by Lisa Schauer
1960 was quite a year for Jerry West, the basketball legend from West Virginia, who passed away on June 12 in Los Angeles.
In that one remarkable year, West graduated from WVU, after leading them to a NCAA title game, won an Olympic gold medal, and was drafted into the NBA.
One Morgan County native — the late Ruth (Yost) Julien — was on a trip to Rome to see the Olympics…
