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Larry Lilly ’67 Went from Graphic Artist to Government Imagery Analyst BY LINDSEY BYARS
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The first time Larry Lilly enrolled at Concord College was in 1961. He had just graduated from Mullens High school where he was an accomplished athlete and was selected to attend Mountaineer Boys State in Jackson’s Mill. After only one year at Concord, life changed Larry’s course.
“My education was interrupted in the fall of 1962 due to a family medical and financial issue,” Larry says. Returning home, he took a job for the retail store G.C. Murphy Co., eventually becoming an assistant manager over three West Virginia stores. It was at one of the other branches that Larry met the woman who would become his wife. “It was at the Oak Hill store in 1963 that I met my future beautiful, sweet wife, Beulah, who worked at the candy counter,” Larry says. “We were married in 1965 at the Mt. Hope Baptist Temple.” Beulah took a position working in sales at the G.C. Murphy store in Princeton, and Larry returned to Concord to finish his education.
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“When I attended Concord as a student, I realized that I had to maintain a balance between studying and recreational and social activities, with the primary emphasis on academics if I was to succeed,” Larry says. Succeed he did. Before graduating with a B.S. in Advertising Design in 1967, Larry was selected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, he was the president of the Interreligious Council, and he was an active member of the Phi Alpha Chi fraternity. Upon graduation, Larry was hired as a consultant for the director of the Center for Economic Action, which established the Mountainaire Travel Council (MTC). The center was located on campus and allowed Larry
