Virginia Tech Alumni Association News - Spring 2001
Meet the Alumni Board
The Alumni Association Board of Directors is composed of 42 members, including 9 lifetime honorary directors, and 3 members of the university administration. The thirty active directors typically serve two 3-year consecutive terms. The full board meets twice a year on campus to oversee the programs of the association.
Eddie F. Hearp '65 - Business
Administration
President, National Financial Services, Inc.,
Roanoke, VA
National President of the Association
Gene A. James '53 - Animal
Science
Retired President and CEO, Southern States
Cooperative, Inc., Richmond, VA
President-Elect
David E. Lowe '63 - Business
Administration
Retired President & CEO, Bell Atlantic-WV,
Newport, VA
Vice President
Thomas C. Tillar, Jr. '69 -
Biology
Vice President for Alumni Relations, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Virginia Jones '62 -
Mechanical Engineering
Technical Director, Atlantic Research Corp.,
Gainesville, VA
Past-President
Marcella K. Arline '74 - Food
Science and Technology
Vice President, Hershey Foods Corp., Hershey,
PA
Richard M. Bagley '48 -
Business Administration
President, Bagley Investment Co., Hampton,
VA
Honorary Director
Patricia B. Beuttel '74 -
English
Policy Analyst, P2B Consulting, Centreville,
VA
Gregory D. Brainerd '83 -
Management
Consultant, Glastonbury, CT
Marni Byrum '76 - Political
Science
Attorney-at-Law, Alexandria, VA
Victor B. Calaman '83 -
Marketing
Major Account Manager, Cobb Office
Technologies, Richmond, VA
Scott C. Cappiello '94 -
Computer Engineering
Program Manager, MicroStrategy, Inc.,
Arlington, VA
Clifford A. Cutchins III '44 -
Accounting
Retired Chairman of the Board, NationsBank,
Virginia Beach, VA
Honorary Director
Elizabeth A. Flanagan
Vice President for Development &
University Relations, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA
B. Keith Fulton '89 - Urban
Affairs
Executive Director, Corporate Relations,
America Online, Ashburn, VA
Charles O. Gordon '42 -
Industrial Engineering
Retired Chairman, The Bydand Corp., Johnson
City, TN
Honorary Director
Harry N. Gustin II '43 -
Economics
Attorney-at-Law, Norfolk, VA
Honorary Director
Susan W. Hensley '77 - General
Home Economics
President, Spectrum Management Services, Inc.,
Salem, VA
John B. Higginbotham '77 -
Civil Engineering
Managing Director, Space Vest, Great Falls,
VA
Robert D. Hull '78 -
Agronomy
Information Systems Consultant; Member, Virgina
House of Delegates, Falls Church, VA
William E. Jamerson '56 -
Building Construction
President, J.E. Jamerson & Sons, Inc.,
Appomattox, VA
Graham C. Lilly '60 - Public
Administration
Professor of Law, University of Virginia, Port
Republic, VA
Nancy Glisson Lucy '93 -
Communications
Account Executive, WWBT-TV, Mechanicsville,
VA
Stephanie B. McClellan '85 -
Communications
Public Information Officer, Falls Church City
Schools, Herndon, VA
Jeffery K. Mitchell '86 -
Accounting
General Counsel, ACT MicroDevices, Inc.,
Blacksburg, VA
Nancy M. Moga '76 - Management,
Housing and Family Development
Principal, Callaghan Elementary School,
Covington, VA
Thomas W. Moss, Jr. '50 -
Building Construction
Attorney-at-Law; Member, Virginia House of
Delegates, Norfolk, VA
Honorary Director
Melissa B. Nelson, M.D. '92 -
Finance
Pediatric Resident, New York, NY
Robert D. Orrock '78 -
Agriculture Education
Teacher, Spotsylvania High School; Member,
Virginia House of Delegates, Woodford, VA
Michael J. Quillen '70 - Civil
Engineering
Executive Vice President, American Metal and
Coal International, Gate City, VA
Kimble Reynolds, Jr. '88 -
Marketing
Attorney-at-Law, Martinsville, VA
W. Thomas Rice '34 - Civil
Engineering
Chairman Emeritus, Seaboard Coast Line Railway,
Richmond, VA
Honorary Director
Jesse J. Richardson '84 -
Agricultural Economics
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA
Paul M. Saunders '54 -
Agricultural Engineering
Owner, Saunders Brothers, Inc., Piney River,
VA
William E. Skelton '40 -
Agricultural Engineering
Dean Emeritus, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA
Honorary Director; Alumni Center Campaign,
Chair
James E. Smith '66 -
Chemistry
Chemist, E.I. Dupont, Hockessin, DE
Sidney C. Smith, M.D. '63 -
Chemical Engineering
Chief of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine,
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Charles W. Steger '69 -
Architecture
President, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
Lee C. Tait '41 - Electrical
Engineering
Retired Senior Vice President, Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone, Richmond, VA
Honorary Director
Nicholas P. Valdrighi '57 -
Mechanical Engineering
Client Executive, IBM Corp., Richmond, VA
G.T. Ward '49 - Building
Design
Partner, Ward & Hall Associates, Marshall,
VA
Honorary Director
Laurie M. Wright '96 - Forestry
and Wildlife
Sales Assistant, Virginia Quilting Commercial,
Blackridge, VA