West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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' i y The obligations of this 1943 monticola to students and parents alike HAVE been increased MANIFOLD BY A WAR WHICH HAS CALLED WEST VIRGINIA ' S SONS FROM THEIR COLLEGE LIFE AND PLACED THEM ON BATTLE LINES ALL OVER THE WORLD. MANY OF THESE, OUR FRIENDS, SHALL NOT RETURN FROM OVER THERE, BUT THEIR SPIRIT SHALL BE EVER PRESENT BETWEEN THE COVERS OF THEIR COLLEGE ANNUAL— THEIR MONTICOLA. TO THE PARENTS WE EXTEND THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THIS MONTICOLA WILL AF- FORD A GLIMPSE OF THE JOY AND HAPPINESS YOU HAVE MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANT- ING US THESE YEARS AT W. V. U. AND IN THE EVENT THAT JOHNNY OR BOB OR BILL DOES NOT RETURN, MAY IT PROVE TO BE OF SOME VALUE IN ITS OWN INADE- QUATE WAY. TO THE STUDENTS WE EXTEND A HOPE THAT THIS MONTICOLA WILL BE TREAS- URED NOT JUST AS A BOOK OF PICTURES AND PRINTING, BUT RATHER AS REPRE- SENTING ONE YEAR OF OUR LIFE. AND IF, AS THE YEARS PASS BY, THIS MONTICOLA COMES TO BE A SOURCE OF PLEASANT MEMORIES OF LIFE AND LOVE AT W. V. U. DURING A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, THEN OUR EFFORTS SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN.

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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.