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WVU bell-ringing ceremony to honor Tom McCutcheon - Extension agent, grad student
West Virginia University will honor Tom McCutcheon, Monongalia County Extension agent and doctoral student, with a bell-ringing ceremony at 11:50 a.m. Friday (Sept. 28) at Oglebay Plaza on the Downtown Campus.
McCutcheon, 45, of Morgantown, died Monday, Sept. 17, at his home.
He had a bachelor’s degree in horticulture and master’s in entomology from WVU, and he was completing graduate work in the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences at the time of his death. McCutcheon will be awarded posthumously a doctorate in agricultural and extension education.
During Friday’s service, the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity will ring the bell from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia. Family, friends and members of the University community are welcome to attend.
Individuals who would like to speak should contact Alpha Phi Omega, 304-293-3071, or Eli Rodgers-Melnick, memorial bell-ringing coordinator, at erodger2@gmail.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Tom McCutcheon Memorial Fund, c/o Janie Nelan, Centra Bank, 990 Elmer Prince Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505.
Office: (304) 293-3071
Bell-ringing Coordinator
Senior Associate Dean of Students
Office: (304) 293-5611