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ewis W. Webb Retires as ODC’s Only President wis IP Webb talking with construction workers by the new phys ed complex. Glasses, hat and bow tie characterize this familiar personality on campus. He could frequently be seen checking construction schedules and just talking with students and faculty alike. This is ODC’s first president Lewis Warrington Webb. He has been associated with the school since 1932, the days of Norfolk William and Mary. After teaching physics, the Maury and VPI graduate rose to become Director of the branch college. He was the natural choice for the expanded, urban institution Old Dominion has become. Accolades of President Webb’s include everything from the title Engineer of the Year in 1964, to being listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest. Membership in church and scientific organizations also occupy much of Webb’s time. After nearly a quarter century of administrative work, which began to be too much, President Webb will Deans Whitten and White with Pres, and Mrs. Webb during the reception given by ODC students in the Webb's honor. ACADEMICS □
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ACADEMICS □ become Professor Webb, teacher of physics. Although he is finishing his career in the same way he began it, no one can argue that during the interim President Webb did not revolutionize education at this school. President Webb stated that “It is very difficult to express my feelings, or even to properly judge them, as I leave twenty-three years of decision-making involved in guiding the destinies of Old Dominion College from a small, un-accredited, junior college to that of a large university. Let me say quickly that not by any means do I want to imply that I brought this about, as the credit should properly be given to hundreds of persons on our faculty and in the citizenry of our community whose combined efforts produced the result. I was fortunate to have been a part of this development, and I found it exciting and rewarding . . . I am, therefore, not giving a farewell message. I am . . . making changes that Mr. Webb explaining policy during the first “Time-Out day held in Marc 18
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