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Achievement Award, November 15, 2018; Moravian.edu; The Presidential Medal.Curtis H. Barnette-9/18/19; Lifetime Achievement Award -2018-Marquis Who's Who-24.7. press release.com- Marquis Who's Who-Curtis “Hank”Barnette; WVU Launches Distinguished West Virginians
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Barnette has received the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals; awarded The Presidential Medal by Moravian College; named a Sterling Fellow by Yale University; received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who; and donated his papers, speeches,
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in 1962, he worked as an attorney with the New Haven law firm of Wiggin & Dana until 1967 when he joined the law department of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Pennsylvania, as an attorney. He advanced to general attorney, corporate secretary, assistant general counsel, general counsel, and in
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Industrial Park, vice chair of the Bethlehem World Heritage Commission, Rotary Club of Bethlehem, chair emeritus of the National Museum of Industrial History, trustee of Moravian University, an emeritus member of the
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Barnette and his wife, Joanne, have established student scholarships including those at West Virginia University, Yale Law School, Moravian University, Lehigh University, DeSales University, the University of Charleston, St. Luke's University Health Network and Manchester University, and have
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Germany was a lecturer in international relations at the Frankfurt Branch of the University of Maryland. He continued Intelligence Reserve duty until 1967 with a Strategic Intelligence Detachment in Connecticut, and was promoted to the rank of major and commanding officer.
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1076:"American Iron and Steel Institute, North American Steel Industry Confers Highest Honor on Curtis H. Barnette, May 29, 1998; Bethlehem Chairman Receives Gary Medal, Post Tribune, May 23, 1998; Steel Pays Tribute to Barnette, Wendy Warren, The Morning Call, May 22, 1998"
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Barnette served as chairman of the West Virginia University board of governors, and upon retirement was named chairman emeritus. He was chairman and a director of the West Virginia University Foundation, and upon retirement was elected director emeritus.
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the largest Brownfield Redevelopment in America. After planning, rezoning, infrastructure construction, and environmental assessments, Beth Works (200 acres) and Bethlehem Commerce Center (1600 acres) were established and continue to be developed.
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He was a director and chairman of the International Iron and Steel Institute, Brussels, Belgium, and was a director and chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Business Council, the
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Barnette grew up on the Barnette Family Farm in St. Albans, WV, which was donated to the State of West Virginia and the Coal River Group. It is now the Barnette Landing on the Coal River, and the Barnette Conservation Preserve.
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provided other contributions and support to those and other schools. They have been long time members of the Tocqueville Society of the United Way and supported various other charitable organizations.
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As secretary he was active in corporate matters, became a member and chairman of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, and the legal advisory committee of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Joanne was raised on the Harner Family Farm in Morgantown, West Virginia, which she and Barnette donated to West Virginia University to be used and developed for faculty and staff housing.
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He is admitted to practice law in the states of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of the United States and other federal courts.
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He was born in St. Albans, West Virginia, and lived there on the Barnette Family Farm at Lower Falls on the Coal River. He attended public schools in St. Albans and graduated from
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