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The Bluefield State University Alumni Association was first organized in 1908. Its first officers were Dr. W. C. Mitchell, 1906, President, and Mr. George W. Runion, 1908, Secretary- Treasurer. In 1906 Dr. R. C. Harrison, 1901, and H. L. Dickason, 1910, were elected President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively. In 1922 Mrs. Rosa Mickens-Hobson, 1905, was President and H. L. Dickason was Secretary-Treasurer.

The first meeting date on record was at 3:00 pm, June 2, 1914. Notice of the meeting was listed in the official West Virginia State catalogue for the year of 1913-1914. In an effort to stimulate education, several scholarships are established and fostered by the Association and its members. The organization was approved by the College and the State Board of Education-after some investigation-to be the sole organization to represent the alumni and University. It was registered with the capitol offices in Charleston in the early ’20s and received a Certificate of Incorporation as the Bluefield State University Alumni Association on the 13th day of October, 1956. The original charter members were Allan Connally, Bernice Martin, Virginia Hebert, and Attorney Hugo Payne.

Members of the Alumni Association include educators, teachers, ministers, doctors, lawyers, social workers, morticians, college presidents, engineers, computer workers, housewives, dentists, farmers, mechanics, and skilled laborers make up the majority of the graduates. Several members of our Association are employed in some of the leading positions throughout the United States.

General meetings of the Association are held in the fall and spring of each school year and at each reunion.

The BSCAA established an office on the campus of Bluefield State University on March 6, 1981 in Conley Hall.  Dr. William H. Brothers, BSC Vice-President, and Frank E. Wilson, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association, coordinated the activity that made the office a reality.

With the fundraising efforts of many alumni, the Office of Alumni Affairs is now housed in Hatter Hall, the former President’s Home and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places with the US Department of Interior National Park Service. Alumni are always welcome and are encouraged to visit whenever they are in the area.

Audramae Smith Williams
Class of 1969
Roanoke Chapter

Marviene Johnson
Class of 2012
Mercer County Chapter

Sandra B. Brown
Class of 1968
Columbus Chapter

Earl L. Lee, Jr.
Class of 1971
Columbus Chapter

Dale Johnson
Class of 1974
Cleveland Chapter

Terry Thompson
Class of 1999
Mercer County Chapter

Dale Johnson
Class of 1974
Cleveland Chapter

Mildred Hoskey-Spencer
Class of 1976
Mercer County Chapter

Dr. John Vernon
Class of 1969
President of Roanoke Chapter

King Harvey
Class of 1961
Roanoke Chapter

Dr. Carl Boyd
Class of 1957
Philadelphia Chapter

Dr. Ergie Smith
Class of 1952
Mercer County Chapter

Terry Thompson
Class of 1999
Mercer County Chapter

Dr. John Vernon
Class of 1969
President Roanoke Chapter

Terry Thompson
Class of 1999
Mercer County Chapter

Terry Thompson
Class of 1999
Mercer County Chapter

VACANT

Marviene Johnson
Class of 2012
Mercer County Chapter

David  Clemons
Class of 1960
Cincinnati Chapter

Orlando Henderson
Class of 1962
Cincinnati Chapter President

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Lena Nance
Class of 1963
Cleveland Chapter President

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James Seay
Class of
Columbus Chapter President

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Terry Thompson
Class of 1999
Mercer County President

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Dr. Carl Boyd
Class of 1957
Philadelphia Chapter President

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Dr. John Vernon
Class of 1969
Roanoke Chapter President

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Vivian Griffin
Class of 1973
Washington DC Chapter President

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