HALL OF FAME 1998 Nancy Francis, has been a lifelong volunteer in many organizations. During her childhood she did such things as collecting food for the less fortunate and raising funds to help worthy programs. When she was 13, she developed a "fun" program for underprivileged children to teach them "how to play," using simple tools such as rocks, chalk, clothesline and imagination. Francis received her B.A. degree in 1944 from Stephens College and has lived in West Virginia since 1945. Francis looks at volunteerism as a duty and a joy. During World War II, when school was not in session, Francis worked as a trained nurse's aide in three different hospitals; eight hours a day; six days a week. On Sunday afternoons she manned a telephone at an officer's club, locating housing, baby cribs, and giving directions to places in the area. Francis was selected as Sustainer of the Year by the Junior League of Huntington, Person of the Year by the Cabell County Medical Auxiliary, Wall of Fame by the City of Huntington Foundation, Volunteer Fund Raiser of the Year by the West Virginia Chapter of National Society of Fund Raisers, Graduating Class named "Francis Class" by the Society of Yeager Scholars Program, and Citizen of the Year by the Herald Dispatch in 1992. Francis has served as president on many community boards and organizations such as: The Marshall University Foundation, Yeager Scholar's Program, Hospice of Huntington, Huntington Museum of Art and United Way of the River Cities. Nancy has three children and two grandsons.