Left, Dean of Medicine Clark Sleeth; Center, Dr. Paul Dudley White; Right, Van Liere (former Dean). White is famous in the field of cardiology, and served as President Eisenhower's cardiologist after his heart attack. He appears to be holding a model or cast of a heart, and may have been invited here to speak.
Faculty Honors Convocation, West Virginia University
Date:
1967/3/07
Description:
'A scene from the March, 7, 1967 Faculty Honors Convocation shows, from left to right: Robert Slonneger, WVU Professor of Mechanical Engineering; R.C. Butler, WVU, Professor and Chairman of Agricultural Engineering; George McLaren, WVU Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition; Clark Sleeth, Dean of the WVU School of Medicine; Virgil Lilly, WVU Professor of Physiology; and Wesley Bagby, WVU Professor of History. 100th Anniversary Office.'