West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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rX EMPIRE BUILDER Raymond Ernest Salvati is a graduate of whom West Virginia University and the Class ot 1943 are justly proud. He is now Vice-President and General Manager of the Island Creeli Coal Company, one of the largest and most successful corporations of its kind in the United States. He is also Vice-President and General Manager of the Pond Creek Pocahontas Com- pany and Consulting Engineer for the Princess Elkhorn Coal Company. Mr. Salvati was born on May 14, 1899, at Monongah, West Virginia the son of C. and Elizabeth (Armentrout) Salvati. He was educated in the Monongah public schools, at Fair- mont High School and at West Virginia University. During the first World War, he with- drew from his studies and was attached to the field artillery division of the United States Army. When the war ended he returned to college and was graduated in 1922, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Scienc e In Mining Engineering. He was an outstanding undergraduate, both an athlete and a student. He was a member of the wrestling squad; and his scholarly attainments won for him membership in the honorary engineering societies, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Epsilon. He began his professional career in the humble role of track-layer at the Number Sixteen Mine in the Mud Fork division of the Island Creek Coal Company, and he has remained with the same company up to the present, advancing in some twenty years to one of the most important executive positions In the corporation. On May 12, 1921, he was married to Miss Pearl Charlotte Williamson; and to that union have been born three children: Raymond Ernest, Junior; Timothy Andrew, and Marlanna. Mr. Salvatl ' s career should inspire all students. His fine personality has gained for him many friends throughout West Virginia and the country at large; and his brillian t professional talents have won him distinction in various fields of endeavor. He is a member of the Ameri- can Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, American Legion and the American Mining Congress. He Is a past-president of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the Alumni Association of West Virginia University. At the present, the important services that he renders in t ' r ' ee large coal companies constitute a distinguished contribution to the na- tional war effort. It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this volume to Raymond Ernest Salvati.

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Elizabeth Moore Hall, in the hearf of the campus, is one of West Virginia ' s most beautiful buildings. Housing a swimming pool, it is used primarily as the center for women ' s physical education.