WE WILL NEVER FORGET.NOVEMBER 14, 2020 • 50TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE

In the middle of Huntington, West Virginia, there is a river.

Next to this river, there is a steel mill.

And next to the steel mill, there is a school.

In the middle of this school, there is a fountain.

Each year, on the exact same day, at the exact same hour...

...the water to this fountain is turned off.

And in this moment, once every year....

...time stands still.

On November 14th, 1970, Marshall University’s football team chartereda DC-9 jetliner for its return trip from Greenville, N.C., where the Thundering Herd had lost to East Carolina University earlier that afternoon. At 7:47 p.m., the plane, flying in rainy, windy conditions, clipped the tops of some trees just short of Tri-State Airport and crashed, killing all 75 people aboard. The victims included:

James Michael AdamsMark Raeburn Andrews

Michael Francis BlakeDennis Michael Blevins

Willie Bluford Jr.Larry Brown

Thomas Wayne BrownRoger Keith Childers

Stuart Spence CottrellRichard Lee DardingerDavid Grant DeBord

Kevin Francis Gilmore

SupportersCharles ArnoldRachel Arnold

Joseph ChambersPeggy Chambers

Ray HagleyShirley HagleyArthur L. Harris

E. O. HeathElaine HeathJames Jarrell

Cynthia JarrellKenneth Jones

Michael PresteraGlenn PrestonPhyllis Preston

Courtney Phillips ProctorH. D. Proctor

Murrill RalstenHelen RalstenParker Ward

Norman Weichmann

David Dearing Griffith Jr.Arthur W. Harris

Robert Anthony HarrisBobby Wayne Hill

Joe Lee Hood James Thomas Howard Jr.

Marcelo H. LajtermanRichard Adam LechBarry Winston NashPatrick Jay Norrell

James Robert PattersonScottie Lee Reese

John Anton Repasy Jr. Larry Sanders

Charles Alan SaylorArthur Kirk Shannon

Lionel Ted ShoebridgeAllen Gene Skeens

Jerry Dodson StainbackRobert James VanHorn

Roger Arnie VanoverFreddie Clay WilsonJohn Patton Young

Thomas Jonathan Zborill

Players

CoachesRickey D. Tolley, Head Coach

Herbert B. BrackettAlbert C. Carelli Jr.

Frank LoriaJames M. Moss II

StaffCharles E. Kautz, Athletic Director

Eugene J. Morehouse, Sports Info. Dir.Brian R. O’Connor, Dir. of Admissions

Gary Wilson George, Asst. Sports Info. Dir.Jeffrey P. Nathan, Parthenon Sports Writer

James Joseph Schroer, TrainerDonald Tackett Jr., Assistant Trainer

Donald Booth, Photographer

Crew of DC-9Captain Frank Abbott

Jerry R. Smith, First OfficerCharlene Poat, Stewardess

Danny Deese, Charter CoordinatorPatricia Vaught, Stewardess

WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

Presentation of the ColorsMarshall University ROTC

National AnthemCayce Murphy, Music Education Major, Class of 2022

InvocationRev. Steve Harvey, Chaplain for the Marshall Football Team

Introductory RemarksAnna Williams, Student Body President

“Amazing Grace” and Other Musical SelectionsMichael W. Smith

RemarksKyle Powers, Student Body Vice President

Doc Holliday, Head Football CoachMike Hamrick, Athletic Director

Matt Hayes, MU Alumni Association

“The Fountain”The Marshall University Chamber Choir,

directed by Dr. David Castleberry

RemarksDr. Jerome Gilbert, Marshall University President

Introduction of the KeynoteMatt James, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Keynote AddressLucianne Kautz-Call, Daughter of Charles ‘Charlie’ E. Kautz, Marshall University Athletic Director

and Lucy Gawthrop Kautz

“Let My Love Be Heard”Marshall University Chorus, directed by Dr. Briana Nannen

Laying of the WreathMike Hamrick, Athletic Director

Ceredo Fire Department

Remembering our 75Anna Williams, Student Body President

Moment of Silence“Fly Again”

Cierra and Zac Doss and Steven Schumann

Closing RemarksAnna Williams, Student Body President

Alma Mater3rd Avenue

The Fountain

The 6,500-pound fountain stands 13 feet high and was designed and created by artist and sculptor Harry Bertoia. It was delivered to Marshall University in mid-October 1972 and presented to the Marshall community by President John G. Barker on November 12, 1972. The fountain, located on the Memorial Student Center plaza, is dedicated to those who died in the Marshall plane tragedy of November 14, 1970.

It is intended to convey, as in the sculptor’s words, “the living (rather than commemorating death) in the waters of life ... rising, renewing, reaching to express upward growth, immortality, and eternity.”

Special Thanks to thePlanning Committee:

Travis BaileyMichelle BiggsKelli BrewerLucianne Kautz CallWilliam ‘Tootie’ CarterDavid CastleberryMaurice CooleyWendell DobbsMatt HayesRonnie HicksBrandi Jacobs-JonesMatt JamesEric HimesEdwin HolleyIsaiah LeonardDakota MaddoxLisa MartinLarry MetcalfJamez Morris-SmithBriana NannenKyle PowersMike PowersDavid SteeleRyan VanceMelanie WhittAnna Williams, Committee Chair

*All musical performances were recorded prior to today’s event following all COVID-19 health and safety requirements.Marshall University

Student Government Association

www.marshall.edu/SGA

Marshall University Alma Mater

Original music and text by Dr. C.E. & Mr. James R. Haworth

Marshall, gracious Alma Mater,

We thy name revere;

May each noble son and daughter

Cherish thine honor dear.

May thy lamp be ever bright

Guiding us to truth and light;

As a beacon o’er dark water

This is for thee our prayer.

May the years be kind to Marshall;

May she grow in fame;

May her children fail her never

True to her beacon flame.

May her spirit brave and strong

Honor right and conquer wrong;

This the burden of our song

Ever her truth proclaim.