Benson Eager To Learn All He Can About His New State
By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer
WHEELING — He’s the new president of West Virginia University, but the historical scholar in Michael Benson is never too far away.
It shows in the way he is touring West Virginia, the first stop coming Monday at the Pine Room at Oglebay Park Resort. He spent the evening meeting and talking with alumni and future WVU students, but that won’t be the end of his visit. On Tuesday morning, he’ll take a tour of West Virginia Independence Hall in downtown Wheeling.
“Harry Truman said there’s nothing new in the world except the history you do not know,” Benson said Monday. “I talked to my staff and I said I want to learn about West Virginia and the way you learn about West Virginia is understanding its history and seeing its sights.”
