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Capital Campaign
WVU Parkersburg
50th Anniversary
50th Anniversary
John and Kristine Hefner
John Hefner grew up in Cedar Grove, riding his bike in West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s parking lot and playing tennis at the tennis courts. He has since grown up, moved away, started a family of his own and carried out a successful career. Feeling a strong attachment to the community however, he and wife Kristine have established a new scholarship through the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation to support WVU Parkersburg students.
A graduate of Parkersburg High School, John attended Marietta College where he studied petroleum engineering. After finishing his degree, John moved to Denver, Colo. and took a position as a reservoir petroleum engineer. A year later, he met Kristine and they moved around before settling back in Colorado where John attended Colorado School of Mines and received his Masters in Petroleum Engineering.
They moved once again to Alaska before returning to Parker, Colo. where they still live today. John and Kristine had two boys, John and Bryce, who are now in high school. In 1995, with Kristine’s encouragement, they entered the world of entrepreneurship and opened Blue & Gray Resources. The company grew from consulting to having ownership in at least 400 wells throughout Colorado.
In 2011, the Hefners sold their company and changed their focus. John has so many memories of those who influenced him throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley. A long-time goal of his was to set up the Hefner Educational Fund as a way to “pay it forward” to a community that gave him so much. “It has been a long-time goal of mine to give back to a neighborhood, city, county and state that gave me so much.”
Beginning Fall 2012, the Hefner Education Fund will provide full tuition to a new student each year until they complete their original degree. Students must retain a 2.74 GPA and be graduates of Parkersburg High School with considerable financial need. It is preferred that students be majoring in a medical, business, education, technical, welding or criminal justice field.
Abels
Adams, Betsy
Adams, Douglas
American Association of University Women
American Legion Post 15
Ayers, J. Douglas & Beatrice Pennybacker
Bell Family
Campbell, Arthur & Judy
Conaway, Irene
Conlon, Kilian
Culina, Louise and Frank
Davis, Mark
DeVaughn, Berdie
Dotson, Jima Ann
Eramet
Frye, Nancy
Gates, Allan F. & Doris B.
GE Plastics
H. & S. International
Hamill, Carol H.
Hamilton, Edna D.
Hamilton, Minnie B.
Harris, Thomas & Betty
Harrison, Neva & Charles
Harrisville Lions Club
Hefner Educational Fund "Paying it Forward"
Hickel, Nancy
Hillyard, Tom & Iowana Brady
Hogue Family Memorial Fund
Hornbrook, Ruth
Jackson County Developmental Center
Keller, Minnie
Little Kanawha Regional Council
Logan, Henry
McCutcheon, James & Rebecca
McIntosh, Debra Law
McIntosh, Virginia McGarr
Mellinger, Delsie Sinclair
Melton, Ruth
Meyer, Jason
Miller, Eldon
Moellendick, Penny Ayers
Morgan, Charles W. & Barbara S.
New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Nicely, William P. A.
Parkersburg Rotary Club
Parsons, Bernice Pickens
Phi Beta Lambda
Phi Theta Kappa
Riggleman, Dale
Ritchie Family
Ross, Harry A.
Shanti
Sheng
Simonton Windows
St. Jean, Robert & Susan
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tri-State Roofing
Vandale, Lloyd
Vienna VFW - Post 8127
Wayne - Meador - Elliot
Way, Sarah Jane
Welding Educator Honorarium
WVU at Parkersburg Alumni
Yoke, Frank R.
