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Lea Booth, Executive Director of
the VFIC from 1953-1983, wrote "his version" of the history of the VFIC in
1972. Lea passed away in May 2006. Through his wit and journalistic
abilities he wove together the "historical facts" of the founding of
the VFIC.
The VFIC began as an idea devised by
George M. Modlin, president of the
University of Richmond and Francis P. Gaines, president of Washington and
Lee University, under the stadium during a football game. To date
this idea, with the help of many corporations, foundations and
individuals, has provided 15 of Virginia's private colleges and
universities with more than $120 million in funding.
History of the VFIC
as recounted by Lea Booth in
1972 (pdf)
The VFIC's first contributors 1953
On
December 16, 1952 the VFIC's first corporate contribution
was received from: Glamorgan Pipe and
Foundry Co.
(now Griffin Pipe Products Co., Lynchburg) - ($2,000);
followed by Lynchburg Foundry Company (now
Intermet) ($18,000) and Hampton
Looms of Virginia, Inc. ($2,000)
VFIC college president in 1958
The original 1952
VFIC ledger credits $500 contributions from each of the following 12
colleges: Hollins College, Hampden-Sydney College, University of Richmond,
Randolph College (founded as Randolph Macon Woman's College), Mary Baldwin College, Emory & Henry
College, Washington and Lee University, Sweet Briar College, Roanoke
College, and Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg College, and Bridgewater
College.
50th Anniversary Honorees
Two distinguished Alums from each VFIC Campus
were Honored at the VFIC's 50th Anniversary in 2002
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Bridgewater College |
Pasco M. Bowman
Class of 1955
Judge
Eighth U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals
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Carlyle Whitelow
Class of 1959
Educator, Athlete
and Ambassador of Good Will
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Emory & Henry College |
J. Michael Austin
Class of 1975
Stuttgart
Opera Company
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Charles W. Sydnor, Jr.
Class of 1965
President & CEO
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting
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Hampden-Sydney College |
Eugene W. Hickok, Jr.
Class of 1972
U. S. Under
Secretary of Education
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Robert W. Woltz, Jr.
Class of 1975
President - Virginia
Verizon
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Hollins University |
Annie Dillard
Class of 1967
Pulitzer Prize
Winning Author
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Sally Mann
Class of 1974
Photographer, named
"America's Best Photographer" by Time Magazine in 2001
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Lynchburg College |
Estherina Shems
Class of 1954
Physician
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Percy Wootton
Class of 1953
Physician
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Mary Baldwin College |
Louise McNamee
Class of 1970
President
Messner
Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG
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Mary Elizabeth Reed Smyth
Class of 1947
Educator and
Philanthropist
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Marymount University |
Angela Phillips Diaz
Class of 1984
Director, Human
Space Flight Research Div.
Office of External
Relations, Washington, DC
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J. Michael Kelly
Class of 1984
Managing Director of
Business Development, Nasdaq
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Randolph-Macon College |
Douglas W. Foard
Class of 1961
Executive Secretary
Phi Beta Kappa
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John H. Gibbons
Class of 1949
Assistant to the
President of the United States
for Science and
Technology, 1993-1998
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Randolph College |
Candy Alt Crowley
Class of 1970
Senior Political
Correspondent
CNN
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Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Class of 1982
United States
Senator
State of Arkansas
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Roanoke College |
John D. McAfee
Class of 1967
Founder
McAfee
Associates, anti-virus & security software
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Vernon Mountcastle
Class of 1938
University Professor
Emeritus of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
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Shenandoah University |
Jeffrey D. Hester
Class of 1985
President
Collaborative Resources, Inc.
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Mark Junot Ohrstrom
Class of 1992
President & CIO
Larkspur Management, Inc.
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Sweet Briar College |
Michela English
Class of 1971
President, Discovery
Consumer Products/Discovery Communications, Inc. and former Sr. VP,
National Geographic Society
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Joanne Holbrook Patton
Class of 1952
Volunteer; recipient
of the U. S. Army's highest civilian decorations, the
"Outstanding Service
Medal" and the "Distinguished Civilian Service Decoration"
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University of Richmond |
Earl H. Hamner, Jr.
Class of 1944
Author; novelist,
and writer of television, movies, and stage plays
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Desiree Elizabeth Diana Stuart-Alexander
Class of 1952
Geologist
U.S.
Geological Survey and NASA
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Virginia Wesleyan College |
James S. Avery
Class of 1971
News Manager
CBS
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Deborah M. Paxson
Class of 1975
Judge, Juvenile and
Domestic Court
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Washington and Lee University |
William R. Johnston
Class of 1961
Former President &
CEO
New York Stock Exchange
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John W. Warner
Class of 1949
United States
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia
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VFIC Presidents - 50th Anniversary Celebration July 2002
(left to right:) Bob Spivey (1988-1997), Lea Booth
(1953-1983),
Linda Dalch Jones (1997-Feb.2002)
Back row: Sam Spencer (1983-1988)
Not pictured: Ned
Moore (July 2002-present)
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