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May 16, 2007

Hoover native awarded British Studies scholarship at Birmingham-Southern College

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Erin Ashley Montgomery of Hoover is the recipient of the J. Stephen Noser Jr. Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

The scholarship was established in 1986 in memory of Noser, a Birmingham-Southern student who died while attempting to rescue a classmate from drowning. At the time, Noser was a participant in the British Studies at Oxford program. The scholarship supports Birmingham-Southern students who participate in the British Studies program.

A senior chemistry/professional history major, she is the daughter of Dana Wetzel and Robert Montgomery, both of Hoover.