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May 23, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
Two Fundraisers hired at Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — John Kinzer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., today announced the hiring of two fundraisers.
Cory Dennison, a long snapper on Marshall’s 2002 GMAC Bowl championship football team and a Cum Laude graduate of MU with a degree in political science, was hired as a Development Officer with the Marshall University Foundation. He reports to Rebecca Samples, Director of Annual Giving at Marshall University.
Larry Templeton, an adjunct professor the past two years in Marshall’s College of Education and Human Services, was named Director of Development in the Lewis College of Business. He reports to Lance West, Vice President for Major Gifts at Marshall University.
Both Dennison and Templeton already are serving in their new positions.
“Cory is full of energy and enthusiasm,” Kinzer said. “He relates well and will make a great fundraiser.”
Dennison also is a former student body Vice President at Marshall and two-year member of the MU Board of Governors, in which he served as the student representative. He is a 2006 graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, and has worked in the West Virginia Senate and with the Tyson and Tyson law firm in Huntington.
“I am really excited to have the opportunity to come back and work for my alma mater,” Dennison said. “It is a great opportunity to help the university continue to grow.”
Templeton is a 1974 graduate of Eastern Oregon University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He was a high school teacher for 16 years and later served as Superintendent of Schools in three districts in Illinois.
“Larry brings a level of experience, maturity and understanding of business fundamentals that made him the obvious choice for this position,” College of Business Dean Paul Uselding said. “At the level we want to operate there is a complex set of relationships among people and programs. I think Larry will quickly learn this complex interplay and bring his own unique creativity and ideas to the Lewis College of Business.”
Templeton said he looks forward to working for Marshall University and the Lewis College of Business.
“I am excited about working with the community of Huntington, the businesses, and leaders of the area in establishing a great working relationship,” Templeton said. “In the time that I have been in the area I have found the people of West Virginia and especially the Huntington area to be extremely friendly.”
Templeton may be reached at (304) 696-3421 and Dennison may be reached at (304) 696-2435.