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A proud alumnus, Charles Tynan is no stranger to the Blacksburg area or Virginia Tech. From the years of 1947 to 1952 he was an undergraduate student, living in dorms and a cadet in the Corps. He spent the majority of his time devoted to academics,…

Virginia Tech has always been an integral part of the life of George Edwin Russell, Class of 1952. Russell, known to most as Buddy, grew up on a country farm working with pigs, dairy cows, and beef cattle. This led Russell to join the 4H club as a…

Brooks Whitehurst grew up in Wytheville, Virginia, and from a young age he knew his future as an engineer. His father decided his path, but allowed him to choose chemical engineering at Virginia Tech. Brooks graduated from Virginia Tech in 1951, and…

Bob Quisenberry, Class of 1962, discusses his life and
career, including his time as a student at Virginia Tech and his continued involvement with the university in the decades since.

Education has always been important in the life of Robert “Bob” Bates, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (now College of Science). Both of his parents were college-educated, and his mother was a teacher, while his father worked for the…

Judy Swecker Slaughter was born into a Virginia Tech family as her father graduated class of 1935. Growing up in Woodstock, Virginia, she had decided to follow her father's footsteps and also attend. She arrived in 1966, studying psychology and…

William (Bill) Starnes, Jr., Virginia Tech class of 1955, never seriously considered any other school. Bill always knew that he was going to college, and because his father attended the university, having graduated in 1924, it seemed like the perfect…

Bill Roth grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania playing ice hockey. He attended Syracuse University studying multimedia journalism, wanting to work in sports broadcasting. After graduating, he was hired at Virginia Tech as the “Voice of the Hokies,”…

On the residential side of campus, there is an academic building where researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE) work diligently to find solutions to environmental…

Bertram Kinzey, Jr. arrived in Blacksburg as an architectural engineering student in 1940. While living in Richmond, Kinzey enrolled in the engineering extension program, which led him to Virginia Tech for his final two years of undergraduate. As a…

As part of a military family, Apryl Alexander, class of 2005, grew accustomed to a lifestyle that took her to many parts of the world. At Virginia Tech, however, Apryl found a community and a home in which she could finally settle down. Due to the…

April Cheek-Messier arrived at Virginia Tech for her master's degree in history in 1996. Prior to coming to Blacksburg, she attended undergraduate school at Hollins, and got a master's degree in both history and English. In the master's program at…

VT Soccer schedule.

Students at Fairview Magnet School form a massive “VT” and ribbon. They even brought a Hokie Bird! Proceeds from the sale of this photo to parents were donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.

Poster with orange VT and photographs of chidren with their first names and messages.

VT Inaugural Season ACC.

VT Hokies basketball schedule poster.

VT Golf 1995-96 poster.

VT Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Office poster.

VT Class of 1994 Ring Premiere Lucy Lee Lancaster Ring Collection poster.

Photograph of a building on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

VPI& SU Baseball Team.

VPI& SU Baseball Squad - State Champions 1918.

VPI Water Tower

VPI vs VMI football game, Roanoke, Virginia

VPI vs VMI football game, Maher Field, Roanoke, VA

VPI vs VMI football game. VPI Corps of Cadets in "VT" formation

VPI vs VMI football game.

VPI vs VMI Football Game

Approval to amending the charter of the Blacksburg-Virginia Tech Water Authority to include Christiansburg was voted by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors after a public hearing in Blacksburg in February 1955.

VPI Victory March - historical note.

VPI Victory March - historical note.

VPI Verse UVA Football Game

VPI Tennis Courts

VPI Students, 1968.

VPI Students Dancing.

VPI Students. VPI Students

VPI Students.

VPI Standing Senate Committees: Credentials and Elections. R. Basile, P. Critcher, R. Britts, J. Parker, W. Ashley (Chairman), S. Burk, W. Bersch, M. Harper, T. Smith. Photo from 1969 Bugle

VPI Skippers parading at Maher Field, Roanoke, VA.

VPI Shops and Mess Hall

VPI Salutes Whos Who for 1961-62. Virginia Tech newspaper

VPI Ring Dance, 1974. Ring Dance 1974

VPI Ring Committee - Class of 1955.

VPI Rifle Team, ca. 1924.

VPI Reunion, Class of 1917.