WASHINGTON, PA (Sept. 2021年9月9日)-宾夕法尼亚州历史和博物馆委员会和华盛顿 & Jefferson College (W&J)将为纪念查尔斯·弗里蒙特·韦斯特(Charles Fremont West, M .)的宾夕法尼亚州纪念碑揭幕.D., W&J Class of 1924. The dedication will be held Sept. 18, 2021 at 4 p.m. on the lawn of McMillan Hall on the W&J campus.
“Dr. 韦斯特的生活和遗产是澳门葡京博彩软件学生的灵感，也是学院的骄傲,” said W&J President John C. Knapp, Ph.D. “He is a major player in W&J’s storied athletic history, 但最重要的是，他对学术卓越和社区服务的奉献体现了W&J’s mission. This recognition is a great honor for both Dr. West and the College.”
The 2021 football season marks the 100th anniversary of the W&J位总统在历史性的玫瑰碗比赛中比赛，这是1921-1922赛季的高潮. At 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 18, prior to the W&J vs. Bethany College football game, a ceremony to commemorate the team and honor their living descendants will be held at Cameron Stadium. Kickoff is at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. West, a multi-sport athletics hall-of-famer who went on to become a prominent physician in the Alexandria, Va. area, was the first black quarterback to play in the Rose Bowl. West played in the famed 1922 Rose Bowl between W&J and the University of California Golden Bears, and the game remains the only scoreless tie in Rose Bowl history. It was also the final Rose Bowl game at Tournament Park in Pasadena before the event was moved to Rose Bowl Stadium, where it is held today.
Dr. West’s athletic prowess was not limited to football. In track and field, West won the National Collegiate Pentathlon Championship at the Penn Relays in 1922 and 1923 and he was named to the 1924 U.S. Olympic team, though injury prevented his participation. 从W大学毕业后，他与阿克伦职业橄榄球队签约&J in 1924, but instead chose to retire from athletics and attend Howard University Medical School in Washington, D.C.
Dr. West practiced medicine in Alexandria, 他在弗吉尼亚工作了50年，他的社区服务让他在运动场上的工作黯然失色. 1973年，亚历山大城市联盟表彰了他的社区服务, and in 1978 he received a Howard University Medical Alumni Association citation for his years of practice. Dr. West also received the W&J Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1978. He passed away the following year, on Nov. 20, 1979.
During the 2018 Tournament of Roses, Dr. 韦斯特是在加州帕萨迪纳举行的玫瑰碗大厅入会仪式上入会的. that was attended by his daughter, Linda West Nickens, as well as President Knapp and his wife, Kelly. His legacy at W&J continues through The Charles West Scholars, a program that seeks to educate, engage, and empower black and African-American-identifying students at W&J. Scholars meet monthly to host discussions on topics of race, diversity, campus life, or other subjects as proposed by members, and perform community service projects each semester.
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