Alex Mooney

Michael Smith received an honorary doctorate of music degree from Alderson-Broaddus College

Snowshoe purchased Silver Creek

James Jett was a member of the U.S. sprint relay team that won a gold medal at the Olympic Games

Marshall University football team defeated Youngstown in the national championships

Samuel Starks home was place on the National Register of Historic Places

Reported 130 outdoor sculptures in 36 West Virginia counties

Rod Thorn was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

The Linde Division of Union Carbide was spun off to form Praxair

The New River Fellowship purchased a meeting house

West Virginia Radio Corporation acquired WCHS-FM

James Rowley was elected president of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation

West Virginia State College (now University) received full accreditation from the North Central

D. Ray White was featured in Talking Feet

Columbia West Virginia facility was built in Craigsville

WVU at Parkersburg awarded its first BS degrees in business administration

John P. Carrier became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology (now WVU Tech)

Tunney Hunsaker retired from the police force

Conchata Ferrell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

A. James Manchin was elected to the House of Delegates

The first Libertarian was elected to office when William W. Clem ran in the Jefferson County surveyor's race

Warren McGraw was elected to an unexpired term on the state Supreme Court

Marie E. Redd became the first African-American to be elected to the West Virginia Senate

Rush Holt's son Rush was elected to Congress as a New Jersey Democrat

Tim Armstead was elected to the House of Delegates

Natalie Tennant lost her bid for the United States Senate

Shelley Moore Capito became the first woman elected to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate

Nick Rahall lost his reelection bid to Republican challenger Evan Jenkins

Republicans captured all three Congressional districts and one U.S. Senate seat

Evan Jenkins was elected to represent West Virginia's Third Congressional District

Glen Gainer lost his bid to represent the First Congressional District

David McKinley won reelection to Congress

David McKinley was reelected to Congress

Evan Jenkins was reelected to Congress

Natalie Tennant lost her bid for reelection to Secretary of State

Patrick Morrisey was reelected as attorney general

Walt Helmick lost his reelection bid

Republican Kent Leonhardt defeated Walt Helmick for commissioner