hugh Scott came during the U-2 Incident in 1960, when Senator Scott said that "We have
violated the eleventh Commandment — Thou Shall Not Get Caught."[1]
He did not run for reelection in 1976. The same year, he chaired the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican
National Convention.
Scott was a resident of Washington, D.C., and later, Falls Church, Virginia, until his death there on July 21, 1994. He
is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Scott
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000174
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5229
1976 John D.
DeButts
John D. DeButts, a former chairman and chief executive officer for the American Telegraph & Telephone Co.,
Mr. DeButts joined AT&T as an executive vice president in Arpil 1966. He left a post he held as president of Illinois
Bell since 1962. He was selected to be the Chicagoan of the Year in 1979 in a ceremony sponsored by the Chicago
Boys Clubs.
When he took over as chairman, AT&T was at the center of criticism that its service was unsatisfactory in some
areas. The company`s 1 million employees were suffering from low morale.
Mr. DeButts first set out to improve AT&T`s service and then he met with employees from across the country,
telling them of the firm`s history and inviting them to share his enthusiasm for working to improve it. He even made
commercials to market the company to businesses.
When he retired, AT&T`s service was considered far improved. Employee morale problems had been settled, and
company assets increased nearly 65 percent.
Before retiring, Mr. DeButts selected his predecessor, Charles L. Brown, who oversaw the resulting anti-trust
breakup against AT&T. Mr. DeButts had often voiced his opinion that telephone service competition was unhealthy.
The corporate break up saddened him.
Mr. DeButts, a native of Greensboro, S.C., suffered from diabetes, an affliction that led to the amputation of one of
his legs in 1984. He had been in a wheelchair since then.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-18/news/8604040686_1_charles-l-brown-low-morale-american-telegraph
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/18/obituaries/john-d-debutts-ex-chairman-of-at-t-is-dead.html
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20069627,00.html
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1977 Brigadier
General Frank
McCarthy
Frank McCarthy (June 8, 1912 – December 1, 1986) was the secretary of the General Staff of the United States
Department of War during World War II; briefly United States Assistant Secretary of State for Administration in
1945; and later a distinguished executive producer, whose 1970 film Patton won the Academy Award for Best
Picture in 1970.
Frank McCarthy was born near Richmond, Virginia on June 8, 1912. He attended the Virginia Military Institute,
graduating in 1933.
After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute, McCarthy worked as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader.
He then moved to New York City and became the press agent for legendary Broadway theater producer George
Abbott's Brother Rat (1937), a farce about students at the Virginia Military Institute. (In 1938, Brother Rat was made
into a film starring Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris. Ronald Reagan was cast in a minor role, and it was during this
film shoot that Reagan met his future wife Jane Wyman.)
In mid-1940, following the Second Armistice at Compiègne, McCarthy enlisted in the United States Army Reserve.
By 1941, McCarthy had attained the rank of Colonel and was aide-de-camp to the Chief of Staff of the United States
Army, General George Marshall. According to Andrew Roberts' book Masters and Commanders (HarperCollins,
2009) McCarthy was a homosexual, a fact unknown to Marshall who kept on introducing him to attractive young
women. Roberts cites no source for this.
From 1943 to 1945, McCarthy served as the secretary of the General Staff of the United States Department of War.
For his service in World War II, McCarthy was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and
was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He left the Army with the rank of Brigadier
General.
Shortly after the end of the war, President of the United States Harry Truman named McCarthy Assistant Secretary
of State for Administration under United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Only 33 years old at the time,
McCarthy is thus the youngest Assistant Secretary of State in United States history. However, he only held the office
as a placeholder, from September 1, 1945 until October 11, 1945, when he was replaced by Donald S. Russell.
After the war, McCarthy moved to Hollywood and became an executive producer, first for 20th Century Fox, then
for Universal Studios. In 1951, Decision Before Dawn, a spy picture that McCarthy co-produced with Anatole Litvak
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later produced Sailor of the King (1953) and A Guide
for the Married Man (1967).
McCarthy spent nearly twenty years working on a biographical film of General George S. Patton. This film, Patton
(1970) was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C. Scott as Patton. In 1971, at the 43rd Academy
Awards, Patton won the Academy Award for Best Picture (with McCarthy, as the film's producer, accepting the
award); Schaffner won the Academy Award for Best Director; and Scott won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Scott refused to attend the 43rd Academy Awards, so McCarthy accepted Scott's Oscar on Scott's behalf. The next
day, Scott refused his Oscar (the first actor to do so) and McCarthy therefore returned it to the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
In the 1970s, McCarthy became a producer of TV movies, a new genre. He produced Fireball Forward, a 1972 war
drama. In 1977, he produced the film MacArthur, an account of General Douglas MacArthur's life from 1942 to
1952.
McCarthy died of cancer on December 1, 1986 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, at the age of 74.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McCarthy_(producer)
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-03/local/me-238_1_producer-frank-mccarthy
1978 Dr.
Robert Q.
Robert Quarles "Bob" Marston (February 12, 1923 – March 14, 1999) was an American physician, research scientist,
governmental appointee and university administrator. Marston was a native of Virginia, and, after earning his
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Marston
bachelor's, medical and research degrees, he became a research scientist and medical professor. He served as the
dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, the director of the National Institutes of Health, and the
president of the University of Florida.
Marston was born in Toano, Virginia, a small unincorporated community near Williamsburg, in 1923.[1] He
graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia with a bachelor of science degree in
1944.[2] While attending the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in Richmond, Virginia, he married Ann Carter
Garnett in 1946.[1] After graduating from MCV with his doctor of medicine degree (M.D.) in 1947, he was awarded
a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.[1] While studying at Oxford's Lincoln
College, he worked with Nobel Prize-winner Sir Howard Florey, Norman Heatley and other scientists from the
research team that developed penicillin as the first antibiotic, and graduated with a degree in research science.[1]
After completing his internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and a year's residency at
Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, Marston joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from
1951 to 1953 as a member of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, researching the infectious aftermath of
whole-body irradiation.[1] He completed his residency at MCV in 1954.[1]
The Markle Foundation awarded Marston a grant as a "gifted practitioner" in the advancement of his academic
medical career.[1] Thereafter, he taught for three years on the MCV faculty, and served as an assistant professor of
bacteriology and immunology at the University of Minnesota Medical School for a year.[1] He returned to MCV, in
1959, as an associate professor of medicine and the assistant dean for student affairs.[1]
Marston was appointed the dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and the director of the
university's Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement in 1961.[1] Marston
was hired with the tacit understanding that he would integrate the medical school and medical center to comply with
Federal law and maintain the medical school's accreditation.[3] Under his politically understated guidance, and in the
face of continued political opposition from Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, his administration admitted the first
African-American medical students, hired the first black medical professor, integrated the medical center's patients,
and set new precedents for the peaceful racial desegregation of Southern medical schools and teaching hospitals.[4]
Later, in 1965, he was appointed vice chancellor of the university.[5]
He returned to the National Institutes of Health in 1966, first as an associate director and the director of the newly
created Division of Regional Medical Programs,[6] charged with cancer, heart disease and stroke research.[5] Then,
as part of an April 1968 NIH departmental reorganization, he was named administrator of the Health Services and
Mental Health Administration.[6] Only five months later, on September 1, 1968, Marston was appointed to be the
NIH director.[6]
During his last year as the NIH director, Marston became embroiled in a funding controversy with the Nixon
administration, which wanted to place greater funding emphasis on a "war on cancer."[5] Marston believed that
emphasizing one disease at the expense of other medical research was bad policy, and continued to support balanced,
comprehensive funding priorities.[5] He eventually resigned from NIH in April 1973, after nearly five years as
director. Afterward, he became a scholar-in-residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1]
The National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine named him as its first distinguished fellow.[1]
In 1974, the Florida Board of Regents appointed Marston as the seventh president of the University of Florida
located in Gainesville, Florida; he undertook the presidency during a time of economic recession, state budget cuts
and increased demand for private funding of the university.[7] During his ten-year tenure, the university matured into
one of the nation's ten largest single-campus universities and one of the three most comprehensive in the scope of its
academic programs, with significant growth in its sponsored research activities, and notable enhancement of the
university's academic quality and reputation.[7] Marston's accomplishments as university president included the
organization of a non-profit corporate structure for the management of Shands Hospital, helping establish the State of
Florida's Eminent Scholars Program, dramatically increasing the university's private financial support, developing
programs to attract National Merit Scholars and National Achievement Scholars, and laying the groundwork for the
University of Florida's eventual membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU).[7][8]
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After retiring as the University of Florida president emeritus in 1984, Marston returned to the Virginia Military
Institute as an eminent scholar, and later served on VMI's governing Board of Visitors during the controversy over
the court-ordered admission of women.[7] In 1985, he returned to the University of Florida faculty and conducted
research and presented papers for the university's Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and its College of
Medicine,[7] co-edited The Medical Implications of Nuclear War[9] for the National Academy of Sciences, and
served as the chairman of the Safety Advisory Committee for the Clean-Up of Three Mile Island.[7] He also
accepted the chairmanship of the Florida Marine Fishery Commission, tasked with the regulation and protection of
the state's saltwater fishing industry.[7]
The Marston Science Library, named for Robert Q. Marston, the seventh president of the University of Florida
(1974–1984). The building was completed and occupied in 1987, and is the home of the university's collections in
agriculture, biological sciences, chemical and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and statistics.As a wellknown leader in several national educational and medical organizations, Marston was elected president of the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, a Distinguished Service Member of the
Association of American Medical Colleges, and a member of the governing board of the Institute of Medicine.[10]
He was also elected to the corporate board of directors of Johnson & Johnson, the Hospital Corporation of America
and Wackenhut.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Q._Marston
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1473135/
http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/historical/directors.htm#marston
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/16/us/robert-q-marston-76-dies-directed-institutes-of-health.html
1979
Honorable
Lewis F.
Powell, Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (born 1907) was a corporate lawyer who became a U.S. Supreme Court justice. He became the
intellectual leader of the Court's moderate center until his 1987 retirement.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. was born on September 19, 1907, in Suffolk, Virginia, son of a comfortable middle-class family.
Powell attended Washington & Lee College, from which he graduated in 1929, and Harvard Law School, where he
studied under Felix Frankfurter, completing a L.L.M. degree in 1932. Powell married Josephine M. Rucker on May
2, 1936, and was the father of three daughters and a son. Admitted to the Virginia bar, he entered private practice in
Richmond in 1937 and became a partner in the prestigious Richmond firm of Hunton, Williams, Bay, Powell &
Gibson. During World War II he served as an Air Force intelligence officer in North Africa. Returning to his
Richmond practice, he gained national recognition as a corporate lawyer, subsequently serving on the board of
directors of 11 major companies. A pillar of the American legal establishment, Powell served as president of the
American Bar Association (1964-1965), president of the American College of Trial Lawyers (1968-1970), and
president of the American Bar Foundation (1969-1971). His service as vice president of the National Legal Aid and
Defender Society was instrumental in securing support of the organized bar for government-subsidized legal service
for poor people.
Active in community affairs, Powell was chairman of the Richmond School Board, where during the late 1950s and
1960s he urged a moderate course in complying with Brown v. Board of Education and kept the Richmond schools
open despite calls for "massive resistance" to desegregation. He led in the voluntary desegregation of Washington &
Lee University. He was not, however, a leader in bringing racial equality to the South. The Fourth Circuit Court
ruled in 1965 that practices of the Richmond School Board under Powell's leadership unconstitutionally perpetuated
racial segregation (Bradley v. School Board of Richmond).
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Richard Nixon in 1972, Powell was viewed as cautious and pragmatic, with a
skepticism for doctrinaire solutions. He was also distrustful of governmental interference in private affairs and
committed to logical analysis as an aid to predictability and principled decision making. Powell quickly emerged as
the intellectual leader of the Court's moderate center. He also sought to limit access to the courts by persons seeking
to litigate generalized grievances. In U.S.v. Richardson (1974) he went out of his way to warn of the dangers to a
democratic society of an overly activist judiciary. His personal biases also came out in business cases, where his
decisions failed to strike the note of reasoned moderation that prevailed through much of the rest of his
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jurisprudence.
Powell was generally charry toward government regulation. On anti-trust opinions he tended to favor the business
attacked. He voted against organized labor and was unenthusiastic about environmental and consumer protection,
urging an extremely narrow reading of the Truth-In-Lending Act to exclude many installment transactions from its
coverage (Mourningv. Family Publications Service, Inc. [1973]).
Powell's balance did show in a number of fields. In criminal law he generally ruled to increase the authority of law
enforcement officials to obtain information and to decrease the zone of privacy that the individual had against
government. He tended to narrow the Fifth Amendment's guarantees against self-incrimination. He refused to sustain
the government's power to wiretap, however, maintaining that wiretapping was search and seizure within the
meaning of the Fourth Amendment (U.S. v. U.S. District Court [1972]). On the other hand, he rejected the contention
that the Fourth and Fifth amendments interlocked to provide a broad privacy area immune from governmental
intrusion. Instead, he took the literal language of each amendment and read it narrowly. On the "exclusionary" rule,
Powell was hostile, arguing it impeded successful law enforcement. He rejected the view that capital punishment
violated the Eighth Amendment, but also the view that no constitutional constraints restricted its use. Rather, he
favored a middle course, suggesting the states enact mandatory capital punishment laws (Furman v. Georgia [1972]).
In the civil liberties area, Powell was strongly separationist on matters of church and state, striking out particularly at
various forms of aid to parochial schools (Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist [1973]).
He supported the Court's decision in Roev. Wade (1973) and wrote a strong opinion reasserting women's
constitutional right to end their pregnancies in 1983. In First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (1978) he found the
public's right to know more important than the state's interest in regulating corporations and wrote a seminal opinion
granting First Amendment protection to corporate speech.
In the equal protection field Powell was more critical of racial discrimination in employment than he was in
education, although he agreed that the 1966 Civil Rights Act reached discrimination in private schools (Runyon v.
McCrary [1976]). He joined Justice William O. Douglas in denouncing the distinction between de facto and de jure
segregation, calling for enforced national standards in that area. On bussing to achieve integration, he opposed largescale, long-distance bussing requirements in metropolitan areas.
Powell's best known opinion was in California Board of Regents v. Bakke (1978), where he cast the deciding vote
and wrote the authoritative individual opinion. In it he invalidated rigid racial quotas in admissions, but upheld the
discretion to use race as a factor in establishing an affirmative action program. The opinion reflected Powell's
judicial experience, representing a careful move between polar extremes which enabled compromise and supplied
sensitive—if conservative—guidelines for future rulings.
In the preface of a 1994 biography on Justice Powell, the author mentions that shortly before Lewis Powell retired
from the Supreme Court, a civil liberties leader called him "the most powerful man in America." The statement, the
author continues, refers to Powell's ideological center of a divided Court, and revealed the remarkable degree to
which liberals had come to depend on the conservative from Virginia. President Nixon had not anticipated Powell's
role as an occasional liberal when he appointed him to the Court sixteen years earlier. Unlike the other Nixon
appointees, Powell proved to be highly independent, open to argument and willing to reconsider his own
preconceptions.
He retired from the Supreme Court in 1987 citing age and health problems. In addition to urological problems, he
suffered at night from a concerning pain in his legs. He had a blood infection in 1988 and in 1989, he contracted
pneumonia while sitting on an appeals court in Florida. Powell then began to black out for no apparent reason until it
was discovered that cardiac arrhythmia was to blame. A cardiac pacemaker remedied the problem, only after he
suffered a fall with a resultant broken hip. His recuperation kept him sidelined until early 1991. Despite his setbacks,
he continued to work, maintaining an office in the Supreme Court with a secretary, a messenger, and one clerk.
Fearing a lack of activity, he decided to chair Chief Justice Rehnquist's committee on habeas corpus in capital cases,
to deliver lectures, to spend several weeks in residence at the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee, to
receive various awards and honorary degrees and to sit on appeals courts in Richmond and elsewhere. He continued
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to do the work in which he had devoted his life.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Lewis_Franklin_Powell_Jr.aspx
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83701150.html
1980
Honorable W.
Graham
Claytor, Jr.
William Graham Claytor, Jr. (March 14, 1912–May 14, 1994) was an American lawyer, naval officer, and railroad,
transportation and defense administrator for the United States government, working under the administrations of
three US presidents.
He is remembered for his actions as the captain of a destroyer escort in World War II which helped to save 316 lives
during the USS Indianapolis tragedy. Over 30 years later, Claytor's moderate actions on behalf of the rights of female
and gay service personnel as Secretary of the Navy were considered progressive for the time. He is also credited with
a distinguished transportation career, including ten years as president of the Southern Railway and 11 years as the
head of Amtrak, guiding the passenger railroad through a particularly difficult period in its history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Graham_Claytor,_Jr.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E18MY4-295:
1981 Robert B.
Pamplin
Robert Boisseau Pamplin (November 25, 1911 - June 24, 2009) was an American businessman and later
philanthropist. A native of Virginia, he rose through the ranks of Georgia-Pacific where he later served as president
and chairman of the board. He helped relocate the company to Portland, Oregon, where he retired and resided until
his death.
He was born on a small family farm in Dinwiddie County, Virginia to Pauline Beville and John Robert Pamplin,
attended Midway High School in Dinwiddie County, and in the Fall of 1929 began attending Virginia Polytechnic
Institute (VPI). While at VPI, he was enrolled in the Corps of Cadets. He graduated from VPI with a B.S. degree in
Business Administration in 1933 and spent one year in graduate school studying business administration at
Northwestern University. He married Mary Katherine Reese on June 15, 1940 in Augusta, Georgia. He has one son,
Robert B. Pamplin, Jr, born on September 3, 1941 in Augusta.
In 1934, Pamplin joined Georgia Hardwood in Augusta, Georgia, as one of five employees.[1] In 1946, Georgia
Hardwood was renamed Georgia-Pacific. He successively worked as accountant, secretary and treasurer, financial
vice president, and president of Georgia-Pacific. In 1954, the company re-located its headquarters to Portland,
Oregon, partly in response to Pamplin's suggestion.[1] Owen Robertson Cheatham, founder of Georgia-Pacific,
asked him to move west with the company. He had a personal conflict working with Lewis A. Pick (former Army Lt.
General and VPI alumni) at Georgia-Pacific and terminated his employment on July 1, 1955.
After taking time off and traveling in Canada, he returned to Georgia-Pacific and served as President of the company
from 1957 until his retirement in 1976.[1] Robert B. Pamplin took Georgia-Pacific through a period of tremendous
growth. When he started as President in 1957, annual sales were $121 million and profits were $7.4 million. At the
time of his retirement, Georgia Pacific had sales of $3 billion and profits of $215 million.
He created the R. B. Pamplin Corporation in 1957 in Portland, Oregon. He contributed greatly to his alma mater VPI,
now known as Virginia Tech. Pamplin Hall at VPI was named in his honor in 1969 and the Pamplin College of
Business Administration was named for him in 1988. His wife died in December 2008.[1] Robert Pamplin died on
June 24, 2009, in Dunthorpe, Oregon, near Portland at the age of 97.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Pamplin
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2009/06/2009-518.html
http://www.pamplin.net/pamplin/rpamplin.htm
1982
Honorable
Albertis S.
Harrison, Jr.
Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (January 11, 1907 – January 23, 1995) was the 59th Governor of Virginia from 1962–
1966. Before serving as governor, he was the Brunswick County, Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney, and Attorney
General. His administration focused on industrial development, technical education, improving highways, and
promoting tourism. After being governor, he sat on the Virginia Supreme Court and chaired the Commission on
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Constitutional Revision that drafted the current Constitution of Virginia. A product of the Byrd Machine, which
dominated Virginia politics for much of the twentieth century, Harrison endorsed its preferred policies of fiscal
conservatism and racial segregation. He did not show the independence of his predecessor, Governor J. Lindsay
Almond, who ultimately broke with the Byrd Machine's policy of "Massive Resistance" to school integration by
closing the public schools rather than let any black students attend formerly all-white schools. The courthouse in
Harrison's hometown of Lawrenceville, VA is named in his honor. His house, nearby on Church Street, is still
standing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertis_S._Harrison,_Jr.
Albertis S. Harrison Jr., who served as State Attorney General and Governor as Virginia made its last stand against
racial integration, died on Monday at his home in Lawrenceville, Va. He was 88.
The cause was a heart attack, the Governor's office in Richmond said.
Mr. Harrison's time in office came as the state turned from a rural to an industrialized society, and he contributed
significantly to that development with road construction and other economic programs. He also left a legacy of a
greatly improved educational system.
Allied with the conservative organization headed by Harry F. Byrd Sr., Mr. Harrison took a more cautious position
on desegregation, avoiding its doctrine of "massive resistance."
By virtue of his office, Mr. Harrison was involved in confrontations with the Federal Government as Attorney
General from 1958 to 1962 and then as Governor until 1966. These included Virginia's legal battles to continue a
poll tax and close public schools in Prince Edward County, which ended up leaving black pupils without a formal
education for four years.
The county supervisors ordered the public schools padlocked to avoid integrating them. White pupils then attended a
private academy with their tuitions subsidized by the state. Most of the 1,700 black children had no schools to go to
while the issue was decided in Federal court.
Prince Edward County was the only school district in the country to resort to such extreme measures. In 1963,
schools were ordered to open, and when the Supreme Court agreed in 1964, the supervisors gave in rather than risk
prison. By then, the Governor was advising Virginians to heed the law unless they were willing to face prosecution,
and civil-rights leaders were generally pleased with the level of compliance in the state.
After he left the Governor's Mansion, Mr. Harrison became a judge of the state's Supreme Court of Appeals, retiring
in 1981. In 1968 he headed a commission that streamlined the State Constitution, and one clause the panel purged
from the 1923 version was a commandment that "white and colored children shall not be taught in the same school."
Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. was born into Southern aristocracy in Alberta, Va., in Brunswick County. His home sat
on a tract deeded to an ancestor, Henry Harrison, by King George II in 1732. His family tree boasted one Benjamin
Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, along with William Henry Harrison and a second Benjamin
Harrison, the 9th and 23d Presidents, respectively.
A graduate of the University of Virginia Law School, Mr. Harrison easily made his way into Virginia's political elite
as he served as Brunswick County prosecutor before being elected Attorney General.
As Governor he persuaded the Legislature to increase educational financing for new schools and laboratories, to raise
teachers' pay and to provide an enhanced teacher scholarship program, among other things. He pressed for statesupported colleges, technical schools and improved vocational training.
He helped to modernize state banking laws to attract investment and accelerated highway construction.
His survivors include his wife of 54 years, Lacey Barkley Harrison, and a daughter, Antoinette H. Jamison of
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Richmond.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D81E3EF936A15752C0A963958260
1983
Lieutenant
General
Samuel V.
Wilson
Lieutenant General Samuel Vaughan Wilson (born 1923), aka "General Sam", completed his active military career in
the fall of 1977, having divided his service almost equally between special operations and intelligence assignments.
He perhaps is best known today for his successful tenure as President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992–2000
and earlier tour as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 1976-August 1977; for his foundational
work in doctrine for small wars down at the lower end of the spectrum of conflict (low intensity conflict), where he
coined the term "counterinsurgency" (COIN); and for facilitating the drafting and passage of the Nunn-Cohen
Amendment to the Goldwater-Nichols Act creating the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD/SOLIC). He is also
credited for helping to create Delta Force, the U.S. Army's premier counterterrorism unit. As a general officer, some
of his assignments included: Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82nd Airborne Division; (First) United
States Defense Attaché to the Soviet Union; Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence
Community; and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. In his post-military career, he has been a Professor of
Political Science and subsequently Wheat Professor of Leadership at the Center for Leadership in the Public Interest
at Hampden–Sydney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_V._Wilson
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Galloway_010704,00.html
http://www.hsc.edu/History-of-Hampden-Sydney/Presidential-Gallery/PresGallery/Samuel-Vaughan-Wilson.html
1984 Josiah
Bunting, III
Josiah Bunting was born and raised in Torrington, Connecticut, he attended The Hill School in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, but did not graduate. Instead, he entered the U.S. Marine Corps. He went on to Virginia Military
Institute where he graduated third in his class as an English major. and was elected to a Rhodes scholarship to attend
the University of Oxford, where he achieved a M.A. and also served as president of the American Students
Association. He entered the United States Army in 1966. After six years of service, he reached the rank of Major. He
was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam; and West Point, where he was assistant professor of history
and social sciences.
Bunting's 1972 novel The Lionheads was a scathing account based on his experiences as an officer of the 9th
Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1968. The novel's main antagonist, General Lemming, was based heavily on the
commanding general, Julian Ewell.[1]
The July 28, 1972 issue of LIFE magazine included a profile written by Thomas Moore of then Major Bunting
examining his decision to leave West Point because of his desire to "disassociate [himself] from the active
implementation of [the Army's] policy in Vietnam..." In the article Bunting also stated that he favored a "citizen draft
and civilian control over the military" and that he didn't "want to see that son of a bitch who grows up in Greenwich,
Conn., goes off to Yale and becomes a member of the Skull and Bones get out of doing some sort of national
service." Bunting served on the faculty of the Naval War College for a year in 1973-74.[2]
Bunting served as president of Briarcliff College and Hampden-Sydney College and headmaster of The
Lawrenceville School near Princeton, New Jersey. Notably, Lawrenceville is the arch rival of Bunting's former high
school, The Hill School.
Bunting was appointed Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute in 1995 and served until 2003. At VMI, he
served as Professor of Humanities. He was responsible for overseeing preparations for and the enrollment of VMI's
first female cadets.
Bunting is also a member of the UNESCO Commission and of the National Council of the National Endowment for
the Humanities in Washington.
In 2004, Bunting was appointed chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board of the Intercollegiate Studies
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Institute.
In 2007, Bunting was appointed president of ISI’s Lehrman American Studies Center.
Bunting is married and has four adult children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Bunting_III
Josiah Bunting III became president of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation June 1, 2004. For the preceding
eight years, he had served as superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Bunting is a graduate of VMI (1963) and later studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and at
Columbia where he was a John Burgess Fellow. From 1966 until 1972 he served on active duty in the Regular
Army, attaining the rank of Major. He served with the Ninth Infantry Division in Vietnam, and as an assistant
professor of history at West Point.
He served successively as professor of history at the Naval War College, and as president of Briarcliff College
(1973-1977) and Hampden Sydney College (1977-1987). Before taking his appointment at VMI, he was headmaster
of the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.
His publications include four novels, a biography of Ulysses Grant, and a life of George C. Marshall to be published
by Knopf this year. Mr. Bunting’s first novel, The Lionheads, was selected as one of the “Ten Best Novels of 1973"
by Time Magazine; his novel about an ideal college – An Education for Our Time – was a main selection of the
Conservative Book Club in 1998.
Mr. Bunting is a member of the UNESCO Commission and of the National Council of the National Endowment for
the Humanities in Washington. He also serves as chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute. Since 2007 he has served, as well, as president of ISI’s Lehrman American Studies Center.
http://www.americanidea.org/speakers/bunting/
http://www.hsc.edu/History-of-Hampden-Sydney/Presidential-Gallery/PresGallery/Josiah-Bunting-II.html
1985 John O.
Marsh, Jr.
John Otho Marsh, Jr. (born August 7, 1926) served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1981 and
1989. He also served in the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1963 to 1971. He graduated
from Washington and Lee University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He currently lives in
Winchester, Va with his wife, together they have had 3 children: Rob, a physician; Rebecca, a former high school
counselor; and Scot, a surveyor. He also has 7 grandchildren. He continues to make speeches for different events,
and is currently teaching a class on Technology, Terrorism and National Security Law at George Mason Law (this is
the 17th semester he has co-taught this class).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Otho_Marsh,_Jr.
It is with pleasure that the School of Law welcomes The Honorable John O. Marsh Jr., former secretary of the Army
and Virginia congressman, as a distinguished adjunct professor of law.
Professor Marsh, a native of Virginia, received his law degree from Washington and Lee University. After spending
a decade in private practice, he was elected in 1962 to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was a member of
the Appropriations Committee. He served in Congress for eight years.
In March 1973, Professor Marsh returned to federal service as assistant secretary of defense. In January 1974, he was
named national security advisor for then-Vice President Gerald Ford. When Ford became president, Professor Marsh
was named counsellor to the president and held cabinet rank. In 1977, he returned to the private practice of law. He
has served on numerous corporate and 501(c)(3) boards, and has been a senior partner in major law firms in Virginia
and Washington, D.C.
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Professor Marsh was named secretary of the Army by President Ronald Reagan and took office in January 1981.
When he retired in August 1989, Professor Marsh's tenure was the longest of any U.S. military secretary in history.
He served as visiting professor of ethics at the Virginia Military Institute for the 1998-1999 academic year and as
adjunct professor of law at the College of William and Mary for the 1999-2000 academic year.
Professor Marsh, who was recently cited by the Virginia Bar Association for his contributions to cyberlaw and
national security issues, teaches a seminar on cyberterrorism and national security law.
http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/adjunct/marsh_john
1986 Frank L.
Hereford, Jr.
Frank Loucks Hereford, Jr. (born July 18, 1923 in Lake Charles, Louisiana – September 21, 2004) was the president
of the University of Virginia from 1974–1985. He died in 2004 at the age of 81. Among the hallmarks of his
presidency were a major capital campaign, which increased the University's endowment from $97 million to more
than $250 million; and ending the traditional Easters Weekend party.
Hereford attended the University of Virginia as an undergraduate, where he wrote a sports column for College
Topics (the precursor of the Cavalier Daily).[5] He received a B.A. in Physics in 1943, became a Physics fellow
working under Jesse Beams in the years after the war, and received his Ph.D. from the University.[6] During the war
years, he worked on research for the Manhattan Project with Dr. Beams, who called him "one of the best all around
physicists with whom I have ever been associated."
He subsequently became a professor at the University, then became head of the Physics Department and Dean of the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1962. He was appointed provost in 1966. He was appointed Vice-President
of the University (one of five newly created VP-level offices) in 1970, but resigned his posts of Vice-President and
Dean to return to research in 1971. He was elected president to succeed Edgar Shannon in 1973 and took office a
year later on the condition that he only serve for ten years; he extended his term by one year to oversee the
completion of the University's first capital campaign, which began in 1981.
At the University as an undergraduate, Hereford was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, T.I.L.K.A., and the Alpha
Tau Omega social fraternity, as well as the Raven Society and Phi Beta Kappa.[9] Upon his death, it was announced
that Hereford had been a member of the Seven Society.
He was also a member of the whites-only Farmington Country Club. Where his predecessor Edgar F. Shannon, Jr.
had resigned from the club, Hereford stated that he preferred to remain and attempt to change the club from within.
His membership caused controversy at the University in 1976, resulting in one faculty resignation. The incident
became the catalyst for social change at the University including the establishment of an Office of Minority Affairs.
Hereford was a recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award in 1966,, and the Raven Award. The Hereford Residential
College at UVA is named after him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hereford_(UVa)
1988 Dr. H.
Mebane Turner
Halcott Mebane Turner--1969-2002
With the longest tenure of any University of Baltimore president, Dr. H. Mebane Turner's achievements are many
and varied. The greatest expansion of the University and its programs occurred during his tenure with the addition of
the day division of the School of Law, and the merger of Eastern College, Mt. Vernon School of Law and the
Baltimore College of Commerce. More buildings were purchased--the Academic Center and new buildings were
built--the Law Center and Gordon Plaza, the Thumel Business Center.
UB's transformation from a private institution to a public institution to its inclusion in the University System of
Maryland all occurred under Dr. Turner.
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http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=445
http://ubalt.libguides.com/sc_ubdocs
http://www.emergingleader.com/H_Mebane_Turner.shtml
1989 James C.
Wheat, Jr.
James C. Wheat, Jr. (1978) - Native of Richmond, a graduate of VMI and afterwards instructor in Civil Engineering,
outstanding community leader and businessman, chairman of the board of Wheat, First Securities, Inc., a member of
the Richmond City Council from 1964-69, active in numerous business, educational and charitable causes including
among others a past president of the Richmond Society of Finance Analysts and the Greater Richmond Chamber of
Commerce and currently the VMI Foundation, Richmond Eye Hospital and the Richmond Memorial Hospital, a cochairman of Virginia Union University “Into the 80’s Campaign,” a recipient of numerous awards including the
Jaycees Distinguished Service Award in 1953, Richmond First Club Good Government Award in 1969 and the
Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service.
http://www.inclusiveva.org/richmondpasthonorees.php#Wheat
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-05-01/news/9205010257_1_wheat-brokerage-house-james-c
http://www.cfavirginia.org/Pages/PastPresidents.aspx
http://www1.excite.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,805,00.html (about Wheat First Union)
1990 Raymond
A. Mason
Raymond A. Mason founded Mason and Company in 1962 and has spent his career building the financial services
organization Legg Mason, Inc., which now has assets under management of $216.6 billion (as of 6/30/03). He serves
as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc., and is chairman of the board and
chief executive officer of its brokerage subsidiary, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, which has more than
1,400 financial advisors in over 140 offices.
Mr. Mason has been very active in the securities industry. He is currently a member of the National Association of
Security Dealers' (NASD) Board of Directors, and served as that organization's chairman of the Board of Governors
in 1974 and 1975. He served as chairman of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) in 1986 and as a board
member from 1983 to 1988. Mr. Mason was chairman of the Regional Firms Committee of the New York Stock
Exchange from 1978 to 1981, and is a past member of the New York Stock Exchange Nominating Committee.
Mr. Mason's civic interests are many. In May 2002, he was elected as chairman of The Johns Hopkins University's
board of trustees; he is also a trustee and member of the executive committee of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Since
1995, he has chaired the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education. Previously, he chaired the 1985 United Way
of Central Maryland Campaign. Mr. Mason also served as Chairman of the Board of Sponsors for the Sellinger
School of Business and Management of Loyola College from 1981 to 1988. In addition, Mr. Mason was chairman of
the Greater Baltimore Committee from 1988 to 1990. He has received Honorary Doctorate degrees from the College
of William and Mary, Loyola College and Mount St. Mary's College.
Upon graduating from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mr. Mason worked
for his uncle's Lynchburg, VA, brokerage firm, Mason and Lee, from 1959 to 1962. He then founded Mason and
Company, Inc., in May of 1962 in Newport News, VA. In 1970, Mason and Company merged with Legg and
Company, founded in Baltimore in 1899, to form Legg Mason & Company, Inc.
http://www.leggmason.com/billmiller/conference/speakers/mason.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Mason
1991 Augustus
Robbins, III
I figured out he lives in Chester, VA, and has donated to many noteworthy cause and is probably a republican. He
was also somehow part of Watergate and his brother pasted away in 2005
1992 General J.
H. Binford
Peay, III
Anyone know anything else?
General Peay assumed command of the Virginia Military Institute on 1 July 2003. He was born in Richmond,
Virginia on 10 May 1940. At graduation from the Virginia Military Institute in 1962, he was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant of Field Artillery, awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and the Institute’s
prestigious Society of Cincinnati Medal. As a cadet, he was a quarterback on the football team, a member of the
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Honor Court, and a Battalion Commander. He holds a Masters of Arts degree from George Washington University
and is also a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army
War College.
General Peay's initial troop assignments were in Germany and Colorado. During two tours in the Republic of
Vietnam, he performed duty as a Firing Battery Commander in the 4th Infantry Division and later as a Field Artillery
Battalion Operations Officer with the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Assigned to Hawaii in 1975, General Peay
commanded the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division. He then served as Senior Aide to the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. and later as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, I Corps, and
Commander, 9th Infantry Division Artillery at Fort Lewis, Washington. In 1985, he was reassigned to the Army
Staff as Executive to the Chief of Staff, United States Army. From 1987-1988, he served with the Screaming Eagles
as the Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Kentucky, followed by an assignment in July 1988 as Deputy Commandant, Command and General Staff College,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division on 3 August 1989 and led the
Division throughout Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM in the Persian Gulf. Promoted to
Lieutenant General, he was assigned as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army
and Senior Army Member, United States Military Committee, United Nations, from June 1991 until March 1993.
On 26 March 1993, he was promoted to the rank of General and appointed the 24th Vice Chief of Staff of the United
States Army. His last assignment was Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force
Base, Florida, from 5 August 1994 to 13 August 1997, with responsibility for the region encompassing twenty
countries in Africa, the Middle East, Persian Gulf and South Asia.
Military awards and decorations that General Peay has received include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal,
Army Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He wears U.S.
campaign ribbons for combat duty in Vietnam, (seven campaigns) and Saudi Arabia (three campaigns) and has
received foreign awards from Vietnam, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
General Peay serves as a Director, BAE Systems, Inc. He and his wife, Pamela, have two sons: Jim, VMI Class of
’98, and Ryan, VMI Class of ’02. Their grandfather was J.H.B. Peay Jr., VMI Class of ’29.
http://www.history.army.mil/documents/SWA/DSIT/Peay.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._Binford_Peay_III
http://www.vmi.edu/show.aspx?tid=36251&id=14501
1993 Lewis B.
Puller, Jr.
Lewis B. Puller, Jr. (1945-1994) was an attorney, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and an officer in the U.S. Marine
Corps. After graduating from the College of William & Mary in 1967, he joined the Marines. He was sent to
Vietnam as a second lieutenant in 1968, where he was badly wounded when he tripped a booby-trapped Howitzer
round. Puller earned his J.D. in 1974 at William & Mary Law School. In 1991, he told the story of his life in a book
titled "Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet." For his writing, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for
autobiography/biography. Puller was the son of General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the most highly decorated Marine
in the Corps' history.
http://law.wm.edu/news/stories/2010/classmates-remember-lewis-b.-puller,-jr.-74.php
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/puller.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Burwell_Puller,_Jr.
1994 John M.
Barber
Nationally acclaimed American artist John M. Barber has painted the Chesapeake Bay and the eastern seaboard for
nearly three decades. A meticulous chronicler of its watermen, vessels, and lifestyles, Barber is one of the few
maritime artists who doesn’t just paint scenes, but the stories behind them — always invoking the magic of light to
provide texture to his subjects and the Chesapeake’s vanishing way of life.
Calling Barber the “premier chronicler of Chesapeake Bay life,” J. Russell Jinishian, the nation’s leading authority
on contemporary marine art, praises the artist’s technical skill and painstaking attention to detail. “Many artists paint
skipjacks,” he explaines, “but John’s emotive depth puts him on another level entirely. Should the skipjacks
disappear, Barber’s paintings will provide a valuable historical record of the waterman’s era for generations to
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come.”
Also renowned for his cityscapes and architectural art, Barber splits his time between his own original works and
paintings commissioned by customers.
http://www.johnbarberart.com/about/
1995 Dr.
Thomas
Ransone Price
1996 George J.
Collins
Is he a physician in Baltimore? He is a current VOM member and his e-mail is: tprice@epi.umaryland.edu. Need
to contact him and ask him for his bio.
George J. Collins, who helped build T. Rowe Price Associates into one of the nation's biggest mutual fund groups, is
stepping down by next April, the company said on Friday at the shareholders meeting.
Mr. Collins, 55, will be replaced by George A. Roche, the company's chief financial officer. Mr. Roche, 54, also
manages the $1.2 billion New Era Fund.
Mr. Collins becomes the third high-profile chief executive in the mutual fund business to announce retirement plans
in the last seven months. John C. Bogle relinquished his position at the Vanguard Group on Jan. 31 and Jon S. Fossel
stepped down at Oppenheimer Funds Inc. on Sept. 30.
Since becoming president and chief executive in July 1984, Mr. Collins helped take the company public in 1986.
Under his stewardship, the company's assets increased to $80 billion from $17 billion, led by a surge in mutual fund
sales. The number of funds T. Rowe Price offers rose to 68 from 23 over the last 10 years.
http://www.answers.com/topic/t-rowe-price-associates-inc
http://corporate.troweprice.com/ccw/home/ourCompany/aboutUs/history.do
1997 Dr.
Ronald E.
Carrier
Ronald E. Carrier (born August 18, 1932) is the fourth President of James Madison University, having served from
1971 to 1998. Carrier presided over JMU as it grew dramatically in size and in reputation. Carrier now serves as the
university's chancellor. Carrier Library on the JMU campus is named for him. Carrier was affectionately known on
campus as "Uncle Ron,"[1] a reflection of his connection with students.
At age 38, Dr. Ronald E. Carrier became the youngest college president in the state of Virginia. Twenty-seven years
later, he ranks as one of the longest-serving college presidents in the nation, but he had originally turned down the
job.
The Madison College Board of Visitors invited him for an interview on an outside recommendation. His youthful
enthusiasm and sweeping vision combined with his academic experience and credentials impressed them. Carrier had
received a bachelor's degree in economics from ETSU, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois,
and had held various academic positions at the University of Mississippi and Memphis State University. In spite of
their obvious desire to hire him, they had to persuade Carrier to take a second look before he accepted the offer. In
the end, Carrier agreed to take the position at James Madison College, not because of what he saw, but because of
what he envisioned it could be.
Carrier's original vision translated into dynamic changes between 1971 and 1998. The small, female teachers college
of 3,800 was nurtured into a regional university with over 14,000 students. Under an operating budget that greatly
expanded by $190 million since 1971, Carrier's tenure added 40 new programs, established five new colleges and a
graduate school, and developed an autonomous College of Science and Technology. The 472-acre campus boasts 90
buildings, of which 39 were constructed during his administration. U.S. News and World Report and Barron's Guide
to College and Universities cite James Madison University as one of the best in the nation.
However, the facts and figures of the school do not personify Carrier. He embodied intelligence, vision, daring,
drive, and courage, as well as the ability to integrate himself with governors, professors, and the staff. But for
Carrier, the students always came first. Students have returned the recognition by affectionately dubbing Carrier
"Uncle Ron."
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Some of his many awards include three honorary doctorates, the 1991 Virginian of the Year, and the 1991 Martin
Luther King Public Service Award. Carrier was further honored when he was tapped by a national survey as one of
the 100 Most Effective College Presidents in the United States. He was also honored as ETSU's Outstanding
Alumnus in 1976 and has served on countless boards and commissions which have benefited from his involvement.
Currently, Carrier continues his work as the first chancellor of James Madison University. He and his wife Edith,
who were joint recipients of the 1955 Faculty Awards at ETSU, live in Bayse, Va. They have three children, Michael
Lavon Carrier, Linda Carrier Frazee, and Jennie Carrier Thomas-Hughes. Six grandchildren complete the Carrier
family
http://www.jmu.edu/madisononline/Carrier.shtml
http://www.etsu.edu/alumni/awards/99Award_Carrier.aspx
1998 Earl
Hamner
Earl Henry Hamner, Jr. (born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia) is an American television writer and producer
(sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS
series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he is best known for the novel Spencer's Mountain, which was
inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The
Waltons, for which he provided voiceover narration.
He based the cantankerous Walton family grandparents in the popular television series on his own maternal ItalianAmerican grandparents, Ora Lee and Colonel Anderson Gianniny, an anglicized version of the Italian surname
"Giannini".
Earl Hamner also contributed eight episodes in the early 1960s to the CBS science fiction series The Twilight Zone.
His first script acceptance for the series was his big writing break in Hollywood.
He created two less successful series, Boone on NBC (1983–1984), starring Tom Byrd and Barry Corbin, and
Apple's Way (1974–1975) on CBS with Ronny Cox.
Hamner offered this advice to aspiring writers: "Writing is all about rewriting".[citation needed]
Hamner used family names to title his projects: Spencer (Spencer's Mountain) is the maiden name of his paternal
grandmother Susan Henry Spencer Hamner. "The Waltons" comes from his paternal grandfather Walter Clifton
Hamner and great-grandfather Walter Leland Hamner
1999 Dr. James
I. Robertson,
Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hamner,_Jr.
http://www.earlhamner.com/about.html
One of the most distinguished names in Civil War history, Dr. Robertson was Executive Director of the U.S. Civil
War Centennial Commission and worked with Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson in marking the war’s 100th
anniversary. Today his Civil War Era course at Virginia Tech, which attracts 300 students per semester, is the
largest of its kind in the nation.
The Danville, Va., native is the author or editor of more than 20 books that include such award-winning studies as
Civil War! America Becomes One Nation, General A.P. Hill, and Soldiers Blue and Gray. His massive biography of
Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson won eight national awards and was used as the base for the Ted Turner/Warner Bros.
mega-movie, “Gods and Generals”. Robertson was chief historical consultant for the film.
The recipient of every major award given in the Civil War field, and a lecturer of national acclaim, Dr. Robertson is
probably more in demand as a speaker before Civil War groups than anyone else in the field.
He holds the Ph.D. degree from Emory University and honorary doctorates from Randolph-Macon College and
Shenandoah University. He is presently an Alumni Distinguished Professor, one of ten such honorees among
Virginia Tech’s 2,200 faculty. He is also Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, created by
the University in 1999.
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Robertson is also a charter member (by Senate appointment) of Virginia’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
2000 Roy
Clark
http://www.history.vt.edu/Robertson/
Virginia born, multi-award winning virtuoso, actor, vocalist, philanthropist and all 'round great human being! Roy
has headlined some of the world's most prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Grand
Palace in Brussels and the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow! A partial list of his many awards include
Entertainer of the Year, Academy of Country Music
Comedy Act of the Year, Academy of Country Music
Picker of the Year, Playboy Magazine's Reader's Poll
Best Country Guitarist, Guitar Magazine
and
Grammy Award for "Alabama Jubilee."
Roy became a Grand Ole Opry member in 1987. He was a favorite recurring actor on the classic television sitcom
"The Beverly Hillbillies" which spawned several acting roles on television and the movies. Roy was the first country
music artist to guest host Johnny Carson's Tonight Show! He also hosted the incomparable "Hee Haw" show for over
two decades. He and wife Barbara live in Oklahoma where he finds time to fish, fly his airplanes and ride
motorcycles.
More Importantly, Roy Clark is STILL wowing audiences and releasing new CD's on his own label, Roy Clark, Ltd.
2001 Malcolm
U. ‘Buck’ Pitt
2002 Larry J.
Sabato, Ph. D.
http://www.royclark.org/guitar_006.htm
Malcolm Upshur “Buck” Pitt Jr PITT, Malcolm Upshur Jr. “Buck.” After fighting the good fight, Malcolm Upshur
“Buck” Pitt Jr. went to be with his Lord on November 4, 2008. Born in Richmond, Va. on November 29, 1921, he
graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1938. He received a B.A. from the University of Richmond in
1942, an M. Ed. from Harvard University in 1949 and did graduate work at the University of Virginia in 1954. He
was selected to the University of Richmond Hall of Fame, the last athlete to start in football, basketball and baseball.
He also played semi-pro basketball for the Richmond Barons. Mr. Pitt served as lieutenant (j.g.) in the U.S. Navy in
WWII, receiving the Purple Heart during the Normandy Invasion. After WWII, he became an educator, teaching and
coaching at Woodberry Forest and serving as principal at Patrick Henry, Westover Hills and Albert Hill School
before moving to the Collegiate Schools in 1959. At Collegiate he was the first headmaster of the Boys School and
became Collegiate’s first President, retiring in 1987. Buck was there from the very beginning of his beloved Camp
Virginia, a boys’ summer camp founded by his parents in 1928. He rose from camper to counselor to director over
the course of his 81 happy summers there. Pitt also served as deacon, Sunday school teacher, and as chairman of the
board of deacons at First Baptist Church, Richmond. He is survived by Betty, his loving wife of 61 years; and his
three daughters, Louise Pitt Miller, Betty Pitt Cimmino, Anne Pitt Rogers and their spouses, Kenneth Cameron
Miller III, Christian Peter Cimmino, and Nigel William Rogers. He is also survived by his grandson, Christian Peter
Cimmino Jr.; his sister, Jacqueline Pitt Suttenfield and her husband, James Emerson Suttenfield; his brother-in-law,
Guy Raymond Friddell; and numerous nieces and nephews. He will be missed and remembered lovingly by
countless colleagues, students and campers to whom he was a role model and an inspiration. A memorial service will
take place at First Baptist Church, Boulevard and Monument Avenue, on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. The
family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Collegiate School, 103 North Mooreland Road, Richmond,
Va. 23229
http://otway.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/buck-pitt/
According to the Wall Street Journal, Larry J. Sabato is "probably the most
quoted college professor in the land." Dr. Sabato is an election analyst,
the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the
University of Virginia, and Director of the new University of Virginia
Center for Governmental Studies. He is a former Rhodes Scholar and
Danforth Fellow. After he received his B. A. in government from the
University of Virginia as a Phi Beta Kappa in 1974, he did a year's
graduate study in public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs. Upon receipt of the Rhodes
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scholarship in 1975, he left Princeton to begin study at Queen's College,
Oxford University. In less than two years he received his doctorate in
politics from Oxford, and was invited to become a tutor (instructor) for
students in the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) program. In
January 1978 he was elected Lecturer in Politics at New College, Oxford.
He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in September 1978.
http://people.virginia.edu/~ljs/govstudies/director.html#vita
2003 James W.
Brinkley
Mr. Brinkley served a distinguished 43-year career with Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. He
joined Raymond Mason as the second employee of Mason & Company, which in 1970 merged
with Legg & Company to become Legg Mason. Since then he rose through the ranks to become
Chairman and CEO of Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. and Director of Legg Mason, Inc.
Mr. Brinkley has been an active member of notable securities industry organizations. He is
former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry Association and is also
former Chairman of the District Business Conduct Committee of the National Association of
Security Dealers. In addition, he was Director of the Regional Firms Advisory Committee of the
New York Stock Exchange and trustee of the Securities Industry Institute.
Mr. Brinkley is an active member in both state and community activities. He is the founding
Board Chairman of Business Volunteers Unlimited/Maryland. He is also a board member of the
Maryland Science Center and PHH Corporation. Mr. Brinkley was the 2001 Campaign Chairman
for the United Way of Central Maryland and former Chairman of the Greater Baltimore
Leadership Committee, Director of the Greater Baltimore Committee and member of the Board
of Directors of AARP Services, Inc. He also served as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer in the
U.S. Army and attained the rank of Captain.
Mr. Brinkley received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from the College of William and Mary
in 1959. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary
and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Endowment Board. Mr. Brinkley is a Trustee
of the Mason School of Business and he received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from
the College of William and Mary in February 2003. He and his wife Dana were recently honored
as the Alexis de Tocqueville Society Philanthropists of the Year.
2004 Coach
Robert J.
‘Bobby’ Ross
Robert Joseph Ross (born December 23, 1936, Richmond, Virginia) is a retired college and NFL football coach. His
career as a college head coach included stints at The Citadel, the University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Army.
He also coached the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and Detroit Lions.
Highlights of his coaching career include winning the National Championship at Georgia Tech in 1990, and guiding
the San Diego Chargers to an appearance in Super Bowl XXIX. He owns a career record of 100-92-2 throughout 16
seasons as a collegiate head coach, and a 77-68 record as a head coach in the NFL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Ross
2005 Colonel
John W. Ripley
A Virginia native, colonel Ripley was best known for a daring feat during the Easter Offensive of
1972, when he dangled for three hours under a bridge near the South Vietnamese city of Dong Ha
to attach 500 pounds of explosives to the span, ultimately destroying it. His action, under fire
while going back and forth for materials, is thought to have thwarted an onslaught by 20,000
enemy troops and was the subject of a book, The Bridge at Dong Ha , by John Grider Miller.
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2006 William
W. Berry
William W. Berry graduated from VMI in 1954 with a B.A. in electrical engineering and served two years in the
U.S. Army. He began his career at Virginia Power, where he became its president and chief executive officer in
1980. In 1983, Berry led the effort that created Dominion Power Resources as a holding company for Virginia Power
and other non-regulated subsidiaries.
At VMI, Berry was as a member of the VMI Board of Visitors from 1990 to 1998, serving as its president from 1995
to 1998. Also he served as a member of the governing boards of the VMI Keydet Club and the VMI Alumni
Association, and he had leadership roles in the Sesquicentennial Challenge and Reveille: A Call to Excel fundraising
campaigns.
Berry was a long-time member of the VMI Investment Committee and was on the board of the VMI Research
Laboratories. In 2001, the Institute recognized Berry’s service to VMI with the VMI Foundation’s Distinguished
Service Award.
http://www.vmi.edu/show.aspx?tid=35861&id=4294969769&ekmensel=8f9c37c3_689_4294967317_4294969800_1
2007 Oliver L.
North
North is a combat-decorated Marine, author, founder of a small business, inventor who holds
three U.S. patents, syndicated columnist and former candidate for the United States Senate.
Assigned to the National Security Council staff in the Reagan administration, North was involved
in planning the rescue of 804 medical students on the island of Grenada and played a major role
in the daring capture of the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. After helping plan the U.S.
raid on Muammar Kaddafi’s terrorist bases in Libya, North was targeted for assassination by Abu
Nidal, the world's deadliest assassin.
North also serves as the honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, the conservative public policy
organization he founded in 1990. Freedom Alliance provides tuition assistance to dependents of
troops killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Freedom Alliance also provides support
to members of the armed forces who have been wounded in the line of duty, are currently serving
on the front lines, and their families. The organization is dedicated to the maintenance of a strong
national defense, the protection of the rights and freedoms of individual citizens, and the adoption
of policies that promote free enterprise.
North graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and served 22 years as a
Marine. His awards for service in combat include the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for valor, and
two Purple Hearts for wounds in combat.
2008 John
Stewart Bryan
III
Born in Richmond, Va., on May 4, 1938, J. Stewart Bryan III was educated at Episcopal High
School and the University of Virginia. He served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Bryan worked in the circulation department of The Richmond News Leader, in the advertising
and production departments of The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press and as a reporter for The Tampa
Times and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He became vice president of The Tribune Company in
1968, executive vice president in December 1971 and publisher in June 1976. He was named
president and publisher of the Times-Dispatch and The News Leader on Jan. 1, 1978, and was
elected chairman, president and CEO of Media General, Inc., on May 15, 1990. He stepped down
as CEO on July 1, 2005 and continues to serve as chairman of the board.
Bryan served as president of Tampa Bay Art Center, Greater Tampa Citizens Safety Council,
United Fund of Greater Tampa and the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony. Currently or formerly, he
was director or trustee of Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Foundation for American
Communications, Virginia Historical Society, Mutual Insurance Co. Ltd., Virginia Foundation
for Independent Colleges (chairman 1993-94), Metro Richmond Chamber of Commerce,
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Richmond Symphony, Virginia Council on Economic Education, Metropolitan Foundation,
Episcopal High School. He was president of Junior Achievement of Richmond, 1981-82;
president, Richmond Goodwill Industries, Inc., 1982-83; president, Florida Press Association,
1971-72; chairman, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, 1978-79; president,
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, 1981-82; director, The Associated Press, 1984-93;
Virginia Press Association, 1979; director, Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 1977-95, UPI
Advisory Board, 1974-79.
2009 G. Gilmer
Minor III
G. Gilmer Minor, III is Chairman of Owens & Minor, Inc., a $7 billion, Fortune 300 national
distributor of medical and surgical supplies as well as a healthcare supply chain management
company. Mr. Minor retired as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer in 2005 but continues as the
non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Minor has been with Owens & Minor, Inc.
all of his working life. He served in various sales, operations and management capacities of
increasing responsibility before becoming President in 1981 and Chief Executive Officer in
1984. He was elected Chairman of the Board in May, 1994. In April, 1999, Mr. Minor
relinquished the President’s title. Mr. Minor is a 1963 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute
with a BA in History. In 1966, he received his MBA from The Colgate Darden School of
Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
John T.
Casteen, III
Professor of English John Casteen became president of the University of Virginia in August
1990. As president, he has overseen a major restructuring of the University’s administrative and
governance structures, one of the largest capital funds campaigns ever undertaken, significant
improvements in academic programs, and major expansions of the University’s physical
facilities. In this period, also, the University has been recognized for its leadership in educating
minority students, for the quality of its undergraduate teaching, and for its success in refinancing
itself following historic reductions in state tax support at the beginning of the decade.
After teaching English at the University of California (Berkeley) and the University of Virginia, Mr.
Casteen became Virginia’s secretary of education in 1982. He served until 1985. While
secretary, he directed reforms in both secondary and higher education, revamped Virginia’s
college desegregation efforts, and initiated programs of state support for research. From 1985 to
1990, he was president of the University of Connecticut.
Mr. Casteen has been a director of the American Council on Education, a director of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, trustee and chair of the College Entrance Examination Board,
commissioner of the Education Commission of the States, member of the Board of Control for
the Southern Regional Education Board, commissioner of the New England Board of Higher
Education, and chair of the Association of Governing Board’s council of presidents. From 1991
to 1993, he chaired the National Board on Oceans and Atmosphere.
In 1997, Mr. Casteen completed a term as chair of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SASACS) as well as a term as president of SASACS. In
2000-2002, he chaired the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEAHEAHEA). He
recently completed a term as chair of the Association of American Universities (AAUAAUAAU).
Mr. Casteen is currently a member of AAUAAU’s Institutional Data Committee.
Mr. Casteen holds three degrees in English from the University of Virginia (B.A. with high honors
in 1965, M.A. in 1966, and Ph.D. in 1970). He served as UVAUVAUVA’s dean of admission from
1975 to 1982. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, he is married to Betsy Foote Casteen.
They have five children.
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Dr. Gary W.
Gallagher
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
Dr. Gary W. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War
at the University of Virginia. He graduated from Adams State College of Colorado and earned his
M.A. and Ph.D. in History from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to teaching at UVA, he
was Professor of History at The Pennsylvania State University.
Professor Gallagher is one of the leading historians of the Civil War. His books include The
Confederate War, Lee and His Generals in War and Memory, and Stephen Dodson Ramseur:
Lee’s Gallant General. He has coauthored and edited several works on individual battles and
campaigns and has published over 100 articles in scholarly journals and popular historical
magazines.
Professor Gallagher has received many awards for his research and writing, including the Laney
Prize for the best book on the Civil War, the William Woods Hassler Award for contributions to
Civil War studies, the Lincoln Prize, and the Fletcher Pratt Award for the best nonfiction book on
the Civil War.
Professor Gallagher was founder and first president of the Association for the Preservation of
Civil War Sites and has served on the Board of Directors of the Civil War Trust.