Billy, a big-hearted friend and college leader

  1. During my six years in Norfolk, I always looked forward to sharing a monthly lunch with Billy. Though I was at Old Dominion U. and he was at Wesleyan, it was as if we shared the same campus. He was a big-hearted, down-to-earth man with a wonderful laugh. I never knew a college president who was so humble yet filled with wisdom (who cooked burgers and hot dogs right outside his office for all who entered). “Mr. Virginia Wesleyan” will be dearly missed. May his spirit live with us all, most especially with his family.

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