The Marshall University family mourns the loss of one of our most outstanding supporters, Elizabeth Gibson Drinko.

Elizabeth Gibson Drinko was an outstanding supporter of academic programs at Marshall University, including the John Deaver Drinko Library as well as other major contributions and endowments.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she graduated in 1940 from Crafton High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society and president of both Student Council and the Leaders Corps. She earned her B.A. degree in 1944 from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, majoring in psychology. She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, Panhellenic Council, Mermaids acrobatic swimming team, YWCA and May Court. She served an internship at the Neuropsychological Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut.

She married Marshall alumnus John Deaver Drinko on May 14, 1946, and was the mother of four children, Elizabeth Drinko Sullivan, Dr. Diana Lynn Drinko Martin, John Randall Drinko and Jay Deaver Drinko, and grandmother of eleven.

Mrs. Drinko was an officer and director of Cleveland Institute of Electronics Inc., World College Inc. and Double D Ranch. She was an officer and trustee of The John D. and Elizabeth G. Drinko Charitable Foundation, The Mellen Foundation and The Hostetler Foundation.

As a member of Heights United Presbyterian Church, she was active with the United Presbyterian Women's Group. She was at one time president of the Alumnae Association of Zeta Tau Alpha, and an officer and member of the Cleveland Council of Panhellenic and chairwoman of the Lyndhurst (Ohio) Combined Health Drive. She was also active with the United Presbyterian Missionary Conference, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

Mrs. Drinko was a member of the College Club of Cleveland, Mayfield Country Club, The Union Club of Cleveland and O'Donnell Golf Club of Palm Springs, California.