While in Congress, he was a ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and helped secure federal support for dozens of state road projects. He also served one term in the West Virginia Senate. Wise, who grew up in Charleston, is a graduate of Duke University and the Tulane University College of Law. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children, Robert and Alexandra. Chambers, who will also give the commencement address, has been president and CEO of Cisco Systems since 1995 and joined the company in 1991.
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A Charleston native, Chambers graduated from the WVU College of Business and Economics in 1971, the WVU College of Law in 1974 and Indiana University s Kelley School of Business in 1976. He is serving on the WVU Foundation s Building Greatness capital campaign. Shelton founded Winston Industries in 1969. He invented the Collectramatic Pressure Fryer with financial help from Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders, and the fryer became the primary cooking apparatus at KFC franchises worldwide. In 1980, he developed Controlled Vapor Technology, which employs controlled air, water and velocity to hold moisture in foods being heated.