Bio – Reemsnyder, David Echols

Born:  May 6, 1908

Died:   August 16, 1979

Education: 

  • B.S. West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1930
  • M.A. Ohio State University, 1937
  • Graduate work in the University of Illinois 
  • Honorary Doctor of Physical Education, WVWC 1955

Served: 1935-73

  • Coached 5 varsity sports
  • Intramural Director for 32 years
  • Director of Athletics 1958-72

Taught: 

  • Associate Professor of Physical Education 1935-1939; 1943-1959
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Education 1939-1945; 1948-1949
  • Professor of Physical Education 1959-1960

Notes:

  • Taught math and coached football for five years at Mark Twain High School in Raleigh County. One of his students was Robert C. Byrd.
  • David Reemsnyder was both a Dreamer and a Giant. His obituary in the Sundial News included the following statement, : “His dreams for the finest of facilities for the Department of Physcial Education were pursued with persistence and he saw the facility through to completion as liaison between the cocllege and the architect and builder.”
  • The David E. Reemsnyder Research Center is named in his honor and also sits over the site of his office in the Old Gymnasium.

Catalog

Cub Flier: Reemsnyder – The Man With the Frog

Murmurmontis

Wesleyan College Sundial News, 1979-10, p.8