In honor of a Lower Eastern Shore family legacy, Wor-Wic Community College recently renamed its allied health building as Shockley Hall to commemorate a major gift from Bill Shockley, Lois Sirman, Larry Shockley and Lee McDowell in honor of their father, Louis W. Shockley, their grandfather, J. William Shockley, and their great grandfather, Samuel E. Shockley.

Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic, made the announcement at a donor recognition reception attended by more than 100 donors. He told the crowd that “this $2 million gift is the single largest in the college’s history. Wor-Wic is grateful for the support of this generous family and is proud to dedicate this allied health building as Shockley Hall.”

Bill and Larry Shockley spoke to the crowd about their family’s business ventures, which included a country store in Whiton, broiler production, egg and swine farms and Jiffy Lube stores. Bill introduced family members and other people who made important contributions to the success of the family’s businesses over the years. Bill explained why he and his family felt it was important to give back to the community through Wor-Wic, saying that the people of Wicomico and Worcester counties have been so supportive of their family through the years. He and his siblings felt giving to Wor-Wic was the perfect way to give back, since Wor-Wic serves the people of both counties.

After the formal announcement, a portrait of the four siblings was unveiled, along with a new display and plaque honoring the Shockley family. This was followed by the reveal of the newly-etched name into the concrete on the precast outside the building.

The donation will fund the general endowment, which is designed to act as a protected reserve for the long-term health and growth of the college, and whose income has been used to help “fill in the gaps” where no other scholarship support was available to help qualifying students with financial need.

The three-story, 53,000 square foot building contains offices, classrooms and laboratories for the emergency medical services, nursing, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist assistant and radiologic technology credit programs, and allied health courses offered by Wor-Wic’s continuing education and workforce development division, as well as the college’s information technology department.

SHOCKLEY HALL.

Wor-Wic Community College recently announced the renaming of its allied health building as Shockley Hall in recognition of a $2 million gift from the Shockley family. Shown from left, under a dedication plaque and family portrait, are Dr. Ray Hoy, Wor-Wic president, with Bill Shockley, Lee McDowell, Lois Sirman and Larry Shockley. The portrait and plaque hang in the lobby of the building with a display case commemorating the Shockley family’s 120 years in business on the Lower Eastern Shore.

DONORS.

Becky Shockley of Salisbury and Melody Nelson of Princess Anne visit during the donor recognition reception and building dedication at Wor-Wic Community College.

CATCHING UP.

From left, Michael Guerrieri of Ocean City, and Bob Cook and Mildred Palmer of Salisbury, enjoy the recent donor recognition reception and building dedication at Wor-Wic Community College.

SUPPORTERS.

Tom and Beth Hershey of Berlin visit with Marty Neat of Salisbury, chairperson of Wor-Wic’s board of trustees, during the donor recognition reception and building dedication held recently at Wor-Wic Community College.

ENJOYING RECEPTION.

From left, Kimberly C. Gills, a member of the Wor-Wic Community College board of trustees, Joey Gilkerson, a member of the Wor-Wic Foundation, and James Maybury and Ashley Stern of PKS & Company, all of Salisbury, share a laugh at the donor recognition reception and building dedication held recently at Wor-Wic.

SHARING A TABLE.

From left, Judy Lowe visits with Roy Perdue and AnnaMae Perdue Vincent during the donor recognition reception and building dedication held recently at Wor-Wic Community College.

FOUNDATION.

From left, foundation member Beth Reid of Salisbury visits with Stacey and Rob Hart of Snow Hill at the donor recognition reception and building dedication at Wor-Wic Community College. Stacey is the chairperson of the Wor-Wic Foundation.

ALL SMILES.

Dr. Carolyn Johnston, left, and Loudell Insley, both of Salisbury, are all smiles during the donor recognition reception and building dedication recently held at Wor-Wic Community College.

STUDENTS SERVING GUESTS.

Students in the hotel-motel-restaurant management program served hors d’oeuvres during the donor reception and building dedication held recently at Wor-Wic Community College. Shown in the front, from left, are Kayla Shiderly of Delmar, Md., and Shaionna Wilson of Salisbury. Behind them is Kevin Leonard of Salisbury, who also works for Sodexo, the college’s dining service.