Category: G – I

Biography: Journalist, writer for children. Born– September 17, 1913, Birmingham. Parents– William C. and Marie (Harrison) Wilson. Married– Richard E. Glendinning. Children– One. Education– Studied at the Sorbonne, 1932; Agnes Scott College, B.A., 1933; Columbia University, B.S.J., 1934. Women’s page editor, Baltimore Evening Sun, 1936-1945; reporter for Herald Tribune in Sarasota, Florida, after 1961. Primarily…

Biography: Educator, clergyman, social activist. Born– February 4, 1904, Rankin, Ill. Parents– Elmer and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher. Married –June Lucille Sampson, September 1, 1927.  Children– two. Education– Carleton College, B.A., 1925; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1929; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1939; further study at the London School of Economics, 1929-30. Instructor in economics, Doane College,…

Biography: Author; university professor of writing. Born– May 1, 1915, Tuscaloosa. Parents James Booth Gibbons and Anne Walshe Gibbons. Married– Janie Moore. Children– Three. Education– Auburn University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.A.; Ph. D., Tulane University, 1957. Served in the U.S. Navy, World War II.  Taught English at the University of Alabama, 1943; at Newcomb…

Biography: Writer, teacher of writing. Born– April 23, 1942, in Meridian, Miss. Parents– William and Elizabeth (King) Hannah. Married–Susan Varas.  Children–three. Education– Mississippi College, B.A., 1964; University of Arkansas, M.A., 1966; M.F.A., 1967. Taught at Clemson University, 1967-1973; writer-in-residence, Middlebury College, 1974-75; University of Alabama, 1975-1980. Writer for the filmmaker, Robert Altman, Hollywood, 1980; writer-in-residence, University of…

Biography: Historian; professor of history; journalist. Born– September 7, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo. (grew up in Birmingham). Parents– McClellan and Dorothy (Rainold) Van Der Veer.  Married– Lowell S. Hamilton, August 4, 1946.  Children– two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1941; University of Alabama, M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1968. Staff writer for Associated Press, Washington, 1942-1946;…

Biography: Architectural historian; preservationist. Born August 24, 1943. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.S., University of Georgia, M.A., 1967. Worked in National Preservation Office of Dominican Republic for two and one-half years while serving in Peace Corps. Joined the staff of the National Park Service in 1969; worked with U.S. National Register of Historic Places and…

Biography: Journalist. Born– August 8, 1908, Opelika. Parents– Isaac W. and Laura (Jones) Hill. Married– Catherine H. Dawson, June 25, 1932 (died 1974). Children– Two. Married–Louise B. Andrews, June 22, 1979. Education– Washington and Lee University, A.B., 1929.  Reporter and editor, Mobile Press, 1929-1930; Washington Evening Star, deskman, 1930-1937, city editor, 1937-1949, news editor, 1949-1954, assistant…

Biography: Librarian. Born– December 2, 1898, Eutaw. Parents– William Riddle Ward and Judith Lida Meriwether Ward. Married–Cecil Robertson Glass, May 7, 1924. Children–two. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1920; University of Texas at Denton, B.S. in Library Science, 1950. High school librarian in Marlin, Texas, after 1946. Resident of Eutaw after retirement. Member, Phi Beta…

Biography: Methodist clergyman; journalist.  Born– December 15, 1895, Hackleburg. Parents– Joshua A. and America M. Gann. Married– Mary Paulk, 1915. Children– Five. Education– Study at Florence State Normal School and Asbury College. Special correspondent for daily newspapers; contributor to Literary Digest; associate editor of small daily in Mississippi. Pastor, First Methodist Church in Guntersville and…

Biography: University Professor, theatre director. Born– March 1, 1903, in Savannah, Ga. Parents– Herman W. and Mattie (Wilfert) Hesse. Education– Goucher College, 1921-1924; University of Michigan, A.B., 1925; M.A., 1924; State University of Iowa, Ph.D., 1941. Director of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Community Plays, 1935; taught at Arizona State College, 1942-1944; Eastern Illinois State College, 1944-1946;…

Biography: Journalist; newspaper editor. Born– June 14, 1920, Gadsden. Parents– Thomas Grady and Louise (Ralls) Gallant. Married– Micheal Ann Snider, March 18, 1946. Children– Three. Education– Studied at Emory University, 1939-1941, 1946-1947. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1941-1945. Editor, Cleveland, Tenn. Daily Banner, 1947-1948; reporter, Chattanooga News/Free Press, 1948-1963; columnist, Chattanooga Post, 1966-1970; Nashville Banner,…

Biography: Lawyer, legislator. Born– August 13, 1918, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Parents– John M. and Lua V. (Caulkins) Gallalee. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1939; LL.B., 1941. Married– Jeppie Adams (Mobile) on March 17, 1951. Children– Two. Practiced law in Mobile with the firm of Caffey, Gallalee and Eddington. Served in U.S. Army, 1941-1946 and 1950-1951.…

Biography: Writer. Born– February 17, 1940, Sheffield. Parents– Harold Reed and Myrtle (Able) Greenhaw. Married (1) Faye Berry, 1965; (2) Sarah Virginia Maddox, 1972. Education– Study at Instituto Allende, Mexico, 1959-1960; University of Alabama, B.S., 1966. Technical writer, newspaper reporter, writer of television scripts, and editor. Sports reporter for Tuscaloosa News, 1958-62; sports columnist, Graphics…

Biography: Military officer; pioneer naval aviator. Born–September 15, 1897, Centreville. Parents– Cato D. and Emma S. Glover. Married–Ellen Manning Williams, November 8, 1924.  Children–three. Education– Studied at Marion Institute and University of Alabama; graduate of United States Naval Academy; graduate work at the Naval Academy; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S., 1931. Distinguished naval career from 1919 until…

Biography; Writer; author of film and television scripts and books.  Born–January 6, 1942, Jacksonville, Florida.  Parents–Charles Sr. and Margaret Shook Gaines.  Married-Patricia Ellisor, June 20, 1963.  Children– three.  Education:  Attended Washington and Lee University, 1960; B. A. Birmingham-Southern College, 1963; M. F. A., University of Iowa, 1967.  Director of federal Title III Operation Arts program…

Biography: Educator. Born– December 5, 1880, Rosehill vicinity, Covington County. Parents– Daniel Hansome and Elefare (Parish) Ganey. Married– Julia Gertrude David, July 3, 1907. Children– One. Education– Troy State Normal College, Ph.B., 1907; study at University of Virginia, 1910-1911. Teacher in Covington County; superintendent of Dadeville schools, 1907-1909; principal, Tallapoosa High School; principal, Northside High…

Biography: Music teacher. Born– Albertville. Parents– Thomas J.  and Catharine Bain Hinds. Education– Lulie Compton Seminary and Howard College. Owner and operator of Hinds School of Music, Drama and Dancing, Birmingham; employee, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, where she and her sister, Alberta Hinds Tate, wrote their book. Died February 1982. Source: SCRIPSIT. Joint_Publication(s): Howdy, Soldier!  (Letters…

Biography: Writer; University professor. Born– October 5, 1932, Birmingham. Parents– Eugene Keenan and Margaret Reid Garber.  Married Barbara Morrow, 1954; children–two.  Education– Tulane University, B.A., 1954; University of Iowa, M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1962. Served in the U.S.Navy, 1954-57.Taught English at Parsons College, 1961-62;  University of Iowa, 1962-1968; Western Washington State College, 1968-1977; professor of English, State…

Biography: Artist, illustrator. Born– October 30, 1934, in Arab, Ala. Parents– Leon H. and Flora Ann (Smith) Hinds. Education– Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Worked as artist and illustrator, Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal. Member of the Huntsville Historical Foundation and the Huntsville Art Association. Source: SCRIPSIT Publication(s): The Life…

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Biography: Businessman. Born– June 7, 1958, Montgomery. Parents– Richard F. and Katherine (Frazer) Hudson. Married– Marcia Melton, May 11, 1985. Education– University of Alabama, B.F.A., 1983; graduate study at Santa Reparata Art School in Florence, Italy, 1983. Owner, Pegasus Motor Co., 1984-1987, Jack Ingram Motors 1987-; editor, Performance Market Monthly Newsletter, contributor to Sports Illustrated.…

Biography: Linguist, writer, teacher. Born– 1940, Bessemer. Education– Birmingham-Southern; University of Iowa Writers Workshop, M.A., Ph.D. Served in the U.S. Air Force as a Russian linguist; taught at Breadloaf School of English and Breadloaf Writers Conferences, George Mason University, University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico; Universidad Catalica in Lima, Peru, and at the University…

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