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Speakers at the dedication of Mauney-Schaeffer
Conference Hall included (left to right): the Rev.
Andrew Weisner, College pastor; Mark Chambers ’05,
Student Government Association president; William M.
Mauney Sr. ’65, Moretz Professor of Economics; Tony
Wolfe ’70, chair of the L-R Business Council; Charles M.
Snipes ’58, for whom the School of Business is named;
Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright; John David Moose ’59, chair
of the Board of Trustees; and Dr. Wayne B. Powell,
College president. |
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Among those
attending a gala on Sept. 30 were Charles F. Connor III ’79,
Edie Connor ’94 and Charles M. Snipes ’58. Charles Connor and
his father, Charles F. Connor Jr., sponsored a classroom in
memory of Raymond M. Strunk, who taught accounting at the
College many years; and in honor of Charles Snipes. |
Dr. Wayne B.
Powell, College president; Charles M. Snipes ’58, president of
Bank of Granite; and John A. Forlines, chair of the board of
Bank of Granite and honorary chair of the Mauney-Schaeffer
Renovation Campaign Committee; stand inside the pavilion of the
renovated buildings. |
Tom Reese ’48
admires a chair presented to him in recognition of his
endowment of a faculty position. Reese’s planned gift will endow the
chairmanship of the Charles M. Snipes School of Business. |
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Jacob
Blackburn ’40 and Alice Blackburn, widow of Thomas Blackburn
’45, stand with Charles M. Snipes. Jacob Blackburn’s donation to
the Mauney-Schaeffer project will name a faculty office in
memory of his brother, Thomas, a former mathematics professor at
the College. |
Kenny Chun
’74, Thomas Fitz, Frances Fitz, and Sunny Chun gather for a
photo. The Chuns named a faculty office for Kenny’s former
accounting professor, Frances Fitz. |
William Seidman, former chair of
the FDIC and currently chief commentator for CNBC, addresses the
Fall Forum, held on campus in conjunction with the Mauney-Schaeffer
Conference Hall dedication. |
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Journalism
students Sara Shumaker ’07 and Candace Semmel ’07 take notes
during the dedication ceremony |
William M.
Mauney Sr. ’65, Moretz Professor of Economics, holds up a
historic Lenoir-Rhyne postcard used by one of his relatives. The
Mauney family paid for the construction of Mauney Hall in
1927-1928. |
Charles M.
Snipes ’58 stands behind his parents, John Wesley and Mary
Devine Snipes. His gift to the Mauney-Schaeffer Conference Hall
named a lecture hall in their honor. |
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The College
is still accepting contributions to the Mauney-Schaeffer
Conference Hall, including endowments of faculty positions and
scholarships. For more information about how to contribute to
this project, contact Rich Duncan at
duncanr@lrc.edu
or Vickie Eckard ’97 at
eckardv@lrc.edu |
