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Three To Join WKU's Hall Of June 28, 2004 H.L. Donovan, Paul W. McDaniel and Jerry D. Humble will be inducted as the 13th class of noted alumni during a Homecoming luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22 at the Sloan Convention Center. For ticket information, contact the WKU Alumni Association at 1-888-WKU-ALUM. "Big Red's Birthday Bash," celebrating the 25th birthday of the WKU mascot, is the theme for Homecoming 2004 activities. WKU will face Indiana State at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 at L.T. Smith Stadium. H.L. Donovan Herman Lee Donovan, the first student enrolled at Western Kentucky State Normal School, went onto a distinguished education career that included being president of Eastern Kentucky State Donovan was born on March 17, 1887, in Mason County where he graduated from Minerva High School in 1905. He graduated from Western in 1908, earned his bachelor's degree from State University (now UK) in 1914, master's from Columbia Teachers College (now Columbia University) in 1920 and his doctorate from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville in 1925. In 1921, Donovan took a professorial position at Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College and became president of the Richmond school in 1928. Although severely hampered by the Great Depression, Donovan brought a spirit of innovation and activism to the campus. Under his direction, Eastern achieved regional accreditation for the first time, abolished the normal school, established academic ranks, created a division of graduate study, reorganized most academic departments, expanded programs and constructed several new buildings. In 1941, Donovan left Eastern to become the fourth president at UK, where he served until his retirement in 1956. Donovan guided UK through the crises of racial integration and of World War II and its aftermath. A champion of academic freedom, he fought to extend faculty rights, to improve salaries for his professors and to enhance the status and image of the school. Donovan also was a teacher in Mason County schools, a principal in Paducah, superintendent in Wickliffe, assistant superintendent of Louisville public schools, superintendent in Catlettsburg, dean of the faculty at Eastern (1921-1923), and professor of education at George Peabody College (1924-1928). He also served as president of the American Association of Teachers Colleges (1934-1935) and the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges (1938-1939). He and his wife, the former Nell James Stuart of Pembroke, had no children. He died on Nov. 21, 1964, in Lexington. Jerry D. Humble Maj. Gen. Jerry D. Humble, a retired two-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps, concluded a successful military career in January 2003. But instead of easing into retirement in Russellville, he Humble was born Nov. 4, 1947, in Jamestown. The former football player at Russellville High School and Western, graduated in 1969 with a degree in social sciences. In 1996, he was recognized on Western's campus by the National Sigma Chi fraternity headquarters as a significant Sigma Chi. He was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1969 and began a career that included service in Vietnam, Desert Storm and numerous other operations. He commanded at every rank, helped develop numerous training programs and was recognized for his leadership and innovation. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen cited Humble's background in security and counterterrorism in naming the retired general as that state's director of homeland security. Humble's distinguished career includes serving with the British Commandos, commanding a Special Operations Capable Unit, and serving as Security and Special Operations Advisor to the Department of State. From 1995 to 1997, Humble was commanding general of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. From 1997 to 1999, he was commanding general 3rd Marine Division. From 1999 to 2001, he served as commander of Marine Forces in Korea and director of plans, policy and strategy for United Nations Command Korea. Humble's last command was Marine Corps Recruiting Command, where he served from May 2001 to August 2002. Marine Corps initiatives he helped develop include the Arctic Warfare Training Program, Expeditionary Special Operations Capable Training Program, Rapid Response, Raid Planning Program, Maneuver Warfare Training Program, Recruit Training Program ("The Crucible) and Jungle Warfare Training Center. Along with numerous campaign, expeditionary and foreign medals, Humble has been decorated with the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars and Combat V, Meritorious Service Medal with one Gold Star, Joint Service Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with one Gold Star, Navy Achievement Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. He and his wife, the former Margaret Hollingsworth (also a WKU graduate), have two grown children. Paul William McDaniel Paul W. McDaniel went from a farm in Henderson County to the cutting edge of the atomic age. McDaniel was born Jan. 1, 1916, in Robards. He received his bachelors degree in chemistry from McDaniel attended graduate school at Indiana University where he received his master's in physics in 1938 and doctorate in nuclear physics in 1941. He joined the physics faculty of Auburn University in 1942 but took an emergency leave of absence to join uranium research with Dr. Arthur Compton at the University of Chicago. The work, later known as the Manhattan Project, led to the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs and the peaceful uses of atomic energy. After serving with the U.S. Army as a chemical officer in Australia, McDaniel returned to the United States in 1945 and was sent to the headquarters of the Manhattan Engineer District at Oak Ridge, Tenn., the agency responsible for the atomic bomb development. After his discharge, McDaniel accepted a senior scientist position at Oak Ridge where he remained until Congress created the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1947, McDaniel joined the AEC's Division of Research. He served as deputy director from 1950-60 and was director from 1960-72. As director of research, he was responsible for supervising the atomic energy research programs at the national laboratories at Oak Ridge, Brookhaven, Argonne, Los Alamos, Berkeley and Livermore. After his retirement from the Atomic Energy Commission, McDaniel was appointed president of the Argonne Universities Association, one of the organizations responsible for the management of the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. He retired from that position in 1975. During his career, McDaniel participated in numerous international conferences on atomic energy and received numerous honors, including the U.S. Civil Service's Arthur F. Fleming Award for outstanding service. McDaniel, who lived in Reno, Nev., for several years after his retirement, died May 31, 2004, in Carriere, Miss. He and his wife, Kathryn, had no children.
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Normal School (now EKU) and the University of Kentucky.
accepted a Cabinet-level appointment to become director of Tennessee's Office of Homeland Security.
Western in 1936 then spent a fifth year on the Hill teaching chemistry classes and studying physics and mathematics. A member of the first senior ROTC graduating class in 1936 at Western, he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service.