2007 Homecoming (view as slideshow)
Thousands of WVU grads returned home to WVU to celebrate Homecoming. Submit your photo to tecurtis@mail.wvu.edu.
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The WVU Alumni Band once again strutted their stuff during the 2007 Homecoming parade. More than 350 alumni returned to participate in the festivities on Saturday. |
Alumni band members always enjoy entertaining the crowd at the parade. |
Alumni traveled from all over the country to be part of the Homecoming parade. |
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Members of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and the chapter award winners toss candy to the crowd. |
Wil Armistead (left) and his wife, Julie, smile with Jimmy McCartney at the "after-parade" reception. |
Gordon Thorn (right) chatted with Eddie & Betty Barrett. |
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Betty Bea Cox, the 2007 recipient of the Paul "Buck" Martin award, poses with her friend, Delegate Locke Wyson. Locke and Betty worked together at the Mountainlair when Locke was a student at WVU. |
L to r: Betty Bea Cox, the 2007 Paul "Buck" Martin award winner, with Kim & Mike Dinneen. Mike, a 1997 grad from Lumberton, NJ, received the Margaret Buchanan Cole Young Alumni Award for his outstanding service to the Liberty Bell Chapter. |
Bill Toothman (right) poses with his daughter, Allison, and son-in-law Tom. The trio, representing the Peach State Chapter in Atlanta, attend many of the games each year. |
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Homecoming is a great time to reunite with friends and other WVU grads. L to r: Charlie Brown, Stephanie & Dave Hendrickson, and Julie & Wil Armistead. |
Charles & Laurie Erickson hopped on the trolley and rode down High St. with friend and service award winner, Ralph Newbanks. |
Charles Erickson (left) chats with award winners Ralph Newbanks, Mike Oliver, and Mike's wife, Linda. |
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The WVU Cheerleaders lead the crowd in the "Let's Go Mountaineers" cheer on High St. |
Coach Bob Huggins served as the 2007 Parade Marshal. He and his wife, June, greeted alumni and friends on High St. |
Doug Van Scoy, chair of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, chats with 2007 Parade Marshal and WVU Head Coach Bob Huggins and Coach Huggins' wife, June. |
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2007 Outstanding Alumnus Gordon Thorn smiles with Doug Van Scoy, chair of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, before heading down High St. for the parade. |
Doug Van Scoy, chair of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, rides down High St. during the parade. |
Gordon Thorn is all smiles as he gets ready to greet thousands of alumni and friends on High St. |
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Former Senator Lloyd Jackson and his wife posed with Gordon Thorn, 2007 Outstanding Alumnus. |
Gordon Thorn (center) chats with the Hadens after the parade. |
The 2007 Homecoming Court and parents attended the pre-parade reception hosted by the WVU Alumni Association. |
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DiAngela Prunesti, the 2007 Homecoming Queen, poses with friends at the Alumni Association's pre-parade reception. |
Jed & Nancy DiPaolo of Houston, Texas, both alumni cheerleaders, take a minute to smile for the camera. |
Jenna Froess, a senior public relations major at WVU from Erie, PA, smiles for the camera with Mike Fulton, WVU Alumni Association Board member. Mike worked with Jenna to secure an internship in Washington, DC, earlier this year. |
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Jon Hickey WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, and his son, Chris, smile before boarding the trolley for the 2007 Homecoming Parade. |
Jon Hickey smiles with The Honorable Jim Rowe, a member of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, and Sharon Rowe. |
L to r: Joy & Mike Ellington pose with Gordon Thorn the 2007 Outstanding Alumnus. |
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Dr. Larry Schwab, who continues to take classes so that he can be a member of The Pride, marches with the Alumni Band. |
Mike Oliver, recipient of the James R. McCartney Community Service Award, poses with his wife Linda beside the model of the Don Knotts statue at the Arts Mon Building. |
Mary & Bill Kennedy of Bay Head, NJ, enjoy a beautiful day at the pre-game alumni tent. |
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Mike Ellington, a member of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors, smiles with Ellen Goodwin after having fun at the parade. |
The 2007 Alumni and Chapter Service Award winners were (l to r): Ralph Newbanks of Charlotte, NC (David W. Jacobs Lifetime Service Award); Mike Dinneen of Lumberton, NJ (Margaret Buchanan Cole Young Alumni Award); Betty Bea Cox of Fairmont, WV (Paul ?Buck? Martin Award); and Mike Oliver of Alexandria, VA (David W. Jacobs Lifetime Service Award ). Paul Lowe, former president of the Northcoast Cleveland Chapter received the John F. Nicholas Jr. Award posthumously. Paul died in March after a short battle with cancer. |
Steve Douglas, president and CEO of the WVU Alumni Association, waves from the trolley during the parade. |
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Nancy DiPaolo and Tara Curtis catch up at the post-parade reception. |
WVU Alumni Association Board members and the chapter/alumni service award winners passed out candy from the trolley during the parade. |
Members of WVU's ROTC march down High St. as part of the Homecoming Parade. |