Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Author;

The New Lottie Moon Story.  Broadman, 1980.

A Century to Celebrate; A History of the Woman’s Missionary Union.  WMU, Southern Baptist Convention, 1987.

Laborers Together with God; Twenty-two Great Women in Baptist Life.  WMU, Southern Baptist Convention, 1987.

Co-author;

The History of the Woman’s Missionary Union.  Convention Press, 1976.

The Courage to Care:  The Story of Ida B. Moffett.  Samford University Press, 1988.

Historian; university administrator.  Born–April 24, 1935, Birmingham.  Parents– Jack and Lena Margaret Jones Rawls.  Married– George Arthur Atkins, June 7, 1954.  Children– four.  Education; Birmingham schools;  Auburn University, B. A., 1956; M.A., 1960; Ph. D., 1974.  Taught history at Auburn, 1960-69; at UAB; at Samford until 1985.  Director of the Center for Arts and Humanities at Auburn, 1985-1995  .  Published widely in history journals, especially about the history of Alabama.  Consultant for many libraries, literary and historical groups.  A world champion water skier;  first woman inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 1976.  Member of Alabama Historical Association; Friends of Alabama Archives.  Inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor, 2007.

Sources;

Women who Made a Difference in Alabama.  Compiled by the League of Women Voters of Alabama, 1995.

Author;

Blossoms amid the Deep Verdure; A Century of Women at Auburn, 1892-1992.

The Valley and the Hills; A History of Birmingham and Jefferson County.

Co-Author;

Alabama; The history of a Deep South State.  University of Alabama Press, 1994.

Executive secretary; genealogist.  Born– February 21, 1931, Putnam County, MO.  Parents–  Clark Scott and Mildred D. (Ward) Scott.  Married– Walter H. Johnson, November 30, 1963.  Children–Two.  Education– Wichita Business College; University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Held executive secretarial positions with oil, insurance, and aerospace firms in Wichita;  owner and operator, Johnson Historical Publications.  Editor, Valley Leaves (quarterly of the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society) for six years.

Source;

Dorothy Scott Johnson, September 1985.

Publications;

Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama; a Record of the Tombstone Inscriptions in all Known White Cemeteries in the West Half of Madison County. Huntsville, AL; Johnson Historical Publications, 1971.

Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama; a Record of the Tombstone Inscriptions in all Known White Cemeteries in the Northeast Portion of Madison County….  Huntsville, AL:  Johnson Historical Publications, 1978.

What Would Peace Do?  Orlando, FL; Peace Publishers, 1976.

Compiler;

1896 Confederate Census; Limestone, Morgan, & Madison Counties, Alabama.  Huntsville, AL; Johnson Historical Publications, 1981.

Madison County, Alabama Deed Books; A, B, C, D, E, 1810-1819. Johnson Historical Publications, s.d.

Madison County, Alabama, Orphans Court Minutes, 1810-1817.  Johnson Historical Publications, 1972. 

Teacher.  Born– June 17, 1915, Joppa, Al.  Parents– Samuel and Alice (Humphries) Watson.  Married– Kermit A. Johnson, March 21, 1932.  One child.  University of Alabama, B. S., 1950; M.A., 1958.  Teacher in elementary schools of Garden City and Mountain Brook, Al., and at Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, Grant, Al.  Critic teacher (supervisor of practice teachers) at University of Alabama Laboratory School.  First lady of the University of Montevallo during her husband’s tenure as president, 1968-1986.  Researcher and advocate for the restoration of  Kingswood house, built in 1823 by Edmund King and now a visitor center on the campus of the University of Montevallo.  Member Delta Kappa Gamma education honorary; president, Mountain Brook Educational Association.  Alabama Mother of the Year, 1979; received the Award of Merit of the Alabama Historical Commission for her efforts to save Kingswood.  Died April 15, 1999.

Source;

Anonymous.

Publications;

The Lives and Times of Kingswood in Alabama, 1817-1890.  University of Montevallo, 1976.

Illustrator; painter; violinist.  Born– Birmingham.  Married Anita [Johnson].  Children– three.  Education; Birmingham schools; studied music and art in France at the Studio of Gene Paul Lawrence and at the Academie Julian; studied at the Art Institute of Chicago; Pratt Institute; and the National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York.  Served in US Army Special Services, WWII.  Began his career as a violinist; performed internationally in Europe and Africa.  After he injured his wrist in a horseback riding accident, he turned to art as a career;  illustrated more than 200 books and has paintings hung in museums and galleries.  Contributed articles to many journals and books.

Sources; 

Illustrators of Books for Young People, 2nd ed.

Something about the Author online.

Publications;

Kenny.  New York:  Holt, 1957.

Piankhy the Great.  Nashville:  T. Nelson, 1962.

University Professor.  Born 1921, Montgomery.  Parents– Raymond G. and Eelje (Scriven) Ridgely.  Married– Janetta Somerset, 1956.  Children–one.  Education;  University of Florida, B. A., 1942, M.A., 1946;  Johns Hopkins University, Ph. D., 1956.  Military service; U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45.  Instructor, Johns Hopkins, 1946-58; Columbia University, 1958-   .  Frequent contributor to professional journals;  book reviewer for the Baltimore Sun. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors.  Awarded status of professor emeritus at Columbia on his retirement.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Publications;

John Pendleton Kennedy.  Twayne, 1966.

Nineteenth-Century Southern Literature.  University Press of Kentucky, 1980.

William Gilmore Simms.  Twayne, 1962.

William Gilmore Simms;  The Novelist as Southerner.  Dissertation, Johns Hopkins, 1956.

Editor;

Writings in the Southern Literary Messenger: Nonfictional Prose.  Gordian Press, 1997.

William Gilmore Simms.  The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina.  Twayne, 1964.

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Author; illustrator; therapist; editor/publisher.  Born July 28, 1945, Mobile.  Parents– George Le Grand and Cynthia (Boyd Williams) Rush.  Education; Wayne State University, B.A., 1967.  Trade copywriter for Little, Brown Publishers, 1968; staff teacher, Esalen Institute, San Francisco, 1970-72; art editor, Bookworks Publishers, 1970-73; member of organizing collective, Center for Feminist Consciousness, San Francisco, 1973-75; Partner, Moon Books Publishers, Berkeley, 1974-  ; Partner, Amazon Grace feminist theatre company, San Francisco, 1974.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Author;

The Back Rub Book: How to Give and Receive Great Back Rubs.  Vintage Books, 1989.

The Basic Back Book.  Simon and Schuster, 1979.

Bodywork Basics; A Guide to the Powers and Pleasures of Your Body.  Dell, 2000.

Classic Cameos and Incomparable Intaglios, Yesterday and Today.  Jules and Gem Books, 2000.

Getting Clear:  Body Work for Women.  New York; Random House, 1973.

Greta Bear Goes to Yellowstone National Park.  Great Bear Enterprizes, 1984.

Massage for Total Well-Being; Massage and Meditation for the Seven Centers of Health.  Universe, 2000.

The Modern Book of Massage; Five-Minute Vacations and Sensuous Escapes.  Dell, 1994.

The Modern Book of Stretching; Strength and Flexibility at Any Age.  Dell, 1997.

The Modern Book of Yoga; Exercising Mind, Body, and Spirit.  Dell, 1996.

Moon, Moon.  New York:  Random House, 1976.

Romantic Massage:  Ten Unforgettable Massages for Special Occasions.  Avon Books, 1991.

The Way of Stretching; Flexibility for Body and Mind.  Little, Brown, 2005.

Joint Publications;

Feminism as Therapy (with Anica Vesel Mander).  Random House, 1974.

Editor/Illustrator;

Downing, George. The Massage Book.  Bookworks/Random House, 1972.

Contributor;

Issues in Radical Therapy (journal published 1973-79 in Berkeley, California).

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Poet,  lecturer.  Born; November 14, 1871, Bullock County.  Parents;  William James and Julianna Elizabeth (Holloway) Reynolds.  Married; William Arthur Saffold.  Children–six.  Educated at private schools, including Chilton College, a private school operated in Montgomery, 1866-1882.  Died July 18, 1861.

Source;

Owen’s History of Alabama.

Author;

Pickaninny Pickups.

Sugar Babe:  A Sketch of Plantation Life in the Seventies.  Montgomery, Ala.:  Paragon Press, 1924.

Contributor;

Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts.  (Wrote lyrics set to music by Georgia Reynolds).

Clergyman.  Born September 14, 1910, in Montgomery, AL.  Parents-William Jackson and Olga Parker Ray.  Married– Ruth Vaughan Dawson, 1938.  Children–two.  Howard College, B. A., 1936;  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B. D., 1941; graduate work, Berkeley Divinity School, 1951-52.  Baptist minister in Georgia and Florida, 1941-51.  Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, 1951; served as canon in the Cathedral of St. Luke, Orlando, Florida, 1952-53; vicar of Holy Trinity Parish, Spruce Pine, N.C., 1953-55; canon, Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, Az, 1956-64; rector of Christ Church of the Ascension, Phoenix, Arizona, 1964– .  Board member of Family Services, Tuberculosis Association, American Red Cross, Arizona Foundation for the Blind, United Way; Chaplain of Arizona State Senate; Member of Parole and Pardons Board, Governor’s Commission on Marriage and Divorce, and Governor’s Commission on Traffic Safety.  Member of Planned Parenthood Federation, Kiwanis International, Rotary Club, Screen Actors Guild, Masons.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Publications;

Lenten Book.  Forward Movement Publications, 1960.

Tall in his Presence; A manual of Christian Stewardship. Greenwich, CT: Seabury Press, 1961. 

Updated 2011-8-30.

Historian of Christianity; university professor.  Born January 9, 1932, Aliceville.  Parents; Benjamin LaFayette and Winnie Meeks.  Married (1) Martha Fowler, June 10, 1954.  Children–three. Married (2) Judith Colton, March 18, 2000. Education; University of Alabama, B. S., 1953; Austin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1956; University of Tubingen, graduate study, 1956-57; Yale University, M. A., 1963; Ph. D., 1965.  Career; ordained Presbyterian minister, 1956; university pastor, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957-61; Dartmouth College instructor in religion, 1965-66; Yale University United Ministry university pastor, 1966-68; Indiana University at Bloomington, assistant professor, 1966-68; Yale University associate professor of religious studies, 1969-73; professor, 1973-1999; director, division of the humanities, 1988-91.  Member, American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Studorium Novi Testamenti Societas, Phi Beta Kappa.  Awards;  Fulbright fellowship, 1956-57;  Kent fellow, 1962-65; NEH senior fellow, 1975-76; Guggenheim fellow, 1979-80; elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, 1992.  Awarded the Doctor Theologicae honoris causis by the University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1990.  Emeritus status at Yale, 1999.

Sources;

Contemporary Authors online (updated 1/07/2010).

Marquis Who’s Who online.

Publications;

Go From Your Father’s House.  Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1964.

The Prophet-King.  Long Island City, NY; E. J. Brill, 1967.

Jews and Christians in Antioch in the First Four Centuries of the Common Era.  Missoula, MT; Scholars Press, 1978.

The First Urban Christians; The Social World of the Apostle Paul.  New Haven;  Yale University Press, 1983; 2nd edition, 2003. 

The Moral World of the First Christians.  Atlanta:  Westminster John Knox, 1986.

The Origins of Christian Morality;  The First Two Centuries.  New Haven; Yale University Press, 1993.

In Search of the Early Christians; Selected Essays.  New Haven; Yale University Press, 2002.

Christ Is the Question.  Louisville, KY;  Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.

Editor/coeditor;

Conflict at Colossae; A Problem in the Interpretations of Early Christianity.  Missoula, MT; Society of Biblical Literature, 1973.

The Future of Christology; Essays in Honor of Leander E. Keck.  Philadelphia; Fortress Press, 1990.

Robert M. Grant, Gods and the One God. Atlanta; Westminster John Knox, 1986.

God’s Christ and His People.  Oslo, Norway; Universitetsforlager, 1977.

Greeks, Romans, and Christians; Essays in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe.  Philadelphia; Fortress Press, 1990.

HarperCollins Study Bible (coeditor). New York;  HarperCollins, 1993.

Harper’s Bible Commentary (associate editor). New York; HarperCollins, 1988.

Library of Early Christianity (general editor).  Westminster Press, 1982-87.

The New Testament in its Social Environment.  Atlanta; Westminster John Knox, 1988.

The Writings of St. Paul.  New York; Norton, 1972.

The Writings of St. Paul; Annotated Texts, Reception, and Criticism.  New York; Norton, 2007.

Zur Soziologie des Urchristentums.  Munich:  Kaiser, 1979.

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