Donald W. Tendick, Sr., Memorial
From July 1943 to October 1945, Emory & Henry College served as a host site for the U.S. Navy’s V-5/V-12 officer training program—an intensive program of education and physical training that provided the Navy with strong, capable leaders during World War II.
In July 1998, a former V-5 Navy Air Force student, Donald W. Tendick, Sr., and his wife Rosemary, committed the funds necessary to purchase land and buildings in “downtown” Emory to begin a long-needed renewal.
This statue stands as a tribute to Donald and all those men who made up the U.S. Navy Program here at Emory & Henry and went on to serve their God, country, and fellow man.
Marker is at the intersection of Oxford Avenue (County Route 609) and Linden Street (County Route 866), on the right when traveling west on Oxford Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
