W. B. Kerr was born June 9, 1894, in Monroe County. His teaching career began in a log school house in 1914, before being put on hold when he was drafted into the Army to serve in France during WWI. Upon his return to the states, the WKU and UK graduate was a...

Dr. Willard Franklin “W.F.” Chumley was born August 15, 1931, to Nell Brent Johnson and Marsh Franklin Chumney as the youngest of their seven children. A Kentucky native, W.F. attended WKU, where he studied biology. While on the Hill, he was a LY Lancaster Student...

Whitney LeGrand Ivey is a native of Warsaw, Kentucky, a small town in Northern Kentucky. Raised with seven brothers and sisters, Whitney grew up on a family farm. There she helped her family grow burley tobacco and raise sheep and cattle. In preparation for applying...

Willa Dean Tudor Noffsinger was born on May 31, 1924, to William Daniel and Susan Ollie Watkins Tudor. A Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native, Willa graduated from Bremen High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from WKU in 1952. She then pursued a...

William Harmon Howard was born on May 6, 1911, to Clem B. and Lonnie Martin Howard, of Sulphur Lick, Ky. He was one of four children. He attended the White School and later, Tompkinsville High, where he was on the debating team. He attended Western Kentucky...

William Boyd “Buddy” Cate was born May 23, 1926, in Ringgold, Georgia. After graduating high school, Buddy enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in the South Pacific in World War II. He then came to WKU, where he was a star forward on the men’s basketball team....

William “Bill” Earl Haynes was born on September 7, 1963, to Kay Frances White and Charles Robert Haynes. A Warren County, Kentucky, native, Bill was a student of Bowling Green City Schools. He began his music career and a lifelong love of brass instruments at the...

William Howard Courtenay III, was born on April 10, 1923, to William Howard and Mary Tisdale Anderson Courtenay. A Louisville, Kentucky, native, William was a World War II Air Force veteran. He was a retired member of the Department of Physics at WKU. He passed away...

William Eugene “Bill” Bivin was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bivin in Paducah, Kentucky. After serving in the Army from 1948-50, William earned his bachelor’s degree from WKU in 1953. That same year, he was commissioned in the Air Force Reserve at the University of...

Dr. William “Bill” Leonard is a longtime professor in the theatre and dance department at WKU. Bill joined the WKU faculty in fall of 1969 as an assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Theatre. In 1987, he became the first department head of the newly...

William “Billy” Starr Carter was the adopted son of Kathleen and Tim Carter. A Tompkinsville, Kentucky, native, Billy attended WKU, where he was pursuing a degree in agriculture. He was also a director of the People’s Bank of Tompkinsville. He passed away of leukemia...

William “Billy” T. Day was a graduate of Picadome High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Billy attended WKU from 1938, through 1942, majoring in physical education and minoring in English and biology. During his time on the Hill, he was forward for the basketball team...

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,...

The WKU-Glasgow Golf Tournament is a longstanding tournament in which participants donate $100 to play. Rather than keeping these funds, the group who began the tournament used these proceeds to initiate the WKU-Glasgow Golf Tournament Scholarship Fund in 1988.The...

Worthy Britt was born June 11, 1908 in Glasgow, Kentucky. He was married to Zenda Britt who was born December 16, 1923 and beloved by those who knew her. They both loved their community very much. Zenda was employed at Bernard, Inc., in Glasgow. They were married...

Mrs. Zuma Tomes Woosley was born April 2, 1914, to Butler Tomes and Mittie Raymer Tomes. An Edmonson County native, Zuma led a prolific life and was very involved in her community, serving as a former owner of Ray’s Drive-In, a former school teacher in Big Reedy, a...