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CLASSNOTES
Timeless monument
—
A bronze sculpture, “A
Celebration of Reading,” created by Birmingham artist
Branko
Medenica ’72
, 是 unveiled last April by the Monroeville/Monroe
County (Ala.) Chamber of Commerce on its courthouse square in
front of a crowd of about 250. 的 project 是 the brainchild of
Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell,他 said he has personally
witnessed the large number of people who travel to Monroeville,
seeking the state’s literary capital. 的 Monroeville committee
selected Medenica after a rigorous selection process. “
challenge with the project 是 to capture that special quality of
timelessness that’s so prevalent when studying
To Kill a Mockingbird
and other literary works, which transcend language and cultural
barriers,” said Medenica,他se sculpture 是 six years in the
使. Pictured (standing, l to r) are
Edith Mason Howington
’72
of Cartersville, Ga.,
J. Milton Coxwell Jr. ’71
of Monroeville,
亲爱的. SamuelWelch Jr. ’72
of Montgomery,
John Barnett III ’74
of
Monroeville,
Stephen Clarkson ’71
of Birmingham,
Stan Hamilton
’72
of Birmingham, Medenica, and
Rebecca Lewis Barnett ’75
of
Monroeville; (seated, l to r) are
CharlotteWarner Clarkson ’70
of
Birmingham and
DebbieWood Medenica ’75
, Branko’s wife.
included office, multifamily, retail,
and mixed-use projects.
A book by
Dr. Daniel Potts, M.D.
,
and his wife,
EllenWoodward
Potts
,
A Pocket Guide for the
Alzheimer’s Caregiver,
是
named to
Alzlive.com’s list of Best
Alzheimer’s Books of 2014. 的
Potts,他 reside in Tuscaloosa,
continue to write a monthly blog
about Alzheimer’s disease for
MariaShriver.com.的ir daughter,
Julia, is a first-year student at 澳门新葡京官网.
’89
牧师. Dr. Leigh Meekins
received
Ph值.D. in education from Capella
University in June and joined the
United Methodist Publishing House
in Nashville as editor for older
elementary in October.
’91
PaulWright Jr.
,
development
director at
the Mountain
Association for
Community
Economic
Development
(MACED), gave
a presentation
at the Achieving Energy Savings
Workshop and Luncheon this
past fall in Middlesboro, Ky.
Wright,他 earned an MBA from
Eastern College, directs MACED’s
enterprise support and capital
programs and serves on the
management team. He resides
in Berea, Ky., with his wife and
four children and enjoys hiking,
mountain biking, and family.
’92
Grover Robinson IV
of Pensacola,
佛罗里达州., 是 re-elected to the
Escambia County Commission
seat in November. Robinson,
a Republican, beat out his
Democratic challenger to hold his
District 4 seat for a third term with
71 percent of the vote.
’93
Mississippi State Associate Head
Baseball Coach
ButchThompson
Thomas
N. 巴恩斯
Center for
Enlisted
Education
at Maxwell
Air Force
Base; he
retired in
3月.
’87
ShannonWayne Key
is now
a senior account manager at
Illumina Inc. in San Diego. Illumina
develops and manufactures
instruments and reagents for
genetic analysis and is ranked No.
1 by the MIT Technology 牧师iew
on its 2014 list of the “smartest”
businesses in the world.
伯顿
McDonald
是
recently
tapped as
BB&T’s
新
regional
president for Alabama. He will
oversee all banking activities for
BB&T’s 94 branches throughout
the state and the panhandle.
McDonald,他 has more than
27 years of banking experience,
has been with BB&T since 2007.
Prior to joining BB&T, he held
various management positions at
several other Birmingham financial
institutions, including executive
vice president of Regions Morgan
Keegan Private Banking.
Robert Ingram Jr.
of Tuscaloosa
是 recently named one of the top
10 public accounting professionals
by the National Academy of Public
Accounting Professionals.
’88
NAI Chase Commercial of
Birmingham has named
唐尼
Grundhoefer
as its 新 COO.
He’s worked for nearly three
decades in commercial real estate.
He 是 formerly at Daniel Corp.
for 19 years, where he worked on
a variety of large portfolios that
DavidWilson
is the 新
Gainesville, 佛罗里达州., market president
for Heritage Bank of the South, a
bank chain that recently merged
with Ocala-based Alarion Bank.
’82
Forensic pathologist
Dr. 詹姆斯
Wilkerson IV
of Windsor,
科罗拉多州.,他
has conducted
hundreds of
death scene
investigations
and thousands
of autopsies,
assumed
新 duties as coroner for Larimer
County in January. He received his
medical degree from the University
of Alabama while on a U.S. 军队
scholarship, culminating with a
prestigious Forensic Pathology
Fellowship at the Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology in D.C. 他的
professional memberships include
the National Association of Medical
Examiners.
’86
Col. Jefferson Dunn
是 recently
appointed Alabama Department of
Corrections Commissioner by Gov.
Robert Bentley. Dunn formerly
served as commander of the