Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 27, 1994 TAG: 9411120024
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E15 EDITION: METRO
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Andrew Paul Marchal, Patrick Henry High School graduate, and Joyce Gardner, a William Fleming High School graduate, received David Roller Memorial Scholarships. They attend Virginia Commonwealth University. Marchal is the son of Richard and Carol Marchal, and Gardner is the daughter of Ronda Fritz.
The Roller stipend was established with community contributions in honor David Roller of Roanoke, who was a VCU art student at the time of his death.
Christopher Shannon Allmon, a William Fleming High School graduate, and Kristy Faye Ratcliffe, a Patrick Henry High School graduate, received the Frank Tota Leadership Award. The award was established through community contributions and a financial award from the American Association of School Administrators given to Tota, former Roanoke school superintendent.
Allmon, son of Mavis C. Allmon, attends the College of William and Mary. Ratcliffe, daughter of Phillip and Carol Carp, attends Virginia Tech.
TIFFANY RICHARDSON, daughter of Dorothy R. Richardson of Roanoke, is the recipient of a Minority Incentive Scholarship at East Tennessee State University for the 1994-95 school year. Richardson is a transfer student from Virginia State University and plans to major in English at East Tennessee State.
MELISSA R. WOODS and CAROL WHITESCARVER have earned master's degrees in education, curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech.
Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Woods Jr. of Roanoke, has taken a job as a teacher in the Roanoke public schools and will be working with children with learning disabilities.
Whitescarver, daughter of Furman and Loretta Whitescarver Jr. of Salem, has taken a job in the Salem school system, teaching high school Spanish.
S. MEREDITH YEAGER, daughter of Jack and Sarah Yeager of Roanoke County, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health for research in evolutionary genetics of the immune systems.
The Cave Spring High School graduate is seeking a doctorate at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She earned her master's degree in genetics at Hood College in Frederick, Md., and her undergraduate at Radford University.
CORINNE BEASLEY GOTT of Roanoke has received the Distinguished Alumni Award at Lynchburg College. The award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievement in professional life, academic life and service to Lynchburg College.
Gott, director of the Roanoke City Department of Social Services, is a 1949 graduate of the college.
ANN MARIE WOODS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Woods of Salem, has received the Sweet Briar Pannell Scholarship.
The Pannell Scholarship, named for Anne Gary Pannell, Sweet Briar College's fifth president, is awarded to students who have made a major contribution to school and community life and maintained strong academic records.
Woods is a graduate of Glenvar High School.
VIRGINIA COLLEGE has announced the names of students who earned recognitions during the summer quarter.
The following students have completed the graduation requirements: Leslie D. Campbell, Roanoke, electronics technology; Robert M. Dowdy, Salem, electronics technology; Ricardo R. Moreira, Roanoke, computer programming; Melissa R. Murray, Roanoke, computer information systems; Anthony G. Plunkett, Roanoke, electronics technology and Hardy L. Williams, Salem, computer information systems.
The following Roanoke students were named to the president's list: Kenneth M. Archer, Tina M. Atkinson, Leslie D. Campbell, Daniel J. Lewis III, Ricardo R. Moreira, Melissa R. Murray Samuel G. Overstreet Jr., Tosha N. Taylor and Hardin D. Yeuell.
The following students were named to the dean's list: Kelley S. Claytor, David N. Cockram, Roger D. Daugherty, Jonathan A. Dillon, Jason W. Hale, Lewanda Hogan, Jason W. Johnson, John T. Kamara, William J. Karnes, Jonathan Sesay, Deborah T. Snead and Darrel K. Trent, all of Roanoke. Also Robert M. Dowdy and Philip R. Givens, both of Salem; and Joseph H. McGhee of Vinton.
by CNB