Save the Date: Our Annual Spring Dinner is set for Friday, June 19th!
The Greater Cincinnati/ Dayton WVU Alumni Chapter invites you to spend an evening with WVU President, E. Gordon Gee, Friday, June 19th. Dr. Gee was named permanent president of WVU on March 3, 2014 – the third time he has been asked to lead the state’s land-grant, flagship research university. He previously served as WVU’s president from 1981 to 1985 and had served as interim president since December 2013. He also served as dean of the WVU College of Law from 1979 to 1981. Dr. Gee has twice served as president of The Ohio State University, from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to July 2013, when he was named President Emeritus. He was also chancellor of Vanderbilt University (2000 to 2007), president of Brown University (1998 to 2000) and the University of Colorado (1985 to 1990). He is a graduate of the University of Utah, and received a J.D. from the Columbia University Law School. He also holds an Ed.D. degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Gee will be the keynote speaker at our an nual Spring dinner. We hope you will join us and fellow Mountaineers as we welcome Dr. Gee back to Ohio and to the Queen City!
Our Spring Dinner will take place at the Original Montgomery Inn located at 9440 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242. A cash bar and appetizer cocktail reception will begin at 6:00 pm followed by dinner at 7:00. Dinner includes your choice of Salmon, Shrimp, Chicken, Rib/Chicken Combo, Ribs, or Pork Chop. Your entrée will be accompanied by a tossed salad & your choice of a baked potato, french fries, seasonal vegetables, sweet potato or famous saratoga chips. Dinner will also include your choice of non alcoholic beverages (coffee, tea, soft drinks and water) and dessert. Your dessert options are traditional cheesecake, marble cheesecake, or Graeter’s raspberry chip ice cream. The cost to attend the event will be $50 per person for dues paying members or $70 per person for non dues paying members. The cost for Future Mountaineers (18 and under) and current WVU students will be $25. A kids’ menu will be offered for those 12 & under. Approximately $10 of every ticket sale will go towards our Chapter Scholarship Fund. Dinner orders will be taken on the evening of the event. Please send in your order form and check by Monday, June 8th.
DIRECTIONS:
TAKING I-71 SOUTH – Go to Exit 14 - Ronald Reagan Highway East. Turn left onto Ronald Reagan. Stay in Left lane, follow Montgomery Road North. Cross Cooper Road (first traffic light) and Montgomery Inn is on the right.
TAKING I-71 NORTH – Go to Exit 14 - Ronald Reagan Highway - bear right (East). Get in left lane - follow Montgomery Road North. Cross Cooper Road (first traffic light) and Montgomery Inn is on the right.
TAKING I-75 NORTH – Follow to Ronald Reagan Exit - go east. Follow until Ronald Reagan ends - stay in left lane - follow Montgomery Road North. Cross Cooper Road (first traffic light) and Montgomery Inn is on the right.
TAKING I-75 SOUTH – Follow to I-275 East - Exit 16. Follow I-275 East to I-71 South - (approximately 5 miles) - Exit 49. Follow to Ronald Reagan Highway - Exit 14. Turn left onto Ronald Reagan Highway. Get in left lane - follow Montgomery Road North. Cross Cooper Road (first traffic light) - Montgomery Inn is on the right. Valet parking is available for $3. Additional parking is available off Cooper Road on Shelly Lane.