Larry hoover biography harrisonburg va

One month ago today, ASC lost its dear friend, Mr. Larry Hoover. We are proud to have known Larry and to have had him as a part of our history.

Larry hoover biography harrisonburg va death

in his honor, ASC co-founder and Director of Mission Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen has written the following tribute.

Good luck frequently comes down to the friends you have, and the American Shakespeare Center was at its luckiest in having had Larry Hoover as a friend in its formative years.

Larry joined the board soon after we incorporated as a non-profit while we were working out of an attic office in downtown Harrisonburg next door to his law firm of Hoover and Hoover (now Hoover-Penrod).

Larry, who had graduated with high honors from Hampton-Sydney and who earned his law degree at the University of Virginia, had the demeanor of an unassuming country lawyer.

His down-home manner, wide reading, and integrity suited his physical resemblance to Abe Lincoln and in part explain the enormous amount of goodwill that Larry brought with him to the