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Tom DeWitt Appointed
as Member to the Longwood Board of Visitors
July 6, 2005 - Governor appoints John W. Daniel II of
Richmond and Tom DeWitt as new members; Barry
Case of Midlothian re-appointed
FARMVILLE—John B. Adams Jr., the chairman and
chief executive officer of The Martin Agency in Richmond,
has been elected rector of the Longwood University Board
of Visitors.
Adams was elected June 15, replacing Barry J. Case
of Midlothian, who completed his two-year term as rector
and was elected vice rector. Case subsequently was re-appointed
to the Board by Governor Mark Warner. Adams was appointed
to the Board in July 2003 by Governor Warner.
More recently, on July 1, Governor Warner announced
the appointment of two new members to the Longwood Board
of Visitors: John W. Daniel II of Richmond, an attorney
with Troutman Sanders and former Virginia secretary
of natural resources, and Tom DeWitt of Fairfax
Station, a Longwood alumnus who is president and CEO
of SNVC, a Fairfax-based information technology firm.
Longwood’s new rector, John Adams, joined The
Martin Agency in 1973, became president in 1992, and
has been chairman and CEO since 1995. Under his leadership
it has become one of America’s most honored advertising
agencies, the largest marketing firm south of New York
City, and the first agency to be named “Agency
of the Year” five times by Adweek magazine. He
was inducted May 19 into the Greater Richmond Business
Hall of Fame, and he is a member of the Virginia Communications
Hall of Fame. He has twice been Executive-in-Residence
in Longwood’s College of Business & Economics
and was the speaker for Longwood’s commencement
in December 1996. A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College,
Adams was born in Lynchburg, Va., and grew up in Charleston,
W.Va.
His wife, Delores “Bunny” Howell Adams, is
a Longwood alumna and recently completed three terms
as a board member of the Longwood University Foundation,
Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Adams served as Major Gifts co-chairs
on the steering committee of a turning point: The Campaign
for Longwood, the university’s first comprehensive
campaign, which ended successfully in June 2003 after
raising $33.5 million.
Daniel was Virginia secretary of natural resources
from 1986-1990, Virginia deputy secretary of commerce
and resources in 1986, and Virginia assistant attorney
general from 1982-1986. DeWitt in 1998 co-founded SNVC,
which last October was selected to Inc. 500 magazine’s
list of the 500 fastest-growing private businesses in
the United States. Daniel replaces Helen E. Phillips
of Stanardsville, and DeWitt replaces J. David
Adams of Richmond, whose terms expired June 30.
During the recent Board meeting, Dr. Helen P. Warriner-Burke
of Amelia was elected secretary of the Board, and Ricky
L. Otey of Richmond was elected member-at-large of the
Board’s Executive Committee. Both are Longwood
alumni. Dr. Warriner-Burke is the retired supervisor
of foreign languages for the Virginia Department of
Education, and Mr. Otey is Wachovia Bank’s retail
bank director for eastern Virginia, based in Norfolk.
For more information, please contact Tom DeWitt at
703.952.7682.
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