Speakers


1	Date	Time	Speaker	Title	Title of Address	Event	Location

2	2023					Founders Day
3	2022					Founders Day
4	2021					Founders Day
5	2020					Founders Day
6	2019-10-12	3:00	Evans, Charles R. (Class of 1959)	Trustee 1998-2011; President of International Health Services Group		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
7	2018-10-05	3:00	Taylor, John (Class of 1980)	Trustee 2008-	Back to the Future	Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
8	2017-10-13		Thierstein, Joel	19th President of West Virginia Wesleyan College		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
9	2016					Founders Day
10	2015					Founders Day
11	2014					Founders Day
12	2013					Founders Day
13	2012					Founders Day
14	2011					Founders Day
15	2010					Founders Day
16	2009					Founders Day
17	2008					Founders Day
18	2007-10-19		Conley, Heather	Executive Director of the American Red Cross		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
19	2006					Founders Day
20	2005					Founders Day
21	2004					Founders Day
22	2003					Founders Day
23	2002					Founders Day
24	2001					Founders Day
25	2000					Founders Day
26	1999					Founders Day
27	1998		Dr. Richard Weeks	Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, West Virginia Wesleyan College		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
28	1997					Founders Day
29	1996					Founders Day
30	1995					Founders Day
31	1994-10-13		Sutherland, Tom	Former hostage - held more than six years in Lebanon		Founders Day
32	1993					Founders Day
33	1992					Founders Day
34	1991					Founders Day
35	1990					Founders Day
36	1989-10-14	11:00	Rowan, Carl	Syndicated Columnist		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
37	1988					Founders Day
38	1987					Founders Day
39	1986					Founders Day
40	1985-10-18		Curtain, Phyllis	Opera Singer, Mucis Educator, Dean of the School for the Arts at Boston University		Founders Day
41	1984		Hanford, George			Founders Day
42	1983					Founders Day
43	1982		Seamon, James M.	Vice President and Special Assistant to the president of NALCO Chemical Company, Oak Brook, IL		Founders Day
44	1981					Founders Day
45	1980					Founders Day
46	1979					Founders Day
47	1978-10-20	11:00	Jenkins, Paul R.	Executive Vice President and Trustee of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
48	1977					Founders Day
49	1976					Founders Day
50	1975					Founders Day
51	1974-10-24		Wriight, Dr. John (Class of 1948)	Faculty 1956-1965	Why Are We Here?	Founders Day
52	1973					Founders Day
53	1972					Founders Day
54	1971					Founders Day
55	1971-10-15		Reese. Dr. Seward (Class of 1926)	Attorney, Educator, Speaker, Author, Jurist		Founders Day
56	1970-10-03	10:00	Randolph, Senator Jennings	Honorary Doctor of Laws 1967		Founders Day	Wesley Chapel
57	1967-10-28		Smith, Governor Hulett C.	27th Governor of West Virginia		Founders Day
58	1966					Founders Day
59	1965-10-15	11:00	Gross, Dr. John O.	Executive Secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
60	1964					Founders Day
61	1963-10-25	11:00	Parlin, Charles C.	Prominent Methodist Layman from Englewood, NJ and prominent lawyer		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
62	1962-10-20		Thornburg, Dr. Amos A. (Class of 1921)	Nationally known leader in Methodist Ministry; Superintendent of the Chicago Northern District of the Rock River Conference.	It All Belongs to You	Founders Day
63	1961					Founders Day
64	1960-10-14		Benedum, Paul G.	Vice President of the Plymouth Oil Company and the President of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation	The Age of Guided Missiles and Misguided Men	Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
65	1959-10-15		Price, J. Roy	Assistant Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization	Civilian Defense in a Free Society	Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
66	1958-10-24		Hickman, Leon	Vice President and General Counsel, Aluminum Company of America		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
67	1957					Founders Day
68	1956-10-26	11:00	Wicke, Bishop Lloyd C.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
69	1955-10-28		Price, J. Roy (Class of 1923; Hon.1949)	Trustee 1949-1973; Union Carbide and Government Service	A Charter for a College of Liberal Arts	Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
70	1954					Founders Day
71	1953-10-30	11:00	Brown, Dr. Kenneth I.	Executive Secretary of the Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
72	1952-10-24	11:00	Straughn, Bishop James H.	Trustee Emeritus	“The program marks the observance of Founders Day, a tradition instituted by Bishop Straughn while the resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Area and originally known as Bishops Day.” (West Virginia Wesleyan College Bulletin, October 1952)	Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
73	1951					Founders Day
74	1950-10-27	11:00	Marsh, Dr. Daniel L.	President of Boston University		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
75	1949-10-28	11:00	Oxnam, Bishop G. Bramley	Bishop of the Methodist Church, New York Area		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
76	1948					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
77	1947					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
78	1946					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
79	1945-10-18		Straughn, Bishop James H.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
80	1944					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
81	1943					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
82	1942					Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
83	1941		Straughn, Bishop James H.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
84	1940		Straughn, Bishop James H.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
85	1939-10-27		Leonard, Bishop Adna W.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church		Founders Day	Atkinson Chapel
86	1938-10-20		Leonard, Bishop Adna W.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church	6th Annual Bishop's Day	Founders Day
87	1937				5th	Founders Day
88	1936				4th	Founders Day
89	1935				3rd	Founders Day
90	1934-11-01		Leonard, Bishop Adna W.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church	2nd	Founders Day
91	1933-10-05		Leonard, Bishop Adna W.	Resident Bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church	1st Bishop's Day	Founders Day