Meet Virginia Tech's
All-American
Donors
The All-American donors you see below do more than cheer on their favorite Hokie team. Each year, thousands upon thousands of them support excellence in the classroom, in the lab, and all across campus by making a gift to The Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Future. That support plays a critical role in our continued success, and strengthens our reputation as one of the nation’s finest institutes of higher learning.
Browse their cards and read their stories here, and then find out how you can be a part of our All-American Team of donors.
I am so freaking excited to be a Hokie.
To all the incoming freshmen and transfer students coming to Tech in less than two months, welcome to the Hokie Nation!
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Name: Gary Cope
Class Year: 1997
Major: Communications
Favorite Hokie Color: Maroon
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “Now more than ever I feel the need to give back to the university that has become so much a part of my life. Times are tight for many of us, but for those that can afford to give, I feel it’s our responsibility as alumni to give what we can. Every little bit helps.”
Name: Pam Hoag
Class Year: 1977
Major: Marketing
Favorite Hokie Color: Orange and Maroon
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “We enjoy seeing all our Hokies friends at bowl games and ACC tournament games. Paul, my husband, is a George Mason grad and enjoys cheering for the Hokies as an “adopted” Hokie fan.”
*Note: Pam currently serves as president of the Battlefield Hokie Club and supports Hokie sports as a Hokie Club Century Champion. She also supports the Pamplin College of Business and serves on the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Council.
Name: Dave Thomas II
Class Year: 1963
Major: Engineering Mechanics
Favorite Hokie Color: Maroon
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “It’s very important to us because our experience at Virginia Tech changed our lives positively and we want to keep that going and give back. We’d like to make sure that the people who are coming along now get the same advantages that we did.”
Name: Shannon Clarke
Class Year: 1997
Major: Consumer Studies
Favorite Hokie Color: Orange
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “Virginia Tech has given me so many opportunities and memories. I feel it is important to give back.”
Name: Al Bowman
Class year: 1958
Major: General Business
Favorite Hokie color(s): Maroon and Orange
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “It’s a good school. My daughter and son in law went, and now my granddaughter is going here.”
Name: Michele Lewis
Class Year: 1996
Major: HNFE
Favorite Hokie color(s): Maroon
Hometown: Blacksburg
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “I love VT - I graduated from grad school here and now I have the pleasure of teaching over 400 phenomenal students at VT every semester.”
Name: Becky Britain
Class year: 1997
Major: Communication, Political Science
Favorite Hokie color(s): Maroon and Orange
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “Alumni giving is so important to ensure that programs have what they need to provide the best education to students today.”
Name: Bob Bowden
Class year: 1963 (Ph.D)
Major: Physics
Favorite Hokie color(s): Maroon
Why I support Virginia Tech academics: “Events of recent years have moved many of us to redo and rededicate our service to the university.”
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