Alfred Allen “A.A.” Gorin was born in Green County in 1916. A.A. came to WKU as a basketball player for Coach E.A. Diddle. He was a very successful basketball player and made the All-Conference team during his time as a student. After graduation, A.A. moved to...

When you think of Abraham, you can’t help but tear up because he is gone too soon, smile because he said something to you, and then laugh out loud because of his humor. Mr. Abraham A. Williams, Sr., was a loving and devoted husband, father, grand/great-grandfather,...

The Department of Agriculture and Food Science at WKU is part of the Ogden College of Science and Engineering. The department has a university farm, which is located a few miles south of the main campus on HWY 31-W. The Farm is 810 acres and includes a Grade A Dairy,...

Alan Brent “Al” Miller was a 2005 graduate of WKU, majoring in English and religious studies. A lifelong writer and outdoorsman, he particularly excelled in writing about the relationship between humans and the natural environment. His undergraduate piece on the...

Known by his middle name, Amos was born in 1928 at the foot of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. After graduation from high school, he furthered his education at Bluefield College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond. He served...

Alexis Nicole Swift was born in Muncie, Indiana on August 27, 1997 to Jeromiah and Angie Modglin Swift. After attending kindergarten in Muncie, Alexis and her family moved to Bowling Green where they have remained ever since. Throughout her career in Warren County...

Alfreda Gail Thompson was born July 13, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Cora Thompson and Warner Baxter Thompson, Sr. as the younger sister of Mark Thompson and Warner Baxter Thompson, Jr. Alfreda attended Hopkinsville High School and graduated from there in...

Allen Motor Company, Inc. was a longtime fixture of the Bowling Green, Kentucky community. The family-run business was established by Felix E. Allen and resided downtown, where the hub of Bowling Green retail and automotive existed at the time. After Felix’s death in...

Alpha Gamma Rho is the first agriculture fraternity at WKU, founded on January 8, 1966. The fraternity’s motto is “to make better men.” They share a common bond within a dynamic, global agriculture committed to fostering the highest values and providing each and...

Alvin Almond was a longtime fixture at WKU and the Bowling Green, Kentucky communities. He was born to John Thornton and Zoa Johnson Almond on July 31, 1927 in Warren County, Kentucky. After graduating from WKU, Alvin became a teacher and coach at College High, WKU’s...

Al Young was born on June 20, 1942 to Albert and Arnie Young. A Louisville, Kentucky, native, Al was a member of the first graduating class of Wagner High School in 1960. He then came to WKU. After earning his bachelor’s degree on the Hill in 1964, he attended...

Alyssa Cavanaugh was born on May 7, 1996, to Leslie and Eric Cavanaugh. The youngest of three children, she was the beloved little sister to her older brothers, Taylor and Ben. Raised in a close-knit family, Alyssa grew up in Louisville, where her early life was...

American Legion Post 23 seeks to maintain the mission “veterans helping veterans.” Post 23 is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and offers many services to veterans in the community. They offer trained service officers to assist all veterans with VA paperwork,...

Amy Christine Devine was a dedicated educator whose career in local schools spanned more than three decades. She devoted much of her life to teaching and shaping the minds of countless students in her community. She was the mother of two daughters, the late Juanita...

Anna and James “Jim” Highland were married on May 20, 1960 in Morgantown, West Virginia. They have three children and five grandchildren. Anna was born September 4, 1941. Both Anna and Jim have long histories with WKU. She formerly served as the Mesa System operator...

Annabelle West Brasher: 1931-2024. Annabelle West was born in 1931 and attended Western on a music scholarship from 1949 to 1953, majoring in music and mathematics, and was valedictorian of her 1953 class. She met James Robert (Skip) Jensen as a first-year student...

Anna Fisher Brown was a proud graduate of WKU, where she majored in nursing. She came to the Hill with only a single penny and determination to get a great education. After graduation, she worked as a consultant in the Public Health Foreign Service Program in Central...

Anne and Mike Hyde are members of the Glasgow community and generous supporters of Western Kentucky University. Anne Hyde graduated from WKU with her undergraduate degree in 1975, before beginning her graduate studies at WKU and graduating with her Masters in 1979....

Ann Downing Hocker was born on October 17, 1941, as the only child of John and Ethel Browning Downing. A Warren County, Kentucky, native, Ann grew up on the family farm in what is now Westgate Shopping Center and Warren Central High School. Throughout her childhood,...

Cornelius F. Arnold, better known as “BeBe,” was born on January 31, 1930, to Henry Clay and Nona Mai Arnold. A Wartrace, Tennessee, native, BeBe graduated from Wartrace High School in 1948. He attended the University of Louisville, where he played baseball from 1948...

Arnold Gregory Taylor was born July 23, 1921, to Lee A. Taylor and Charlotte Marie Gregory Taylor. A Henderson County native, Arnold received his undergraduate degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He...

Arthur Andersen & Company, originally Andersen, DeLaney, & Co., was co-founded in 1913 by Arthur E. Andersen. Arthur was a young accounting professor who was well known for his integrity. Originally out of Chicago, Illinois, Arthur Andersen & Company became one of...

Arthur Smith Fox was born on April 19, 1920, to W. S. and Agnes (Smith) Fox in Paradise, Kentucky. He graduated from Drakesboro High School in Muhlenberg County before attending Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now WKU), where he earned a Bachelor of Science...

As the first truly modern media company, AT&T has been changing the way people live, work, and play for the past 140 years. It started with Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and since has grown to be the world’s telecommunications company. AT&T is also committed to...

The Association with Aspirations for Real Equality (A.W.A.R.E.) is a community support group in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A.W.A.R.E. strives to make a positive impact on the citizens and general community of Bowling Green and surrounding counties. To further that...

Ayako Iizaku Phillips was born in Tokyo, Japan January 27, 1927, and lived there until she was 26. The Korean War shaped her life. She and her mother worked at the Masonic Home in Tokyo, where American soldiers took their R&R from the war front. This is how she met...

Ms. Ayanna Elexis Annette Morgan, 21 entered eternal rest, July 24, 2023. She was the first born to her doting mother, Misha-el Yolonda Wright on August 10, 2001, in Savannah, Georgia. Ayanna’s early years were spent accompanying her mother as she volunteered in...

The Bale Family has a long history with WKU. James Kenneth “Ken” Bale came to WKU after serving in the U.S. Merchant Marines in World War II. At WKU, Ken played basketball for Coach Diddle and met his wife, Nell “Sissy” Wathan O’Bryan. He and Nell married in 1947...

Barbara Sewell Beach hails from Louisville and was the first person in her family to attend college. She graduated from WKU in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in business education. While at WKU she was a dorm counselor in State Hall and active in the Baptist Student...

The Shirley family has a long history with WKU. Their legacy began with Steve Carroll Shirley, who is a native of Fountain Run, Kentucky. He came to the Hill to study in the pre-pharmacy program before earning his pharmacy degree from UK. Steve has since become a...