Rodney Pyles

Rodney Allen Pyles was born on June 21, 1945, as the fourth child of Lucy (née Scarcella) and Melford J. Pyles. He was raised at Wiles Hill in Morgantown, West Virginia. He graduated from Morgantown High School in 1963. He attended the university on a Benedum Scholarship and graduated from WVU with a master's degree in political science in 1967. At the university, he worked as a research assistant and student librarian. He was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta, Young Democrats, Astronomy Club, and the university's orchestra. ==Career==

In August 1969, Pyles joined Alderson Broaddus University as a sociology professor. He sponsored a bill to ban the declawing of cats. As a result, the Monongalia County delegates, all Democrats, called themselves “The Fab Five” and frequently voted and worked together on bills. In 2020, he was defeated for re-election by former Republican Delegate Joe Statler, breaking the all-Democratic delegation. ==Personal life==

Pyles married Carol Louise Wrobleski on May 21, 1972. They had one daughter, Janessa Louise. ==References==