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On golden anniversary, meet the graduate who gave WVU its ‘Simple Gifts’

It’s not just any song played by the West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band at Milan Puskar Stadium. “Simple Gifts” is a cue that game day is officially underway, a clarion call that pulls the attention of Mountaineer Nation directly to “The Pride of West Virginia” with an arrangement crafted more than five decades ago by alum David McCullough.