Biography:

Educator, publisher. Born– July 16, 1900 in Tuscumbia, Ala. Parents– George Washington and Ellen Brown Trenholm. Married– Portia Lee.  Children– Three. Education– Morehouse College, A.B.; University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D.  Acting president State Normal School (Alabama State University), 1925-1926; president, 1926-1963; president of Associated Publishers, affiliate of Association for Study of Negro Life and History; contributing editor to Journal of Negro Education. Member Alabama State Teachers Association.  Received fellowships from General Education Board and Rosenwald Fund; awarded LL.D. by Allen University and Morehouse College. Died February 20, 1963.

Source:

Marks’ Who Was Who in Alabama; and Negro History Bulletin, May 1963.

Publication(s):

Some Measures of Progress in Alabama’s Educational Program for Negro Pupils. S.l.; Alabama State Teachers Association, 1948.

Biography;

Historian; author.  Born– February 13, 1931, Louisville, Mississippi.  Parents–  Warren A. and Lillian Ersell Trest. Education– East Central Mississippi Junior College; Southern Mississippi University.  Married.  Reporter, 3rd Infantry Division, Korean War; U.S. Air Force, Vietnam.  Senior Historian for U. S. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Montgomery.  Purple Heart and Bronze Star Meritorious for military service; Award for Meritorious Civilian Service, 1975; Outstanding Civilian Career Service, 1996. Nominated for the Bancroft Prize for outstanding work in American history.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online; Warren Trest website

Publications;

Air Commando One:  Heine Aderholt and America’s Secret Air Wars. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.

Air Force Roles and Missions: A History. U.S> Government Printing Office,  1998.

Khe Sanh:  Operation Niagara.  Dalley Book Service Inc., 1993.

Military Unity and National Policy: Some Past Effects and Future Implications. BiblioBazaar, 2012.

Lucky Tiger Combat Operations.  Dalley Book Service, 1993

Missing in Paradise. New South Books, 2004.

Nobody but the People:  The Life and Times of Alabama’s Youngest Governor.  New South Books, 2008.

Once a Fighter Pilot: The Story of Korean War Ace Lt. Gen. Charles G. “Chick” Cleveland.  Montgomery:  River City Publishers, 2012.

Requiem for a Flower Child.

Joint_Publications:

Wings of Denial:  The Alabama Air Guard’s Role at the Bay of Pigs.  New South Books,2001.

See:

Rives, Amelie Louise

Biography:

Engineer, businessman. Born– Mar. 29, 1931 in Walker Co. Ala. Parents– Jim and Minnie Lee (Alexander) Tubbs. Married– Sue Clark. Children– Five. Worked in engineering 5 years in Florida and 3 years in California; president of Smith Lake Automation Co. in Jasper, Ala..

Source:

Book on Daniel Tubbs and descendants.

Publications;

Daniel Tubbs, 1794-1881, of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Descendants. Cullman, Ala.; Gregarth Co., 1982.

Literary scholar; university professor of language and literature.  Born–Marengo County, May 17, 1931.  Parents–William Newman Foxhall and Adelle Yates Foxhall.  Married–William Howard Tucker.  Children–two.  Education–University of Montevallo, B.A.; University of West Alabama, M.A.; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1970.  Teacher at Linden High School; reporter, Birmingham Post-Herald.  Professor of English at the University of West Alabama; Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature. Published short stories in periodicals; one story, “My Sister Callie,” was included in Best American Short Stories.  Founded the Livingston Press, the UWA literary magazine, the division writing lab. Awarded status of professor emeritus at UWA on her retirement in 1987. Received the William E. Gilbert Award for Outstanding Teaching at UWA; elected to the Society of the Golden Key. The Betty Jean Tucker Conference Room was named in her honor.  Died October 3, 2018.

Source;

Obituary, Tuscaloosa News, October 6, 2018.

Publications;

On a Darkling Plain:  Stories of the Great Depression.  Livingston Press, 2014.

Swift: God’s Knight-Errant.  Livingston Press, 2018.

Biography:

Journalist, humorist,  legislator. Born– July 25, 1904 in Thomasville, Ala. Parents– Austico Busbee and Lula Mae (Hall) Tucker. Education– attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Managing editor Thomasville Echo, later called Thomasville Times, 1926-1959. Wrote a column, “Rambling Roses and Flying Bricks,” that was published in some 40 newspapers and magazines, 1934-1964. Alabama state legislator, 1930-34, 1938-50. Chairman of state Democratic Executive Committee.  Elected to Alabama Newspaper Hall of Honor, 1972. Died April 7, 1964.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama.

Publication(s):

All the Nuts Aren’t on Trees. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1960.

How Not to Worry about the Love Life of Spiders. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1959.

Rambling Roses and Flying Bricks. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1958.

Biography:

Clergyman, writer. Born– Jan. 10, 1886 in Mobile. Parents– Gardiner C. and Melville Leigh (Eckford) Tucker. Married– Ellen Dorothy O’Reilly on July 14, 1914. Children– Three. Education– General Theological Seminary in New York, B.D.; attended Columbia University. Protestant Episcopal priest, 1913-1950; after 1927 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Chicago; converted to Roman Catholicism 1950; assistant news editor and religious editor Chicago Herald American, 1924-1954; president after 1948 of Patriarchal Council of the Church of the East; president of the Aramaic Institute; editor of Light from the East; literature director for American Socialist Party; contributed poetry to Chicago Tribune under pseudonym “Friar Tuck.”

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 105; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.

Publication(s):

The Chosen Nation. Chicago; Author, 1919.

A History of Imperialism. New York; Rand School of Social Science, 1920.

Internationalism; the Problem of the Hour. Chicago; Author, 1918?

A Minstrel Friar; His Legacy of Song. Chicago; R. F. Seymour, 1949.

Now It Must Be Done. Chicago; Socialist Party of the United States, 1920.

Out of the Hell Box. New York; Morehouse-Gorham Co., 1945.

Poems of a Socialist Priest. Chicago; Author, 1915.

The Sangreal. Chicago; Author, 1919.

Songs of the Gulf Coast. Chicago; Sunrise, 1972.

Stop-go; the Ten Commandments for a Modern Child. New York; Morehouse, 1946.

Compiler:

The Tucker Family. Evanston, Ill.; Compiler, 1976.

Biography:

Historian; College professor. Born– Mar. 27, 1935 in Butler, Ga. Parents– Mack Thompson and Jessie (Jones) Turner. Education– Huntingdon College, B.A.; Auburn University, M.A., Ph.D.; University of Maryland and University of Edinburgh. Taught at Auburn University, 1957-1958; Columbus Center, University of Georgia, 1958; Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, Md., 1961-1962; Upper Iowa College, 1962-1963; Auburn University, 1963-1968; American University’s Fort Benning branch, 1970; Georgia Tech 1970-. One of the first women professors at Georgia Tech; advocated for women and minority students.  Led in the creation of a technical communications program at Tech. Published many articles in literary and historical journals. Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Society for Engineering Education. Georgia Author of the Year, 1988; Historic Columbus Preservation Award, 1988.   Died February 11, 2016.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1980; obituary, Atlanta Journal Constitution, February 13, 2016.

Publication(s):

Navy Gray; a Story of the Confederate Navy on the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1987.

Technical Writing; a Practical Approach. Reston, Va.; Reston Pub. Co., 1984.

Biography:

Educator, clergyman. Born– Feb. 13, 1912, in Corner, Ala. Parents– Elijah Jesse and Mary Ellen Odessa (Fikes) Turner. Married– Opal Shipp, December 24, 1931. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, 1929-1930; Jacksonville State University, 1933-1934; Samford University, A.B., 1936; M.S., 1946; Auburn University, Ed.D., 1952. Principal, Tarrant, Blount County, Ala., 1935-1936. Ordained Church of Christ, 1932; Pastor, Montgomery, Ala. 1936-1942. Co-founder, Montgomery Bible School (later Alabama Christian College), 1942; co-president, 1942-1948; president, 1948-1973.  President, Alabama Christian School of Religion, 1973-83. Died January 16, 2001.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Publication(s):

Sermons and Addresses on the Fundamentals of the Faith. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Christian College Bookstore, 1972.

Fundamentals of Faith. S.l.; s.n., 1973.

Milestones in the Restoration Movement. S.l.; s.n., 1955.

Principles of School Law and Applications in Alabama’s Public School System. S.l.; s.n., 1955.

Biography:

Businessman; author.  Born– January 28, 1927, Oxford, Ala. Parents– Eugene Lauderdale and Frances (Coleman) Turner. Married– Caroline Dale Carter, March 14, 1953. Children– Three. Education– Princeton University, B.A., 1949; Auburn University, graduate school, 1949-1950. Employed by the U.S. Government as information and editorial supervisor unclassified material, 1951-1952. Lab technician, Turner Dairies, Oxford and Anniston, Ala., 1953-1954. Executive vice president, Modern Masonry Materials, 1960-1961; president, Phoenix Trading Co., Anniston, Ala., 1961-; partner, Merrimac Land Corporation. Contributed stories and articles to Harper’s, Antioch Review, Mademoiselle. Member of the Board of Anniston Public Library. Died August 11, 2012.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Buttermilk Road. New York; McGraw Hill, 1962.

Biography:

Businessman. Born– January 5, 1920, in Allsboro, Ala. (Colbert County). Parents– Clarence Hudson and Lydia (Blackburn) Twitty. Married– Gaila Northing, 1941. Children– Four. Married– Edith Bolling, July 1951. Children– Two. Education– University of North Alabama, 1939-1941; University of Alabama, 1941-1943; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1944. Recipient, Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to University of Alabama, 1943 and University of North Carolina, 1944. U.S. Army, 1944-1945. Vice president, Twitty & Twitty, Inc., Cherokee, Muscle Shoals, and Birmingham, Ala.; Pompany Beach, Fla.; and Houston, Tex., 1948-1954; president, 1954. Chairman, Alabama State Planning Board, 1947-1951. Died January 16, 1994.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Publication(s):

The Flying Green Whale and Other Poems. Northport, Ala.; American Southern, 1965.

Y’all Come. Nashville; Hermitage Press, 1962.

Joint_Publication(s):

Sacred Chitimacho Indian Beliefs. Pompany Beach, Fla.; Twitty & Twitty, 1971.

Biography:

Clergyman; teacher. Born– December 29, 1869, near Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Richard Lawson and Mary Ann (Patton) Tyler. Married– Beulah Cook Edmondson, December 24, 1895. Children– Four. Education– Old Pleasant Hill Academy; Southern University, Ph.D., 1893. Taught at Wylam, Jefferson County, Ala. Joined the North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1898. Pastor of churches in Albertville, Cullman, Bridgeport, Scottsboro and Birmingham, Ala. Did missionary work in Mexico for five years. Died October 31, 1939.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

The Human Trinity; Is the Home Passing? New York; Shakespeare Press, 1913.

Mexico; Past, Present, and Future. Birmingham; Leslie Printing & Pub., 1912.

Poet. Born–Birmingham, February 7, 1884.  Parents– George W. and Willie Smith Pollard. Married–William Doric Tynes, June 30, 1914. Published poems in periodicals and anthologies.  Member of the Poetry Society of Alabama (first president), the Alabama Writers’ Conclave;  National League of American Penwomen. Founder of the Artists’ Forum.  Active in civic affairs in Birmingham.  Died May 17, 1975.

Source;

ancestry.com

Publications;

In Some Blue Dawn.  Dallas: Kaleidograph Press, 1939.

Radiant Road.  Boston:  Bruce Humphries, 1931.

The Sunset Hill.  Dallas:  Kaleidograph, 1935.

Biography:

Wrestler, coach. Born– November 4, 1903, in Weatherford, Okla. Parents– William Arnold and Anna (Schoonmaker) Umbach. Married– Lucile Irene Cox, April 24, 1931. Children– Two. Education– Oklahoma Southwestern State University, B.S., 1927; Northern Colorado University, M.S., 1940. Taught high school in Oklahoma, 1927-1941; William and Mary College, 1941-1944; Auburn University, 1944-1973. Participated in football and wrestling in high schools; coached eight state high school wrestling champions. Won 83% of high school football games he coached; won the Oklahoma State Championship in football, 1931. Started first collegiate wrestling program in the Deep South at Auburn University, 1946. Founded Southeastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association; President of National Wrestling Coaches Association. Started Little League Baseball in Alabama. Named to the Sports Hall of Fame of Southwestern Oklahoma State University and to the United States Wrestling Federation’s National Wrestling Hall of Fame.  Died September 30, 1993.

Source:

Arnold W. Umbach.

Publication(s):

Successful Wrestling; Its Bases and Problems. St. Louis; Mosby, 1953.

Joint Publication(s):

Wrestling. Chicago; Athletic Institute, 1961.

Wrestling. Dubuque, Iowa; W. C. Brown, 1966.

Biography:

Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. Senator. Born– May 6, 1862, in Louisville, Ky. Parents– Eugene and Frederica Virginia Underwood. Married– Eugenia Morris, October 8, 1896 (D. 1900).. Children– Two. Married– Bertha Woodward, 1904. Education– Rugby School, Louisville, Ky. (graduated 1879); University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar 1884; began the practice of law in Birmingham.  Chairman, Democratic Executive Committee of the 9th District, Alabama, and Chairman, Democratic Campaign Committee which adopted the Constitution of Alabama. Member– U.S. House of Representatives, 54th-63rd Congresses, 1895-1915, Leader of the House, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee, 62nd-63rd Congresses. Member– U.S. Senate, 1915-1927, Democratic Leader of the Senate, 1920. He was one of the leading contenders for the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1924 and one of four delegates to the International Conference on Limitation of Armaments, 1921-1922. Member– International (Peace) Commission between the United States and France, September, 1927.  Strong supporter of states’ rights and tariff reform;  opposed prohibition and women’s suffrage, and strongly denounced the Ku Klux Klan.  Died January 25, 1929.

Source:

National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 21; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 10 (1936).

Publication(s):

Drifting Sands of Party Politics. New York; Century, 1928.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Oscar Underwood is held by the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery.

Biography:

Journalist, businessman, homesteader; commercial fisherman.  Born– October 23, 1916, Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Charles Henry and Elizabeth G. (Armistead) Ungermann. Married– Judith B. Ponsonby, December 20, 1951. Children– Three. Education– Phillips Academy, 1931-1932; high school in Bronxville, N.Y. Owned a Chevrolet dealership in Oyster Bay, N.Y., 1938-1942. American Field Service Subsection Leader in North Africa, 1941-1942; decorated bomber pilot, U.S. Army Air Force (flew 32 missions), 1942-1945. Owner, El Mesquital guest ranch, Tuscon, Ariz., 1945-1948. Correspondent, International News Service, 1950-1955; managing editor, Florida Business Letter, 1955-1957; homesteaded and sold radio advertising in Alaska; fished for salmon commercially in Bristol Bay. Died October 11, 2008.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R; obituary, St. August Record, October 19, 2008.

Publication(s):

The Race to Nome. New York; Harper & Row, 1963.

See Hearin, Emily Staples van Antwerp

Biography:

Music teacher. Born– January 19, 1907, in Terre Haute, Ind. Parents– Shirley and Hallie (Walker) Van Cleave. Married– Eleanor Ruth Parker, June 13, 1931. Children– One. Education– DePaul University, B.S., 1929; Indiana State University, M.A., 1937. Taught music at Southern Illinois University, 1939-1945; head, Music Department, Livingston State University, 1946-1950; music consultant, Alabama State Department of Education, 1950-1973. Retired, 1973.  Died June 1979.

Source:

Frances Van Cleave Killpatrick, Alexandria, Va.

Publication(s):

Music Guyed and Handy Reference. New York; Exposition Press, 1956.

Biography:

College professor; literary scholar. Born– October 25, 1937, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– George Peter and Lois (Everett) Van Egmond. Married– Dorothy McKinnie, August 17, 1958. Children– Two. Education– Mississippi College, B.A., 1959; University of Mississippi, M.A., 1961; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at Davidson College, 1964-1966; University of Maryland, 1966-; Vanderbilt University, visiting professor, 1966; University of Graz, Austria, Fulbright-Hays Lecturer, 1968-1969. Published poems, stories, and articles in journals.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

The Critical Reception of Robert Frost. Boston; G.K. Hall, 1974.

Robert Frost; a Reference Guide, 1974-1990. Boston; G. K. Hall, 1991.

Waking at Night.  Hyattsville, MD; Sibyl-Child Press, 1985.

Editor:

The Memoirs of Thomas B. Harned; Walt Whitman’s Friend and Literary Executor. Hartford; Transcendental, 1972.

Biography:

Journalist. Born– 1891, in Buford, Ga. Wrote for Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Ala.; sportswriter, columnist and humorist for Birmingham News, 1913-1959. Wrote column “The Coal Bin”. Appeared regularly on radio program “Henry and Percy”. Published stories in Smith’s Magazine, a magazine for men.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Day Before Yesterday. Birmingham, Ala.; Vulcan Press, 1955.

Biography:

Teacher of languages. . Born– September 16, 1921, in Przemysl, Poland. Education– J. Slowacki College, B.A., 1939; State Teachers College, Poland, B.S., 1940; University of Lvov, M.A., 1941, Ph.D., 1944; City College of New York, B.A., 1956. Taught junior colleges in Poland, 1939-1943; visiting Professor for the United Nations Relief Agency at the University of Munich, 1945-1946. Superintendent of Tuttlingen district, State Department of Education, 1946-1950. Taught Russian, Latin and French at Ukrainian Technical Institute, New York, 1958-1960; high schools in New York, 1960-1961; Germanic languages at Utica College, Syracuse University, 1961-1962; French, Italian, Russian, German, and Polish at State University of New York, Pottsdam, 1962-1965; Russian and German at Samford University, 1965-1967, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1967-1980. Consultant on education to Polish government, 1945-1961. Honorary dean of the American Academy of Parapsychology.  Died January 7, 1994.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars.

Publication(s):

September ’39. Washington, D.C.; ESPress, 1982.

Biography:

Writer, translator, teacher, librarian. Born– August 12, 1909, in Selma, Ala. Parents– Chester Earle and Ruby Jeannette (West) Johnson. Married–James Oliver Tolbert, 1929 (divorced 1934); married  John Grier Varner, April 29, 1939. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1930, M.A., 1931; University of Virginia, Ph.D., 1938; postdoctoral study at the Universidad Nacional de Mexico, 1947. . Taught French at Blue Mountain College, Miss., 1937-1939; Spanish at Fairfax Hall Junior College, Waynesboro, Va., 1940-42; and at the University of Virginia, Extension Division 1941-1943. Librarian, Centro Venezolano-Americana, Caracas, Venezuela, 1943-1947; head reference librarian, Austin Public Library, Texas, 1948-1971. Free-lance writer, translator, and editor after 1971. Member– Texas, Southwestern, and American Library Associations; Latin American Studies Association. Awarded grants by the American Council of Learned Societies, the U.S. Department of State, American Philosophical Society, and the University of Texas at Austin.  Received the Joan Pavlevsky Literary Translation Award, 1987.  Died 1992.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Contemporary Authors online.

Joint Publication(s):

Dogs of the Conquest. Norman; University of Oklahoma Press, 1983.

El Inca; The Life and Times of Garcilaso de la Vega.  University of Texas Press, 1968.

Editor:

Chant of the Centuries.  Rev. Ed. W. S. Benson, 1984.

Helping Children See Art and Make Art.  Vol. I.  W. S. Benson, 1982.

The Way of Art.  W. S. Benson, 1985.

The Windows of the All Saints Chapel. Austin, Tex.; All Saints Chapel, 1982.

Translator:

The Conquest and Settlement of Venezuela. (Jose de Oviedo y Ba¤os). Berkeley; University of California Press, 1987.

Joint translator and editor;

The Florida of the Inca (Garcilaso de la Vega). Austin, Tex.; University of Texas Press, 1962.

The Conquest and Settlement of Venezuela. Berkeley; University of California Press, 1987.

Papers;

The papers of John G. and Jeannette Johnson Varner are held by the Benson Manuscripts section of the library at the University of Texas, Austin.

Biography:

Clergyman, editor. Born– September 23, 1891, near Roswell, Ga. Parents– Anderson and Julia (Lindsey) Vaughan. Married– Katie Stephenson, 1928. Children– Seven. Education– grade school at Snead College School and Colfax School; Burleson College School, 1919-1922; graduated, 1924; later attended East Texas Teachers College. Moved with family to Albertville and Whiton, Ala.; then to Texas. Called to preaching while in Sand Mountain, 1908. Editor, East Texan. Served with U.S. Army in France and Germany, World War I. Died October 13, 1981.

Source:

The Cotton Renter’s Son.

Publication(s):

The Cotton Renter’s Son. Wolfe City, Tex; Hennington Pub. Co., 1967.

Biography:

Historian; Teacher. Born September 15, 1861,  Florence, Ala. Parents– Samuel and Elizabeth (Woods) Kirkman. Married– David Vaughan, December 6, 1892. Children– One. Education– O’Bryan School, Nashville, Tenn; Florence Synodical Female College; University of Chicago, Ph.D.; Peabody Normal College. Taught at Florence Synodical College; in public schools; taught history at Florence State Normal School, 1898-.  The University of North Alabama has established a scholarship for a junior or senior history major in her honor.  Died June 29, 1944.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

The History of Alabama State Teachers College, Florence, Alabama.  The College, 1937.

Life in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Dixie Book Co., 1937.

Co-Author;

Scattered Recollections of Elizabeth Kirkman O’Neal and Susan Kirkman Vaughan.  N.p., 1922.

Biography:

College professor; historian. Born– May 15, 1902, in Wetumpka, Ala. Parents– William E. and Susan Roberta (Allen) Venable. Married– Nell Smith. Education– University of Alabama, B.A. and M.A.; Vanderbilt, Ph.D.; also studied at University of Chicago. Teaching fellow, University of Alabama, 1928. Taught history at Vanderbilt University, 1935-1937; University of Arkansas, 1937-1945; Winthrop College, 1945-1954; University of Alabama, 1954-1972. Member– Organization of American Historians and Alabama Historical Association. Died August 30,1980.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 3; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Publication(s):

The Conflict Between Douglas and Yancey Forces at the Charleston Convention. Fayetteville; University of Arkansas, s.d.

William L. Yancey’s Transition from Unionism to State Rights. Fayetteville; University of Arkansas, 1944.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Austin L. Venable is held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Biography:

College professor; psychologist; advocate of women’s rights. Born– March 5, 1898, in Dahlonega, Ga. Parents– Elias Benton and Etta (McMillan) Vickery. Education– North Georgia College, A.B., 1918; George Peabody College, A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1929. Taught English and Latin in Millington, Tenn, 1919-1922; psychology at Alabama College (University of Montevallo), 1922-1948; Chairperson, Dept. of Psychology, 1948-1968. Visiting professor, University of Alabama and Furman University. Served on the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women; the Citizens’ Conference on Alabama State Courts; Board of Directors, Chilton-Shelby County Mental Health Board, Chilton-Shelby County Mental Health Center and Shelby Academy. Member– Alabama Academy of Science, American Psychological Association, Kappa Delta Pi, American Association of University Women (president, Alabama State Division).   Named to Hall of Fame of North Georgia College; inducted into Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame at Judson College in 1985.  A scholarship named in her honor was established at Alabama College (Montevallo) in 1978. Died August 19, 1978.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southeast; website of Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame.

Publication(s):

A History of Mental Health in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Department of Mental Health, 1972?

Biography:

Clergyman; Methodist bishop; founder of the modern Sunday School movement and the Chatauqua institution.. Born– February 23, 1832, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; moved to Pennsylvania with his family at the age of six.  Parents– John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent. Married–  Sarah Elizabeth Dusenbury, November 10, 1858. Children– One. Education– Lewisburg, Academy;  Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N.J., and special tutors.    Began preaching at eighteen, in the Methodist Episcopal Church; ordained deacon, 1855. Preached in Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois. Founder of Chautauqua Assembly, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Established Northwestern Sunday School Quarterly, 1865; Sunday School Teacher, 1866. Corresponding secretary, Sunday School Union, 1868-1888. Elected bishop 1888; stationed in Buffalo, N.Y., and Topeka, Kan. Bishop in Charge of European work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1890-1904. Awarded honorary A.B. from Mt. Union College, 1875; S.T.D. Ohio Wesleyan, 1870; D.D., Harvard, 1896; LL.D., Washington & Jefferson, 1885. Died May 9, 1920.

Source:

Who was Who in America, Vol. 1. National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 24.

Publication(s):

At the Table Altar; Meditations. New York; Fleming H. Revell, 1896.

Better Not. New York; Funk & Wagnall Co., 1887.

The Chautauqua Movement. Boston; Chautauqua Press, 1886.

The Chautauqua Normal Guide. New York; Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.

The Church and Its Officers. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.

The Church at Home. Cincinnati; Curtis & Jennings, 1898.

The Church School and Sunday School Institutes. Cincinnati; Cranston & Stowe, s.d.

The Country Sunday School. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1871.

Earthly Footprints of the Man of Galilee. St. Louis; N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., 1893.

Family Worship for Every Day in the Year. New York; Christian Herald, 1905.

First Year With Jesus (Senior Grade); Historical Outline, Journeys and Miracles. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1869.

Greek History. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.

The Home Book for Very Little People. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

The Inner Life; a Study in Christian Experience. Boston; United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.

Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.

The Modern Sunday School. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

Opening and Closing Services for Five Sundays. New York; Hiblow and Main, 1878.

Outline History of Greece. New York; Chautauqua Press, 1888.

Outline History of Rome. New York; Chautauqua Press, 1889,

Roman History. Cincinnati; Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.

The Second Year with Jesus. New York; Sunday School Union, 1868.

Studies in Pedagogy for People Who Are Not Professional Teachers. New York; W. B. Ketcham, 1890.

Studies in Young Life. New York; Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

Sunday School Institute and Normal Classes. New York; Carlton & Lanahan, 1872.

The Sunday School Reader for Opening Services…. New York; Carlton & Porter, 1866.

To Old Bethlehem. Meadville, Pa; Flood & G. E. Vincent, 1890.

Two Letters to a Minister. New York; Hunt & Eaton, 1893.

Two Years with Jesus. New York; Carlton & Porter, 1867.

Unto Him. New York; F. H. Revell, 1899.

A Year With Moses. New York; Carlton & Lanaham, 1870.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of John Heyl Vincent and other members of his family is held by Bridwell Library at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.

Biography:

Baptist Clergyman; denominational leader.   Born– September 22, 1937, in Carrollton, Ga. Parents– Clarence and Ruby  Vines.  Married– Janet Denney, December, 17, 1961. Children– Four. Education– Mercer University, B.A.; New Orleans Seminary, B.D.; Luther Rice Seminary, Th.D. Pastor, West Rome Baptist Church, Rome, Ga; Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala.; First Baptist Church (3rd largest in SBC), Jacksonville, Florida, 1982-2006.  Founded Jerry Vines Ministries after his retirement from the active pastorate.   President, Alabama Pastors Conference; Southern Baptist Pastor’s Conference; Southern Baptist Convention. Awarded status of pastor emeritus by First Baptist Church of Jacksonville on his retirement in 2006.

Source:

C. Jerry Vines, Jacksonville, Fla.

Publication(s):

Family Fellowship. Dallas; Crescendo Pub., 1976.

Fire in the Pulpit. Nashville; Broadman, 1977.

God Speaks Today; a Study of I Corinthians. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1979.

Great Events in the Life of Christ. Wheaton, Ill.; Victor Books, 1979.

“I Shall Return”-Jesus. Wheaton, Ill.; Victor, 1977.

Interviews With Jesus. Nashville; Broadman, 1981.

Power in the Pulpit.  Moody, 1999.

Pursuing God’s Own Heart; Lessons from the Life of David.  Broadman and Holman, 2003.

Spirit Life;  Experience the Power, Excitement, and Intimacy of God’s Shaping Hand.  Broadman and Holman, 1998.

Biography:

Author; college professor. Born– November 22, 1899, in Short Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. Parents– Lawrence James and Mary Frances Vines. Married– Alma Huey. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, A.B.; Harvard, A.M. Taught English at Rice Institute (1925-27), University of Richmond (1928-29) and Shorter College (1931-32).  After 1932 lived in Hueytown and later in Montgomery and worked as a free-lance writer. Published stories in Atlantic Monthly and Southern Review.  Died May 30, 1981.

Source:

Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921-1939; The Alabama Librarian, Jan. 1952; Encyclopedia of Alabama.

Publication(s):

This Green Thicket World. Boston; Little, Brown, 1934.

A River Goes With Heaven. Boston; Little, Brown, 1930.

Biography:

Baptist clergyman. Born– December 18, 1867, in Jonesboro, Tenn. Parents– William Lafayette and Nancy (Carr) Vines. Married– Rubie Painter, January 29, 1896; married  Ivy Henderson, April 30, 1902. Education– Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., 1893; Louisville Theological Seminary, 1894-1895; University of Chicago, 1898-1899. Ordained in the Baptist Church 1893. Pastor in Johnson City, Tenn.; Asheville, N.C.; Norfolk, Va.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Charlotte, N.C.; Augusta, Ga.; Greenwood, S.C.; Quincy, Fla. General evangelist for two years for the Southern Baptist Convention; supply minister, Birmingham area; instructor at Howard College, Dept. of Religion, 1939. Awarded honorary Ph.D. from Carson Newman College, 1906. Died November 25, 1952.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5.

Publication(s):

A Preacher’s Pilgrimage; Sermons, 1952.

See:

Counselman, Mary Elizabeth

Biography:

Dentist, teacher; university administrator. Born– March 9, 1913, in Elizabeth, N.J. Parents–Frank and Rose Volker.  Married– Juanita Berry on February 6, 1937. Children– Three. Education– Indiana University, D.D.S., 1936; University of Rochester, A.B., 1938; M.S., 1939, Ph.D., 1941; Dental residency at Mountainside Hospital, N.J., 1936-1937. Taught at School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, 1941-1942; School of Dentistry, Tufts College, 1942-1949. Dean at Tufts, 1948-1949; School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1948-1952. Director of Research and Graduate Study, 1955-1965; Vice president of Health Affairs, 1962-1966; vice president of Birmingham Affairs and director of the Medical Center, 1966-1968; Executive Vice president, 1968-1969; President, University, 1969-1976; Chancellor, University of Alabama Systems, 1976-1982; Distinguished professor, 1982. Director of the Arizona Medical School Study, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1962. Awarded honorary degrees from over eight universities; honored by the government of Czechoslavakia, Thailand, and Iceland. Died May 3, 1989.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Publication(s):

The Numbers Game. Birmingham, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1970.

The University and the City. New York; Newcomen Society in North America, 1971.

The Way of an Administrator. Birmingham, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1966.

Joint Publication(s):

Preliminary Report of a Plan for the Expansion of Selected Academic Programs in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1965.

Biography:

Journalist; food writer. Born– November 20, 1920, in Collinsville, Ala. Parents– James Lamar and Marie (Sewell) Appleton. Married– Luther Manship Voltz, July 31, 1943. Children– Two. Married Frank Barnett McKnight, August 6, 1988. Education– University of Montevallo, A.B., 1942; Academie Cordon Bleu, 1960; University of California, Los Angeles, 1970. Correspondent, Birmingham News, 1940-1942; Mobile Press Register, 1942-45; Miami Herald, 1947-1951, food editor, 1951-1960; Los Angeles Times, 1960-1973; Woman’s Day 1973-. Member– Institute of Food Technologist, American Home Economics Association, Food Industry Gourmet Society, Les Dames d’Escoffier. Three awards from Florida Womens’ Press Club for articles in Miami Herald; five awards from American Meat Institute (Vesta Award) for articles and editing of sections of Los Angeles Times. Named Alumnus of the Year, University of Montevallo, 1981. Died January 15, 2002.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Who’s Who of American Women.

Publication(s):

Barbecued Ribs and Other Great Feeds. New York; Knopf, 1985.

Barbecued Ribs, Smoked Butts, and Other Great Feeds. New York; Knopf, 1990.

The California Cookbook. Indianapolis, Ind.; Bobbs-Merrill, 1970.

Community Suppers and Other Glorious Repasts. New York; Scribners, 1987.

Famous Florida Recipes. Miami; Miami Herald, 1954.

The Flavor of the South; Delicacies and Staples of Southern Cuisine. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1977.

The Los Angeles Times Natural Foods Cookbook. New York; New American Library, 1975.

Joint Publication(s):

Gifts from a Country Kitchen. New York; Arco, 1984.

How to Turn a Passion for Food into Profit. New York; Rawson, Wade, 1979.

The L.A. Gourmet; Favorite Recipes from Famous Los Angles Restaurants. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1971.

Biography:

Teacher, theatrical director. Born– August 1, 1953, in Dayton, Ohio Parents– John Louis and Betty Jean (Lauber) Volz. Married– Evelyn Carol Case, May 22, 1982. Children– two.  Education– Wright State University, B.A., 1971; Bowling Green State University, M.A., 1976; University of Colorado, Ph.D., 1984; also New York University, Fund Raising School. Taught at Bowling Green, Colorado College, Wright State, University of Alabama, University of Colorado, Boulder, (acting and theater management). Consultant for many theaters. Managing director and chief executive officer, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 1982-1991; professor of theatre, California State University Fullerton, 1991-.  Member National Theatre Conference; Dramatists Guild; American Theatre in Higher Education; Theatre Communications Group.  Chair, Auburn (AL) Fine Arts Council, 1987-91.

Source:

Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Marquis Who’s Who online.

Publication(s):

Shakespeare Never Slept Here. Atlanta; Cherokee Press, 1986.

Joint editor;

Words for Lovers: Snippets, Sonnets, and Sensual Sayings from William Shakespeare.  Columbiana, AL: Watermark, 1990.

Biography:

Engineer, Born– March 23, 1912, in Wirsitz, Germany. Parents– Baron Magnus and Emmy (Von Quistorp) Von Braun. Married– Maria Von Quistorp, March 1, 1947. Children– Three. Education– Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1930; Institute of Technology, Berlin, B.S., 1932; University of Berlin, Ph.D., 1934. Assistant to Professor Oberth while experimenting with small liquid fuel rocket motors in Berlin-Ploetzensee; liquid fuel rocket expert, German Ordnance Department, Kammersdorf, 1932-1937; technical director, German Research Center, Peenemuende, 1937-1945; responsible for development of V-2 long range rocket and A.A. guided missile, Wasserfell. Came to U.S. 1945; became citizen 1955. Technical advisor, White Sands Proving Grounds, Ordnance Department., U.S. Department of Defense; project director Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1945-1950. Chief of guided missile development division, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. 1950-1965; director, Developmental Operations Division, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 1956-1960; director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, 1960-1970. Developed Saturn V Rocket, Apollo Lunar Landing Program, Skylab Space Station. Associate Administrator, NASA, Washington, 1970-1972; Vice president for Engineering, Fairchild Industries, 1972-1977. Awarded honorary degrees from more than twenty colleges and universities. Awarded the National Medal of Science, 1975.  Von Braun Convention Center in Huntsville is named in his honor.  Died January 16,1977.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.

Publication(s):

Conquest of the Moon. New York; Viking Press, 1953.

The First Man to the Moon. New York; Holt, 1960.

Mars Project. Urbana; University of Illinois Press, 1962.

Space Frontiers. New York; Holt, 1967.

Joint Publication(s):

Careers in Astronautics and Rocketry; Training and Opportunities in the Space and Missile Fields. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1962.

The Exploration of Mars. New York; Viking Press, 1956.

History of Rocketry and Space Travel. New York; Crowell, 1967.

New Worlds; Discoveries from our Solar System. New York; Anchor, 1979.

Reaching for the Stars. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1960.

The Rocket’s Red Glare. New York; Anchor, 1976.

Biography:

Teacher; writer. Born– 1925 in Buffalo, N.Y. Parents Charles and ____ Cunningham. Married– Oliver M. Harper. Education– Alabama State University, B.A., 1949.  Reared in the West Indies. Taught at Camden Academy, Camden, Ala.; in Sylacauga and Montgomery, Ala.; and in Chicago and New York. Music and art coordinator for the New York City Board of Education “Higher Horizons” program. Technical advisor for one of her stories (“See How They Run”, which was made into Metro-Goldwin-Mayer’s “Bright Road”. First African-American woman member of the Screen Writers Guild. Awarded the Christopher for inspirational magazine writing.  Died April 29, 1967.

Source:

Selected Black American Writers; Black American Writers; New York Times, April 30, 1967.

Publication(s):

Esther. New York; Bantam, 1963.

Harlem Summer. New York; Putnam, 1967.

Shaped to its Purpose; Delta Sigma Theta, the First Fifty Years. New York; Random, 1961.

Biography:

Veterinarian. Born– August 9, 1908, in South Richmond, Va. Parents– William Henry, III, and Sarah Ann (Quarles) Waddell. Married– Lottie Younge, August 18, 1939. Children– One. Education– Lincoln University, B.S., 1931; University of Pennsylvania, D.V.M., 1935. Military service, U.S. Army,  9th Cavalry Regiment, U.S.Army, 1942-1945. Taught and practiced at Tuskegee, Ala., 1935-1942, 1945-1950. Director of Tuskegee Institute Veterinary Clinic; co-founder of Tuskegee Institute School of Veterinary Medicine (opened 1945). Collaborated with Dr. George Washington Carver on research into medical uses of peanut oil. Practiced in West Virginia, 1950-1963; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, North Dakota and Public Health Services on N.D. Indian Reservations, 1963-1973; lecturer at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1973-. First black commissioned member in the Officer Reserve Veterinary Corps; first black member of American Veterinary Medicine Association; first black person to practice veterinary medicine in West Virginia. Honored by governors of West Virginia and North Dakota and by U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare.  Active in the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association.  Died January 30, 2007.

Source:

William Henry Waddell, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Publication(s):

The Black Man in Veterinary Medicine. Fargo, N.D.; s.n., 1969.

People Are the Funniest Animals. Philadelphia; Dorrance. 1978.

Universal Veterinarianism. Manitoba; Manitoba Pub., 1973.

Biography:

Teacher; professor of education. Born– September 15, 1928, in Clinton, Ill. Parents– Carter Bransletter and Trella Bernice (Bell) Walden. Married– Shirley Gail Butterfield, February 1, 1952. Children– Two. Education– University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1952; California State University, Los Angeles, M.A., 1957; Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D., 1966. Military service: U.S. Navy, 1946-1948. Taught at Redland, CA, Public Schools, 1952-1953; Monrovia, CA, Public Schools, 1953-1966; principal, 1956-1966. Taught at Auburn University, 1966-1988; at Auburn University at Montgomery, 1988-1993.   Member of National and Alabama Education Associations; Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration (chair, 1972-73); Phi Delta Kappa; and other professional organizations.  Contributed articles (many on education in Alabama) to various professional education journals; Section editor of Educational Administration Abstracts, 1969-1973. Died February 9, 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Leaders in Education; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Joint Publication(s):

Decision Making and Schools for the 70s. Washington, D.C.; National Education Association, 1970.

Desegregation and Superintendent Turnover.  Auburn University, 1970.

The Elementary School Principalship, Leadership for the 80s. New York; Holt, Rinehart, 1983.

Students’ Rights and Discipline. Arlington, Va.; National Association of Elementary School Principals, 1975.

Teachers’ Guide to the Administration of American Schools. Auburn University, 1984.

Biography:

Journalist. Born– December 14, 1924, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Earl Watson and Elizabeth (Roberts) Wood. Married– Martin O. Waldron, October 18, 1947. Children– Four. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1945; Princeton University, graduate study. Reporter, Atlanta Constitution, 1945-1947; feature writer/reporter, Tampa Tribune, 1957-1960; weekly columnist and correspondent, St. Petersburg Times, 1960-1965; book editor, Houston Chronicle, 1970-1975. Public relations representative, Princeton University, 1975-89. Published book reviews and articles in Publishers Weekly, Nation and Science Digest. Awarded Notable Book Citation from American Library Association; Best Book Citation from Child Study Association; Notable Book for Social Studies Citation from Children’s Book Council.  Died July 2, 2010.

Source:

Contemporary Authors Online.

Publication(s):

The Bluebury Collection. New York; Dutton, 1981.

Claude Monet. New York; Abrams, 1991.

Close Connections, Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance. New York; Putnam, 1987.

Eudora:  A Writer’s Life.  Doubleday, 1998.

Francisco Goya.  Abrams, 1992.

The French Detection. New York; Dutton, 1979.

Hodding Carter:  Reconstruction of a Racist.  Algonquin, 1993.

The House on Pendleton Block. New York; Hastings House, 1975.

The Integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill. New York; Dutton, 1975.

The Luckie Star. New York; Dutton, 1977.

Pearl S. Buck:  Compassion for Two Worlds.  Las Cruces, NM:  Sofwest Press, 1998.

Rachel Carson:  Perseverance to Save the Planet.  Las Cruces, NM: Sofwest Press, 1998.

Scaredy Cat. New York; Dutton, 1978.

True or False?; Amazing Art Forgeries. New York; Hastings House, 1983.

Joint Publication(s):

Your Florida Government. Tallahassee University of Florida Presses, 1965.

Papers;

Papers of Ann Wood Waldron are held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.

Biography:

Librarian; library educator. Born– March 30, 1911, in May, Tex. Parents– James Ernest and Della (Campbell) Wiggins. Married– James Curtis Waldrop. Children–two. Education– Livingston State University, B.S., 1939; University of Alabama, M.Ed., 1960; Ed.S, 1970. Further study, University of Denver; State University of New York, Albany; University of California, Berkeley.  Librarian at Hewitt-Trussville High School, Shades Valley High School and Howard College. Taught Library Science at University of Alabama, 1961-1968, when it was taught in the College of Education; instrumental in establishing the School of Library Science at the University of Alabama; associate professor at the Library School, 1969-78. Instructional materials consultant, Jefferson County Board of Education, 1960-1968; school library consultant, Alabama State Dept. of Education, 1968-1969.  Executive Secretary, Alabama Library Association, 1978. Member of many professional organizations; charter member of the International Association of School Libraries.  Recipient of many academic awards; a named fellowship in her honor was established at the library school at UA.  Died March 20, 2010.

Source:

Who’s Who in Library Science; Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada; Who’s Who in Library and Information Services.

Publication(s):

Abigail Adams. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Rush, Inc., 1988.

Alabama Authors; Books in Print. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1980.

Alabamiana for Grades K-12; An Annotated Bibliography. University, Ala.; s.n., 1978.

Bibliography of Southeastern Regional Literature for Elementary, Junior High and Senior High School Students. S.l.; s.n., s.d.

Bunny Rabbits in Mother Goose Land. Birmingham, Ala.; R. W. Waldrop, 1987.

How to Select a Children’s Book. Minneapolis; T.S. Denison, 1973.

Martha Washington. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1987.

Santa Claus, a Brief Bibliography. S.l.; s.n., 1981.

Santa Grows Up in Mother Goose Land. Birmingham, Ala.; R. Waldrop, 1986.

Simple Steps to Successful Legislation. S.l.; s.n., 1976.

Biography:

Journalist, teacher. Born–August 15, 1907 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Edward and Jessie (Culbert) Billings. Married– Erskine Ramsey Walker in 1934. Education– Judson College, A.B., 1928. Taught in public schools of Birmingham 1928-30. Society editor, Birmingham Post, 1930-1943; feature writer, Birmingham News, 1944-1947; director women’s dept., 1947-1960; associate editor, 1960-. Taught at Samford University, 1964-. Director, Crippled Children and Adults Society. Member– Birmingham Art Association, Governor’s Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Aging, Birmingham Civic Orchestra’s Board of Directors. Named U.S. Steel Journalist of the Year. Died April 30, 1996.

 Source:

Who’s Who in American Women.

Publication(s):

Hot Sands of Hate. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Chapter of the American Christian Palestine Committee, 1954.

It’s Nice to Live in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham News, 1963.

Editor:

Alabama; a Guide to a Deep South State. New York; Hastings House, 1975.

Papers;

Papers of Alyce Billings Walker are held in the Archives Department of the Birmingham Public Library. Included are correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of her career at the Birmingham News, and rough drafts and correspondence related to her book, Alabama; A Guide to a Deep South State.

Biography:

Journalist. Born– November 19, 1880, in Eufaula, Ala. Parents– John Absalom and Eliza Jane (Kendrick) Walker. Education– Private tutors; Miss Crozier’s School for Young Ladies, Knoxville, Tenn. Feature writer, Birmingham Age-Herald. Later lived in New York City. Organizer of Humane Society, Birmingham. Member Nineteenth Century Art and Writers Club. Contributed articles on sociological subjects to American and foreign magazines.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Backtracking in Barbour County…. Richmond, Va; Dietz Press, 1941.

Braxton Bragg Comer; His Family Tree From Virginia’s Colonial Days. Richmond, Va.; Dietz Press, 1947.

Life and Achievements of Alfred Montgomery Shook. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Pub. 1952.

Russell County in Retrospect…. Richmond, Va.; Dietz Press, 1950.

The Story of the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon, 1945.

Tuskegee and the Black Belt; a Portrait of a Race. Richmond, Va.; Dietz Press, 1944.

Biography:

University professor and administrator. Born– April 10, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Arthur Lonzo and Agnes (Bynum) Walker. Married– Gladys Evelyn Walker, August 4, 1949. Children– Two. Education– Samford University, B.A., 1949; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1952; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.D., 1956; Indiana University, 1963; University of Alabama, 1964-1965. Served in U.S. Army, 1944-1946. Taught religion at Samford University, 1956-1958; Dean of Students, 1965-1968; Vice president for Student Affairs, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1976-1978; Executive Treasurer, Southern Baptist Convention’s Education Commission, Nashville, 1978-; editor, Southern Baptist Educator. Died January 14, 2005.

Source:

Leaders in Education; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Publication(s):

By Their Fruits; a History of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, 1957-82. Southfield, Mich.; Baptist State Convention of Michigan, 1982.

Directory of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. Nashville; Education Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1982.

Joint Publication(s):

Historical Studies of Alabama Baptist Churches and Associations; a Check List. Birmingham, Ala.; Howard College Library, 1958.

Editor:

Education for Christian Missions; Supporting Christian Missions through Education. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1981.

Forward in Faith; from Compton Hill Mission to Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1894-1971. Birmingham, Ala.; Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1982.

Joint Editor:

A Directory of Baptist Seminaries and Colleges Related to Member Conventions and Unions of the Baptist World Alliance. S.l.; s.n., 1983?

See

Walker, Robert Henry, Jr.

See:

Alexander, Margaret Abigail Walker.

Biography:

Journalist. Born– February 11, 1916, in Athens, Ala. Parents– Robert Henry and Memory Pryor (McClellan) Walker. Education– Athens Public School; Birmingham Southern College. Wrote for several Athens area newspapers. Received a historical award from governor 1978. Died May 22, 1985.

Source:

Sara H. Walker, Athens, Ala..

Publication(s):

History of Limestone County, Alabama. Athens, Ala.; Limestone County Commission and R. H. Walker, Jr., 1973.

Legendary Limestone. S.l.; s.n., 1966.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– June 24, 1897, in Pollard, Escambia County, Ala. Parents– Marion Nathaniel and Laura (Lindsey) Harris. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Married– Drury Leroy Walker. Taught school in several South Alabama cities and Marvel, Bibb County; taught at Jay, Fla., and Holmes Bible College. Served as president, Woman’s Auxiliary for the Alabama Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Died January 31, 1986.

Source:

Born to Be a Teacher.

Publication(s):

Born to Be a Teacher; an Autobiography. Franklin, Ga.; Advocate Press, 1975.

Biography:

Teacher; college professor; writer; editor.  Born– April 6, 1940. Parents– Louis Wesley and Katherine (King) Brannan. Married– Ronald Walker. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, B.S.; Tulane University, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. (1981).  Taught English at Foley High School; Newcomb College; University of South Alabama, 1979-. Stokes Distinguished Professor of English at USA. Adjunct Professor of Editing and Publishing, Spring Hill College. City editor, Alabama Sun, 1980-1981; editor and publisher, Negative Capability, 1981-. Received research grant from Tulane Graduate School to study McCuller’s Archives; several merit awards for poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Gave workshops, lectures and poetry readings. Served on several college and state committees. Published poems, stories and articles in magazines and anthologies. Nominated for a Pulitzer Price for Blood Must Bear Your Name.  10th Alabama Poet Laureate, 2003-2012.

Source:

Sue Brannan Walker, Mobile, Ala.

Publication(s):

Blood Must Bear Your Name.  Amherst Writers and Artists Press, 2002.

Faulkner Suite.  Ragland, AL:  Oeoco Press, 2008.

Greatest Hits, 1982-2002.  Johnstown, Ohio; Pudding House Publications, 2003.

Pokeberry Inspiration.  2008.

Reuben’s Mobile.  Mobile:  Negative Capability, 2007.

Shorings.  Fullerton, CA; South Coast Press, 1992.

Traveling My Shadow. Mobile, Ala.; Negative Capability Press, 1982.

Louisiana Creole Poems. Mobile, Ala.; Negative Capability Press, 1982.

Joint_Publications;

It’s Good Weather for Fudge;  Conversations with Carson McCullers.  Montgomery; New South Publishers, 2003.

Life on the Line; Selections on Words and Healing.  Mobile; Negative Capability Press, 1992.

Ways of Knowing; Essays on Marge Piercy.  Negative Capability, 1991.

Joint editor;

Whatever Remembers Us; An Anthology of Alabama Poetry.  Mobile; Negative Capability Press, 2007

Biography:

Engineer. Born– June 30, 1930, in Huntsville, Ala. Parents– William Cater and Marion Elizabeth (Terry) Wall. Married– Shirley Lenore Matzet, June 18, 1955. Children– Six. Education– Lafayette College, B.S., 1953; University of Oklahoma, M.A., 1971, M.B.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1978. Engineer, Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee, 1953-1955; U.S. Army, 1955-1957. Redstone Arsenal, 1957-1981; Chief of Management data systems, Ballistic Missile Defence System Command, 1968-1976; chief of program management office, HAWK Project Office, Missile Material Readiness Command, 1976-1978; deputy project manager of ground laser designation project, Missile Research and Development command, 1978-1979. President, WCW Associates, Huntsville, 1981. Taught at Florida Institute of Technology, 1975-2006; director, 2000-2006; also taught at University of Alabama, Huntsville;  Southeastern Institute of Technology;  and Huntsville Center for the Study of Administration of NOVA University. Died April 25, 2009.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

Proposal Preparation Guide; the Systems Approach. Huntsville, Ala.; McMallec Pub., 1986.

Joint Publication(s):

Create and Deliver Dynamite Presentations. Huntsville, Ala.; McMallec Pub., 1987.

Make Sound Decisions. Huntsville, Ala.; McMallec Pub., 1987.

Plan Your Work with Plans of Actions. Huntsville, Ala.; McMallec Pub., 1987.

Prepare Power Packed Reports. Huntsville, Ala.; McMallec Pub., 1987.

Biography:

Singer; socialite; political wife. Born– January 28, 1939, in Elba, Ala. Parents– Charles and Ruby Lee (Folsom) Ellis. (Ruby Lee Folsom was the sister of Alabama governor Jim Folsom). Married– John Snively, III. Children– Two. Married– George Corley Wallace, January 4, 1971. Education– Huntingdon College; University of Alabama; Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla.; Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City; also studied voice with Carlo Menotti. Toured with country singer Roy Acuff; recorded songs for MGM.  Died January 8, 2009.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.

Publication(s):

C’nelia. Philadelphia; A. H. Holman, 1976.