President Taft attends West Virginia University President Thomas Hodges' Inauguration
Date:
1911/11/01
Description:
'PRESIDENT TAFT VISITS MORGANTOWN, NOV. 1, 1911- President William Howard Taft, front row center, delivered the inaugural speech Nov. 1, 1911, when Thomas Edward Hodges became president of the University. Pictured in front row, left to right are Daniel B. Purinton, Gov. W.E. Glasscock, President Taft, Mr. Hodges and Dr. I.C. White. Pictured at left on porch are (unknown) Frank Cox, left, and Henry Green, the editor of The Post. The first two men pictured in the back row could not be (named, third unsure) is James L. Lakin, fourth Maj. Butts, hero who lost his life in sinking of Titanic; fifth, a Mr. Sigwart; sixth George C. (Rodgers-unsure); seventh, H.C. Batton; eighth and ninth, unidentified: tenth, Harry Carspecken; and others, M.L. Brown, William Williams, (unknown), Benjamin Rosenbloom, Frank B. Trotter and Dr. A.M. Buckhannon. The men in uniform were members of Gov-(the rest is unclear).
West Virginia University President (1946-1958) Irvin Stewart and Wife Greeting Students at a Formal Event
Date:
1958
Description:
West Virginia University President and Mrs. I. Stewart greeting Sharon Andrews, Monticola editor and Roger Tompkins, Student Body President at a formal event.
President Paul Miller With Military Officers, West Virginia University
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
A portrait of Colonial Reynolds (first from right), Colonial Harvey Hartwig (second from right), Mrs. Hartwig (third from right) and President Miller (far left).
A photograph of President Paul Miller (center) with C.E. Silling (right), chief architect for original Medical School building, and another man inside a room in White Hall.
Governor Hulett C. Smith and West Virginia University President Paul Miller
Date:
1965
Description:
A portrait of Governor Hulett Smith (third from right) and West Virginia University president Paul Miller (second from right), standing with three other men.
Harry Heflin Accepts Departmental Assistance Grant
Date:
1967
Description:
'DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE GRANT- Gulf Oil Company has given the chemical engineering department at West Virginia University a $1,000 unrestricted Departmental Assistance grant. Dr. Harry Heflin, left, University vice-president of administration and finance, accepts the grant from R.K. Pearson, recruitment adviser at Gulf's Philadelphia Refinery. The grant is one of 95 that Gulf is making this year to selected departments of many universities and colleges.'
