Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Career highlights are noted for each distinguished recipient.

1965

Mr. W. Cooper Green ’23
Mayor of Birmingham
Jefferson County Commissioner

Mr. S. Vincent Townsend ’25
Vice President and Assistant to the Publisher, The Birmingham News

1966

Mr. Thomas E. Bradford ’32
Chairman, Bradford & Company, Inc, Birmingham

Hon. Walter P. Gewin ’30
United States Senior Circuit Judge

1968

Mr. Robert E. Luckie, Jr. ’40
Birmingham
Chairman, Luckie & Company

Dr. Felix C. Robb ’36
Executive Director, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools

Mr. Frank B. Yeilding ’26
Chairman, Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan Association, Birmingham
President, U. S. Savings & Loan League

1969

Mr. Hiram Benjamin Englebert ’25
Professor of Mathematics and Coach, Birmingham-Southern College

Mr. Robert H. Walston ’25
Bursar, Birmingham-Southern College

1970

Dr. Katherine Kennedy Carmichael ’32
Dean of Women, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mr. Edward A. Dannelly, Jr. ’33
Editor and Co-Owner, The Andalusia Star-News

1971

Miss Mary Ruth Pippen ’33
Director of Social Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. George Peach Taylor ’48
Tuscaloosa
Professor of Law, University of Alabama
American Bar Association’s John Minor Wisdom Public Service And Professionalism Award, 2001

1972

Mr. Duard LeGrand ’34
Editor, The Birmingham Post-Herald

Dr. Ralph M. Tanner ’54
Baldwin City, Kansas
President, Birmingham-Southern College
President, Baker University
State Legislator, Kansas

1973

Senator Howell T. Heflin ’42
Tuscumbia
United States Senator
President, The Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
American Bar Association’s John Marshall Award, 2003

Dr. Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton ’41
Birmingham
Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1976

Mr. Donald C. Brabston ’41
Birmingham
Ernst & Young LLP

Dr. Wynelle Doggett Thompson ’34
Professor of Chemistry, Birmingham-Southern College

1977

Mrs. Marguerite Johnston Barnes ’38
Houston, Texas
Journalist/Editor, Houston Post

Mr. Frank M. Dominick, Jr. ’41
Birmingham
Partner, Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood

Dr. J. Benham Stewart ’33
Macon, Georgia
Physician—Surgical Oncology, Stewart, Menendez & Rhame PC

1978

Dr. Ralph Adams ’37
Chancellor, Troy State University

Dr. G. A. Costanzo ’37
Vero Beach, Florida
Vice Chairman, Citibank, N.A., New York, New York

Mr. Clarence McDorman, Sr. '27
Founder, Chair, Board of Directors, Southern Cafeteria Company
Chair, Board of Directors, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Birmingham

1979

Dr. Winfred L. Godwin ’48
President, Southern Regional Education Board

Mrs. Katherine Meadow McTyeire ’41
Birmingham
President and Founder of Iron Art, Inc.

Mr. John A.Williamson ’39
Birmingham
Consultant
Chairman of the Board, Williamson, Merrill, Taylor, and Darling

1980

Dr. Cecil E. Abernethy ’30
Academic Vice President and Dean, Birmingham-Southern College

Dr. Sam K. Cohn ’36
Birmingham
Physician—Urology
President, Birmingham Academy of Medicine, Alabama Urology Society, and Medical Staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital

Mr. Albert L. Fairley ’34
Industrialist
President, CEO and Director, Hollinger Mines, Ltd. of Toronto
President and Director, Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation

1981

Miss Charlotte F. Andress ’32
Executive Director of Inwood House, New York City
Board of Directors, National Association of Social Workers
National Advisory Board of Social Welfare for the United Methodist Church
Executive Director, Girl Scout Council of Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Arthur M. Freeman, Jr. ’37
Director of Medicine, South Highlands Hospital Association, Birmingham
Director of Medical Education, HealthSouth Medical Center, Birmingham

Mrs. Nancy Huddleston Packer ’45
Stanford, California
Professor of English, Stanford University
Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, 1977
Author
CommonwealthClub of California Book Award, 1976
O. Henry Awards: Prize Stories, 1969, 1981

1982

Dr. Alan R. Dimick ’53
Birmingham
Physician and Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
President, American Burn Association

Mr. Joseph M. Farley ’48
Birmingham
Attorney, Balch & Bingham

Mr. Herbert Singleton ’28
President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

1983

Dr. Paul W. Burleson ’38
Naples, Florida
Physician, Internal Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Chairman, Alabama State Board of Mental Health
President, Alabama Society of Medicine

Mrs. Peggy Spain McDonald ’39
Philanthropist
Founder and Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Foundation

1984

Dr. Donald C. Harrison ’54
Cincinnati, OH
Senior Vice President and Provost for Health Affairs, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
President, American Heart Association
Co-Director, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center at Stanford University School of Medicine

Mrs. Mary McKinnon Ledford ’46
Director of Guidance, Jefferson County Board of Education

Mr. Frank C. Osment ’39
Executive Vice President and Director, Amoco
Vice President, Standard Oil
Director, Harris Bancorp and McGraw-Edison Corporation

1985

Mrs. Margaret McPheron Holland-Graves ’28
Math Supervisor, Birmingham Board of Education

Dr. J. Kenneth Morland ’38
Lynchburg, Virginia
Professor, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

Dr. John H. Yardley ’49
Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

1986

Mr. Coleman Cooper ’34
Philanthropist
Founder, Apollo Boys’ Choir, Palm Beach, Florida

Ms. Mary Jean Parson ’56
Owner, Creative Planning and Communications, Birmingham

Mr. James F. Sulzby, Jr. ’28
Author, Businessman
President, Sulzby Realty Co., Inc.
Founder, Alabama Historical Association

1987

Dr. Penelope Prewitt Cunningham ’36
Birmingham
Program Specialist, Birmingham Board of Education

Dr. John M. Howard ’41
Toledo, Ohio
Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio
President, The American Trauma Society
Chairman, Committees on Shock and on Emergency Medical Services, National Research Council

Mr. Kenneth Liles ’42
Bethesda, Maryland
Attorney, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan

1988

Dr. Harvie Branscomb ’14
Chancellor, Vanderbilt University

Mr. W. Amos Hudson ’47
Music Director, Highlands United Methodist Church, Birmingham
Choral Director, Town and Gown Theater, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. William H. Mandy ’49
Birmingham
President, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama

1989

Mrs. Allen Orton Gibbs ’35
Musician, Composer, Teacher of Music at Birmingham-Southern College

Mr. James W. Walker, Jr. ’50
Villanova, Pennsylvania
General Counsel, CIGNA Corporation
Chairman, CIGNA Foundation
Executive Vice President, American Stock Exchange

Mr. Herbert B. West ’36
President, The New York Community Trust Foundation

1990

Dr. Ben M. Carraway ’32
Chairman of the Board, Carraway Methodist Hospital, Birmingham
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Alabama
Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. ’59
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
President, Wake Forest University

Dr. O. C. Weaver, Jr. ’35
Birmingham
Professor of Philosophy, Birmingham-Southern College

1991

Ms. Mary Margaret Carr ’39
Atlanta, Georgia
Executive Director, Child Service and Family Counseling Center of Metropolitan Atlanta

Dr. Grace Hughes Guin ’38
Physician, Veterans Administration

The Rt. Rev. Robert O. Miller ’61
Birmingham
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama

1992

Mr. James F. Hatcher, Jr. ’43
Director, Town and Gown Theater, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, Miss Alabama Pageant
Producer/Director Birmingham Summerfest

Mrs. Ouida Blackerby Kinzey ’42
Professor of Mathematics, Birmingham-Southern College

Dr. Henry C. Sparks ’36
Teacher, School Administrator
Acting Superintendent, Birmingham Board of Education

1993

Dr. William H. Baxter, Jr. ’42
Professor of Music, Birmingham-Southern College

Mr. C. Martin Hames ’58
Headmaster/Teacher, The Altamont School, Birmingham

Mr. G. Thomas Patton, Jr. ’49
Big Canoe, Georgia
Executive Vice President, General Motors Acceptance Corporation

1994

Dr. Joseph E. Johnson ’55
Knoxville, Tennessee
President, University of Tennessee Central Administration
Chancellor, University of Tennessee Memphis Center for the Health Sciences

Mrs. Elsa Allgood Porter ’49
Portland, Oregon
Management Consultant
Vice President, Research and Development, The Maccoby Group

Mr. Howell H. Raines ’64
New York, New York
Executive Editor, The New York Times
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, 1992

1995

Dr. Claudia Barton Blair ’40
Physician—Pediatrics
Director, Kirk Army Health Clinic, Aberdeen, Maryland

Mr. Murray C. Fincher ’34
Mandeville, Louisiana
President, Louisiana Operations, South Central Bell

Miss Adele Rivers ’30
Teacher and Counselor, Jackson County, Alabama and Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1996

Hon. William M. Acker, Jr. ’49
Birmingham
United States District Judge

Mr. John W. Lovin, Jr. ’52
Birmingham
Senior Vice President, Torchmark Corporation
Executive Vice President, Liberty National Life Insurance

Mr. John Andrew Martin ’59
Dallas, Texas
Attorney, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blume
American Bar Association's Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Lawyer, 1990

1997

Dr. Loretta Graves Brown ’47
Birmingham
Professor/Chairman, Department of Communications Science and Disorders, University of Montevallo

Mrs. Elise McWilliams Penfield ’61
Birmingham
Executive Director, Leadership Birmingham

Mr. N. Manly Yeilding, Jr. ’51
Birmingham
Attorney, Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood

1998

Dr. Dorothy Thompson Chambers ’47
Birmingham
Director of Vocational Education, Birmingham Board of Education

Dr. Arnold Royal ’39
Birmingham
Physician, Children’s Medical Group
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine

Hon. Sandra Hendrickson Storm ’68
Birmingham
Presiding Circuit Judge, Family Court of Jefferson County

1999

Dr. Dora Henley Going ’37
Tuscaloosa
Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center

Mr. Richard I. Kirkland ’73
New York, New York
Managing Editor, Fortune Magazine

Mr. Clay C. Long ’58
Atlanta, Georgia
Partner/Chairman, McKenna Long, & Aldridge
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

2000

Dr. Richard L. Rowan ’53
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Professor of Industry, Co-Director, Center For Human Resources, and Chairman, Labor Relations Council,
      Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Committee on International Investment, U. S. State Department

Mr. Guthrie J. Smith ’35
Fayette, Alabama
Mayor, City of Fayette

Ms. Gloria Spruill ’58
Birmingham
Educational Sales Consultant, D. C. Heath & Co.
Community Volunteer

2001

Mrs. Eleanor Bergquist Becker ’63
Pasadena, California
Associate Director, Editorial Production, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Singer, The Metropolitan Opera

Mr. R. Steve Briggs ’71
Birmingham
Executive Vice President, Protective Life Insurance Company

Dr. Walter C. McCoy ’33
Birmingham
Physician—Internal Medicine
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Former President, Medical Staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital

2002

Dr. S T Kimbrough, Jr. ’58
New York, New York
Associate General Secretary of Mission Evangelism for the General Board of Global Ministries of the United      Methodist Church
Author, Opera Singer, Recording Artist

Dr. Elmer Key Sanders ’34
Houston, Texas
Surgeon, Kelsey Seybold Medical Group
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Baylor University
Assistant Chief, Department of Surgery, Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Director of the Cancer Registry, Ben Taub General Hospital

Ms. Carol Ann Smith ’71
Birmingham
Attorney, Founding Partner of Smith & Ely
President, Birmingham Bar Association

2003

Dr. Richard D. deShazo ’67
Jackson, Mississippi
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Director of the Division of Allergy/      Immunology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
President, Association of Professors of Medicine
President, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

Hon. James S. Garrett ’67
Birmingham
Judge, Circuit Court Criminal Division for Jefferson County
President, Alabama Circuit Judges Association
President, Alabama Municipal Judges Association

Rev. Dr. Florence Wates Pert ’51
New York, New York
Senior Associate Pastor, Marble Collegiate Church of New York City; Director of New Spirit Café
Staff Member, The Peale Center for Christian Living
Director of Leadership Development, Guideposts Magazine
Recipient, Community Service Award from the Harlem Interfaith Counseling Service and BUDDY (Bringing Up      Daughters Differently) Award from the National Organization of Women

2004

Mr. Charles H. Hudgins '62
Gilmer, Texas
Philanthropist
Leader, Higher Education Technology Systems

Dr. Sena Jeter Naslund '64
Louisville, Kentucky
Author
Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Louisville
Editor, The Louisville Review

Mrs. Marian McCoy Phillips '52
Birmingham
Director of Women’s Programs, Downtown Birmingham and Shades Valley YMCAs
Coordinator, Birmingham/Jefferson County Special Olympics
Board Member, United Methodist Church Children's Home, Selma

2005

Mr. Charles L. Gaines III '64
Birmingham
Author, journalist, screenwriter, editor
Cine Gold Eagle Awards, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award

Dr. Carol Newsom '71
Atlanta, Georgia
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Emory University
Scholar, Author, Editor

Mrs. Theresa Bruno Sprain '57
Birmingham, Alabama
Educator
Founder, director, Joseph Bruno Montessori Academy

2006

Dr. Kenneth W. Bramlett ‘77
Birmingham
Partner/Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center
Specialist in adult arthritis reconstruction and joint replacement surgery

Ms. Martha Jane Patton ‘68
Birmingham
Executive Director/Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Birmingham
Board Member, National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations
Community leader, volunteer

Mrs. Margaret Enslen Sherrill ‘51
Birmingham
Retired medical technologist, posts including Simon-Williamson Clinic and Baptist Princeton
Church volunteer, youth volunteer, crisis counselor