Alumni Academies

Distinguished Alumni Academies

The WVU Alumni Association recently inducted six outstanding graduates into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni: the Al Zamil brothers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, respected businessmen and philanthropists; Dr. Kimberly A. Weaver, internationally respected astrophysicist; and retired coal executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Benjamin M. Statler. This video showcases their reflections on the life-changing experiences they had at WVU.

Business Hall of Fame

• Glen H. Hiner, 2003
• Verl Purdy, 2003
• Raymond Lane, 2003
• Elmo Hurst, 2004
• Robert H. Quenon, 2004
• Benjamin M. Statler, 2008
• Gregory S. Babe, 2010
• Thomas DeWitt, 2010
• Addison M. Fischer, 2010

Order of Vandalia

• James H. Harless, 1986
• Edwin C. Jones, 1986
• J. Reginald Dietz, 1987
• Elmo Hurst, 1994
• Betty Miller, 1994
• Emory Kemp, 2000
• Raymond Lane, 2004
• Glen H. Hiner, 2004
• Alfred F. Galli, 2005
• Verl Purdy, 2011
• Benjamin M. Statler, 2012
• Paul Farmer, 2012

Honorary Degrees

• Robert E. Pyle, 1980
• William N. Poundstone, 1981
• James H. Harless, 1981
• Glen H. Hiner, 1989
• Lowell T. Harmison, 1990
• Charles Vest, 1994
• Winston L. Shelton, 2001
• Raymond Lane, 2002
• Addison M. Fischer, 2008
• Verl Purdy, 2009
• Benjamin M. Statler, 2009
• George B. Bennett, 2011
• Henry Yang, 2011
• Gregory S. Babe, 2012

WVU Academy

• Robert H. Quenon, 1988
• Glen H. Hiner, 1989
• George B. Berry, 1990
• Charles Vest, 1991
• Lowell T. Harmison, 1992
• H. Leo Mehl, 1994
• Larry J. Argiro, 1995
• Robert H. Foglesong, 1998
• Winston L. Shelton, 1999
• Verl Purdy, 2005
• Frank Cerminara, 2006
• Gregory S. Babe, 2009
• George B. Bennett, 2010
• Addison M. Fischer, 2010
• Benjamin M. Statler, 2011

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