Charleston, WV - 1979

INROADS/Charleston opened with 16 interns sponsored by 10 companies in 1979 and later became known as INROADS/West Virginia.

In addition, nineteen high school students received skill-oriented and career oriented instruction in the pre-engineering program conducted at West Virginia State University. Union Carbide made a three year grant of $185,000 towards the start-up of both programs.

The following companies sponsored interns:
C&P Telephone
Charleston National Bank
Columbia Gas Transmission
DuPont
Ernst & WhinneyKanawha Banking and Trust
Kanawha Valley Bank
Monsanto
Sears
Union Carbide

Initial corporate Board members included:
Lawrence Bissett, Director of Engineering, Union Carbide
David Crawford, Employee Relations Superintendent, DuPont
Charles Gates, Chairman, Charleston National Bank
Arthur Greenlee, Division Manager of Engineering, C & P Telephone Company of West Virginia
Robert Hickman, Partner-in-Charge, Ernst & Whinney
Eugene Perchak, Manager, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Duncan Wragg, Manager Employee Relations, Union Carbide

By the year 2000, INROADS/Charleston/West Virginia had 22 interns.

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