By Debi Swick-Cruse
Potomac State College
KEYSER — Charles Ball will be honored with the Alumni Achievement Award at the annual banquet to be held during Homecoming festivities at Potomac State College of West Virginia University (WVU) on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Ball spent a 30-year career at Milliken & Company, where he served as national sales manager and senior market manager.
After retiring from Milliken, Ball became the business development leader for Batson-Cook Construction Company. He currently serves as project manager for the National Infantry Museum located in Columbus, Ga.
Before graduating from Potomac State in 1957, Ball was a member of the Players Club, Theta Sigma Chi Fraternity, ROTC, and the Circle K Club. He served as president of the graduating class and also played intercollegiate baseball and basketball.
Ball earned his business degree from WVU in 1959. He served six years in the United States Army as a captain in the Special Forces Unit as an A-Team executive officer and team leader during the Vietnam War.
He was inducted into the Order of Saint Maurice in 2008, which is awarded to individuals who have served in the Infantry Branch of the United States Army with integrity, distinction,
dedication, moral character, and professional competence.
Ball is an active member of the National Infantry Foundation, the Special Forces Association, LaGrange Gridiron Club, the Society of American Military Engineers and the American Society of Healthcare Engineers.
He served as a former deacon in the First Baptist Church of LaGrange, Ga., and was active with “Carpenters for Christ,” where he assisted with the construction of churches in Europe and Brazil.
He and his wife Barbara are the parents of two married daughters and have four grandchildren.
Reservations for the awards banquet are required and must be made by
Friday, Sept. 18, by contacting Libby Nichols at 304-788-6870 or 800-262-7332 or at LMNichols@mail.wvu.edu.
The event will be held in the Davis Conference Center with social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The cost for the dinner is $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under.
For a complete schedule, visit the alumni page on the College’s Web site at www.potomacstatecollege.edu.
