Category: A – C

Biography: Literary scholar; University professor. Born– May 4, 1942, Buffalo, N.Y. Education– Boston College, A.B., 1967; Northwestern University, M.A., 1968; University of California in Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1974. Taught English at the University of California in San Diego, 1973-1974, and at the University of Alabama after 1974. Director of undergraduate studies in English. Essays published…

Biography: Sociologist; University professor. Born– March 19, 1939, Indianapolis, Ind. Parents– David S. and Jeanette (Walsh) Coombs. Married– Joan, May 12, 1973. Children– Two. Education– University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1961; University of Florida, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971; Master of Public Health, UAB.  Served in the Peace Corps, 1961-1963; taught at the Universidad del Valle…

Biography: Photographer, painter, sculptor; teacher of art. Born– November 5, 1936, Tuscaloosa. Parents– William A. and Ruby Willard (Smith) Christenberry. Married–Sandra Deane, 1967.  Children– three. Education– University of Alabama, B.F.A.,1958,  M.A., 1959.  Taught at the University of Alabama, 1959-61; at Memphis State University, 1962-68; at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., 1968-2009 .Considered  one of the…

Biography: Bookkeeper. Born –Mt. Vernon, Fayette County, January 16, 1933.  Parents– Clyde Chandler and Lottie Mavis Collins Cargile.  Married– Betty, about 1964. Children– Two. Education– Florence State Teachers College. Farmed until 1953; served in the U.S.Army in the Korean Conflict, 1953-55.; worked as bookkeeper. Living in Tuscaloosa in 1984. Died December 30, 1995. Source: Book jacket…

Biography: Sportswriter. Education– University of Alabama. Served as student manager of the football team in 1977; student body president of the New College Division of the University. Member Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Theta Chi fraternity. Also a member of the Diamond Century Club at Texas A & M and the Gold Club at the University…

Biography: University professor of statistics.  Born– May 24, 1894, Lima, Ohio. Parents– Lewis E. and Ella Mae (Faze) Chapman. Married– Lena Blanche McPherson, September 18, 1919. Education– University of Michigan, A.B.; University of Minnesota, graduate study; Columbia University, Ph.D. Taught accounting at the University of Minnesota, 1919 to 1921. Professor of statistics, University of Alabama,…

Biography: Educator; genealogist. Born–August 12, 1931, Elba. Parents– Fox and Mary (Bailey) Brunson. Married– Nancy Elizabeth Cowart, June 4, 1960. Children– Two. Education– Troy State University, B.S.; Florida State University, master’s degree; qualified for the AA certificate through Auburn University. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Principal of Elba High School for three…

Biography: Clergyman. Born– December 9, 1905, Texas. Parents–George and Frances Bratcher. Married– Eva Howard. Education– Tennessee State University; American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville; studied at Morehouse College; Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta; and Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va.  Served as minister of the Morning Star Baptist Church in Demopolis, the First Baptist Church, Montgomery,…

Biography: University administrator; sociologist; professor; writer. Born– March 20, 1926, Marion, Al.  Parents–Silas and Lucy Billingsley.  Married– Amy Loretta Tate.  Children– two.  Education– Grinnell College, A.B., 1951; Boston University, M.S., 1956; University of Michigan, M.A., 1960; Brandeis University, Ph.D., 1964.  U.S. Army, WWII, 1944-46.  American Friends Service Committee, director of Youth Service Projects, Chicago, 1951-54;…

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Biography: Teacher; teacher educator. Born– June 15, 1929, Cottonville. Parents– Percy T. and Marjorie (Edmonds) Barnard. Married– Wanda Hyde, December 7, 1950. Children– Two. Education– University of North Alabama, B.S., 1950; University of Alabama, M.A., 1954, Ed.D., 1959; additional study at Harvard University, 1955; Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, 1976. Served in the U.S.…

Biography: College president; historian; college professor. Born– July 2, 1921, Berry. Parents– Coleman C. and Susie J. (Jenkins) Bailey. Married– Ahleida Joan Seever, November 17, 1962. Children– Two. Education– Howard College, A.B., 1950; University of Alabama, M.A., 1951, Ph.D., 1954. Taught at Howard (which became Samford University in 1965), 1953-1970; served as Dean of Arts and Sciences…

Biography: Historian; University professor; Dean. Born– November 17, 1939, Fort Myers, Fla. Parents– Henry C. and Hazel Crews Bond. Married– Stephanie Johns, September 7, 1974. Children– Two. Education– Florida State University, B.S., 1962, M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1966. Taught at the University of Southern Mississippi, 1966-1967; Auburn University , 1976-97; Head of Department of History, 1985-91; Associate Dean…

Biography: Attorney, educator; college president. Born– April 17, 1941, Langdale. Parents– James Joel and Estelle (Frazier) Bartlett. Married– Gisela Beyer, September 27, 1963. Children– One. Education– Florence State University, B.S, 1963; Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D, 1967. Employed as an insurance investigator in Charleston, S.C., 1964-1965; admitted to the Alabama Bar; taught business…

Biography: Technical worker; Writer. Born– July 13, 1940, Prattville. Parents– Charles Ross and Thelma (Cooper) McCartney. Married– James Baughman, April 22, 1960. Children– Three. Education– Attended high school in Elmore County. Employed as telephone switchboard operator in Montgomery, 1959-61; cardiogram technician at Elmore County Hospital, 1968-73; and after 1973, free-lance writer. Published articles in various…

Biography: Reporter, university professor. Born– December 20, 1898, Ragland. Parents– Eugene P. and Sarah Coleman Cason. Married– Louise Elliott Rickerman, 1927. Children– One. Education– Attended the University of Alabama, 1913-1917, where he edited the Crimson-White; elected to Phi Beta Kappa; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1925. Joined the U.S. Army and served as an aerial machine…

Biography: Psychologist. Born– Guntersville. Parents–  Willard and Eunice (Hunt) Collins. Married– Carolyn Strom, 1966. Children– Two. Education– Guntersville High School, 1963;  Samford University, B.A.; Stanford University, M.A, Ph.D., 1971.  Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Child Development and Psychology at the University of Minnesota, 1971- ; director of the Institute of Child Development at the University. Principal investigator…

Biography: Physician. Born–October 16, 1884, Newburg, Franklin County. Parents– Dr. William Wadkins Cleere and Eliza F. Cleere.  Married– Velma Moore (died 1922). Children–two. Married–Virginia Rawlings Temple, April 6, 1929..  Education– Vanderbilt Medical School, M.D. Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I. Practiced medicine in Franklin County for more than forty years. Died November…

Biography: Biochemist. Born– September 4, 1895, Shelbyville, Mo. Parents– George Frank and Amelia Grant (Tingle) Carmichael. Married– Lelah Marie Van Hook. Education– University of Colorado, A.B, 1918, M.S., 1922; University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1927.  Served in U.S. Army, WWI. Taught at the University of Colorado, 1919-1924; at the University of Cincinnati, 1926-27;  at the University…

Biography: Editor, reporter; operations analyst.  Born– June 15, 1899, Memphis, Tenn. Parents– Daniel Marshall and Adeline Baker (Van Court) Andrews. Married– Cora Wells Means, June 21, 1926 (died 1971). Children– Three. Married– Patricia Wilson. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1917, 1919-1920. Employed as a reporter and editor for newspapers and press services in the Midwest…

Biography: University professor of English. Born– October 8, 1921, Shelby County. Parents– Edward W. and Jessie (Barber) Atchison. Married– Geneva Doris Teague, 1948. Children– Two. Education– Howard College, A.B., 1943; George Peabody College, M.A., 1947; Duke University, Ph.D., 1956.  Served in the U.S. Army, WWII. Taught English at George Peabody College, 1946-1947; Samford University, 1947-1992. …

Biography: Socialite; political hostess. Born– January 16, 1825, Nash County, N.C. Parents– Dr. Peyton Randolph and Ann (Arrington) Tunstall. Married– Clement Claiborne Clay, February 1, 1843. Married–Judge David Clopton, November 29, 1887. Education– Attended a private school in Tuscaloosa and graduated from the Nashville Female Academy in 1840. Clement Clay was elected to the U.S. Senate, 1853,…

Biography: Business Executive. Born– May 6, 1918, Fort Payne. Parents– Stephen Elisha and Jessie (Duncan) Baxter. Married– Viola Nancy Ellis, March 11, 1947. Children– Two. Education– Public schools. US Navy, WWII. Employed as a clerk for the Southern Railway Company, 1936-1954; worked for Kingsberry Homes Corporation as traffic manager, 1954-1956, purchasing agent and traffic manager…

Biography: Teacher. Born– July 1, 1903, Millport. Parents– Andrew Alexander and Eudora Amanda Woolbright Alexander. Married– Luna Greene Clemmons, 1940. Education– Livingston State College; University of Alabama, B.Ed., 1947, and M.A., 1952. Taught at Gordo in Pickens County for several years.  Died July 10, 1986. Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History. Publication(s):…

Biography; Scholar of popular culture; University professor; editor. Born– January 15, 1922, Millport. Parents– Garfield and Anne Browne. Married–(1) Olwyn Carmen Orde (died 1964); (2) Alice Pat Matthews, August 1, 1965. Children–Three. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1943; Columbia University, M.A., 1947; University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1956. Military service:  U.S. Army, 1943-46. Instructor of…

Biography: Engineer; NASA administrator. Born– December 15, 1925, Ferguson, Miss. Parents– George H. Bucher and Lenora Bucher. Married– Delores C. Belew. Children– Three. Education– Washington University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.S; Oklahoma State University, Ph.D. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; research contract administrator with the St. Louis Ordnance District of the…

Biography: Teacher; children’s author. Born– April 8, 1928, Ozark. Parents– James P. and Merle Tilley. Married– James Yancey Carroll, September 16, 1950.  Children– Two. Education– Randolph-Macon College, A.B., 1949.  Taught in the public schools of Enterprise. Had stories published in Jack and Jill, Together, and National Scholastic. Honors– Southern Writers Award for Juvenile Literature, 1961.…

Biography: Author; clubwoman. Born– February 16, 1885, Bullock County. Parents– Milton and Sarah Bass Tarver. Married– Major Oscar Carroll, November 25, 1902. Charter member of the Pen Women of Alabama and of the Ozark Study Club. Vice president of the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs.  Awarded the Poetry Prize by the Alabama Federation of Women’s…

Biography: Leader in women’s work in Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Born– January 20, 1860, Bolivar, Tennessee. Parents– William Horton and Mary Janette Safford Thompson. Married– Daniel Boone Cobbs, a lawyer, January 20, 1890. Children– Two. Moved to Mobile in 1884 and lived there until 1937. Instrumental in the development of the Presbyterian Women’s Auxiliary.  Women’s page…

Biography: Social worker. Born– August 4, 1882, Springville, Tenn. Parents– Henry Eugene Atkins. Married– Eugene Clifton Brooks, March 24, 1899. Children– Two. Education– Attended the University of Alabama and Tulane University. Was with the Jefferson County Department of Public Welfare from its beginning in 1921 to 1953. Served as president of the North Alabama chapter of the…

Biography: Economist; University professor. Born– May 5, 1941, Robertsdale. Parents– Louis W. and Helen (Hadley) Boone. Married– Pat Jones, May 8, 1964. . Children– Two. Education– Delta State College, B.S., 1963, University of Southern Mississippi, M.S., 1964; University of Arkansas, Ph.D., 1968. Instructor at Auburn University, 1964-1965; University of Arkansas, 1965-1967; University of Southern Mississippi,…

Biography: Farmer. Born– About 1885. Parents– Hayes and Liza (Culver) Cobb. Married– Hannah Ramsey, 1906 (died 1950). Children– Nine; married–Josie Travis Todd.  An illiterate Black tenant farmer in Tallapoosa County. In 1932 he was involved in the Alabama Sharecroppers’ Union. In December of that same year he was involved in a shooting with a deputy…

Biography: Auditor. Born July 9, 1907,  Birmingham. Parents– Robert Lee and Matura (Russell) Busby. Education– Studied at the Graduate School of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Auditor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, after 1931. Served with the U.S. Women’s Air Force from 1943 to 1945, in the 8th and 9th Air Forces in the European, African…

Reporter; newspaper editor.  Born  August 21, 1951, Midfield.  Parents– J.B. and Ruby Lois Casey. Married–Margie Brooke, 1979.  Children–two.  University of Alabama, BA, 1973.  Writer for The Birmingham News 1973-2000; editorial page editor, 1998-2000.  1991–awarded Pulitzer Prize. 1992–Finalist for the National Headliners Award from the Press Club of Atlantic City.  1994–nominated for a second Pulitzer and for a…

Biography: Teacher; educational innovator. Born– August 31, 1936, Monroeville. Parents– Alex L. and Bessis Maye (Knight) Nettles. Married– Clarence Collins, September 2, 1961. Children– Three. Education– Clark College in Atlanta, B.A., 1957; attended Chicago Teachers College and Columbia College, 1965-1967. Taught at Monroeville, 1957-1959; taught in the Chicago Public Schools, 1960-1975. Founded the Westside Prep…

Biography: Research scientist; administrator. Born– January 28, 1948, New York City. Parents– Henry and Lotte (Seligmann) Barak. Married– David Elwood Briles; married–Eugene Abraham Davidson, 1990. Education– Brown University, A.B., 1968; Rockefeller University, Ph.D., 1974; post-doctoral work at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1978-1982. Researcher at UAB, 1979-1982; Research associate at the University of Texas System…

Biography: Historian; University professor. Born– October 5, 1942, Summit, N.J. Grew up in Lima, Peru. Education– Duke University, B.A., 1964; Tulane University, M.A., 1969, Ph.D., 1972. Taught history and served as director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Alabama, 1972-2013. Chair, Department of History, 2000-2008.Member of the Conference of Latin American Historians…

Biography: University Professor. Born– February 19, 1931, Los Angeles, Calif. Parents– Abraham and Ada (Markson) Andelson. Married– Geraldine Rippetoe, July 1, 1954. Married Bonnie Von Orange Johnson, June 7, 1964. Education– attended Los Angeles City College; University of Chicago, A.B., 1952; University of Southern California, A.M., 1954, Ph.D., 1960. Ordained minister in the Congregational Church, 1959.  Executive…

Biography: Poet; teacher of creative writing. Born– June 21, 1933, Attalla; moved to Pittsburgh,Pa as a child.  Parents–Aaron and Dorthera (Hedrick) Barrax. Married–Geneva Catherine Lucy, 1954.  Children–three.  Married Joan Dellimore. Children–two.  Education– Duquesne University, B.A., 1963; University of Pittsburgh, M.A., 1969; attended the University of North Carolina. U.S. Air Force, 1953-57.  U.S. Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pa., clerk…

Biography: Writer. Born– February 11, 1941, New York City, N.Y. Parents– Eleanor Fellers. Married– C. Terry Cline, October 23, 1959. Children– Four. Education– Public Schools of Thomasville, Georgia. President and owner of Land Alive of America, Thomasville, Ga. Editor of Land Alive, 1969-1970. Co-author of “Switchwitch; a Children’s Musical Drama,” first produced at the Mobile…

Biography: College instructor; telephone company employee. Born– June 25, 1944, Cullman. Parents– Buell E. and Kathryn (McDaniel) Cobb. Married– Mary Wilson Elliot, August, 1968. Education– University of Montevallo, B.A., 1966; graduate study in English, Auburn University. Taught at West Georgia College. Conducts shaped-note workshops all over the country. Articles appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review and…

Biography: Literary scholar; college professor, writer. Born– August 2, 1950, Florence. Parents– Johnny C. and Anna Marie (Cooper) Cross. Education– University of North Alabama, B.S., 1973; M.A., 1976; University of Mississippi, Ph.D., 1982. Taught; Lawrence County, Tenn.; Florence City Schools, University of Mississippi, and John C. Calhoun State Community College, Decatur Campus. Wrote articles for…

Biography: Editorial cartoonist. Born– November 22, 1920, Andalusia. Parents– Gordie and Emily Elizabeth (Smith) Brooks. Married– Virginia Matson, 1943. Children– Two. Education– Studied at Birmingham Southern College, 1940-1941 and Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 1941-1942. Served in the 3053rd Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII; took part in the D-Day landing and the Battle of the Bulge. Editorial cartoonist…

Biography: Writer. Born– March 15, 1909, Birmingham. Parents– George Summers and Lucy May (Bradford) Brown. Married– Francis Marion Cockrell, November 3, 1931. Children– One. Education– Attended Sophie Newcomb College, 1926-1929; Metropolitan Art School in New York City, 1929-1930. Wrote short stories, novels, screenplays, television scripts.  Died December 9, 1999. Source: Contemporary Authors online. Publication(s): Lillian Harley.…

Biography: University professor; economics consultant. Born– September 26, 1925, Pickens, S.C. Parents– Elijah D. and Ida (Hendricks) Chastain. Married– Marian B. Faulker, August 25, 1956. Children– Two. Education– Clemson University, B.S., 1947; Cornell University, M.S., 1948; Purdue University, Ph.D., 1956. U.S. Army, Captain, WWII.  Taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1949-1956; research assistant at Purdue University,…

Biography: Born– July 7, 1926, Dothan. Parents– William Franklin and Sara English (Owens) Newton. Married– Kells C. Carroll, June 12, 1947. Children– Two. Education– Attended the University of Alabama; Troy State University, B.A., 1970. Honors– Alabama Library Association Alabama Authors Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, 1975. Lives in Ozark. Source: The Search…

Biography: United Methodist Clergyman. Born April 15, 1930, Bermuda, Conecuh County. Parents– Thomas L. and Pauline Butts. Married– Hilda A. Tidwell. Education– Troy State University, B.A., 1951; Emory University, B.D.; Northwestern University, Theology School, M.A. in Pastoral Psychology; Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, graduated 1957. Served churches in Panama City, Fla.; Canoe, Mobile, Foley, and Brewton, Ala.; superintendent of the…

Biography: Baptist clergyman; superintendent of children’s home. Born April 3, 1875, Coosa County.  Parents– Jesse Allen Colley and Frances Akin Colley.  Married Berta Hitchcock, May 9, 1907. Children– Six. Education– Howard College; Southern Baptist Seminary. Served as pastor of several Baptist churches including ones at Enterprise. Superintendent of Alabama Baptist Children’s Home at Troy, 1922-1942.  Named…