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Volume 23 • No.1 / Fall 2014
Collegian
This is how college is meant to be…
This is how college is meant to bE.
Blount Undergraduate
Initiative Celebrates
15th Anniversary
It’s a weighty question. What was the most
important thing you did while you were in
college? For a small group of students in UA’s
College of Arts and Sciences, the answer is
often instantaneous and simple: The Blount
Undergraduate Initiative.
Although the four-year liberal arts program
comprises a mere 20 percent of each participating
student’s course of study, giving each student
a minor in the liberal arts, Director Joe Hornsby
said he hears the same message from graduating
seniors each year. That is, the Blount Initiative was
the single most important part of their collegiate
careers.
Michelle Fuentes, a 2007 graduate of the
program who received her doctorate in political
science from UA this year, is no exception.“Blount
has been the most transformative organization I’ve
ever participated in,” she said.
The program, which boasts one of the strongest 10-year reviews on record, is celebrating its
15th anniversary this year with an on-campus
commemoration Oct. 31-Nov. 1. All alumni,
faculty, and staff who have participated in the
program are invited to attend.
The Blount Undergraduate Initiative was
established in 1999 as an intellectual and social
haven for exceptional students interested in the
liberal arts. Its students take small, seminar-style
classes from professors throughout the College of
Arts and Sciences faculty, starting and ending with
courses that bring into conversation the ideas of
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Issue Highlights
Dean’s Message 2
Edward O. Wilson Week 3
Snapshots 5
Faculty News/Features 6
Student News/Features 14
Supporters 19
Alumni Notes 33
Woods Quad
Scupture Garden 36
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College of Arts and Sciences alumnus Jim Noe, far left, is the executive vice president of
Hercules Offshore, the largest shallow water drilling company in the Gulf of Mexico.
Broad Education for a Broad World
Sociology and criminal justice alumnus Jim Noe leads
major offshore drilling company
It’s hard to be an Alabama graduate living in Texas, though you wouldn’t know it by visiting Jim Noe’s
office on the 23rd floor of a high-rise in downtown Houston. Noe, a sociology and criminal justice
alumnus turned oil tycoon, knows all about navigating unfamiliar territory, and he approaches life in
Texas much like he approaches business trips abroad – find common ground, then break the ice.
In Texas, common ground comes in the form of college football, a topic about which Noe is anything
but apologetic. His office walls prominently feature the front pages of newspapers recounting the 1992,
2009, and 2012 Crimson Tide national championships, all playful jabs at his colleagues who are affiliated
with some of Alabama’s most-recent rivals.
Abroad, finding common ground is more of a challenge, though he manages to find it one way or
another. One time, while attending his first board meeting for a company based overseas, Noe drew
from his experience taking four years of Swedish classes at The University of Alabama. He had been
appointed to the board of directors of an oil and gas company based in Norway, and although most of
the board members spoke English, he took full advantage of the countries’ similarities and greeted his
co-workers with a Swedish-Norwegian “Hello! How are you?” to a room full of laughter. As he said, you
never know what’s going to be helpful.
With no formal training in the oil and gas industry other than what he had learned on the job, Noe
has been forced to pull from the broad education he received at UA often. In his early 30s, he became
one of the youngest general counsels for a public oil and gas company, Hercules Offshore, Inc., and
later became one of the youngest CEOs in the marine industry leading Delta Towing, an inland and
offshore tug and towing company. Now in his early 40s, he serves as the executive vice president of
Hercules Offshore, the largest shallow water drilling company in the Gulf of Mexico and one of the
world’s largest offshore drilling companies. He also spends half the year traveling to remote parts of what
he calls “interesting and oddball countries around the world,” including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore,
Myanmar, Thailand, Angola, and some 125 others.
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Dean’s Message
A dream of this dean since I arrived on campus
14 years ago has been to build a performing
arts facility that matches the quality and national
stature of our performing arts programs. It was,
likewise, a dream of the dean before me, as well
as the dean before him. The file on this project
and the practical need go back to at least 1974.
Over the years, the College and the University
have come close several times to getting beyond
the drawing board, but funding, ultimately,
proved elusive each time.
Now President Judy Bonner, knowing how
important a Performing Arts Center is to the
University’s educational mission, has committed
to its construction on the recently-acquired
Bryce Hospital property. The University’s
purchase in 2010 of the historic, 168-acre
Bryce Hospital property next to our campus
ensures room for the University’s development
and expansion for years to come. The University
is known for the beauty, openness and natural
Dean Robert Olin
landscape of our campus. This purchase,
likewise, gives University planners an opportunity to extend this high
quality environmental experience to this elegant and historic property while
maintaining the its 19th-century design features.
Enhancement plans for the Bryce property figure prominently in a 2012
Campus Master Plan Update that “builds upon and respects the parallel
and intertwined histories of both institutions, founded adjacent to each other
in the 19th century, joining the essential spaces and places of both….”
After consulting with many stakeholders, including the Bryce Hospital
Historical Committee and the historian for the Department of Mental Health,
University planners developed a far reaching design to “unify the campus as
a complete learning environment, interwoven into a gracious and hospitable
setting that both nurtures the soul and inspires the mind.”
The Performing Arts Center will be the grand centerpiece of this vibrant
new area of our campus, one designed to be a welcoming gateway for the
public to the Capstone. The Performing Arts Center will be married with
the stately Bryce Main Building. The adaptive reuse of this historic building
includes a grand lobby that will incorporate
its beautiful rotunda. Additional plans call for
a Welcome Center and museums that tell the
stories of the University and Bryce Hospital.
Current theatre and dance venues on
campus date back to the 1950s and are obsolete
technically and limited in space and support
areas. Our current stages do not support the
specialized performance needs of our programs.
We are putting our lights under a bushel. Our
new facilities, however, will allow our programs
to shine with three theatres: a 450-seat dance
theatre, a 400-seat proscenium theatre for
drama; and an experimental space with seating
of 175 to 250. Plans also provide for a footprint to
construct a 2,000-seat roadhouse at a later date.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will
move from Rowand-Johnson Hall to the new
facility. Classrooms, studio spaces, faculty offices
and support shops will be housed in the current
wings of the Bryce Main Building.
We envision a mini-village of performing
arts spaces and classrooms set in the historical and natural landscape of the
Bryce campus. As you will read in this issue of the Collegian, our first step
toward this vision began with the renovation and adaptive reuse last year
of Bryant Jordan Hall, the former chapel for the hospital. The building now
provides a 250-seat performance space for our fast-growing, award-winning
opera theatre program in the School of Music and also houses a state-of-theart digital recording studio.
As the Collegian goes to press, we are finalizing design plans for the
Performing Arts Center. I look forward to sharing architectural designs and,
yes, ground breaking photos in the very near future.
This Performing Arts Center will make a major statement about our great
university and all that it has to offer. Private support will play a major role in
making this the facility of our longstanding dreams. If you share our vision
for this state-of-the art facility in a setting of unparalleled beauty and history,
I’d love to talk with you. ■
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some of the world’s greatest thinkers, including Plato, Sigmund Freud, John
Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Edward O. Wilson, and Steven Pinker, to name a few.
Extensive reading and writing are standard from day one.
The program began with then Dean James Yarbrough’s vision to create
a college experience much like he and many other faculty members had
experienced themselves, one in which the residence hall was an important
part of a student’s life and intellectual growth. Today, the Blount LivingLearning Center embodies that vision. All freshmen in the program live and
take classes in the center their freshman year, while upperclassmen have
academic “homes” in the heart of campus in Oliver-Barnard and Tuomey
halls, located on the main Quadrangle. The program is named in honor of
Winton and Carolyn Blount, who gave $7 million to the College to endow
and establish the initiative.
Fuentes, though emblematic of other Blount students in her passion for
the program, has a particularly unique relationship with it. She participated
in Blount as an undergraduate, co-taught freshman seminars as a graduate
student, and served six classes of students as the director of the livinglearning center.
“I think the program is particularly unique and special because
it grounds college friendships in not only a social atmosphere, but in
intellectual bonds that last well into our lives as young professionals,” she
said. “The Living-Learning Center, in so many ways, is not just a place
where students sleep. It’s a place where faculty members open students’
perspectives and where students explore their worldviews. It’s a place where
I continually saw personal growth in my students, my peers, and also myself.
I think I would be a completely different person had I not participated in
the program.”
But students aren’t the only ones who say the program is influential.
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Dr. Sally Davis, who served on the faculty committee that helped create the
program, retired in 2005 from teaching in the Department of English. But
she still teaches Blount courses because she said they allow her to continue
the parts of academic life she enjoys most.
“I like the material, the interaction with faculty in other departments, and
the students,” Davis said. “One of the nice things, almost from the program’s
beginning, we heard and still hear is that other faculty members say they can
tell when they have a Blount student in their class, which I like. The students
talk and participate more, and they think better and write better.
“The other good thing about Blount is that it connects freshmen
with faculty members from the beginning, so you really get a chance to
know each other. Blount alumni who came back for the 10th anniversary
celebration felt the draw of both the students they wanted to see and their
connections to faculty members. The anniversary celebrations are a great
opportunity to reacquaint alumni with the program, and to reacquaint us
with them to see where they are in their careers.”
Dr. Ian Brown, who served on the faculty committee with Davis and
currently serves as chair of the Department of Anthropology, feels similarly.
“There are a few things in my life, probably less than a dozen, that I
look back on and knew from the beginning that they would be worthwhile
endeavors that I would want to spend a good portion of my life helping to
develop,” Brown said. “Blount is one of those. I’m a northerner, and when
I came to Alabama, I had no idea I’d be here for 23 years and running.
But I have never wanted to leave here because of things like the Blount
Initiative. It has been one of the adventures of my life.”
More details about the anniversary celebration will be announced as
the event nears. For more information, visit as.ua.edu or call the Blount
Undergraduate Initiative office at 205-348-1706. ■
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Dr. Edward O. Wilson, left, fields questions during a panel discussion with Dr. Ryan Earley,
assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, right.
Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity
Symposium Brings Experts to UA
Experts in biodiversity research and nearly 200 researchers from across the globe joined
Dr. Edward O. Wilson, the world’s most decorated scientist and a College of Arts and Sciences
alumnus, for Edward O. Wilson Week, April 21-25 at UA.
The weeklong series of events honoring Wilson included the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity
Symposium, three days of research presentations and forums on the state and future of biodiversity
on our planet; a special tribute to Wilson organized by more than 20 Alabama conservation and
biodiversity organizations; and an exhibit featuring a selection of the awards that Wilson has received
throughout his career.
Wilson also announced two major gifts during Edward O. Wilson Week. He gave
the College his collection of 246 international awards, prizes, and tributes that have
been bestowed on him, including two Pulitzer Prizes, the Nobel Prize-equivalent
Crafoord Prize, and the U.S. National Medal of Science. He also announced a
$100,000 gift to establish the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Fellows Endowment, a
scholarship that will support students to conduct field and museum research in the
area of biodiversity.
Wilson chronicled his childhood exploring the woods and creeks of south
Alabama in his bestselling 1994 autobiography, Naturalist. He is also the author of
On Human Nature and The Ants, both Pulitzer Prize winners, and more than a dozen
other books.
He is the leading expert on ants, one of the world’s leading experts on evolution
and species diversity, and the founder of the theory of sociobiology. Wilson’s research
has sparked decades of debate about the interface between the human psyche and
human biology.
He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from The University of
Alabama in 1949 and 1950. He received his doctoral degree from Harvard University
where he taught and conducted research for 45 years and where he is a University
Research Professor Emeritus. ■
A selection of Wilson's awards, including the
TED Prize, pictured here, was displayed at
The University of Alabama Gallery during
Edward O. Wilson Week. Born out of the TED
Conference, the TED Prize awards $1 million to
its winners annually to support projects that seek
collaborative action from people across the globe.
The 2014 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Fellows
with Dr. Edward O. Wilson and Dean Robert Olin.
From left: Jason Jackson, Wilson, Nicholas M.
Caruso, Gabriela C. Garcia, and Olin.
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Academic Partnership with Greek University Expands
The University of Alabama’s partnership with Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece, took a major step forward in May when six College of
Arts and Sciences faculty members traveled to Aristotle University to meet
with counterparts to discuss potential cooperative projects. UA’s delegation
was headed by Dr. Luoheng Han, senior associate dean for the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Dubbed the Alabama Greece Initiative, the partnership began in
2010 when UA hosted an Aristotle University doctoral student on a work
Visa. The student worked for one semester in the Department of Religious
Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Classics. A second
Aristotle University doctoral student was employed by UA for a semester in
2012, and in the intervening year, two Aristotle University faculty members
came to Alabama for a week to lecture and learn more about UA. Aristotle
University’s Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Spyros Pavlides, also
spent a week at UA in March. During his visit, he presented a lecture
on the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, toured the Dauphin Island Sea Lab,
visited Moundville Archeological Park, and met with UA faculty.
The delegation that traveled to Thessaloniki in May was selected
to partner with faculty from Aristotle University to explore possible
collaborations on research projects with a worldwide scope. These faculty
members spent a day exchanging information and ideas with their
counterparts. The conference was also attended by Aristotle University
Rector Professor Yannis Myopolous and Robert Sanders, general consul of
the United States in Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is a public university and the
largest in the Balkans with an enrollment of 81,000 students. It is located
in Greece’s second largest city.
The UA faculty delegation consisted of the following members:
Dr. Juan Lopez-Bautista, professor in the Department of Biological
Sciences, conducts research on biodiversity, evolution, and assembling
the tree of life of algae. He was paired with Professor Maria Moustaka and
Lecturer Spyros Gkelis.
Dr. Ibrahim Cemen, professor in the Department of Geological
Sciences, offered a proposal to establish an ongoing collaboration with
Aristotle University’s Professor Spyros Pavlides in order to further study the
prediction of earthquakes. Cemen’s research interests include earthquake
potential in western Anatolia.
Dr. Andrea Cevasco, associate professor in the School of Music,
offered a proposal to compare the current status of music therapy in the
United States and Greece to better understand advances and practical
applications being made in both countries. Cevasco was paired with
Lecturer Dora Psaltopoulou.
Andy Fitch, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and
Dance, offered a proposal to explore similarities and differences among
staging and scenic designs in Greek and U.S. theater, with a view toward
collaborating on set designs. His collaborator is Professor Lila Karakosta.
Dr. Trudier Harris, professor in the Department of English,
suggested that Greek sources for naming in the African American
community is well known, as is Greek interest in African American
writers. Her project examines the interactions between Greek and African
American cultures. Harris was paired with Associate Professor Youli
Theodosiadou.
Dr. Tatiana Tsakiropoulou-Summers, associate professor in the
Department of Modern Languages and Classics, proposes to study why
the view of women as inferior emerged in classical Athens at the time of
democracy’s birth. Her collaborator is Associate Professor Katerina KitsiMitakou.
University of Alberta doctoral candidate Vaia Touna, an Aristotle University
graduate and Thessaloniki native, joined the trip as Dr. Han’s assistant. ■
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Learning Quickly, Communicating Effectively
As a young boy, Noe grew up on Air Force bases across the globe and
said he always envied people who were “from somewhere.” He graduated
high school in Tampa, Florida, and chose to attend UA because of the
broad, liberal arts-based curriculum offered by the College of Arts and
Sciences, which he hoped would prepare him for law school. He studied
sociology and criminal justice because he was interested in social behavior,
institutions, and customs.
Intellectually curious, he also took a host of senior-level courses outside
of his field, including Swedish and courses in Asian history, classics,
mythology, archaeology, astronomy, English, and history. These courses,
he said, became the foundation for his subsequent work in law school,
giving him an unmatched ability to learn things quickly and to communicate
effectively. They also broadened his perspective, a useful advantage in his
current work for which he spends most of his time outside of the United
States traveling to remote parts of the Middle East, the Far East, and West
Africa.
“The people I conduct business with think differently and have different
customs,” he said. “I may not have taken a course on how to do business in
China, but I took an Asian history course, which allowed me to read further.
When I go to Nigeria, I know about its history as a colony and when it gained
its independence. That knowledge not only helps me be respectful when
I travel to negotiate with people, but it helps me understand how they’re
going to approach the negotiation. I wouldn’t be able to do that successfully
without a broader perspective about the world.”
Noe also credits his success to the specialty he brings to the table – law.
He received his Juris Doctor in1997 from Louisiana State University and
immediately began practicing law in New Orleans, which he said felt very
“old world.” It was like practicing law in Savannah, Georgia, in the 1920s,
he said. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine himself working for
an oil company, but the opportunity arose after he spent most of his time
representing those companies in deals, arbitrations, and other claims. A
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former client, Single Buoy Moorings, offered him a job in Monaco, which he
took and quickly enchanted him with the industry.
“It’s truly an international business because oil is abundant, or used,
almost everywhere,” he said. “I’ve always been drawn to different cultures,
to understanding how they work and how different economies work, but I
became fascinated with the industry because it deals with so many tentacles
of society, including culture, politics, geopolitics, science, and economics.”
He also discovered a passion for corporate law.
“Unlike being a private practice lawyer in New Orleans, I loved being
part of something larger, a larger business goal, in Monaco,” he said.
“I knew then that I wanted to stay on the business side of law.”
Getting in on the Ground Floor
After Monaco, Noe returned to the United States to accept a job in Houston,
where he spent several years working for BJ Services Company, an oil field
services company that is now a subsidiary of Baker Hughes, until he was
approached in 2005 to help build Hercules from the ground up.
“One of the board members of that company asked me if I would be
interested in helping him start a new offshore drilling company,” he said.
“Rarely are there startups in the oil business, but starting something from
scratch interested me. I became Hercules’ fifth corporate employee, and I
was given a broad range of responsibilities because we didn’t have many
people at the time.”
Noe started as the company’s chief and only lawyer, which involved
everything from making coffee in the morning to negotiating contracts and
making decisions as an executive in the afternoon. The company grew
quickly, and when Hercules went public in 2006, Noe rang the NASDAQ
bell celebrating the company’s arrival on the stock exchange. He also served
as the president and CEO of Delta Towing, a tug boat company owned by
Hercules until it was sold in 2011.
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Snapshots
Opera Theatre Finds New Home in Bryant-Jordan Hall
Students in UA's Opera Theatre program performed Gino Carlo Menotti's
The Consul March 7 in Bryant-Jordan Hall, the debut performance in that
venue. A former chapel, the building was renovated this year to serve as a
teaching and performance space and be home to a new, state-of-the-art
recording studio.
College Exhibits Morgan Collection
An inaugural exhibition of works from the collection of UA alumni
Jim and Myra Morgan were on display this year at The University of
Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in
downtown Tuscaloosa. The late Jim and Myra Morgan founded the
Morgan Gallery in Kansas City in the late 1960s, which celebrated
practicing artists in the Midwest and brought in artists from across the
country to forge an appetite for contemporary art among corporate
and private collectors. This exhibit featured a selection of the more
than 150 works that were donated to UA by the Morgan family.
Arty Party Raises $31,000 for the School of Music
The 2014 Arty Party, an annual fundraiser sponsored by the College of Arts and
Sciences Leadership Board and coordinated by the board’s fine arts committee,
raised $31,000 for the School of Music. The Arty Party showcases annually one
of the five fine and performing arts programs in the College: visual arts, creative
writing, dance, music, and theatre. This year’s event included performances
by students and faculty in the School of Music, including a performance by
former John Kay and Steppenwolf keyboardist Michael Wilk; special guest
appearances by members of the band Kansas; live and silent auctions; and
dinner on the Black Warrior River catered by Cypress Inn.
Author of The Help Returns to Her Alma Mater
University of Alabama alumna and best-selling novelist Kathryn Stockett let
readers behind the curtain Feb. 28, when she shared the story behind her novel
The Help during an on-campus lecture. Published in 2009, the novel became
the basis for a hit movie starring Emma Stone, sold more than 10 million copies,
and spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Stockett
graduated from the University with a degree in English and creative writing.
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Faculty News
Nationwide Influence: Researchers Supported by $2.2 Million
Grant Collaborate With Head Start to Improve Curriculum
A group of University of Alabama researchers will implement and assess a new curriculum
at local Head Start programs this fall. Pictured from left to right are Jason DeCaro,
Ansley Gilpin, and Caroline Boxmeyer.
Can what you teach preschool students have lasting effects on them and
on their family’s health and well-being?
That’s what a group of University of Alabama researchers, in
collaboration with Community Service Programs of West Alabama, hopes
to determine. With a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, the
researchers have the potential to impact national policy on early childhood
education. Their study will involve implementing a new curriculum and
assessing its effectiveness at local Head Start programs this fall.
Dr. Ansley Gilpin, assistant professor in the Department of
Psychology; Dr. Jason DeCaro, associate professor in the Department
of Anthropology; Dr. John Lochman, professor in the Department of
Psychology; and Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, associate professor in the
College of Community Health Sciences, are leading the study. More than
700 preschool students across West Alabama are expected to participate,
and the hope is to enhance children’s and families’ overall well-being and
school readiness over and above the aims of Head Start, not just during
the grant period, but also for years to come.
UA’s researchers are part of a consortium of researchers from
Northwestern University, the University of Oregon, and the University of
Southern California who will pool their results from concurrent studies,
each assessing the effectiveness of dual-generation programming for
Head Start. Once the studies are complete, policymakers will use the
information to revamp and improve Head Start programs nationwide.
“This is a great opportunity for UA and for the state to make a
difference in our national Head Start preschool initiative,” Gilpin said.
“The programs that we’re implementing locally may end up being model
programs for the nation. That’s a great opportunity for Alabama.”
The opportunity was made possible, in large part, because the
team has worked together and with CSPWAL since 2011. Its members
previously received funding from UA’s College Academy of Research,
Scholarship, and Creative Activity to implement a similar program with 60
preschool children living in Tuscaloosa. That program showed promising
results and laid the groundwork for their current study.
When the Administration for Children and Families announced it was
seeking grant proposals, the team had little more than a month to submit
their application.
“It took about a month of frenetic activity, right down to the wire, to get
the proposal submitted, but I feel like we made the proposal stronger in
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the end,” DeCaro said. “They were looking for groups with a good amount
of experience who were ready to hit the ground running.”
The goal of the research is to improve Head Start’s dual generation
services, which combine child-focused programs with parent-focused
programs to support the well-being of families.
“Dual-generation services propose that the way to have the most
positive impact on children’s lives, including their academic success, is to
do more than just focus on the children,” DeCaro said. “Children grow up
and develop in a context, and their caregivers at home are critical people
in that context. If you can find good programs that are reasonably costefficient and effective at addressing the needs of parents, those programs,
in the end, are also very helpful to the children.”
UA’s team of researchers, in collaboration with CSPWAL, will
implement and assess the effectiveness of two integrated programs. The
first, a classroom curriculum known as Promoting Alternative Thinking
Strategies, or PATHS, helps children understand and control their
emotions. The second, a parent program based on the Coping Power
program that was developed by Lochman, helps parents manage stress.
The parents also will learn about the PATHS curriculum, so they can
help their children apply PATHS across contexts, even when they’re
at home.
“The idea behind PATHS is to get the kids emotionally and
behaviorally ready for kindergarten,” Gilpin said. “We know from
developmental research that a precursor to being able to control your
emotions – not hitting your friend when you’re mad, for instance – is
recognizing that you’re mad. PATHS teaches the children to recognize an
emotion, label it, and encourages them to find a good resolution. They
learn good ways to express their emotions.
“We also know from developmental research that if you’re constantly
in an emotional situation, you’re not learning much because you can only
attend to so many processes at the same time. If the kids are constantly
focused on some emotional drama, they’re going to miss learning their
ABCs and 123s, and then when they move into first grade, the difficulties
compound. Once they’re able to redirect their attention away from their
emotions, they can focus on what they’re supposed to be learning.”
For both PATHS and the parent program, the team will conduct
randomized controlled trials in which they will compare groups
participating in the programs to groups not participating in the programs.
Boxmeyer and Lochman, both clinical psychologists, will spearhead
implementing the programs, while Gilpin and DeCaro will assess the
programs’ effectiveness.
According to the researchers, the most exciting part of the study is
its scope.
“Not only are the programs comprehensive, but so are the
assessments,” DeCaro said. “We will assess the students’ responses
before, during, and well after the pre-K programs end, all the way through
the end of first grade, and we will see how they’re doing academically,
behaviorally, socially, emotionally, and psychologically. We will be able to
see if the programs consistently reduce stress and improve development
over long periods of time. That’s the greatest goal – persistent effects.”
The other exciting aspect of the study, according to Gilpin, is the
potential impact made possible through teamwork, both within the UA
team and nationally.
“I wouldn’t be able to do this study on my own,” she said. “Combined,
we take each other’s skills and create a team that can do a lot more than
one person ever could be trained to do.
“More importantly, the other universities are collecting similar data.
When we combine our results, the data set should be large enough that
we’ll have reliable results, which policymakers can use to enhance Head
Start programming for families. It’s exciting to see decisions being made
based on research, and it’s a great opportunity for The University of
Alabama to be a part of decisions being made at the national level. This
research is a great opportunity to make a difference.” ■
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Fulbright Grant Supports Study Panitch Wins UA’s
of Jewish Culture in Poland
Burnum Award
Interest in Jewish culture and history
is growing in Poland, perhaps
nurtured by the vestiges of Jewish life
there before the Holocaust.
Dr. Marysia Galbraith,
associate professor in New College
and the Department of Anthropology,
is spending the 2014-2015 school
year researching this trend as a
Fulbright scholar.
The Fulbright grant supports nine
months of research and teaching in
Poland, though Galbraith will remain
in Poland for two additional months
Marysia Galbraith
to continue her research as part of a
grant from UA’s Research Grants Committee.
Galbraith will be affiliated with Adam Mickiewicz University, which
boasts one of the most prestigious anthropology departments in Poland.
This is the third Fulbright grant Galbraith has received. Her first was
awarded in the early 1990s from the Institute of International Education
to conduct research for her dissertation, which focused on the national
identity of Polish youth during the post-communist transformation. She
received her second in 2005 to continue this study, focusing on the
added dimension of Poland’s integration into the European Union. Her
book Being and Becoming European in Poland: European Integration
and Self-Identity, published by Anthem Press this year, culminates her
20-year longitudinal study of those topics. ■
Seth Panitch, associate professor in the
Department of Theatre and Dance, was
presented in April with the 2014 Burnum
Distinguished Faculty Award.
The award is one of the highest honors
the University bestows on its faculty and is
presented annually to a professor who has
demonstrated superior scholarly or artistic
achievements and profound dedication to
the art of teaching. The winner is selected
by a faculty selection committee.
Panitch serves as the director of
the undergraduate and Master of Fine
Arts acting programs in the Department
Seth Panitch
of Theatre and Dance. He has worked
internationally in Havana, Cuba, with the
Ministry of Culture, and he has produced and acted Off-Broadway at
the Harold Clurman Theatre, American Place Theater, Westbeth Theater
Center, 59E59 Theatre, and Urban Stages Theatre.
He also has directed and performed in numerous plays at The
University of Alabama and has worked in prestigious theatrical venues
across the country.
He received his Master of Fine Arts in acting at the University of
Washington’s Professional Actor’s Training Program. ■
Physics World Names IceCube Project ‘Breakthrough of the Year’
Six UA researchers are currently working on a
project that was named 2014 Breakthrough of
the Year by the British magazine Physics World.
The project, called IceCube, is the result of an
international collaboration between nearly 300
physicists and engineers from the United States,
Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan,
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United
Kingdom, Korea, and Denmark.
Dr. Dawn Williams, associate professor
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
serves as the project’s calibration coordinator
and received funding for the project from an
approximate $500,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation that continues through 2015.
Other UA researchers involved in the project
include Dr. Patrick Toale, assistant professor
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dr. Pavel Zarzhitsky, a former UA post-doctoral
researcher; and UA graduate students Michael
Larson, James Pepper, and Donglian Xu.
IceCube, an Antarctic observatory, was honored
with the distinction for making the first observation
of cosmic neutrinos, but also for overcoming
the many challenges of creating and operating
a colossal detector deep under the ice at the
South Pole. Weeks before winning the award,
researchers involved with IceCube published in
Science the first evidence for a very high-energy
astrophysical neutrino flux, opening a new era in
astronomy. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory was
completed in December 2010 after seven years of
construction at the South Pole. ■
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica was completed in
December 2010. The project was named Breakthrough of the Year by the magazine Physics World in 2013.
Photo: Felipe Pedreros. IceCube/NSF
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Faculty News
Dynamic Duo
Professor-surgeon team
headed to third phase
clinical trials for new
chronic pain treatment
DR. Carol Duffy is proof that changing
your mind is not only acceptable,
but that doing so can often lead to
something momentous. Duffy, an
associate professor in the Department
of Biological Sciences, is headed
somewhere that very few faculty
members have the chance to go – to
a third phase clinical trial for a drug
combination that has shown promising
results to treat not only one, but several
painful and debilitating illnesses.
How have researchers not found this
far-reaching treatment before? Because
it never occurred to them that diseases
such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain,
and irritable bowel syndrome could be
caused by a virus, specifically herpes
Associate Professor Carol Duffy, left, and Tuscaloosa surgeon William Pridgen, right, have teamed up to get a new drug
simplex virus type 1. This virus causes
combination approved by the Federal Drug and Food Administration to treat illnesses such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome,
cold sores and forever lives in the body
and chronic pain.
of anyone who has been exposed to it,
It wasn’t until 2011 that Duffy met Dr. William “Skip” Pridgen, the
which amounts to about 90 percent of the population.
man without whom she never would have discovered HSV-1’s link to a
Another fact that physicians didn’t realize is that HSV-1 is best kept
host of diseases researchers previously thought unrelated.
at bay using not just antiviral medications, but through a combination
The Friday before spring break of that year, Duffy received a phone call
of antivirals and other drug types. That’s where Duffy, The University of
from Pridgen, a Tuscaloosa surgeon. He presented her with a dilemma of
Alabama’s resident expert on HSV-1, has been able to shed some light.
his own.
Preparing for Takeoff
As an undergraduate zoology major at Northern Arizona University in
Flagstaff, Arizona, Duffy never imagined that she’d become a virologist.
Her dream was to become a veterinarian. She stayed in her hometown
of Flagstaff because she wanted to remain with her horse.
In a zigzag path of trial-and-error, Duffy shadowed vets, worked in
the medical research and development division of a manufacturing
company, and conducted research as an undergraduate in her advisor’s
lab. Through these experiences, she stumbled upon two things she
realized she loved more – research and microbiology.
“I put off taking the courses I thought I’d hate until my junior year,”
she said. “I especially thought I would hate microbiology, but after I got
into it, I thought it was so cool. My senior year, I had a dilemma. Do
I stay on my path, or do I pursue research? And if I change my mind
about going to vet school, am I quitting? Eventually, I realized you’re
allowed to change your mind.”
Duffy nixed the idea of going to vet school and instead received her
doctorate in microbiology in 2000 from the University of Iowa. She began
working on viruses as a doctoral student because she was fascinated
by parasites.
“Viruses are basically the smallest parasite,” she said. “They’re not
even living, and yet they can completely take apart an ecosystem.”
Like her career choice, she also happened upon her research focus,
HSV-1. At the University of Iowa, she studied the DNA packaging
mechanisms of bacteriophage lambda, a laboratory virus useful for
quick experiments but limited in its scope. It could infect only bacteria.
Seeking a virus with similar mechanics but broader applications, Duffy
started studying the human pathogen HSV-1, first as a postdoctoral
researcher at Cornell University and then again in her lab at UA
beginning in 2007.
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“For about 10-15 years, he had been seeing patients with chronic
gastrointestinal issues, and no matter what he did, they weren’t getting
any better,” she said. “Not only that, but many of his patients began
having symptoms when they were teenagers, and their symptoms would
get worse in times of stress, which seems to indicate a virus. He talked
to his mom, who was a virologist, and they thought the symptoms might
be caused by a herpes virus because once you have that virus, you have
it for life.”
So Pridgen began asking his patients if they would be interested in
taking an antiviral medication, Famvir, which prevents various strains of
herpes viruses from replicating. Desperate for a solution and with nothing
to lose, many of his patients agreed. Some of these very same patients
also had symptoms of arthritis, for which Pridgen would give them
samples of the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex.
“Those who took the antiviral came back to his office and admitted
they felt better, but not 100 percent better,” Duffy said. “The patients
who took both drugs, however, came back and said everything was
better. Their fibromyalgia was gone. Their chronic fatigue was gone. Their
headaches were gone. All of these things had cleared up. When the first
few patients approached him, he thought it was a fluke, but as more and
more and more patients said the same thing, he knew it couldn’t be a
coincidence.”
He needed Duffy to help him prove it, to show that a herpes virus
really was causing these diseases, and he needed her to explain through
research why this particular drug combination worked.
“He told me his story, and I thought, ‘It’s so different that he’s a surgeon
and he’s using antivirals, but I’m in. I want to work on this,’” she said.
Method to the Madness
The fact that the two drugs worked better together was no surprise to
Duffy. Previous research had shown that a particular family of herpes
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viruses increases the production of
funds to start a small-scale, phase two
COX-2, an enzyme found in most
trial, which they finished in January.
cells whose levels rise during periods
By March, they had raised a total of
of inflammation. Celebrex, a COX$5 million.
2 inhibitor, stabilizes COX-2 levels
Despite the trial’s small scale –
and, in doing so, causes herpes virus
they enrolled a little more than 140
particles to become unstable.
people – Duffy says the results were
incredible. They were so promising,
“The Famvir inhibits the virus
replication, so fewer virus particles
in fact, that the duo has continued to
are being made, and the Celebrex
convince key players in the field to join
makes the particles unstable and not
their cause.
infectious,” she said. “Celebrex also
Mike Gendreau, a practiced
inhibits reactivation, so you’re hitting
designer of clinical trials who helped
the virus in three different ways.”
bring the fibromyalgia medication
Their biggest challenge, as Duffy
Savella to market, designed their
saw it, would be to show that the
first trial.
virus is causing the symptoms.
Rick Burch, a University of
Chronic gastrointestinal conditions
Alabama alumnus and former senior
such as peptic ulcers have been
vice president of the pharmaceutical
considered bacterial infections for
company Pfizer, became president of
decades and are often treated with
Innovative Med Concepts in March.
antibiotics. Fibromyalgia, on the
Daniel Clauw, director of chronic
other end of the spectrum, has been
pain and fatigue research at the
thought to originate in the nerves
University of Michigan and one
and muscles, causing pain. Duffy
of the world’s leading experts on
needed to show that these patients’
fibromyalgia, joined their scientific
symptoms – things such as extreme
advisory board.
pain, sleep disturbance, exhaustion,
Duffy describes the experience as
and headaches, among others – were
a “blur.”
being caused by an immune system
“It’s been a ride,” she said.
response to a virus.
“I never thought I’d be out there
“I told him I wanted to see the
raising millions of dollars for a clinical
tissue because nobody is going to
trial. We’ve been successful largely
believe us unless we show that the
because we got some of the top
virus is there,” she said.
people in the field on board.”
Approved for a study, she examined
Duffy works with herpes simplex virus type 1 in her lab. Together with a TuscaloosaNext Phase
tissue samples from 45 patients with
based surgeon, she has discovered that the virus is linked to several illnesses
chronic GI issues, each sample taken
researchers previously thought unrelated.
As Duffy and Pridgen look to conduct
from the patient’s’ GI tract, where
a series of larger-scale, third phase
Pridgen had found deep red streaks that were similar, but not identical to,
clinical trials – a cost they’ve estimated to be $50-$100 million – they are
spots found in patients with bacterial infections.
searching for the quickest, most cost-effective way to get their treatment
“We had a bet going,” she said. “I thought, ‘It’s not going to be HSV-1.
to market.
Somebody would have found this before, and that would just be too lucky
Though the team is mulling over their options, Duffy said they will
for me because that’s the virus I work on in my lab.’ I thought it would
likely seek funding from foundations that support research related to the
be something like VZV, the herpes virus that causes chicken pox, or a
diseases their drug shows promise to treat. The team might also partner
combination of various herpes viruses depending on the patient.”
with a pharmaceutical company or a venture capital firm willing to fund
But after extracting DNA from the tissue samples and using an
the trial.
antibody technique called immunoblotting that would debunk any theories
In the meantime, Duffy is working to develop diagnostic tests that
of lab contamination, she realized she was wrong. All the tissue samples
doctors can use to determine whether patients would benefit from taking
were infected with HSV-1 and no other herpes virus. A pathologist also
the drug. The team is looking to conduct toxicology tests to determine
studied the samples, and only three of the 45 tested positive for the
whether a larger dose of the drug would be safe and make the treatment
bacteria that was thought to cause the disease.
more effective.
But their challenge didn’t end there. In order to get the U.S. Food
“Even with the smaller dose that we used in the phase two trial, we
and Drug Administration to approve a new treatment, they would need
had great results,” Duffy said. “But if the FDA is going to approve our
to complete several clinical trials. The first of which, a second phase,
drug combination, we want it to be at the dose that’s going to help
placebo-controlled clinical trial, would cost approximately $4 million.
people the most.”
“When I found out we had to raise $4 million, I told Skip, very dejected,
Considering what brought her to this point, Duffy said, “I give a lot of
‘Well, I guess we just don’t get to do it,’” she said. “Skip gets a lot of credit
credit to this University and to my department. At a lot of universities,
for keeping me going because there were a lot of times that I would have
they expect you to get funding from specific places, and since federal
given up.”
funding is so hard to get these days, a lot of faculty put all their eggs in
With federal funding scarce, the duo decided to start their own
one basket and only focus on one thing.
company called Innovative Med Concepts, for which Duffy serves as the
“If I had been in that situation, I never would have done anything
chief scientific advisor. In March 2012, they began looking for investors
like this. Here, the University encourages you to be entrepreneurial. If
who might be interested in funding the trial, making daytrips throughout
funding comes from a company you start, that’s fine. I’m lucky that I get
the Southeast when their schedules allowed. On several occasions,
to see my research result in a clinical trial. Not many people in a faculty
Pridgen would borrow a friend’s private plane, meet Duffy at the
job ever see that. It’s a rare opportunity.” ■
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport at 5 p.m., fly to nearby cities such as Atlanta
to make a pitch, and return to Tuscaloosa by midnight in order to be at
work at 8 a.m. the next morning. By May 2013, they had raised enough
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Faculty News
Kim Receives $573,000
NIH Career Development Grant
Dr. Giyeon Kim, assistant professor in the Center for Mental Health and Aging and the Department
of Psychology, received a prestigious $573,000 career development grant from the National Institute
on Aging/the National Institutes of Health to pinpoint the geographic factors contributing to racial
and ethnic disparities in mental health care.
Kim will use national data sets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys and
merge that information with U.S. census data to study disparities at local and national levels. Kim’s
research will focus on finding ways to reduce or eliminate existing disparities among older adults.
Kim is a gerontologist and earned her doctorate in aging studies from the University of South
Florida. Her research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in mental health and mental health
service use among older adults. The grant runs through May 2018. ■
Giyeon Kim
Rothman’s Work on Slavery and
Violence Earns Best Book Awards
Josh Rothman
Dr. Josh Rothman, professor in the Department of History and the director of the Frances
Summersell Center for the Study of the South, was honored with two awards for his book,
Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson.
The work won the Gulf South Historical Association’s Michael V. R. Thomason Book Award for
the best book on the history of the Gulf South. The Gulf South Historical Association is a consortium
of Gulf South colleges and universities that works to preserve and promote the history and cultures
of the Gulf South within state, regional, national, and international contexts through exchange of
scholarly research.
The book was also honored with the Southern Historical Association’s Frank L. and Harriet C.
Owsley Award for the best book in southern history published in 2012. The Southern Historical
Association works to promote interest and research in southern history, the collection and
preservation of the South’s historical records, and the encouragement of state and local historical
societies in the South.
Rothman’s book discusses slavery and related violence in the pre-Civil War South. The book
hinges on the story of Virgil Stewart and his conspiracy theory pamphlet, which proposed that a
petty criminal from West Tennessee named John Murrell was planning to launch the largest slave
rebellion the South had ever seen. Rothman said the pamphlet became a catalyst for violence
throughout the region. ■
Rable Wins SEC Faculty
Achievement Award
The Southeastern Conference announced in April that Dr. George C. Rable, professor in the
Department of History and the Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History, won the 2014
Faculty Achievement Award. Rable was one of 14 professors across the SEC to be chosen for the
award.
SEC Faculty Achievement Award winners receive a $5,000 honorarium from the Southeastern
Conference and become their university’s nominee for the SEC Professor of the Year Award. Selected
by a committee of SEC provosts, the SEC Faculty Achievement Award and the SEC Professor of
the Year Award are part of SECU, the academic initiative of the Southeastern Conference, which
sponsors, supports, and promotes collaborative higher education programs and activities involving
administrators, faculty, and students at its 14 member universities.
A native of Lima, Ohio, Rable received his bachelor’s degree from Bluffton College, his master’s
degree from Louisiana State University, and his doctorate from Louisiana State University. He taught
at Anderson University in Indiana before coming to The University of Alabama in 1998, where he
teaches courses on the 19th-century South, slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War. He is the author
of numerous award-winning books on the Civil War, and he served as president of the Society of Civil
War Historians from 2004-2008. ■
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Lochman Receives Award from American
Board of Professional Psychology
Dr. John Lochman, professor of psychology and
the Doddridge Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology,
was named the 2014 recipient of the American
Board of Professional Psychology’s Distinguished
Service Award.
The award is given annually to a certified
specialist who has made outstanding
contributions to the science and profession
of psychology throughout his or her career.
Candidates for the award must be nationally
recognized and must be practicing clinical
psychology and providing services and engaging
in research across all developmental levels, from
childhood through adulthood, as well as across
different types of psychopathology.
Lochman is the director of the Center for
the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems
at UA, where he is actively involved in grantfunded intervention research. He has served as
an officer and president of the ABPP Board of
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, the
primary certification board for child psychologists.
His research interests include prevention, child
aggression, and intervention research.
He received the award at the ABPP annual
convocation Aug. 9 in Washington, D.C. He will
also deliver an address at the 2015 Convocation
in Toronto, Canada. ■
John Lochman
Dolliver Featured in Time Cover Story
Diana Dolliver
A Time cover story published Nov. 11, “The
Secret Web: Where Drugs, Porn, and Murder
Live Online,” features insights from Dr. Diana
Dolliver, assistant professor in the Department
of Criminal Justice. The article addresses the
little-known Deep Web, a part of the internet
where activity – illegal or legal – cannot be
tracked.
Dolliver specializes in macro-level trends
in organized crime and drug trafficking. She
was interviewed because of her affiliation
with Harvard University’s Scholars Strategy
Network, which is made up of academic experts
and provides members of the press with a
clearinghouse for scholars doing cutting-edge
research on topics of public interest. She earned
the spot based on her doctoral coursework at
Northeastern University in Boston.
In her research, Dolliver tracks trends in
drug trafficking and analyzes the motives behind
these trends. Prior to 2005, very few major
drug trafficking organizations used the Internet
to sell and distribute narcotics, she said. The
primary means of communication was through
cell phones. Dolliver spent three years working
for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
analyzing telecommunications patterns for major
crime groups.
In the article, Dolliver discusses these
mainstream methods and how their infiltration
by law enforcement may have led to more
sophisticated technologies. This is where the
Deep Web, and specialized technologies
associated with it, began to flourish.
Dolliver is currently pursuing a grant to gain
access to the Deep Web so she can analyze
major trends for use by such government
agencies as the Drug Enforcement Administration
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ■
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Hansen Goes to
the White House
President Barack Obama greets recipients of the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers in the East Room of the White House
April 14. Dr. Samantha Hansen, assistant
professor in the Department of Geological
Sciences, was one of only 102 researchers to
receive the award this year. Awardees are selected
from previous winners of highly competitive
grants given by national agencies. Hansen’s
accomplishments were detailed in the 2014
edition of Celebrating Excellence. Read more at
www.as.ua.edu/home/from-ua-to-antarctica-to-thewhite-house. ■
Mancini Receives Sidney Powers Memorial Award
Dr. Ernest A. Mancini, professor emeritus
in the Department of Geological Sciences and
retired UA Distinguished Research Professor,
was named the 2014 recipient of the Sidney
Powers Memorial Award by the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists.
The award is given annually in recognition of
distinguished and outstanding contributions to,
or achievements in, petroleum geology.Mancini is
the 67th Powers medalist.
Mancini began his career with Cities Service
Company as an exploration geologist in 1974.
Two years later, he became an assistant professor
in the College’s Department of Geological
Sciences. He was appointed state geologist and
director for the Geological Survey of Alabama and
oil and gas supervisor and director for the state
of Alabama Oil and Gas Board in 1982, where he
served simultaneously until 1996.
Mancini founded UA’s Center for
Sedimentary Basin Studies, an interdisciplinary
geoscience research center, in 1998 and served
as interim chair of the Department of Geological
Sciences. He has received several prestigious
AAPG awards, including the A. I. Levorsen Award
in 1980, the Distinguished Educator Award in
2000, and Honorary Membership in 2008.
He also served as AAPG elected editor from
2004-2007 and was the Haas-Pratt Distinguished
Lecturer from 1987-1988.
He was appointed Distinguished Research
Professor at UA in 2005. He was named UA’s
Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor in 2007
and received the Burnum Distinguished Faculty
Award and became professor emeritus in 2010.
■
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Faculty News
Michael Wilk
Furthering the Cause
Steppenwolf keyboardist joins faculty, brings
state-of-the-art recording studio to UA
Michael Wilk’s fondest memory as the keyboardist with John Kay and
Steppenwolf is not selling 25 million records, nor is it touring with such
equally legendary performers as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, or Deep
Purple, all of which he has done. Rather, his fondest memory involves a
large crowd and about 100,000 Styrofoam cups.
It was September 19, 1987, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln,
Nebraska. Some 125,000 people filled the stands and covered the
field as musical acts such as Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, and John
Mellencamp took the stage for the third Farm Aid, a series of benefit
concerts organized to keep American farmers from losing their land.
John Kay and Steppenwolf played only two of their signature songs, “Born
to Be Wild” and “Magic Carpet Ride,” but Wilk remembers it vividly.
“When we played the intro lick to ‘Born to Be Wild,’ 100,000
Styrofoam cups went flying into the air,” Wilk said. “There aren’t too many
people in the world who can say they played in front of 125,000 people,
but it’s also a fond memory because it was for such a good cause.”
And causes are important to Wilk. A cause, music, led him to close
his commercial recording service in Oregon and donate his state-of-theart recording studio to The University of Alabama. One year later, in 2013,
he also became a faculty member of the College’s School of Music.
Why would Wilk, a world-renowned rock star with a half dozen gold
albums under his belt, trade a gig in Oregon providing recording services
to high-profile CEOs for a gig in Tuscaloosa rubbing elbows with UA
faculty and students?
“There was an opportunity for me to advance the cause of music
in Tuscaloosa,” Wilk said. “In Oregon, I was providing a service. Here, I
knew I could bring my equipment and start something that would have
lasting effects. There wasn’t a formal recording studio at UA; now there
is. From this point forward, students interested in recording will have
something to hang their hats on.”
Early Days in Hollywood
To watch Wilk play the keyboard is like watching rain drops crash to
the ground during a heavy storm – high-energy, infinitely quick, and
unremitting. It appears to be the result of years of polish, the work of a
person who seemingly mastered the art of playing keyboards before he
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could even write his name. Only Wilk’s story isn’t quite
so cookie-cutter. He was a freshman in college before he
ever touched the instrument.
Wilk’s journey began on a different instrument, the
accordion, which he remembers playing to occupy his
time after he rode the bus home from school.
“I went to high school miles away from where we lived, so
I had to take a bus,” he said. “I wasn’t able to participate
in after-school activities, so I would go home and practice,
a lot. I just got better and better and better and better.
There are no musicians on either side of my family as far
back as it can be traced.”
Despite a lack of familial aptitude for the subject,
Wilk’s flair for music was apparent. He won several jazz
and accordion championships in New York and the
surrounding New England area, where he was born
and raised. By the time he graduated high school,
he had cultivated only the “chops” of his right hand,
which had developed its skill from racing up and down
the miniature keyboard of his accordion. His left hand
merely controlled the bass and timing of preset chords.
“That’s why I studied music theory in college and not an
instrument, because there’s no such thing as majoring in
accordion,” he says. At the University of Hartford, where
he received his degree, Wilk took organ lessons, which
helped bring his feet and left hand up to par with his right. It also built
upon the multitasking he had learned from playing the accordion. Wilk
describes his razor-sharp focus playing accordion much like he describes
his approach to becoming a successful musician once he moved to Los
Angeles after graduating college.
“If you’re going to take a swing at the pitch, you go out and take a
swing at the pitch,” he says.
When he arrived in LA, Wilk’s maxim was, “Keep your nose to the
grindstone.” And he did. He practiced organ and synthesizer daily from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., took advantage of free recording sessions from 2
p.m. to 6 p.m., arrived an hour early to his nightly gig in Woodland Hills
in order to get a free meal, played the gig from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., drove
home, and pushed repeat.
Wilk joined John Kay and Steppenwolf after responding to a flyer he
saw at a recording session announcing John Kay’s need for a keyboard
player. The night following the audition, Wilk received a phone call during
his gig in Woodland Hills. John Kay was on the other end of the line and
offered him the part.
“I put in my notice with the restaurant that night, and it was the end
of playing the lesser-than-large gigs,” he said.
To this day, Wilk credits renowned engineer, producer, and inventor
George Massenburg for the majority of what he knows about recording and
studio design. Wilk met Massenberg at a paid recording session with Earth,
Wind & Fire, to which Wilk was invited by then band member Al McKay.
The session was held at Massenburg’s recording studio in Los Angeles.
Wilk, known for his attention to detail, showed up to the session an hour
before down beat, as did Massenburg. During that time, the two discussed
the use of microprocessors in music and recording, the acoustic properties of a studio designed by Massenburg, and much, much more.
“We’re still in touch, and the conversation continues today,” Wilk says.
From LA to UA
Fast-forward to 2011, the year Wilk first visited UA. His daughter, Mandy,
was enrolled in UA’s School of Music, of which Wilk had already become
quite fond. That fall, he performed at UA with John Kay and led a
symposium and master class on the properties of human hearing.
Though he lived in Oregon at the time, he was already thinking
about how he could bring a recording studio to the school. He and Skip
Sneed, professor of music and chair of the School of Music, who Wilk
describes as one of the biggest Steppenwolf fans on the planet, had
been exchanging emails since Wilk’s first visit, discussing details of the
proposed studio.
The weekend of the symposium, Wilk presented his design for a
recording studio to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Robert Olin, a
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mathematician by trade who grasped the mathematical precision of the
design and was on board, Wilk said, in an instant.
“That weekend cemented me into this place,” said Wilk, who moved
to Tuscaloosa in May 2012. “It morphed from me really hitting it off with
Skip, to me hitting it off with the rest of the faculty, to me realizing I had an
opportunity to bring something here that was needed.”
While the recording studio was being built, Wilk stowed his recording
equipment in the Moody Concert Hall and went to work applying his
expertise in the School of Music. He recorded the school’s ensembles
during rehearsals, perfecting sound levels of the concert hall’s suspended
microphones based on comments from the ensemble’s director. The result
was higher-quality concert recordings that resulted in better feedback
to the students and higher-quality instruction. Wilk gave the director a
recording to replay and analyze after every rehearsal.
He also took over mixing sound levels for the Million Dollar Band.
At rehearsals, he was able to automate and preset sound levels for live
performances and achieve a more precise, balanced level of sound between
the front ensemble and the more than 300 musicians marching on the field.
He also mobilized sound control by connecting the recording console to an
iPad that could control sound levels from any place in the stadium.
He did the same in the next school year, 2013-2014, and added
teaching a “Careers in Music” class to his list of responsibilities.
The recording studio, located in Bryant-Jordan Hall, was completed in
March 2014.
This fall, Wilk and School of Music Professor Tom Wolfe have brought
students into the mix. Through an “Introduction to Recording Techniques”
class, the duo will teach students the art of recording using the equipment
Wilk donated in the studio he designed.
Though new to the teaching profession, Wilk has found a home.
“When you put a smile on a student’s face and they do well and take pride
in what they’re doing, it gives you a really good vibe,” he said. “It doesn’t
get any better than that.”
Wilk soon hopes to implement more of his designs, which include
a recording system that would be transportable across venues, allow for
quick set-up, provide higher-definition audio and video recordings, and
offer students more hands-on learning opportunities.
“The school hasn’t had the capability to do this thus far,” he said.
“Right now, it’s an introductory class, but we’re going to build this. It’s a
long and slow process, but that’s the global plan.” ■
Abruzzo Awarded $50,400 Humanities Grant
Dr. Margaret Abruzzo, associate professor
in the Department of History, was awarded a
$50,400 grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
NEH grants are highly competitive. In the last
five competitions there were more than 1,200
applications per year. The program made an
average of 88 awards per year, for a funding ratio
of 7 percent.
Abruzzo will use the grant to research and
write her next book, tentatively titled Good People
and Bad Behavior: Changing Views of Sin, Evil,
and Moral Responsibility in the 18th and 19th
Centuries.
The book will trace changes in how both
Catholic and Protestant Americans thought
about sin and sinners. During the 18th and
19th centuries, many traditional frameworks for
explaining sin – such as blaming it on passions,
self-interest, or natural depravity – weakened,
forcing people to develop new ways of explaining
why “good” people behaved badly. Even while
Americans denounced sin and evil – especially the
wickedness of others – they also grew less likely
to describe themselves as evildoers. This book
will explore how Americans redefined both what
it meant to be a good (or bad) person and who
counted as a good person.
Abruzzo’s research has focused on the
history of morality. Her first book, Polemical Pain:
Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism,
analyzed the changing moral views of cruelty
within the slavery debate. She became interested
in how people understand themselves as “good”
people, even when they were doing things that we
would consider deeply morally wrong. This book
project builds upon that interest. ■
Margaret Abruzzo
Barber Helps Develop App for Children with Autism
A smart phone app designed to boost the
interpersonal communication skills of children
with autism has been developed by Dr. Angela
Barber, assistant professor in the Department
of Communicative Disorders, in partnership with
students in UA’s Emerging Scholars program
and other UA faculty.
Children with autism struggle to read and
understand non-verbal emotional cues in others,
which makes it difficult for these children to
interact with people in a typical way, Barber
explained. The app is targeted for children
around kindergarten age and is divided into
three interactive phases addressing this need.
The child is first presented with an image
of a facial expression followed by the word that
describes that emotion, such as happy. The app
features an audio option, and after either reading
or listening to the name of the corresponding
emotion, the child is next asked to match the
emotion expressed in the image with its correct
name. The aim of the app is to help children with
Angela Barber
autism learn visual emotional cues and, thus,
improve social interaction skills.
Barber’s research focuses on the
development of social skills in children diagnosed
with autism as compared to children without
autism. Two years ago, Barber was approached
by Lauren Lambert, a student involved in the
University’s Emerging Scholars program. Lambert
wanted to know more about developmental
intervention techniques. Lambert, now majoring
in psychology, wanted to develop a tool that could
help children with autism deal with this crucial
part of social development.
After brainstorming ideas with Barber,
Lambert joined with Cassidy Lam, a fellow
Emerging Scholar and a computer science major,
and Joshua Wolfe, another computer science
major, both in UA’s College of Engineering,
to develop an app for smartphones. They
also worked with Dr. Jeff Gray, an associate
professor of computer science in the College of
Engineering, to develop the technical aspects of
the application. ■
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Student News
Expanding the Reaches
of Medicine
UA Premier Award winner fights health care disparities
at home and abroad
While hordes of pre-health students scramble to prepare for medical school
interviews and perfect their already polished applications, a University of
Alabama senior has taken a different approach to pursuing his passion for
medicine. Brian McWilliams, though beginning his third year of college,
will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biology. By the end of
his fourth year he will receive his master’s in business administration. He
also leads a student organization that ships medical supplies overseas and
founded a nonprofit in high school that has raised $125,000 to date.
McWilliams says he hopes to end up somewhere “on the business
side of medicine,” either in the field of health care policy or administration.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he chose to attend The University
of Alabama because of its honors programs, streamlined application
process for science students interested in pursuing graduate business
degrees, and resources available to undergraduates, of which he has taken
full advantage. He is a member of the University Fellows Experience, works
in Dr. Matthew Jenny’s research lab, and was named the winner of the
University’s John Fraser Ramsey Award this year, which includes a nearly
month-long trip to Europe and a $3,000 stipend that he will use toward his
graduate degree.
McWilliams’ interest in medicine stems from his interest in science and
the extensive impact of disease and health care.
“When I think about health care, I think about how necessary it is,” he
said. “Everyone is on the same level in terms of disease, because no one is
completely immune from that.”
McWilliams said his interest in health care is as much about the
application and distribution of health care as it is about the actual practice
and day-to-day interaction with patients. He is particularly interested in
disparities that exist in health care availability.
“I like to read a lot of about health care disparities and learn about
what’s being done – and what could be done in the future – to mitigate
them,” he said.
But he hasn’t just read about health care disparities. He’s acted
upon them.
In high school, McWilliams was inspired by a 4-year-old boy, Alex, who
showed that diseases can affect anyone at any time and for any reason.
Alex developed a mass of blood vessels around his spine, and when
doctors tried to remove the mass surgically, he became paralyzed from the
waist down. Alex spent four months in the pediatric intensive care unit and
another four months in an inpatient rehabilitation facility before needing
more surgeries and experiencing complications as varied as swine flu and
collapsed lungs.
“He kept pushing through, and I thought, ‘If this kid is doing this much
to help himself, there must be something I can do,’” McWilliams said.
McWilliams started the Team Alex Fund, which initially raised
$30,000 for Alex and his family through a 5K race with more than 800
runners. McWilliams has since turned the one-time fundraiser into an
established nonprofit.
“After the first year, the family shared with me how much they
appreciated the fundraiser and how often they had met other families in
similar situations who didn’t have the same kind of community support,”
McWilliams said. “I wanted to be able to make those kids’ lives easier,
too. We held our fifth annual race this year and have raised $125,000 for
children with spinal cord injuries since the organization started.”
The Team Alex Fund provides therapy and mobility equipment not
covered by insurance and has funded everything from $100 shower chairs
to $15,000 bikes with electrodes that stimulate the spinal cord.
Though McWilliams doesn’t take the same hands-on approach as
he did when the organization started, he still serves as chair of the
board of directors.
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“We just received an application for a child in Puerto Rico, so I was
pretty excited to see that our reach was able to extend that far,” he said.
At UA, he leads another organization with the same mission of providing
medical services to people who might not otherwise receive them. As
co-president of Alabama Advocates for World Health, he leads a team
that collects medical supplies to send to clinics in third world countries.
“Local hospitals discard supplies when their expiration dates
have passed, according to guidelines set by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration,” he said. “But many of the products are still usable and
will last at least six months to a year and a half before the manufacturing
dates expire. It’s a great opportunity for overseas clinics with limited
funding and less strict guidelines.”
This summer, McWilliams employed the skills he’s learned as an
undergraduate researcher to impact patients in yet another way. As
a research intern at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, he
investigated cases of ultramassive blood transfusions, in which patients
receive 20 or more units of blood in a day. McWilliams examined
daily the amount of blood the patients received the week following the
ultramassive transfusion, and he compared the amount of blood the
patients received to their recovery time. The results of McWilliams’
study will be combined with results from similar studies occurring in 13
countries and 30 hospitals worldwide.
“The data will be used to determine whether giving patients more
blood yields better outcomes and fosters more healing,” he said.
With two years of undergraduate and graduation education still ahead of
him, McWilliams is unsure of what will await him next. ■
Quartet Places First in
Southeast Horn Competition
Four School of Music students won the quartet competition at the
Southeast Horn Workshop March 7-9, a workshop held annually with about
350-400 attendees from all major academic institutions throughout the
Southeast. Members of the winning quartet are Joshua Williams, a 2014
graduate; Payton Sims, a junior; Haley Funkhouser, a sophomore; and
Allison Morris, a sophomore.
The students competed against undergraduate and graduate students
throughout the Southeast. They are the third group from UA to win the
competition in the last four years.
The winning quartet performed at the final gala concert in front of
all workshop attendees. The attendees included students, professional
performers, teachers, and other horn-playing enthusiasts. The participating
students also took part in workshops, clinics, performances, and other
learning opportunities as part of the conference. ■
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College Boasts Six Student
Fulbright Scholars
Six recent graduates of the College were awarded Fulbright grants from the U.S. State
Department to conduct research and teach abroad during the 2014-2015 school year.
They were among 1,800 students chosen from a nationwide pool of 11,000 applicants.
The Fulbright Scholarship Program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, is the largest
U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and
professionals. Fulbright Scholars receive funds to support all expenses for an academic year
in an effort to increase mutual understanding between people in the United States and
other countries.
Haglaeeh Contreras, from Elrod, Ala., will assist English teachers in Malaysia. Contreras
is a 2013 graduate who majored in biology. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the
Honors College and participated in the Impact Alabama programs FocusFirst, SaveFirst, and
CollegeFirst. For these programs, she conducted vision screenings for low-income children,
prepared taxes for low-income and working families, and helped high school students prepare
for Advanced Placement courses. She began pursuing her master’s degree in public health
from The University of Alabama at Birmingham after graduation.
Cori Fain, from Gardendale, Ala., will assist English teachers in Malaysia. Fain is a 2014
graduate who majored in international studies and Spanish. While at UA, she worked 20 hours
a week as a tutor for non-English speakers in the Tuscaloosa County School System. She was
also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, several honor societies, and Freshman Forum.
Sam Guggenheimer, from Dayton, Ohio, will assist English teachers in Turkey.
Guggenheimer is a 2014 graduate who majored in international studies and economics. He
was a member of the University Fellows Experience and the International Honors Program at
UA. He spent his junior year studying abroad in Istanbul, Turkey, on a Boren Scholarship.
Rachel Hunkler, a 2013-2014 Fulbright Scholar who assisted English teachers in Spain,
has received a second Fulbright grant. Hunkler will remain in Spain for 2014-2015 to assist
with orienting and mentoring new Fulbright grantees to the country. She will also direct the
Global Classrooms program, a Model United Nations program for high school students learning
English, in Madrid. She graduated in 2013 with a degree in Spanish and secondary education.
Abigail Jones, from Austin, Texas, will assist English teachers in Macedonia. Jones
graduated in 2013 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting. She has performed in plays at
The University of Alabama, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and the Austin Shakespeare
Festival. She also performed in “Alcestis Ascending,” an original play directed by Associate
Professor Seth Panitch that sold out shows in Tuscaloosa, New York City, and Havana, Cuba.
Lauren Marsh, from Prattville, Alabama, will conduct research in China on infant nutrition.
Marsh is a 2014 graduate who majored in anthropology. She studied abroad in Chengdu,
China, her junior year. She made a documentary about a rural school in that city as part of UA’s
Documenting Justice program. She will partner with a Chinese professor and the professor’s
graduate students to determine the causes of nutritional discrepancies between infants living in
urban and rural areas. ■
Haglaeeh Contreras
Cori Fain
Sam Guggenheimer
Rachel Hunkler
Abigail Jones
Lauren Marsh
Student Attends Nobel
Laureates Meeting in Germany
Brandon Hill
Imagine meeting the winner of a Nobel Prize. Now imagine spending
an entire week with 38 Nobel Prize winners. That is the opportunity
that Brandon Hill, a doctoral student in the Department of Biological
Sciences, had this summer.
Along with about 600 other young researchers from 80 countries, Hill
was selected out of about 1,500 applicants to attend the 2014 Lindau
Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, June 29-July 4. The
researchers participated in discussions, master classes, and panels led by
Nobel Prize winners working in medicine and psychology.
Hill’s research primarily focuses on engineering herpes simplex virus
type-1 and nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery in treating cancer. This
project is a joint collaborative effort between Dr. Carol Duffy, associate
professor in the Department of Biological Sciences; Dr. Yuping Bao,
associate professor in the College of Engineering; and their respective labs.
After completing his doctorate, Hill plans to pursue a post-doctoral position
that focuses on developing innovative drug delivery systems for cancer
therapy. His long-term goal is to win a Nobel Prize for his research. ■
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Student News
The White Gold
Graduate student explores Louisiana salt trade
with archeological dig
You’d think that spending the summer at the site of Louisiana’s oldest
French settlement would be nothing short of grand. But Paul Eubanks, a
doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, tells a different story.
Eubanks’s six-week stay in Natchitoches involved daily ventures into
the swamps of northwestern Louisiana and ample amounts of digging as
he conducted research for his dissertation, which will focus on the history
of salt production in the area.
Though he describes Natchitoches as a town akin to New Orleans,
only with less debauchery and condensed into one street, he spent most
of his time in the areas surrounding the historic town, areas where canoes
are the primary means of transportation and where alligators, hogs,
panthers, and poachers are known to roam. During one of his first trips to
the research site, he hopped out of his car and found a water moccasin
between his feet. The snake recoiled and scurried off into the woods.
“Fortunately it was just as scared of me as I was of it,” Eubanks
says. “We had a lot to watch out for while we were there.”
Eubanks and his team of researchers excavated 10 archeological
test pits from May 12-June 21, searching for remnants of life during
the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Caddo Indians occupied the
area and began producing salt in large quantities. The team’s research
was made possible by an $18,000 grant Eubanks won from the
National Science Foundation, as well as by funding he received from the
Department of Anthropology and the Alabama Museum of Natural History.
Eubanks said the site was chosen because of its unique history.
“One of the main reasons why Natchitoches was established is
because of the Drake’s Salt Works, which is where we were digging,” he
said. “Looking at historical records, there’s a quote from the commandant
of the fort at Natchitoches saying they built the trading post there because
it was so close to the salt production site.”
When the water table rose, water with high concentrations of salt
would percolate to the ground surface and then evaporate, leaving the salt
behind, he said. The Indians then scooped up the salt when the salt flat
was dry. Using this method, the Caddo salt makers were able to produce
hundreds of pounds of salt each year, which they then traded to the
French, Spanish, and other American Indian groups, placing them in a
powerful position due to high demand for the mineral.
“Salt is something we take for granted today, but that wasn’t the case
two or three hundred years ago,” he said. “Salt was called the white gold
because it was something that people needed. It was used not only for
dietary reasons – because you need some salt to live – but it would have
been used to preserve meats and tan animal hides. During the 1700s,
there was a big demand on the European markets for deer, beaver, and
buffalo hides.”
The site also shows evidence of European takeover, which occurred in
the early 1800s. Several dozen historic salt kilns made of brick, as well as
one of the world’s oldest examples of deep well rotary drilling, were added
to the site after the Caddo left the area and the Americans took over the
salt works. The well, more than 1,000-feet deep and built in the 1840s,
still bubbles forth salt water to this day.
Despite the site’s historical significance, little work has been done
there. Only since 2011 has The University of Alabama partnered with the
U.S. Forest Service to work on joint projects and learn more about the
site’s history. Even so, Eubanks said it’s impossible, at least in some parts
of the site, to take a step without crushing a half dozen pieces of pottery or
other artifacts.
When Eubanks and his team first started the excavations, they were
looking for signs of habitation that would indicate the amount of time the
Caddo salt makers spent at the site.
“We were looking for domestic-related materials to see if the Indians
stayed there for a period of several days, just to make salt, or if they stayed
there for longer periods of time,” he said. “It looks like they stayed there
for longer periods of time, but on a temporary or seasonal basis. We didn’t
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“Salt is something we take for granted today, but
that wasn’t the case two or three hundred years
ago. Salt was called the white gold because it
was something that people needed.”
find any signs of permanent architecture, but we did find a lot of animal
bones, which shows that they took the time to bring in meat and process
it. We also found a lot of stone debris and stone tools.”
But the group also found something they weren’t expecting –
thousands of broken salt bowl fragments buried beneath the ground
surface in one particular area of the site. This space was used to further
refine the salt.
“These bowls were quickly constructed, and their primary purpose
would have been salt manufacture,” he said.
As the Indians collected the dried salt from the ground surface, they
would have gathered a substantial amount of unwanted sand. To get rid of
the sand, they placed the salt-sand mixture into a woven basket, collected
water from a nearby creek, and poured the water over the mixture as the
basket was suspended over these ceramic bowls. The water would have
dissolved the salt, and the resulting liquid brine was then boiled inside of
the salt bowl.
“We knew that area of the site existed, but we didn’t know how it was
used,” he said. “I was excited to discover something that we didn’t know
previously.”
Eubanks’ next step is to analyze the artifacts and write his dissertation.
He expects to graduate with his doctorate in May 2016. ■
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Student Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship
Jason Arterburn, a senior from Madison, Alabama, has been named a Truman Scholar for 2014. He is
one of 59 students nationally to receive the award this year. The winners were selected from a pool of 655
candidates nominated by 293 colleges and universities nationwide.
Given by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, the scholarship provides winners up to $30,000 for
graduate study. Winners are selected based on their leadership potential, ability to communicate, academic
success, and commitment to pursuing a career in government or the nonprofit sector.
Arterburn is studying economics and interdisciplinary studies through New College. He studied abroad
his junior year in China on a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State and a David L.
Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program.
At UA, Arterburn has worked on several community outreach programs in Perry County as a University
Fellow and an Honors College 57 Miles intern. His activities include teaching ACT Now, an ACT prep class
serving more than 60 students at Francis Marion High School, and the Exergaming Initiative, an education
module using Wii dance video games to incorporate physical activity into the classroom at Albert Turner Sr.
Elementary School.
He also has volunteered at George Washington Carver High School in Birmingham with Birmingham to
Beijing, a program that funds and organizes afterschool, university-level Chinese language classes and a
cultural exchange to Beijing for motivated students at a low-income, inner-city school. ■
Jason Arterburn
Undergraduates Recognized
for Outstanding Research
Ten undergraduate researchers in the College received recognition through
the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program for the
best research activity conducted by UA undergraduates. The students were
nominated by faculty and staff research directors. A panel of UA research
faculty and past winners of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award
selected the winners.
The award was created in 1997 by the Randall Publishing Co., now
Randall-Reilly Publishing, and the H. Pettus Randall III family in memory of
Henry Pettus Randall Jr., a distinguished UA alumnus and creator of Who’s
Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Meredith Rickard of Atascadero, California, also received the Henry
Pettus Randall Jr. Endowed Research Scholarship for her senior year at UA.
This scholarship is awarded to the top vote recipient who also is a member
of the Computer-Based Honors Program. Rickard, a junior chemistry major,
was nominated by Dr. David Dixon, Robert Ramsay professor of chemistry.
Other winners included the following students.
Lindsay Cobb, a senior from Collierville, Tennessee, was nominated by
Dr. David Nikles, professor of chemistry.
Molly Cook, a junior from Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was nominated
by Dr. Ryan Earley, assistant professor of biological sciences.
Ronneshia Jackson, a senior from Bessemer, Alabama, was
nominated by Dr. Julie Olson, professor of biological sciences.
Nicole Kernahan, a sophomore from Slidell, Louisiana, presented
“Does Vibrant Coloring Elicit Aggression in Female Convict Cichlids?” Her
nominator was Dr. Ryan Earley, assistant professor of biological sciences.
UA President Judy Bonner poses with Randall Outstanding Undergraduate
Research Award recipients. Also pictured are Mike Reilly, chairman and CEO
of Randall-Reilly, left, and Dr. Cathy Randall, director emerita of UA’s
Computer-Based Honors Program, right.
Robert Rosati, a senior from Spanish Fort, Alabama, was nominated
by Dr. Pieter Visscher, professor of physics.
Abigail Shelton, a junior from Harvest, Alabama, was nominated
by Dr. Ryan Earley, assistant professor of biological sciences.
Morgan Whitaker, a senior from Scottsdale, Arizona, was nominated
by Dr. David Nikles, professor of chemistry.
Leighton Wilson, a junior from Pinson, Alabama, was nominated
by Dr. Shan Zhao, associate professor of mathematics.
Shuwen Yue, a sophomore from Tuscaloosa, was nominated by
Dr. David Dixon, Robert Ramsay professor of chemistry. ■
Goodell, Truong Named Goldwater Scholars
Two students from the College were named Goldwater Scholars by the
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program for
2014-2015. The students, Brian Goodell and Lynda Truong, received
scholarships covering the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board
up to $7,500 during their senior years.
Goodell and Truong were among 282 students selected as
Goldwater Scholars this year and were chosen from a field of more than
1,100 nominees.
Goodell, a senior from Plattsburgh, New York, is majoring in physics
and chemical engineering, is a member of UA’s Computer-Based Honors
Program, and conducts research with Dr. David Nikles, professor in
the Department of Chemistry. Goodell’s research involves synthesizing
nanoparticles with the intent to use them in high-energy permanent
magnets. He plans to pursue a doctorate in optical sciences after
graduation and teach at a university.
Truong, a senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, is majoring in chemistry,
is a member of the Computer-Based Honors Program, and conducts
research with Dr. Stephen Woski, associate professor and director of
graduate studies in the Department of Chemistry. Her research involves
the synthesis and assessment of cyanocarbazole derivatives as universal
bases. She plans to pursue a doctorate in chemical biology after
graduation.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency established
in 1986. The program, honoring U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, was designed
to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in research
in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. ■
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Marine Science Students Earn Hollings Scholarships
Two juniors in the College, Nicole Kernahan and Zoe Nichols, were
selected to receive Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships
for 2014-2016. The scholarship, given by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, provides $8,000 a year for full-time study
during a student’s junior and senior years and $6,500 for a 10-week
internship at the NOAA or an NOAA-approved facility.
UA ranks among the top four universities in the United States this year
in terms of the number of Hollings Scholarships awarded. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected 106 students in 2014
for these highly competitive scholarships.
Kernahan, from Slidell, Louisiana, is a marine science and biology
major. For her internship, she is looking to conduct conservation-related
research or restore habitats. She plans to go to graduate school for her
master’s degree after graduation and travel to places such as the Caribbean
or Australia where coral reef conservation research is being done.
Nichols, from Tuscaloosa, is a marine science and biology major. She is
interested in marine science internships with a focus on research. She plans
to pursue her master’s degree in marine science after graduation, explore a
new country such as New Zealand, and eventually obtain her Ph.D. ■
Students Design Poster for
Grammy-nominated Rock Group
Students in the Department of Art and Art History were given the opportunity of a lifetime last fall when
they were asked to design a poster for the three-time Grammy-nominated rock band Alabama Shakes.
Heath Fogg, rhythm and lead guitarist for the Athens, Alabama-based group, asked UA instructor
Laura Lineberry to have her students design a poster for the group’s 2013 tour. Fogg is a 2008 alumnus of
the department.
Alabama Shakes chose a design by senior Devin Huey from Birmingham, Alabama, who majored in
graphic design and advertising. Huey said he and many of his friends are fans of the band, and he was
completely in shock when his class was asked to design a poster for them.
Huey’s design incorporates an iconic image of an Indian chief. He said he wanted to create a design that
represented the band without actually using a photo of the group. His inspiration came when he came across
a photo of lead singer Brittany Howard wearing an Indian-style headdress. ■
Devin Huey designed this poster for the Grammy-nominated rock band Alabama Shakes and the group’s 2013 tour.
Student Wins First
Place for Poetry
at International
Convention
Joey Gamble, a 2014 graduate from Pinson,
Alabama, won first place for original poetry at the
2014 Sigma Tau Delta International Convention
in Savannah, Georgia. Gamble, who majored in
English, won $600 for the award.
The annual Sigma Tau Delta International
Convention is sponsored by the Sigma Tau
Delta International English Honor Society, which
boasts more than 850 chapters worldwide. The
convention provides honor society members the
opportunity to present creative and scholarly
works, the best of which are given awards.
Nearly 1,000 submissions are received annually.
While at UA, Gamble served as vice president
and president of the UA chapter of Sigma
Tau Delta. The chapter was named the most
outstanding chapter by the international
organization in 2013. The chapter organizes
literacy-based service projects, publishes
annually an award-winning print literary journal
Dewpoint, and sponsors a lecture series within
the Department of English. Gamble begins
pursuing his doctorate in English and women’s
studies at the University of Michigan this fall. ■
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Seniors Receive Top
Honor for Service
Two graduating seniors in the College received University of Alabama
Premier Awards, UA’s five highest honors bestowed upon students.
Mary Sellers Shaw, a 2014 graduate of New College from
Birmingham, Alabama, was awarded the Morris Lehman Mayer
Award, which recognizes one graduating senior who exemplifies
integrity, selfless service and leadership at UA and in the community.
Kirkland Back, a 2014 graduate majoring in English from
Gadsden, Alabama, was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Mary Sellers Shaw
Award, which recognizes excellence of character and service
to humanity.
Shaw found UA’s Documenting Justice class, in which nonfilm students spend a year creating documentary films, an eyeopening experience. The documentary she worked on looked at
undocumented immigrants. She interviewed them about their life
stories and how Alabama’s immigration law affected them.
Her work on the documentary led her to engage the UA
community in civic causes as well as interfaith and cross-cultural
activities. These activities included organizing “Dwell Better
Together,” a Crossroads Community Center panel that looked at
homelessness and poverty through an interfaith lens. Shaw also
co-founded Blend, a student group that brings people together
across ethnic and cultural lines. Currently, she is serving as a
Kirkland Back
volunteer with Young Adult Volunteers, a mission outreach of the
Presbyterian Church, in Nashville.
Back served as president of the Honors College Assembly, was a Creative Campus intern and
served as an undergraduate representative for the Faculty Senate Task Force for Diversity and
Inclusion while at UA. A writer, she also interned for W magazine in New York, had selected pieces
published in The Rectangle journal, and was a featured columnist for The Gadsden Times. She is now
working as a fifth grade English teacher with Teach For America in Nashville, Tennessee. ■
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College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board
The College of Arts and Sciences
Leadership Board includes alumni
and friends who support the
College and its students with their
time, influence, and minimum
annual membership gift of $1,000.
Leadership Board members also
support the Collegiate Fund
Scholarship Endowment, which
now provides more than $30,000
annually in merit- and
need-based scholarships.
Robert E. Abernathy
Atlanta, GA
Laura C. Abernathy
Atlanta, GA
Arlene Ashe
Sheffield, AL
Pam Askew
Tuscaloosa, AL
James Haywood Baker
Mentone, AL
Emily L. Baker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Bette Anne LeBlanc Bargeron
Birmingham, AL
T. Lee Baumann
Birmingham, AL
Brenda K. Baumann
Birmingham, AL
Noel Bedwell
Mobile, AL
Shannon Bedwell
Mobile, AL
Winifred D. Bragg
Virginia Beach, VA
James S. Brooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Melvin Butler
Spring Hill, TN
Larry Canada
New Orleans, LA
Vincent Carnaggio
Birmingham, AL
Cornelius Carter
Tuscaloosa, AL
William Christenberry
Washington, DC
Frances R. Clement
Elberta, AL
Martha McMillan Cobb
Birmingham, AL
Naneita Leach Cobbs
Birmingham, AL
Caleb Connor
Aiken, SC
Joy Cooper
Birmingham, AL
Gregory William Cotter
Mobile, AL
John R. Cranton
Daphne, AL
Sylvester Croom, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Jackie Brunson Crowell
Enterprise, AL
Fred Crown, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Dr. Martha Crowther
Tuscaloosa, AL
Elizabeth B. Crump
Montgomery, AL
Benjamin J. Cumbus
Montgomery, AL
Beverly Crawford Davis
Mobile, AL
Jerry D. Dillard
Selma, AL
Morton B. Dimenstien
Atlanta, GA
Robert M. Dimick
Brentwood, TN
William E. Dismukes
Birmingham, AL
Forsyth Sellers Donald
Birmingham, AL
Dan Douglas
Birmingham, AL
Jack Drake
Birmingham, AL
Mary Sue Avery Durant
Birmingham, AL
John T. Eagan, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Miller Bonner Engelhardt
Montgomery, AL
Elizabeth Ennis
Birmingham, AL
Kathleen A. Farmer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Rebecca Florence
Tuscaloosa, AL
Andre J. Fontana
Mobile, AL
Marjorie Forney
Birmingham, AL
William H. Forster
Gibson Island, MD
Gary Fowlie
New York, NY
H. Joseph Fritz
Tuscaloosa, AL
Thomas Allen Gaskin, III
Birmingham, AL
Sylvia Goldberg
Birmingham, AL
Milla Green
Tuscaloosa, AL
Rebecca Gregory
Wetumpka, AL
Frank Gregory
Wetumpka, AL
Roy Hager
Montgomery, AL
Gerard Donald Haggstrom
Florence, AL
Patricia Hatcher Hall
Montrose, AL
Luoheng Han
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Samantha Hansen
Tuscaloosa, AL
Billy Hargett
Florence, AL
Susan Ptomey Hargett
Florence, AL
Phillip Harmon
Birmingham, AL
Trudier Harris
Tuscaloosa, AL
Robert Hayes
Tuscaloosa, AL
Don Hays
Tuscaloosa, AL
Joel Hearn
Florence, AL
Ronald Earl Henderson
Birmingham, AL
Russell T. Henshaw
Huntsville, AL
Anne Barr Herman
Suwanee, GA
Scott Hestevold
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ilouise Partlow Hill
Montgomery, AL
Mack D.Hixon
Banks, AL
John Holaday
West Bethesda, MD
Ralph G. Holberg, III
Mobile, AL
Ralph Holt
Florence, AL
Michael B. Honan
Birmingham, AL
Camilla Huxford
Tuscaloosa, AL
Charles E. Ingalls
Montgomery, AL
Donna Ingalls
Montgomery, AL
David Jackson
Birmingham, AL
William Jackson
West McLean, VA
William Johnson
Mobile, AL
Tom Joiner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ann Jones
Birmingham, AL
Allan Keel
Houston, TX
Steven King
Andalusia, AL
Jerry L. Kitchens
Vestavia Hills, AL
Dave Klemmack
Tuscaloosa, AL
James E. Klingler
Fitzpatrick, AL
Robert A. Kreisberg
Birmingham, AL
David Joel Landau
Mountain Brook, AL
Greg Langston
Dallas, TX
Alice Darnell Lattal
Atlanta, GA
Andy Lattal
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Patrick LeClair
Tuscaloosa, AL
Lisa Lindquist-Dorr
Tuscaloosa, AL
Margaret Livingston
Birmingham, AL
John Lockett
Atlanta, GA
E. Clayton Lowe, Jr.
Trussville, AL
Dan McCall
Mobile, AL
Chandra M. McCall
Birmingham, AL
Richmond McClintock, Jr.
Dothan, AL
Pamela McCollough
Katy, TX
Tricia McElroy
Tuscaloosa, AL
Trip McVay
Mobile, AL
Camille Mendle
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gina Sealy Miers
Tuscaloosa, AL
James David Mills
Birmigham, AL
Gloria Moody
Birmingham, AL
Stella Hillard Moore
Tuscaloosa, AL
Rhett B. Murray
Huntsville, AL
Pam Newman
Gadsden, AL
James William Noe
Sugar Land, TX
Bonita Todd Norman
Coral Gables, FL
Bob Olin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jessica Patrick
Nashville, TN
Hamilton Patrick
Nashville, TN
Walter G. Pittman
Mountain Brook, AL
Helen Pittman
Birmingham, AL
Gil Price
Gaithersburg, MD
Robert M. Pritchett
Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Hinton Pruett
Tuscaloosa, AL
Paula F. Quarles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ralph Quarles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Bruce Stanton Reid, Sr.
Montgomery, AL
Mary D. Reyner
Mobile, AL
Ann Rhoads
Birmingham, AL
Luther W. Richardson, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
George Richardson
Huntsville, AL
Rick Richardson
Houston, TX
Shannon Riley
Mountain Brook, AL
Jack Robbins, Jr
Tuscaloosa, AL
Martha Cobb Roberts
Birmingham, AL
Rebecca M. Roberts
Burton, TX
Joe Rowe
Birmingham, AL
Alice Schleusner
Birmingham, AL
V.C. Scott
Vestavia Hills, AL
Ted Sexton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Leah Ann Sexton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Michael Shanahan
San Diego, CA
Elisabeth S. Sheldon
Wetumpka, AL
Craig T. Sheldon, Jr.
Wetumpka, AL
Roger Sidje
Tuscaloosa, AL
Alan M. Siegal
Birmingham, AL
Karen Simmons
Geneva, AL
John F. Simmons
Geneva, AL
James Sledge
Tuscaloosa, AL
Wendy Smith
Decatur, AL
Ned Smith
Pell City, AL
Thomas C. Smitherman
Pittsburgh, PA
Amanda Duncan Soong
Hoover, AL
Margherita J. Soule
Pensacola, FL
Dr. Ellen Spears
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mary Spencer
Birmingham, AL
Winifred L. Stakely
Montgomery, AL
Molly Steed
Anniston, AL
Leah Snell Stephens
Montgomery, AL
Johnnie W. Stevens
Riverside, AL
Donald Wilbur Stewart
Anniston, AL
Barbara Stone
Birmingham, AL
Jennifer Gerardo Taylor
Alexandria, VA
Edward Lamar Thomas
Birmingham, AL
Helen Raye Thrasher
Birmingham, AL
Ethan Tyler Tidmore
Vestavia, AL
Claire Tisdal
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jean Tomlinson
Birmingham, AL
Henry Townsend
Birmingham, AL
Rae Wade Trimmier
Birmingham, AL
Pamela Varner
Birmingham, AL
Billy Vaughn
Bloomington, IL
Julie Vaughn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Allison Verhine
Northport, AL
George Wakefield
Montgomery, AL
James C. Walker, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Susan Austin Warner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Phillip Watkins
Birmingham, AL
Mary Jean Weaver
Tuscaloosa, AL
L. Steve Weinstein
Mobile, AL
Lucy Weinstein
Mobile, AL
Allan S. Wilensky
Mountain Brook, AL
Frederick W. Williams
Accokeek, MD
Tammi L. Williams
Cary, NC
Edward Wilson
Lexington, MA
Hoyt Winslett, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Stanley Winslow
Montgomery, AL
Cheryl Winslow
Montgomery, AL
Zhijian Wu
Las Vegas, NV
John Francis Wymer
Atlanta, GA
Catharine Wymer
Atlanta, GA
Kathy Yarbrough
Tuscaloosa, AL
Robert Yoder
Birmingham, AL
James H. Zeanah
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jeffrey Zieman
Mobile, AL
Leadership Board Selects
2014 Faculty Fellows
The College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board awards
fellowships annually to faculty members from each of the College’s
three academic divisions to recognize outstanding achievements.
Established in 2002, the highly competitive fellowships aim to provide
recognition and encouragement to the College’s most promising and
successful faculty. Faculty fellows receive $5,000 annually for three
years to support their scholarship, research, and other academic,
non-salary expenses.
This year’s faculty fellows are Dr. Angela Barber, assistant
professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders;
Sarah Barry, associate professor in the Department of Theatre
and Dance; and Dr. Samantha Hansen, assistant professor in the
Department of Geological Sciences.
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Scholarships and Endowments
The following friends have
established or contributed to
scholarships or endowed funds in
the College of Arts and Sciences
between June 1, 2013 and
May 31, 2014.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward
Abernathy
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Lynne Adrian
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Wilton J. Aebersold
New Albany, IN
Mr. Connie Armbrecht
Armbrecht Jackson LLP
Mobile, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Braxton Ware Ashe
Sheffield, AL
Mrs. Pamela H. Askew
Tuscaloosa, AL
Asmar, Schor & McKenna, PLLC
Washington, DC
Athens Academy
Athens, GA
Mr. and Mrs. John Bolton
Piedmont, OK
Mr. James B. Boone Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Dorothy Deramus Boyd
Birmingham, AL
BP Fabric of America Fund
Princeton, NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brantley
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. James Garland
Brazil
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Diane Ellis Breth
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Carol and Mr. Bennett Britt
Thibodaux, LA
Mrs. Lella C. Bromberg
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Carol Johnson Brooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James S. Brooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Melvin Lynn Butler
James Cummings
Honors Father with
Endowed Scholarship
James M. Cummings of Columbia, Missouri, has
given more than $20,000 to the College to establish
the James Morgan Cummings Jr. Memorial Endowed
Scholarship in honor of his late father. The scholarship
will support full-time undergraduate students pursuing
degrees in chemistry. James Morgan Cummings Jr.
attained his own college education not only through
study, but also by keeping a job that could provide him
with the funds needed to attend school. Through his
hard work, he was able to support his family’s dreams
by earning and saving enough money to ensure they
could attend college without financial struggle or debt.
Ms. Emily L. Baker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Carolyn Carpenter Bales
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Bette Leblanc Bargeron
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Jennifer Jane Barringer
Houston, TX
Drs. Brenda and T. Lee Baumann
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Beightol
Clearfield, PA
Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Bell
Northport, AL
Dr. Arthur C. Benke
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Walter H. Bennett, Jr.
Chapel Hill, NC
Mrs. Gloria Blackburn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John Blair
Spring, TX
Mrs. Carolyn McCarthy Bolt
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Spring Hill, TN
Mrs. Virginia Duckworth Cade
Tuscaloosa, AL
Judge William W. Cardwell, Jr.
Southside, AL
Dr. Vincent Anthony Carnaggio
Birmingham, AL
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Columbia, SC
Mr. Roger Morgan Chapman
Brewton, AL
Frank Chiles Insurance Agency
Starkville, MS
Mrs. Frances R. Clement
Elberta, AL
Coalbed Methane Asso. of Ala.
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Naneita Leach Cobbs
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. George David Cole
Northport, AL
The Comer Foundation
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cook
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Craddock
Fernandina Beach, FL
Dr. John Richard Cranton
Daphne, AL
Mrs. June N. Crowder
Oak Harbor, WA
Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell
Enterprise, AL
Mr. John W. Crowell
Columbus, MS
Mr. Frederick Smith Crown, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Dr. Benjamin J. Cumbus
Montgomery, AL
Mr. James E. Curtis, Jr.
Washington, DC
Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Darden
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Temd R. Deason
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. John F. DeBuys, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Delview Properties, LLC
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Jerry D. Dillard
Selma, AL
Dr. Morton B. Dimenstien
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Robert M. Dimick
Brentwood, TN
Dr. Dan E. Douglas
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Matthew David Dowell
Starkville, MS
Mr. Jack Drake
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Mark S. Drummond
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. GeorgeAnn B. Dukes
Richardson, TX
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Edwards
Albany, GA
Mrs. Mary P. Elmore
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Miller Bonner Engelhardt
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Elizabeth D. Ennis
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Sean Franklin Evans
Jackson, TN
Exxon Mobil Production Co.
Theodore, AL
ExxonMobil Foundation
Irving, TX
Ms. Laura B. Fikes
Hamilton, AL
Mr. Johnny Fisher
Columbus, MS
Dr. Andre J. Fontana, Sr.
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Marjorie H. Forney
Birmingham, AL
Dr. William Hull Forster
Bethany Beach, DE
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Franklin
Roswell, GA
Dr. H. Joseph Fritz, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Garrett
Lutherville Timonium, MD
Mr. Robert S. Gaston
Ridgeland, MS
Dr. Lois D. George
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Emily Stewart Gilbert
Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Margaret R. Gladney
Fernandina Beach, FL
Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan Goldberg
Mountain Brook, AL
Mr. George B. Gordon
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Russ Golson
Theodore, AL
Mrs. Milla Windham Green
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank William
Gregory
Wetumpka, AL
Ms. Martha Mathews Griffith
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Margaret W. Grubb
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Glenda K. Guyton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Roy Thomas Hager
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Gerard Donald Haggstrom
Florence, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Hainsey
Columbus, MS
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Sherwood Hamilton
Huntsville, AL
Dean and Mrs. V. Nathaniel
Hansford
Lexington, GA
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hargett
Florence, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Hector Harima
Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Phillip Wayne Harmon
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Bobby Harper
Columbus, MS
Dr. Trudier Harris
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Peggy Hartley
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Havard
Pensacola, FL
Dr. Joel P. Hearn
Florence, AL
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Heath
Columbus, MS
Mr. Ralph G. Hellmich
Foley, AL
Dr. Ronald Earl Henderson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Wiley Phillip Henderson, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Henry G. Herrod III
Memphis, TN
Ms. Suzanne A. Herrod
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. H. Scott Hestevold
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Charles E. Hilburn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David L. Hill
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Mrs. Ilouise Partlow Hill
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Mack Dennis Hixon
Banks, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Colin
Hocking
Wynnewood, PA
Mr. Ralph Gans Holberg III
Mobile, AL
Dr. Michael Benjamin Honan
Birmingham, AL
Dr. John D. Howard
United Kingdom
Mr. Perry Hubbard, Jr.
Gainesville, FL
Mrs. Geraldine Hammack
Hughey
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Kristin Hughes
Houston, TX
Mr. Michael Innis-Jimenez
Denison, TX
Dr. David H. Jackson
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Terry and Mr. Ransom
Jackson
Athens, GA
Mr. William Paul Jackson, Jr.
North Myrtle Beach, SC
JBHM Architects, P.A.
Tupelo, MS
Mr. Robert L. Ingram, Jr.
Jessup, Ingram, Burns &
Associates LLP
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker
Jessup
Tuscaloosa, AL
JMF Consulting Inc.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Ellen P. Johnson
Nashville, TN
Dr. William E. Johnson III
Mobile, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Joiner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Bonnie Cook Jones
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Brockway Jackson Jones
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David Blake Jones
Atlanta, GA
Mr. George K. Jones
Madison, AL
Mrs. Shelley Edwards Jones
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Junge
Leonardtown, MD
Kearns Family Foundation
Trinity, FL
Mr. Allan D. Keel
Houston, TX
Mr. Arthur C. Kelly
Starkville, MS
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kenne
West Point, MS
Mr. Chuck King
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Millie Kirksey
Aliceville, AL
Dr. Jerry Lester Kitchens
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Catherine Knepper
Columbus, MS
Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg
Birmingham, AL
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Mr. Dennis Latham
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Roberta Smith Largin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Darnell Lattal
Morgantown, WV
Mr. David G. Liddell
Eutaw, AL
Mr. George Lindahl
Spring, TX
Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Willard Wise Livingston, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Mr. John Abner Lockett III
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Sherry P. Magill
Jacksonville, FL
Mrs. Dorothy Swindel Malaier
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Mancini
Northport, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Maples
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Michael Martone
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John Henry Masingill III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Chandra Maria McCall
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Anna Harris McCarthy
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Pamela Jo McCollough
Katy, TX
Ms. Robin McCormick
West Point, MS
Mr. Wayne C. McCreedy
Springfield, VA
Dr. Russell McCutcheon
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Sean McDade
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. William Ulma McDonald, Jr.
Toledo, OH
Mr. and Mrs. D. Joseph McInnes
Alexander City, AL
Mr. James O. McLemore, Jr.
Trussville, AL
Mrs. Deloris Madison McMullen
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Leon Victor McVay III
Mobile, AL
Dr. Jeffery Melton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Carol B. Merkle
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Dr. Allan D. Meyers
Saint Petersburg, FL
Mr. David Mills
Birmingham, AL
Mr. David Joseph Minor
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Moman, Jr.
Northport, AL
Mrs. Stella Hillard Moore
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Susan Giles Morris
Odessa, FL
Dr. Meghan Mottaz
Northport, AL
Dr. Milady Khoury Murphy
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Rhett B. Murray
Huntsville, AL
Neel-Schaffer
Jackson, MS
Mrs. Pamela McLellan Newman
Gadsden, AL
Mrs. Bonita Todd Norman
Coral Gables, FL
Occidental Petroleum Charitable
Foundation
Tulsa, OK
Dr. and Mrs. Bob Olin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Omicron Delta Kappa Foundation
Lexington, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. O’Neal
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Edward Herring O’Neil
Alameda, CA
Ms. Karen Overstreet
Columbus, MS
Mrs. Eva L. Owens
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David Eugene Van der Griff
and Mr. Steven S. Palmer
Sacramento, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Chelcy Bowles and
Mr. William Peden
Madison, WI
Dr. Walter Gay Pittman
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Glenn Powell
Northport, AL
The Presser Foundation
Haverford, PA
Dr. Gil Price
Gaithersburg, MD
Mrs. Mary Anne Price
Tallahassee, FL
Ms. Martha Pritchett
Durham, NC
Dr. Robert Monroe Pritchett
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Paul Quarles
Banks Quarles Plumbing
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ralph Banks Quarles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Randolph
Livermore, CA
Mrs. Minnie H. Rast
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James C. Redwine
Birmingham, AL
Renaissance Charitable
Foundation Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
Restore Therapy Services, LTD.
Pelham, AL
Ms. Mary Delchamps Reyner
Mobile, AL
Mr. George M. Richardson
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Luther W. Richardson, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Terra Shield Richardson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Walter Roger Richardson, Jr.
Houston, TX
Mr. Jack B. Robbins, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Rebecca McKinney Roberts
Burton, TX
Mrs. Mary Oliver Roebuck
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Joe B. Rowe
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rutkowski
Mc Kees Rocks, PA
Mrs. Donna C. Salem
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Cecil G. Sands
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Janyce Sanford
Gardendale, AL
Mr. William H. Satterfield
Birmingham, AL
Dr. E. Roger Sayers
Tuscaloosa, AL
Schwab Charitable Fund
San Francisco, CA
Dr. V. C. Scott III
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Thomas H. See
Friendswood, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris
Shaw, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
The Honorable Richard and
Dr. Annette Shelby
Washington, DC
Drs. Craig T. and Elisabeth
Shepard Sheldon
Wetumpka, AL
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Houston, TX
Dr. Alan Myron Siegal
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Terry Kay Simmons
Birmingham, AL
Colonel George Lightfoot
Singleton, Ret.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jim Sledge
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Charles C. Smith
Northport, AL
Lieutenant Commander
Edward S. Smith, Jr.
Cropwell, AL
Mrs. Garland Cook Smith
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Wendy Farris Smith
Decatur, AL
Dr. Thomas C. Smitherman
Pittsburgh, PA
Mrs. Margherita Jones Soule
Pensacola, FL
Mr. Kirk Sparkman
Cypress, TX
Mr. Harry Spooner
Ridgeland, MS
Mrs. Winifred L. Stakely
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Molly Steed
Anniston, AL
Dr. Mark G. Steltenpohl
Auburn, AL
Mrs. Leah Snell Stephens
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Johnnie Wayne Stevens
Riverside, AL
Mr. Donald Wilbur Stewart
Anniston, AL
Mrs. Barbara Mikloucich Stone
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James Mark Tanner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Berry H. Tew, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Lamar Thomas
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Marly Dukes Thomas
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Helen Raye Thrasher
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Carol Timkovich
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Claire Black Tisdal
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Lavinia Lee Tomlinson
Florence, AL
Dr. Henry B. Townsend
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jeffrey K. Toxey
Spring, TX
Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier
Mountain Brook, AL
Truman Capote Charitable Trust
Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tucker
Moundville, AL
Tuscaloosa County Republican
Executive Committee
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa Music Club
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. William A. Ulmer
Tuscaloosa, AL
The University Foundation
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David Eugene Van der Griff
and Mr. Steven S. Palmer
Sacramento, CA
Dr. Pamela Duncan Varner
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Billy Vaughn
Bloomington, IL
Dr. Julie Estin Vaughn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ventura
Mason, OH
Dr. K. Gayle Vogel
Mount Vernon, IN
Vulcan Materials Co. Foundation
Birmingham, AL
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, AL
Dr. George Hollin Wakefield III
Montgomery, AL
Mr. George Kontz Walker
Winston Salem, NC
Dr. James C. Walker, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Phillip C. Watkins
Birmingham, AL
Mr. William Thomas Watson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. L. Steve Weinstein
Mobile, AL
Dr. Frederick Wallace Williams
Accokeek, MD
Mr. Norris Hagan Williams
Gainesville, FL
Dr. Tammi Lenee Williams
Cary, NC
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Lexington, MA
The Reverend Hoyt Winslett, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Winslow
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. George H. Wolfe
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. John Francis
Wymer III
Atlanta, GA
Dr. and Mrs. James David
Yarbrough
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James H. Zeanah
Tuscaloosa, AL
Abernathys Establish
Endowed Scholarship
Laura C. and Robert E. Abernathy of Atlanta, Georgia,
have given $25,000 of a $100,000 pledge to the College to
establish the Laura C. and Robert E. Abernathy Endowed
Scholarship, which will be used to support full-time
undergraduate students majoring in the College of Arts and
Sciences. Robert Abernathy graduated from The University
of Alabama in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry
and obtained his master’s degree in 1978 from Lawrence
University. He has had a successful 32-year career with
Kimberly-Clark Corporation and has been selected to
become chairman of the board and chief executive officer
of Halyard Health. Laura Abernathy graduated from Judson
College in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and
graduated the same year from Samford University with an
associate’s degree in nursing. She has been a nurse in her
hometown of Mobile, Alabama, and Appleton, Wisconsin.
Both of the Abernathys are involved in The University of
Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board
and the National Leadership Council of World Vision.
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Collegiate Fund Donors
The Collegiate Fund supports
scholarships, teaching innovations,
and value-added student activities
that state funds do not cover. It
also enables the College to expand
its level of alumni support. Donors
to the Collegiate Fund help provide
the margin of excellence that
keeps the College in the forefront of
libreal arts education. The College
gratefully acknolwedges the
following friends who made gifts to
the Collegiate Fund between June
1, 2013 and May 31, 2014.
$ 5,000 and above
Mr. Jake F. Aronov
Montgomery, AL
Drs. Brenda and T. Lee Baumann
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Segal Edward Drummond, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
$1,000–$4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward
Abernathy
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Russ Q. Allison
Pelham, AL
Mrs. Arlene Karpinski Ashe
Sheffield, AL
Mrs. Pamela H. Askew
Tuscaloosa, AL
AT&T Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Ms. Emily L. Baker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Bette Leblanc Bargeron
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Carl Allan Barnes
Muscle Shoals, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Noel W. Bedwell
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Dorothy Deramus Boyd
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Thomas Gill Bradford III
Tequesta, FL
Mr. James S. Brooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Colgan Hobson Bryan, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Melvin Lynn Butler
Spring Hill, TN
Mr. Larry G. Canada
New Orleans, LA
Judge William W. Cardwell, Jr.
Southside, AL
Dr. Vincent Anthony Carnaggio
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Will T. Cheek, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Frances R. Clement
Elberta, AL
Mrs. Naneita Leach Cobbs
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Christopher Caleb Connor
Aiken, SC
Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper
Birmingham, AL
Dr. John Richard Cranton
Daphne, AL
Mr. Sylvester Croom, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell
Enterprise, AL
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Mr. Frederick Smith Crown, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Ms. Elizabeth Burford Crump
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Cumbus
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Davis
Mobile, AL
Dr. Jerry D. Dillard
Selma, AL
Dr. Morton B. Dimenstien
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Robert M. Dimick
Brentwood, TN
Mrs. Forsyth S. Donald
Birmingham, AL
Dr. John W. Donnelly, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Dan E. Douglas
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jack Drake
Birmingham, AL
Dr. John T. Eagan, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Miller Bonner Engelhardt
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Elizabeth D. Ennis
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Mary Ann Fair
Tucker, GA
Mrs. Kathleen A. Farmer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams Fite
Florence, AL
Mr. Eric Benjamin Foker
Pasadena, CA
Dr. Andre J. Fontana, Sr.
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Marjorie H. Forney
Birmingham, AL
Dr. William Hull Forster
Bethany Beach, DE
Mr. Gary Marvin Fowlie
New York, NY
Dr. H. Joseph Fritz, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
General Electric Fund
Fairfield, CT
Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan Goldberg
Mountain Brook, AL
Mrs. Milla Windham Green
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank William Gregory
Wetumpka, AL
Dr. Roy Thomas Hager
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Gerard D. Haggstrom
Florence, AL
Mrs. Patricia Hatcher Hall
New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hargett
Florence, AL
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Harmon, Sr.
Point Clear, AL
Dr. Phillip Wayne Harmon
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Trudier Harris
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Joel P. Hearn
Florence, AL
Dr. Ronald Earl Henderson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Willis Hallman Hendrix
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Russell Turner Henshaw
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Anne Barr Herman
Suwannee, FL
Mr. Andrew Norris Hey
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Ilouise Partlow Hill
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Mack Dennis Hixon
Banks, AL
Dr. John W. Holaday
West Bethesda, MD
Mr. Ralph Gans Holberg III
Mobile, AL
Mr. Ralph Eugene Holt
Florence, AL
Dr. Michael Benjamin Honan
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Camilla Huxford
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ingalls
Montgomery, AL
Dr. David H. Jackson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. William Paul Jackson, Jr.
North Myrtle Beach, SC
Dr. William E. Johnson III
Mobile, AL
Mr. Thomas J. Joiner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Allan D. Keel
Houston, TX
Kerr-McGee Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Mr. Steven King
Andalusia, AL
Dr. Jerry Lester Kitchens
Birmingham, AL
Dr. David L. Klemmack
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Henry Kenneth Kudon
Chevy Chase, MD
Dr. David Joel Landau
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Kayron M. Laska
Columbus, GA
Dr. Darnell Lattal
Morgantown, WV
Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston
Birmingham, AL
Mr. John Abner Lockett III
Atlanta, GA
Mr. E. Clayton Lowe, Jr.
Trussville, AL
Dr. Chandra Maria McCall
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Daniel T. McCall III
Mobile, AL
Dr. Richmond C. McClintock, Jr.
Dothan, AL
Ms. Pamela Jo McCollough
Katy, TX
Mrs. Lila G. McGahey
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Leon Victor McVay III
Mobile, AL
Dr. Michael J. Mendle
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David Mills
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Stella Hillard Moore
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Rhett B. Murray
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Pamela McLellan Newman
Gadsden, AL
Mr. James William Noe
Sugar Land, TX
Mrs. Bonita Todd Norman
Coral Gables, FL
Dr. Michael A. Oldstone
La Jolla, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Bob Olin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Wesley
Patrick
Nashville, TN
Dr. Walter Gay Pittman
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Gil Price
Gaithersburg, MD
Dr. Robert Monroe Pritchett
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Paula Fink Quarles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ralph Banks Quarles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Bruce Stanton Reid, Sr.
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Mary Delchamps Reyner
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Margaret E. Rhoads
Birmingham, AL
Mr. George M. Richardson
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Luther W. Richardson, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Walter Roger Richardson, Jr.
Houston, TX
Mrs. Shannon Simpson Riley
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jack B. Robbins, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Rebecca McKinney Roberts
Burton, TX
Mrs. Mary Oliver Roebuck
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Alice Herren Schleusner
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Varian Cuthbert Scott III
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Leah Ann McAbee Sexton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Michael Dennis Shanahan
San Diego, CA
Drs. Craig T. and
Elisabeth Shepard Sheldon
Wetumpka, AL
Dr. Alan Myron Siegal
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jim Sledge
Tuscaloosa, AL
Lt. Cmdr. Ret. Edward S. Smith, Jr.
Cropwell, AL
Mrs. Wendy Farris Smith
Decatur, AL
Dr. Thomas C. Smitherman
Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Amanda Duncan Soong
Hoover, AL
Mrs. Margherita Jones Soule
Pensacola, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Stakely
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Ginger Winters Stallings
Dallas, TX
Mrs. Molly Steed
Anniston, AL
Mrs. Leah Snell Stephens
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Johnnie Wayne Stevens
Riverside, AL
Mr. Donald Wilbur Stewart
Anniston, AL
Mrs. Barbara Mikloucich Stone
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Alton B. Sturtevant
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Jennifer Gerardo Taylor
Alexandria, VA
Dr. Lamar Thomas
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Helen Raye Thrasher
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Ethan Tyler Tidmore
Vestavia, AL
Ms. Claire Black Tisdal
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Jean R. Tomlinson
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Henry B. Townsend
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier
Mountain Brook, AL
Dr. Pamela Duncan Varner
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Bill Vaughn
Bloomington, IL
Dr. Julie Estin Vaughn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. George Hollin Wakefield III
Montgomery, AL
Dr. James C. Walker, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Susan Austin Warner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Ellen Currie Watson
Tucker, GA
Mrs. Mary Jean Weaver
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Ann Williams Webb
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. L. Steve Weinstein
Mobile, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Allan S. Wilensky
Mountain Brook, AL
Dr. Frederick Wallace Williams
Accokeek, MD
Dr. Tammi Lenee Williams
Cary, NC
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Lexington, MA
The Reverend Hoyt Winslett, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Winslow
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Zhijian Wu
Las Vegas, NV
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wymer III
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Christopher L. Yeilding
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Robert Lee Yoder, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James H. Zeanah
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. A. Jeffrey Zieman
Mobile, AL
Collegian This is how college is meant to be.
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$500–$999
Mr. Harvey N. Adams
Tucker, GA
Dr. John Michael Belyeu
Albertville, AL
Dr. John Ernest Bennett
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Timothy Mark Bisch
Round Rock, TX
Mr. Joe Camp
Mobile, AL
Dr. Jerry Arnold Davis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Lucretia A. DeHaney
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Wayne Morgan Dykes, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Curtis William Ellison
Oxford, OH
Mr. Robert Marshall Field
Alexandria, AL
Mr. Roy Lawrence Gates, Jr.
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Mrs. Michelle Yang and
Mr. Changrui Gong
Missouri City, TX
Ms. Catherine J. Graham
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Irvin Grodsky
Mobile, AL
Mr. David L. Hill
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Mr. Brian Allan Jackson
Chevy Chase, MD
Mrs. Elizabeth Hines Jones
Flomaton, AL
Dr. Benjamin Alan Lampert
Springfield, MO
Mrs. Mary Dempsey Lembke
Birmingham, AL
Dr. L. Anne Lewis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Stanley K. Lochridge
Jasper, AL
Dr. Richard Howard Lyerly
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Richard M. MacKay
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Charles R. Mandly, Jr.
Chicago, IL
Dr. Ron Maner
Chapel Hill, NC
Mrs. Cynthia Trantham
Markushewski
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Joseph Hamil McLure, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Alison Lawther Meador
Austin, TX
Ms. Joyce F. Munn
Fairhope, AL
Dr. Ralph Dewey Neal, Jr.
Grove Hill, AL
Mr. George M. Noblin
Montgomery, AL
Dr. John Stuart Patton
Northport, AL
Mr. Robert Hoke Perkins, Jr.
Charlottesville, VA
Mr. John T. Price
Decatur, GA
Drs. Russell and Linda Reeves
Birmingham, AL
Regions Financial Corporation Foundation
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Frank Hall Reynolds II
Chattanooga, TN
Dr. Gregory Dean Sand
Mobile, AL
State Farm Company Foundation
Bloomington, IL
Mr. Michael Stephen Stutts
Beverly Hills, CA
Mrs. Betty Ann Holladay VanNuys
Fairfax, VA
Mr. Laurence Duncan Vinson, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. William Thomas Watson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. E. Keith Williams
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Shane Graham Yokley
Charlotte, NC
$250–$499
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Jacksonville, FL
Dr. James Noble Anderson, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Apache Construction Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jose G. Arrieta
Pearland, TX
Ms. Stevana Ausban
Stockton, CA
Mrs. Pamela Rutledge Ausley
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Helen Elizabeth Barnes
Charlotte, NC
Mrs. Irene Pappas Beleos
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Star K. Bloom
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Tommy Eugene Brakefield
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Edward T. Braye, Jr.
Port Neches, TX
Mr. Helman Robert Brook
Great Neck, NY
Dr. James Gordon Brooks, Jr.
Dallas, TX
Mr. George H. Brown
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. James E. Brown IV
Spartanburg, SC
Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
Dr. John David Chandler
Gilbertsville, KY
Dr. Douglas Curtis Clark
Pelham, AL
Mr. Laurence Allen Clifton
Courtland, VA
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Paula Porter Crockard
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. William T. Denton, Sr.
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Abbie K. Drummond
Jasper, AL
Dr. Stephen Philip Erdberg
Greenbrae, CA
Ernst & Young Foundation
Princeton, NJ
ExxonMobil Foundation
Irving, TX
Mrs. Deborah Barnes Feldser
Lafayette, CO
Drs. Davis L. and Diane I. Findley
Fairhope, AL
Mrs. Julie Hall Friedman
Fairhope, AL
Mr. Anthony Gerard George
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Sylvia L. Gilmore
Newborn, GA
Dr. James Randall Glaze
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Dora Henley Going
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Jane Paget Gordon
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Vicki Lovelady Gregory
Montgomery, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Hancock
Rome, GA
Mr. James I. Harrison, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Cody Lance Henderson
Boerne, TX
Mr. and Mrs. William Thaddeus
Mauldin
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Maxwell McBrayer, Jr.
Frankfort, KY
Mrs. Shirley D. McCrary
Mooresville, AL
Mr. Michael Kevin McCue
Athens, AL
Dr. Max Victor McLaughlin
Mobile, AL
Mr. Joseph McMillan
Alexandria, VA
Dr. Ronald Clifton Merrell
Mentone, AL
Mrs. Lynne Goggans Miller
Phoenix, AZ
Mr. Doug Milner
Mc Minnville, TN
Mrs. Anne McAliley Moman
Northport, AL
Dr. Lucy Terry Nowell
Highland, MD
Mr. Raymond Charles Sturm
Spartanburg, SC
Ms. Dorothy Carolyn Tatum
Scottsboro, AL
Mr. George Forman Taylor III
Blacksburg, VA
Ms. Martha Regina Thomas
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Ronald Marion Tisdale
Birmingham, AL
Dr. William J. Urquhart
Mobile, AL
Mr. R. Lee Vaughan, Jr.
Spring, TX
Dr. Grover M. Ward
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. George Alyen Wheat
Sierra Vista, AZ
Dr. Noah Brice Whetstone
Mobile, AL
Mr. Jeffry Cleveland Williams
Portland, OR
Mr. Francis J. Wozniak
Fredonia, NY
Friends and Family of Carolyn P. Handa
to Establish Endowed Scholarship
Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Carolyn P. Handa have pledged $25,000 to establish the
Carolyn P. Handa Memorial Scholarship, which will be used to support students studying English.
Handa joined The University of Alabama faculty in 2005. She taught expository writing in the
Department of English and conducted research in the field of composition and rhetoric, serving
as assistant chair of the department and a senior faculty member for the graduate program in
composition, rhetoric, and English studies. She also dedicated herself to mentoring minority and
first-generation college students as a faculty fellow for the McNair Scholars Program. Anyone wishing
to donate to the scholarship fund should send donations to The University of Alabama Office of
Advancement Services, Box 870101, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. Checks should be made payable to The
University of Alabama with a note indicating the gift is for the Carolyn P. Handa Memorial Scholarship.
Mrs. Wendi Ward Hinton
Cypress, TX
Mr. William R. Hoyle
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Patrick Paul Hughes
Anniston, AL
Mrs. Elmore Bartlett Inscoe
Montgomery, AL
Colonel Jack Morris Ivy, Jr.
Springfield, OH
Ms. Diane Kelly Johnson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Robert K. Johnson
Forest, VA
Dr. Arthur Alvin Jones III
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Kahlmus
Meridian, MS
Colonel Lawrence H. Kloess, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Alva M. Lambert
Montgomery, AL
Mr. O. Clayton Lilienstern
Bellaire, TX
Dr. Dilin Liu
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Carol Ann Long
Asheville, NC
Mr. Douglas E. Martin
Clanton, AL
Occidental Petroleum Charitable Foundation
Tulsa, OK
Mrs. Kay Holman Oshel
Silver Spring, MD
Mr. Christopher Scott Paslawski
Bethesda, MD
Mr. J. Wray Pearce
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Glenn Powell
Northport, AL
Dr. H. Mark Reynolds
Brewton, AL
Dr. Roger Scott Rowlett
Hamilton, NY
Mrs. Susan Kimbrough Rudolph
Mobile, AL
Dr. Paul P. Salter, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. John Edward Scowley
Richmond, MO
Dr. Charles Michael Soppet
Dothan, AL
Mrs. Patricia Roberts Sprague
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jarel Pugh Starling
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Karen Elizabeth Stone
Ohatchee, AL
$100–$249
Mrs. Cynthia Whitley Achorn
Davidsonville, MD
Dr. Thomas Marion Adair, Jr.
Alpharetta, GA
Dr. Lee M. Albritton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Altec Industries, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Aaron Altmann
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Augusta Marshall Andrews
Anniston, AL
Mr. James Cooper Askew, Jr.
Auburn, AL
Mr. Frank Gerard Atkins
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Antoine H. Ayoub
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Charles P. Bagby
Hobe Sound, FL
Ms. Barbara J. Bailey
Clearwater, FL
Dr. Karen Meshad Baldwin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ronald B. Barze, Sr.
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Linda Harrell Bauer
Pensacola, FL
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Collegiate Fund Donors
Dr. Maynard P. Bauleke
Lawrence, KS
Dr. Bennett Lee Bearden
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Stephanie M. Bender
Mobile, AL
Dr. Jefferson S. Bennett
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Sarah L. Bisch
Norfolk, VA
Mrs. Ruby McCullough Bissett
Sarasota, FL
Dr. Cynthia Anne Bonner
Pike Road, AL
Mr. Carl P. Borick
Charleston, SC
Mrs. Patsy Bouloukos
Birmingham, AL
BP Foundation, Inc.
Warrenville, IL
Mr. Claude J. Bradshaw
Catharpin, VA
Mrs. Alicia Gail Bridgeman Smith
Alexandria, VA
Dr. Melinda Kitchens Brooks
Guntersville, AL
Dr. Loretta Graves Brown
Gurley, AL
Ms. Renee M. Burk
Saint Petersburg, FL
Mr. Terry David Burns
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Kathryn Mack-Burton
La Mesa, CA
Mrs. Patricia Hough Camp
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Charles L. Cansler
Saint Simons Island, GA
Mr. William Robert Carter, Jr.
Monroeville, AL
Mr. Richard Leon Chambers, PhD
Montgomery, AL
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chapman
Atlanta, GA
Ms. Martha Ann Chapman
Annandale, VA
Chevron
Princeton, NJ
Mr. William A. Christenberry, Jr.
Washington, DC
Mrs. Jennifer H. Clark
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Rea Schuessler Clark
Lanett, AL
Mr. Tharren William Clark
Arlington, VA
Mr. Michael Thomas-Henry
Clemmons
Del Rio, TX
Dr. Jack Keith Clemons
Albertville, AL
Mrs. Ann Lee Cobb
Raleigh, NC
Mrs. Anne Johnson Cody
Anniston, AL
Dr. Mark Philip Cohen
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Marvyn Donald Cohen
Columbus, GA
Con Edison
New York, NY
Dr. Kristi D. Concannon
Mountain Top, PA
Dr. A. Mitch Cooper
Bradenton, FL
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Dr. Ronald Lynn Cox
Trinity, FL
Dr. Walter Joseph Crook
Montgomery, AL
Mr. M. Dean Cruce
Chattanooga, TN
Mrs. Margaret S. Culp
Birmingham, AL
Dr. William A. Curry
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Donald Henry Dahlene II
Eclectic, AL
Ms. Amanda Douglas Daily
Fort Worth, TX
Mrs. Alpha B. Davis
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Carley Verne Davis
Mobile, AL
Mr. Douglas Davis
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Mr. Kenneth Dudley Davis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Nancy Blanton Davis
Auburn, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Davis
Rome, GA
Dr. Sara D. Davis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. P. Caldwell DeBardeleben, Jr.
Selma, AL
Dr. Arnold Wayne Deloach
Marbury, AL
Dr. Michael Thomas D’Errico
Tallahassee, FL
Mr. Henry Calley DeVasher, Jr.
Fairhope, AL
Mr. Marcel DiGiovanni, Jr.
Saint Rose, LA
Dr. Anthony Gerard DiPasquale
Merritt Island, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Dobbins
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Stephen Alan Doblin
Beaumont, TX
Mrs. Karen Donald
Chatom, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Donohue
Vienna, VA
Dr. Ray Michael Dowe, Jr.
Spring, TX
Mr. Norman Downey
Grove Hill, AL
Drs. Daveta and Frank Dozier
Thomasville, AL
Mrs. Margie Winterburn Drane
Orlando, FL
Mrs. Jessellan L. Dunn
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Bruce Howard Eads
Salisbury, NC
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Edwards
Albany, GA
Mr. Michael Leon Edwards
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Philipp Alvis Ehrman
Helena, AL
Mr. William Louie Ellison, Jr.
Louisville, KY
Major and Mrs. Brand Lacy Elverston
Pea Ridge, AR
Energen Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Dallas W. Fanning
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Lawrence Kent Faulkner
Helena, AL
Dr. Maureen Hedwig Feuston
Asheville, NC
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Andrew Fikes
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Laura B. Fikes
Hamilton, AL
Dr. James Russell Finch
Hartselle, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Henry Fisher
Mobile, AL
Ms. Georgia Flesser
Birmingham, AL
Mr. J. Stephen Flowers
Troy, AL
Dr. Johnny Kent Folmar
California, PA
Mrs. Allison Chandler Ford
Madison, AL
Dr. Gary Matthew Fowler
Winfield, AL
Mr. Hubert Rivers Fowler
Pittsboro, NC
Mrs. Meredith G. Fox
San Antonio, TX
Mr. James Tilden Frantz III
Annville, PA
Mr. David Cornelius Fratarcangelo
Hopewell, VA
Dr. Herbert Huey Gannon, Jr.
Pensacola, FL
Dr. James F. Gardiner
Fairhope, AL
Mr. Asa Gaston
Birmingham, AL
General Electric Company
Fairfield, CT
Mrs. Amanda Lynn Gibson
Argyle, TX
Mr. Thomas L. Giles
Gulf Shores, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ginsburg
Reston, VA
Mr. Robert M. Girardeau
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Edward Lawrence Goldblatt
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Goodwin
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Mrs. Jacqueline D. Graves
Talladega, AL
Dr. Larry Shayne Green
Lake Jackson, TX
Dr. Michael Irving Green
Orinda, CA
Dr. Clarence F. Hamilton, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Sarah Rodgers Hanson
Spring, TX
Mr. Dale Wayne Harmon
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Nancy Magel Harper
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Donald Ray Harris, Jr.
Midland, TX
Dr. Dianne F. Harrison
Northridge, CA
Dr. Michael Thayer Hartsfield
Milton, FL
Mr. Larry Richard Hawkins
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Edwin A. Hawley, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Kevin Curtis Hayes
Aberdeen, MS
Dr. Cooper Green Hazelrig
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Robert Wayne Heath
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James Earl Hedgspeth, Jr.
Gadsden, AL
Mrs. Katherine Elaine Hershman
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James Thomas Hill
Northport, AL
Mr. John Lawson Hilson
Bolingbroke, GA
Dr. Linda Whitney Hobson
Raleigh, NC
Mrs. Elaine Schwartz Holberg
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Elnor Y. Holcombe
Tucker, GA
Dr. Mary Evelyn Hollaway
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Hillman J. Holley
Slidell, LA
Dr. Williams C. Holmes, Jr.
Fort Smith, AR
Mr. Arthur James Horne, Jr.
Upper Marlboro, MD
Mr. Frank L. Hrabe
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Jenny J. Hudson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Arley Hughes, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Mr. Raymond Hester Hughey, Jr.
King George, VA
Mrs. Manda Wheat Humber
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Carol Sullivan Hunn
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Lawrence Keith Hunt
Roswell, GA
IBM Corporation
Research Triangle Park, NC
Dr. Russell Leon Ingram
Jacksonville, AL
Dr. Harold Isaacs
Americus, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jack
Kingsport, TN
Mr. Charles Ernest Jackson, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Dr. Donald E. Jackson
Hamilton, OH
Mr. Sheldon Eric Jeames
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Bradley Jerome Johnson, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Dr. James Louis Jolly, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Andi Higgins Jones
Northport, AL
Ms. Anita D. Jones
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard James Jowers
Cropwell, AL
Mrs. Sandra Heifner Junge
Evansville, IN
Dr. Lawrence I. Kahn
Saint Louis, MO
Dr. Stanley Samuel Kahn
Berkeley, CA
Dr. Richard Mark Kendrick
Northport, AL
Mrs. Yvonne C. Kendrick
Fayetteville, GA
Dr. Bruce Maurice Key
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Margaret Ingram King
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Stephen Henry Kirkemier
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Koslin
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Christopher Eli Laird
Richmond, KY
Mr. William R. Lane, Jr.
Saint Petersburg, FL
Mrs. Evelyn Raiford Langford
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Wayne Walker Langston
Hot Springs National Park, AR
Mr. Jerome H. Lapidus
Mountain Brook, AL
Dr. Shirley Brooks Laseter
Prattville, AL
Mrs. Barbara Jones Laurendine
Mobile, AL
Mr. Terry W. Leatherland
Sugar Land, TX
Mr. Nelson Lenwood Lee
Hartselle, AL
Ms. Susan J. Leeds
Saint Simons Island, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clay Lemley
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Juanita Sue Lewis
Oak Hill, VA
Mrs. Eleanor Smith Lienau
Huntsville, AL
Mr. William Duncan Little III
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Austill Samford Lott
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Barbra Steinman Love
Asheville, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Russell
Lovelady
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Judith Leibold Mabry
Glen Allen, VA
Ms. Teddi Rae Mackelden
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Glida Alexander Magnani
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Scott K. Mapes
Cincinnati, OH
Mr. Joseph Keller Markel
Brownstown, IN
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hollis
Martin
Knoxville, TN
Dr. Patricia Yancey Martin
Tallahassee, FL
Dr. Wallace Maryland, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Marjorie Cain Masterson
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Jon Atherton Mather
Kingsport, TN
Ms. Martha Ann Matthews
Crestview, FL
Mr. Ernest Clyde McAlister, Jr.
Huntsville, AL
Mr. H. William McAtee
Mobile, AL
Dr. Michael Leigh McBrearty
Fairhope, AL
Collegian This is how college is meant to be.
9/22/14 5:06 PM
Mr. Zachary M. McCain
Lima, OH
Mr. Victor Edward McClellan
Daytona Beach, FL
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamar McClure
Rocky Face, GA
Mrs. Marilyn Morris McCrary
Talladega, AL
Dr. William Ulma McDonald, Jr.
Toledo, OH
Dr. David Louis McElroy
Knoxville, TN
Mr. E. Patrick McIntyre, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Gayle L. McKee
Greer, SC
Mrs. Jennifer Tobola McKeon
Stamford, CT
Dr. Jane C. McKinzey
Tucker, GA
Mr. James O. McLemore, Jr.
Trussville, AL
Ms. Lisa Straka McLeod
Burke, VA
Mr. Jerry L. McMahan
Alpharetta, GA
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Elmhurst, IL
Dr. Mike McQueen
Enterprise, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Medearis IV
Chattanooga, TN
Mr. Wayne A. Meeks
Hamden, CT
Dr. Autry Greer Megginson
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Verta Barr Meherg
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Sharmon Eddins Meigs
Mobile, AL
Merck & Company, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Mr. John H. Merrill
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Arvil Boler Miller
Northport, AL
Mr. David T. Miller
Catonsville, MD
Dr. Karen H. Miller
Louisville, KY
Mrs. Mary Jo Jernigan Miller
Memphis, TN
Dr. Samuel Jones Miller
Lagrange, GA
Milliken & Company
Spartanburg, SC
Mrs. Jennifer Minor-Springer
Prattville, AL
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerald Mitchell
Meridian, MS
Mr. James M. Montgomery
Atlanta, GA
Dr. John Richard Montgomery
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Robert James Moon
Atlanta, GA
Mr. James C. Moore
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Sally Bealle Moore
Clanton, AL
Dr. Joseph Richard Morris
Richmond, VA
Mrs. Marjorie Hess Morris
Jackson, MS
Mr. Perry W. Moskovitz
Nashville, TN
Mr. Charles Hill Munoz
Cuba, AL
Mrs. Mary E. Murchison
Elberta, AL
Mr. Gary Ricardo Napier
Duluth, GA
Dr. William Jackson Napier
Columbus, OH
Dr. and Mrs. Gary W. Nelson
Daphne, AL
Ms. Elizabeth A. Netemeyer
Chicago Park, CA
Mr. Jerome P. Newmark
Jasper, AL
Mrs. Sue A. Newton
Birmingham, AL
Dr. David Alan Norman
Shelby, NC
Mr. Robert Hudson Norman, Jr.
Prescott, AZ
Dr. Samuel Strudwick Norvell, Jr.
Rockville, MD
Mrs. Sharyn S. Nunn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Colonel John Edward O’Connor, Jr.
Prattville, AL
Office Depot, Inc.
Murfreesboro, TN
Mr. Brian Burke O’Keefe
Brooklyn, NY
Ms. Natalie O’Keefe
Saint Charles, IL
Mr. John T. Oliver Jr.
Jasper, AL
Mrs. Kathryn I. O’Rear
Jasper, AL
Mrs. Dorothy Parrish Osborne
Fort Myers, FL
Mrs. Sharon R. Osburn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Jeremy Wayne Owens
Sioux City, IA
Mrs. Susan Harris Paller
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Justin A. Parden
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Stanley Park, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Rachel King Parris
Birmingham, AL
Dr. James Lester Pate
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Felix Albert Patrick
Augusta, GA
Ms. Charlotte Marie Patton
Atlanta, GA
Mr. William Edward Pearson, Jr.
Hoover, AL
Dr. John Coney Pegues
Birmingham, AL
Mr. John W. Pemberton
Montgomery, AL
Mr. John Lonnie Perry
Roswell, GA
Mr. Timothy Richardson Petty
Colonial Heights, VA
Dr. James Edward Pewitt
Gulf Breeze, FL
Dr. Beverly C. Phifer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Kenneth Alan Phillips
Columbus, MS
Mrs. Sherrie Lynn Phillips
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Ann S. Pierce
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Duane Robert Pierson
Portland, ME
Mr. Karl H. Pilati
Russellville, AL
Mr. Dennis Pompa
Dothan, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Patrick Price
Houston, TX
Mr. William Brian Price
Madison, AL
Dr. Derek Brooks Purcell
Colorado Springs, CO
Mr. Walter Mason Quick
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Yolanda Ramona Rambin
Alexandria, LA
Dr. Robert R. Ramoska
Park Ridge, IL
Mrs. Edith Malone Rand
Greenville, NC
Mrs. Ashley K. Rawlings
Phoenix, AZ
Dr. James Charles Raymond
New York, NY
Dr. Alfred Randolph Rector
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Anita K. Reed
Lakeland, FL
Dr. James Lendon Reeder
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Joseph A. Reese
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Gene Renfroe
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Marlynn N. Rhyne
Moulton, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Bradley Scott Rice
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Mr. David Mack Roach
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Erika Clement Robertson
Sunland, CA
Mrs. Mary Kathryn Rondon
Falls Church, VA
Dr. James William Ross
Cincinnati, OH
Mrs. Erin Thomes Roth
Elmhurst, IL
Mr. Hoke Alexander Rowan
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Teri Pettersen Rowan
Portland, OR
Mr. Cayce Rumsey
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Michael Saliba
Arlington, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Sanderson
Huntsville, AL
SAP America
Princeton, NJ
Dr. Gordon Elliott Saul, Jr.
Roanoke, VA
Dr. John Richard Scales
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Leonard Alan Scott
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Cynthia Perrett Seale
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Mr. Rickie L. Shearer
Laurens, SC
Mr. Steven Mark Shelton
Northport, AL
Ms. Jennifer Anne Shenefelt
Denver, CO
Mr. Philip Alvin Shirley
Madison, MS
Mr. Russell Lewis Sikes
Monroeville, AL
Mrs. Sybil Murdock Simpson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Marie Baker Sinclair
Northport, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Norman J. Singer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John L. Slaughter
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Ann Sutton Smith
Eufaula, AL
Dr. Charles E. Smith, Jr.
Oxford, MS
Mr. Ernest Wray Smith
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Ralph Benton Smith, Jr.
Chattanooga, TN
Mr. Farley Moody Snow
Mountain Brook, AL
Mr. Stephen Lambert Speed
Jasper, AL
Mr. Clifford M. Spencer, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Charles Gaither Spradling, Jr.
Anniston, AL
Dr. and Mrs. L. David Stacy
Atlanta, GA
Dr. William Park Stallworth, M.D.
Knoxville, TN
Mr. Michael Ernest Stanley
Gulf Shores, AL
Mrs. Mary Pate Stefanu
Clanton, AL
Mr. Arthur M. Stephens
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Calvin Weldon Stephens
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Robert Smith Stephens
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Carolyn Bradford Stephenson
Mobile, AL
Mr. Charles Michael Stilson, Jr.
Colonial Heights, VA
Mr. James Terry Stinson
Monroe, GA
Mr. Sam William Stinson
Laurel, MS
Reverend William Judson Stinson
Auburn, AL
Mr. Charles Wilson Stull
Madison, AL
Mr. John Benton Tally, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Marilyn M. Tamplin
Ozark, AL
Dr. Ralph M. Tanner
Baldwin City, KS
Dr. Heather Marie Taylor
Northport, AL
Mrs. Kathy Hall Taylor
Murfreesboro, TN
Dr. Samuel Edwin Taylor
Black Mountain, NC
Mrs. Suzanne Sloan Taylor
Columbus, GA
Mrs. Dianne C. Teague
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Marianne Walton Terry
Mobile, AL
Dr. Nina Jones Terry
Hoover, AL
Mr. John Greene Thompson
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Katherine Wade Thompson
Fairhope, AL
Mr. Cleveland Thornton
Washington, DC
Edward Guy Establishes Scholarship in
Communicative Disorders
Edward E. Guy Jr. of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has given $25,000 to the College to establish the Edward Ervin Guy Jr. Endowed Scholarship
in Communicative Disorders, which will be used to support full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in communicative
disorders. Guy, born in Tuscaloosa, is a graduate of Brookwood High School. He began his career at The University of Alabama in 1994
as a program coordinator of West Alabama Comprehensive Services in the College of Education, where he continued working in various
departments until he became in 2013 an administrative assistant to the associate and assistant deans of the Graduate School. He has
also served the community as a past member of the board of directors of West Alabama Aids Outreach, Temporary Emergency Services,
T-Town Paws, the Original City Association, and the Kentuck Museum Association.
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Collegiate Fund Donors
Mrs. Karen Letton Thornton
Danville, KY
Mr. Mark Ross Thrash
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Mr. Eric Tidmore
Northport, AL
Mr. and Mrs. M. Chad Tindol
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. James Larry Traylor
Rainsville, AL
Mr. Wayne Edward Traywick
Clanton, AL
Mr. Charles J. Turner
Wetumpka, AL
Mr. James Lindsey Turner
Madison, AL
Dr. William A. Ulmer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Bobby T. Underwood
Jasper, AL
Dr. Roy M. Underwood, Jr.
Livingston, AL
Dr. Kenneth L. Vandervoort
Anniston, AL
Mr. William Hamilton Varner
Lynchburg, VA
Mr. R. Lee Vaughan, Jr.
Spring, TX
Ms. Amanda Leigh Wade
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Cathy Duncan Wahl
Decatur, AL
Dr. Gerald Wayne Waldrop
Helena, AL
Mr. Jimmy M. Wall
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John Edward Warren III
Basking Ridge, NJ
Mr. John C. Watkins V
Atlanta, GA
Dr. and Mrs. B. Michael Watson
Roswell, GA
Dr. Signe O. Wegener
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Lauren Sawyer Weil
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Cynthia L. Weldon
Frisco, TX
Mrs. Ethel Patricia West
Harvest, AL
Mr. Donald Ray Westmoreland
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Margaret Stallworth Wheeler
Dunwoody, GA
Dr. Jimmy Cleveland White
Butler, AL
Dr. James D. Williams
Gainesville, FL
Dr. Jimmy John Williams
Tuscaloosa, AL
Major Ronald Williams
Pell City, AL
Mr. Stantley B. Williams
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Robert Kemp Wilson, Jr.
Pensacola, FL
Mr. James Edward Winchester
Naples, FL
Mr. James Matthew Wood, Jr.
Jonesboro, GA
Mrs. Linda Boling Woodrow
Falls Church, VA
Mr. Joseph Addison Woodruff
Franklin, TN
Mr. James A. Woods
San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Von Wooldridge III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Elwanda Pender Wyatt
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. John Clyde Yarbrough
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Wayne Yarbrough
Montgomery, AL
Mr. James Willis Yeldell III
Charlotte, NC
To $99
Mrs. Martha Costen Abernathy
Enterprise, AL
Mr. Barrett Durham Abernethy
Livingston, AL
Dr. Jon Charles Acker
Coker, AL
Dr. Carol Jackson Adams
Ballwin, MO
Dr. Joseph Vernard Adams
Savannah, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Agee
Franklin, TN
Dr. Donald Lee Alexander
Montevallo, AL
Mr. James Reed Allen
Cumming, GA
Mrs. Lynn H. Allen
Waco, TX
Mr. James A. Anderson II
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Thomas Perrin Anderson
Garner, NC
Mr. Charles Maxwell Andrews
Northport, AL
Dr. Stanley Babit
Scottsdale, AZ
Dr. Caroline A. Ball
Rochester, MN
Mr. Benjamin Paul Bamonte
Conroe, TX
Mr. Ira Andre Bankowski
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Oroon E. Barnes
Machipongo, VA
Ms. Valencia Denease Barnes
Baltimore, MD
Ms. Andrea Morgan Batchelor
Mobile, AL
Dr. Jerry Lanice Battles
Columbia, TN
Mrs. Sandra Pirtle Bearden
Trussville, AL
Mrs. Amy Russell Bedsole
Mobile, AL
Dr. D. Anthony Bedsole
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Jo Ann White Beduerftig
Harvest, AL
Mr. Vincent Nicholas Bellofatto
Northport, AL
Mr. Matthew Tyler Belote
Loomis, CA
Mrs. Peggy Morrow Benefield
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Donald J. Benson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Joseph Kelley Berman
San Diego, CA
Mr. Robert L. Berry
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Cruse Nolen Bevill
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Fred Joseph Biasini
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Victoria Haynie Binkley
Alexandria, VA
Mr. John Francis Biter, Jr.
Bangor, ME
Mrs. Martha Chisam Black
Plano, TX
Dr. Michael David Blackburn
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Elise F. Blackwell
Selma, AL
Mr. John Hoyt Blalock
Chicago, IL
Mrs. Meredith Elayne Bliss
Huntsville, AL
David Dreher Honors Brother with
Gift to English Scholarship
David Dreher, of Seneca, South Carolina, has given $10,000 to the O. B. Emerson Endowed
Scholarship Fund in memory of his late brother, Andrew S. Dreher. Andrew Dreher also gave
$5,000 to the College of Arts and Sciences in his will. He received his undergraduate degree from
Newberry College and his doctorate in English literature from The University of Alabama, where
O. B. Emerson was one of his favorite professors. He was retired from the Veterans Administration
and was a veteran of the United States Army. David Dreher also attended The University of
Alabama, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1967 and his master’s degree in 1969.
The O. B. Emerson Endowed Scholarship Fund supports full-time students majoring in English.
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Mr. Jack Ross Blumenfeld
Miami, FL
Dr. Donna May Bohn
Spring Hill, KS
Mrs. Janet Arey Bondo
Columbia, SC
Mrs. Terry Points Boney
Hurst, TX
Mr. John Arthur Bonham, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Rebecca Henderson Bosarge
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Leitha Bland Boutwell
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Thomas Whitwell Bowron II
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Christine Griffith Box
Sheffield, AL
Dr. Julia Hart Box
Satsuma, AL
Mr. Eugene Willis Brabston, Sr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Foster Key Bradley, Jr.
Mc Calla, AL
Dr. Virginia Bailey Bradley
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Mr. Daniel Robert Brady
Oxford, AL
Mr. Matthew D. Brakefield
Helena, AL
Mrs. Patsy V. Bramlett
Decatur, AL
Mr. Joseph Edgar Brent
Versailles, KY
Dr. Frances Anne Breslin
Thorsby, AL
Mrs. Janeille E. Brewer
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Barbara Jean Briles
Lawrenceville, GA
Mr. Hugh M. Brinkley
West Palm Beach, FL
Mr. Micheal Collin Brooks
Monroeville, AL
Mr. James Lynn Brothers
Decatur, AL
Mrs. Barbara G. Brown
Newnan, GA
Mr. John Charles Brown
Gadsden, AL
Ms. Madeline Hansen Brown
Shippensburg, PA
Ms. Nancy Gatewood Brown
Richmond, VA
Mrs. Rebecca Knight Brown
Anniston, AL
Dr. Robert Monroe Browning, Jr.
Dumfries, VA
Mrs. Suzanne Carter Bryan
Lanett, AL
Ms. Johana A. Bucci
Mobile, AL
Mr. Raymond Douglas Buck
Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Michael Sterling Buckner
Headland, AL
Mrs. Jane W. Burchfield
Gardendale, AL
Dr. Lee Burns
Madison, AL
Mr. Christopher Wade Busby
Waverly, AL
Mr. David A. Butler
Pinson, AL
Mr. Michael J. Bynum
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Albert Douglas Byrd
Clanton, AL
Mr. Matthew Brian Caffrey
Dayton, OH
Ms. Judith Caldwell
Sterrett, AL
Mr. Judson Taylor Calfee, Jr.
Midland, GA
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Fisher
Campbell
Rome, NY
Mr. Justin S. Campbell
San Diego, CA
Mrs. Lane Pettiss Carleton
Mobile, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Mathew Carr
Dadeville, AL
Dr. Emily Bell Casey
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Charles A. Casmus III
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Sally Bray Caswell
Shelburne, VT
Mrs. Melanie Walthall Chambliss
Prattville, AL
Mr. Jonathan Ryne Chappell
Charlotte, NC
Dr. Alice A. Chenault
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Edward Ainsworth Childs, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Ms. LaTonya Chiles
Bessemer, AL
Mrs. M. Jane Christeson
Daytona Beach, FL
Mrs. Laura Schrieber Clark
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Lawrence A. Clayton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Johnathan R. Cleckler
Clanton, AL
Mrs. Emily Hall Clem
Athens, AL
Mr. Joshua Clement
West Palm Beach, FL
Captain Patrick D. Clements
Bossier City, LA
Mr. Jerry M. Cleveland
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Stella Cocoris
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Ray Boyd Coffey, Jr.
Richmond, VA
Dr. William M. Colburn
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Constance Rigsby Cole
Tuscaloosa, AL
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Dwight
Cole
Millport, AL
Ms. Jeanna M. Coleman
Bessemer, AL
Mrs. Gayla Greene Collins
Hurdle Mills, NC
Mr. Guy Wendell Collins
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. A. Flynt Connor
Augusta, GA
Mr. William Nelson Cooper, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Charlotte Evans Copley
Williamsburg, VA
Collegian This is how college is meant to be.
9/22/14 5:06 PM
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Cornelius
Mobile, AL
Mr. Curtis Lee Cornett
Cincinnati, OH
Mrs. Rachel VanCleave Cory
Brooklyn, NY
Ms. Pamela Ann Cox
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Rush Holland Crawford
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Pam Crider
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Dina Crawford Crigger
Lewisburg, TN
Mr. James K. Crow, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Susanne Stumpf Cunningham
Columbus, MS
Ms. Becky Danford
Dothan, AL
Mrs. Rose Mary Dannelly
Sumter, SC
Mr. Bikash Chandra Das
Meridian, MS
Mr. John Benjamin Dasch
Dallas, TX
Ms. Patti D. Davidson
Alexandria, VA
Mr. Donald Ray Davis
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Robin Swaim Davis
Memphis, TN
Mr. T. Gary Davis
Savannah, GA
Mrs. Kendra S. Day
Canoga Park, CA
Mrs. Peggy D. Day
Cullman, AL
Mr. James Robert Deane
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Katherine S. Deaton
Mobile, AL
Ms. Susan M. DeLeon
San Antonio, TX
Mr. Patrick V. Dennis
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Woodford W. Dinning, Jr.
Demopolis, AL
Mrs. Sue Cleverdon Dixon
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Carolyn Petry Dominick
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Leslie Cobb Donnell
Smyrna, GA
Mr. David Johnson Dortch
Georgetown, KY
Mr. Curtis Douglass
Roswell, GA
Ms. Laura Lynne Dover
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Hallie K. Drake
Falkville, AL
Mr. Randall Steven Drake
Brentwood, TN
Mr. Dennis Marvin Drew
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Mark J. Duff
Paducah, KY
Mr. Thomas Van Dunion
Trussville, AL
Mrs. Nancy Rhea Dunklin
Greenville, AL
Mrs. Emily Williams Dunn
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Julie Barranco Dunn
Merritt Island, FL
Mrs. Melanie Dykes
Mountain Brook, AL
Mrs. Kimberly Simpson Earle
Sioux Falls, SD
Mr. Harold Hugh Eddy
Gainesville, FL
Mrs. Carolyn Johnson Ellinger
Somerville, AL
Dr. Fred Martin Emerling III
Goodyear, AZ
Dr. Geraldine M. Emerson
East Flat Rock, NC
Mr. Carl Joseph Emmons
Trussville, AL
Mrs. Mary L. Entzminger
Conway, AR
Mr. Kaz Espy
Dothan, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie A. Etheridge
Raleigh, NC
Ms. Debra Eubanks
Ardmore, AL
Dr. Will Evans
Fairview, OR
Mr. William Evans, Jr.
Dothan, AL
Mr. Steven Tyler Everitt
Oldsmar, FL
Mrs. Jann Abraham Faciane
New Orleans, LA
Mr. John Croom Falkenberry
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Willie James Feagin, Jr.
Bloomington, IL
Mr. Jack Harris Fein
Boynton Beach, FL
Dr. Richard M. Feist
Salt Lake City, UT
Mr. Ricardo Emilio Fernandez
Metairie, LA
Dr. William D. Findlay
Mc Calla, AL
Mr. Byron Frank Findley
Brewton, AL
First Data Corporation
Omaha, NE
Mrs. Carrie S. Fitts
Northport, AL
Mr. Andrew John Flanigan
Tampa, FL
The Honorable
Charles William Fleming, Jr.
Geneva, AL
Mrs. Reba Marshall Lyons Fogarty
Point Clear, AL
Mr. Bradford Folmar
Winchester, VA
Mr. Brent Alexander Forbes
Enterprise, AL
Ms. Geraldine Taylor Fousek
Fayette, AL
Mrs. Anita Townes Fowler
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Damien M. Franklin
Collinsville, MS
Mr. J. Christopher Freeman
Newburgh, IN
Dr. Alexander Frenkel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Michael Christopher Frings
Chesterfield, MO
Mr. Dennie Ray Frye
Columbia, SC
Mr. Loren B. Gallogly III
Jacksonville, FL
Mrs. Susan Raffield Galloway
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs.William Jordan Gamble
Selma, AL
Dr. and Mrs. William Lee Gamble
Huntsville, AL
Ms. Meredith Suzanne Gant
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Melanie Parsons Gao
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Charlotte Cates Gard
Las Cruces, NM
Dr. Karen Hollingsworth Gardiner
Northport, AL
Dr. William B. Gardner
Duluth, GA
Mr. Evan D. Garfinkel
Aventura, FL
Mrs. Brinda Cain Garrigan
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Susan Jeanette Gault
Northport, AL
Mrs. Ann Lewis Gebhart
Decatur, AL
Mrs. Gale W. Gibbons
Theodore, AL
Mr. Gregory Thomas Gilbert
Marietta, GA
Mr. Steven Ginzbarg
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Martha Townley Glover
Little Rock, AR
Mrs. Christine Upchurch Golliver
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Thomas Mark Gonsewski
Eufaula, AL
Mr. Richard Goodall
Centreville, VA
Mr. Carlton T. Gorder
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. George B. Gordon
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Thomas Arthur Gordon, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James Clayton Goree, Jr.
Centreville, AL
Mrs. Nelda Gunn Gorman
Media, PA
Mr. Vincent John Graffeo
Mountain Brook, AL
Ms. Rachel Lynellen Graves
Little Rock, AR
Mr. James Coulson Gray III
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Laura Holt Gray
Hoover, AL
Dr. John C. Green, Sr.
Demopolis, AL
Mr. Matthew Nelson Green
Umatilla, FL
Dr. Virginia Little Green
Clinton, MS
Mr. Milton Charles Grishman
Biloxi, MS
Mr. Fred Allen Grissom
Youngsville, NC
Dr. Jack W. Groover, Jr.
Savannah, GA
Mr. Larry Richard Guerine
Kennesaw, GA
Mrs. Regina Rose Gunderson
Harker Heights, TX
Dr. Michael Tracey Gunter
Opelika, AL
Mr. Eugene C. Gwaltney III
Alexander City, AL
Mrs. Dia Joy Hablutzel
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Robert Lamar Hales
Helena, AL
Mrs. Ann F. Hall
Pensacola, FL
Dr. Brent Hamner
Cartersville, GA
Mr. Max W. Hand
Cullman, AL
Dr. Ronnie Michael Hanes
Union Grove, AL
Mr. C. Fred Hardwick III
Dothan, AL
Mr. Robert Marshall Hardy, Jr.
Fairfax, VA
Dr. and Ms. James W. Harrell, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Connie S. Harris
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Kenneth Alan Harris
Pelham, AL
Dr. Julia A. Hartman
Alexander, NC
Mrs. Tina Hartman
Cordova, TN
Mr. Basil N. Hasan
Buford, GA
Mrs. Carolyn Langston Hasty
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Clifford J. Hataway, Sr.
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Charles Timothy Hatfield
Ellicott City, MD
Mr. Christopher R. Haughton
Haleyville, AL
Mrs. Alice Parker Haun
Northport, AL
Mr. William G. Hause
Dothan, AL
Dr. Murray Clark Havens
Nashville, TN
Ms. Mallory Ann Hayes
Lander, WY
Mr. Walter Shields Hayes
Northport, AL
Ms. Susan Harriet Head
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Christopher Ryan Heinisch
Hoover, AL
Mr. Michael O. Henderson
Houston, TX
Mr. Jan Dean Hendrix
Wimberley, TX
Mrs. Michelle Birk Hendryx
Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Mary Jean Herden
Alexandria, VA
Mrs. Dominique P. Herrington
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Nancy Jo Walker Herzel
Nichols Hills, OK
Ms. Cortney Lynne Hewitt
Ringgold, GA
Mr. Ethan Daniel Hiatt
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Herbert Wilkinson Hicks
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Beth Biegler Hines
Germantown, TN
Ms. Nanaline Joyce Holt
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey T. Horen
Northport, AL
Mr. Ernie Harold Hornsby
Dothan, AL
Mrs. Lily Li Hsu
Rock Hill, SC
Ms. Mary Henderson Hudson
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Timothy Joseph Huffstutter
Silver Spring, MD
Mr. Randy Lee Humphries
Joppa, AL
Mrs. June Borders Hust
Fairhope, AL
Ms. Cassandra Steely Hutson
Pisgah, AL
Ms. Sarah Renea Hyatt
Steele, AL
Mrs. Maritzabel Rodriguez Hyde
Falls Church, VA
Dr. Ramona L. Hyman
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Joseph J. Ierardi
North Haven, CT
Mr. Paul Francis Imboden
Tavares, FL
Captain John E. Ingram, Jr.
Tiger, GA
Mr. Deryck Keith Jackson
Mobile, AL
Dr. Robison Brown James
Henrico, VA
Mrs. Carolyn Vann Jennings
Cumming, GA
Mr. George Wallace Johnson
Hickory, NC
Mr. Guy Vaughan Johnson, Jr.
Letohatchee, AL
Mr. William Marvin Johnson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Judge Samuel Johnston, Jr.
Lynchburg, VA
Mrs. Alessandra Anderson Jones
Demopolis, AL
Ms. Judy McMicken Jones
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Lester Earl Jones
Milton, FL
Mr. William Andrew Jones
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Florence Evans Jordan
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Dennis A. Joyce
Mantoloking, NJ
Ms. Kelly Noel Joyce
Boynton Beach, FL
Mrs. Esta Diane Meyers Kamplain
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Kathy Sheehy Kann
Dumfries, VA
Mr. Daniel J. Katz
Columbia, MD
Mrs. Amy Dean Kemp
Towson, MD
Mrs. Orenita Powers Kerl
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Lia Apodaca Kerwin
Alexandria, VA
Ms. Kendra Nichole Key
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Travis Eugene Kidd
Birmingham, AL
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Mr. Solomon P. Kimerling
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Brianna C. King
Slidell, LA
Mrs. Jodi Hanley King
Herndon, VA
Dr. Thomas Patton King
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Krissie Kirby
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Mary B. Klockenkemper
Lakeland, FL
Mr. Bryce Miller Knight
Raytown, MO
Mr. John Kurtick, Jr.
Sparrow Bush, NY
Dr. Daniel Vincent Kyle
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Anita Faye Lacefield
Tuscumbia, AL
Mrs. Katherine Lamonica
Lexington, KY
Mr. Barry Keith Langston
Toney, AL
Mr. Brad J. Latta
Theodore, AL
Mrs. Cheryl M. Lawson
Allen, TX
Dr. Dean Ford Lawson
La Grange, NC
Mrs. Marcie Anne Lawson
Sikeston, MO
Dr. Henry A. Lazer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Christine Lee
Pelham, AL
Mr. Frank M. Lee
Mountain Brook, AL
Dr. Perry Lee
Greensboro, GA
Mr. Robert Earl Lewis
Northport, AL
Mrs. Sally Wright Lewis
Wetumpka, AL
Mr. William Earnest Lewis, Jr.
Norwood, MA
Mrs. Elizabeth Marvin Little
Clinton, MS
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Foundation
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Thomas Chris Logan
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Aubrey Lamar Long
Post Falls, ID
Ms. Melinda Jean Long
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Frank Snow Longshore
North Hollywood, CA
Ms. Jacqueline R. Lopez
Winston Salem, NC
Mr. Billy Vance Loving, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Scott Michael Lucas
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens Luther
Dallas, TX
Mr. Wesley K. Lybrand
Leeds, AL
Mrs. Andrea Nicole MacDonald
Rockledge, FL
Ms. Carolyn Rosich Magers
Conyers, GA
Dr. Thomas P. Mahoney
Orange, CA
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Mrs. Mary W. Majerik
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Dorothy Swindel Malaier
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Gail P. Mallard
Memphis, TN
Mr. Michael Emanuel Manos
Anniston, AL
Mr. John Andrew Martin
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Robert Christopher Martin
Charlotte, NC
Dr. Nancy Susan Mason
Rocky Face, GA
Mrs. Barbara C. Mayfield
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Stanley Carl McCaa
Ruston, LA
Mr. Michael Jerode McCann
Mobile, AL
Dr. Paige Reece McCormick
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Margaret Ruth McCrummen
New Orleans, LA
Ms. Elizabeth Anne McCully
Hoover, AL
Mr. Joseph Stanley McFadden
Reno, NV
Mrs. Kathryn S. McGinnis
Simpsonville, SC
Mrs. Susan Hill McGinnis
Keene, NH
Mr. Allen Eugene McHenry
Ferndale, WA
Dr. Dorothy Jean McIver
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Nancy Richardson McKinnie
New Orleans, LA
Mr. Lee Holland McKnight
Portland, OR
Mrs Tiffany Lisbeth McLean
Raleigh, NC
Ms. Skye McLeod
New Orleans, LA
Dr. Gail Thomas McLure
Iowa City, IA
Mr. William Paul McNutt, Jr.
Asheville, NC
Ms. Mary Jane McPherson
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Sylvia A. McPherson
Vestavia Hills, AL
Mrs. Dianne E. McWilliams
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Sybil Sherman Merig
Mobile, AL
Mr. Robert Neal Meriwether
Asheville, NC
Merrill Lynch & Company Fdn., Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Ms. Lynn Sensabaugh Merrill
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Eunice Starr Miles
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Miller
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Gregory Eubank Miller
Ocean Springs, MS
Ms. Brenda Kyle Mince
Fort Payne, AL
Mr. George E. Mingledorff III
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Carolyn Wicks Mize
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Martha Jennings Moon
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Marion Joellen Moore
Mims, FL
Morgan Stanley Foundation
New York, NY
Mr. Jeffery M. Morgan
Peachtree City, GA
Mrs. Julia Mashburn Morgan
Auburn, AL
Mrs. Jennifer Lei Morrison
Grant, AL
Mr. John Christopher Morrison
Portland, OR
Dr. Lynda Sanderford Morrison
Easton, MD
Dr. Larry Dewayne Mullins
Madison, AL
Mr. Jaime Esteban Murillo
Mesquite, TX
Dr. Melinda Byrd Murphy
Monroeville, AL
Mr. Thomas Edenfield Murphy
Raleigh, NC
Mr. Patrick Shawn Murray
Northport, AL
Mrs. Lindy Larson Murrell
Redondo Beach, CA
Mr. Thomas Arthur Myers
Trussville, AL
Mr. Jarrod C. Nackley
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jose-Herick T. Napenas
Newnan, GA
Mrs. Valerie Roberts Nash
Mountain Brook, AL
Mr. Richard Evans Neal
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Louise M. Nelson
Cedar Bluff, AL
Ms. Lane Chambers Nestman
Fort Worth, TX
Dr. Alfred Carraway Nichols
Jacksonville, AL
Dr. Gary Patrick Nichols
Albany, GA
Dr. Paul D. Niolet
Ocean Springs, MS
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Alan Nix
Tuscaloosa, AL
Major Henry Lees Nixon
Murfreesboro, TN
Mr. Andrew Stephen Nolen
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Theron Wayne Nolen
Fayette, AL
Mrs. Lezley Rene Norris
Ennis, TX
Mr. Walter Mark Ogilvie
Austin, TX
Mr. Richard F. Ogle
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Lisa Tinsley O’Hara
Spanish Fort, AL
Mr. Kristopher Robert Olin
Blacksburg, VA
Ms. Susan M. Olin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ellis V. Ollinger, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Mr. Larry W. O’Neal
Tuscaloosa, AL
Oracle Corporation
Princeton, NJ
Mrs. Melissa O’Sullivan
Decatur, AL
Mrs. Teresa Bishop Overstreet
Thomasville, AL
Mr. Tracy A. Overstreet
Olive Branch, MS
Mr. Milton Andrew Page
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Paul Harvey Page
Pittsburgh, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Shaley Kyle Parker
Trussville, AL
Mr. David Buchanan Parrish
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Frank Joseph Parsons
Oneonta, AL
Mr. Jackson P. Partlow
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Carmine John Pastore
West Babylon, NY
Mrs. Kristi Foote Patrick
Greensboro, GA
Ms. Zayauna DeShaye Patterson
Tuskegee Institute, AL
Mrs. Barbara Hepner Patton
Opelika, AL
Mr. Joel Wayne Payton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Gwendolyn Smith Pearson
Montgomery, AL
Mr. William Wade Perry
Winfield, AL
Mr. Barry Phelps
Washington, DC
Mrs. Martha Jeanne Ingram Phillips
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Peggy Janet Phillips
Cullman, AL
Mrs. Robin Preussel Phillips
Houston, TX
Dr. William H. Phillips, Jr.
Lexington, SC
Ms. Dolores Dikis Pihakis
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Charles Thomas Pike
Jasper, AL
Mr. Toni Edward Plummer
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Thomas J. Powers
Mobile, AL
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Foundation
New York, NY
Commander Glenn Howard
Quiggle
Lagrange, GA
Mrs. Karla Rogers Quinn
Deatsville, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Rainey
Monroeville, AL
Mr. Frederick Paul Rawlins
Americus, GA
Mr. Phillip Gantt Rawls
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Justin Bryant Ray
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jerome Robert Redus
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Michael Jason Reed
Lexington, AL
Mr. William Francis Reid
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Diana B. Reynolds
Gurley, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Andrew Rhea
Gadsden, AL
Mrs. Karen F. Rheams-Burnett
Punta Gorda, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rice
Sumiton, AL
Mr. Charles E. Richardson III
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Jeff R. Richardson and
Mrs. Dannie L. Hart
Tallahassee, FL
Mr. Nathan Jefferson Riddle
New York, NY
Dr. Stancel Martin Riley, Jr.
Guntersville, AL
Mr. Robert Earl Roberts
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. LaShondra V. Robinson
Mobile, AL
Mr. Thomas Earl Rodgers
Sweet Water, AL
Mr. William Clay Rogers
Starkville, MS
Mr. Wright Hackett Ross III
Guntersville, AL
Dr. Frederick Joseph Rossi
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Randy Michael Rossignol
Metairie, LA
Ms. Diane E. Roth
Decatur, AL
Mr. Robert John Roth
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ms. Leslie Wight Route
Newnan, GA
Ms. Barbara Frances Rowell
Jacksonville, AL
Ms. Janet Kay Roycroft
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Emily B. Ruch
Memphis, TN
Mrs. Patricia Boyd Rumore
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Barbara Kent Rush
Point Clear, AL
Mr. Jesse Thomas Russell III
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Marianne McCraw Russell
Greenville, AL
Mr. Hugh Norwood Sager
Hueytown, AL
Dr. Randall T. Salekin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ricky Sanders
Decatur, AL
Dr. James Mace Sawyer
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Kenneth N. Saxon
Brownsville, TX
Reverend William H. Saxon, Jr.
Alabaster, AL
Mrs. Helen Kelly Sayre
Gulf Breeze, FL
Mr. Thomas Vincent Schifanella
Atlantic Beach, FL
Mr. Eric K. Schmitt
Denver, NC
Mrs. Frances Ellis Schwemmer
Huntsville, AL
Ms. Ashley Elizabeth Scruggs
Boulder, CO
Ms. Lindsay C. Scruggs
Gulf Shores, AL
Mr. and Mrs. James Vercell Seal
Vestavia, AL
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Dr. Joseph Michael Semple
Erie, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Alan Shamblin
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. A. Catherine Shannon
Madison, WI
Dr. Linda M. Sherwood
Bozeman, MT
Mrs. Nancy VanWert Shockley
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Barkley Byrd Shreve
Mobile, AL
Ms. Gabriela Maria Simich
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Jay Keith Simmons
Indianola, IA
Mrs. Jane Cason Simpson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Thomas A. Simpson, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Mr. John Robert Sinclair
Springfield, VA
Colonel George Lightfoot
Singleton, Ret.
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Linda Armstrong Sitton
Indian Springs, AL
Mr. David B. Skinner
Pensacola, FL
Mr. David Barton Smelser
Pelham, AL
Mr. Gary Smith
Kearney, NE
Mrs. Linda Higbee Smith
Fairhope, AL
Dr. Marshall Wayne Smith
Midlothian, VA
Dr. Maurice Ray Smith
Cleveland, TN
Mr. Walter Henry Smith
Columbia, SC
Mr. Stuart Davis Sockwell
Florence, AL
Ms. Laqueta W. Soule
Soddy Daisy, TN
Mr. Eddie D. Southard
Georgetown, TX
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Jason Donald Spahn
Mobile, AL
Dr. Julian Ferrell Sparks, Jr.
Grant, AL
Mr. Frank Edwin Spell, Jr.
Northport, AL
Mr. Robert Harper Baldwin
Spencer
Jacksonville, FL
Mr. Guy Gaillard St. Clair
New Port Richey, FL
Dr. Robert D. Stainback
Miramar Beach, FL
Mrs. Betty Thompson Steadman
Hattiesburg, MS
Mrs. Sarah Thomas Steenberge
Thousand Oaks, CA
Mr. Robert Alan Stelzenmuller
Durham, NC
Dr. Barry M. Stentiford
Leavenworth, KS
Ms. Jennifer Nicole Stewart
Selma, AL
Mrs. LaVerne Stewart
Iron Station, NC
Mrs. Georgia Patterson Stock
Chattahoochee, FL
Mr. James Douglas Stone
Montgomery, AL
Mr. H. Bernard Strickland III
Dothan, AL
Brigadier General David Lawrence
Stringer
Berea, OH
Mr. Mark Neil Strunk
Smiths, AL
Mr. John J. Sullivan, Jr.
Greensboro, NC
Mr. James Laudie Sumner, Jr.
Montgomery, AL
Mr. David Szalkowski
Houston, TX
Ms. Chelsea L. Talley
Northport, AL
Mrs. Ruth Brewton Talley
Lutz, FL
Mrs. Arabella Tatum
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Alison Nicole Tatum-Davis
Columbia, MD
Mrs. Leah O. Taylor
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Leisa Barton Taylor
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Henry Emanuel Teller, Jr.
Hattiesburg, MS
Mr. Joseph Dimmick Thetford, Sr.
Mobile, AL
Mr. Jason Charles Thomas
Fairhope, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Allen Thomas
Jasper, AL
Dr. Alan Smith Thompson
Shreveport, LA
Mrs. Mary Yarbrough Thornton
Marion, AL
Ms. Mallory Tittle
Saltillo, MS
Dr. Charles Samuel Tompkins
Brantley, AL
Ms. Margaret Houston Treese
Buhl, AL
Dr. Mary Patricia Trenkle
Tomball, TX
Mr. Charles Ramsdell Trew
Arlington, VA
Mr. Terrance Scott Troup
Pleasant Grove, AL
Mrs. Andrea L. Tuggle
Dallas, TX
Mr. Daniel Ross Turner
Jacksonville, AL
Mr. Gentry Chance Turner
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Deborah Beard Underhill
Hackett, AR
Captain Douglas Bernard
Upchurch III
Oak Harbor, WA
Mr. Joseph Bowman Urech
Enterprise, AL
Mr. Edward Hunter Vahle
Blair, NE
Dr. J. H. Van De Car, Jr.
Orlando, FL
Dr. Timothy R. VandeBrake
Rochester, NY
Mrs. Edith Mason Vann
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Jonie Griffin Varner
Ridgeland, MS
Mr. Glenn Travis Vaughn
Marion, AL
Ms. Patricia Ann Vernon
Waldwick, NJ
Mrs. Sue Smith Vice
Athens, AL
Mr. Timothy Wayne Vick
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Ashley Michelle Vinson
Trussville, AL
Dr. Sreenivasulu Vutukuri
Hillsboro, OR
Mr. Harry Alden Wagaman
Williamsport, MD
Mrs. Carol Hughes Waites
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Malvern Joseph Waldrep
Columbus, GA
Dr. Susan Ulmer Wallace
Clemson, SC
Mrs. Rita Wall-Wilson
Huntersville, NC
Ms. Joan Monica Wanat
Chicago, IL
Mrs. Elizabeth Strickland Wang
Chattanooga, TN
Mr. James Robert Ward III
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Edwin B. Washington
Columbia, TN
Mrs. Gene Brown Wasmer
High Point, NC
Mrs. Janice Preston Watkins
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Winston Winfield Way, Jr.
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Douglas Leroy Weathers
Leeds, AL
Mr. Robert W. Webb
East Palatka, FL
Mr. John Paul Weber
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Thomas Edward Weeks
Nashville, TN
Mrs. Frances Colvin Welden
New Orleans, LA
Wells Fargo Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Ms. Kathryn Vranicar Wentzel
Camp Hill, PA
Mr. H. Clark West
Sarasota, FL
Mrs. Rebecca Key Wetzel
Glen Allen, VA
Mrs. Betty Poag White
Centreville, AL
Mr. Brandon Ross White
Northport, AL
Mr. John Marcus White
Spring, TX
Ms. Clementine M. Whitman
Little Rock, AR
Dr. Mary Alice Whitt
Gadsden, AL
Mr. Edwin Lindsey Wiggins, Jr.
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Stewart Sealy Wilbanks
Vestavia, AL
Mrs. Anne James Wilbourne
Hammond, LA
Dr. Timothy R. Wilkinson
Fackler, AL
Dr. Carl F. Williams
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Dianna B. Williams
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Harold P. Williams, Jr.
Martinsville, VA
Mr. Philip Kent Williams
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Robert Williams, Jr.
Selma, AL
Mr. Vernon Hazlitt Williams
Trenton, NJ
Mrs. Melinda Wilson
Minden, LA
Mr. Orman Ray Wilson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Robert Borden Wilson
Minden, LA
Ms. Mary Linda Wimberley
Birmingham, AL
Dr. William Thomas Windham
Murfreesboro, TN
Mr. James M. Wiygul
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Guy Homer Wolf II
Towson, MD
Mrs. Sharon A. Wood
Phoenix, AZ
Ms. Kaneesha LaTonya Woodard
Enterprise, AL
Mr. Grant Marcus Woodham, Jr.
Norman, OK
Dr. Louie Albert Woolbright
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Jonathan Patterson Worrell
Atlanta, GA
Dr. James David Yarbrough
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jonathan Yasuda
Wahiawa, HI
Mr. Alfred H. Yeager
Maylene, AL
Mrs. Amelia Heath Yessick
Northport, AL
Mr. John Herron Yoder
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James H. Young
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Ruthe Rochelle Yow
Saint Petersburg, FL
Mrs. Marta Sherrill Zinkand
Scottsdale, AZ
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Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
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Director of College Relations
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Other Contributors
The following alumni and friend have
made gift to individual departments
or programs in the College. All gifts
were made between June 1, 2013
and May 31, 2014.
$100,000 and above
Mr. William G. Anderson
Shreveport, LA
Mr. and Mrs. William Alton Hall
Ossining, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Lexington, MA
$50,000 – $99,999
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Williams
Birmingham, AL
$10,000 – $49,999
Drs. Kimberlee and Guy Caldwell
Northport, AL
Clayton Foundation for Research
Houston, TX
Ms. Patricia A. DeCaro
Pittsford, NY
Levitetz Family Foundation, Inc.
Boca Raton, FL
Mr. George I. Lindahl III
Spring, TX
George C. Meyer Foundation
Summerdale, AL
Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$5, – $9,999
Alabama Credit Union
Tuscaloosa, AL
Biomedical Research Foundation
Houston, TX
Community Foundation of
West Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Exxon Mobil Production Company
Theodore, AL
Dr. and Mrs. E. Gaylon
McCollough
Gulf Shores, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mendle
Tuscaloosa, AL
The Erie Hall Meyer Charitable
Fund, Inc.
Mobile, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Mixter
Naples, FL
Curtis and Edith Munson
Foundation
Washington, DC
Mr. Russ D. Spahr
Theodore, AL
Mr. Patrick Williams
Madison, AL
$1,000 – $4,999
Alpha Lambda Delta
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Elizabeth and
Mr. Alfonso R. Aversa, III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Avery Island Inc.
Avery Island, LA
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Baldwin EMC
Summerdale, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Bell
Northport, AL
Dr. Nancy R. Campbell
Tuscaloosa, AL
Drs. Carolyn and Dennis Dahl
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James I. Harrison III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Idaho Community Foundation
Boise, ID
Mr. William Raynes Jones, Jr.
Tallassee, AL
Mr. James C. Kennemer
Birmingham, AL
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jamie M. Lipham
Spanish Fort, AL
McIlhenny Company
Avery Island, LA
Ms. Gloria Narramore Moody
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Parker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Parkinson’s Support Group of
Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Kathy Prospere
Natchez, MS
Regions Financial Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Diane B. Schultz
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Bernard James Sloan
Panacea, FL
Mr. Charles A. Stakely
Montgomery, AL
The Westervelt Company
Tuscaloosa, AL
Drs. Ann and Neil Wimberley
Hope, ID
$500 – $999
Dr. Bianca Lianna Adair
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Glenn James Ahrenholz
Buffalo Grove, IL
Dr. Brenda K. Baumann
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Donna Waters Boles
Tuscaloosa, AL
Bruker Daltonics, Inc.
Billerica, MA
Dr. John J. Burke, Jr.
Northport, AL
Mrs. Naneita Leach Cobbs
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Robert A. Cowan
Chandler, AZ
Dr. John Richard Cranton
Daphne, AL
ExxonMobil Foundation
Irving, TX
Mrs. Julie Hall Friedman
Fairhope, AL
Mr. Tomislav Galjanic
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Halli, Jr.
Northport, AL
Mr. Benjamin D. Holmes
Golden, CO
Drs. Ralph and April Lane
Northport, AL
LECO Corporation
Saint Joseph, MI
Dr. Glida and Mr. Richard
Magnani
Birmingham, AL
Lt. Col. Marvin Lynn McCloud
Lutz, FL
Mr. Jonathan McSayles
Durham, NC
Mr. Henry Moreta
Westhampton Beach, NY
Mr. John Thomas Nichols
Manassas, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis
O’Brien
Alabaster, AL
Dr. V. C. Scott III
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Barbara Mikloucich Stone
Birmingham, AL
A. R. Taylor Veneer Company
Demopolis, AL
Ms. Anne Trawick
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Lauren A. Wilson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Kathy Yarbrough
Birmingham, AL
$100 – $499
Dr. Chester Alexander, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Allegro Piano and Organ Service
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Don L. Alverson
Northport, AL
Dr. Mary A. Santina and
Mr. Peter Andronaco
Rockwall, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Braxton Ware Ashe
Sheffield, AL
Dr. Joan Lyon Atkinson and
Mr. Jon F. Atkinson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Norm Baldwin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Jean S. Barr
Opp, AL
Mr. Hillyard Jefferson Beans III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Benoist Law Offices
Natchez, MS
Dr. Joe Benson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Diane Cooley Black
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. John H. Blitz
Tuscaloosa, AL
The Boeing Company
Charitable Trust
Seattle, WA
Mr. David W. Boykin, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
BP Foundation, Inc.
Warrenville, IL
Mrs. Joan M. Brown
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Lisa Jean Burch
Chapel Hill, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Burrows
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Gavin Cameron-Webb
Irvine, CA
Mr. Kyle Collier
Pottsboro, TX
Drs. Robert and Joan Comas
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Compton
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. C. Brenda Crayton-Pitches
Decatur, GA
Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell
Enterprise, AL
Mr. Frederick Smith Crown, Jr.
Nashville, TN
Ms. Laura L. Crum
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Josephine Camp Davis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Delta Zeta Alumnae
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Samuel A. Denham
Huntsville, AL
Ms. June Devries
Scottsdale, AZ
Ms. Tracy DeWitt
Mc Calla, AL
Mrs. Christine Powless-Dixon
and Dr. David A. Dixon
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Joan T. Mallonee and
Dr. William G. Doty
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Hermine Melton Downing
Brewton, AL
Mr. Jack Drake
Birmingham, AL
Edison International
Princeton, NJ
Ms. Anne Edwards
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. David Ramsey Fisher
Houston, TX
Dr. William Arthur Formby
Northport, AL
Mr. Robert Michael Galloway
Mobile, AL
Mr. William Gilmore Gantt
Birmingham, AL
Mr. George B. Gordon
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Lucy Ann Grace
Decatur, AL
Ms. Kathy R. Grissom
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Richard H.
Groshong
Grand Lake, CO
The Honorable and Mrs.
R. Bernard Harwood, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Hestevold
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. George Douglas
Higginbotham
Laurel, MS
Mrs. Adrienne C. Howe
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Hull
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Mary Scott Hunter
Huntsville, AL
Ms. Camilla Huxford
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. William Jackson III
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Sharol Jacobson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John Jecen
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. James Louis Jolly, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Jane Hopping Joslin
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Leaf
Littleton, CO
Mr. Richard Light LeComte
Tuscaloa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Lichstein
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Steve Lindamood
Houston, TX
Dr. Dilin Liu
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Merry Koon Livingston
Northport, AL
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lochman
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Constance Marsh
MacDonald
McLean, VA
Dr. Francine Marasco
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Terrence F. Martell
Pelham, NY
Ms. Pamela Jo McCollough
Katy, TX
Mrs. Beebe M. McKinley
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Donna Meester
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Joan Parsons Mitchell
Tuscaloosa, AL
Nick’s Kids Fund
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Donald R. Noble, Jr.
Cottondale, AL
Mrs. Patricia Jenkins Noble
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Isabel Barker Oldshue
Tuscaloosa, AL
Drs. Linda and Terry Olivet
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jeffrey N. Patterson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Perry, Jr.
Florence, SC
Dr. Michael David Picone
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Pieroni
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Karl H. Pilati
Russellville, AL
Mrs. Helen Crow Pittman
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Carol A. Prickett
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Lois Z. Pyle
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Rabalais
Ridgeland, MS
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Rabel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. George C. Rable
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Robin Lynne Reach
Tuscaloosa, AL
Regions Financial Corporation
Foundation
Atlanta, GA
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Dr. and Mrs. H. Mark Reynolds
Brewton, AL
Mr. Michael Wayne Rhiney
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Norvin W. Richards
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. John William Ross, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. and Mrs. E. Roger Sayers
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Anna Self Schuber
Tuscaloosa, AL
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Houston, TX
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Mitchell
Shelton
Mc Calla, AL
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Slaughter
Tuscaloosa, AL
LtCdr. Edward S. Smith, Jr.
Cropwell, AL
Snow Sleep Center, PC
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Richard Maxwell Snow
Tuscaloosa, AL
SpectralWorks
United Kingdom
Dr. and Mrs. Warren H. Spruill
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E.
Stephens
Montgomery, AL
Mr. George W. Taylor
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Teague
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Templin
Whiteman Air Force Base, MO
Mrs. Angela Mooi Thomas
Mandeville, LA
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Thrasher
Seneca, SC
Mrs. Phyllis Jackson Todd
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Susan and Mr. Jack Warner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Steven E. Weinstein
Mobile, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clyde
Whetstone, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Professor and Mrs. Edward C.
White
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. William W. Winternitz
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Anne C. Witt
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Gary Douglas Woods
Northport, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wright
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Amir Zaheri
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Carolyn McCracken Zeanah
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Yang Zhao
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Willita S. Zoellner
Tuscaloosa, AL
$99 and below
Dr. Lynne Adrian
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Summer R. Atkins
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Sharilyn Meltzer Augins
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Helena A. Bain
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Joan M. Barth
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Stephen A. Borrelli
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Ann Bourne
Northport, AL
BP Chemicals
Houston, TX
Ms. Sharon Broach
Smiths Station, AL
Dr. Ian W. Brown
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Susan L. Burkett
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Leslie Carson
La Follette, TN
Mrs. Nancy Carson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Cashion
Denver, CO
Dr. Barbara Ann Chotiner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Emily Lauren Cimbal
Parkland, FL
Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Clements
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Ally Cohen
Narberth, PA
Mr. Chuck Collins, Jr.
Cottondale, AL
Mr. James N. Connor
Boaz, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Thomas Cook, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Jennie C. Cowart
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. James K. Crow, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Culton
Northport, AL
Mr. James E. Curtis, Jr.
Washington, DC
Dr. MaryBeth and Mr. Alan
Dennis
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jordan Dewitt
McCalla, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. DeWitt
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Kimberly Havard Diano
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Dietsch
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Rona J. Donahoe
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Adelaide Shamburger
Drennen
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Alicia Dunlap
Dayton, OH
Dr. Arthur N. Dunning, Jr.
Albany, GA
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dyni
Lafayette, CO
Ms. Susan Edwards
Rome, GA
Mrs. Marcie Eppling
Toney, AL
Ms. Cheyenne Ford
Powder Springs, GA
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ford
Rome, GA
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Francko
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. H. Joseph Fritz, Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Charlotte Kruger Gattozzi
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jeremy Given
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Goertz
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Katherine Gorham
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Cody S. Goss
Olive Branch, MS
Ms. Camille Samples Hall
Northport, AL
Ms. Peggy Hamner
Northport, AL
Dr. Luoheng Han
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Arne Hansen
Elberta, AL
Dr. Jonathan Woodard Hooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Heather Duerre Humann
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Laura Elizabeth Hurd
Moraga, CA
Ms. Ernestine Jackson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Joanna Jacobs
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Constance G.
Janiga-Perkins
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jamie D. Johnson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. A. Erin Jones
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Mishra Harris Keller
Evanston, IL
Mr. Robert Deavours Kemp
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Kelly Dawn Kinder
Mc Calla, AL
Ms. Beverly A. Kissinger
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Ken Kuntz
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Lenore and Mr. Alex Levin
Tampa, FL
Ms. Arietha Ann Lockhart
Decatur, GA
Mr. David Low
Aiken, SC
Mr. S. Michael Malinconico
Northport, AL
Mr. Robert Martin
Mandeville, LA
Ms. Cindy Mashburn
Steele, AL
Ms. Bridget Ellen McGraw
Huntsville, AL
Mr. Logan Middlebrooks
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Cynthia F. Miller
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Norman E. Miller
Northport, AL
Bon Voyage
These College of Arts and Sciences faculty members
retired during the 2013-2014 academic year, trading
class time and office hours for more leisurely pursuits.
O. Kimball Armayor
Modern Languages and
Classics
Tsun-Zee Mai
Mathematics
David B. Boles
Pyschology
Elaine Martin
Modern Languages and
Classics
Hobson Bryan
Geography
Oleg Mryasov
Physics and Astronomy
Priscilla Nellum Davis
Communicative Disorders
Mindy N. Nancarrow
Art and Art History
Tony A. Freyer
History
Carol Prickett
School of Music
Harry Heath
Biological Sciences
Jane Rasco
Biological Sciences
Marvin Johnson
School of Music
Gary L. Sloan
Biological Sciences
Vernon K. Knight
Anthropology
James Thompson
Brewer-Porch
Children’s Center
Tan-yu Lee
Mathematics
Mr. Gantt Moore
Birmingham, AL
Mr. James E. Morris
Hoover, AL
Ms. Claire Mosley
Trussville, AL
Ms. Roxana Munoz
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Neuman
Philadelphia, PA
Mrs. Robyn Sager Nichols
Bessemer, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Nicol
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Jennifer Ocampo
Cypress, TX
Dr. Catherine M. Pagani
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Dakota Elizabeth Park-Ozee
Orlando, FL
Mr. Carter Powers
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Katelyn Reichardt
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Terri Robertson
Birmingham, AL
Ms. Amanda Rosenberg
Englishtown, NJ
Ms. Clara Ann Russell
Houston, TX
Mr. Maurice DeVaughn Sawyer
Washington, DC
Zhijian Wu
Mathematics
Mr. Charles Setzer
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Jane Cason Simpson
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Marjorie G. Smith
Buffalo Creek, CO
Mrs. Kathryn O. Starbuck
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Bill Stewart
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ms. Alice Taylor
Northport, AL
Ms. Frances Tucker
Cottondale, AL
Ms. Alexandra Nicole
Varboncoeur
Nashville, TN
Dr. Pieter B. Visscher
Northport, AL
Ms. Amber Wagner
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Chad Everette Ward
Watertown, NY
Mrs. Monica Moss Watkins
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Meridith J. Wheatley
Northport, AL
Mrs. Tarah Turner Wilson
Bel Air, MD
Ms. Jacqueline Wuska
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Robert Lee Yoder, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
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Society for the Fine Arts Lifetime Members
The Society for the Fine Arts, or SFA, was
established in 1975 to advocate for and
support fine and performing arts programs in
the College of Arts and Sciences. The society
annually honored state and community leaders
and artists with a Lifetime Membership for their
role in advancing the arts in Alabama. In 2003
the SFA was incorporated into the College’s
Leadership Board.
Mr. Neal L. Andrews, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
Aaron Aronov Family Foundation
Montgomery, AL
Mr. H. Brandt Ayers
Anniston, AL
Dr. Omer A. Baker
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Gray Davis Boone
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. G. Lee Burchfield III
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Celeste E. Burnum
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Wesley Brooks Chapman
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. William A. Christenberry, Jr.
Washington, DC
Mrs. Jeannie Granger Cox
Stone Mountain, GA
Dr. Cedric Carl Dent
Mount Juliet, TN
Mr. George W. Dockery Jr.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Frank D. Fleming
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Roberta Peacock Gamble
Arroyo Grande, CA
Mr. Winston Francis Groom, Jr.
Point Clear, AL
Mr. David Alan Harrell
Spartanburg, SC
Dr. Wilbur Hinton
Hattiesburg, MS
Mr. Nall Hollis
Fairhope, AL
Mr. John O. Hope
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Andrew L. Hudgins, Jr.
Columbus, OH
Mrs. Elmore Bartlett Inscoe
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Nanci P. Kincaid
Honolulu, HI
Mrs. Suzanne H. Kirby
Brewton, AL
Mr. Charles H. Land
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston
Birmingham, AL
Dr. George Michael Maitre, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Mrs. Charlotte B. Marshall
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Currie Allen Martin, Jr.
Mobile, AL
Dr. Everett David McCorvey
Lexington, KY
Mr. Roger Dale Meadows
Bessemer, AL
Dr. Joan Parsons Mitchell
Tuscaloosa, AL
Monarch Tile
Florence, AL
Ms. Gloria Narramore Moody
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Jim Nabors
Honolulu, HI
Mr. James R. Nelson
Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Harold Bowman Nicrosi
Montgomery, AL
Mr. Craig Laurence Nutt
Kingston Springs, TN
Mr. David Buchanan Parrish
Huntsville, AL
Mrs. Jean A. Pinkerton
Sylacauga, AL
Mr. Sanford B. Pinkerton
Sylacauga, AL
Mr. Oliver W. Roosevelt, Jr.
Arlington, MA
Mrs. Jane M. Stribling
Albuquerque, NM
Mr. Gay Joseph Talese
New York, NY
Mrs. Suzanne Boles Thetford
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. James H. Thomas
Tuscaloosa, AL
The Tuscaloosa News
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Jack W. Warner
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Robert S. Weil
Montgomery, AL
Mrs. Yvonne Wells
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Sarah W. Wiggins
Tuscaloosa, AL
Mr. Evan Wilson
Hoosick, NY
Dr. Wilfred Ward Yeargan, Jr.
Northport, AL
College Ambassadors Seek to Establish
Scholarship for Students in Need
Serving as the face of the Rising Tide campaign, an
Ambassador-led campaign organized to establish a
scholarship for students in need, is a 6-foot-wide, 4-foottall “elephant bank” made of wood and Plexiglas. Pictured
are College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Robert Olin
and Ambassador co-presidents Will Menas and
Hannah Studdard dropping their donations inside.
What would you do if you could be dean of
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts
and Sciences for a day?
Marcita Cole, one of more than 9,100
students who were asked the question via
social media earlier this year, said she would
provide critical financial assistance to successful
students in need. The College’s student
Ambassadors were struck by her response and
are seeking to make her vision a reality.
The College of Arts and Sciences
Ambassadors began conducting a campaign
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Aug. 25 to promote the Rising Tide
Scholarship, which will provide a helping
hand to students facing a variety of
obstacles or challenges. The campaign
has included on-campus events and
donation centers, promotions on social
media, and spirit nights at participating
Tuscaloosa restaurants.
The Ambassadors’ co-president
Will Menas said the goal of the campaign
is to have all students in the College of Arts
and Sciences donate $1 to the scholarship
fund and to build shared community
support for the scholarship.
To encourage student participation and
collaboration with the College’s faculty
and alumni, the Ambassadors have asked
the College’s faculty to consider matching a
student or class’s contribution to the Rising Tide
campaign and have asked alumni to match
their respective honor society’s contributions.
The Ambassadors’ goal is to raise $25,000 in
order to endow the scholarship.
“We hope to make this scholarship a reality
in honor of all the students we know who are
facing hardships,” Menas said. “We all know
students who are veterans, students who are
parents, students who hold down three jobs
to make ends meet, students who have lost
parents, students whose parents have lost jobs,
and students in other difficult situations.”
Donations can also be made online by
visiting the College of Arts and Sciences
website at www.as.ua.edu. Click “Give to A&S”
and “Give Now,” and select the “Rising Tide
Endowed Scholarship” account. ■
Invest
In Tomorrow’s
Leaders
Invest in the future by supporting
College of Arts and Sciences students.
Undergraduate scholarships are the
College’s top priority. You can make
a difference. Please join us in
supporting deserving students
with financial needs.
Contact
Kathy Yarbrough
Director of Development
205-348-0696
[email protected]
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Alumni Notes
Alumni Notes
1947
Lauren C. Clough (history, BA) has retired as a teacher in Nassau County,
Florida. He continues to be involved in a retired teachers association, AARP,
and national politics.
1993
Carl Borick (history, BA) has been named the director of The
Charleston Museum, America’s First Museum, which was founded in
1773.
1953
Mary Alice Gray Lee Hudson (chemistry, BS) has retired after practicing
medicine for 30 years. She has two children, five grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren. Her hobbies include painting and traveling. She lives in
Madison, Mississippi, with her husband Jerrold.
David Moyer (political science, BA; criminal justice, MS, 1994) has
been elected president of the St. Charles Parish Bar Association in
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. He received his Juris Doctor from The
University of Alabama in 1996 and currently practices law in Luling,
Louisiana.
1963
Fred Marchman (art, BFA) published a new book of poetry. Thee Portals of
Paradise, published by Author House in 2013, is written in cursive freehand
and is illustrated by Marchman.
2001
Shannon Michael Boyd (English, BA) is a premier field engineer for
Microsoft. He lives in Yorktown, Virginia, with his wife Sonya and three
children, Lily, Colton, and Jack.
1970
James L. Sumner Jr. (biology and chemistry, BS) was awarded the Council
on Governmental Ethics Laws Award for 2013. Sumner has been the
director of the Alabama Ethics Commission since 1997, and he is credited
for his leadership in implementing a major revision of the state’s ethics laws.
Adam R. Colvin (Russian and political science, BA) has accepted a
position at the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. Following initial orientation and training in Washington, D.C., Adam
will serve as a U.S. Diplomat, posted at one of the more than 265 U.S.
Embassies and Consulates abroad, moving with his family from post to
post every 2-3 years.
1971
Charles A. Casmus III (broadcast and film communication, BA) recently
played his 1,500th gig as the lead singer in the Montgomery-based band
Charlie C & The Cuzamatics. He has been performing part-time since 1966.
J. Michael Ferninany (theatre and speech, MA) just signed with KOR Talent
Agency after receiving good reviews for his performance in the comedy “The
Belle Aires.” He is currently writing a new play.
2003
Katherine Perez-Rivera (psychology, PhD) is successfully running a
fee-for-service/out-of-pocket private practice specializing in clinical
pediatrics. She is also enjoying life with her husband, Orlando, and her
9 1/2 year old daughter, Kassandra.
1975
James E. Griffith Jr. (biology, BS) recently founded the OldSchool
Collaborative to bring together teams of designers, educational institutions,
and public agencies to create sustainable and economically viable
communities.
Thank You for Supporting the
collegiate fund
The Collegiate Fund invests in quality education—
and the returns are great. The fund provides
enriching components to a liberal arts education
that state funds just don’t cover:
• Enriching student programs, expanding horizons
and leadership opportunities.
• Faculty support, enabling faculty to apply new
teaching methods and technologies in their
classes.
• Value-added College activities that maximize
contributions and increase scholarship support.
• Much-needed annual scholarships to reward
deserving students when all other sources of
scholarship assistance are exhausted.
• A lasting source for student scholarships through
the Collegiate Fund’s annual contribution to
the Collegiate Fund Scholarship Endowment,
maximizing the impact of every contribution and
ensuring a perpetual source for scholarships.
It’s easy to give to the
Collegiate Fund.
On-line at www.as.ua.edu or by
calling us at 1-800-365-2302.
Mail your check to:
Office of the Dean
Box 870268
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268
Visa, MC, Discover and
American Express credit cards accepted.
Contributions to the Collegiate Fund are
tax deductible as provided by law.
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Broad Education for a Broad World, Continued from Page 4
Jim Noe visits with Hercules Offshore employees on an offshore drilling rig.
Noe was appointed to his current position, executive vice president,
at Hercules in November 2012, which he sees as a continuation of
his previous work there. He continues to “do a little bit of everything,”
including business development; managing the legal, risk, and insurance
departments; meeting with government officials who have regulatory
interests in offshore drilling; and negotiating drilling rights with oil and gas
companies across the globe.
His favorite part has been seeing the world.
“There’s a saying in the oil business that God didn’t put oil under
Paris,” he said. “That’s true, but I’ve seen some fantastic things.”
Among them, he’s visited the pyramids at Giza, the Great Wall of China,
the Colosseum in Rome, Angkor Wat, and the Taj Mahal.
“I became fascinated with the industry because
it deals with so many tentacles of society,
including culture, politics, geopolitics, science,
and economics.”
Tight Security Travels
Equally fascinating are the security measures he and Hercules must take
when he travels to dangerous destinations.
“The oil and gas industry is sometimes in places with histories of
corruption,” he said. “To do business the way we want to do business, the
right way, that requires leadership from the top in the form of presence
in countries with histories of corruption and face-to-face discussions with
people who might be corrupt themselves. Dealing with these compliance
issues, I often find myself in situations in which my safety may be in
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jeopardy, but it comes with the territory.”
During these harrowing trips abroad, Noe’s security measures rival
those seen on the screens of Hollywood. He has booked multiple plane
tickets and hotels to elude governmental officials who might be tracking
his whereabouts. He’s planned secret escape routes over land or sea into
nearby countries should he need to leave quickly. His hotel stays are a
closely guarded secret.
But dangerous situations don’t keep him from having a little fun.
“When I travel with a security team, our code words are often related to
Alabama football,” he said. “We’ve used ‘roll tide roll,’ a lot for code words
and different things. It’s funny to do that because people in other countries
have no idea what that means.”
Working with Hercules also gives him great satisfaction in knowing that
his company employs thousands of people and helps feed and pay tuition
bills for thousands of families.
“You can make a good living in our business, and it’s fantastically
rewarding to see that translate into people’s lives,” he said.
Lobbying for the Industry
But that reward also comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility.
During the most recent economic recession, Hercules’ challenges were
compounded by the BP oil spill and resulting government action that
temporarily banned offshore drilling. During that time, Noe said Hercules
laid off several thousand employees in order for the company to survive.
“It quickly became apparent that we wouldn’t survive as a company
very long unless the moratorium was lifted for shallow water drilling, which
is very different than deep water drilling in that it’s less risky and allows for
easier access to inspect, maintain, and repair drilling equipment,” he said.
“We knew we had to educate lawmakers about the negative effects the
moratorium was having on the work of thousands of people.”
So Hercules and a group of companies with similar interests formed the
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Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition and took their cause to lawmakers
in Washington, D.C. Noe led the cause as the group’s executive director,
which required an even higher level of expertise in the art of communication
than he had employed previously.
“Part of the reason I was dubbed to be the executive director is
that I was one of the few members willing to take the short straw and
appear on television and testify before Congress,” he said. “We knew we
needed to educate not only lawmakers, but also the general public, that
the moratorium was putting thousands of people out of work unjustly
and unnecessarily, but we had an uphill battle. No one likes oil and gas
companies when they see oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico day after day
after day. Even so, we knew we had to engage the media to tell our story –
that we’re an important part of the economy, that we’re an important part
of national security, and that as we continue to develop our oil and gas
resources here at home, we become less reliant on guerilla-controlled oil
and gas resources abroad.”
In the months following the BP oil spill, Noe spent much of his time in
meetings with senators and congressmen, and he also appeared frequently
in the opinion pages of national newspapers and on live television. He
describes his first live TV interview as very, very nerve-racking.
“I was being interviewed remotely by someone in New York, and all
I had was an earpiece and a camera staring at me,” he said. “There was
all this chatter in the background from the producers. The most difficult
part was learning how to communicate to different people, to people who
may be hostile to my business or who may not know anything about my
business, to experts and non-experts, to politicians and John Q. Public
watching on CNN. It was communication par excellence that I had learned
from my days at The University of Alabama and LSU. The moratorium was
lifted on shallow water drilling after several months of lobbying.”
Advice to Students
Noe encourages any student wishing to be successful to think and
study broadly.
“With jobs being scarce, it’s hard not to be practical when you’re
deciding your major or the classes you’re going to take,” he said. “But
remember that it’s a broad world out there, and you’re going to need more
skills than those that get you a job or earn you a paycheck. In business,
you’re not always an expert in everything that crosses your desk. You have
to quickly understand it, learn more about it, and then communicate that
information with others, particularly as a senior executive of a company. The
communication abilities and the broad perspective I gained at the University
helped me to become the leader that I am.
“I would encourage all students, whether you’re majoring in accounting,
science, or engineering, to take courses that will help you communicate,
such as English and history courses focused on reading and writing.
Also take courses that will give you a broad view of the world. If you
want to become a senior executive, you need that core background of
something you’re bringing to the table, which for me is law, and you need
communication skills and a worldview that’s broader than what your major
dictates. You need a lot of other aspects of what the University offers you to
do your job well.”
Jim Noe
“With jobs being scarce, it’s hard not to be
practical when you’re deciding your major or
the classes you’re going to take. But remember
that it’s a broad world out there, and you’re
going to need more skills than those that get
you a job or earn you a paycheck.”
Remember, Noe said, that your major only gets you through the door.
“I’ve found that, even with a law degree, within a year or two of any
job, you’ve probably outpaced your degree and you’re relying on your
other skills and abilities to advance you in that job,” he said. “The more
variety of coursework you can take, the better.” ■
New UA Cybercrime Lab Launched with Local Police
As computer-based crimes become more prevalent, local law enforcement
agencies need access to technology in order to gather and access digital
evidence of cybercrimes. A new digital forensics crime lab at UA will assist
law enforcement with this endeavor.
Dr. Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor of criminal
justice, will serve as an academic liaison for the new lab. Created through
a partnership between the Department of Criminal Justice and local
law enforcement agencies, the lab will assist local and possibly national
law enforcement officials with processing digital evidence for use in
cybercrime prosecutions.
The new lab is being funded by a grant Seigfried-Spellar co-wrote with
Lt. Dennis McMillian with The University of Alabama Police Department.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs provided
$60,000 for the lab as part of the grant. The lab, the first joint partnership
of its kind in the state, will provide opportunities for UA students to study
cybercrime, UA faculty to expand their research, and law enforcement
officers to process evidence from computer-based crimes.
Seigfried-Spellar joined the UA faculty in 2012. Her research interests
include computer deviance and cyber forensics. She received a Bachelor
of Arts from Purdue University in 2005, a Master of Arts in forensic
psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2007, and a
doctorate in cyber forensics from Purdue University in 2011. ■
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The University of Alabama’s Woods Quad
has long been home to students filling
sketchbooks and lounging between
classes. Now, thanks to a recently
completed renovation, it will serve as the
University’s outdoor sculpture garden and
an outdoor classroom, featuring work by
faculty and the very same students who
call the quad “home.” The new design
links each sculpture bed with connecting
sidewalks. Every bed has up-lighting on
each piece of art to enhance the works
at night. A dedication ceremony for the
Woods Quad Sculpture Garden was held
August 15.
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