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Acting President CHARLES E. LAWALL It was a warm day at the end of August, 1938, and Charles E. LawoH, then Director of the School of Mines, had been explaining for a day and a half to the members of the Board of Control in Charleston, the advantages of the construction of a Mineral Industries Building (a picture of which appears on page 14) on the West Virginia University campus. He had explained in detail how it would fill a long-standing need in the State. Having finished his explanation, he was preparing to leave the room when he said: I suppose that you are going into a conference on the matter of a new president at ' the University, and I hope you find just the right man. I must return to Morgantown. I have taken too much time as it is. He was assured that he hadn ' t taken up their time unduly and that they had found the right man for the presidency. That ' s fine, Lawall replied. Who is he? I would like to meet him. You have, the chairman answered. I have been talking to him for the past two days. You are he. So, as Arthur B. Koontz, president of the Board of Control, stated, Because of the familiarity of Charles E. Lawall with affairs of the University, his demonstrated ability as an administra- tor, because of the efficient way he had handled his department and his general knowledge of the State of West Virginia, he was the Board ' s choice for acting president of West Virginia University. President Lawall joined the staff of the College of Engineering in 1921 as a professor of mining engineering and director of mining extension. Since that time he has become known throughout the State as a leading influence in the advancement of the coal, oil, gas, and kindred industries by coal loaders, gas workers, and operators, as well as the leaders of these industries.
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Board of Governors JOHN JACOB CORNWELL ARTHUR BURKE KOONTZ President WRIGHT HUGUS Vice-President CHARLES THOMPSON NEFF, JR. Secretary HARRIET LOUISE FRENCH JOHN DEMPSEY HOBITZELL, JR. JOHN ROBERT POLAND ROBERT HOWARD PRITCHARD 20
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