Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Schaus played basketball for WVU in 1946-1949. He coached in 1954-1960 and served as the Athletic Director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He left WVU in 1960 to become the head coach and subsequent general manager for the Los Angeles Lakers.
