Byrd's name is everywhere you look in W.Va.
From roads and hospitals to community centers and courthouses, Robert C. Byrd's name is everywhere.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dr. L. Clark Hansbarger, 80, can't really remember his life without Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
"It goes back to my adolescent age, when my parents lived in Welch," he said. "My father, Julian Hansbarger, served in the Legislature.
"He's been there all my life. And he's one of those individuals that you don't really know well, but his contact has been palpable."
That palpability comes not only with personal contact, but also with the multitude of roads, buildings, centers and bridges named after the late senator.
Hansbarger, the associate vice president for the West Virginia University Charleston Division of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center and dean of the school of medicine, is one of the many people who work in a building named after Byrd.
"I haven't seen anyone not happy when he walks into town," Hansbarger said.
At the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center and its affiliates, the contributions go back 20 to 25 years.
In Charleston, the medical school campus bears his name, as do an addition and floors at CAMC Memorial and CAMC General hospitals.
"And right next door is the University of Charleston's pharmacy school. We use their facilities.
"He's everywhere. Look at the [federal] courthouse or here," he said. "[Byrd] sees it as an obligation he has to his community. In health care, he was convinced that health science was extremely important to the community.
"People talk about allocation reform ... but I have never seen a misuse of money he has gotten for the state. It has always been bricks and mortar going to needy situations. I don't feel a bit guilty about spending taxpayer money for what I feel are worthy situations.
"It's going to be a different world. We'll have to get used to it."
Here's a list of buildings and roads that bear the Byrd name:
BECKLEY -- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building; Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center and Robert C. Byrd Library, Mountain State University.
BETHANY -- Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College.
BRIDGEPORT -- Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center (affiliated with Fairmont State University); Robert C. Byrd Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing.
CHARLESTON -- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse; Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center (WVU Charleston) and Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, CAMC Memorial Hospital; Robert C. Byrd Freeway (Appalachian Corridor G-U.S. 119); Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing.
Click here to see a timeline, videos and more on Robert C. Byrd.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dr. L. Clark Hansbarger, 80, can't really remember his life without Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
"It goes back to my adolescent age, when my parents lived in Welch," he said. "My father, Julian Hansbarger, served in the Legislature.
"He's been there all my life. And he's one of those individuals that you don't really know well, but his contact has been palpable."
That palpability comes not only with personal contact, but also with the multitude of roads, buildings, centers and bridges named after the late senator.
Hansbarger, the associate vice president for the West Virginia University Charleston Division of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center and dean of the school of medicine, is one of the many people who work in a building named after Byrd.
"I haven't seen anyone not happy when he walks into town," Hansbarger said.
At the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center and its affiliates, the contributions go back 20 to 25 years.
In Charleston, the medical school campus bears his name, as do an addition and floors at CAMC Memorial and CAMC General hospitals.
"And right next door is the University of Charleston's pharmacy school. We use their facilities.
"He's everywhere. Look at the [federal] courthouse or here," he said. "[Byrd] sees it as an obligation he has to his community. In health care, he was convinced that health science was extremely important to the community.
"People talk about allocation reform ... but I have never seen a misuse of money he has gotten for the state. It has always been bricks and mortar going to needy situations. I don't feel a bit guilty about spending taxpayer money for what I feel are worthy situations.
"It's going to be a different world. We'll have to get used to it."
Here's a list of buildings and roads that bear the Byrd name:
BECKLEY -- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building; Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center and Robert C. Byrd Library, Mountain State University.
BETHANY -- Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College.
BRIDGEPORT -- Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center (affiliated with Fairmont State University); Robert C. Byrd Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing.
CHARLESTON -- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse; Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center (WVU Charleston) and Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, CAMC Memorial Hospital; Robert C. Byrd Freeway (Appalachian Corridor G-U.S. 119); Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston; Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing.
CLARKSBURG -- Robert C. Byrd High School.
ELKINS -- Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, Davis & Elkins College.
GALLIPOLIS FERRY -- Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam.
GREEN BANK -- Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.
HARPERS FERRY -- Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
HUNTINGTON -- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing; Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health; Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology, Marshall University; Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University; Robert C. Byrd clinical addition to Veteran's Hospital.
KINGWOOD -- Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson.
LEWISBURG -- Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
MOOREFIELD -- Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College; Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park.
MORGANTOWN -- Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University; Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University.
PHILIPPI -- Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson-Broaddus College.
PINE GROVE -- Robert C. Byrd Community Center.
PRINCETON -- Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center.
ROCKET CENTER -- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing; Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex; Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center.
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University; Robert C. Byrd Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center; Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center at Marshall University Graduate College; Robert C. Byrd Institute-Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center.
WHEELING -- Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University; Robert C. Byrd Library; Robert C. Byrd addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park; Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center and parking garage.
ROADS/OTHER -- Robert C. Byrd Bridge, between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio; Robert C. Byrd Expressway, U.S. 22, near Weirton; Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77; Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center; Robert C. Byrd rooms in the Capitol building; Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Corridor Highway System; Robert C. Byrd Interchange (U.S. 19), Birch River; Robert C. Byrd Highway (Appalachian Corridor H), Elkins; Robert C. Byrd Freeway (Appalachian Corridor L); Robert C. Byrd Drive, W.Va. 16 in Sophia, Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley; Robert C. Byrd Highway, Weston-Elkins (Appalachian Corridor H).
In addition, several facilities built with funds Byrd secured are named in honor of his late wife, Erma, who died in 2006: Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown; Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Beaver; Erma Byrd Gallery, University of Charleston, Charleston; Erma Ora Byrd Hall, Department of Nursing Education, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown; Erma Byrd Health Professions Education Center, Martinsburg; and the Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington.
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