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Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va.
Virginia Tach _ Vi,s'nia', land IIranl ""'v,,rsi!)' i. lecurely .itualed in the IlUrn ;· melropoll. of Illacl.bur)!. Why doe. anynne come 10 a coltege ""here rain i. a rule and nul an exception? Why docs anyone come 10 • major university thai is l~beled "Ilokle High" and "Cow Collle8e" by lIuI,ide .. ? Who in the world would want a JChO(lL whose m ... • COl is • turkey _ or gobbler. The an ....... i. obvioul in Ihal 18.600 sluden1' chose Virll"l. Tech Ihi. yea. allhei r unive rsity. The ..,hO(lI and Ihe community interact in such n wily Ihnl they l>relcnl a fa~ornble educational uXllorlence.



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Deadwood Days - Typical Blacksburg Summer
"Oeadwood Dnys" "'~5 a wcck-cnd durin~ rhe Summer of '761hal was sponsortl<1 by Ihe "'n)·Oo<!rlofOq"k~~.moormu.k.lch.i .. ?
"",",cr. c~..:ollcgialc husine .. men in rhe ",iii....,", T""h ",udonl ,ok"" limo Dul 10 "cd, wh.r. [Jlack.bu'M 11f"". The I''''po.e 01 rhe.a day. bu,i" ... , .. I.,,' waS to celebrate .ummer and bM~,,;n. at Iho ."me lime. The cclchraHon was fin ,,,·,,rnll 'uCCe .. and was enjoyed by lown'pe01'16 and stud"nlS alike.
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Thl, "rna basic theme waS prevalent to the .lutient. of VPI Due 10 • calendar change. the .ummer Waf CUI short. Craduation wal lune 5 and 'ummer dasses began again lune 26. Reing Ihe celeb. allen of a commerci81;~ed bicentennial. th ... summer w .... packed wilh celebrutlon and festivities. In olher wo"I •. the .ummer lor thu ' Iudenls of Va. Tech wu ver)' 11m liar 10 "I)u;,dwood Day •. ·· The gaiely was forced Into a compact pcriod of lime.
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Virginia Tech and IIlacksburg change dur· ing Ihe Slimmer. The enli rc ~rea i, definilely a hi! caITMr wllh sel'eral Ihousand fewe r people. lIut. nnne Ihe leu. tha Ilokie .<pirit linge ... Despite Ihe fewer numhers. and desllile tha fewer daya. the Summer in II lacks· burg and on Ihe Toch campus oHe .. consider­ able opportuni ty for a lot of rc. l. a 101 of fun. and ~ 101 of time to mi~ with townspeople.
Toch'.II",~n'onnl.t Fourth 01 lUi)'
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Hokie Stone, Tech's Own Pet Rock There 3." pel rock •. ,,,,.1 th"" there ,.
"lIok; .. Slune," II'. "\'er)'whcre on Ihe cam­ p" •. and )'OU how probabl)' inadverlell11)' sl:.r"d at il for counlless minute. while .itlin)! ollts;,I" !':'mplin Hall 'lUd)'in/( fur Ihut hig "",,,n ,,,.1
The hallo,,"ed hall. ,,( Tech ate buill of Ihi. "lInkic Slun!!:" The .Ione complement. Ihe gothic ,lrchilcclU.a on cam I'"'. blu wllM you rna)' wonde. i. what i. '"Hokie Slone,"' and where doe. it come from? Ilokie SlOne i. a blucgtcy limestone which is qu;or,ied lit Ihe VPI Quarry located just ou!Side Blacksburg nCar indi:,,, Run.
To ".plain the Chemical <:ompoo;l;oll of ·'!loki .. Slone" une w"uld need 10 h8\''' a strong ge(}lo~)' background. But in ta)man", lerm •. Ihe .uslie stones which compose the "ImDSphere af Tech's campus i"e ma,le of limeSlon., [caldurn cMoooHle), Quartz. and sand grains. The rock is dol mile In nalure, in that Ih~ cuml)usition is mostly rn;l.Jlnesi"rn carbonate and c,,)durn carbonate, The lime·
Slone in "lIokie Slon.,·' i. oblaine,) from Ihe lower and upper ,)uMries ~nd conl~ins fossil. of cephalopods and hrachiupu,!s.
"I lukie Stonc" i. mure than Just pari af Ih" conslruclion of the b,)ildings; it is a tradition and a crcatian of a slrong well.founded imago ror Iho Un;'·cr.il)'. Many vi.ito," leave wilh 8 de,,!, Iml"ession of tho beauty of the campus.
According 10 Tcch fol klore. it WI" unce de"""d that :,11 buildings surrounding the drill fi cld would he made of "H"kie Sionc." The drillfi.,l,) i. considered the cenler uf cnrnl'U' nnd frurn any poiel the Irulh of Ihe ful kl ore story is ,' i.ibl". Moving away from the dril1field are huildings or reHulnr brick, The IrmlihonaJ ston". arc evidenl even in th" mo.! recently construcled buildings: the University lI(H)ksll}fe. Ihe Memorial Gym, and Slu.her Wing nnd Tower.
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Stuart Cassell
OurillJl Sluart K. Cassell', 31 yua ... a. ViC" Presldenl ror Atlmini.,ralion, Virginia T8l:h h;" ,II,own from 8 milila ry InsHI,,'ion Ihul .Ire •• ed 9grkuilure and .. ngin .. ".i"1I 10 .. mudern cumprehensive uni~er.lly Ihal al.o j nel .. des an cXlOm,ive 1 iheral arll proll,um.
Stuart Cassell was one of rhe primary SOU'CeI who focused much allenli"n 10 ,.o .... lh. oolh ph ys icall y and academically. Since 19~5. when CaMel! became Ih" Vi« I'retil1ent ror Administration, Tech h'" ph)',lcall) grown from O"proximately 700 10 over \9.000 .tudent. and 1.300 faculty m.)moort.
Canel! participated in Ihe COII,ltIlCI,OIl of :J6 majur b,,,ldinp and 15 addition. 10 olhe. h,,;Mlnl/l. Academically. change. Included rho Clla bH.hm ... u of the ColleHn of Education ond Ihu CoII,,!!e of Arts and Sclene .... and Ihe '''Iu .. ollon of the College of Arehlte<:turo nnd Ur ban Studie, Irom Ihe College of Englneer-
'0' A. Vice Presidenl for Administrallon. Stuarl Cassell Willi in"oked in every aspecl of Ihe Univer5i t) . includins Ih development prOliram. Ihe resources and physical phone divl,ion. Ihe auxiliary enlerprise aclivitlet. personnel and purchase. and the Alhletic Assoclution
On ~·rlda)'. October I. 1976. Sluarl K Cassell luffered a .Iroke on hi. way 10 work. Mr. Cu.scll foiled to reCover from Ihe . troke Dnd died on Wednuday. Oclober 6 nI Iho aga of
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President William E. Lavery Innugurated on October 16. 1975. Te.:h'. ---....,
IwOlll1i president. Dr . William .,;, Lavery I. looking forward 10 an ever growing univer_ Iity . lie wouLd lih 10 ae l an environment and atmosphere lor communication and learning .le believes in Ihe Imporlance 01 learn effort and open cor'I!\Iponden<:e w.lh the facuity. Ilaff. s tudents. and community. as education is. "major life ex~rienc • . "
Aside from the bu.y tam I'll! life. the nalive Now Yorker partlcipote. In community aellv­ illes. such as the noard of l)i r~'C rors of Mont_ gomery Clunty .h.lllpitaL Ihe Rotary Club. and i. the former prelident of tho Blacksbu" Community Federation
for relaxation. lootb;ill. boatins. softball. and bird hunting are. rew 01 hi. spo. t hob­ bies. He li kes mUIK:. especially guitar pla)I",. see ln, il ill! a me"", of " therapy and relan. tion:' He travel. with his family to the mldw .... t. to Myrtle Beach. and to his cottage at Claytor Lake.
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Vice Pres ident For Academic Affairs
Or. luhn D. Wil.on has heen Vlrllinia Tech', Vice f'relldent lor Academic Affain sinco September. 1975. llerore cumin, 10 Tec:h. Or Wil",n .... al P,esident 01 Weill Colleg!! in Ne .. · York. In his onde'lI.aduale daYI at MichlJan Stple Uni\"croily. he ..,ned as president or his .enior class, and pl",}'ed football
Or. Wi1wn h. lwM.!n involved In education Ihroullhou l hi. Career . Ito is deeply Con­ cernod nlMlul the teCCnt wldc~prtllUl dro[lln readln8 and wrilin~ skill. amonN loday'. college.alle generalion . In keepinll wllh this concern. he has recenlly IUl!JIesled Ihal lac­ ully here al Tech require more themes and term papers. thus .equi .. ng hene. ul<! of the English la08oall6,
The Olvl.ion of Academic Mfalrs admln­ ,,,c r. the development 01 academic program •. such DI Ihe plnnned School of Velerinary Mudlclne: prcparaliou IIf dopnrlmonla! IJUdg",-: Slid ~ny Olh llr millie .. III Ihll Uni_ ver.ily IhBI Concern academics.
Dr Wilson hal roor children In hi. fre.l limG he enioY' lenlli •. 1I"1r. rudlng. and wBlchi~ fool ball.
Vice President For Student Affairs
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Dr. James W, Oean, Vice President lor Student Affairs, has been at Tech lor nine_ leen years. 6cfore coming 10 Tech, Or. Dcan WAS manager 01 Westinghouse en'pornl;,,"" Education Divi.ion.
DUring World War II, Dr. Dean Ilow wilh Chennaulf. lamed Flying Tige'._ a fightor grOUt' based in China. Aher the war. he ",enl 10 college. participating in baseball. """"cr, n r ratern;ly council. and .ludent 8o"crnmcnl.
Tho Oivlsion 01 Student All ai,s mt miniSiers almost all facel. of e~tracurric"lnr student life. "0' examplo. it i. responsible for uni ­ versity heahh care, ROTC. and the many du b:o and other .mdent organi~ntions.
Or. Dean is proud 01 Virginia Tech. ~1 8 reel. that il is a truly excellent university ",hMe graduales ho,·., siven i1 8,11OOd repUlalion.
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j. Gordon Brown Dean for Student Services The responsibilities of Dean IITown are
related to five main areas: Sladen! housing. placement , .. ,vic"s. Squires Student Cenler. inlernational sludent •. and 'eligious af· fairs. Squires SIU,lenl Cemer serve. over on<! million I'COI'[O pcr yca , and Studen t Services tries to add additional facilities and services that the siudents wanl. Student housing has had new [oungu buil! in lome of the darms. The I'laCemenl service i. selling more complLnies 10 i nlerview und hire Tech students. SIUllenl S.,rvice. m,,;n concern i. to 5"e thai all five area. operate .. flecli,·ely.
Dcan Brown al.o Serve. on the Steering Commitlee for Self Siudy. Chairman of Pub· lication. Hoard. and work. Wilh such .Iudent organizations a5 RHI' and the Virginia Tech Union. tIc joined Ihe slaH in 1964.
Dean Bmwn ,. a member of Ihe Rolary Club. Blachburg Communily f ederalion. Phi Della Kappa. and is SIDle Direclor for Na­ lional As.:;ot:ialion of Siudeni Pcr$OnneJ Ad_ mini5lralion.
The Dean spends his IpMe lime playing solf. rackelb~JI. and gardenins. I[e enjoys reading non-fielion. biographies and hi.lori· cal no,·cll.
Dean Brown and hi. wife have Ihree child. ren and one grandchi ld.
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Dr. David E. Hill Dean of Student Programs
Dr. David I'lill enloys being part 01 tbe ad­ minist rallon slalr as Dean of Student Pro­ gra m •. He s tarted here in 1966 as an a5.i.1 Dn t dean and worked wilh orientation of sIUdent •. selected services, and the resident mall"lle­ menl. Presenlly. Dean Hill actively partici· pates wil h the management 01 student pro­ gra ms, such 8$ residence ma nagement in helping the training and supervi.ion 01 the res ident advisor 5Iatf and Resident Hall Ped· e ' alion, judidal affair. 01 the Honor Court. Greeks, and I nlernat ional programs.
With Greeks and the Residence Hall Fed· e ralion. Dean Hill expresses that these o rganization. hllip boo. 1 the s ludent inte rest by Iludenl-Siudeni con tact and pa rticipation. The lucce.s of the Internalional program lies in Ihe 400 actively involved s!lldenls enrolled in Ihe program.
"We wish Ihe people here knew Iha1 Ihe personnel is for the interesl of Ihe studenl. of Iha University .. 10 help them achieve academlcally'·. Dr. Hill also stale. Ihallearn_ 1118 can occur oulside of Ihe classroom by social inleraetion of Ihe sludenls .
Originally from Marion. Virginia. Dr. HUl always had il'llell iiOll5 of coming back 10 Ih is area afler hi. schooling. He r""eived his Ph.D. in 1971 from Alabama Dnd came back 10 Blpchbu.g to join 1heTech stafr.
Plan ts are favo.i tes of Dean Hill. as garden­ ing i. hi. Number I hobby. He also Includes water .porlS in hi.lis1 of hobbies.
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And Records Havlf13 belln wllh Tech for twenty·nlne year •.
Dun Lacy has bee .. thoroughly impreued and undled with the University', proveN. He began h~.tudies here in aw-onomy and received his B.S. and M.A. degrees It Tech. Dr. Lacy has participated wilh the adminiSI .. live .laff ... pro/lt.ml".de. in Tech', agronomy department. Since 194>3. Dr. Lacy h"" been the Dun of Ad­ mlnlons.nd Reo;orru..
A. he h .. "10" Ihe school grow. he '"tn that he doe. nolthink Tech ill 100 tarSII prete"ll),.I .. fact. "It II al I" ol'timalslze of 20.000 8lUdellts In provlrll nll educational p'osrBrn opportunities ror IH the I'adem .. " Admission! work III he.rl I. IhllY can 10 encourage Iluden ts 10 enroll. Howe"er , Dean Lacy expresses Ihal 1\ i. the Iluden!, which I'e the most importanl device 10 11I1IU;1 othe r .rudent •. If they .. e happy and .. tllfled, then thlt lhould .eflect In lhe Uni­ veulty.
Hi, hometown. SCOnsbu .... ilaam.1I town in Hellut County. Dean Lacy enjOYI hunting In 1II1111.n Vi'llinla as hi. major .et:reaUon. fol ­ lowed by wale. lpo.l •• He geu away from tho bUltle and goo. to Clayler uke. where he find. It very qulel and peaceful for rellution.
Dun Lacy feell it i. an honor to be lervl", Ihe Univeulty, and he views Toch', fUlure very optlmlatlc.lly. hop ing allihing:! to "good."
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OiI .. n Walle. ). Fabtychy is Dean of Iha lIesearch Oivi~ion al VPI " SU He coordinates all Ihe lundinll ror tho varlo". re,uarch DeHvllle. in prOB'ed It VPl and works with the deBn 01 the Ex tension DIviSion in o rder til puhllsh and diSlribute Ihe relulll acquired hom the \·.,101i1 invettill"t;on', Not many fH'opLe 'I!iIm to realiw what an exto"';"" divi.ion the lIesearch Division at the Unl"enity i •. Many overlook Ihe fael .. Ihal ,esearch prO\'ldell c;onlinuh13 education lor licully member. and • chance for leache .. Ind 'ludenlJ. mainly graduate. 10 work tosethe. on a one to one bu'" VPI " SU hal one of Ihe most uniq"" re.earch organizations In Virginia. !lee .. use it I. a land 8.anl unlver,ity. VI' I nOI only receive. 1U111'0. t from Ilr lvale ll)OMOrs for relea rch acUvUicl but also from the I lale.
The core program enables the Un"'erlily 10 do re­ aearch for Ihe 1111e . .... fter Ihe resull. are provided Ihe Eltlellllion OIvI,Ion al the University di,lribul'" Ihe Impor lanl informalion to lhe public. Monl ... used 10
support Ihi. COrl prOllram are 5ubmlned by lIalch. Mc tntire-Stannll, RRF. Waler Resource" and Iiale appropriatlonl . In addition 10 the core pros .. m. VPI hal a IjKlnao red program . .... 11 these research actlville. arc aUl1porled from IIranll and conlraCII aWllf1lud to Ihe University by ~·ede .. l. State. and privale alle nclel. F8-Culty members l ubmll propOlab to polentlal 'IKln­ SOrs li ke Ihe Department of Heallh. ~:ducatlon, and Wel fare. \'PI t. SU mu .. have an inlultlve faculty and a good reputation II a respollllible universi1y due 10 Ihi. competitive funding system . .... n cumple of a sponsored r esearch pr"llram II the Geothermal project In which the University II Involved. dealing with Ihe evaluali"ll li nd ta. gellns of 8'lolhorm BI ene rgy lource. In the Easlern U.S. IJ.olh Ihe Core and Sponlorod pr08.aml tota l a lmosl $22.000.000. VPI &- SU II one of Ihe lew achool. in Vlrgln l. with II research program both beneficia l to prlval", and ... Ie lponson In addition to be; ng beneficial 10 both studenls and faculty.
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Dean fabrychy explainlthe Core Protium al VPI.
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General Earl C. Acuff, Commandant of Cadets
G~ner3 1 Earl C. Acuff, Cnmrn:lndanl 01 Ihe Corpa of Cadels. Came 10 Te<;h In Morell of 1970. ~Ie i$ II nntive of Anchurago. Alnoka. In coll"lIe al Ille Unive r.lty of Idaho , he WaJ in. volved In the inlc.fralcmUy touncH. Ilutlcnl ,1ovcrnm .. n!. military o'lliniuliunl. and played football. Pre.cody. he ~nJuyl hndball and olher .portl.
General Acuff', dep.rlmcnl, lh" Mililary Mlai .. Office. sell policies for. and lUper­ vises lhe operalion. 01. the Corps of C.delS. The Corps pteunll) hal 330 member •. mosl of whom are al$O .tutlenlJ in Tech', Rese .. · .. Officer Training PrOM.am. ROTC. Ac­ cording 10 General Acuff. a' l~g.1 one Ihi.d of T~'Ch'l ROTC guduales chOO&8 the milita ry a5 a CB rei" alte. Iheir 'e<julred service ond •.
When a 'Iudenl graduale. from ROTC Iralnlng. he has had Iheo.crical and Illacrical e. JH!r i~ncc in handlirlJl rCSIIOnllbillly. leede •. ship. and (Ir8aniz~li"n. In ~ddilion. whilo in ROTC. 11udenl il palll U "",rlain amounl. and may recch'C financialllid for hi. educa. lion. Also. when .... finishes. he h ... com· mission u an office. in eilhc. lhe U.S. mil ilary resc"'es or in Ihe reaula. ".yitell.
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Dr. Fred IV . !lull joined Tech'. Chemical Engineer ing department in 1938. and became hearl of Ihe department in IllS]. He became Dean of Ihe Graduale School in 1964. During his coreer here. he has also served a. Di rector of the Engineering EXlle.imenl Slatin". which did research for seve ral of Tech's college •. Among Dr. Bull"s hobbies are gardening. woodworking. and farming.
The enrollment of Tech's Graduale Schoo! i. nearing 3000. About half of these siudent. did undergrcrlucle work at T...:h; Ihe re­ rna inder are from universi ties and colleges all over the ,,,,lion and from olher count r ies. The Psychol08Y Deparlment presently has Ihe la rge.t numher of graduate students. hUI many other deparlmenl. (lFfer sraduale studies leading 1(1 one 01 .everal degrees. The .choul offers the degrees 01 Masler of Se i­ ence. Masler (If Ar l., Doclor 01 Philosophy. and Doctor or ~:d"catl(ln . AI'(I. several Masler 's degrees in specialized fields are 01- fe,ed; among them are Masle r or Engineeri ng. Mosier 01 Accounting. Masler (If Bu.ine •• Ad ministration. and olhers.
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Dr. Richard B. Vasey Department of Forestry
For the past lwo and one half years, Dr. Richard Vasey has been collccllng railroad !ie. 10 make rClai n in~ wall. for terraced lla.den bed,. MDSt of Ihese railroad lies arO thirty yea r. old and they have come from tho Radford Arsenal Railroad. One of the oldest railroad lics Ihal Dr. Va .... y used was dated in 1934. The railroad Cilmpany is glad to be relieved of this burden becauso tho pollulion conlrol law. have prohibited the burning of Ihe,e tie •. Dr . Vasey hope. Ihat ne~1 sUmmer he will be able 10 complete hi' building projecl.
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Dr. Arthur E. Linkins, 1lI Department of Biology
Or. Arthur E. Lin kin$ describes himself BS "" kind of a nul aboul if', and tomo pC'llp!c would agree Ihal onll would have to be .ome k ind of a nullo pa rlicipalll in the hobby thai he enjuy" When the wealher is righl Dr. l.in kin$ flies l' 3IIill.lonll. an aircraft Ih;.1 hl" no engine. As 8 member of Ihe Blull Ridge Soaring Society. he nics oul of Newea.lIe. Virgin iu. "h's all…