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This is how college is meant to be.

Cybercrime Initiatives Expand Cyber experts are setting up shop in the College of Arts and Sciences and other UA divisions to develop innovative solutions for fighting cybercrime.

Although efforts to address computer-based crimes are nothing new at UA—faculty members in the Department of Criminal Justice have long partnered with law enforcement agencies and conducted research on the subject—those initiatives are extending their reach through a new research organization, student internships, a cybercrime minor, and a more formal partnership with local law enforcement.

UA’s Cyber Institute was established as an umbrella organization under the Vice President for Research to foster new research and academic programs and to stimulate collaboration across the College of Arts and Sciences, Culverhouse College of Commerce, College of Engineering, and other campus elements. UA alumnus REG HYDE, a former senior Department of Defense official, is leading the institute as its executive director.

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Alumnus Bill Hall made his career as a printer working for Pace Editions Inc., one of the largest publishers of contemporary fine arts prints in the world.

In the Heart of the Art World Art alumnus, Alabama native Bill Hall nearing 27 years at Pace Prints

Cyber interns examine mock evidence.

Volume 24 • No.1 / Fall 2015

Issue Highlights

Dean’s Message 2 K-12 Fellows 3 Hear Here 4 Snapshots 5 Faculty News/Features 8 Student News/Features 14 Supporters 19 Cuba Center 34 Alumni Notes 35

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It’s a cold, rainy day in Chelsea—unusual for June in New York City—but the Pace Editions Inc. print studio is buzzing all the same.

Eight floors above the bustling art mecca of New York City, two printers hunch over wood blocks carved into tiny, amorphous squares, tap-tap-tapping their rollers of bright green ink along the surface. Twenty-five blocks and 85 colors later, they will have rolled enough ink to make a handful of portraits that have developed, in stages, under the direction of acclaimed artist Chuck Close. In the background, 1950s jazz hums on the radio but is overtaken every few minutes by the rumble-clack of the printing press.

BILL HALL has been involved in this collaborative process of making limited-edition prints since 1990, when he joined the print studio of Pace Editions, an internationally known publisher of limited edition, contemporary fine art prints. Since then, Hall, a printmaker and alumnus of the Department of Art and Art History, has worked with many internationally acclaimed contemporary artists including James Turrell, Robert Mangold, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, and others.

Unlike his colleagues, who are rolling away at their woodcuts, Hall is at a standstill today waiting on the bon à tirer, or the okay-to-print, from two artists who are working with him on etchings. And waiting is unusual, because on typical days at Pace, there is none.

Rather, in a single day the printers may do everything from conducting initial visits to preparing printing surfaces to having the artists sign their editions. Nothing is routine until the process of printmaking begins, then the printers set up, prepare plates, start the press, print each plate backto-back-to-back on a single sheet of paper, pull it off, and repeat.

As Hall says, the process can be redundant once you’re in a project, but there’s much more to printmaking than redundancy. Every project, artist, and process is different, and that’s what keeps it interesting.

DRAWING INSPIRATION Hall grew up in the tiny town of Red Level, Alabama, and like many creatives, he majored in art because he could draw well. He studied painting at The University of Alabama, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1973.

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College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Message A long-standing goal for your College of Arts and Sciences is to constantly elevate our research and scholarship profile nationally and internationally.

Few things are more valuable to the health and relevance of a college or university than intellectual prominence among our peers.

I’m often asked by alumni and supporters what the formula is for advancing that profile.

There are many elements involved in obtaining the desired “reactions” of highly ranked, wellfunded departments with faculty who are widely recognized for their expertise. The formula begins with talented faculty and with providing them with the needed tools and a supportive environment in which to do their work.

Determining concretely how our results compare to peer institutions, where we stand nationally, for instance, is a challenge. We need to know, for example, if we are winning our share of federal grant dollars, if the scholarship of our faculty is getting the broad recognition for quality it deserves from the academy, and if our faculty are producing works of intellectual inquiry at the rate and quality of our peer institutions.

Recently, the College became a participant in an important national database, Academic Analytics, which provides a literal goldmine of information—what Academic Analytics aptly calls “custom business intelligence data”—to enable us to answer precisely such questions.

Academic Analytics gives us 32 productivity measures in six important categories of quality, comparing some 25,000 scholars in thousands of academic departments at 387 participating universities. The productivity measures consist of books, journal articles, conference proceedings, citations, grants, and honors and awards.

Last year, we asked our 23 departments to conduct a self-study using Academic Analytics to identify areas where they are strong, one area where their department can improve their national standing, and strategies to reach that goal.

The results of those analyses were interesting and exciting. Our Department of Religious Studies, for example, with six faculty members

DEAN ROBERT OLIN found that it was in the top 10 departments among its peers in number of books published per faculty member, number of citations by other scholars, and percent of faculty with citations.

A total of 111 religious studies departments were in the database.

Dr. Russ McCutcheon, chair of the department, said, “We really benefited from seeing these comparative stats, since we’ve collectively put a great deal of work into reinventing the department over the past 15 years. But we only had anecdotes concerning how the faculty’s research productivity had also benefited. Seeing how favorably we stack up to what others take to be the best programs in the United States not only confirmed we were doing something right but inspired us to set some even more ambitious goals.”

Our Department of Chemistry is one of 234 chemistry departments participating in Academic Analytics. The faculty there found that the department was strong in number of publications by faculty but not in number of citations by other researchers for each article. Good research is not getting as much attention as it deserves.

“So we will look at how we might increase the visibility of the published research, perhaps encouraging faculty to aim their publications at higher profile journals,” said Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy, department chair.

Likewise, the chemistry faculty identified another characteristic in the department’s profile that can be addressed for better results. “We have a strong number of grants in terms of the percent of faculty funded and total research dollars received, but we were weak in the measure of dollars per grant,” Shaughnessy said. “That tells us that we have relatively few large-funded, multi-investigator grants. We will use this knowledge to look for appropriate ways for faculty to collaborate together or across the University to put together proposals for larger, multi-faculty funding projects.”

Dr. Lesley Reid, our new chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, and her faculty surveyed 82 criminal justice departments in Academic Analytics. The information they found caused them to reevaluate what they considered to be peer departments. “Some departments had good reputations, but when we looked closer we saw that their reputations were being driven by a small number of ‘superstar’ faculty,” Reid said. “So we identified departments whose reputations were built on a whole cadre of productive faculty. That’s the kind of department we want to be. We were able to compare our productivity stats with those departments and see where we were on the mark, where we have work to do, and how to focus our resources to best be competitive.”

We often tell our students that good information is a powerful tool. Our participation in Academic Analytics certainly makes that point in spades. I’m delighted with how our departments have embraced this new tool and pleased to share this interesting note of progress with you. It is just one of many ways we are working to enhance the College’s reputation of distinction that makes our alumni so proud of their alma mater. ■

Meet UA’s New President

President Stuart R. Bell

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DR. STUART R. BELL, a nearly 30-year veteran of higher education with 16 years of experience at The University of Alabama, became president of UA on July 15. Bell replaces Dr. Judy Bonner, who announced her plans to retire from the position in 2014.

Bell previously served as executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University, positions which he held since 2012.

As the chief academic officer and chief operating officer of LSU, he oversaw all academic, research, and student programs and coordinated related fiscal operations.

“The University of Alabama is such a vibrant community,” Bell said. “I’m excited about UA and its positive impact on our community and the nation, and I look forward to the even

greater achievements that we will seek in working together.”

Before joining LSU, Bell served for 10 years as dean of the University of Kansas School of Engineering. He previously served 16 years at The University of Alabama, first as an assistant professor and later as chair of UA’s department of mechanical engineering. He also founded and directed UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies.

An Abilene, Texas, native, Bell earned a nuclear engineering degree from Texas A&M University in 1979 and master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1981 and 1986, respectively.

He and his wife, Susan, have three adult children, Stuart, UA graduate Stacy, and Stephen. ■

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Elementary and middle school students from Tuscaloosa City Schools make their first visit to the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art.

K-12 Fellows Explore Art, Identity Fifty elementary and middle school students from Tuscaloosa-area schools visited the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art last fall as part of the gallery’s inaugural K-12 Fellows program. The program provides opportunities for K-12 teachers to implement project-based learning inspired by the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art. For the program’s launch, students from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and Westlawn Middle School visited the gallery and viewed a selection of works from the Jones collection that focused on the theme of identity. They then returned to their classrooms to create their own works of art based on the theme, and their work was exhibited at the Jones gallery in December. A reception was also held for students, parents, and Tuscaloosa City School District officials.

The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of 20th-century African-American art in the world.

It includes some 2,100 works of art valued at $10.3 million that were donated to Elementary students visit the Paul R. Jones Gallery and brainstorm ideas UA in 2008 by the late PAUL RAYMOND JONES, a native of Bessemer and a longtime for art projects. resident of Atlanta. The K-12 Fellows program was created to fulfill Jones’s dream that his collection would serve as a resource for Alabamians and as a way to educate students about the importance of art in life.

LUCY CURZON, director of education and outreach for the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art and associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at UA, said she believes the program would make Jones proud.

“He was very much about sharing art with people who wouldn’t necessarily have that opportunity,” she said. “The program is about opening up the world of art to young people, sharing an important part of America’s heritage with them, and showing how it can strengthen identity and engage the imagination.”

Abel Phillips, visual arts instructor at MLK Elementary, said he wanted his students to participate in the program because it’s a unique experience they will always remember.

“Most of my students come from a low socio-economic background,” he said. “It is important that they experience this program because they may not recognize that an artist can be anyone, and I believe Paul R. Jones knew this when he was buying art from artists. The experience of being in a functioning gallery is important to my students because many have never been to a gallery or seen artwork made by professional artists.” ■

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary students made masks that were exhibited at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in December.

For more information, visit www.paulrjonescollection.as.ua.edu/k-12-outreach.

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Hear Here Alabama!

New mobile hearing center to provide hearing healthcare to rural areas How do you ensure that Alabamians living in rural areas receive adequate healthcare? Don’t make them come to you; go to them.

And that’s precisely what DR. MARCIA HAY-MCCUTCHEON in the Department of Communicative Disorders is going to do.

The idea came to Hay-McCutcheon, an associate professor of audiology, when she had a difficult time recruiting patients to participate in her cochlear implant research studies. A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

Her thought was that people were not being diagnosed for hearing loss and were receiving inadequate healthcare.

“I didn’t have a lot of people coming to me, so I thought, ‘I probably needed to go to them,’” she said.

And so the idea for the Hear Here Alabama bus was born.

Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon uses a video otoscope to look inside the ear and capture images on a computer screen.

The mobile hearing center will initially travel to counties surrounding Tuscaloosa, including Marengo, Dallas, and Wilcox, and speech-language pathologists, not necessarily audiologists, but they need to provide hearing evaluations at no cost to patients being seen by local understand how hearing impacts the development of speech and language public health departments. Once faculty and students have assessed and how hearing can affect the whole person. patients’ hearing loss, they’ll make second visits to each department to “Being involved in research is crucial to being a good clinician. If you administer appropriate services. don’t understand the research, or what the best evidence-based practices Hay-McCutcheon said she hopes to have medical professionals and are, then you’re not going to be a good clinician or know what’s most hearing specialists on-site during those second visits, but the bus is also effective at helping people. This is going to help students become good set up for telemedicine to allow them to assist in diagnosing and treating clinicians no matter what field they go into.” patients remotely. The bus has partnered with UA’s College of Community Down the road, Hay-McCutcheon hopes to partner with senior centers Health Sciences to provide some medical services not covered under the and schools to provide hearing services to more people. She also hopes to department’s speech and hearing umbrella. expand mobile hearing healthcare services.

But the needs aren’t just medical. They’re psychological, too.

“It would be great if we had Hear Here Alabama buses going to every “We know that hearing loss is associated with social withdrawal,” she corner of the state,” she said. “I’m hoping that there will be a lot of people said. “If you can’t hear, you’re not going to go out and be social because it’s whose quality of life will be improved by the services that we offer them.” ■ hard. We also know that when people start to withdraw socially, it can lead to

depression, and depression can lead to all sorts of things, including physical UA’s College of Arts Sciences, Office of Research, Center for Economic ailments. Providing hearing healthcare is just one way of helping people live Development, and Office of Academic Affairs were instrumental in better quality lives all-around.” launching the Hear Here Alabama project. For more information or The Hear Here team’s preliminary research reiterates that hearing to get involved, contact Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon at 205-348-4572 problems do not exist in isolation. or marcia.hay-mccutcheon@ua.edu.

“In fact, our data has shown that hearing loss is highly associated with other physical ailments,” she said. “Our goal is to figure out exactly what those physical ailments are, but we need other people collaborating with this project to do that.”

One partner is Dr. Lloyda Williamson, a psychiatrist and associate professor in the College of Community Health Sciences. As a medical doctor and co-principal investigator for the project, Williamson will treat people who are experiencing depression and other physical and cognitive issues.

Ongoing research will seek to identify not only the prevalence of hearing loss in Alabama, but also how hearing loss affects physical, emotional, and cognitive health.

“The research and the clinical component are going to be dovetailed,” Hay-McCutcheon said.

About 13 undergraduate and graduate students are currently involved with the research.

“The project could not happen without students,” she said. “We’ve had a number of students involved every step of the way. Many The Hear Here Alabama bus will provide free hearing evaluations at students in our program want to become public health departments in West Alabama beginning this fall.

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Snapshots 42nd Street Goes to Mobile Some 60 UA students and faculty traveled to Mobile to present the award-winning musical 42nd Street at the Mobile Civic Center April 9.

This was the third time that the Department of Theatre and Dance has taken a large-scale production to a major Alabama city and the second time to do so in Mobile.

42nd Street

Governor Bentley Addresses McCollough Forum Alabama GOV. ROBERT BENTLEY, a graduate of The University of Alabama School of Medicine, presented the keynote address at the 13th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum.

Established by UA alumni DR. GAYLON MCCOLLOUGH and MRS. SUSAN MCCOLLOUGH, the forum helps prepare students for medical and health science professions.

Gov. Robert Bentley greets the McColloughs.

College Exhibits Hall Collection Contemporary fine art prints from the WILLIAM AND SARA HALL Collection were displayed April 10-June 10 at The University of Alabama Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa. The collection includes signed, limited-edition artists’ prints that the Halls collected while William Hall worked as a master printer at Pace Editions Inc., one of the largest publishers of contemporary fine arts prints in the United States. The Halls donated the $1.5 million collection to UA in 2014. Read more on page 1.

Bill Hall gives an artist’s talk.

Budding Doctors, Lawyers “Go Pro” Graduating seniors in UA’s pre-health and pre-law programs received a one-of-a-kind sendoff from College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board members. The inaugural event, the “Go Pro” Pre-professional Launch Party, was held April 24.

DR. BOB KREISBERG, two-time dean of the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and a longtime Leadership Board member, said he always enjoys interacting with upcoming doctors, and the event provided an opportunity to acknowledge the students’ hard work. “You learn so much from young minds, and you correct some misconceptions they may have, but you also learn a lot from the way they think,” he said.

“I thought it was a fabulous event.”

Dr. Brenda Baumann, Leadership Board co-chair, with prehealth graduates

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In the Heart of the Art World, continued from page 1

The Pace Editions Inc. print studio

While at UA, Hall took an introductory design course from then straightforward in the hands of a master printer, there are always surprises, professor Richard Zoellner and quickly became fascinated by Zoellner’s Hall said. printmaking studio. Hall went on to study printmaking with Zoellner, which Although there were no art classes or museums in the town where Hall laid the foundation for his career. grew up, Hall said he thinks his father would have been fascinated by his “I didn’t know anything about printmaking,” Hall said. “Like a lot career. He passed away three months after Hall moved to New York. of people, I thought it was reproduction work, mechanically produced “My father wanted to be an artist,” Hall said. “He was skillful, but he magazine images and such. Taking his class never got the training and ended up being a was eye-opening.” mailman to support our family. He never was Hall continued to pursue painting for his able to fulfill that dream, so I kind of continued it graduate degree at the University of Texas, for him.” but he found himself spending more time LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY in the print studio. He graduated with his

Hall moved to New York in 1982 after Master of Fine Arts degree in 1976 with a joint spending several years teaching college-level art concentration in both, but by then his heart classes in Texas. Though he enjoyed teaching, belonged the printmaking. he dreamed of living in New York.

He enjoyed the materiality of working with

“I thought, ‘I’m still young. If I don’t do it plates and particularly the resistance involved now, I’ll never do it,’” he said. “I came here in etching, a process which uses acid to bite thinking I’d live here for at least a year, but not images into metal. He also enjoyed the fact that more than two. That was in 1982.” it was harder.

He moved to the suburbs in 1991 but “I struggled at painting because, in a way, it continued to work in Manhattan. was too easy,” he said. “Painting usually involves

He said that his most carefree and fun days applying paint directly to a surface, which is in New York were his first 10 years in the city, often spontaneous. I found that I enjoyed a the first five of which he spent at the Robert more labored and indirect process. Printmaking Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, a cooperative usually requires working and re-working, adding founded by its namesake to provide artists who plates and testing colors. Printmaking is not didn’t have equipment with a place to work. It easy, although a lot of people think so before was at Blackburn’s that Hall first worked with they see all that goes into it.” other artists on prints. It was also where he met Part of its difficulty arises from the many his wife, Sara. techniques employed in the printmaking “One of the reasons I remember it so process. Each differs based on how images fondly was that we would close up the shop at are drawn, what materials are used, where midnight, and we’d all go to a bar for a couple of ink is applied, and what kinds of images are Bill Hall works primarily in etching, a process that uses acid hours,” he said. “I was just learning about possible as a result. Though the process is fairly to bite into metal plates.

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New York— where things were, how to get around—and loving the whole sense of living in New York.”

Hall also dreamed of starting his own business. With a partner, he established NYLE Press in 1986, but the business struggled.

Two years later, when an opportunity opened at Pace, he grabbed it. He began by assisting renowned printmaker Aldo Crommelynck, who is best known for the more than 700 prints that he made with Pablo Picasso. After Crommelynck retired in 1998, Hall filled the role of master printer at Pace, collaborating directly with Pace’s client artists.

With every collaboration, Hall said, the artist brings the imagery and the ideas, and Hall and his crew help the artist execute the project, providing technical expertise and guidance.

“As printers, we feel like we’re in our element when we can tell artists what they need to do to achieve a certain look,” he said. “I’m very reluctant to offer non-technical advice unless the artist asks for it, but I haven’t worked with an artist yet who wasn’t very receptive to our role.”

But artists can also be challenging, Hall said.

Bill Hall pulls a proof off the press.

Some of his most memorable moments were with artist Jim Dine, who’s worked with printers all across the globe. In one North Carolina, a city with a long history of arts and crafts. In the 1950s story often told by Crommelynck, Dine skid face-down on the floor a set of and 1960s, renowned artists including Willem de Kooning, Robert meticulously crafted plates, scratching their surfaces for an original effect. In Rauschenberg, and Josef Albers studied and worked at the now defunct an encounter with Hall, Hall and another printer made 60 different proofs of Black Mountain College in Asheville. similar self-portraits created by Dine, expecting him to choose between two “It’s going to be a change,” Hall said. “But I’m looking forward to having and six for final editions. To Hall’s amazement, Dine chose 55. Each print the time to make my own work.” required three to four plates, so the project became their summer.

For young artists, Hall offers this piece of advice: “Work your ass off.”

“He always liked to challenge printers,” Hall said. “I’ve learned a lot “There is no substitute for creativity and skill and ideas,” he said. from him.”

“But you also need to learn all you can, read all you can, go to art openings, The best part, for Hall, is getting that first good proof. socialize, and get yourself known by other artists.

“The highlight is when you pull that print off the plate, show the “Depending on how far you want to go, you don’t have to be in artists something they’re looking for, and know that you’ve done a New York, but if you want to earn a national reputation, you need to be in good job,” he said. a big city. And you need to work, work, work.”

He also advises that young artists become friends with other artists, not just for their support, but also because you never know where those ENCOURAGING YOUNG ARTISTS friendships will lead.

Over the years, Hall has collected nearly 500 signed prints, gifts After all, it was through a friend at Blackburn’s that Hall was introduced from the artists given at the conclusion of their projects. As the prints to the director of Pace and a master printmaker’s career was launched. ■ accumulated, he kept them protected in flat files, some under his bed, not really thinking about what could be done with them.

In 2014, he gave the $1.5 million collection to The University of Alabama to be housed and used by the Department of Art and Art History.

While other universities expressed interest in the prints, none offered Hall the opportunity that UA did of keeping the prints together.

“Other universities wanted to cherry-pick, and that wasn’t the idea,” he said. Spanning more than 25 years of history, the collection details the inner workings of one of the largest publishers of contemporary fine arts print in the United States.

“I was so happy that the collection ended up at The University of Alabama,” Hall said.

Hall also wanted the collection to be used by faculty and students, not put away in drawers unseen. For its first public outing, selections from the collection were exhibited for two months at The University of Alabama Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa earlier this year. Hall was the featured speaker at exhibit’s opening.

Recently, Hall retired from Pace after 27 Bill Hall's work station overlooks the bustling streets of Chelsea. years, and he and Sara have moved to Asheville,

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Faculty News The Power of Music Premature infants, dementia patients benefit from music therapy, research shows It’s not uncommon for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, at DCH Regional Medical Center to weigh less than three pounds, or little more than a bottle of water. With infants less than 28 weeks of age, their lungs aren’t fully developed, and the very thing keeping them alive — breathing machines that force oxygen into their lungs — can also cause significant damage over time to their lung tissue and vision. Lowering supplemental oxygen levels even slightly can have tremendous positive effects on these babies.

How do you lower supplemental oxygen? By increasing the amount of oxygen that these babies absorb. How do you do that? In some cases, play music.

Time and again, DR. ANDREA CEVASCO-TROTTER and her students have seen music therapy’s immense power to improve outcomes for

premature babies as well as for dementia patients, the terminally ill, and traumatized adolescents. One of Cevasco-Trotter’s research studies, conducted in the NICU, showed that infants who received music therapy went home 14 days earlier than infants who didn’t receive music therapy.

REDUCING THE STRESS OF THE NICU Board-certified music therapists use music in ways that are scientifically proven to help people of all ages with motor, cognitive, communicative, social, and emotional needs, Cevasco-Trotter said.

The same is true in the NICU, but the stakes are much higher.

“When you look at images of premature infants’ brains, they look like Swiss cheese because the babies’ brains are still developing,” CevascoTrotter said. “They literally have holes in parts of their brains where cells haven’t migrated yet. This is a problem because the NICU is a stressful environment, and every time a baby is stressed, cortisol floods the brain and stops brain development.”

Fluorescent lights, wires, dinging monitors, and other babies wailing intensify the effect.

A professional certification is required for music therapists to work in these high-risk NICUs. The University of Alabama is one of only four universities in the nation that offers this NICU certification through the National Institute for Infant and Child Music Therapy at Florida State University.

“Students love it because most undergraduates do not get to go into neonatal intensive care units as part of their clinical training,” Cevasco-Trotter said.

UA students who are trained to conduct music therapy in the NICU learn about the consequences of adding to premature babies’ stress levels, to recognize the signs of stress, and how to respond to those signs during the therapy session. As Cevasco-Trotter said, the NICU is stressful enough, and music therapy shouldn’t make it worse.

With just a few minutes of singing and strumming a guitar, they’ve seen babies’ heart rates drop from a near-alarm-dinging 190 to a manageable 170.

Scrunched up fingers and faces also relax, another sign that the babies are no longer stressed.

“We have found that heart rates stay down and oxygen levels stay up after we finish, even when we sing to the babies for just a few minutes,” she said.

“For some babies, music therapy doesn’t make a huge difference in their heart rates, but even small changes over time can have huge long-term benefits.”

The greatest benefits, according to her research study, have been in babies with very high heart rates.

“For babies whose heart rates were over 200, the ones who were inconsolable, screaming, and crying and whose monitors were dinging when we arrived, their heart rates were significantly different before, during, and after receiving music therapy,” she said. “Long-term is harder to track, but we’ve seen significant differences overall.”

MUSIC FOR THE AGES

Andrea Cevasco-Trotter sings to a premature baby with one of her students.

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Concurrently, Cevasco-Trotter is working on two studies involving older adults. One investigates music preferences for different age groups, breaking up music by decade. Though it’s widely known in music therapy that patient-preferred music works best, this presents a challenge when music therapists work with large groups of people, which is often the case at veterans’ hospitals and nursing homes.

“We know from previous research that music from our young adult years is music that we like across the entire lifespan,” she said. “But another music therapist and I recently did a study of top songs recommended by music therapists for older adults, and we found that

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more music therapists are using songs from before their patients’ young adult years, standards from the early 1900s like ‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart,’ ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag,’ and ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game.’ We decided to investigate how music preferences change over time and see what decades of music work best for older adults.”

Though they are still gathering and analyzing data, preliminary results show that older adults are unique regarding their thoughts on music from their young adult years.

“People in their 80s and 90s tend to really dislike music from the 1960s, and they also don’t show much interest in music from the 1950s,” she said. “People in the 70s tend to like all of it, including songs from the 1900s.”

For music therapists who work primarily with large groups at retirement centers, dementia units, and assisted living units, her research has profound implications.

“You could use songs from the 1940s, ‘30s, ‘20s, and ‘10s, and everybody will enjoy it, which will have the most impact,” she said.

The second study she is working on compares the benefits of music, recreational, and reminiscing therapies for older adults with dementia.

Specifically, she is comparing participants’ cognition, stress, and participation levels for each therapy type.

Preliminary data has shown differences in cognition.

“Participants in the music therapy group are maintaining or have had fewer declines in cognition compared to those in the reminiscing group,” she said. “It’s interesting because both groups were structured very similarly with very similar activities. For example, the music therapy group exercised with music whereas the reminiscing/recreational group exercised without music. We were able to control other variables to isolate the effects of music therapy programming.

Other studies have shown similar positive results for music therapy groups.”

INTERACT, ENGAGE, RESPOND In all cases, Cevasco-Trotter said she most enjoys interacting with patients.

“People often think that music therapy is just listening to music, and for some patients—those in hospital beds, those experiencing extreme amounts of pain, or those experiencing extreme anxiety—music therapy may only involve listening to music,” she said. “But oftentimes it’s actual engagement and interaction that make music therapy a beneficial experience.”

A former student, for instance, analyzed anger, stress, and depression in teenagers living in a juvenile detention center. The student found declines in all three emotional states in the teens who participated in music therapy.

“They were engaged,” Cevasco-Trotter said.

“Those kids exercised to music. They played instruments. They wrote songs. They practiced relaxation techniques to music. It’s very meaningful when kids realize that they can accomplish something, that they can rap or express themselves through music in a way that someone else understands. That interaction allows us to

reach them on a different level.”

Interaction also drew Cevasco-Trotter to music therapy. When she started her bachelor’s degree at UA undecided on a major, she hadn’t considered studying music therapy because she thought it merely involved playing music for older adults.

“I switched once I realized all that it encompassed,” she said. “Music therapy impacts so many different ages and populations of people with different needs. I loved that it wasn’t just playing an instrument, but that it involved interacting and engaging with people and using music as a tool to help them.”

At Florida State University, where she earned her doctorate, she used music therapy to help new mothers bond with their premature infants, helping them to write, sing, and record lullabies that she played when the moms couldn’t be in the NICU. She suspects that what was true for her is also true for her students—clinical work often solidifies a student’s decision about their chosen field.

“You can read about music therapy, but when you experience it, it comes together,” she said.

“To be able to see it in action, that’s when students learn and when they realize this is what they want to do.” ■

Caldwell, Harris Named University Distinguished Research Professors

Guy Caldwell

Trudier Harris

Drs. Guy Caldwell and Trudier Harris have both been named University Distinguished Research Professors by the UA Board of Trustees. The designation recognizes faculty who have achieved international accomplishments in their field and have been given extensive peer recognition for their scholarly contributions and noteworthy academic service.

and Council for Advancement and Support of Education U.S. Professor of the Year Competition.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Washington and Lee University and a doctorate in cell and molecular biology from the University of Tennessee. He was a post-doctoral fellow in neurogenetics at Columbia University.

DR. GUY CALDWELL, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is known for his research and expertise on malfunction in basic cellular mechanisms associated with diseases of the nervous system, particularly movement disorders such as Parkinson’s and dystonia. He has authored or co-authored three books, 11 book chapters, and more than 70 refereed publications in scientific journals including Science, Cell, Cell Metabolism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and various Nature journals.

In 2003, the National Science Foundation selected Caldwell as a CAREER Award recipient, the most prestigious award the NSF bestows on faculty early in their careers. For his teaching and mentoring efforts at UA, Caldwell was selected in 2005 as a U.S. Professor of the Year for the state of Alabama by the Carnegie Foundation

DR. TRUDIER HARRIS, a professor of English, is an Alabama native and one of the nation’s top scholars in African-American and Southern literature and cultural theory. To date, Harris has 10 single authored, original monographs; five edited books; nine co-edited works; and nearly 100 articles and essays in journals or books.

Prior to joining UA, Harris was the J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 until her retirement in 2009. She also served as the Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Professor of American Literature at Emory University from 1993 to 1996.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Stillman College and master’s and doctoral degrees in American literature and folklore from The Ohio State University. ■

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Faculty News Two Roads Converged Journalism and academia collide to rewrite the history of popular music DR. ERIC WEISBARD knows first-hand that the 1990s were a great decade to be writing about popular music. After all, he worked as a rock critic for New York City’s Spin magazine and The Village Voice in the years following the rock band Nirvana’s surge in popularity, which paved the way for hundreds of alternative bands nationwide to receive unprecedented, widespread recognition for their music. At the time, people lived and died over questions of musical authenticity across all genres, which made writing about music all the more exciting.

But in the 2000s, all of that crashed, and Weisbard found himself in the middle of an industry’s demise. A growing Internet had made it increasingly difficult for print publications to be profitable and employ writers. Readers were becoming less and less interested in sweeping expositions or in reading about underground music in general. Music criticism, forced to respond, shifted, mainstreamed, and became shorter, glossier.

“I push students to think about how music has two sides to it—a capitalist side that’s all about selling, and another side that’s all about different kinds of people finding their voice.”

Weisbard did two things. First, he quit, and then five years later he decided to write about music somewhere else—academia. Making the switch meant that he was able to continue to write about music without sacrificing the depth to which he had become accustomed.

“I shifted not so much how I write about music, but very much where I write about music,” said Weisbard, now an associate professor in the Department of American Studies. “Academia allowed me to take some of the same questions that I had always been asking about music, but ask them in a more sustained way.”

One particular question stood above the rest: How does one rewrite the history of popular music in such a way that it’s not represented by genres, or inherent qualities used to categorize music, but rather by formats, or constructed mainstreams designed to target specific populations distinguished by class, race, gender, and region?

The answer formed slowly, but eventually became Top 40 Democracy: The Rival Mainstreams of American Music, Weisbard’s dissertationturned-book that tells multiple histories of multiple formats side-by-side.

The book has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Salon, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications.

As a historian researching mainstream music, Weisbard faced a unique set of challenges. Although it has become cliché to say that popular music is everywhere, it is pervasive only online and in everyday life, but not in the archives or historical records where Weisbard was conducting his research. To write about a record label, he had to find an archive that contained a set of papers connected to that record label. To write about a radio station, he had to find someone who had held on to enough details about that radio station to serve as a source.

He knew the general story that he wanted to tell, so writing the book was largely a matter of figuring out where to look for good stories that would paint a full picture.

“I knew that the book should have different examples from very different kinds of popular music, and I wanted to put these different examples side-by-side to say that the history of American music is not one history, but multiple histories,” he said. “These stories had to be sort of case studies, and they needed to tell enough of each individual tale that they could provide a glimmer of meaning together.”

Given the challenges, he chose different sources for the different case studies for different reasons.

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Eric Weisbard

For a chapter about A&M Records, he consulted a museum that had been given some 150 boxes of papers related to the label, which had been donated by Herb Alpert, the “A” in A&M. These gave Weisbard a backstage view of how record labels work.

For a chapter about the Cleveland radio station 100.7 WMMS, he relied on the station’s longtime program director John Gorman, who had worked at the station from 1973 to 1987. Gorman saved all of the memos that he had sent to station personnel during those 14 years. Weisbard combed through those memos in Gorman’s basement.

For a chapter on Dolly Parton, Weisbard visited the Country Music Hall of Fame. He also wrote chapters on the Isley Brothers, Elton John, and others.

He said the process was about “finding enough information to tell a story that hadn’t been told before.”

“I shifted not so much how I write about music, but where I write about music. Academia allowed me to take some of the same questions that I had always been asking about music but ask them in a more sustained way.”

“The basic premise of the book is that American popular music, inspired by radio’s need to create music for a range of different local audiences, developed a unique approach to commercial culture by the late 1960s, one that has continued to this day,” Weisbard said.

American pop, much like the stations that you choose between when you scan the radio, is not just represented by one format, but by a system of rival mainstreams: Top 40 hits, adult contemporary, country, rhythm and blues, rock, and others.

“The center of music isn’t one thing; it’s an ever-changing range of mainstream approaches,” he said.

And while some have criticized this segmenting of popular music, Weisbard argues that it’s a good thing, allowing diverse groups of Americans a sphere where their voices can be heard.

The biggest difference between being a journalist and being an academic, and the most enjoyable part of making the transition,

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according to Weisbard, has been the drawn-out writing process.

“It’s been really nice to be able to spend such a long time working on a single project after all of those years of turning around stories so quickly,” he said.

He also has enjoyed studying popular music with his students. Some, he said, are astounded that they can take classes on their favorite bands.

Others love the idea that that they can have deep conversations about music that involve issues of race, gender, and class. All are pushed to analyze songs and make arguments based on what they hear.

“In my classes, we take advantage of two things that music offers: One, there are so many kinds of music that we can talk about almost any category of American life and find a musical example to go along with it, and two, songs are so short that if we want to talk about something, we can listen to a song for a couple of minutes before we dive in,” he said.

“I push students to think about how music has two sides to it—a capitalist side that’s all about selling, and another side that’s all about different kinds of people finding their voice.

Those things are in tension with one another, so the challenge is to come up with an interpretation that’s nuanced and not all-or-nothing.”

In one exercise, he has his students make individual song presentations in which they each talk about one song at length. Weisbard says the exercise gets the students to “really live and inhabit a song,” which allows them to explore the song at one level in terms of meaning and message and another in terms of form.

“Music can go in so many different directions,” he said. “One minute, we’re listening to a 17-minute-long Donna Summers disco song, and the next minute we’re thinking in pretty serious terms about the incarceration of African Americans and its relationship to hip hop.”

And like his book, the conversation’s direction is always dictated by the music. ■

Faculty Briefs DR. KARI FREDERICKSON, Department of History, received the Bennett H. Wall Award from the Southern Historical Association for her book Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South. The award recognizes the best book in southern economic or business history published in the last two years. The book examines the impact of the Cold War on the U.S. South.

DR. JAMES C. HALL, formerly of New College, and DR. KATHY OTHS, Department of Anthropology, received Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards from The University of Alabama National Alumni Association in 2014. These awards represent the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching.

Oths teaches courses focused on health and culture, Latin America, and research methodology. She spearheaded the establishment of the doctoral program in anthropology at UA and typically serves on more than 20 Ph.D. dissertation and M.A. thesis committees at a time, both for anthropology and across the University.

Hall served as director of New College from 20022012. He has published widely in the areas of American and African-American literature. A former Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, he now serves as executive director of the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

DR. PAUL HOUGHTALING, School of Music, received the Morris Lehman Mayer Award recognizing one UA faculty member who exemplifies integrity, selfless service, and leadership at UA and in the community. The award, a UA Premier Award, also recognizes significant contributions made to student life. Houghtaling directs UA’s opera theatre program and serves as the artistic director of the Druid City Opera Workshop, a weeklong young artist training intensive at UA.

Kari Frederickson

Kathy Oths

Paul Houghtaling

DR. BOBBY WILSON, Department of Geography, was awarded the Association of American Geographers 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognized his extraordinary contributions to the scholarship of urban and social geography, urban studies, and anti-racist theory and practice; his teaching and mentoring; and his exemplary leadership in support of geography. Wilson, whose career spans more than four decades, has addressed in his research issues of housing, urban revitalization, economic development, and social justice for black communities.

DR. DAWN WILLIAMS, Department of Physics and Astronomy, was named the February 2015 Woman Physicist of the Month by the American Physical Society’s Committee on the Status of Women in Physics.

The committee recognizes each month exceptional female physicists who have positively affected other individuals’ lives and careers. Williams is one of more than 250 scientists worldwide taking part in the IceCube Collaboration, which operates the world’s largest neutrino detector at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.

Bobby Wilson

Dawn Williams Weisbard’s book, Top 40 Democracy

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Matthew Therrell

Talking Trees Geographer uses tree rings to conserve resources and reconstruct history The ancient Greeks were onto something when they told tales of talking trees. In fact, as scientists have continued to study trees, they’ve discovered that their rings are as steeped in history as they are prophetic, telling us much about climates.

DR. MATTHEW THERRELL is just such a modern-day scientist.

“My students probably think I’m crazy when I talk about tree rings,” said Therrell, a Fairhope native and an associate professor in the Department of Geography. “But, for example, I teach a class on global climate change, and tons of that research is based on tree rings.

It’s amazing what tree rings will tell you.”

In his latest project, they’re telling him about past floods of the mighty Mississippi River, information which he is combining with historical data to create a flood history dating back more than 300 years. Currently, scientists rely on historical records that go back, at best, to 1880 and provide little information other than which years saw large floods.

Therrell’s project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is looking to extend that record as far back as the 1600s. The study will also use tree rings to determine where the floods originated, understand better the relationship between floods and climate circulation, and attempt to model the height of water levels during these historic events.

So what is Therrell looking for when he examines the rings of trees along the Mississippi River? Cellular damage.

“When the ground floods, trees basically suffocate,” Therrell said. “They get a ‘scar’ in their cellular tissue, which you see on the tree rings.”

Looking through a microscope, normal tree rings visually start with compact groups of circles, or vessels, which grow significantly in springtime.

With massive flooding, the vessels become crushed and misshapen, and they spread farther apart.

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To retrieve samples, Therrell and his graduate students are traveling across the country to areas south of where the Missouri and Ohio rivers meet the Mississippi. They then “core” trees by drilling small, nondestructive holes in them and pull out samples of tree ring layers. Sampling different trees at different elevations allows the research team to determine how high flood waters were in different years, finding misshapen vessels in trees that were affected by floods.

Sound unusual? That’s because it is. Only a handful of other researchers are working on flood rings, and Therrell’s research is focused on floods along the largest river.

When Therrell first looked at the damaged rings, he thought they might be frost rings, which look similar to flood rings but are caused when trees are damaged by sub-freezing conditions in springtime when temperatures warm but then dip back below freezing. Historical data said otherwise.

In one example, all of the trees indicated an extreme-weather event in the spring of 1927, a year which Therrell knew didn’t have subfreezing temperatures. He did know, however, that 1927 was a major flood year. After looking at the rings more closely, his suspicions were confirmed.

“For example, every single ring that we think is a flood ring represents a year that records show had a big flood,” he said.

And the team continues to uncover stronger and stronger evidence.

“In the beginning, we thought the flood rings might be just in Missouri,” he said. “Fortunately, my Ph.D. advisor had cored some of the same tree species in Arkansas in 1980. Sure enough, when I looked at those samples, the flood rings were there, too. He hadn’t put it together before.

“If we can put our research together with other kinds of tree ring records, it will complete the picture.”

In Therrell’s other projects, tree rings are telling government officials how to conserve natural resources. In Mozambique, he helped a young

forest industry better manage a prized, tropical hardwood. No one in the industry knew how fast the tree grew, and the management scheme they had set up wasn’t sustainable. In fact, they had underestimated the amount of land they would need for sustainability by half.

“In that particular case, they took the information I gave them and went back to their government, which leases the land, and let their officials know that they didn’t have enough land to make their work sustainable,” he said. “They asked for more land, and they got it. That’s an opportunity we had to make an impact on long-term sustainability.”

He’s doing similar work in Alabama to help conserve water, using tree rings to reconstruct rates of stream flow of the Choctawhatchee River in southeast Alabama and northeast Florida.

“We have very little quantitative data about stream flow,” he said. “And when you think about all of the things we use rivers for—barge traffic, drinking water, cooling water—we need to know how much water we can reliably count on. If you have only a 50-year record of stream flow, that’s not a good indication of reality, nor should it serve as the basis for any decisions that are made about how much water you’ll have in the future.”

The best example of that, he said, is the Colorado River. Water was allocated for various needs based on 30 years of information during the wettest time in 700 years. Now, the region is facing water shortages because of that over-allocation.

“The Choctawhatchee project addresses the same idea,” he said. “We’re trying to reconstruct past stream flow to figure out whether the record that we have is representative of the river’s natural variability.”

And practical research, Therrell said, is his favorite kind.

“The work that we do has a lot of real, practical applications,” he said. “Not everyone wants to do this kind of work, and not everyone will listen to our work, but at least we’re making the information available.” ■

Matthew Therrell stands next to the largest baobab, a kind of tree, in South Africa.

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An Independent Thinker Historian pushes the boundaries of convention DR. MARGARET PEACOCK is always asking “why.”

Why, for instance, should she deliver a traditional-style lecture when technology and online classes have diminished its value?

The answer, in Peacock’s eyes, is simple: She shouldn’t.

“I’m not convinced that group work is best, either,” said Peacock, an associate professor in the Department of History. “Students hate group work. Inevitably, a few read, but others don’t and end up sitting there and receiving credit without contributing. It tells them that they don’t need or have to do the work, and they don’t learn anything.”

So Peacock takes a different approach, one that is anything but conventional.

In one exercise, she has each of her students write a different discussion question on the board, and she selects the five best questions to discuss in class that day.

The trick? Getting to those last few questions.

“Coming up with a good question after 38 other people have written theirs on the board can be really hard,” she said. “But those last few questions are usually some of the best ones.”

In another exercise, she develops discussion questions herself and places a dozen or so notecards with the questions face-down on a table. Individual students walk up, pick one, and lead the discussion for that question. In yet another exercise, she requires each student to make an argument without writing a paper or making a PowerPoint. Students have made sculptures and composed music to convey their thoughts, then defended their choices in writing.

As Peacock says, all three exercises not only encourage students to be prepared, but they also challenge students to think big and take on active roles in their educations.

“I like to keep students accountable, but in a way that’s fun and not punitive or boring,” she said.

INCREASING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY Outside the classroom, Peacock is tackling bigger questions.

The first: Why do some high school students with 4.0 grade point averages make low 16s on the ACT college admissions test? She discovered the conundrum while working with a local nonprofit, College Admissions Made Possible, or CAMP. The organization rivals prestigious public and private high schools in providing comprehensive, college admissions services, except it targets an often overlooked group — low-income and minority students. CAMP provides these services free of charge with the goal of getting all of its participants into college.

Initially, Peacock helped CAMP students, high school juniors and seniors, with their college admissions essays. But her interest in the organization grew as she realized the extent of the barriers facing the students with whom she was working.

“These were very hard-working students,” she said. “But their ACT scores didn’t reflect that. It wasn’t that these kids didn’t want to go to college; they were just behind.”

Peacock now serves as the Tuscaloosa-area coordinator for the Birmingham-based organization, facilitating college admissions preparation at Central High School, Holt High School, and Fayette County High School.

For some 40 committed students, CAMP counselors conduct college admissions workshops, provide one-on-one advising, host a 10-week ACT prep class, and facilitate visits to college fairs and campuses. They also assist with financial aid and scholarship applications, college admissions essays, recommendation letters, and long-term academic planning. The ACT prep classes alone would cost the students nearly $80 an hour, or $2,400 for the 10-week class, were they not participating in CAMP, she said.

Peacock said the disconnect between the students’ goals and their ACT scores reflect broader issues in education.

“These schools and counselors are trying really hard to make their students ready for college, but they’re underfunded and overworked,” she said.

Margaret Peacock leads a class discussion.

And help from organizations like CAMP only goes so far.

“Intervention really needs to happen earlier when these students are 14 and just starting to fall behind,” she said. “As it is now, there’s not enough time for CAMP to completely make up that difference. It speaks to a broken education system that lacks funding and needs fixing. If we want to close that gap between schools, educate our citizens, and promote diversity, then we need programs like the ones that CAMP provides.”

RECONSIDERING RUSSIA, THE MIDDLE EAST Through her research, Peacock raises other questions. In her first book, Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War, she questions how popular support was created during the Cold War and proposes that, despite their ideological differences, the United States and Soviet governments manufactured support and manipulated their populations through propaganda in similar ways.

“I argue that those in power in both countries were more similar to each other than they were to the people whom their ads were targeting,” she said.

In both cases, government officials used images and messages involving children as propaganda tools, asking the masses to support their policies “to protect the children.”

“I show that there was not just a vertical divide between the East and West, but a horizontal divide between those in power and those most affected by their decisions,” she said.

Her next book, tentatively titled The Faults of Power: Cairo, Moscow, London, Washington, and the Struggle for the Modern Middle East, will raise similar questions.

“It will attempt to understand how the modern Middle East was made,” she said. “I’m looking at how we think about the Middle East not only as a nation, but across the globe. For instance, what is being said about the Middle East, by whom, and why? Are opinions about the Middle East formed along national lines, or is the divide horizontal, as it was during the Cold War, between people in power and everyday citizens? I’m not sure what the answers are yet, but sometimes you just have to dive into the archives and let the sources speak for themselves.”

What lies behind Peacock’s zest for questioning and encouraging others to do the same?

“I really believe that a liberal arts education is the one and only way to teach citizenship, humanity, empathy, and rational thinking,” she said.

“If we want to avoid the brutal mistakes of our human past, we must learn to be independent thinkers who demand honest, rational leadership from our government and a commitment to world citizenship from ourselves and those around us.

“Civilization is fragile and easily broken. History has proven that.

But it is made by what we practice every day.” ■

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Amanda Bennett presents her research on slave burial grounds.

From Harvard to The Huffington Post Senior bridges academic research and mainstream media AMANDA BENNETT has always loved language and how it can be used as both an art form and a political tool.

“I love being able to use words in a powerful way to impact a large group of people,” she said.

The senior, who is double-majoring in English and African American studies, knew she had chosen the right field during her first semester at the Capstone. At the time, she was taking an African American literature class with Dr. Trudier Harris, University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of English, who later became her mentor and thesis advisor.

“We discussed how African American literature is fundamentally political,” Bennett said. “The genre has been used as this incredibly beautiful tool to give voices to people who have been silenced. Everyone in this genre is producing work that is impactful.”

This summer, Bennett put her class discussions into practice by conducting research at Harvard University on an important part of African American history, the burial practices of slaves. She received a fellowship, which covered housing, travel, research, and living expenses, through the Leadership Alliance, a national consortium of colleges and universities aimed at preparing diverse groups of students for graduate school.

Now, to share her work with a wider audience, she is drafting an article about her summer experience for The Huffington Post, where she is a campus editor-at-large and regular contributor. She has found that the online news aggregator provides her with a platform for expressing ideas sparked by classroom discussions.

“The theories I learn about in class often have real-world applications,” Bennett said. “When I write about critical race or feminist theory for The Huffington Post, I typically filter my analysis through a lens or incident, such as a racially-motivated police brutality, a national scandal, or a pop culture event that is relatable and interesting to a wide audience.

“I want to use academic knowledge and theory to critically examine our society in ways that people outside of academia can also learn from and appreciate.”

At Harvard, Bennett’s research focused on slave burial grounds in three states, two in the Northeast and one in the South, and the ways that

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bodies were buried, funerals carried out, and how these practices reflected the social invisibility of African Americans at the time. She worked with Dr. Doris Sommer, the Ira Jewell Williams Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard.

“The burial grounds of enslaved people were often poorly marked or not marked at all,” Bennett said “Roads, towns, and businesses, especially in the case of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, were eventually built over some slave burial grounds, rendering them — and the history of slavery that was tied to their bodies — totally invisible.”

In her research, Bennett tied these practices of devaluing African Americans to the many issues they face today, including limited access to education, political power, economic power, and social and cultural capital.

The invisibility and devaluing they experienced during slavery, she said, shows how historical examples often result in the perpetuation of those same practices in modernity.

Bennett also noted differences between the three states. In New Hampshire and New York, she found that masters often had coffins made for their deceased slaves. The burials of slaves in these states took place almost exclusively during the day because night burials were perceived to cause rebellions, particularly in New York, where night burials were banned in 1722. In Louisiana, however, slaves were responsible for constructing their own coffins, and burials took place at night in order to prevent productivity loss in farming. No matter the state, slaves were buried in separate graveyards with minimally marked or completely unmarked graves.

As a whole, Bennett said the fellowship has helped better prepare her for graduate school and broadened the range of her research. At UA, a research project of hers focused on 20th-century African American literary movements.

“This project allowed me to develop a better working knowledge of pre-20th-century African American history and cultural practices,” she said.

She connected her Harvard and UA research projects through discussions of invisibility, putting 20th-century African American works such as Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man into conversation with earlier, observed practices of making African Americans invisible through burial practices.

Bennett hopes to pursue her doctorate in African American studies and literature at Harvard, the University of Michigan, Yale University, or Columbia University.

“I’d like to become a professor,” she said. “I like the idea of having the time and space to conduct research, but also the ability to share that knowledge with other people.”

Amanda Bennett at Harvard University

For students thinking about studying English or African American studies, Bennett, the president of the English honor society Sigma Tau Delta, offers some advice.

“Engage in as much undergraduate research as possible,” she said.

“Read newspaper articles, online journals, novels, and anything else you can get your hands on that is going to benefit your understanding of your discipline.

“In an abstract sense, majoring in English and African American studies has given me the tools to ask questions that interest me.

Before, I didn’t have the language to articulate those questions and ideas.

My degree has honed my skills and helped me discover my niche.” ■

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Record 14 College Graduates Receive Fulbright Awards A record 14 University of Alabama graduates have won Fulbright awards for 2015-2016.

All are alumni of the College of Arts and Sciences. They were among some 1,500 chosen for awards from among 11,000 applicants nationwide.

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.

BRIANNA ADAMS, from Garland, Texas, will assist English teachers in the Czech Republic. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in English.

LISA BOCHEY, from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, will assist English teachers in Peru. She is a 2013 graduate who majored in communicative disorders and Spanish and served with Teach For America after graduation.

CAMILLE CORBETT, from Marietta, Georgia, will assist English teachers in Turkey. She is a 2015 New College graduate who also majored in English.

KATHRYN CRENSHAW, from Birmingham, Alabama, will assist English teachers in Brazil. She is a 2014 graduate who majored in economics and Spanish with a specialty in Latin American studies.

SCOTT LEARY, from Hobe Sound, Florida, received a research award. He will conduct HIV/AIDS research in Madrid. He is a 2015 graduate who majored in Spanish and biology.

MARYANNE MOBLEY, from San Antonio, Texas, will assist English teachers in South Korea. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in anthropology.

CONNER NIX, from Collierville, Tennessee, will assist English teachers in Spain. He is a 2015 graduate who majored in biology and Spanish.

CHARLES HENRY PRATT, from New Orleans, Louisiana, will assist English teachers in Brazil. He is a 2015 graduate who majored in international studies with a self-designed concentration in Portuguese.

JENNA REYNOLDS, from Acworth, Georgia, will assist English teachers in Spain. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in Spanish and philosophy.

HAILAH SAEED, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will assist English teachers in Malaysia. She is a 2015 master’s degree graduate in public administration.

ERIN SMITH, from Clifton, Virginia, will assist English teachers in Turkey. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in international studies.

ADRIKA VENKATANARAYANAN, from Pensacola, Florida, will assist English teachers in Malaysia. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in psychology and history.

PARKER WHITE, from Montgomery, Alabama, will assist English teachers and study conflict resolution in Cyprus. He is a 2011 graduate who majored in English and classics and has been serving in the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps since graduation.

RUSSELL WILLOUGHBY, from Montgomery, Alabama, will assist English teachers in France. She is a 2015 graduate who majored in English and foreign languages and literature with a concentration in French.

Students and alumni interested in applying for next year’s Fulbright competition can learn more from Capstone International Center, 135 B.B. Comer Hall, www.international.ua.edu and www. us.fulbrightonline.org. ■

Brianna Adams

Lisa Bochey

Camille Corbett

Kathryn Crenshaw

Scott Leary

Maryanne Mobley

Conner Nix

Charles Henry Pratt

Jenna Reynolds

Hailah Saeed

Erin Smith

Adrika Venkatanarayanan

Parker White

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Student News A Buddy for Discoveries Senior brings the fun side of science to local children

By Kristi Payne Playing with beakers, test tubes, and pipettes may not be a traditional childhood pastime, but MONICA BRINT would like to change that — one experiment at a time.

The UA senior is bringing the fun side of science to local children. She knows, firsthand, this can inspire big scientific dreams.

Brint’s mother, a medical technologist, worked in a research laboratory filled with expensive equipment. Those instruments were off-limits to Brint and her brother during their childhood visits.

To keep them occupied, their mother allowed them to play in the lab sink instead.

“We spent hours measuring out different solutions and combining them to discover our final products,” Brint said. “That was the first time science really sparked my interest.”

That spark ignited a passion. Both her mother Monica Brint leads hands-on science activities at Matthews Elementary. and her father, a physician, encouraged her to question everything about the world around her organized and already had lessons and and to discover how things worked, she recalls. experiments drawn up, as well as ideas A high-school anatomy class sealed her for a proposal to gain funding.” interest in the field of medicine, and when she Impressed by her preparedness toured UA as a rising senior from Memphis, and enthusiasm, Secor agreed to Tennessee, she became Tuscaloosa bound. serve as faculty adviser for Discovery “I loved the layout of the campus, but I was Buddies. most impressed by the Honors College program “Dr. Secor approved my first and the College of Arts and Sciences,” Brint said. budget for the program and verified During her first year on campus, she served, the scientific explanations used in my through Honors College, as a volunteer mentor lesson plans,” Brint said. “During our for elementary students. She began seeking other meetings, he always offers valuable ways to encourage children. suggestions, which I implement.

As a sophomore, Brint, who has trained His guidance and advice have in ballet for 15 years, began teaching dance been instrumental in the success of lessons as an after-school volunteer at Matthews Discovery Buddies.”

Elementary School.

Brint said the young students are “I found it very rewarding to give back to the eager to learn, and their excitement community through these ballet lessons,” Brint at seeing the reactions from their said. “As the girls’ confidence and familiarity with experiments is priceless. dancing grew, I realized why I first fell in love with “It is truly a blessing to watch,” ballet. It not only teaches the value of hard work she said. and dedication, but it also shows the students how In one example from the spring Monica Brint to compose themselves with grace.”

2014 semester, the young students The students, she said, were eager to learn about more than dance. made model hearts from re-sealable plastic bags and pipe cleaners.

After each session, they asked the biology major questions about college Less than a year into the program, Brint has been encouraged to life and her career plans. Many indicated it was the first time they had met expand Discovery Buddies into other area schools. She’s also planning someone aspiring to become a doctor or to have a science career. to train fellow college students so the program can thrive after she That revelation inspired her to create Discovery Buddies, a mentoring graduates and enters medical school. program that allows children to work with UA students on fun science “I have been extremely impressed with Monica and this program,” experiments and experiences.

Secor said. “She is a star among our students.”

“I saw that they desperately lacked science-based activities,” Brint Brint said the rewards have outweighed the efforts. said. “So I created a program to provide them with role models and spark a “Founding this program has required me to sacrifice time, but new interest in science.” witnessing the students’ enthusiasm for science has made it invaluable,” She took her concept to Dr. Stephen Secor, UA associate professor of Brint said. “I would not trade my experiences with Discovery Buddies biological sciences, who admits he initially had reservations. for anything.” ■ “When she explained her idea for this program, I felt that it was a This story was originally published as part of the Find Your Passion feature bit ambitious for one student to take on,” he said. “But she was well section of the UA homepage.

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Four Students Receive UA Premier Awards Four students in the College received University of Alabama Premier Awards, UA’s highest honors recognizing scholarship, leadership, and service among its students.

JASON ARTERBURN, a 2015 graduate of New College from Madison, Alabama, was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award recognizing excellence of character and service to humanity.

Among his many service projects, Arterburn’s engagement with Birmingham to Beijing stands out. He and a partner taught Chinese language and culture classes to highly motivated high school students, and they helped raise $50,000 to cover program costs, which included a cultural exchange to Beijing. Arterburn has also participated in the University Fellows Experience, Black Belt Experience, Crossroads Community Center, and Project Bright Side, for which he helped design a service-learning course at the Boys & Girls Club of West Alabama. He is also a Truman Scholar.

DEREK CARTER, a senior majoring in mathematics and economics from Joplin, Missouri, was awarded the John Fraser Ramsey Award, which includes a month-long trip to Europe and a $6,000 stipend. While at UA, Carter has worked extensively with 57 Miles, a program in which UA students engage with the community in Marion, Alabama, to improve quality of life. Carter served as director of economic development and taught a three-week class at Francis Marion High School as part of the initiative. Carter also lived in Marion during his junior year and commuted twice a week to Tuscaloosa for classes.

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BRIAN GOODELL, a 2015 graduate majoring in physics and chemical engineering from Plattsburgh, New York, was awarded the Catherine Johnson Randall Award recognizing the most outstanding graduating senior at UA. Since his freshman year at UA, Goodell has sought to promote sustainability by researching ways to provide alternative energy. He became involved with the Center for Materials for Information Technology and its studies of novel substitutes for rare-earth magnets. More recently, he is collecting and analyzing data involved in the study of nanoparticles. He is also a Goldwater Scholar.

ALLISON MONTGOMERY, a senior majoring in biology from Talladega, Alabama, was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award recognizing excellence of character and service to humanity.

Montgomery has sat both as the chief justice of the Honors College Council and the University-wide Council and has helped promote UA’s Academic Integrity Week and other initiatives. As vice president of academic affairs in the Student Government Association, she began the College Bound Initiative, which brought

90 third- and fifth-graders from Tuscaloosa to campus to experience college life. She participated in UA’s Rural Medical Scholars program as a senior and entered The University of Alabama School of Medicine this fall. She was elected homecoming queen in fall 2014. ■

Undergraduate Researcher Named Goldwater Scholar COURTNEY RENTAS, a biology and psychology major from Naperville, Illinois, has been named a Goldwater Scholar for 2015-2016.

She was among 260 Goldwater Scholars selected from 1,206 nominees nationwide.

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program recognizes top-performing mathematics, science, and engineering students nationwide through oneand two-year scholarships that cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and lodging up to $7,500 a year. UA is first in the nation for its number of Goldwater Scholars from 2007 to 2015, with 25.

Harvard University is second, with 23.

Three other UA students were also selected as Goldwater Scholars this year.

Rentas is an undergraduate researcher in the Caldwell lab, which is led by Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell and managed by Dr. Laura Berkowitz. Rentas studies neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases in the model organism C. elegans.

Rentas started working in the lab as a freshman through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Program.

Outside of the lab, she is involved in greek life and holds leadership positions in other student organizations and honor societies at UA.

After graduation, she plans to study neuroscience at the graduate level in hopes of developing treatment options for those suffering from neurodegenerative disorders.

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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Cybercrimes Initiatives Expand, continued from page 1 also addresses the social science behind cybercrime— the human behaviors and motivations that characterize the online criminal.

“We’re trying to bridge the gap between tech experts and pure social scientists,” Dolliver said. “For me, I can’t necessarily deconstruct a computer’s hard drive or program a virus, but I can tell you about behavior as it relates to crimes committed online. And that’s what employers are looking for—people who have the ability to think analytically about cybercrime from both angles.”

Thus, classes in the cyber criminology minor are farreaching. They include computer science courses focused on the internet, coding, and legal and ethical issues in computing; a psychology course analyzing personality; an accounting course providing an overview of fraud risk management in business; and criminal justice courses on cyber law and policy, law enforcement in the digital age, digital forensic investigation, and criminal theories.

For McMillan, the task force and cyber initiatives have created a hub of cyber-related activity that he hopes will have significant impacts on the ways in which digital evidence is processed.

Diana Dolliver and Lt. Dennis McMillan In the Tuscaloosa area alone, the task force has provided a cost-effective way for digital forensics investigators from the University, A major priority of the institute is to generate research funding by Tuscaloosa, and Northport police departments to collaborate and solve submitting grant proposals and encouraging various cyber-related elements cases together in one location, saving money on expensive equipment and on campus to do the same, Hyde said. decreasing the amount of time need to solve these cases.

“There are a number of promising cyber disciplines at UA,” he said.

“In the long run, most people will never see the impact of our work “We’re interested in fostering research on big data in particular, an area unless they’re victims of a crime,” McMillan said. “But moving ahead, that is being worked on heavily in the management information sciences there aren’t going to be many crimes that aren’t digital because everybody program in Culverhouse and in the College of Arts and Sciences. We’re also is carrying a computer on their hip. Through the task force, we’re getting interested in cyber research on critical infrastructure and other areas like better information, which is creating better criminal cases that are getting vehicular protection against cyber attacks and behavioral aspects of cyber. better results when they’re presented in court.

“As long as we use digital technology, Everyone may not see it, but this partnership is we will have cybercrime and malicious cyber making local departments better able to serve activity. We’re trying to leverage faculty expertise their constituents by making them better able to to encourage colleges to expand their work and solve digital crimes.” collaborate on cyber-related research.”

McMillan also hopes to break down barriers For students, the University has established between forensics investigators on the ground a for-credit internship, an interdisciplinary and faculty conducting academic research. cybercrime minor, and an Honors College cyber “Cloud” forensics, for instance, promises certificate offering high-achieving students greater benefits to both groups, McMillan said. Now that flexibility. evidence can be stored in internet-based memory The internship, which is managed by the storage sites, which are, by nature, off-device and Joint Electronic Crimes Task Force, a partnership have the ability to change, methods of gathering with local law enforcement agencies, allows and examining evidence to be presented in court students to shadow investigators as they solve Cyber interns learn about the inner-workings of computers. must also change. cyber-related crimes. Participating students work “In law enforcement, we have to say that ‘the evidence was always with simulated evidence adapted from real-world cybercrime examples. in my custody, care, and supervision,’ and in the cloud, we can’t say that Though the interns don’t process actual evidence, they gain experience on because it’s always changing,” he said. “Research could be done in law to real world applications as if they had. determine how we interpret evidence in the cloud and how we extrapolate it “The interns we accept have expressed an interest in pursuing careers so that a court understands the evidence and finds it valid.” related to forensics,” said LT. DENNIS MCMILLAN, commander of the task And the centralization of all of these initiatives at UA, Dolliver says, force and a UAPD officer. “We hope the internship will give them a better is huge. idea about what career paths they can pursue and make them more “If you look at similar programs around the country, they have little bits lucrative when they enter the job market.” and pieces of what we have, but no social science program has a cyber To support students’ individual interests, interns are also required to criminology minor or anything like it,” she said. “The uniqueness of the conduct forensic research in areas related to their chosen fields. One intern, professors here gives students everything they need. We have scholars a communications major, investigated the use of social media as evidence in conducting cyber-based research in business, engineering, and many other cybercrimes. He is now in graduate school studying forensics. departments on campus, including criminal justice. Given these experts, DR. DIANA DOLLIVER, an assistant professor in the Department of plus my background and research expertise in policing and global crime Criminal Justice and academic liaison for the task force, said the cybercrime trends, and Reg’s past experience with the CIA, students have a unique internships have broad applications. opportunity that isn’t available anywhere else in the United States. They can “The internship is not just for students who want to be police officers dip their toes into all of these different cyber pools to find out what they’re or digital forensic investigators,” Dolliver said. “One intern last spring was interested in without having to switch institutions. interested in teaching at the K-12 level upon graduation. She wanted to “We’re just in the beginning stages now, but it’s an exciting time understand more about sexting and how to talk to her students about it.” to be at UA.” ■ Likewise, the cyber criminology minor helps deepen students’

understandings of cybercrime from a variety of perspectives, Dolliver said. It For more information about ongoing cyber initiatives, visit is one of the first in the country that isn’t focused solely on cyber security but www.cybercrime.as.ua.edu.

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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 student with their time, influence, and minimum annual membership gift of $1,000.

Leadership Board members annually support student scholarships, Leadership Board Faculty Fellowships, and the Leadership Board Nobel Laureates Lectureships.

The Board also supports the Collegiate Fund Scholarship Endowment which now provides more than $42,000 annually in merit and need-based scholarships.

Mr. Robert E. Abernathy Atlanta, GA Mrs. Laura C. Abernathy Atlanta, GA Mrs. Kelley Samford Alford Birmingham, AL Dr. Thomas Joseph Alford Birmingham, AL Mrs. Arlene Ashe Sheffield, AL Mrs. Pam Askew Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. J. Max Austin, Jr. Mountain Brook, AL Dr. James Haywood Baker Mentone, AL Ms. Emily L. Baker Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Bette Anne LeBlanc Bargeron Birmingham, AL Dr. T. Lee Baumann Birmingham, AL Dr. Brenda K. Baumann Birmingham, AL Dr. Noel Bedwell Mobile, AL Mrs. Shannon Bedwell Mobile, AL Dr. H. Chester Boston, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Winifred D. Bragg Virginia Beach, VA Mr. James S. Brooks Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Sarah Eagan Burchfield Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Melvin Butler Spring Hill, TN Mr. Larry Canada New Orleans, LA Dr. Vincent Carnaggio Birmingham, AL Professor Cornelius Carter Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. William Christenberry Washington, DC Dr. William P. Clack Sarasota, FL Mrs. Frances R. Clement Elberta, AL Mr. Caleb Connor Aiken, SC Mrs. Joy Cooper Birmingham, AL Dr. Gregory W. Cotter Mobile, AL Dr. John R. Cranton Daphne, AL Mr. Sylvester Croom, Jr. Nashville, TN Ms. Jackie Brunson Crowell Enterprise, AL Mr. Fred Crown, Jr. Nashville, TN

Dr. Martha Crowther Tuscaloosa, AL Miss Elizabeth B. Crump Montgomery, AL Dr. Benjamin J. Cumbus Montgomery, AL Mrs. Beverly Crawford Davis Mobile, AL Dr. Jerry D. Dillard Selma, AL Dr. Morton B. Dimenstien Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert M. Dimick Brentwood, TN Dr. William E. Dismukes Birmingham, AL Mrs. Forsyth Sellers Donald Birmingham, AL Dr. Dan Douglas Birmingham, AL Mr. Jack Drake Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jessellan L. Dunn Vestavia, AL Mrs. Mary Sue Avery Durant Birmingham, AL Dr. John T. Eagan, Jr. Birmingham, AL Dr. Miller Bonner Engelhardt Montgomery, AL Dr. Elizabeth Ennis Birmingham, AL Mrs. Kathleen A. Farmer Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Rebecca Paul Florence Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Andre J. Fontana Mobile, AL Mrs. Marjorie Forney Birmingham, AL Dr. William H. Forster Gibson Island, MD Mr. Gary Fowlie New York City, NY Mr. Jack Friedlander Mobile, AL Dr. H. Joseph Fritz Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Thomas A. Gaskin, III Birmingham, AL Mrs. Sylvia Goldberg Birmingham, AL Dr. Warren Goldstein Colorado Springs, CO Mrs. Milla Green Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Rebecca Gregory Wetumpka, AL Mr. Frank Gregory Wetumpka, AL Dr. Roy Hager Montgomery, AL Dr. Gerard D. Haggstrom Florence, AL Dr. William H. Halama III Birmingham, AL Ms. Patricia Hatcher Hall Montrose, AL Dr. Lee N. Hammontree Birmingham, AL Dr. Luoheng Han Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Samantha Hansen Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Susan Ptomey Hargett Florence, AL Mr. Billy Hargett Florence, AL Dr. Phillip Harmon Birmingham, AL Dr. Trudier Harris Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. Robert Hayes Mrs. Camille Mendle Mrs. Claire Black Tisdal Mrs. Rebecca M. Roberts Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Burton, TX Mr. Don Hays Dr. Ronald C Merrell Dr. Henry Townsend Mr. Joe Rowe Tuscaloosa, AL Mentone, AL Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Joel Hearn Mrs. Marsha Cox Merrell Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier Mrs. Alice Schleusner Florence, AL Mentone, AL Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Ronald E. Henderson Dr. Pamela Varner Ms. Gina Sealy Miers Dr. V.C. Scott Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Vestavia Hills, AL Mr. Russell T. Henshaw Dr. Billy Vaughn Mr. James David Mills Mr. Ted Sexton Huntsville, AL Bloomington, IL Birmingham, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Anne Barr Herman Dr. Julie Vaughn Ms. Gloria Moody Mrs. Leah Ann Sexton Suwanee, GA Tuscaloosa, AL Birmingham, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Scott Hestevold Ms. Allison Verhine Dr. Ernest G. Moore, Jr. Mr. Michael Shanahan Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Mountain Brook, AL San Diego, CA Mrs. Ilouise Partlow Hill Dr. George Wakefield Mrs. Stella Hillard Moore Dr. Elisabeth S. Sheldon Montgomery, AL Montgomery, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Wetumpka, AL Dr. John Holaday Dr. James C. Walker, Jr. Ms. Connie J. Morrow Dr. Craig T. Sheldon, Jr. West Bethesda, MD Birmingham, AL Deatsville, AL Wetumpka, AL Mr. Ralph G. Holberg, III Dr. Susan Austin Warner Dr. Larry C. Mullins Dr. Roger Sidje Mobile, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Wetumpka, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Ralph Holt Dr. Forrest E. Waters III Dr. Rhett B. Murray Dr. Alan M. Siegal Florence, AL Montgomery, AL Huntsville, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Michael B. Honan Dr. Phillip Watkins Mrs. Pam Newman Mrs. Karen Simmons Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Gadsden, AL Geneva, AL Ms. Camilla Huxford Mrs. Mary Jean Weaver Mr. George Noblin Dr. John F. Simmons Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Montgomery, AL Geneva, AL Mr. William Jackson Dr. L. Steve Weinstein Mr. James W. Noe Mr. James Sledge North Myrtle Beach, SC Sugar Land, TX Mobile, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. David Jackson Mrs. Lucy Weinstein Mrs. Bonita Todd Norman Mrs. Wendy Smith Birmingham, AL Mobile, AL Coral Gables, FL Decatur, AL Dr. William Johnson Dr. Allan S. Wilensky Dr. Robert Olin Lt. Cdr. Ned Smith Mobile, AL Mountain Brook, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Cropwelll, AL Mr. Tom Joiner Dr. Frederick W. Williams Mr. Hamilton Patrick Dr. Thomas C. Smitherman Tuscaloosa, AL Accokeek, MD Nashville, TN Pittsburgh, PA Mrs. Ann Jones Dr. Walter G. Pittman Dr. Amanda Duncan Soong Dr. Tammi L. Williams Birmingham, AL Cary, NC Mountain Brook, AL Hoover, AL Mr. Allan Keel Dr. Edward O. Wilson Mrs. Helen Pittman Mrs. Margherita J. Soule Houston, TX Lexington, MA Birmingham, AL Pensacola, FL Mr. Steven King The Rev. Hoyt Winslett, Jr. Dr. Gil Price Dr. Ellen Spears Andalusia, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Gaithersburg, MD Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Kerry L. Kirkland Dr. Stanley Winslow Dr. Robert M. Pritchett Mrs. Mary Spencer Shoal Creek, AL Montgomery, AL Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Jerry L. Kitchens Mrs. Cheryl Winslow Mrs. Paula F. Quarles Mrs. Winifred L. Stakely Vestavia Hills, AL Montgomery, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Montgomery, AL Dr. Dave Klemmack Col. Thomas J. Wright Mr. Ralph Quarles Mrs. Molly Steed Tuscaloosa, AL Falls Church, VA Tuscaloosa, AL Anniston, AL Mr. James E. Klingler Mrs. Richie S. Wright Mr. Bruce S. Reid, Sr. Mrs. Leah Snell Stephens Fitzpatrick, AL Falls Church, VA Montgomery, AL Montgomery, AL Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg Dr. Zhijian Wu Mrs. Mary D. Reyner Dr. Johnnie W. Stevens Birmingham, AL Las Vegas, NV Mobile, AL Riverside, AL Dr. Wade Lamberth Mr. John F. Wymer Ms. Ann Rhoads Mr. Donald Wilbur Stewart Birmingham, AL Atlanta, GA Birmingham, AL Anniston, AL Dr. David Joel Landau Mrs. Catharine Wymer Mr. Rick Richardson Mrs. Barbara Stone Mountain Brook, AL Atlanta, GA Houston, TX Mountain Brook, AL Mr. Greg Langston Dr. Luther W. Richardson, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer Gerardo Taylor Ms. Kathy Yarbrough Dallas, TX Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Alexandria, VA Dr. Andy Lattal Dr. Robert Yoder Mr. George Richardson Mrs. Jessica Thomas Morgantown, WV Birmingham, AL Huntsville, AL Nashville, TN Dr. Alice Darnell Lattal Mr. James H. Zeanah Mrs. Shannon Riley Dr. E. Lamar Thomas Morgantown, WV Tuscaloosa, AL Mountain Brook, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Patrick LeClair Dr. Jeffrey Zieman Mr. Jack Robbins, Jr Dr. Helen Raye Thrasher Tuscaloosa, AL Mobile, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Birmingham, AL Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr Mrs. Martha Cobb Roberts Mr. Ethan T. Tidmore Tuscaloosa, AL Birmingham, AL Vestavia, AL Mrs. Margaret Livingston Birmingham, AL Mr. John Lockett Atlanta, GA Mr. E. Clayton Lowe, Jr. Trussville, AL Dr. Chandra M. McCall The College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board awards $45,000 in fellowships Birmingham, AL annually to faculty members from each of the College’s three academic divisions Dr. Dan McCall to recognize outstanding achievements. Faculty fellows receive $5,000 annually Mobile, AL for three years to support their scholarship, research, and other academic, Dr. Richmond McClintock, Jr. non-salary expenses. DR. THOMAS GASKIN and FORSYTH SELLARS DONALD, Dothan, AL both from Birmingham, represented the Board on this year’s faculty fellows Ms. Pamela McCollough selection committee.

Katy, TX Faculty fellows for 2015-2018 are DR. TORIN ALTER, professor in the Department Dr. Tricia McElroy of Philosophy; DR. JUSTIN HART, associate professor in the Department of Geography; Tuscaloosa, AL and DR. MARGARET PEACOCK, assistant professor in the Department of History.

Dr. Trip McVay Mobile, AL

Leadership Board Selects 2015 Faculty Fellows

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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, 2014 and May 31, 2015.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Abernathy Atlanta, GA Mr. Wilton J. Aebersold New Albany, IN Dr. William J. Allen Jonesboro, AR Dr. Anthony J. Arduengo III Coaling, AL Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Arendall Birmingham, AL Armbrecht Jackson LLP Mobile, AL Mr. Conrad P. Armbrecht II Mobile, AL Mr. and Mrs. Braxton W. Ashe Sheffield, AL Mrs. Pamela H. Askew Tuscaloosa, AL AT&T Foundation Princeton, NJ Ms. Emily L. Baker Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. James H. Baker Mentone, AL Banks Quarles Plumbing Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Bette Leblanc Bargeron Birmingham, AL Ms. Jennifer J. Barringer Houston, TX Dr. Arthur C. Benke Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Carolyn A. Bibb Atlanta, GA Ms. Claire Black Tisdal Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John Blair Spring, TX BP Fabric of America Fund Princeton, NJ Dr. Winifred D. Bragg Virginia Beach, VA Mr. James S. Brooks Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Buckley Columbus, MS Dr. Melvin Lynn Butler Spring Hill, TN

Dr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Carnaggio Birmingham, AL Mr. William A. Carter Northport, AL Mr. Mike Chambers Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Roger M. Chapman Brewton, AL Ms. Rue Anne Chitwood Elko, NV Mrs. Frances R. Clement Elberta, AL Coalbed Methane Association of Alabama Birmingham, AL Mrs. Naneita Leach Cobbs Birmingham, AL Coca-Cola Co. Knoxville, TN The Comer Foundation Birmingham, AL Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper Birmingham, AL Dr. Gregory W. Cotter Mobile, AL Dr. John R. Cranton Daphne, AL Mr. Sylvester Croom, Jr. Nashville, TN Mrs. June N. Crowder Dallas, TX Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell Enterprise, AL Mr. Fred S. Crown, Jr. Nashville, TN Ms. Elizabeth Burford Crump Montgomery, AL Dr. Benjamin J. Cumbus Montgomery, AL Mr. James E. Curtis, Jr. Washington, DC Mrs. Inez C. Dalton Mobile, AL Dr. Daryl C. Dance Henrico, VA Mrs. Beverly Crawford Davis Mobile, AL Mr. and Mrs. John F. DeBuys, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. Bill Dement 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. Jack Drake Birmingham, AL Dr. Mark S. Drummond Birmingham, AL Mrs. Mary Sue Avery Durant Birmingham, AL Dr. John T. Eagan, Jr. Birmingham, AL Dr. Elizabeth D. Ennis Birmingham, AL Dr. Miguel Fernando EtayoCadavid Houston, TX Exxon Mobil Theodore, AL ExxonMobil Foundation Irving, TX Mr. Jack Harris Fein Boynton Beach, FL Mr. Edgar James Files, Jr. Madison, MS Dr. Andre J. Fontana, Sr. Mobile, AL Mrs. Marjorie H. Forney Birmingham, AL Dr. William H. Forster Gibson Island, MD Mr. Gary M. Fowlie New York, NY Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Franklin Salem, SC Frederick Bliss Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, GA Dr. H. Joseph Fritz, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Bill Garrett Lutherville Timonium, MD Dr. Lois D. George Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. David Godsey Birmingham, AL Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan Goldberg Mountain Brook, AL Mr. Russ F. Golson Theodore, AL Mr. David W. Goodwin Houston, TX Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Graner Richmond, VA Greater Greenville Foundation Greenville, NC

Natural Resources Foundation Establishes Drummond Endowed Scholarship The Alabama Conservation and Natural Resources Foundation, or ACNRF, gave $50,000 in 2014 to establish the Larry Drummond Endowed Scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences. The foundation gave an additional $30,000 to the endowment in 2015. These gifts were made possible from proceeds of the Alabama Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt fundraiser hosted by the foundation. Scholarships will be given to full-time undergraduates from the state of Alabama. Drummond, the scholarship’s namesake, was an avid outdoorsman, an Alabama businessman, and a board member of the ACNRF from 2003 until his death in 2012. He graduated from The University of Alabama in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in commerce and business administration. He also received from the University a master’s degree in 1966 in accounting and a juris doctor in 1969. With his brothers, he helped grow Drummond Co. Inc., founded by their father, Herman Drummond, in 1935, to one of the largest international coal companies in the nation. Larry Drummond was also an active member in the community and served in many civic and professional organizations.

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Mrs. Milla Windham Green Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Gregory Wetumpka, AL Ms. Martha Mathews Griffith Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Roy Thomas Hager Montgomery, AL Dr. Gerard D. Haggstrom Florence, AL Dr. William H. Halama III Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hargett Florence, AL Dr. Phillip W. Harmon Birmingham, AL Dr. Trudier Harris Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Steve Havard Pensacola, FL Mr. Bertram Hayes-Davis Gulfport, MS Dr. Joel P. Hearn Florence, AL Mr. Ralph G. Hellmich Foley, AL Dr. Ronald Earl Henderson Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Henry G. Herrod III Memphis, TN Ms. Suzanne A. Herrod Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. H. Scott Hestevold Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Ilouise Partlow Hill Montgomery, AL Mr. Ralph Gans Holberg III Mobile, AL Mr. Ralph E. Holt Florence, AL Dr. Michael B. Honan Birmingham, AL Mr. Perry Hubbard, Jr. Gainesville, FL Dr. Kristin H. Hughes Tomball, TX Dr. Ramona L. Hyman Huntsville, AL Mr. Robert L. Ingram, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jack Kingsport, TN JamisonMoneyFarmer PC Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. William E. Johnson III Mobile, AL Mr. Thomas J. Joiner Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. George K. Jones Madison, AL Ms. Valarie J. Jones Herne, Germany Key Bank USA Cleveland, OH Key Foundation Cleveland, OH Mr. Steven King Andalusia, AL Mr. Kerry Kirkland Birmingham, AL Dr. Jerry L. Kitchens Birmingham, AL Dr. David L. Klemmack Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg Birmingham, AL Mr. Claus F. Kroeger Atlanta, GA Mr. and Mrs. John Kroehnke Benton, KY Dr. Ura Munro LaMoreaux Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. George I. Lindahl III Spring, TX Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston Birmingham, AL Mr. Willard W. Livingston, Jr. Mobile, AL Mr. John A. Lockett III Atlanta, GA Dr. Sherry P. Magill Jacksonville, FL Mrs. Dorothy S. Malaier Montgomery, AL Mr. Brian D. Mann Arlington, TX Mr. Michael Martone Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John H. Masingill III Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Chandra M. McCall Birmingham, AL Ms. Anna Harris McCarthy Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Pamela Jo McCollough Katy, TX Mr. Wayne C. McCreedy Springfield, VA Dr. Russell McCutcheon Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. William U. McDonald, Jr. Toledo, OH Dr. Leon “Trip” McVay III Mobile, AL Dr. Carol B. Merkle Fort Walton Beach, FL Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Merrell Mentone, AL Dr. Allan D. Meyers Saint Petersburg, FL Mrs. Gina Sealy Miers Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. David Mills Birmingham, AL Mr. David Joseph Minor Birmingham, AL Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation Birmingham, AL Ms. Gloria Narramore Moody Birmingham, AL Dr. Ernest G. Moore, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mrs. Stella Hillard Moore Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Rhett B. Murray Huntsville, AL Mrs. Pamela McLellan Newman Gadsden, AL Mrs. Bonita Todd Norman Coral Gables, FL Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. O’Brien Alabaster, AL Occidental Petroleum Tulsa, OK Dr. and Mrs. Bob Olin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Larry W. O’Neal Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Edward H. O’Neil Alameda, CA Mr. David Eugene Van der Griff and Mr. Steven S. Palmer Sacramento, CA Ms. Chelcy Bowles and Mr. William Peden Madison, WI Mrs. Nancy L. Pierce Birmingham, AL Pikes Peak Community Foundation Colorado Springs, CO Dr. Walter G. Pittman Birmingham, AL

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Mr. Samuel G. Porter Lafayette, LA Presser Foundation Philadelphia, PA Mrs. Mary Anne Price Tallahassee, FL Ms. Martha Pritchett Durham, NC Dr. Robert M. Pritchett Birmingham, AL ProAssurance Corporation Birmingham, AL Mrs. Paula F. Quarles Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Minnie H. Rast Mountain Brook, AL Mr. James C. Redwine Birmingham, AL Regions Financial Corporation Foundation Birmingham, AL Renaissance Charitable Foundation Indianapolis, IN 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. Rick Richardson Houston, TX Mrs. Terra Shield Richardson Birmingham, AL Mr. Jack B. Robbins, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Martha Cobb Roberts Mountain Brook, AL Mrs. Rebecca McKinney Roberts Burton, TX Mrs. Mary Oliver Roebuck Birmingham, AL Mr. Robert D. Schneeflock Madison, MS Schwab Charitable Fund San Francisco, CA Dr. V. C. Scott III Birmingham, AL Mr. Thomas H. See Friendswood, TX Drs. Craig T. and Elisabeth Shepard Sheldon Wetumpka, AL Shell Oil Foundation Houston, TX Dr. Alan Myron Siegal Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. John Franklin Simmons Geneva, AL Mr. Robert F. Singleton, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Jim Sledge Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Bernard Slosberg Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Charles C. Smith Northport, AL Lt. Cdr. Edward S. Smith, Jr., (Ret.) Cropwell, AL Dr. Thomas C. Smitherman Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Amanda Duncan Soong Hoover, AL 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 Ms. Delia D. Steverson Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Barbara Mikloucich Stone Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jennifer Gerardo Taylor Alexandria, VA Dr. E. Lamar Thomas Birmingham, AL Mrs. Marly Dukes Thomas Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Helen Raye Thrasher Birmingham, AL Mr. Ronald M. Tisdale Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Toxey Spring, TX Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier Mountain Brook, AL Truman Capote Charitable Trust Los Angeles, CA Tuscaloosa Music Club Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. William A. Ulmer Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Pamela Duncan Varner Birmingham, AL Mr. Bill Vaughn Bloomington, IL Dr. Julie Estin Vaughn Tuscaloosa, AL Vulcan Materials Co. Birmingham, AL Dr. George H. Wakefield III Montgomery, AL Mr. George K. Walker Winston Salem, NC Dr. James C. Walker, Jr. Birmingham, AL Walter Energy Brookwood, AL Mr. William T. Watson Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. L. Steve Weinstein Mobile, AL Mr. James C. Wilder West Bethesda, MD Mr. Richard Wilkerson Houston, TX William T. Watson, LLC Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Frederick W. Williams Accokeek, MD Dr. Tammi Lenee Williams Cary, NC Willow Pond Foundation Fitzpatrick, AL Dr. Edward O. Wilson Lexington, MA Dr. Jerry P. Winfield Charleston, SC The Rev. Hoyt Winslett, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Winslow Montgomery, AL Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wymer III Atlanta, GA Mr. James H. Zeanah Tuscaloosa, AL

Juliette Hinton Honors Father and Grandfather with Endowed Scholarship The late Juliette Foster Hinton of Mobile, Alabama, has given more than $20,000 to honor her father and grandfather through a scholarship. The Dr. Edwin Hardy Foster and Julian Barringer Foster Endowed Scholarship will be given to full-time undergraduate students in the College who graduated from high schools in Alabama’s Mobile and Baldwin counties. Dr. Edwin Hardy Foster, Hinton’s grandfather, was born in Tuscaloosa and received his master’s degree from UA in 1886. He taught German and English at UA from 1902 until the early 1940s, and he was head of UA’s German department for four decades.

Julian Barringer Foster, Hinton’s father, was reared in Tuscaloosa and attended UA but was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army during World War I. After the war, he returned to the University to complete his bachelor’s degree. He then received a master’s degree from Columbia University and studied foreign service at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He spent most of his career as a foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State. During World War II, he was posted to Copenhagen, Denmark, and was instrumental in helping smuggle Jewish citizens to safety, an act for which he was sentenced to an internment camp in Germany. After being exchanged for German diplomats and returning to the United States in 1942, he helped with the planning of D-Day. Never having fully recovered from his time in the internment camp, he died just 11 days after D-Day, on June 17, 1944, having received significant recognition for his heroism. Hinton passed away in September.

Gregory Endowed Scholarship Nearing $250,000 Frank and Rebecca Gregory of Wetumpka, Alabama, have given more than $25,000 nearly every year for the last 10 years to a scholarship they endowed in 2005. The endowment, the Frank W. Gregory and Rebecca Geiger Gregory Endowed Scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences, is nearing $250,000. It provides scholarships to academically successful students in the College who demonstrate financial need. “We established this scholarship in appreciation for the role that The University of Alabama has played in our lives,” wrote the Gregorys. “It is an investment in the future of the University, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the students who receive the scholarship. It is our hope that this scholarship will give its recipients the opportunity to pursue their education and to enjoy the many benefits of a degree from The University of Alabama.” Frank Gregory, a native of Virginia, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University in 1962 and a Master of Arts in 1966. He served as a teacher and as a middle and high school principal, was Montgomery County’s first court administrator, and later served as director of the Alabama Judicial College and administrative director of courts for the State of Alabama. Rebecca Gregory received a Bachelor of Science from the University in 1964 and a Master of Arts in 1967. She served as a history teacher for Mobile County, Opelika City, and Montgomery County public schools.

She was selected as the Montgomery County Teacher of the Year in 1989 and1999 and as Alabama District V Teacher of the Year in 1999. Both are longtime members and past chairpersons of the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board.

Alumnus Honors Howard Jones with Endowed Scholarship An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences has given $100,000 to establish the Dr. Howard Jones Endowed Scholarship to honor his former professor, Dr. Howard Jones, to foster the study of history by undergraduates, and to support academic excellence in the College. The scholarship will be given to undergraduate students who are majoring or minoring in history. Jones is a University Research Professor of History Emeritus at UA and is the author and editor of more than a dozen books. He taught courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War. Jones has written many articles that have been published in a number of historical journals including American Interest, American History, Journal of American History, New England Quarterly, and Reviews in American History. He is the recipient of the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He is currently completing a book on the My Lai massacre of the Vietnam War.

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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 liberal arts education. The College gratefully acknowledge the following friends who made gifts to the Collegiate Fund between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015. $5,000 and above Dr. Segal E. Drummond, Jr. Birmingham, AL $1,000 to $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abernathy Atlanta, GA Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Alford Birmingham, AL Mr. Russ Q. Allison Pelham, AL Mr. Bob Armistead Nashville, TN Mrs. Arlene Karpinski Ashe Sheffield, AL Mrs. Pamela H. Askew Tuscaloosa, AL AT&T Foundation Carrollton, TX Dr. J. Max Austin, Jr. Birmingham, AL Ms. Emily L. Baker Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. James H. Baker Mentone, AL Mrs. Bette Leblanc Bargeron Birmingham, AL Dr. Carl A. Barnes Muscle Shoals, AL Drs. Brenda and T. Lee Baumann Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Noel Bedwell Mobile, AL Ms. Claire Black Tisdal Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. H. Chester Boston, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Thomas G. Bradford III Tequesta, FL Dr. Winifred D. Bragg Virginia Beach, VA Mr. James S. Brooks Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Hobson Bryan, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Melvin L. Butler Spring Hill, TN Mr. Larry G. Canada New Orleans, LA Dr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Carnaggio Birmingham, AL Mr. Will T. Cheek, Jr. Nashville, TN Dr. W. Pearson Clack Sarasota, FL Mrs. Frances R. Clement Elberta, AL Mrs. Naneita Leach Cobbs Birmingham, AL Mr. Caleb Connor Aiken, SC

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Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper Birmingham, AL Dr. Gregory W. Cotter Mobile, AL Dr. John R. Cranton Daphne, AL Mr. Sylvester Croom, Jr. Nashville, TN Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell Enterprise, AL Mr. Fred S. Crown, Jr. Nashville, TN Ms. Elizabeth Burford Crump Montgomery, AL Dr. Benjamin J. Cumbus Montgomery, AL Mrs. Beverly Crawford Davis Mobile, AL Dr. Jerry D. Dillard Selma, AL Dr. Morton B. Dimenstien Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert M. Dimick Brentwood, TN Dr. William E. Dismukes Birmingham, AL Dr. John W. Donnelly, Jr. Atlanta, GA Dr. Dan E. Douglas Birmingham, AL Mr. Jack Drake Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jessellan L. Dunn Birmingham, AL Mrs. Mary Sue Avery Durant Birmingham, AL Dr. Miller Bonner Engelhardt Montgomery, AL Dr. Elizabeth D. Ennis Birmingham, AL Mrs. Mary A. Fair Tucker, GA Mrs. Kathleen A. Farmer Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fite Florence, AL Mr. Eric B. Foker Pasadena, CA Dr. Andre J. Fontana, Sr. Mobile, AL Mrs. Marjorie H. Forney Birmingham, AL Dr. William H. Forster Gibson Island, MD Mr. Gary M. Fowlie New York, NY Mr. Jacob M. Friedlander Mobile, AL Dr. H. Joseph Fritz, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Thomas A. Gaskin III Birmingham, AL Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan Goldberg Mountain Brook, AL Mrs. Milla Windham Green Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Gregory Wetumpka, AL Dr. Roy T. Hager Montgomery, AL Dr. and Mrs. Gerard D. Haggstrom Florence, AL Dr. William H. Halama III Birmingham, AL Dr. Lee N. Hammontree Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hargett Florence, AL Mr. and Mrs. James E. Harmon, Sr. Point Clear, AL

Dr. Phillip W. Harmon Birmingham, AL Dr. Trudier Harris Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Joel P. Hearn Florence, AL Dr. Ronald Henderson Birmingham, AL Mr. Russell Henshaw Huntsville, AL Mrs. Anne Barr Herman Suwannee, FL Mr. Andrew Hey Atlanta, GA Mrs. Ilouise Partlow Hill Montgomery, AL Mr. Ralph G. Holberg III Mobile, AL Mr. Ralph E. Holt Florence, AL Dr. Michael B. Honan Birmingham, AL Ms. Camilla Huxford Tuscaloosa, AL IBM Corporation Research Triangle Park, NC Mr. William P. 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 Kerr-McGee Foundation Princeton, NJ Mr. Steven King Andalusia, AL Mr. Kerry Kirkland Birmingham, AL Dr. Jerry L. Kitchens Birmingham, AL Dr. David L. Klemmack Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James E. Klingler Fitzpatrick, AL Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg Birmingham, AL Mr. Henry K. Kudon Chevy Chase, MD Dr. Wade C. Lamberth, Jr. Birmingham, AL Dr. David J. Landau Birmingham, AL Mr. Greg C. Langston Dallas, TX Dr. Kayron M. Laska Columbus, GA Dr. and Dr. Kennon A. Lattal Morgantown, WV Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston Birmingham, AL Dr. Stanley K. Lochridge Jasper, AL Mr. John A. Lockett III Atlanta, GA Mr. E. Clayton Lowe, Jr. Trussville, AL Mr. Walter B. Matthews, Jr. Florence, 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 V. McVay III Mobile, AL Mrs. Camille J. Mendle Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Merrell Mentone, AL Mrs. Gina Sealy Miers Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. David Mills Birmingham, AL Ms. Gloria Narramore Moody Birmingham, AL Dr. Ernest G. Moore, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mrs. Stella Hillard Moore Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Connie J. Morrow Deatsville, AL Mr. Larry C. Mullins Wetumpka, AL Dr. Rhett B. Murray Huntsville, AL Mrs. Pamela McLellan Newman Gadsden, AL Mr. George M. Noblin Montgomery, AL Mr. James W. Noe Sugar Land, TX Mrs. Bonita Todd Norman Coral Gables, FL Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Oldstone La Jolla, CA Dr. and Mrs. Bob Olin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. J. Wray Pearce Birmingham, AL Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Horsham, PA Dr. Walter G. Pittman Birmingham, AL Dr. Gil Price Kissimmee, FL Dr. Robert M. Pritchett Birmingham, AL Mrs. Paula Fink Quarles Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Ralph B. Quarles Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Bruce S. Reid, Sr. Montgomery, AL Ms. Mary Delchamps Reyner Mobile, AL Dr. Frank H. Reynolds II Chattanooga, TN Mrs. Margaret E. Rhoads Birmingham, AL Mr. George M. Richardson Huntsville, AL Dr. Luther W. Richardson, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Rick Richardson Houston, TX Mrs. Shannon Simpson Riley Birmingham, AL Mr. Jack B. Robbins, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Martha Cobb Roberts Mountain Brook, AL Mrs. Rebecca McKinney Roberts Burton, TX Mrs. Mary Oliver Roebuck Birmingham, AL Mr. Joe B. Rowe Birmingham, AL Mrs. Alice Herren Schleusner Birmingham, AL Dr. Varian C. Scott III Birmingham, AL Mrs. Leah A. Sexton Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. Michael D. Shanahan San Diego, CA Drs. Craig T. and Elisabeth Shepard Sheldon Wetumpka, AL Shell Oil Company Foundation Houston, TX Dr. Alan M. Siegal Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. John F. Simmons Geneva, AL Mr. Jim Sledge Tuscaloosa, AL Lt. Cdr. Edward S. Smith, Jr. (Ret) Cropwell, AL Dr. Thomas C. Smitherman Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Amanda Duncan Soong Hoover, AL Mrs. Margherita Jones Soule Pensacola, FL Mrs. Winifred L. Stakely Montgomery, AL Mrs. Ginger Winters Stallings Dallas, TX Mrs. Molly Steed Anniston, AL Mrs. Leah Snell Stephens Montgomery, AL Mrs. Barbara Mikloucich Stone Birmingham, AL Dr. William D. Sudduth Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Jennifer Gerardo Taylor Alexandria, VA Dr. Lamar Thomas Birmingham, AL Dr. Helen R. Thrasher Birmingham, AL Mr. Ethan T. Tidmore Vestavia, AL Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier Mountain Brook, AL Dr. Pamela Duncan Varner Birmingham, AL Dr. Julie Estin Vaughn Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. George H. Wakefield III Montgomery, AL Dr. James C. Walker, Jr. Birmingham, AL Dr. Forrest E. Waters III Montgomery, AL Mr. and Mrs. Kevon S. Watson Tucker, GA Mrs. Mary J. Weaver Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. L. Steve Weinstein Mobile, AL Dr. and Mrs. Allan S. Wilensky Mountain Brook, AL Dr. Frederick W. Williams Accokeek, MD Dr. Tammi L. Williams Cary, NC Dr. Edward O. Wilson Lexington, MA The Rev. Hoyt Winslett, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Winslow Montgomery, AL Mrs. Genevieve McCool Winter Houston, TX Col. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wright Falls Church, VA Mr. Zhijian Wu Las Vegas, NV Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wymer III Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert L. Yoder, Jr. Birmingham, AL

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Mr. James H. Zeanah Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Alphonse J. Zieman Mobile, AL $500 to $999 Ms. Dorothy Aaronson New York, NY Mr. Harvey N. Adams Tucker, GA Mr. William B. Anderson West Hollywood, CA Mr. Robert E. Arnold New York, NY Dr. John M. Belyeu Albertville, AL Dr. John E. Bennett Montgomery, AL Dr. Martha J. Powell and Dr. Will H. Blackwell Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Foy R. Bobo Mobile, AL Dr. James G. Brooks, Jr. Dallas, TX Mr. Joe Camp Mobile, AL Coca-Cola Company Knoxville, TN Dr. Jerry A. Davis Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Lucretia A. DeHaney Birmingham, AL Mrs. Abbie K. Drummond Jasper, AL Dr. Curtis W. Ellison Oxford, OH ExxonMobil Foundation Princeton, NJ Mr. Robert M. Field Alexandria, AL Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Friedman Fairhope, AL Mr. Roy L. Gates, Jr. Palos Verdes Estates, CA Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Grooms Birmingham, AL Mrs. Wendi Ward Hinton Cypress, TX Mr. Brian A. Jackson Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Alva M. Lambert Montgomery, AL Mrs. Mary Dempsey Lembke Birmingham, AL Dr. Dilin Liu Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lyerly Birmingham, AL Mr. Charles R. Mandly, Jr. and Ms. Sara A. Biro Dr. Ron Maner Chapel Hill, NC Mrs. Cynthia Trantham Markushewski Huntsville, AL Dr. Beatrice Files McConnell Atlanta, GA Mr. Joseph H. McLure, Jr. Atlanta, GA Ms. Catherine Roemer Nielsen Reston, VA Mr. Robert H. Perkins, Jr. Charlottesville, VA Drs. Russell and Linda Reeves Birmingham, AL Regions Financial Corporation Foundation Birmingham, AL Dr. Craig D. Rutland Nashville, TN

Dr. Sandra McGrady Sockwell Florence, AL Dr. Charles M. Soppet Dothan, AL State Farm Company Foundation Bloomington, IL Dr. Karen E. Stone Ohatchee, AL Mr. Michael S. Stutts Houston, TX Mr. George F. Taylor III Blacksburg, VA Mrs. Betty Ann Holladay VanNuys Fairfax, VA Mr. Laurence D. Vinson, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. William T. Watson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Keith Williams Birmingham, AL $250 to $499 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Arnold, Jr. Newnan, GA Mrs. Irene Pappas Beleos Birmingham, AL Dr. Sarah L. Bisch Norfolk, VA Mrs. Star K. Bloom Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Carl P. Borick Charleston, SC Mr. Thomas W. Bowron II Birmingham, AL BP Foundation, Inc. Princeton, NJ Dr. Edward T. Braye, Jr. Port Neches, TX Dr. Carol Delane Britt Thibodaux, LA Mr. Helman R. Brook Great Neck, NY Mr. George H. Brown Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. James E. Brown IV Spartanburg, SC Dr. John D. Chandler Gilbertsville, KY Mr. Laurence A. Clifton Courtland, VA Dr. and Mrs.Arthur E. Constantine Nashville, TN Mrs. Paula Porter Crockard Birmingham, AL Col. and Mrs. Ron D. Dupree Shepherdsville, KY Drs. Davis L. and Diane I. Findley Fairhope, AL Mr. Anthony G. George Birmingham, AL Georgia-Pacific Corporation Jacksonville, FL Dr. James R. Glaze Birmingham, AL Mrs. Gillian W. Goodrich Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jane Paget Gordon Montgomery, AL Dr. Vicki Lovelady Gregory Montgomery, AL Dr. Charles A. Gross Auburn, AL Dr. Kenneth F. Hancock Rome, GA Mr. James I. Harrison, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. David K. Hartin Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Patricia Moore Harvey Williamsburg, VA

Mrs. Alice Parker Haun Northport, AL Dr. Kevin C. Hayes Aberdeen, MS Mr. Samuel K. Hendricks Fairhope, AL Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hicks Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Broox G. Holmes Mobile, AL Home Depot Atlanta, GA Mr. Patrick P. Hughes Anniston, AL Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Hutchison Northport, AL Mrs. Elmore Bartlett Inscoe Montgomery, AL Col. Jack M. Ivy, Jr. Springfield, OH Dr. T. Scott Johnson Concord, MA Dr. Arthur A. Jones III Birmingham, AL Mrs. Elizabeth C. Kahlmus Meridian, MS

Mrs. Anne McAliley Moman Northport, AL Mrs. Leah C. Nielsen Westfield, MA Occidental Petroleum Charitable Foundation Tulsa, OK Mrs. Kay Holman Oshel Silver Spring, MD Mr. Edward B. Parker II Equality, AL Dr. James L. Pate Atlanta, GA Mrs. Sherrie L. Phillips Montgomery, AL Mr. Karl H. Pilati Russellville, AL Mr. John M. Plunk Athens, AL Mr. Glenn Powell Northport, AL Dr. and Mrs. H. Mark Reynolds Brewton, AL Dr. Roger S. Rowlett Hamilton, NY

Mrs. Cynthia Whitley Achorn Davidsonville, MD Dr. Carol Jackson Adams Ballwin, MO Dr. Kwasi Agyei-Aye Pfafftown, NC Alabama Power Company Birmingham, AL Mrs. Emily Erwin Allison Birmingham, AL Altec Industries, Inc. Birmingham, AL Mr. Aaron Altmann Atlanta, GA Mr. Theron E. Anders Huntsville, AL Dr. James N. Anderson, Jr. Montgomery, AL Dr. Paul J. Anderson, Jr. Enterprise, AL Mr. Jean R. Arnold Athens, GA Drs. Anne and Warren Arrasmith Birmingham, AL Mr. James C. Askew, Jr. Auburn, AL

George and Melinda Williams Provide Piano for All-Steinway Initiative George and Melinda Williams, of Birmingham, Alabama, have given a Steinway Model B grand piano to the College as part of the All-Steinway Initiative at UA. The initiative seeks to make the School of Music one of only 161 All-Steinway Schools worldwide by replacing all pianos with Steinway & Sons pianos, the premiere choice for renowned pianists and performance venues worldwide. The Williamses’ daughter, Lauren, is a sophomore piano performance major at UA studying under Professor Kevin Chance. The Williamses see their gift as an opportunity to make a lasting impact. “We realized that a piano would be a gift that would last for decades and touch hundreds, if not thousands, of students’ lives,” they said. “Throughout the many years of our daughter’s piano education, we have had countless opportunities to witness her and her fellow musicians spending hours and hours practicing for a handful of performances. We strongly believe that if these students are willing to commit so much of their lives preparing for and giving performances, they should be given the very best of instruments to perfect their skills.” George Williams graduated from Samford University in 1971, where he majored in marketing and economics.

Melinda Williams attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Together, they co-founded Strategic Solutions, LLC, a marketing and design consulting firm, which has led major customer communications design projects for dozens of Fortune 500 companies in the financial, insurance, telecom, and utility industries.

Dr. Kevin R. Katona Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Lee Kindberg Charlotte, NC Col. Lawrence H. Kloess, Jr. Montgomery, AL Mr. William R. Lane, Jr. Saint Petersburg, FL Mr. and Mrs. O. Clayton Lilienstern Bellaire, TX Mr. William T. Mauldin Huntsville, AL Mr. Maxwell McBrayer, Jr. Frankfort, KY Mrs. Shirley D. McCrary Mooresville, AL Mr. Michael K. McCue Athens, AL Dr. Max V. McLaughlin Mobile, AL Mr. Doug Milner Mc Minnville, TN Mr. Timothy S. Mistovich Mary Esther, FL

Mrs. Susan Kimbrough Rudolph Mobile, AL Dr. Paul P. Salter, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. Stephen G. Smith Geneva, AL Mrs. Patricia Roberts Sprague Birmingham, AL Ms. Dorothy C. Tatum Scottsboro, AL Ms. Martha R. Thomas Atlanta, GA Dr. William J. Urquhart Mobile, AL Mr. Francis J. Wozniak Fredonia, NY Mrs. Shane Graham Yokley Charlotte, NC $100 to $249 Abbott Fund Princeton, NJ Mrs. Unalane Carter Ablondi Alexandria, VA

Mr. Frank G. Atkins Huntsville, AL Mr. Edward C. Austin Harahan, LA Mr. Antoine H. Ayoub Atlanta, GA Mr. Charles P. Bagby Hobe Sound, FL Ms. Barbara J. Bailey Clearwater, FL Mr. and Mrs. William D. Baldwin Richmond, VA Dr. and Mrs. James H. Bankston Alexander City, AL Mrs. Julie Rawlinson Barefoot Decatur, GA Dr. Marvin W. Bassett Troy, AL Dr. Maynard P. Bauleke Lawrence, KS Dr. Bennett L. Bearden Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Patricia Vanscoy Beatty Tuscaloosa, AL

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Collegiate Fund Donors Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bedsole Mobile, AL Mr. Vincent N. Bellofatto Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. J. Tyre Benefield Madison, AL Dr. Jefferson S. Bennett Huntsville, AL Ms. Mary Fitts Bennett Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Donald J. Benson Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Catherine Calvert Bidgood Gainesville, FL Dr. Cynthia A. Bonner Pike Road, AL Mrs. Patsy Bouloukos Birmingham, AL Mr. Tommy E. Brakefield Birmingham, AL Mr. J. E. Braswell San Antonio, TX Dr. John M. Bray Gulf Breeze, FL Dr. Rebecca Deramus Bray Chesapeake, VA Mr. Alexander K. Brietzke Montclair, NJ Mr. Stephen D. Brignac Saint Francisville, LA Mr. Arthur L. Brooke III Augusta, GA Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brooks Huntsville, AL Mr. Bascom M. Brooms Mathews, AL Mr. Charles C. Brown, Jr. Gadsden, AL Mr. David P. Bruno Birmingham, AL Ms. Renee M. Burk Saint Petersburg, FL Dr. Carmen Taylor Burkhalter Florence, AL Mr. Jimmy L. Byram Mc Calla, AL Mr. Albert D. Byrd Clanton, AL Mr. and Mrs. James M. Byrd Daphne, AL Mr. Aaron S. Calhoun Gainesville, VA Mrs. Ella Calhoun Gainesville, VA Mrs. Patricia Hough Camp Birmingham, AL Mrs. Martha Terry Carlson Northport, AL Mr. William A. Carter Northport, AL Mr. William R. Carter, Jr. Monroeville, AL Dr. Richard L. Chambers, Ph.D. Montgomery, AL Ms. Martha A. Chapman Annandale, VA Ms. Janine E. Chase Buford, GA Mr. Mark T. Chesnut Anniston, AL Mr. Christopher T. Clark Brentwood, TN Drs. Karen and Douglas Clark Chapel Hill, NC Mrs. Jennifer H. Clark Birmingham, AL Ms. Leslie C. Claybrook Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Clements Tuscaloosa, AL

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Dr. Karen Clements-Crunk Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Jack K. Clemons Albertville, AL Mrs. Anne Johnson Cody Anniston, AL Con Edison New York, NY Dr. Kristi D. Concannon Mountain Top, PA Dr. and Mrs. Randy S. Coshatt Aliceville, AL Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Cotton Collierville, TN Dr. Joe S. Covington Meridian, MS Dr. Ronald L. Cox Trinity, FL Dr. Jo Ann Tubbs Crim Owens Cross Roads, AL Mr. M. Dean Cruce Chattanooga, TN Mrs. Margaret Shackelford Culp Birmingham, AL Dr. William A. Curry Birmingham, AL Dr. Donald H. Dahlene II Eclectic, AL Mrs. Linda Osburne Daniel Kensington, MD Dr. Omar K. Danner Atlanta, GA Mrs. Alpha B. Davis Birmingham, AL Mr. Carley V. Davis Mobile, AL Mr. Kenneth D. Davis Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Marian Bloodworth Davis Decatur, AL Mrs. Regina Wilson Davis Rome, GA Dr. P. Caldwell DeBardeleben, Jr. Selma, AL Dr. Arnold W. Deloach Marbury, AL Delta Air Lines Foundation Princeton, NJ Dr. Mary J. Burt Dennis Sandersville, GA Dr. Maurice E. Dennis Rainbow City, AL Dr. and Mrs. William T. Denton, Sr. Birmingham, AL Dr. Michael T. D’Errico Tallahassee, FL Mr. Marcel DiGiovanni, Jr. Saint Rose, LA Dr. Stephen A. Doblin Beaumont, TX Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Donohue Vienna, VA Mr. Warren D. Doss Anniston, AL Dow Chemical Company Foundation Midland, TX Mrs. Patricia Davis Downs Kingsport, TN Drs. Daveta and Frank Dozier Thomasville, AL Mr. Zachary J. Dureau Atlanta, GA Dr. John T. Eagan, Jr. Birmingham, AL Dr. Dennis C. Earl Knoxville, TN Dr. Charles M. Edwards, Jr. Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Mr. Michael L. Edwards Birmingham, AL

Mr. Philipp A. Ehrman Helena, AL Mr. William L. Ellison, Jr. Louisville, KY Maj and Mrs. Brand L. Elverston Pea Ridge, AR Energen Corporation Birmingham, AL Mrs. Lynn Thomas Epps Headland, AL Ms. Joanne B. Ethridge Adger, AL Mrs. Sue Krahn Falls Birmingham, AL Mr. Dallas W. Fanning Huntsville, AL Dr. Maureen Hedwig Feuston Asheville, NC Mr. Karl R. Fillip Atlanta, GA Dr. James R. Finch Hartselle, AL Dr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Fisher Mobile, AL Ms. Georgia Flesser Birmingham, AL Mrs. Donna Dykes Flowers Champaign, IL Mr. J. Stephen Flowers Troy, AL Dr. Milton J. Foley Pelham, AL Dr. Johnny K. Folmar California, PA Mrs. Donna K. Foreman Owens Cross Roads, AL Mrs. Phadra Carson Foster Montgomery, AL Dr. Gary M. Fowler Winfield, AL Mr. Hubert R. Fowler Pittsboro, NC Mrs. Meredith G. Fox San Antonio, TX Mr. Eldon Franks Athens, AL Mr. Michael C. Frings Chesterfield, MO Dr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Gannon Pensacola, FL Drs. Diana and James Gardiner Fairhope, AL Mrs. Brinda Cain Garrigan Montgomery, AL Mr. Asa Gaston Birmingham, AL Mr. Thomas L. Giles Gulf Shores, AL Dr. Timothy G. Gillespie Memphis, TN Ms. Sylvia L. Gilmore Newborn, GA Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ginsburg Reston, VA Mr. Robert M. Girardeau Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Goodwin Owens Cross Roads, AL Mr. Tom L. Goodwin Washington, DC Mrs. Jacqueline D. Graves Talladega, AL Dr. Larry S. Green Lake Jackson, TX Dr. Virginia Little Green Clinton, MS Ms. Margaret K. Greer Mobile, AL Mrs. Janet Schwab Gurwitch Knoxville, TN

Mrs. Dorothy Hains Scottsdale, AZ Mrs. Betty Baldridge Hall Nashua, NH Dr. Clarence F. Hamilton, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. Joel D. Hammond Marietta, GA Mr. Reginald T. Hamner Montgomery, AL Mrs. Sarah Rodgers Hanson Spring, TX Mr. C. Fred Hardwick III Dothan, AL Mr. Sidney J. Hardy New Orleans, LA Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Harmon Birmingham, AL Mr. Donald R. Harris, Jr. Midland, TX Mr. Charles T. Hatfield Ellicott City, MD Mr. Larry R. Hawkins Birmingham, AL Mrs. Betty Gillmore Haynie Montrose, AL Dr. Cooper G. Hazelrig Birmingham, AL Mr. James E. Hedgspeth, Jr. Gadsden, AL Mrs. Katherine E. Hershman Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James T. Hill Northport, AL Mr. Wayne Hilley Gulf Shores, AL Mr. John L. Hilson Bolingbroke, GA Mr. W. C. Hines, Jr. Atlanta, GA Dr. John B. Hodo, Sr. Vestavia Hills, AL Lt. Col. Bill W. Hoffman Little Rock, AR Mrs. Elaine Schwartz Holberg Mobile, AL Dr. Mary E. Hollaway Birmingham, AL Mr. Hillman J. Holley Slidell, LA Dr. Williams C. Holmes, Jr. Fort Smith, AR Mrs. Julie Morris Hooper Locust Fork, AL Mr. Arthur J. Horne, Jr. Upper Marlboro, MD Mr. Frank L. Hrabe Birmingham, AL Mr. Fengming Hu Buford, GA Mrs. Lisa A. Hullett Cullman, AL Mrs. Manda Wheat Humber Birmingham, AL Mrs. Carol Sullivan Hunn Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Hunt Roswell, GA IBM Corporation Research Triangle, NC Dr. Russell L. Ingram Jacksonville, AL Dr. Harold Isaacs Americus, GA Mr. Austin Z. Jackson Athens, AL Mr. Charles E. Jackson, Jr. Mobile, AL Mr. Cory G. Jackson, Sr. Birmingham, AL

Drs. Donald and Patricia Jackson Hamilton, OH Mr. Francis J. Jaeger Manorville, NY Mr. Sheldon E. Jeames Montgomery, AL Dr. Judith A. Jeevarajan League City, TX Mrs. Brownie Stewart Jeffries Baton Rouge, LA Mr. Bradley J. Johnson, Jr. Mr. Earl G. Johnson Pell City, AL Dr. James L. Jolly, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Andrea M. Jones Northport, AL Ms. Anita D. Jones Birmingham, AL Mr. David B. Jones Atlanta, GA Mr. Edward Journey Huntsville, AL Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Jowers Cropwell, AL Dr. Lawrence I. Kahn Saint Louis, MO Dr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Kahn Berkeley, CA Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Kelly Dothan, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Kendall Dallas, TX Dr. Richard M. Kendrick Northport, AL Mrs. Yvonne C. Kendrick Fayetteville, GA Dr. Bruce M. Key Birmingham, AL Dr. Margaret Ingram King Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. T. Patton King Birmingham, AL Mrs. Mary B. Klockenkemper Lakeland, FL Dr. Stephanie M. Kondy Miami Springs, FL Mrs. Nona Butler Kramer Wellington, FL Mr. WM Kraus Madison, WI Dr. Beatrice Campbell Lampkin Cincinnati, OH Mrs. Evelyn Raiford Langford Birmingham, AL Mr. Wayne W. Langston Hot Springs National Park, AR Mr. Jerome H. Lapidus Mountain Brook, AL Mrs. Barbara Jones Laurendine Mobile, AL Mr. Jim Lawrence Mountain Brook, AL Mr. Nelson L. Lee Hartselle, AL Ms. Susan J. Leeds Saint Simons Island, GA Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Lemley Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Juanita S. Lewis Oak Hill, VA Mrs. Eleanor Smith Lienau Huntsville, AL Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lindley Knoxville, TN Dr. Mary Littrell Aiken, SC Mr. Paolo Longo, Jr. Winter Springs, FL

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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Love Asheville, NC Ms. Betsy Seymour Loyless Chevy Chase, MD Mrs. Judith Leibold Mabry Glen Allen, VA Mr. Richard M. MacKay Birmingham, AL Ms. Teddi R. Mackelden Birmingham, AL Dr. Glida Alexander Magnani Birmingham, AL Dr. Thomas P. Mahoney Orange, CA Dr. Melanie A. Manning San Carlos, CA Dr. Patricia Yancey Martin Tallahassee, FL Mrs. Marjorie Cain Masterson Huntsville, AL Mrs. Janet H. Mathison Ozark, AL Ms. Martha A. Matthews Crestview, FL Mr. Ernest C. McAlister, Jr. Huntsville, AL Mr. H. William McAtee Mobile, AL Dr. Michael L. McBrearty Fairhope, AL Mr. Zachary M. McCain Lima, OH Mr. Michael McCaleb Jacksons Gap, AL Mr. Victor E. McClellan Daytona Beach, FL Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamar McClure Rocky Face, GA Mrs. Marilyn Morris McCrary Talladega, AL Dr. Ellann McCrory Fort Payne, AL Dr. David L. McElroy Knoxville, TN Dr. Vivian G. Hamlett and Mr. Leroy McEntire III Pike Road, AL Mrs. Lisa Wood McGowan Dothan, AL Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. McLean Raleigh, NC Mr. James O. McLemore, Jr. Trussville, AL Ms. Lisa Straka McLeod Burke, VA Dr. Gail Thomas McLure Iowa City, IA Mr. Jerry L. McMahan Alpharetta, GA Mr. 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 Mr. David T. Miller Catonsville, MD Dr. Karen H. Miller Louisville, KY Mrs. Mary Jo Jernigan Miller Memphis, TN Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Mims Marietta, GA Mrs. Nancy Howell Mitchell Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James M. Montgomery Atlanta, GA

Dr. John R. Montgomery Huntsville, AL Mr. Robert J. Moon Atlanta, GA Mrs. Sally Bealle Moore Clanton, AL Dr. Joseph R. Morris Richmond, VA Mrs. Marjorie Hess Morris Jackson, MS Mr. Charles H. Munoz Cuba, AL Ms. Elizabeth A. Netemeyer Chicago Park, CA Mr. Haskell Nevin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Jerome P. Newmark Jasper, AL Mrs. Sue A. Newton Birmingham, AL Dr. Quock Ying Ng Stanwood, MI Dr. David A. Norman Shelby, NC Mr. Robert H. Norman, Jr. Prescott, AZ Dr. Samuel S. Norvell, Jr. Rockville, MD Mrs. Sharyn S. Nunn Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Lora L. Nunnelley Birmingham, AL Col. John E. O’Connor, Jr. Prattville, AL Mr. Brian B. O’Keefe Brooklyn, NY Ms. Natalie O’Keefe Saint Charles, IL Mr. John T. Oliver Jr. Jasper, AL Mrs. Sharon R. Osburn Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Kathryn S. Oths Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. David A. Otts Murfreesboro, TN Mrs. Susan Harris Paller Atlanta, GA Ms. Laura E. Pangallo Enterprise, AL Dr. Justin A. Parden Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Paschall Atlanta, GA Mr. Felix A. Patrick Augusta, GA Mr. Clyde D. Patterson Gardendale, AL Mrs. Barbara Hepner Patton Opelika, AL Ms. Charlotte M. Patton Atlanta, GA Dr. John S. Patton Northport, AL Dr. John C. Pegues Birmingham, AL Mr. John W. Pemberton Montgomery, AL Mr. John L. Perry Roswell, GA Dr. Beverly C. Phifer Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Stephen A. Phillips Florence, AL Dr. Duane R. Pierson Portland, ME Dr. Charles M. Pitts Kapolei, HI Mr. Dennis Pompa Dothan, AL

Mr. Thomas Potter Tavares, FL Dr. Steven Prentice-Dunn Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. Brandon P. Price Houston, TX Mr. William B. Price Madison, AL Dr. Charles R. Pugh Erie, CO Mr. David H. Pulliam Salisbury, NC Drs. Stephanie and Derek Purcell Colorado Springs, CO Mr. Walter M. Quick Huntsville, AL Dr. Michael J. Quinn Montrose, AL Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Rainey, Jr. USAF Academy, CO Dr. Yolanda R. Rambin Alexandria, LA Dr. Robert R. Ramoska Park Ridge, IL Mrs. Edith Malone Rand Greenville, NC Dr. Darrell C. Ray Baton Rouge, LA Dr. James C. Raymond New York, NY Dr. Alfred R. Rector Birmingham, AL Dr. James L. Reeder Huntsville, AL Dr. Ronald W. Reinighaus Maitland, FL Mr. Gene Renfroe Birmingham, AL Mrs. Marlynn N. Rhyne Moulton, AL Ms. Beverly D. Roberts Atlanta, GA Mr. and Mrs. James V. Roberts, Jr. Spanish Fort, AL Dr. John M. Robinson Gurnee, IL Mr. James W. Roemer Washington, DC Mrs. Mary Kathryn Rondon Falls Church, VA Mrs. Helen Mayfield Roose Matthews, NC Dr. James W. Ross Cincinnati, OH Dr. Teri Pettersen Rowan Portland, OR Mr. Cayce Rumsey Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. J. E. Saliba Dothan, AL Dr. Michael Saliba Arlington, TX SAP America Princeton, NJ Mrs. Elora Moynihan Sayre Falls Church, VA Dr. John R. Scales Huntsville, AL Science Applications International Corp.

Mc Lean, VA Mr. Leonard A. Scott Atlanta, GA Mrs. Cynthia Perrett Seale Owens Cross Roads, AL Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shaver, Jr. Huntsville, AL Ms. Jennifer A. Shenefelt Houston, TX Mr. Philip A. Shirley Madison, MS Mrs. Toni Fountain Sikes Madison, WI Ms. Elizabeth L. Skipper Geneva, AL Mr. and Mrs. James S. Smith Helena, AL Dr. Janice L. Smith Houston, TX Dr. Jeffrey K. Smith Greer, SC Dr. Maurice R. Smith Cleveland, TN Mr. Ralph B. Smith, Jr. Chattanooga, TN Mr. Farley M. Snow Mountain Brook, AL Southern Company Services, Inc. Princeton, NJ Mr. Stephen L. Speed Jasper, AL Mr. Finis E. St. John IV Cullman, AL Dr. L. David Stacy Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert D. Stainback and Dr. Judith A. LaMarche Miramar Beach, FL Dr. John M. Stallens III Huntsville, AL Dr. William P. Stallworth, MD Knoxville, TN Mr. Charles M. Stanberry Montgomery, TX Mr. Michael E. Stanley Gulf Shores, AL

Mr. Jarel P. Starling Huntsville, AL Mrs. Mary Pate Stefanu Clanton, AL Mr. Arthur M. Stephens Birmingham, AL Mr. Robert S. Stephens Huntsville, AL Mr. Charles M. Stilson, Jr. Colonial Heights, VA Ms. Phyllis Hampton Stingily Tuscaloosa, AL The Rev. William J. Stinson Auburn, AL Mrs. Liz Sturtevant Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Suggs Montgomery, AL Dr. Perry L. Swann Owens Cross Roads, AL Mr. Robert T. Symons Arcadia, FL Mrs. Marilyn M. Tamplin Ozark, AL Dr. Ralph M. Tanner Baldwin City, KS Dr. Heather M. Taylor Northport, AL Dr. Peyton T. Taylor, Jr. Ivy, VA Dr. Samuel E. Taylor Black Mountain, NC Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Taylor, Jr. Fairfax, VA Mrs. Dianne C. Teague Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Marianne Walton Terry Mobile, AL Dr. Nina Jones Terry Hoover, AL Mrs. Angela Mooi Thomas Mandeville, LA Dr. Alan S. Thompson Shreveport, LA Mr. Joshua S. Thompson Birmingham, AL Mrs. Katherine Wade Thompson Fairhope, AL Mrs. Elizabeth Holman Thomson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Cleveland Thornton Washington, DC The Rev. Daniel I. Thornton Marion, AL Mrs. Karen Letton Thornton Danville, KY Mr. Mark R. Thrash Royal Palm Beach, FL

Harrison Estate Gift Establishes Scholarship in Music The late Brenda Voght Harrison, formerly of Winter Park, Florida, bestowed through her will a gift of $250,000 to The University of Alabama that has been used to establish the Brenda Voght Harrison Endowed Music Scholarship. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the School of Music, and two scholarships will be awarded each year. Harrison graduated from The University of Alabama in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and a minor in English. She attended the University on a bass viola da gamba scholarship, and she was a member of the University Symphony Orchestra.

She began her career in finance and became a highly respected member of the investment community as a certified financial planner. Her mission in life was to help individuals, especially women, invest their money wisely, and she was actively involved within her community as a member of the Junior League and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Collegiate Fund Donors Mr. Eric Tidmore Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. M. Chad Tindol Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Betsy D. Torrez Houston, TX Mr. Charles J. Turner Wetumpka, AL Dr. William A. Ulmer Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Bobby T. Underwood Jasper, AL USAA Matching Gift Fund San Antonio, TX Dr. Kenneth L. Vandervoort Anniston, AL Mr. Wayne W. Villadsen, Jr. Gulf Shores, AL Mr. Harry A. Wagaman Williamsport, MD Dr. Gerald W. Waldrop Helena, AL Dr. Susan Ulmer Wallace Clemson, SC

Mr. Gregory M. Whitmore Kenner, LA Dr. James R. Williams Birmingham, AL Maj. Ronald Williams Pell City, AL Mr. Stantley B. Williams Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert K. Wilson, Jr. Pensacola, FL Dr. Peter W. Winslett Birmingham, AL Mr. Guy H. Wolf II Parkville, MD Mrs. Linda Boling Woodrow Falls Church, VA Mr. James A. Woods San Francisco, CA Hon. and Mrs. Gregory D. Wren Montgomery, AL Ms. Elizabeth A. Wright Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. John C. Yarbrough Huntsville, AL

Mrs. Brenda J. Arthur Birmingham, AL Dr. Ann Opalak Bachmann Winter Springs, FL Dr. Forrest L. Bailey Gadsden, AL Dr. Karen Meshad Baldwin Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Caroline A. Ball Rochester, MN Dr. Charles A. Ballew Houston, AL Mr. Benjamin P. Bamonte Conroe, TX Mr. Ira A. Bankowski Huntsville, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Banks III Gadsden, AL Mrs. Diane Eckert Barbare Raleigh, NC Mr. Donald W. Barksdale Knoxville, TN Ms. Charlotte Barnard Rochester, NY

Law Professor Supports UA Students Diagnosed With Autism A law professor has pledged a recurring, annual gift of $2,100 to promote the education of undergraduate students who are participating in UA’s Autism Spectrum Disorders College Transition and Support program. The program, UA-ACTS, is designed to support UA students diagnosed with autism as they transition into a large, university campus.

The program helps participating students with academic, social, and daily living skills and promotes awareness and understanding of autism spectrum disorders throughout campus. The professor established the Annual Gifts to the UA-ACTS Gift Fund because he believes strongly in the mission of the UA-ACTS program and wanted to financially assist families so that their children can attend the University and lead independent and productive lives.

Mr. John C. Watkins V Atlanta, GA Dr. and Mrs. B. Michael Watson Roswell, GA Dr. Carroll Lewis Watson, Jr. Lincoln, AL Mr. L. Steve Weddle Signal Mountain, TN Dr. Signe O. Wegener Atlanta, GA Mrs. Lauren Sawyer Weil Birmingham, AL Dr. Elizabeth Smith Weinacker and Mr. John Weinacker Mobile, AL Dr. Michael S. Weinstein Atlanta, GA Mrs. Cynthia L. Weldon Frisco, TX Mrs. Ethel P. West Harvest, AL Mr. H. Clark West Sarasota, FL Mr. Donald R. Westmoreland Birmingham, AL Mrs. Sandra Heard Wetzel Clinton, MO Dr. Margaret Stallworth Wheeler Dunwoody, GA Dr. Noah B. Whetstone Mobile, AL Ms. Emily A. White Arlington, VA

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Dr. Wayne Yarbrough Montgomery, AL Mr. James W. Yeldell III Charlotte, NC Mr. Chunguang Zhang Marietta, GA Mrs. Pamela Bloss Zohar Elko, NV $99 and below Mr. Barrett D. Abernethy Livingston, AL Dr. Jon C. Acker Coker, AL Dr. Barry J. Ackerson Urbana, IL Dr. Joseph V. Adams Savannah, GA Ms. Rosemary Adams Birmingham, AL Mr. Ronald Z. Aland Dallas, TX Mr. Tommy E. Allen New Market, AL Mrs. Heidi J. Ames Arlington, VA Ms. Betty J. Porter Anderson Decatur, GA Mr. James W. Anderson Decatur, GA Mr. Thomas P. Anderson Garner, NC Mrs. Kristi Wilcox Arth Nashville, TN

Ms. Valencia D. Barnes Baltimore, MD Mrs. Mary J. Barnett Sharpsburg, GA Barrick Gold of North America Salt Lake City, UT Ms. Andrea Morgan Batchelor Mobile, AL Mrs. Kristie Green Bauer Pelham, AL Mr. D. Heath Baxter Montgomery, AL Mrs. Sandra Pirtle Bearden Trussville, AL Mr. Michael W. Beasley Owens Cross Roads, AL Mr. Dennis G. Beaulieu Eclectic, AL Dr. D. Anthony Bedsole Birmingham, AL Mr. Matthew T. Belote Loomis, CA Mrs. Mary Bender Mobile, AL Ms. Stephanie M. Bender Mobile, AL Mrs. Peggy Morrow Benefield Birmingham, AL Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon Bennett Van Alstyne, TX Mrs. Cruse Nolen Bevill Birmingham, AL Dr. Fred J. Biasini Birmingham, AL

Mrs. Ruby McCullough Bissett Sarasota, FL Mr. John F. Biter, Jr. Bangor, ME Mrs. Anna C. Blackmon Melbourne, FL Ms. Elise Blackwell Selma, AL Mrs. Rebecca C. Blair Sylacauga, AL Mr. John H. Blalock Chicago, IL Mrs. Meredith E. Bliss Madison, AL Dr. Serena Haygood Blount Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Joanne Dunn Blyde Birmingham, AL Dr. Donna M. Bohn Spring Hill, KS Ms. Kirstin M. Bone Northport, AL Mrs. Terry Points Boney Hurst, TX Mrs. Leitha Bland Boutwell Montgomery, AL Mrs. Lisa Bulgarella Bowker Birmingham, AL Mrs. Christine Griffith Box Sheffield, AL Ms. Lauren A. Bradford Trussville, AL Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Bradley Birmingham, AL Mr. Daniel R. Brady Oxford, AL Mr. Matthew D. Brakefield Helena, AL Mrs. M.M. Brayne-Nicholls Rockport, ME Mr. Joseph E. Brent Versailles, KY Dr. Frances A. Breslin Thorsby, AL Mr. Jalna E. Brewster Springville, AL Dr. Phillip B. Bridgmon Tahlequah, OK Ms. Barbara J. Briles Lawrenceville, GA Mr. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Mountain Brook, AL Mrs. Joyce K. Bromberg Birmingham, AL Mrs. Margaret E. Brooks McCalla, AL Ms. Rebecca S. Brooks Clarkston, GA Mr. James L. Brothers Decatur, AL Mrs. Lucia Hamilton Brothers Trussville, AL Mrs. Barbara G. Brown Newnan, GA Dr. Denise Moriarty Brown Alexandria, AL The Rev. Ervin A. Brown III Gwynn Oak, MD Dr. Robert M. Browning, Jr. Roxboro, NC Mr. Raymond D. Buck Chapel Hill, NC Dr. Michael S. Buckner Headland, AL Dr. Megan Vansant Bullard Tuscumbia, AL Mrs. Jane W. Burchfield Gardendale, AL Mr. Clarence R. Burnette Tuscaloosa, AL

Ms. Ann Hunter Burton Harrodsburg, KY Mr. Christopher W. Busby Waverly, AL Mr. and Mrs. David A. Busby Trussville, AL Mr. Michael J. Bynum Birmingham, AL Mr. Matthew B. Caffrey Dayton, OH Ms. Judith Caldwell Sterrett, AL Lt. Col. Donald F. Campbell Rome, NY Mr. Henry L. Campbell Indian Springs, AL Ms. Kelly K. Canute Bessemer, AL Mrs. Lane Pettiss Carleton Mobile, AL Dr. Emily Bell Casey Pelham, AL Ms. Gina K. Cashia Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Michael J. Cervera Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Jonathan R. Chappell Charlotte, NC Dr. Bo Chen Sugar Land, TX Chevron Princeton, NJ Dr. Barbara A. Chotiner College Park, MD Mrs. M. Jane Christeson Daytona Beach, FL Mrs. Laura Schrieber Clark Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Paul C. Clark, Jr. Coleman, GA Mr. Rea S. Clark Lanett, AL Mr. Tharren W. Clark Arlington, VA Dr. Lawrence A. Clayton Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Sam G. Cleaver Milton, FL Mrs. Emily Hall Clem Athens, AL Mrs. Ann Lee Cobb Raleigh, NC Dr. John G. Cocoris Birmingham, AL Mr. Ray B. Coffey, Jr. Richmond, VA Mrs. Constance Rigsby Cole Tuscaloosa, AL Lt. Col. Donald D. Cole Millport, AL Mrs. Gayla Greene Collins Hurdle Mills, NC Ms. Regina Colston Huntsville, AL Dr. John W. Colwick Starkville, MS Cooper Industries Foundation Houston, TX Dr. A. Mitch Cooper Bradenton, FL Mr. Edward R. Cooper Dothan, AL Mrs. Suzanne Brooks Cooper Birmingham, AL Ms. Anne H. Corbett Bay Minette, AL Mrs. Elizabeth C. Cornelius Atlanta, GA Dr. Lawrence D. Cottle Dallas, TX

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Mr. James W. Cowan, Jr. Butler, AL Ms. Elizabeth A. Cox San Francisco, CA Mr. Rush H. Crawford Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Pam Crider Birmingham, AL Mrs. Dina Crawford Crigger Lewisburg, TN Dr. John W. Crommett Missouri City, TX Dr. Kristy Proctor Curl Birmingham, AL Mrs. Marsha Kilgore Daley Olathe, KS Ms. Becky W. Danford Dothan, AL Ms. Patti D. Davidson Alexandria, VA Mr. Donald R. Davis Birmingham, AL Ms. Kimberly S. Davis Northport, AL Mr. Scott Davis Helena, AL Mrs. Peggy D. Day Cullman, AL Mr. Daniel W. Dean Tallahassee, FL Mrs. Katherine S. Deaton Mobile, AL Ms. Tonya Anthony Dedrick Stockbridge, GA Ms. Susan M. DeLeon San Antonio, TX Ms. Mary S. Della Vecchia Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Robert L. DeMoss III Montgomery, AL Mr. Joseph S. Dice Birmingham, AL Mr. John E. Dickerson, Jr. Arnold, MD Dr. Meghna Dilip West Newton, MA Mr. Woodford W. Dinning, Jr. Demopolis, AL Mrs. Sue Cleverdon Dixon Birmingham, AL Mr. Thomas A. Dixon Signal Mountain, TN Mr. Edward M. Dodd Baton Rouge, LA Mr. William E. Dodd Birmingham, AL Mrs. Monde Murphy Donaldson Spanish Fort, AL Mr. C. Curtis Douglass Roswell, GA Dr. Laura L. Dover Birmingham, AL Mr. Randall S. Drake Brentwood, TN Dr. James D. Dreading Moundville, AL Mrs. Rebecca Wright Dreading Demopolis, AL Mr. Mark J. Duff Paducah, KY Mr. Thomas Van Dunion Trussville, AL Mrs. Julie Barranco Dunn Merritt Island, FL Mrs. Mary F. Dunn Lawrenceville, GA Mrs. Gail M. Durkota Du Quoin, IL Mrs. Harolyn Williams Eatman Bessemer, AL

Mr. Harold H. Eddy Gainesville, FL Mr. Robert J. Edwards Baldwinsville, NY Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN Mrs. Carolyn Johnson Ellinger Somerville, AL Dr. Kimberly Allen Elliott Mobile, AL Mr. Michael P. Elliott Anniston, AL Mr. Timothy Ellsworth Laveen, AZ Dr. Fred M. Emerling III Goodyear, AZ Mr. George R. Engle Madison, AL Mr. Erin C. Eppling Toney, AL Dr. Will Evans Fairview, OR Mrs. Courtney Smith Everette Mobile, AL Mr. Steven T. Everitt Oldsmar, FL Mrs. Jann Abraham Faciane New Orleans, LA Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Falgout Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Brenda Falls Johns Island, SC Dr. John W. Farrior, Sr. Tennille, GA Mrs. Shannon Vardaman Faucette Oakland, CA Mr. Willie J. Feagin, Jr. Alpharetta, GA Dr. Richard M. Feist Salt Lake City, UT Mr. Wendell R. Feltman, Sr. New Smyrna Beach, FL Mr. Eddie Ferguson Gardendale, AL Ms. Jessica L. Fields Flower Mound, TX Dr. William D. Findlay Mc Calla, AL Mr. William D. Fisher, Jr. Cullman, AL Mr. Andrew J. Flanigan Tampa, FL Mrs. June D. Fleckenstein-Emmert Flint, MI Mrs. Reba M. Lyons Fogarty Point Clear, AL Mr. Bradford Folmar Winchester, VA Mrs. Genevieve Burgin Forsyth Virginia Beach, VA Ms. Amber M. Foster Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Geraldine Taylor Fousek Fayette, AL Mrs. Anita Townes Fowler Irondale, AL Mrs. Margaret McCrummen Fowler New Orleans, LA Mr. Ira L. Frank Springfield, VA Mr. Damien M. Franklin Collinsville, MS Dr. Alexander Frenkel Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Dennie R. Frye Columbia, SC Mrs. Susan Raffield Galloway Birmingham, AL Mr. O. Putnam Galt Canton, GA

Couple Honors Professor With Theatrical Design Scholarship An alumnus of the College and his wife have given $50,000 to establish the John Ross Theatrical Design Scholarship to honor Professor Emeritus John W. Ross. This endowed scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students who are pursuing a career in theatrical design such as scene design, lighting design, costume design, or projection design. Awards will be given based on artistic excellence and potential. Professor John William Ross graduated from The University of Alabama in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and later attended Yale University’s School of Drama where he graduated with a Master of Arts in fine arts. He became the scenic designer and technical director for The University of Alabama Theatre and eventually the principal scenic designer until his retirement in 1996. He is an active member of the theatre community and has served in leadership positions in the Alabama Theatre League, the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa.

Mr. John G. Gamble Daphne, AL Mr. William J. Gamble Selma, AL Dr. and Mrs. William L. Gamble Huntsville, AL Mr. Benjamin J. Garcia Richland, WA Mrs. Charlotte Cates Gard Las Cruces, NM Dr. Karen Hollingsworth Gardiner Northport, AL Dr. William B. Gardner Duluth, GA Mrs. Julia W. Garrett Lookout Mountain, TN Ms. Susan J. Gault Northport, AL Mrs. Ann Lewis Gebhart Decatur, AL Mr. Thomas J. L. Gibbons Suwanee, GA Mr. John S. Gibson III Madison, AL Mrs. Karen Howell Gibson Marietta, GA Dr. Christopher L. Gilbert Dawson, AL Mr. Robert D. Gillespie Mayfield, KY Mrs. Karen Lavigne Gillet Melbourne, FL Mr. Steven L. Ginzbarg Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Averil Y. Glover Smithfield, NC Goldman Sachs Fund New York, NY Mrs. Christine Upchurch Golliver Birmingham, AL Mr. George B. Gordon Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Thomas A. Gordon, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Gould Grosse Ile, MI Mr. Vincent J. Graffeo Mountain Brook, AL Dr. Tom M. Graham Northport, AL Ms. Keara R. Grant Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Larry W. Grant Macon, GA Mr. Phillip D. Grant Athens, GA

Ms. Rachel L. Graves Cammack Village, AR Mr. Matthew N. Green Umatilla, FL Ms. Lynn DeLoach Gregory Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Fred A. Grissom Decatur, AL Mr. and Mrs. Brian Groeschell Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Jack W. Groover, Jr. Savannah, GA Mr. Archibald I. Grubb II Montgomery, AL Mr. Larry R. Guerine Kennesaw, GA Dr. Michael T. Gunter Opelika, AL Mrs. Samantha Telofski Gunter Calera, AL Mr. Eugene C. Gwaltney III Alexander City, AL Mr. Robert M. Gwin McDonough, GA Dr. A.D. Haber III Franklin, TN Ms. Raechel L. Haber Franklin, TN Mrs. Dia J. Hablutzel Charlotte, NC Mr. Gary L. Hafemeister Egg Harbor Township, NJ Mrs. Renee Blackmon Hagler Daphne, AL Mr. Robert L. Hales Helena, AL Mr. Fulton S. Hamilton Huntsville, AL Mr. Todd N. Hamilton Birmingham, AL Dr. Ronnie M. Hanes Union Grove, AL Dr. and Ms. James W. Harrell, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. George B. Harris Birmingham, AL Mrs. LeeAnn Lowry Harris Birmingham, AL Mrs. Gayle Ward Hart Dothan, AL Dr. and Mrs. Justin L. Hart Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Julia A. Hartman Alexander, NC Mr. Clifford J. Hataway, Sr. Montgomery, AL

Mr. William G. Hause Dothan, AL Ms. Linda King Haycraft Lawrenceville, GA Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hays Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Patsy Hearne Parsonsburg, MD Mr. Michael O. Henderson Houston, TX Mr. Jan D. Hendrix Wimberley, TX Ms. Suzanne A. Herrod Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Nancy Jo Walker Herzel Nichols Hills, OK Ms. Sarah K. Hicks Meridian, MS Ms. Tiffaney L. Hicks Moody, AL Dr. and Mrs. David L. Hinton Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kay Hiott Mableton, GA Mrs. Kelley Brittain Hise Woodstock, GA Mr. David R. Holberg Florence, SC Mr. J. Christian Holcomb, Jr. Vestavia, AL Ms. Nanaline J. Holt Birmingham, AL Mr. Ernie H. Hornsby Dothan, AL Mrs. Martha Brannon Houston Oak Park, IL Mr. Benjamin M. Hudson Birmingham, AL Ms. Mary Henderson Hudson Birmingham, AL Dr. Elaine Wood Hughes Montevallo, AL Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Humphries Jasper, AL Mr. Randy L. Humphries Joppa, AL Ms. Emily P. Hunt Clinton, MS Lt. Col. Iris J. Hurd Montgomery, AL Mrs. Kendall Ingram Hurley Mobile, AL Mrs. June Borders Hust Fairhope, AL Mr. Joseph J. Ierardi North Haven, CT

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Collegiate Fund Donors Dr. Elizabeth Irons Birmingham, AL Ms. Mary V. Jackson Birmingham, AL Mrs. Sara Wyatt Jackson Birmingham, AL Mrs. Dianne Batson Jacobs Birmingham, AL Ms. Windy M. Jacobs Decatur, AL Ms. Heather Jacques Brighton, MA Dr. Leigh Jefferies West Chester, PA Mrs. Carolyn Vann Jennings Cumming, GA Mr. George W. Johnson Hickory, NC Ms. Samantha D. Johnson Silver Spring, MD Judge Samuel Johnston, Jr. Lynchburg, VA Ms. Judy McMicken Jones Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Lester E. Jones Milton, FL Mr. Robert L. Jones Thomasville, AL Mr. Warren P. Jones Huntsville, AL Mr. Dennis A. Joyce Mantoloking, NJ Mrs. Sandra Heifner Junge Evansville, IN Mrs. Esta D. Meyers Kamplain Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Kaner Lake Worth, FL Mr. Bryan E. Karson Birmingham, AL Mr. Daniel J. Katz Columbia, MD Ms. Eleanor Lodge Kellermann Crossville, TN Mrs. Amy Dean Kemp Towson, MD Mr. Robert F. Kennedy Atlanta, GA Ms. Cynthia Jones Kenney Montgomery, AL Mrs. Orenita Powers Kerl Huntsville, AL Mr. Solomon P. Kimerling Birmingham, AL Mr. Marion C. Kirk Birmingham, AL Mr. Max R. Kirkland Madison, AL Mr. Adam M. Klock New Orleans, LA Mr. Bryce M. Knight Raytown, MO Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. Knight Keene, NH Dr. James R. Kornegay Montgomery, AL Mr. Joseph J. Kurek Broken Arrow, OK Mr. John Kurtick Sparrow Bush, NY Dr. Daniel V. Kyle Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Phillip A. Laird Jasper, AL Mrs. Katherine Lamonica Lexington, KY Mr. Michael W. Landers Sylacauga, AL Ms. Elizabeth A. Laurie Montgomery, AL

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Mr. Robin G. Laurie Montgomery, AL Mrs. Cheryl M. Lawson Allen, TX Dr. Henry A. Lazer Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Georges E. Leblanc III Trent Woods, NC Ms. Christine Lee Birmingham, AL Mr. Frank M. Lee Mountain Brk, AL Ms. Melody Ward Lee Century, FL Ms. Cynthia M. Leleux Youngsville, LA Dr. John F. Lemler Fairview, NC Mr. Brian K. Lewis Duluth, GA Mr. Robert E. Lewis Northport, AL Mrs. Sally Wright Lewis Wetumpka, AL Mrs. Elizabeth Marvin Little Clinton, MS Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Livingston Northport, AL Mr. Peyton Lloyd Englewood, CO Mr. Larry D. Locke Mc Calla, AL Lockheed Martin Foundation Huntsville, AL Mr. Thomas C. Logan Birmingham, AL Dr. William T. Logan Panama City, FL Mrs. Lauren Cosper Lomascolo Huntersville, NC Mr. Aubrey L. Long Post Falls, ID Mrs. Judy Ramirez Long Scottsboro, AL Ms. Melinda J. Long Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Porcia Bradford Love Montgomery, AL Mr. Billy V. Loving, Jr. Montgomery, AL Mrs. Jennifer H. Lowman Springville, AL Mr. Wesley K. Lybrand Leeds, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Lyles, Jr. Montgomery, AL Mrs. Andrea N. MacDonald Rockledge, FL Mrs. Bonnie H. Macdonald Kingsport, TN Ms. Grace Linden Macdonald Kingsport, TN Ms. Carolyn Rosich Magers Conyers, GA Mrs. Mary W. Majerik Birmingham, AL Mrs. Dorothy Swindel Malaier Montgomery, AL Mrs. Sylvia Strickland Malone Jacksonville, AL Mr. Michael E. Manos Anniston, AL Ms. Bianca V. Martin Dunwoody, GA Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Martin Charlotte, NC Dr. Nancy S. Mason Rocky Face, GA Mrs. Candice Sims Matthews Jasper, AL

Mr. Ernest M. Maygarden Mobile, AL Mr. David L. McAlister Birmingham, AL Mrs. Betsy Underwood McAtee Birmingham, AL Mr. Stanley C. McCaa Ruston, LA Mr. Billy McFarland, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Megan Woodley McGiffert Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Susan Hill McGinnis Keene, NH Mrs. Carolyn McGovern New Market, AL Mr. James M. McGuffin Seneca, SC Mr. R. Kevin McHugh Bradenton, FL Ms. Ashley M. McIntosh Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jennifer Tobola McKeon Stamford, CT Mr. David M. McMichael Newnan, GA Dr. Stephen McNair Montgomery, AL Ms. Hayley R. McNeill Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. William P. McNutt, Jr. Asheville, NC Mrs. Sylvia A. McPherson Vestavia Hills, AL Mr. Tarrant O. McPherson Birmingham, AL Mrs. Dianne E. McWilliams Montgomery, AL Dr. David C. Mellown Demopolis, AL Dr. Ashley A. Dumas and Mr. Steven M. Meredith Greensboro, AL Mrs. Sybil Sherman Merig Mobile, AL Ms. Lynn Sensabaugh Merrill Montgomery, AL Mrs. Eunice Starr Miles Owens Cross Roads, AL Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Miller Birmingham, AL Mr. Gregory E. Miller Ocean Springs, MS Dr. Joshua B. Miller Birmingham, AL Mrs. Susan R. Miller Mobile, AL Ms. Brenda K. Mince Fort Payne, AL Mr. George E. Mingledorff III Montgomery, AL Mrs. Martha Jennings Moon Birmingham, AL Dr. Mike Moore Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Julia Mashburn Morgan Auburn, AL Mr. John C. Morrison Portland, OR Dr. Lynda Sanderford Morrison Easton, MD Mr. Robert M. Moyerman Warwick, RI Dr. Larry D. Mullins Madison, AL Mrs. Rebecca W. MummertSwartz New York, NY Dr. George D. Murphree, Jr. Owens Cross Roads, AL

Dr. Melinda Byrd Murphy Monroeville, AL Mrs. Marietta Jones Murray Mobile, AL Mr. Matthew L. Murray Summerville, SC Mr. Karl H. Myers San Antonio, TX Mrs. Valerie Roberts Nash Mountain Brook, AL Mr. Randy C. Nelson, Jr. Childersburg, AL Ms. Lane Chambers Nestman Fort Worth, TX Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Newbury Florence, AL Dr. Merlin O. Newton Auburn, AL Dr. Alfred C. Nichols Jacksonville, AL Mrs. Tracy Boothe Nick Freeport, FL Maj. Henry L. Nixon Murfreesboro, TN Mr. Andrew Nolen Birmingham, AL Mr. Theron W. Nolen Fayette, AL Mrs. Lezley R. Norris Ennis, TX Ms. Robbie Rauccio Norris Niceville, FL Northwestern Mutual Foundation Milwaukee, WI Mr. Kendall R. Nutt Pensacola, FL Mr. Carey B. Oakley, Jr. Cordova, AL Mr. James M. Oden III Addison, TX Ms. Amy Newman O’Donnell Sarasota, FL Mr. Walter M. Ogilvie Austin, TX Mr. Richard F. Ogle Birmingham, AL Mrs. Lisa Tinsley O’Hara Spanish Fort, AL Dr. Jerry C. Oldshue Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Larry W. O’Neal Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Howard G. Oppenheim Alabaster, AL Mrs. Dorothy Parrish Osborne North Fort Myers, FL Mr. Tracy A. Overstreet Olive Branch, MS Mr. George M. Owens Monroeville, AL Mr. Milton A. Page Huntsville, AL Mr. and Mrs. Shaley K. Parker Trussville, AL Mr. Robert M. Parmentier Birmingham, AL Mr. David B. Parrish Huntsville, AL Mr. Frank J. Parsons Oneonta, AL Mr. Jack E. Parsons Pensacola Beach, FL Mr. Carmine J. Pastore West Babylon, NY Mrs. Kristi Foote Patrick Greensboro, GA Mr. Joel W. Payton Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Gwendolyn Smith Pearson Montgomery, AL

Dr. Pamela W. Penick Northport, AL Mr. William W. Perry Winfield, AL Dr. Joseph A. Peters Michie, TN Mr. Timothy R. Petty Colonial Heights, VA Mrs. Marian MacKay Pfeiffer Mobile, AL Mrs. Tracy Moore Pharo Birmingham, AL Mr. Robert B. Phillips Matthews, NC Dr. William H. Phillips, Jr. Lexington, SC Mrs. Ann S. Pierce Birmingham, AL Mr. Toni E. Plummer Atlanta, GA Mrs. Aurora Ponta Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Lark E. Post Birmingham, AL Dr. James B. Powell II Asheville, NC Dr. Grady L. Price, Jr. Ramer, AL Mrs. Kelly Ramey Price Chillicothe, OH Cdr. Glenn H. Quiggle Lagrange, GA Mr. and Mrs. James F. Quinn Deatsville, AL Mr. Frederick P. Rawlins Americus, GA Mr. Phillip G. Rawls Pike Road, AL Dr. Joseph B. Ray Mobile, AL Mr. Justin B. Ray Northport, AL Mrs. Mary F. Reed Birmingham, AL Mr. Eugene W. Reese Montgomery, AL Mrs. Shelia Reilly Saint Petersburg, FL Ms. Diana B. Reynolds Gurley, AL Mrs. Karen F. Rheams-Burnett Punta Gorda, FL Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rice Sumiton, AL Mrs. Tracy Wright Richtand Cincinnati, OH Mr. Alan L. Ricks Miami Gardens, FL Mr. F. Timothy Riley Albertville, AL Mr. Richard T. Roberts, Jr. Dothan, AL Mr. Robert E. Roberts Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. LaShondra V. Robinson Mobile, AL Mr. William C. Rogers Starkville, MS Dr. Martin L. Rohling Mobile, AL Mr. Earl R. Roloff Clarksville, TN Mrs. Katie A. Rosenberg Roswell, GA Mrs. Patricia Boyd Rumore Birmingham, AL Mr. David M. Rusher Montpelier, VA Mrs. Ginny K. Russell Mobile, AL

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Mr. and Mrs. David N. Ryan Birmingham, AL Mr. Sheldon F. Sabesan East Atlantic Beach, NY Mrs. Misty A. Sabol Cypress, TX Mr. Hugh N. Sager Hueytown, AL Dr. Randall T. Salekin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Donald H. Samdahl, Jr. Lexington, VA Miss Shakira D. Savage Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Matthew R. Saxe Minneapolis, MN The Rev. William H. Saxon, Jr. Alabaster, AL Mrs. Helen Kelly Sayre Gulf Breeze, FL Mr. Charles R. Schaeffer Eufaula, AL Mr. Albert J. Schibani Annandale, VA Mr. Thomas V. Schifanella Atlantic Beach, FL Mr. and Mrs. Eric K. Schmitt Denver, NC Mrs. Frances Ellis Schwemmer Huntsville, AL Mrs. Amanda Thrasher Segrest Huntsville, AL Dr. Bill Shanlever Jonesboro, AR Mrs. A. Catherine Shannon Madison, WI Mr. John C. Shaw Magnolia Springs, AL Mrs. Margaret B. Shelley Andalusia, AL Dr. Linda M. Sherwood Bozeman, MT Mrs. Nancy VanWert Shockley Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Barkley Byrd Shreve Mobile, AL Ms. Sara C. Shults Chattanooga, TN Ms. Gabriela M. Simich Los Angeles, CA Dr. Jay K. Simmons Indianola, IA Mrs. Jane Cason Simpson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John R. Sinclair Springfield, VA Mr. James H. Siske Pleasant Garden, NC Mr. David B. Smelser Pelham, AL Mr. Christopher K. Smith Birmingham, AL Mr. Kobie A. Smith Philadelphia, PA Mrs. Linda Higbee Smith Fairhope, AL Mr. Michael D. Smith Pinson, AL Dr. Robert K. Smith Auburn, AL Mr. Stewart A. Smith Naples, FL Dr. Henrene Ellington Smoot Huntsville, AL Southern Company Services, Inc. Atlanta, GA Mr. Jason D. Spahn Mobile, AL Dr. Julian F. Sparks, Jr. Guntersville, AL

Dr. Donald G. Spencer Monroe, LA Sprint Nextel Corporation Overland Park, KS State Farm Company Foundation Bloomington, IL Dr. James J. Stathis Nashville, TN Dr. Robert P. Steed Charleston, SC Mrs. Sarah Thomas Steenberge Thousand Oaks, CA Mr. Robert A. Stelzenmuller Durham, NC Mrs. LaVerne Stewart Iron Station, NC Mrs. Marilyn J. Stewart Huntsville, AL Mrs. Georgia Patterson Stock Chattahoochee, FL Mr. James P. Stokes Texarkana, TX Mr. H. Bernard Strickland III Dothan, AL Brig. Gen. David Lawrence Stringer Berea, OH Ms. Deidre Jo Stubblefield Wetumpka, AL Mr. John L. Sturges Decatur, AL Mr. James L. Sumner, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. Parker Sweet Spanish Fort, AL Mr. Jason M. Tanner Woodstock, GA Mrs. Crystal J. Taylor Tallahassee, FL Dr. Henry E. Teller, Jr. Hattiesburg, MS Ms. Elizabeth A. Terry Birmingham, AL Mr. Jason C. Thomas Fairhope, AL Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Thomas Jasper, AL Dr. Rena Melton Thomison Nashville, TN Mr. John G. Thompson Birmingham, AL Mr. Brandon G. Tice Pell City, AL Mrs. Ann M. Tillman Birmingham, AL Time Warner, Inc. New York, NY Ms. Laquita Y. Toney Birmingham, AL Mr. Wayne E. Traywick Clanton, AL Ms. Margaret Houston Treese Buhl, AL Dr. Jacqueline Allen Trimble Montgomery, AL Mr. Terrance S. Troup Pleasant Grove, AL Mr. Howard J. Turner, Jr. Coker, AL Dr. Millard B. Ulmer, Jr. Inman, SC Mrs. Beverly K. Urech Enterprise, AL Mr. Joseph B. Urech Enterprise, AL Dr. J. H. Van De Car, Jr. Orlando, FL Ms. JoAnn Van Tassel Lake Orion, MI Dr. Timothy R. VandeBrake Rochester, NY

Mrs. Edith Mason Vann Birmingham, AL Ms. Stephanie Vaughan Saint Petersburg, FL Mr. Daniel T. Ventre Germantown, TN Ms. Patricia A. Vernon Waldwick, NJ Mrs. Sue Smith Vice Athens, AL Mr. Timothy W. Vick Montgomery, AL Mr. Casey T. Vinson Russellville, AL Mr. Robert A. Voas Springfield, OR Mr. and Mrs. Danny E. Wagner Huntsville, AL Mrs. Cathy Duncan Wahl Decatur, AL Mrs. Carol Hughes Waites Birmingham, AL Dr. J. Edward Walker, Jr. Huntsville, AL Mrs. Mildred Brown Walker Savannah, GA Mr. Robert C. Walker Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Walls Durham, NC Mrs. Gene Brown Wasmer High Point, NC Mr. Winston W. Way, Jr. Charlotte, NC Mr. B. Gene Webb Oxford, AL Mr. John P. Weber Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Rebecca Key Wetzel Glen Allen, VA Mr. John T. Wheatley Charlotte, NC Mr. Brandon R. White Northport, AL Mr. Dewey A. White III Birmingham, AL Mr. John M. White Spring, TX Ms. Pamela J. White Tuscumbia, AL Ms. Clementine M. Whitman Little Rock, AR Dr. Mary A. Whitt Gadsden, AL Dr. Nancy M. Whitt Birmingham, AL Mrs. Anne James Wilbourne Hammond, LA Dr. Felita Williams Atlanta, GA Mr. Harold P. Williams, Jr. Martinsville, VA Ms. India D. Williams Chicago, IL Dr. Jimmy J. Williams Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Vicki Sullivan Williams Jasper, AL Drs. Elizabeth and Edmond Wilson Searcy, AR Ms. Mary L. Wimberley Birmingham, AL Dr. William T. Windham Murfreesboro, TN Dr. Jerry P. Winfield Charleston, SC Mrs. Donna G. Winn Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James M. Wiygul Birmingham, AL

Dr. William A. Womack Fairhope, AL Mrs. Sharon A. Wood Phoenix, AZ Mr. Grant M. Woodham, Jr. Norman, OK Dr. Louie A. Woolbright Montgomery, AL Mr. and Mrs. Robert Von Wooldridge III Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Cherokee Ward Wooley Birmingham, AL Mr. Robert K. Wooten Durham, NC Mr. Jonathan P. Worrell Atlanta, GA

Mrs. Elwanda Pender Wyatt Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. James D. Yarbrough Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Bradley S. Yassine Fairfax, VA Mr. Jonathan Yasuda Wahiawa, HI Mr. Alfred H. Yeager Maylene, AL Mrs. Amelia Heath Yessick Northport, AL The Rev. Davis Yeuell Richmond, VA Mr. James H. Young Birmingham, AL

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Other Contributors The following alumni and friends have made gifts to individual departments or programs in the College. All gifts were made between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015 $50,000 and above Anonymous University of Maryland Department of Geology College Park, MD $10,000 to $49,000 Alabama Credit Union Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Elizabeth and Mr. Alfonso R. Aversa, III Tuscaloosa, AL Drs. Kimberlee and Guy Caldwell Northport, AL Dr. Carl E. Ferguson, Jr. Mentone, AL Mr. George I. Lindahl III Spring, TX George C. Meyer Foundation Gulf Shores, AL Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murray Crownsville, MD Nick’s Kids Fund Tuscaloosa, AL Waste Management of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. William T. Watson Tuscaloosa, AL $1,000 to $9,999 Alabama State Chapter NWTF Eufaula, AL Alpha Delta Pi Tuscaloosa, AL Alpha Lambda Delta Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. James D. Askew Tuscaloosa, AL AT&T Foundation Princeton, NJ

Avery Island Inc. Avery Island, LA Dr. Martin G. Bakker Tuscaloosa, AL Baldwin EMC Summerdale, AL Banks Quarles Plumbing Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Bette Leblanc Bargeron Birmingham, AL Dr. T. Lee Baumann Birmingham, AL Dr. Judy Bonner Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Quentin Brown Homewood, AL Buffalo Phil’s Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Dewey W. Camp, Jr. San Francisco, CA Mrs. Lynda Lynch Case Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Julian A. Cook III Duluth, GA Mr. Robert A. Cowan Woodland Park, CO Dr. John R. Cranton Daphne, AL Drs. Carolyn and Dennis Dahl Tuscaloosa, AL Edison International Princeton, NJ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Cincinnati, OH Fitz-Thors Engineering, Inc. Bessemer, AL Mrs. Rebecca Paul Florence Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Friedman Fairhope, AL Mr. Tomislav Galjanic Los Angeles, CA Mr. Henry Geigle Huntsville, AL Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Goodsell Atlanta, GA

Friends and Family of Elizabeth A. Meese to Establish Creative Nonfiction Award Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Dr. Elizabeth A. Meese of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, pledged $10,000 to establish the Elizabeth Meese Award in Creative Non-Fiction. The award will be used to support the creative writing program in the Department of English and to recognize outstanding works of creative nonfiction written by creative writing graduate students. Meese trained as a literary scholar and received her doctorate from Wayne State University in 1972. She joined UA in 1973 as a professor in the Department of English and directed the growing women studies program, now the Department of Gender and Race Studies. Although she came of age during the literary movement known as New Criticism in the mid- 20th century, she was a charter member of UA’s interdisciplinary faculty reading group during the 1980s that focused on what become known as literary theory.

She was also an early contributor to the emerging genre of creative nonfiction, which the Meese scholarship recognizes and is intended to promote.

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Mr. Frank W. Gregory Wetumpka, AL Dr. Judy Estes Hall Bethesda, MD Hancock Bank New Orleans, LA Mr. James I. Harrison III Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James E. Hedgspeth, Jr. Gadsden, AL Mrs. Ann Karpinski Jones Birmingham, AL Mr. Steven King Andalusia, AL Dr. and Mrs. Larry R. Kirkland Atlanta, GA L & A Opportunities Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL Drs. Ralph and April Lane Northport, AL Mrs. Roberta Smith Largin Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Francine Marasco Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Pamela Jo McCollough Katy, TX McIlhenny Company Avery Island, LA Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mendle Tuscaloosa, AL Erie Hall Meyer Charitable Fund Mobile, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Moore Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. O’Brien Alabaster, AL Dr. and Mrs. Bob Olin Tuscaloosa, AL Osa Conservation Washington, DC Mr. Ellis J. Parker III Palm Beach, FL Mr. Timothy M. Parker Tuscaloosa, AL Parkinson’s Support Group Huntsville, AL Mr. Nick Perdomo North Miami Beach, FL Pikes Peak Community Foundation Colorado Springs, CO Mrs. Paula Fink Quarles Tuscaloosa, AL Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. Indianapolis, IN Salon Studio Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Diane B. Schultz Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. V.C. Scott III Birmingham, AL Mr. Jim Sledge Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Bernard J. Sloan Panacea, FL Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Smith Auburn, AL Mr. William E. Smith, Jr. Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stone Birmingham, AL Ms. Claire Friday Sutowski Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Rae Wade Trimmier Mountain Brook, AL Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Southeastern, PA Dr. and Mrs. James C. Walker Birmingham, AL Warrior Roofing Mfg., Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Phillip G. Weaver Tuscaloosa, AL

Ms. Willita S. Zoellner Tuscaloosa, AL $500 to $999 Dr. Bianca L. Adair Tuscaloosa, AL Alpha Psi Omega Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Braxton W. Ashe Sheffield, AL Mr. Travis M. Bedsole, Jr. Mobile, AL Dr. Arthur C. Benke Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Donna Waters Boles Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. John J. Burke Northport, AL Ms. Nancy M. Callahan Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Rosemarie Morris Childress Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. William N. Clark Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cobbs Birmingham, AL Mr. Kevin E. Derryberry Tallahassee, FL ExxonMobil Irving, TX Drs. Frances and Joseph Fritz Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. William G. Gantt Birmingham, AL Dr. Ross D. Grimes Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Halli, Jr. Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Herman Suwanee, GA Mr. George D. Higginbotham Laurel, MS Mr. Benjamin D. Holmes Huntsville, AL Ms. Jenny J. Hudson Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Huff Atlanta, GA Mrs. Jane Hopping Joslin Tuscaloosa, AL Junior League of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa, AL Law Offices of Edward R Kohout PLLC Morgantown, WV LDD Trussville, AL Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Lichstein Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Glida Alexander Magnani Birmingham, AL Dr. Tricia A. McElroy Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. David Mills Birmingham, AL Ms. Connie J. Morrow Deatsville, AL Mr. John T. Nichols Manassas, VA Mr. Jerry C. Oldshue, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Peter B. Pickett Lexington, KY Mrs. Dorothy McDonnell Pieroni Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Walter G. Pittman Birmingham, AL Mrs. Mary Oliver Roebuck Birmingham, AL Rosen Harwood, PA Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John W. Ross, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Alice Herren Schleusner Birmingham, AL

Mr. Nicholas J. Shabel Cullman, AL Ms. Gloria F. Taylor Mobile, AL Mrs. Dianne C. Teague Tuscaloosa, AL University Foundation Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Lauren Alane Wilson Tuscaloosa, AL The Rev. Hoyt Winslett, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Alphonse J. Zieman Mobile, AL $100 to $499 Mr. Phillip B. Adcock Tuscaloosa, AL Advantage Realty Group, Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Aguirre Mobile, AL Mr. Lyle Aitken Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Chester Alexander, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Dale E. Allen Madison, AL Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alloway San Diego, CA Mrs. Deborah McCombs Anderson Selma, AL Dr. Mary A. Santina and Mr. Peter Andronaco Rockwall, TX Ms. Jillian M. Arthur Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Sally A. Arthur Mentor, OH Ms. Gail Askew Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James C. Askew, Jr. Auburn, AL Dr. Joan Lyon Atkinson and Mr. Jon F. Atkinson Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Scott E. Atkinson, DMD Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Cathy and Mr. Jack Ayers Bolingbrook, IL Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baccus Huntsville, AL Ms. Emily L. Baker Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Janice Baldwin Winston Salem, NC Dr. Karen Meshad Baldwin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Richard T. Ballard Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Hillyard J. Beans III Northport, AL Ms. Robin Behn Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Bell Northport, AL Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Benson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Charles R. Berry Columbus, GA Ms. Claire Black Tisdal Tuscaloosa, AL Blackburn Trumpets Decatur, TN Drs. Lisa and John Blitz Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Star K. Bloom Tuscaloosa, AL Boeing Company Charitable Trust Seattle, WA Mr. David G. Borden Pine Level, AL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Borden Pike Road, AL Mrs. Paula O. Boston Tuscaloosa, AL

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Mr. Dale E. Boswell Pensacola, FL Dr. Larry J. Bowen Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. David W. Boykin, Jr. Atlanta, GA BP Fabric of America Fund Princeton, NJ BP Foundation, Inc. Warrenville, IL Ms. Julie A. Brand Northport, AL Dr. Joe P. Brasher Athens, AL Brass Instrument Workshop Marietta, GA Mrs. Virginia Hogan Brazil Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James S. Brooks Tuscaloosa, AL Brothers Express Pizza Cafe LLC Northport, AL Dr. Ian W. Brown Tuscaloosa, AL Hon. and Mrs. Howard F. Bryan IV Lanett, AL Mrs. Lisa Jean Burch Chapel Hill, NC Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Burrows Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Albert D. Byrd Clanton, AL Campbell Guin Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Thomas O. Canaan Jemison, AL Mr. Larry G. Canada New Orleans, LA Ms. Stephanie D. Carter Hamilton, AL Mr. and Mrs. R. Eugene Cartledge Savannah, GA CCN Flower Fund Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Ibrahim Cemen Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Catherine Chen Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Malinda J. Childers Hartselle, AL Cholmondeley Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Sully G. Cochrane Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Randall O. Coleman Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Roger B. Coleman Geneva, FL Dr. Joan Murphree Comas Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Compton Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Jo Ann H. Cook Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kelley D. Cook Birmingham, AL

Ms. Margaret H. Cook Lanett, AL Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cook Athens, AL Cornelius Team Guntersville, AL Mrs. Deborah Billingsley Cornelius Guntersville, AL Mr. Brent C. Corwin Houston, TX Mrs. Jackie Brunson Crowell Enterprise, AL Mr. Fred S. Crown, Jr. Nashville, TN Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Davis Mobile, AL Mr. Thomas P. Davis Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Samuel A. Denham Huntsville, AL Mr. John M. Denney Madison, AL Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Dietsch Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Christine Powless-Dixon and Dr. David A. Dixon Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Michael J. Donnelly, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Dan E. Douglas Birmingham, AL Mr. John J. Dubuisson Leavenworth, KS Mr. John C. Duckworth, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC. Pomona, CA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Greg W. Faulkner Prattville, AL Ms. Joyce Fendley Dothan, AL Mr. Christopher J. Finn Harvest, AL Ms. Eleanor Finnegan Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. David R. Fisher Houston, TX Mr. Thomas A. Fitch Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Marjorie H. Forney Birmingham, AL Mr. Gary M. Fowlie New York, NY Mr. John D. Fox Stockbridge, GA Mr. Whitney Francis Henderson, NV Mrs. Janelle Frick Woodbridge, VA Mrs. Elizabeth Watts Fuller Northport, AL Dr. Thomas A. Gaskin III Birmingham, AL

Mr. Harry S. Girtman Irmo, SC Mrs. Betty Jo May Goldstein Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. George B. Gordon Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. R. H. Gray Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Andrew W. Green Woodstock, GA Ms. Janet Jones Green Woodstock, AL Mrs. Katie Letson Gregg Sheffield, AL Ms. Holly A. Grof Northport, AL Mrs. Deborah Dudelston Gross Sachse, TX Mr. Joel M. Grover Saint Paul, MN Ms. Leigh Boutwell Hall Opp, AL Dr. Luoheng Han Tuscaloosa, AL Hon. Eddie Hardaway, Jr. Livingston, AL Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Harper Mobile, AL Col. Stephen D. Harper Albuquerque, NM Mr. James I. Harrison, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Patricia Moore Harvey Williamsburg, VA Hon. and Mrs. R. Bernard Harwood, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Sylvia Hellums Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Krista Presnall and Mrs. Nancy Henken-Presnall Mobile, AL Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Hestevold Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hicks Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Madeleine M. Hill Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Jason B. Hise Woodstock, GA Mr. Morgan Holt Alpharetta, GA Dr. Roxanne R. Travelute and Dr. Michael B. Honan Birmingham, AL Mrs. Hallie K. Hull Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Mary Scott Hunter Huntsville, AL Independent Insurance Agents Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jackson Huntsville, AL Dr. David H. Jackson Birmingham, AL

Former Roommates Establish Public Service Scholarship Four College of Arts and Sciences alumni, through the 308 Grace Street Foundation, have pledged $15,000 annually to support the 308 Grace Street Scholarship. The scholarship will support full-time graduate students pursuing master’s degrees in public administration in the College of Arts and Sciences. Jason Wible, Brian Carver, and David Harris were roommates living at 308 Grace Street while they were students at UA. Their former address became the namesake for their foundation and scholarship. The three alumni, along with Harris’s father, Ray, also an alumnus of the College, founded the foundation to encourage students to pursue careers in public service. The foundation awarded its first scholarship in 2014.

Former West Blocton Congregation Establishes Judaic Studies Support Fund Janet Ellis Beerman and William Bryan Ellis, on behalf of the founders and congregation of the former Ah-Goodies Ah-Chem synagogue in West Blocton, Alabama, have given $10,000 to the College to establish the Congregation Ah-Goodies Ah-Chem Endowed Support Fund in the Department of Religious Studies.

It will support students minoring in Judaic studies who demonstrate financial need. The donation was made from the sale of the property where the congregation gathered.

William Israel, John Krentzman, and Sam Baer originally purchased the lot in 1905 for $100. They organized a religious congregation and built a synagogue where regular services were held for a decade and High Holy days were observed until the mid-1930s. Beerman and Ellis wish to honor the contributions of the Jewish community to the history of West Blocton through this support fund.

Mr. William P. Jackson, Jr. North Myrtle Beach, SC Dr. Sharol Jacobson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John Jecen Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Anne Mccrary Johnston Acworth, GA Mr. Ronny B. Johnston Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Ann F. Joiner Sheffield, AL Dr. James L. Jolly, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Holly A. Jones Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Lee R. Jones Troutville, VA Dr. Beverly A. Joseph Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Wayne S. Keith Mobile, AL Dr. Wendalyn K. King Atlanta, GA Dr. Brett W. Kirkham Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Melinda G. Kirkpatrick Washington, DC Mr. James E. Klingler Fitzpatrick, AL Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Kohout Morgantown, WV Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Lang Pelham, AL Mr. Richard L. LeComte Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Daniel C. Lemley Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lents Mesa, AZ Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Levy Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Lilly III Atlanta, GA Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lindamood Houston, TX Dr. Kaiyu Liu Houston, TX Ms. Kathleen M. Livingston Bessemer, AL

Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lochman Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Marian Accinno Loftin Dothan, AL Ms. Pamela J. Love Seattle, WA Mr. Joseph T. Lovoy Pensacola, FL Ms. Melanie K. Maddox Birmingham, AL Madison Dental Associates, P.C. Madison, AL Ms. Carolyn Martin Chevy Chase, MD Ms. Lisa M. Martin Tyrone, GA Mr. Michael Martone Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Walter A. McAlister Hueytown, AL Mr. Sean McDade Brooklyn, NY Ms. Lorrie Foss McGaha Gordo, AL Col. R. David McNeil, USA Mount Pleasant, SC Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mihelin Katy, TX Mrs. Martha Seay Miller Birmingham, AL Mrs. Barbara Joerg Mitchell Clarksburg, MD Dr. Joan Parsons Mitchell Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Sally Molini Omaha, NE Mrs. Melinda B. Morrison Raleigh, NC Ms. Trisha Moseley Marietta, GA Mr. Roland L. Mouchette Northport, AL Dr. Charles L. Newman Gadsden, AL Dr. Donald R. Noble, Jr. Cottondale, AL Mrs. Patricia Jenkins Noble Birmingham, AL Mr. George M. Noblin Montgomery, AL

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Other Contributors Dr. Isabel Barker Oldshue Tuscaloosa, AL Drs. Linda and Terry Olivet Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Carroll D. O’Neal Kansas City, KS Mr. Larry W. O’Neal Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Kathryn J. Owen Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. John A. Owens Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Kenneth B. Ozzello Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Clarkston T. Parker Kingsport, TN Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Passmore Mobile, AL Mr. W. Scott Passmore Mobile, AL Mrs. Kristi Foote Patrick Greensboro, GA Mr. Mack C. Perryman Summerfield, FL Reese Phifer, Jr. Memorial Foundation Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Michael D. Picone Mr. Jerry K. Pollard Rome, GA Mr. Ralph B. Quarles Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. William H. Rabel Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Regina Abernathy Ragan Columbus, GA Mr. Steve W. Reinhart Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Mary Delchamps Reyner Mobile, AL Dr. H. Mark Reynolds Brewton, AL Dr. Wesley D. Reynolds Las Vegas, NV Mr. Michael W. Rhiney Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Norvin W. Richards Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Jack B. Robbins, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Jarvis D. Ryals Pueblo, CO Dr. Catherine Scarbrough Bessemer, AL Mr. Thomas Schmidt Foley, AL Ms. Anna Self Schuber Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Robert H. Shamblin Tampa, FL Mr. George C. Shelton Coker, AL Mr. John L. Slaughter Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. Wayne M. Smiley Charlotte, NC Lt. Cdr. Edward S. Smith, Jr. (Ret) Cropwell, AL Mrs. Elizabeth McCain Smith Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Greg Snowden Meridian, MS Southern Carbide Technologies, Inc. Northport, AL Dr. Ellen Griffith Spears Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Caroline M. Spillane The Woodlands, TX Dr. and Mrs. Warren H. Spruill Tuscaloosa, AL St. Paul’s Episcopal School, Inc. Mobile, AL Mrs. Kimberly P. Stanley Russellville, AL Mrs. Brenda B. Stegall Montgomery, AL Dr. Johnnie W. Stevens Riverside, AL Mr. Bill Stewart Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Steve Swafford Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Tarica Duluth, GA Ms. Alice Taylor Northport, AL Dr. George W. Taylor Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Heather M. Taylor Northport, AL Mr. Wesley R. Taylor Gardendale, AL Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Templin Whiteman Air Force Base, MO The Left Hand Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Jean A. Therkelsen Wetumpka, AL Dr. Lamar Thomas Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Thrasher Seneca, SC Ms. Mary Tillotson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Craig W. Tolbert Birmingham, AL Townsend Honda Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Charles T. Townsend Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Donna Jo Tucker Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Jennifer B. Turner Woodstock, GA Tuscaloosa Med Center North, PC Northport, AL Tuscaloosa Med Center South, PC Tuscaloosa, AL

United Technologies Hartford, CT University Mall, L.L.C. Montgomery, AL Mrs. Melanie Fossett Varnell The Woodlands, TX Mrs. Amelita Vaughn Las Vegas, NV Mr. Robert J. Verhine Northport, AL Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Wahl Decatur, AL Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Walker Pensacola, FL Mrs. Mona A. Wamick Decatur, GA Warburton Industries, Inc. Mims, FL Mr. John E. Warren III Basking Ridge, NJ Mrs. Diane Shelton Waud Birmingham, AL Dr. and Mrs. L. Steve Weinstein Mobile, AL Mr. John R. Wible Montgomery, AL Mr. and Mrs. John Wills Huntsville, AL Dr. Thomas L. Wolfe Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Chandra C. Wright Gulf Shores, AL Col. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wright Falls Church, VA Ms. Kathy Yarbrough Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Harrison O. Yelverton III Jasper, AL Dr. Frederick L. Yerby Fayette, AL $99 and below Ms. Marissa M. Abrams Birmingham, AL Mr. Harold Acosta Altamonte Springs, FL Dr. Lynne Adrian Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Azra Ahmetovic Bowling Green, KY Mr. Arthur W. Allen Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert M. Allen Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Kathy Allen Maitland, FL Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Arendale Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kevyn M. Armstrong-Wright Auburn, AL Ms. Caroline Ayers Roswell, GA Mr. Alexander Bailey Waukegan, IL

Graham McClintock Doubles Faculty Support Fund Dr. Paul Graham McClintock Jr. of Mobile, Alabama, has given an additional $25,000 to the Paul Graham McClintock Jr. Endowed Faculty Enhancement Fund, which he established in 2008 through an initial $25,000 gift. The fund supports faculty travel expenses for research and academic purposes. McClintock was born in Montgomery. Both of his parents were University graduates who excelled in athletics. McClintock graduated from The University of Alabama in 1955 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received his Doctor of Dental Medicine at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and practiced dentistry in Mobile for 36 years.

Prior to his retirement, he was an active member of the American Dental Association, president of the Alabama Pediatric Dental Association, president or the Southeastern Pediatric Dental Association, and diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

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Mr. Nathaniel P. Bailey Florence, AL Mr. Clifton Baker Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barnette Brookwood, AL Mr. William E. Batson Florence, AL Mr. Bryant Baugher Birmingham, AL Mr. Stephen R. Beaton Jacksonville Beach, FL Ms. Avery Berry Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Amber M. Bird Montgomery, AL Mr. Thomas A. Bobo, Jr. Montgomery, AL Ms. Kineshia Bolden Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Joan M. Barth and Mr. David Boles Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Olani Borders Enterprise, AL Ms. Rita Bourke Nashville, TN Bright Star Restaurant Inc. Bessemer, AL Mr. Deshun Brown Northport, AL Ms. Victoria G. Bruton Trussville, AL Ms. Christina N. Burroughs Thomasville, AL Ms. Ali Carden Decatur, AL Mr. Brandon Chase Thomasville, AL Mr. Jaques L. Chasse Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Zi Chen Tuscaloosa, AL Chick-fil-A Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kiera L. Clark Montgomery, AL Dr. Elizabeth White Cleino Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Clements Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Bryan C. Coley Pensacola, FL Mrs. Gayla Greene Collins Hurdle Mills, NC Mrs. Joy Clark Cooper Birmingham, AL Mrs. Jennie C. Cowart Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Marguerite Simon Culpepper Houston, TX Dr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Culton Northport, AL Mr. B. King Curry Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. James E. Curtis, Jr. Washington, DC Mr. John Dantzier Birmingham, AL Mr. Warren P. Davis Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Jordan Dewitt McCalla, AL Ms. Taylor N. Dickens Westerville, OH Ms. Caryn K. Diebolt Roswell, GA Dr. Rona and Mr. James Donahoe Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Joshua C. Eyer Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Hao Fang Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Caroline Ficken Acworth, GA

Mr. William N. Field, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Jerry A. Fikes Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Sheryl Flavin Port Charlotte, FL Mr. James B. Flemming Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Derrick A. Flowers, Jr. Reform, AL Mr. Kenneth J. Ford Gulf Shores, AL Dr. David A. Francko Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Haylee A. Frank Livingston, AL Ms. Allison M. Franklin Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Tiana Frazier Brundidge, AL Ms. LizMarie S. Gaiter Birmingham, AL Col. John Gardner Stafford, VA Ms. Anna E. Gilliland Odenville, AL Ms. Alexis M. Gilner Brentwood, TN Mr. Kemper J. Glisson Jacksonville, FL Ms. Katherine A. Goodwin Birmingham, AL Mr. Brooke Greene Birmingham, AL Mr. Stephen M. Groff Northport, AL Mr. Michael Grow Brookwood, AL Mr. Jared L. Hall Samson, AL Mr. John M. Hall Charlotte, NC Mrs. Angela Barron Hammond Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Turner A. Hannah Rogersville, AL Mr. Kevin D. Harris Huntsville, AL Ms. Kathy A. Hatley Huntsville, AL Mr. John A. Hattner Keller, TX Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Donna J. Henderson Plano, TX Ms. Suzanne A. Herrod Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Madison Hicks Joppa, AL Mr. Kenyeta D. Hill Alexander City, AL Mr. Tanarius Hilliard Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Zachary Holmes Birmingham, AL Mr. John T. Hubbert Fayette, AL Ms. Jia Wern Hue Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Heather Duerre Humann Fort Myers, FL Mr. Thomas E. Hunter Northport, AL Ms. Ernestine Jackson Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Wilbur Jackson Cartersville, GA Mr. Xavia Jackson Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Joanna G. Jacobs Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Alexandria L. Jerigan Birmingham, AL Mrs. Marcia Scarborough Keller Huntsville, AL

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Ms. Mollie Kern El Paso, TX Mr. Sam Kever Versailles, KY Ms. Raven M. King Mobile, AL Mr. Clarence D. Lamon, Jr. Decatur, AL Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Landis Starkville, MS Mrs. Donalee Cox Lasseter Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Rachel S. Lawrence Peachtree City, GA Dr. Rasma Lazda-Cazers Tuscaloosa, AL Professor Grace Soyon Lee Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John W. Lewis, Jr. Birmingham, AL Ms. Erin K. Little Huntsville, AL Ms. Stephanie Lombardo Atlanta, GA Ms. Brianna M. Long Mc Calla, AL Mr. Bronze Lougheed Pinson, AL Ms. Victoria Loughran Sea Girt, NJ Ms. Rebekah Macker Mobile, AL Ms. Laura M. Mafla Spring, TX Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Mahoney Metairie, LA Mr. S. Michael Malinconico Northport, AL Mr. Grant M. Manning West Lebanon, IN Ms. Sarah Marshall Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Courtney Mashburne Steele, AL Ms. Karen Mask Northport, AL Mrs. Mary Lou Ferguson Massey Raleigh, NC Dr. Beatrice Files McConnell Atlanta, GA Dr. Paige Reece McCormick Tuscaloosa, AL

Ms. Michelle McGill Lake Forest, CA Mr. Bill McHugh Bush, LA Mr. Ian R. McLinn Birmingham, AL Ms. Keeley M. McMurray Owens Cross Roads, AL Ms. Brenna McPherson Carrollton, TX Mr. Seth M. Melisano Glencoe, AL Mrs. Gabriella M. Merriman Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Xenia L. Miles Adamsville, AL Ms. Brianna Milner Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mims Northport, AL Mrs. Valery C. Minges Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Mandy Moore Opelika, AL Mr. Donavon Morow Augusta, GA Mr. Deward Myles Clarksdale, MS Ms. Chloe G. Nelson Mountain Brook, AL Mr. Tyrone Nelson Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Charlotte Hogg Nix Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Meredith Noseworthy Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Laura M. O’Connor Birmingham, AL Mr. Justin Oglesby Akapolei, HI Mrs. Lisa Tinsley O’Hara Spanish Fort, AL Mr. Sam Ostrow Memphis, TN Dr. Catherine M. Pagani Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kimberly Palm Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Marisa L. Parker Prattville, AL Mr. Thomas Parks Sykesville, MD

Ms. Margaret Paterson Franklin, TN Ms. Margaret Peacock Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Matthew T. Pemberton Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Molly E. Penny Hendersonville, NC Mrs. Cinda Boyd Perry Northport, AL Ms. Carrie Poh Atlanta, GA Mrs. Julia McWhorter Pope Birmingham, AL Ms. Brittany Powell Prentiss, MS Ms. Madison N. Powers Fleming Island, FL Dr. Carol A. Prickett Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Jurnee Promisee Tuskegee, AL Dr. George C. Rable Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Kathleen C. Raleigh Naples, FL Ms. Brittany C. Ray Brownsboro, AL Ms. Martha Reynolds Northport, AL Mr. Luther J. Richardson, Jr. Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Pamela Fahey Richardson Northport, AL Ms. Karen E. Richter Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Chloe A. Roberts Woodway, TX Ms. Leah C. Roberts Hartselle, AL Ms. Claudia Romanelli Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. Marianne Gardner Rosenzweig Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Heather Hanlon Saad Mobile, AL Ms. Rebecca Salzer Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Steve Sample, Jr. Alabaster, AL Ms. Camille Samples Northport, AL

Bon Voyage These College of Arts and Sciences faculty members have retired during the 2014-2015 academic year, trading class time and office hours for more leisurely pursuits.

Professor Gay Burke Art and Art History

Professor Amanda Penick School of Music

Professsor Barbara Ann Chotiner Political Science

Professor Steven L. Prentice-Dunn Psychology

Professor Noel Engebretson School of Music Professor James Harrell Physics and Astronomy Professor Paul LeBlanc Biological Sciences Professor Michael K. Mendle History

Ms. Karen Schmitt Ocean Ridge, FL Ms. Maccall Scofield Birmingham, AL Mrs. Lacey Sharpe Huntsville, AL Ms. Judy C. Shirley Bay Minette, AL Mrs. Jane Cason Simpson Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Rachel Stephens New Orleans, LA Mr. Justin W. Stone Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. John R. Taylor Birmingham, AL Dr. Nina Jones Terry Hoover, AL The Arts & Letters Club Tuscaloosa, AL Ms. Elizabeth Thiel Brandon, MS

Associate Professor Daniel Sweaney School of Music Professor Tavan T. Trent Mathematics Professor Bobby M. Wilson Geography

Mr. Arie J. VandeWaa Spanish Fort, AL Dr. Julie Estin Vaughn Tuscaloosa, AL Mr. Joseph M. Vranicar Lexington, KY Mr. Luke A. White Dothan, AL Mr. Justin B. Williams Gastonia, NC Dr. Anne C. Witt Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Cynthia Rives Woodham Albertville, AL Ms. Margaretta C. Woodley Gulf Shores, AL Ms. Donna Wright Tuscaloosa, AL Mrs. Amy Wyatt Moundville, AL Ms. Morgan B. York Birmingham, AL

Join the Friends of the Million Dollar Band A new organization, the Friends of the Million Dollar Band, formed in January to support and promote the Million Dollar Band. The organization held its first meeting in April, during which by-laws were presented and adopted, a slate of officers was voted on, and the organization’s mission and committees were established. It currently has more than 200 members.

The organization’s next meeting will take place in conjunction with MDB Alumni Band Weekend either Friday, September 25 or Saturday, September 26 depending on the kickoff time of the game. “This year’s event promises to be particularly exciting because our alumni band rehearsal will be held on a newly renovated Butler Field, which features a new tower, sound system, lights, and an artificial surface field designed to be an exact replica of the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium,” said Dr. Ken Ozzello, director of bands in the School of Music.

“After much consultation and planning with community leaders and band officers and constituents, I’m pleased to announce the beginning of the Friends of the Million Dollar Band at The

University of Alabama,” said Dr. Robert Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “This organization will have new advantages for its activities, such as access to College and University resources for managing the promotional, organizational, accounting, and financial business of this support group. And, the organization will also inherit and carry forward the enthusiasm, dedication and impressive performances of the alumni of the Million Dollar Band, certainly one of the most dynamic and respected groups of alumni at the University.”

Membership in Friends of the Million Dollar Band is open to anyone who wishes to support the band.

The organization will work with MDB alumni, Crimson Tide supporters, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Music, and other friends and fans to recruit talented students to the band, to plan and promote the annual Alumni Band weekend, and to help secure funds for band scholarships and activities.

Alumni and friends may join by visiting the Friends website at www.friendsofmdb.as.ua.edu/join or by visiting the University’s website at www.onlinegiving.

ua.edu to make your gift of $100 to the Friends of the MDB. Or gifts can be mailed to Friends of the Million Dollar Band, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.

Checks should be made payable to The University of Alabama with a notation that the gift is for the MDB.

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Society for the Fine Arts Lifetime Members The Society for the Fine Arts (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. Mountain Brook, 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 Decatur, GA Dr. Cedric Carl Dent Mount Juliet, TN Mr. Frank D. Fleming Birmingham, AL Mrs. Roberta Peacock Gamble Greenville, AL 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. 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 Birmingham, 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 Moody Stribling Albuquerque, NM Mr. Gay Joseph Talese New York, NY Mrs. Suzanne Boles Thetford Tuscaloosa, AL Dr. James H. Thomas Tuscaloosa, AL 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

Minor in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Created The College’s newest minor, created last year in response to strong student and professional interest in the field, offers an intense exploration of Latin American people and nations with deep ties to the United States. The minor includes classes in American studies, anthropology, biology, economics, English, gender and race studies, history, modern languages, and political science.

Contact: Dr. Steven Bunker, Director 205-348-1917, sbunker@ua.edu Havana, Cuba

UA Establishes Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has established the Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship. The new research center will build on the activities of the Alabama-Cuba Initiative, a 13-year effort to create educational opportunities in Cuba for UA students and faculty. Both the center and the initiative efforts have been led by UA’s College of Arts and Sciences.

UA and Cuban educators and academic institutions have worked together since 2002 through an academic travel license from the U.S. Department of Treasury, which permits travel to Cuba for certain specific educational activities. More than 45 disciplines and departments, approximately 85 faculty, and nearly 75 graduate and undergraduate students at UA have participated in the initiative.

“The last 13 years have been highly productive for our students and faculty,” said Dr. Robert Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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for which we are prepared with our already established ties with our Cuban educational counterparts.”

The center, as approved by UA’s Board of Trustees, will continue the development of scholarly activities for faculty and students with institutions and programs in Cuba. Its main focus will be to actively encourage authorized activities between UA faculty and students and their counterparts in Cuba.

Since UA hosted its first group of Cuban educators in 2003, more than 80 scholarly activities including articles, artworks, performances, exhibitions, and books have been produced by UA faculty involved in the Alabama-Cuba Initiative.

UA’s College of Arts and Sciences has also offered a study abroad program in Cuba each spring since 2009. UA students earn academic credit while spending a semester in Cuba under the supervision of a UA faculty member. ■ For more information, visit www.cuba.ua.edu.

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Alumni Notes

Alumni Notes

1949 E.O. Wilson (biology, BS; biology, MS, 1950) was honored by the city of Brewton, Alabama, for summers he spent working there as a young man. The city named an ecological park, the E.O. Wilson Nature Adventure, after him. Wilson, an ant expert, is one of the world’s most recognized biologists who grew up on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. He has won over 150 major international prizes for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize twice. He is a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board and lives in Boston.

1959 Margo Van Roo (biology, BS) has retired as an environmental specialist for the state of Florida. She enjoys traveling, especially to the West, and resides in Belleview, Florida. She has two daughters and two grandsons.

1965 Dr. Gaylon McCollough (biology, BS) received the United States Sports Academy’s 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Meritorious Achievement Award for his contributions to sports and medicine. He played as an offensive center for the Crimson Tide football team under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and later became one of Coach Bryant’s doctors. He is a surgeon who founded the McCollough Plastic Surgery Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, and most recently the McCollough Institute for Appearance and Health in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where he resides with his wife, Susan.

1966 Susan McCollough (art and theatre, BS) was chosen to receive the Marco Polo International Prize Art Ambassador Award in Venice, Italy, and will have her work published in The Best Modern and Contemporary Artist. Her artwork also will be on display at the 10th Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy, and at Artexpo 2016 in New York City. She resides in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with her her husband, Gaylon.

1968 Dr. Larry C. Hayes (chemistry, BS; PhD) has retired as a high school chemistry teacher in Moody, Alabama. He had an extensive career as an algebra and chemistry teacher and worked for The University of Alabama at Birmingham for 15 years.

1974 J. Michael Phillips (public administration, BS) has taken a new position as the vice president of employee benefits at S.S. Nesbitt & Company in Mobile, Alabama.

1975 Debra Bowling (social work and criminal justice, BS; sociology, MS, 1977) has published a new novel. The Memory of Flight, published by Little Feather Books in 2014, is a lyrical novel that tackles loss, madness, and forgiveness.

1977 Edward B. Parker II (history, BA) has retired after practicing as a trial attorney for 30 years. He has four children and three granddaughters. He lives on Lake Martin and is enjoying life with his wife, Tina, and dog, Sweetie.

Donald Mark Graydon (military history, BA) retired from the Columbus, Georgia, police department in 2013. He has five children and eight grandchildren. His hobbies include hiking, volunteering, and performing mission work. He hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2013, and he currently lives in Columbus with his wife, Barbara, a 1982 UA graduate.

1998 Dr. James Andrew Miller (biology, BS) practices optometry and owns Vision Source, an eye care center in Virginia. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia, with his wife, Jasmin.

2002 Wes Borucki (history, PhD) is an associate professor of history at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 2014, he published his second book, Ronald Reagan: Heroic Dreamer. His book was published by Nova Science Publishers as part of its “First Men, America’s Presidents” series. He previously wrote The George H.W. Bush Biography for the same series in 2011. He lives in Wellington, Florida, with his wife, Brigid, and two daughters.

2010 Beth Hataway (New College, BA) is working to revitalize her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, through her work with Helicity, a civic organization aimed at fostering cultural arts in Alabama’s capital city. Hataway, Helicity, and four other organizations received a $150,000 grant from Artplace America to transform the city’s Five Points district into an arts and cultural hub.

2014 John Brinkerhoff (political science, geology, and communication studies, BS) was accepted to and will be attending Yale Law School.

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UA Establishes Cuba Center The College’s Alabama-Cuba Initiative, a 13-year effort to create educational opportunities in Cuba for UA students and faculty, has culminated in the establishment of a university-wide research center. Read more on page 34.

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