https://facebook/100holesfordrbob Dr. Bobs obituary from November 2003 ... Obituary – Robert Cary Heterick, Jr. Vice-President Emeritus, Virginia Tech Robert Cary Heterick, Jr. passed this life November 7, 2003 . He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary Scot Heterick, and his mother, Barbara Harrison Heterick. He is survived by his wife, Mollie Miller Heterick, four children, Robert Bruce Heterick and his wife Jill Heaberlin of Barrington, Rhode Island, Dawn Heterick Werner and her husband Mark of Bluff City, Tennessee, Paige Heterick Walters and her husband Todd of Blacksburg, and Rebecca Heterick Scott and her husband Kevin, also of Blacksburg. In addition, he has a sister Barbara Heterick Thommen and her husband Ed of Lutherville, Maryland—and 8 grandchildren, Wesley, Miller, Sloane and Cary Heterick, Brandon and Catie Walters, and Grace and Jacob Scott. He is also survived by his father, Robert Cary Heterick, of Blacksburg, as well as one nephew and two nieces. He was born 9 April 1936 in Washington, D.C., the son of Robert Cary Heterick and Barbara Lou Harrison. He was raised in Bethesda, MD and entered Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1954, receiving the B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1959, the M.S. in Structural Engineering in 1961 and the Ph.D. in Engineering in 1968. He began a 33-year career at Virginia Tech in 1959 teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering. In 1968, he was named Director of the University Computing Center. Virginia Tech became one of the notable universities committed to computing and among the many products developed in the Computing Center was the Virginia Tech Library System (VTLS), now a successful private corporation located in the University Research Park. In 1973 he joined the College of Architecture and Urban Studies as Professor and Director of the Design Automation Laboratory. He remained associated with the College of Architecture for over 10 years, serving as Head of the Building Construction and Chair of the Environmental Design and Planning Doctoral Program and for several years as Assistant Dean of Research. While in Architecture, he and two students designed and built the home he lived in the last 30 years of his life. In 1985, he joined the Department of Management Science in the R. B. Pamplin College of Business. In all his academic appointments he was deeply involved in the new science of computation and its application to real world problems. In 1985, he was named Vice President for Information Systems with responsibility for computing, campus networks, the campus library, university printing and a number of other departments. The first phase of the Andrews Information System building in the Corporate Research Park was completed under his direction. After successful lobbying for a $17 million bond issue, underwritten by the Commonwealth, Virginia Tech installed one of the most comprehensive voice, video and data systems in all of U.S. higher education. In 1991, he took early retirement from the University and was named President and CEO of Educom, a Washington-based professional association. Under his direction, Educom become a potent political force in the rise of national networking and the use of technology in teaching and learning. He retired again in 1997, ostensibly to play golf. He continued to write for national publications, maintained an active speaking schedule and consulted with dozens of universities, technology corporations and governmental agencies. He was the author of over 100 professional publications, member of numerous professional and honorary societies, recipient of the 1994 CAUSE ELITE award for lifetime achievement in higher education technology, and served on the boards of several higher education organizations, library associations, and technology companies, including IBM, Xerox, and Apple. During the 1960s and 1970s he was active in the Republican Party, serving as Chairman of Montgomery County, Chairman of the 6th Congressional District and a member of the State Central Committee. He was instrumental in founding St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Christiansburg, served a term as Secretary of the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church and was the first Senior Warden of St. Peter’s. In the early 1980s, he became interested in improving the telecommunications infrastructure of Blacksburg and Montgomery County and helped to create the Blacksburg Electronic Village (bev.net), of which he served as President and Chairman until his death.
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