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Professor Bechanan.

Women cadets at attention at VPI& SU.

Women in the Corps.

L Squadron, Cheryl Butler, Commander. First women in the Corps at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

2nd Lt. Patricia Ann Miller, Army Special Corps and Lt. Col. Raymond O. Miller, CE, USA. Commissioning of Patricia Ann Miller, Medical Specialist Corps

Marilyn Helmeyer, Class of 1977, the First Woman Highty Tighty. Receiving her band card.

Matthew Winston, Essex Finney, Charlie Yates, and Lindsay Cherry, left to right.. A Reunion Forty Years Later. Reunion of the four Virginia Tech students who roomed with Mrs. Janie Hoge at 306 East Clay St., Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Yates is a…

Dr. Essex Finney in his office in Philadelphia. In 1988, Dr. Finney was appointed to the Federal Senior Executive Service while he was the Associate Director of the North Atlantic Area of ARS, USDA. Later he became Director of the Beltsville…

Dr. Essex Finney, left, Dean Wilbur Meir, and Mrs. Rosa Ellen Finney. The College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University presented Dr. Finney an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award in recognition of "his expertise in agricultural research,…

President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Essex Finney. President Jimmy greeted Dr. Essex Finney in the Oval Office. Finney served from July 1980 to June 1981 in the Office of the Science Advisor to the President in Washington, D.C. At that time, Dr. Frank…

Essex Finney at Princeton University. In 1973-74, Dr. Finney was a Princeton Fellow in Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He is shown on the left in the second row. Essex was a member of the Class of Mid-Career…

Essex Finney, and staff of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Dr. Finney joined the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in 1965 as a Research Agricultural Engineer. He worked in the…

Essex Finney at Graduation Day at VPI, June 1959. Lady on right, Mrs. Janie Hoge, Blacksburg, Virginia. Her husband, William is to the left of Essex Finney. When Essex was admitted to VPI in June 1956, he was advised by the Director of Admissions…

Essex Finney in First Year in the VPI Cadet Corps. Essex Finney's first year in the Cadet Corps, 1956. Essex Finney was one of the first Black students at Virginia Tech.

Essex Finney, right, and Edward Finney. Essex and his cousin, Edward Finney, the high school vocational agriculture teacher, discuss the desirable traits of hogs. Edward took Essex on his first visit to Virginia Tech and provided guidance during his…

Rat Parade, Downtown Blacksburg.

Rat Parade, Downtown Blacksburg.

Rat Parade in Downtown Blacksburg.

155mm Rifle, Blacksburg. Negative # 185, "Long Tom", 155mm Rifle, near the Alumni Gate, Finals 1922

Rat Parade, 1912. Negative # 156

Bleachers at VPI sports event.

Lindsay Cherry, walking on road.

Lindsay Cherry.

Cadets at VPI from left to right: Floyd Wilson, Irving L. Peddrew, III, Charlie Yates.

Lindsay Cherry. At home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoge, 306 Clay Street, Blacksburg, VA. This is where the first black cadets at Virginia Tech were boarded.

Cadet Lindsay Cherry with Company A at Va. Tech.

Lindsay Cherry at Virginia Tech.

Lindsay Cherry. At home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoge, 306 Clay Street, Blacksburg, VA. This is where the first black cadets at Virginia Tech were boarded.

Unidentified cadet.

Lindsay Cherry.

Airplane near Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus.

VPI Boxing Team, 1920's.

Virginia Tech cadets.

Dormitory room and cadets.

Women students.

Company A, Virginia Polytechnic Institute cadets 1920's.

Football team Virginia Tech.

Corps of Cadets, Virginia Tech.

Military band.

Female cadets at V.P.I..

Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.

VPI Graduation, c. 1927. War Memorial Hall, c. 1927, VPI Graduation

VPI Rifle Team, ca. 1924.

One For Hitler.

Gospel Experience.

1905 VPI Football Champions of the South. 1905 Football Champions of the South Tyler Smith, in front. In early days, all athletes, like race horses, got rub downs before games. Tyler Smith was the rubber - and in this way could be called first…

VPI Freshman Class, 1923-23.

1919 Corps Band at Virginia Polytechnic and State University.

Celebration of the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Virginia Tech.

Group of Individuals Responsible for the Founding of the College of Architecture at Virginia Tech.