Leroy Myers Receives Grant for Study, West Virginia University
Date:
1957
Description:
Leroy Myers, right, graduate student at Michigan State University, has received a $3,000 annual fellowship for study in the field of city planning and urban renewal, according to Harold W. Lautner, left, head of the M.S.U. department of landscape architecture and urban planning. On behalf of the donor, the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, J.J. Roden, manager of the Sears store in Lansing, Mich., presents the fellowship certificate to Myers. An assistant professor of geography at West Virginia University, Myers will do advanced study at M.S.U. for the coming two years. Four other individuals studying city planning and urban renewal at other universities received similar awards.
'Joseph Moss, Teacher in Art, was the artist(or builder) who painted 'W. Va. Moon' Which won the W. Va. Centennial Prize for best painting by a W. Va. artist.'
'May 6, 1936 - January 26, 1996. A popular history professor at West Virginia University, Dr. Maxwell was noted for the excellence of his classes and for his broad range of knowledge and humanitarian activities. Raised in Huntington, Dr. Maxwell received his Bachelor of Arts degree from WVU in 1958, served with the army in Germany, then returned to achieve advance degrees and join the faculty. He was an active member of the local and global community, traveling to Guatemala to assist on development projects and to El Salvador in 1994 to help oversee that country`s democratic elections. His recent photograph was on display 1/26-5/28/1996'
William S. Minor with Other Philosophy Instructors, West Virginia University
Date:
1957
Description:
Two presidents and their host meet to discuss the joint meeting of the Philosophy Section of the Ohio College Association and the West Virginia Philosophy Society held on the Ohio University campus during the weekend. They are, left to right, Virgil Hinshaw Jr., of Ohio State University, president of the Ohio group; Dr, Troy Organ of OU`s philosophy department, and William S. Minor of West Virginia University, president of the West Virginia society. Nearly 100 faculty and students from 20 colleges and universities attended the reading of papers and discussions during the two-day meet.
