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From April 1936 Alumni Magazine. Harriet Eliza Lyon, a transfer student from Vassar College was WVU's first woman graduate. The only woman in the fourteen member Class of 1891, she won the honor of being valedictorian. Born in Fedonia, New York, she moved to Morgantown with her family in 1867 when her father, Franklin Smith Lyon, accepted a position as one of WVU's first professors. After graduating from the University, Harriet Lyon returned to Fredonia and married Franklin Jewett, a professor of science at the Fredonia Normal school. She raised four children and was active as a musician, singer, composer, and community leader. Harriet Lyon was a grandniece of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.

1. Portrait of Harriet Lyon

'Principal Shepherd College.'

2. John G. Knutti, West Virginia University

3. Charles McCoy, Class of 1898, West Virginia University

4. Elmer Leach and the Statue of Venus, West Virginia University

5. Wade Cullen Kilmer, West Virginia University

A. B. '98, Morgantown, W. Va.

6. Eleanor B. Moreland, West Virginia University

7. James Edward Law, Class of 1899, West Virginia University

8. Anthony Fielding McCue, Class of 1907, West Virginia University

9. Walter G. Lough, West Virginia University

10. Chester D. Kirkpatrick, Class of 1907, West Virginia University

'Onery Bill'

11. John William Mason, Class of 1907, West Virginia University

Lentz ('20), nicknamed "Beanie", was a halfback for the West Virginia University football team.

12. WVU Football Player J. Howard Lentz, Morgantown, W. Va.