Left, Dean of Medicine Clark Sleeth; Center, Dr. Paul Dudley White; Right, Van Liere (former Dean). White is famous in the field of cardiology, and served as President Eisenhower's cardiologist after his heart attack. He appears to be holding a model or cast of a heart, and may have been invited here to speak.
'Left to right: C.P. Dorsey (state 4-H club leader), Mrs. Mary Rose Jones (Assistant Professor of Home Economics, Chairperson Aids and Grants Committee, College of Agriculture Forestry and Home Economics), Dr. A.H. Van Landingham (Acting Dean, College of Agriculture and Forestry and Home Economics), G.W. Melvin (Representative, Esso Standard Oil Company, Morgantown, W.Va.), M.F. Kennedy (Representative, Esso Standard Oil Company, Fairmont, W.Va.), Edwin Townsend (Wood County, Senior, College Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics), John Wolfenbarger (Greenbrier County, Freshman, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics), J.O. Knapp (Director, Agricultural Extension Service, West Virginia University).'