Biography:

Novelist. Born– October 12, 1922, Pontotoc, Mississippi. Parents– Borden Lee and Jimmie Anne (Smith) Deal. Married–(1) Lillian Slobtotsky, 1950. One child. (2) Babs Hodges, 1952. Children-three. (3) Patricia Deal.  Education–attended business school in Jackson, Mississippi;  University of Alabama, B.A., 1949; graduate study at Mexico City College 1950. Military service U. S. Navy 1942-45. Published his first short story in 1948; worked at various short-term jobs until 1955, when his first novel was published. Published over one hundred stories as well as reviews, essays, and  novels. Member of the Authors Guild. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, 1967; a McDowell Colony Fellowship; the Literary Award of the Alabama Library Association, 1963. Designated “Sesquicentennial Scholar”, during the University of Alabama’s 150th Anniversary, 1981.  Died January 22, 1985.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online;  Alabama Alumni News, Vol. 65, Number 4, and files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967.  Jackson:  University Press of Mississippi, 1981.

Publication(s):

Adventure. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1978.

The Advocate. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1968.

Bluegrass. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1976.

The Devil’s Whisper. New York; Avon, 1961.

Dragon’s Wine. New York; Scribner, 1960.

Dunbar’s Cove. New York; Scribner, 1957.

The Insolent Breed. New York; Scribner, 1959.

Interstate. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1970.

Killer in the House. New York; New American Library, 1957.

The Least One. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1967.

A Long Way to Go. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1965.

The Loser. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1964.

A Neo-Socratic Dialogue on the Reluctant Empire. Baldwyn, Miss.; Outlaw Press, 1971.

Search for Surrender. Greenwich, Conn.; Gold Medal, 1957.

The Other Room.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974.

The Secret of Sylvia. Greenwich, Conn.; Gold Medal, 1958.  [as Lee Borden].

The Spangled Road. New York; Scribner, 1962.

There Were Also Strangers. Far Hills, N.J.; New Horizon Press, 1985.

The Tobacco Men. New York; Holt, 1965.

Walk Through the Valley. New York; Scribner, 1950.

Papers;

The papers of Borden Deal are held by Boston University.

Biography:

Teacher, naturalist.  Born–June 13, 1892, Brownville,  Clay County.  Parents -John James and Catherine Evans. Married William Ratchford Dean, 1939. Education– Attended Jacksonville State University, 1915-16; Valparaiso University, 1916-18;  the University of Alabama, B. S., 1924. Taught in Jefferson County schools for thirty-two years. Founded the Alabama Outdoor Nature Camp for high school biology teachers, 1950; served as director, 1950-63.  Leader of Nature Lore at the American Youth Foundation camp in Michigan fourteen years. Member of the Alabama Academy of Science, Alabama Conservation Council, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Wildlife Federation, American Fern Society, National Audubon Society, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Recognized for distinguished service in the field of conservation education by the National Audubon Society, 1967. Inducted into Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame, Judson College, 1985.  Died May 31, 1974.

Source:

Christenson, Alice S., and Davenport, Larry J.  “Blanche Dean, Naturalist,” Alabama Heritage, summer 1997, 16-25.

Files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Birds. Birmingham, Ala.; Southern University Press, 1969.

Ferns of Alabama and Fern Allies. Northport, Ala.; American Southern Publishers, 1964.

Happy Trails. Birmingham, Ala.; Southern University Press, 1972.

Let’s Learn the Birds in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; AAA Letter Service, 1958.

Trees and Shrubs of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Coxe Publishing, 1961.

Co-Author:

(with Joab Thomas and Amy Mason). Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Biography:

Music teacher; composer. Born– June 14, 1938, Coleman, Texas. Parents– Elmer Joe and Edna Erle (McCorkle) Blair. Married– Frank Deaver, August 22, 1957. Children– Two. Education– Sam Houston State University, B.S., 1959; M.A., 1960; University of Alabama, Ed.S., 1974; additional graduate study at the Universities of Oklahoma and Oregon. Taught voice and piano privately in Texas and Alabama; taught in public schools of Texas and Alabama, including Partlow State School and Tuscaloosa City Schools. Hosted a music series on Alabama Education Television, 1971-1972; worked with continuing education at Druid City Hospital.

Source:

Mary Jo Deaver, Northport, Ala.

Publication(s):

From Here to There… and Back; a Sketch of the Ancestory [sic] of Robert Edmund McCorkle and Oma Pearl Owen McCorkle. Northport, Ala.; Deaver, 1976.

In Tune With The Times. University, Ala.; Alabama Educational Television Commission, 1978.

Music Time. Tuscaloosa, 1969.

Rhythms and Rhymes for Remedial Learning. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama State Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Children and Youth, 1973.

Sing a Song of Yesterday. S.l.; Media Consultants, 1980.

Sound and Silence; Developmental Learning for Children Through Music. Pikeville, Ky.; Curriculum Development and Research, Inc., 1975.

Songs:

The Comforter. S.l.; Lorenz Music Publishers.

For Everything, a Season. Oklahoma City, Okla.; Melody House Records, s.d.

I Can Trust His Love. S.l.; Ad Libitum Records, 1977.

I Have Touched the Hand of Jesus. Atlanta, Ga.; LeFevre, s.d.

Biography:

Writer, editor. Born– January 14, 1951, Fort Meade, Md. Parents– Douglas Morgan and Evelyn (Mueller) Dederer. Married– Melissa. Children– Two. Education– University of South Florida, B.A., 1980; M.A., 1982; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1988.  Served in the U.S.Army, 1974-77. Visiting scholar at Brown University. Employed by PanAmerican Airways, Aerospace Division, British West Indies, 1968-1969; Surfside Slant Islander Weekly, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1970-1975; U.S. Army, 1974-1977; Lecturer in history at Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Graduate Council Fellow at the University of Alabama.  Received a Colonial Dames Award, a University of Alabama Graduate Research Fellowship, Southern History Award, the A.B. Moore History Award; U.S. Army Center of Military History Fellowship.

Source:

John Morgan Dederer, University, Ala.

Publication(s):

Making Bricks Without Straw; Nathanael Greene’s Southern Campaigns and Mao Tse-Tung’s Mobile War. Manhattan, Kan.; Sunflower University Press, 1983.

War In America to 1775; Before Yankee Doodle. New York; New York University Press, 1990.

Biography:

Inventor; radio pioneer. Born– August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Parents– Henry Swift and Anna Margaret (Robbins) DeForest. Moved to Talladega, Alabama, at the age of six, when his father became president of Talladega College.  Married– Lucille Sheardown, 1906; Nora Staton Blatch, 1908;.  Mary Mayo, 1912; Marie Mosquinti, 1930. Children– Three. Education– Yale University, Ph.B., 1893; Ph.D., 1899. Began inventing mechanical devices while still a boy; patented some 300 inventions during his lifetime.  In 1907 patented his most important invention, the “Audion tube,” the elementary form of the vacuum radio tube, which was capable of more sensitive reception of wireless signals than any of the other receptors then in use.  Over the next few years DeForest developed and perfected Audion technology to amplify as well as transmit and receive radio signals–an essential development for both radio and television communication.  After failing in several attempts to form his own manufacturing company, DeForest sold his patents to communications firms for commercial development.  The Audion tube became the key component for all sophisticated radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems;  it remained in use until the invention of the transistor in 1947.  DeForest was also important for his early promotion and popularization of radio technology; he began public demonstrations of wireless telegraphy as early as 1902.  In 1910 he broadcast a live performance by Enrico Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera, the first production of its type.  In the 1920’s DeForest developed a system for recording and reproducing sound motion pictures, but the operating quality was poor and the system was not commercially successful.  Widely honored as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television,” DeForest was strongly though unsuccessfully supported for the Nobel Prize for Physics.  He received an Honorary Oscar from the Motion Picture Academy in 1960. He was awarded a gold medal at the 1904 World’s Fair; the Medal of Honor of the Institute of Radio Engineers; and the Edison Medal for 1946.  Died June 30, 1961.

Source:

American National Biography Online; Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, vol. 5;  Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4;  Current Biography, 1941, and files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Papers: Papers of Lee deForest are held at Yale University; at the Library of Congress; and at the Perham Collection of Early Electronics, San Jose, California.

Publication(s):

The Audion. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott, 1920.

Father of Radio; the Autobiography of Lee DeForest. Chicago; Wilcox and Follett, 1950.

How to Set Up an Amateur Radio Receiving Station. New York; De Forest Radio and Telegraph, 1920.

Reflection of Hertzian Waves from the Ends of Parallel Wires.  Yale Thesis, 1899. [Possibly the first thesis on the subject that was later to become known as radio.]

Television, Today and Tomorrow. New York; Dial, 1942.

Wireless in the Home. New York; De Forest Radio and Telegraph, 1922.

Biography:

Archaeologist, museum curator, university professor of anthropology. Born–June 2, 1907, Bessemer. Parents– James Terry and Daisy Marbut DeJarnette.  Married Elizabeth Lavonda Jennings, 1935.  Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, B.S. in electrical engineering, 1929; University of Illinois Field School in archaeology, 1931; University of Alabama, M.A., 1959. Served in the Coast Artillery in World War II.  Served as curator for the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1930-1948; Chairman, Museum Division, Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies, 1948-1953; archaeologist at the Mound State Monument, 1953-1954; professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Alabama, 1955-1976.  Participated in many field expeditions and excavations, including the excavation of Moundville and other Alabama sites, as well as several Mayan sites.  A founder of the Alabama Archaeological Society and editor of its journal for many years.  Member of the Society of American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association.  The David and Elizabeth DeJarnette Scholarship at the University of Alabama was established in his honor, awarded to a graduate student for the study of the Moundville site. Died January 16, 1991.

Source:

Knight, Vernon James, “David Lloyd DeJarnette, 1907-1991,”American Antiquity, vol. 58 (4), (1993). 622-625.

American Men and Women of Science, 13th edition.

Publication(s):

Archaeological Excavations at Gaineswood, Demopolis, Alabama. S.l.; s.n. (typescript), 1973.

Archaeological Salvage Excavations at Two French Colonial Period Indian Sites on Mobile Bay, Alabama. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1976.

An Archaeological Study of a Site Suggested as the Location of the Upper Creek Indian Community of Coosa Visited by Hernando de Soto in 1540. Master’s thesis, University of Alabama, 1958.

An Archaeological Survey of Pickwick Basin. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1942.

The Archaeology of the Childersburg Site, Alabama. Tallahassee, Fla.; Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, 1960.

The Bessemer Site. University, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1942.

Blue Eye Creek Watershed Archaeological Site Survey. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1974.

Cypress Creek Watershed Archaeological Site Survey. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1974.

Highway Salvage Excavations at Two French Colonial Period Indian Sites Mobile Bay, Alabama. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Museum, 1976.

An Inventory and Evaluation of Archaeological Resources in and around the proposed Alabama Enrichment Plant Site in Houston County, Alabama. University, Ala.; Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, 1976.

Little Bear Creek Site. University, Ala.; Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1948.

Mud Creek Watershed Archaeological Survey. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1974.

The Perry Site. University, Ala.; Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1948.

Preliminary Archaeological Investigations, Second Field Season at the X-Kukican Zone, Yucatan, Mexico. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1948.

A Selected Bibliography of Alabama Archaeology. University, Ala.; Alabama Archaeological Society, 1970.

Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter Excavations. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1962.

Upper Bushy Creek Watershed Archaeological Site Survey. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1974.

The Whitesburg Bridge Site. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1948.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Flint River Site, Ma 48. University, Ala.; Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1948.

Handbook of Alabama Archaeology. Moundville, Ala.; Archaeological Research Association of Alabama, 1964.

Editor:

Point Types. Moundville, Ala.; Archaeological Research Association of Alabama, 1975.

Unifare Blade and Flake Tools. Decatur; J. W. Cambron, 1967.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of David Lloyd Dejarnette is held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.

Biography:

School administrator, museum director, writer. Born– January 1, 1918, Danville, Va. Parents– Thomas C. and Ethel (Loving) Delaney. Married– Lois Jean Fitzsimmons, July 20, 1960. Education– Spring Hill College, B.S., 1941; University of Alabama, M.A., 1952. Served as dean of the University Military School, 1941-1956; founder and superintendent of Julius T. Wright School for Girls, 1956-1965; museum director for City of Mobile, 1965-1992. Member of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1958-1965; Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Alabama Historical Association, International Institute of Arts and Letters, Phi Delta Kappa, and Phi Theta Kappa. Selected one of Mobile’s forty outstanding citizens on its 250th Anniversary, 1961. Received the Alabama Penwomen Scroll, 1962.  Served on the U.S.Civil War Centennial Commission, 1958-65. Died November 13, 2007.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978, and Who’s Who in Alabama, 1972; obituary

Publication(s):

Craighead’s Mobile. Mobile, Ala.; Haunted Bookshop, 1968.

Deep South. Mobile, Ala.; Haunted Book Shop, 1942.

Madame Octavia Walton LeVert. Mobile, Ala.; Historic Mobile Preservation Society, 1961.

Mary McNeil Fenellosa: An Alabama Woman of Letters.  University, Alabama, 1963.

A Mobile Sextet; Papers …. Mobile, Ala.; The Haunted Book Shop, 1981.

The Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company of Mobile, 1838-1888. Mobile, Ala.; Phoenix Museum, 1967.

Remember Mobile. Mobile ; s.n., 1948.

The Story of Mobile. Mobile, Ala.; Gill Printing, 1953.

Joint_Publication(s):

Infant Mystics. Mobile, Ala.; s.n., 1968.

Editor;

Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral, Confederate States:  Documents Pertaining to the Charges Preferred against Him by the U.S> Government, with a Pictorial History of the Voyages of the Sumter and the Alabama.  Museum of the City of Mobile, 1978.

Papers;

Papers of Thomas Caldwell Delaney Jr. are held by the library at the University of South Alabama.

Biography:

Episcopal priest. Born– September 18, 1942, Warren, Ohio. Parents– Donald James and Virginia Louise (Murberger) DelBene. Married– Eleanor Ann McKenzie, July 6, 1968. Children– Two. Education– Marquette University, B.A., 1963; Mankato State University, M.A., 1969; the University of the South, M.A., 1978. Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, December 1979. Taught at Mary Manse College, Toledo, Ohio, 1965-1967; director of campus ministry at Newman Center, Oshkosh, Wis., 1967-1968; consultant to Winston Press-CBS, 1968-1976; director, The Hermitage, a spiritual retreat in  Trussville, 1977-; rector of the Church of the Holy Cross, Trussville, 1980. Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, 2010-2013.

Source:

Episcopal Clerical Directory, 1983.

Publication(s):

Alone With God. Minneapolis; Winston Press, 1984.

The Breath of Life. Minneapolis; Winston Press, 1981.

Hunger of the Heart. Minneapolis; Winston Press, 1983.

Into The Light; the Simple Way To Pray With The Sick and The Dying. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1988.

Near Life’s End; What Family and Friends Can Do. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1988.

A Time To Mourn; Recovering From The Death Of A Loved One. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1988.

When I’m Alone; Thoughts and Prayers That Comfort. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1988.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– May 18, 1915, Cleburne County. Parents– George Henry and Naomi (Hicks) Thompson. Married– Thomas Earl DeLoach, June 25, 1938. Children– Three. Education– Attended Livingston State Teachers College, 1934-1936; Jacksonville State University; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1954; the University of Alabama in Birmingham, M.A., 1973. Served as secretary for national defense classes for Randolph County Board of Education, 1941-1942; taught school in Autauga County, 1936-1938; Etowah County, 1950-1975. Edited State Kappan. Member and president of Etowah Classroom Teachers and of Etowah County Retired Teachers. Member of the Advisory Councils for Walnut Grove’s Nutrition Programs and for East Alabama Commission on Aging. Delegate to England for the John Wesley Tour and for the 13th World Methodist Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Named Walnut Groves’s Senior Citizen of the Year. Named to Alabama Senior Citizen Hall of Fame.  Died September 7, 2006.

Source: Altha DeLoach, Walnut Grove, Ala.  Obituary.

Publication(s):

Facts and Fancy. Rainsville, Ala.; Sand Mountain Printing Co., 1984.

Out of the Mouths of Grandkids… Happenings Across the Generations. Rainsville, Ala.; Sand Mountain Printing Co., 1985.

Things Round About. Rainsville, Ala.; Sand Mountain Printing Co., 1983.

Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– May 10, 1936, New York, N.Y. Parents– Nicholas and Delores (Ricaurte) Delpar. Education– Rutgers University, B.A., 1957; New York University, M.A., 1961; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1967. Taught at Indiana State University, 1967-1969; Florida State University’s Canal Zone Branch, 1969-1973; visiting professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1973-1974; University of Alabama, 1974-2006.  Member American Historical Association; Conference on Latin American History. Received the A.B. Thomas Award from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies.  Awarded professor emerita status on her retirement from the University of Alabama. Died July 14, 2018.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary

Publication(s):

The Enormous Vogue of Things Mexican:  Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920-35.  Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1992.

Instructor’s Manual for Hubert Herring’s A History of Latin America. New York; Knopf, 1964.

The Liberal Party of Colombia, 1863-1903. New York; s.n., 1967.

Looking South:  The Evolution of Latin Americanist Scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975.  University of Alabama Press, 2008.

Red Against Blue; the Liberal Party In Colombian Politics, 1863-1899. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1981.

Editor:

Borzoi Reader in Latin American History. New York; Knopf, 1972.

The Discoverers: An Encyclopedia of Explorers. New York:  McGraw-Hill, 1980.

Encyclopedia of Latin America. New York; McGraw, 1974.

Joint_Editor;

A Reference Guide to Latin American History.  Armonk, N.Y.: M.E.Sharpe, 2000.

Biography:

Lawyer, banker. Born– June 10, 1885, LaFayette. Parents– Nimrod Davis and Carrie (Vernon) Denson. Married– Clara Ellen Forbes Owens, December 10, 1940. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1905; M.S., 1906; University of Alabama, LL.B, 1908. Military service–U.S. Army captain, WWI. Practiced law in LaFayette, 1908; in Opelika until 1940; president of Farmers National Bank. Member of the Board of Directors, West Point Manufacturing Company; Board of Trustees of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.  Died December 17, 1940.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.

Publication(s):

Slavery Laws in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.; Auburn University Historical Studies, 1908.

Biography:

Naval officer, U.S. Senator. Born– July 15, 1924, Mobile. Parents– Jeremiah Andrew and Irene (Steele) Denton. Married– Kathryn Jane Maury, June 6, 1946. Children– Seven. Education– Attended Spring Hill College, 1942-1943; U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1946; George Washington University, M.A., 1964.  Entered the U.S. Navy in 1946, serving aboard the USS Valley Forge until 1947; involved in testing airships, 1948-1952; worked on airborne early warning systems, 1952-1956; aboard USS Independence, 1964-1965; prisoner of war in North Vietnam, 1965-1973; Commandant Armed Forces Staff College, 1974-1977; retired from U.S. Navy in 1977; executive assistant to president of Spring Hill College, 1977-1980; elected to U.S. Senate, 1980. Member of the Senate’s Armed Services, Judicial, Labor and Human Resources, and Veterans Affairs Committees. Founded the Coalition for Decency. Honorary doctorate of humane letters, Spring Hill College, 1973. Honored by resolution by the Alabama State Legislature and received two awards from the Freedom Foundation. Elected to the Alabama Academy of Honor, 1982.  Died March 28, 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online, and Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1982; Website of Alabama Academy of Honor; obituary, March 29, 2014.

Publication(s):

The Meaning of Freedom. West Point, N.Y.; United States Military Academy, 1975.

Joint_Publication(s):

When Hell Was in Session. New York; Readers Digest Press,

Biography:

Librarian. Born– December 5, 1925. Montgomery. Parents– Arthur Taylor and Ruby Marie (Brown) Dickinson. Married– Marjorie Faye Sutton, June 14, 1954. Children– Two. Education– Huntingdon College, B.A., 1953; University of Chicago, M.A., 1957. Worked as clerk for the Midwest Inter-Library Center in Chicago, 1953-1954; Mansfield, Ohio Public Library, 1954-1977, serving as a reference librarian, head of the county department, assistant librarian; Library Director, 1964. Member of the American and Ohio Library Associations and the Ohio Genealogical Society. Died September 4, 1977.

Source:

Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1976, and the files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

American Historical Fiction. New York; Scarecrow, 1958.

Biography:

Congregational clergyman. Born– December 21, 1857, West Springfield, Mass. Parents– Henry Kirke White and Angeline (Dunham) Dickinson. Married– Mary Lord Thorn, January 20, 1886. Children– Two. Education– Amherst College, B.A., 1881; Yale Divinity School, B.D., 1884; graduate work at Yale, 1884-1889; an honorary D.D., 1903. Organized a Congregational ministry in 1885 and served as pastor, Wallingford, Conn., until 1893; Canadaigua, N.Y. until 1901; Fargo, N.D. until 1905; Middlebury, Vt. until 1911; Boston until 1913. In charge of religious and extension work in Calhoun, Ala., 1913-1924 and 1932-1935. Member of the Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. Honorary D.D., Fargo College, 1903. Died April 12, 1938.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

The Christian Reconstruction of Modern Life. New York; Macmillan, 1913.

The Religion of the Social Passion. Chicago; Christian Century, 1923.

The Social Aims of Jesus. New York; R. R. Smith, 1930.

Biography:

Engineer, businessman. Born– January 22, 1916, Defiance, Ohio. Parents– Blaine and Grace (Burkett) Dickman. Married– Nell Chester, December 24, 1941. Children– One. Education–graduated from high school in Bay Minette;  Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1943. Worked for York Corporation, in York, Pennsylvania, 1943-1945; for Nolin Manufacturing Corporation, 1948-1970. Founded Summit Equipment Corporation in 1972 and sold it in 1975. Member of the Society of Professional Engineers, Gideons, and Optimists.  Died November 20, 2005.

Source:

Byron A. Dickman, and You’re Fired.

Publication(s):

You’re Fired. Montgomery, Ala.; Gracelaine Publications, 1978.

Biography:

Foreign service officer; professor of political science. Born– October 17, 1923, New York, N.Y. Parents–Thomas I Dickson Sr. and Isabel Anna Keo Dickson. Married–Mona Faye Carroll, September 28,  1948. Children–two. Education– University of Texas, B.A., 1943; M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951. Worked as research associate in tax administration for the Texas Legislative Council, 1951-1952; as a foreign officer in the U.S. State Department, 1952-1968; as a professor of political science at Auburn University, 1968. Served as member of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and General Staff College, 1969-1973; N.S.F. Participant in Math Applications in Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1971; project director, training/education master plan for criminal justice personnel, Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, 1973-1974; research director for the Alabama Development Office’s County Finance Study, 1976-1977. President Auburn-Guatemala City Partners. Member Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies; International Studies Association; American Political Science Association.  Died September 20, 1999.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1976.

Marquis Who’s Who online.

Publication(s):

Land Use in Alabama’s Counties. Auburn, Ala.; Office of Public Service and Research, School of Arts and Sciences, Auburn University, 1977.

A summary of County Finance Trends in Alabama, 1950-75.  Auburn University, 1977.

Joint_Publication(s):

Expenditures of Alabama Counties. Montgomery, Ala.; State Planning Division, Alabama Development Office, 1977.

Income to Alabama Counties. Montgomery, Ala.; State Planning Division, Alabama Development Office, 1977.

A Summary of County Finance Trends in Alabama, 1950-1975. Auburn, Ala.; Office of Public Service and Research, School of Arts and Sciences, Auburn University, 1977.

Trends in Legal Authority to Raise Revenue; Alabama Counties. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Development Office, 1977.

Biography:

Psychologist. Born– April 30, 1933, New York. Parents– David and Dorothy (Schwartz) Dinoff. Married– Sondra Miselson, June 27, 1953. Children– Three. Education– Indiana University, B.A., 1955; University of Alabama, M.S., 1957; University of Tennessee, Ph.D., 1960. Held various assistant teaching and training positions in Knoxville and Bristol, Tennessee, and at Birmingham, Alabama, 1955-1961; research psychologist for the Veterans Administration and visiting lecturer at the University of Alabama, 1961-1963; joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama, 1963; director of the Psychology Clinic, 1965-1982. Died May 17,1982.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. III.

Joint_Publication(s):

Aspects of Community Psychiatry. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1978.

Behavior Modification in Children. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1974.

Psychotherapy–The Promised Land? University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1977.

Joint_Editor:

Neglected Problems in Community Mental Health. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1981.

Outpatient Psychiatry; Progress, Treatment, Prevention. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1985.

Biography:

Linguist; University professor. Born– November 17, 1932, York, Pa. Parents–Joseph and Nevada Diehl DiOrio. Education– Bucknell University, B.A., 1954; Middlebury College, M.A., 1960; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1971. Taught at Neshaminy, Pa., High School, 1954-1958; La Chatelaine, St. Blaise, Switzerland, 1956-1957; the  American School of Paris, 1957-1962;  American School of Munich, 1962-1965; University of Maryland Overseas Division in Munich, 1965-1967; College of William and Mary, 1967-1968; West Virginia University, 1971-1972; Auburn University, 1972-1993. At Auburn, served as Castanoli Professor of French (1977); head of Foreign Language Department, 1972-78 (first woman to serve in that position). Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, ASUP, and the American Association of Teachers of French. Received the Auburn College of Liberal Arts Faculty Achievement in the Humanities Award, 1984.  Named a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, for contributions to the expansion of French culture throughout the world.  Awarded the status of professor emerita on her retirement, 1993.

Source:

Auburn University website.

Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition.

Editor;

Leconte de Lisle: A Hundred Years of Criticism, 1850-1920. Oxford, Miss.; University of Mississippi Press, 1972.

Biography:

Attorney; 40th governor of Alabama. Born– July 25, 1892, Oakland, Calif. Parents– Frank and Launa (Murry) Dixon. Married– Juliet Jolly Perry, November 3, 1920. Children– Two. Education– Phillips Exeter Academy; Columbia University; University of Virginia, LL.B.  Admitted to the bar and joined the Frank S. White Law Firm  in Birmingham, 1917; managed White’s campaign for the U. S. Senate.  Served in WWI; lost his right leg in action. Returned to Birmingham after the end of the war and formed the law firm of Bowers and Dixon.  Served as governor of Alabama, 1939-1943; credited with reorganization of state government; the system of taxation; educational structure in the state. Returned to law practice, 1943. Member of the American Legion, American and Alabama Bar Associations, Kappa Alpha, and Phi Delta Phi. Received the Croix de Guerre with Palm and was made a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor by the French government for heroism in WWI. Received the honorary LL.D. from Birmingham-Southern in 1940; from the University of Alabama in 1946. Died October 11, 1965.

Source:

Biographical Directory of Governors of the United States, 1789-1978.  Westport, CT:  Meckler Books, 1978.

Marquis who’s who online

Publication;

The Public Life of Frank M. Dixon; Sketches and Speeches. Montgomery, Ala.; Skinner Printing, 1979.

Biography:

University professor of English. Born– October 14, 1919, Nashville, Tenn. Parents– Gaines Stanley and May (Riley) Dobbins. Married– Mary Denmead Willis, 1947. Children– Two. Education– Mississippi College, B.A., 1941; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1950. Served in U. S. Army, WWII, 1943-45. Taught at Samford University, serving as head of the Department of English and Journalism, 1950-1986, and as Chair of the Division of Humanities, 1962-64 and 1969-72. Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Renaissance Society of America, American Education Association, National Council of Teachers of English, American Theatre Association, Sigma Tau Delta and Kappa Phi Kappa.  Published many articles in literary journals.  Awarded status of professor emeritus on his retirement at Samford, 1986. Died May 30, 2006.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Directory of American Scholars, 1978.

Marquis Who’s Who online.

Publication(s):

Gaines S. Dobbins: Pioneer in Religious Education. Nashville; Broadman, 1981.

Milton and the Book of Revelation. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1975.

Joint_Publication(s):

A Research Paper Manual. N. P., 1967.

Editor;

Grandfather’s Journal; Company B, Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry Volunteers, Harris’ Brigade, Mahone’s Division, Hill’s Corps, A.N.V. May 27, 1861-July 15, 1865. Dayton, Ohio; Morningside, 1988.

Biography:

Baptist minister, seminary professor of theology, editor. Born– July 29, 1886, Langsdale, Miss. Parents– Charles Wesley and Letita (Gaines) Dobbins. Married– Mae Virginia Riley, December 25, 1909. Children– Three. Education– Mississippi College, B.A., 1908; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.D., 1914; Columbia University, M.A. Ordained a Baptist minister in 1914. Served as church pastor in Gloster (1914-15) and New Albany, Mississippi (1915-16). A member of the editorial staff of the Baptist Sunday School Board, 1915-1920; founded the journal Home and Foreign Fields and continued to edit it for many years.   A professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1920-1956; acting president, 1950-52; Dean of the School of Religious Education, 1952-56. Professor of church administration at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1956-1966. Lecturer at Samford University, beginning in 1967.  Author of 33 books.  Member of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, the International Council for Religious Education, and the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Bible Study and Membership Training.  Awarded the LL.D. by Mississippi College in 1947; received the Mullins Award for Distinguished Denominational Service in 1966 and the Distinguished Service Award for College Chaplains in 1972.   Died September 22, 1978.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition; Lives of Mississippi Authors;  Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

Baptist Churches in Action. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1929.

The Bible and the Bible School. Nashville; Broadman, 1935.

Building a Better Sunday School. Nashville; Convention Press, 1957.

Building Better Churches. Nashville; Broadman, 1947.

Can a Religious Democracy Survive? New York; F. H. Revell, 1941.

The Church at Worship. Nashville; Broadman, 1962.

The Churchbook; a Treasury of Materials and Methods. Nashville; Broadman, 1951.

Deepening the Spiritual Life.  Sunday School Board, SBC, 1937.

The Efficient Church. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1923.

Evangelism according to Christ.  Broadman, 1949.

Good News to Change Lives. Nashville; Broadman, 1977.

Great Teachers Make a Difference. Nashville; Broadman, 1965.

Guiding Adults in Bible Study. Nashville; Broadman, 1968.

How to Teach Young People and Adults in the Sunday School. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1930.

The Improvement of Teaching in the Sunday School. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1943.

Learning to Lead. Nashville; Broadman, 1968.

A Ministering Church. Nashville; Broadman, 1960.

The School in Which We Teach. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1934.

Teaching Adults in the Sunday School. Nashville; Broadman, 1936.

Understanding Adults. Nashville; Broadman, 1948.

Vitalizing the Church Program. Nashville; Broadman, 1933.

A Winning Witness. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1938.

Winning the Children. Nashville; Broadman, 1953.

Working Together in a Spiritual Democracy. Nashville; Southern Baptist Convention, 1935.

Working With Intermediates. Nashville; Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1926.

The Years Ahead.  Nashville:  Convention Press, 1959.

Zest for Living. Waco, Tex.; Word Books, 1977.

Papers;

The papers of Gaines Stanley Dobbins are held by the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Biography:

Presbyterian clergyman; denominational leader. Born– May 17, 1861, Columbus, Missouri. Parents– Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Ruth (Morrow) Dobbins. Married– Mary Triplette Buckland, 1889. Children– Two. Education– Westminster  College (Missouri); McCormick Theological Seminary, B. D., 1889. Ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1889. Organizing pastor of Immanuel Church in Chicago, 1886-1890; financial secretary of Westminister College, 1890-91; pastor, First Presbyterian Church,  Marshall, Missouri, 1891-99; First Church,  St. Joseph, Mo., 1891-1920; pastor of South Highland Church in Birmingham, 1920-32. A noted lecturer on the Bible.  Served as chairman of the executive committee of the Y.M.C.A. of Missouri; founder and president of the trustees of the School of the Ozarks; trustee of Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville and of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia. Member of the World’s Council of Presbyterians, Liverpool, England, 1904; chairman of the executive committee of the Synod of Alabama; moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. , the highest elected office in the denomination.  Awarded the D.D. by Westminster College in 1901 and the LL.D. by Austin College in 1924.  Died January 26, 1932.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., 1861-1941.

A Heritage of Witness:  South Highland Presbyterian Church, 1888-1988.

Publication(s):

Addresses on Personal Work.  N.P.: n.d.

As-So.  N.P.: n.d.

The Book in the Light of Its Books. New York; F. H. Revell, 1929.

The Challenge of Jesus Christ to this Generation.  Presbyterian Church in the United States.

Outline Studies of the Scriptures.  N.P.: n.d.

Pre-Millennial–Why?   Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Association.

Biography:

Historian; college professor; museum curator. Born– February 6, 1940, Manchester. Parents– Ben G. and Alta (Weaver) Dodd. Married– Sandra Whitten, June 18, 1961. Children– Two. Married–Amy Bartlett, 1985. Children–one.  Education– University of North Alabama, B.S., 1961; Auburn University, M. A., 1966; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1969. Taught at Troy State University, 1968-1969; Auburn University at Montgomery, 1969-1995. Curator of the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, 1996- Member of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association.  The Don Dodd Award created in his honor is given annually to an undergraduate student who writes the best essay on Southern History.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publications;

Alabama Now and Then: A Contemporary Look.  Montgomery:  Advertizer Company, 1994.

Compiler;

History of Alabama Transportation; a Bibliography. Montecello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

History of Alabama’s Cities; a Bibliography. Monticello,Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

History of Alabama’s Road System; a Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

The History of Black Politics in Alabama; a Preliminary Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

The History of Industrialization in Alabama; a Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

Historical Statistics of the South, 1790-1970. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Historical Statistics of the States. University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Historical Statistics of the United States, 1790-1970. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

History of Alabama Urbanization; a Selective Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1981.

State and Local Government Administration. New York; M. Dekker, 1985.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama: Its History and Geography. Selma: Clairmont Press, 2000.

Civil War in Winston County, Alabama, The “Free State.” Jasper:  Northwest Alabama Publishing Company, 1979.

Deep South Aviation.  Charleston: Arcadia, 1999.

The Free State of Winston.  Arcadia, 2003.

Historical Atlas of Alabama.  University of Alabama Press, 1974.

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

Biography:

Historical researcher. Born– May 5, 1922.  Atlanta, Ga. Married– Lee P. Dodd, November 23, 1939. Children– Two. Living in Montgomery, 1959. Civilian employee at Maxwell Air Force Base.  Died February 18, 1994.

Source:

The Birmingham News, October 21, 1979; ancestry.com

Joint_Publication(s):

The Civil War in Winston County, Alabama, “The Free State.”  Adapted from Annals of Northwest Alabama, vol. IV.  Jasper, Al:  Northwest Alabama Publishing Company, 1979,

Winston, an Antebellum and Civil War History of North Alabama. Vol. IV of Annals of Northwest Alabama. Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, 1979.

Joint_Compiler;

Historical Statistics of the South, 1790-1970. University Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Historical Statistics of the United States, 1790-1970. 4 vols. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Biography:

Football coach. Born– September 4, 1932, Mobile. Parents– William Vincent and Nellie Agnes (Stauter) Dooley, Married– Barbara Anne Meshad, 1960. Children– Three. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.A., 1954; M.A., 1963. Served as assistant football coach, Auburn, 1956-1963; head coach at the University of Georgia, 1963. Member and president of the Georgia Historical Society. Trustee of the Civil War Trust. Served as chair of Georgia Easter Seals for 25 years. Received many sports awards, including membership in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame; five times named SEC Coach of the Year; NCAA Coach of the Year, 1980; Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Sportswriters and Sportscaster Association, 2010. Received the National Defense Medal. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online.

Publication(s):

Developing a Superior Football-Control Attack. West Nyack, N.Y.; Parker, 1969.

Joint_Publications;

Dooley’s Dawgs; 25 Years of Winning Football at the University of Georgia. Atlanta; Longstreet Press, 1989.

Dooley: My Forty Years at Georgia.  Chicago: Triumph Books, 2005.

Dooley’s Playbook. Athens:  Hill Street Press, 2009.

Georgia:  Saturdays between the Hedges. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2004.

History and Reminiscences of the University of Georgia. Looking Glass Books, 2011.

Vince Dooley’s Garden:  The Horticultural Journey of a Football Coach.  Decatur: Looking Glass Books, 2010.

Vince Dooley’s Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs.  Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2005.

Joint_Editor;

The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog.  Mercer University Press, 2017.

Papers;

The papers of Vince Dooley are held by the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah.

Biography:

Historian; professor of history.  Born– September 12, 1887, Clayton. Parents– Alpheus Alexander and Martha Slaughter Dorman. Married–Marguerite Long Thompson. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1914, M.A. 1915; University of Chicago; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1935.  Taught history at Huntingdon College and Athens College, but had his teaching career cut short when he lost his ability to speak after cancer surgery. Died January 23, 1965.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. III, and Party Politics in Alabama (Introduction by Leah Rawls Atkins).

Publication(s)

The Free Negro in Alabama, 1819-1861. University of Alabama master’s thesis, 1916.

History of Barbour County, Alabama.  Eufaula, AL; Barbour County Genealogy and Local History Society and Friends of the Library Genealogical Committee, 2006. [From a manuscript written in 1932.]

Party Politics in Alabama from 1850 throught 1860. Wetumpka, Ala.; Wetumpka Printing Co., 1935; rpt. University of Alabama Press, 1995.

Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– Mobile. Parents– Bevil T. and Nona S. Amos. Married–Chris Doss. Education– Agnes Scott College, A.B., 1972; Emory University, M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1976. Taught at Northern Michigan University, 1977-1978; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1978-present. Contributed articles to many journals and anthologies. Member of the Organization of American Historians, Southern History Association and the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic.  Has received many grants and awards, including the  UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the John F. Ramsey Award for  Merit from the Alabama Association of Historians and the Milo P. Howard Jr. Award from the Alabama Historical Association.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Cotton City; UAB website

Publication(s):

Cotton City; Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1985.

Contributor;

Alabama Governors; A Political History of the State.  Tuscaloosa:  University of Alabama Press, 2001; 2nd edition 2014.

The Yellowhammer War:  The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.  2014.

Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– December 8, 1912, Tuscaloosa. Parents– James Jarvis and Mabel (Cowart) Doster. Married– Nina Hall, December 22, 1936. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1932; University of Chicago, M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1948. Taught history at the University of Alabama, 1936-1983. Howard College, 1944-1945; worked for Danforth Foundation Association, 1950-1953; Consultant to Creek Nation on claims pending before Indian Claims Commission, 1957-1967 and 1968-1973. Member of the Southern History Association, American Economic Association, Economic History Association, Orginal American Historians, and Phi Beta Kappa. Died April 15, 2016.

Source:

Obituary; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978 and 1980; Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition, and the files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Alabama’s First Railroad Commission, 1881-1885. Chicago; Privately published, 1949.

The Creek Indians and Their Florida Lands. New York; Garland Press, 1974.

The Creek Nation, Plaintiff, and the Creed [sic] Nation, …. New York; Clearwater Pub. Co., 1974.

Railroads in Alabama Politics, 1875-1914. University, Ala.; s.n., 1957.

Joint_Publication(s):

Historic Settlement in the Upper Tombigbee Valley, 1981. University, Ala.; Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1981.

Historical Geography of the Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.; Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1982.

Materials for Research in Southern Industrial History. University, Ala., s.n., 1951.

Tenn-Tom Country. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1987.

Papers;

The W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama holds a collection of the papers of James Fletcher Doster.

See:

Butterworth, William Edmund, III

Biography:

Episcopal priest. Born– August 21, 1893, Lauderdale County. Parents– James Josephus and Mary Sue (Brooks) Douglass. Education– Attended Florence State College, 1913; Columbia University, 1913-1915; University of the South, B.A., 1919; Keble College, Oxford University, B. Litt., 1921. Ordained a deacon in Episcopal Church, 1921; and a priest, 1923. Served as rector of churches in Columbus and Atlanta, Ga.; Columbia and Memphis, Tenn., and Detroit, Mich. Member of several heraldic and genealogical organizations.  Died February 5, 1975.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 1.

Publication(s):

My Southern Families. S.l.; Gillingham, Dorset; Blackmore Press, 1967.

See:

Sizemore, Margaret

Biography:

Educator; college and university president. Born– January 2, 1878, Wake County, N.C. Parents– George James and Trannia (Yates) Dowell. Married– Camille Early, December 28, 1898. Children– Four. Education– Wake Forest College, A.B., 1896; Teacher’s College of Columbia University, A.M.,  1911. Served as elementary school principal in Shelby County, 1898-1900; high school principal at Columbiana, 1900-1906; school superintendent at East Lake, 1906-1909; principal of Barrett School in Birmingham, 1909-1913; chief clerk, Alabama Department of Education, 1915-1917; State Superintendent of Education, 1917-1920; president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1920-1928; president of Mercer University, 1929-1953. Served as secretary and president of the Conference of Church-Related Colleges of the Southwest; vice president of the Georgia Education Association; president of the Georgia Association of Colleges; member Southern Baptist Education Commission.  Awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law, University of Alabama, 1920; Howard  College, 1928; Baylor University, 1945; Wake Forest University, 1950. Died February 24, 1963.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online and the files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Columbus Roberts: Christian Steward Extraordinary.  Nashville; Broadman, 1951.

A History of Mercer University, 1833-1953. Macon, Ga.; Mercer University, 1958.

Papers;

Collections of papers of Spright Dowell are held by the libraries of Auburn University and Mercer University.

Biography:

Biologist, University professor, editor, museum curator. Born– April 2, 1921, Cullman. Parents–Herndon and Ada Camp Dowling. Married Margaret Purcell, 1943 (divorced, 1962); children–four.  Married Madlyn O’Neill, 1968 (died 2000); married Janann Jenner, 2001. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1942; University of Florida, M.S., 1948; University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1951. Taught at the University of Florida, 1947-1948; Haverford College, 1951-1952; University of Arkansas, 1952-1959; New York University, 1973. Served as museum assistant at the University of Michigan, 1948-1951; assistant curator then curator of reptiles at New York Zoological Park, 1959-1967; director, Herpilology Information System at the American Museum of Natural History, 1968-1973; adjunct professor at Rhode Island University, 1964; adjunct professor at New York University, 1965-1973. Edited the Herpetological Review. 1969-1973; editor of amphibian and reptile section of Biological Abstracts, 1968-1973; general editor of the Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 1966-1973.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1982; obituary

Publication(s):

A Bibliography on Albinism in Amphibians and Reptiles, 1849-1972. New York; Herpetological Information Search Systems, American Museum of Natural History, 1974.

A Bibliography on the Chromosomes of the Amphibians and Reptiles, 1891-1971. New York; Herpetological Information Search Systems, American Museum of Natural History, 1972.

A Bibliography on the Green Turtle, Chelonia Mydas, 1743-1971. New York; Herpetological Information Search Systems, American Museum of Natural History, 1972.

A Bibliography on the Reproductive System of Reptiles, 1822-1972; a Bibliographic Service. New York; Herpetological Information Search Systems, American Museum of Natural History, 1973.

A Review of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark.; University of Arkansas, 1957.

A Taxonomic Study of the Ratsnakes, Genus Elaphe Fitzinger, vol. II. Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Michigan Press, 1952.

A Taxonomic Study of the Ratsnakes, Genus Elaphe Fitzinger; vol. IV. a Checklist of the American Forms. Ann Arbor; University of Michigan Press, 1952.

A Taxonomic Study of the Ratsnakes, Genus Elaphe Fitzinger, vol. V. (the Rosalie section). Ann Arbor; University of Michigan Press, 1952.

Joint_Publication(s):

Systematic Herpetology; a Synopsis of Families and Higher Categories. New York; HISS Publications, 1978.

Papers;

The papers of Herdon Glenn Dowling are held as the H. G. Dowling Herpetological College at Western Connecticut State University.

Biography;

Historian; college professor.  Education– University of Alabama, M.A., 2004; Ph. D., 2010.  Professor of history, University of Mobile. Awarded the 2015 James F. Sulzby Book Award for the outstanding book in Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association.

Publications;

Transforming the South; Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960.  Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2014.

Biography:

Physican, inventor; poet. Born– August 18, 1848, Glenalter, Ga. Parents– Thomas Henry and Martha Stearns (Davie) Dozier. Married– Elizabeth Powers, April 30, 1874. Children– Five. Education–Eufaula Male Academy;  Atlanta Medical College, M.D., 1874; further study in the medical department of Illinois University. Member Company A., 2nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, CSA.  Began the practice of medicine in Attalla, 1874; practiced successively in Cherokee County; Portageville, Mo.; Rome, Ga.; opened a practice in Birmingham, 1890. One of the first physicians in the South to use x-ray in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.  Patented various inventions including a hame for harness, a portable elevator, and a mailing machine. Founded the Knights of the White Shield, 1899. Died February 25, 1925.

Source:

Obituary; Marquis who’s who online;  National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 22; and  files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Chips and Whetstones of Verses and Prose. Birmingham, Ala.; Dispatch Printing, 1916.

Foibles of Fancy and Rhymes of the Times. Birmingham, Ala.; Dispatch Printing, 1894.

A Galaxy of Southern Heroes and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Dispatch Printing, 1905.

Just A-Thinking. Birmingham, Ala.; Dispatch Printing, 1920.

Poems and Prose of Orion T. Dozier. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Publishing Co., 1927.

Poems of Orion T. Dozier. New York; Neale, 1905.

Response of Dr. O. T. Dozier to Priest James E. Coyle.  Birmingham, 1917.

Biography:

Educator, administrator, college president. Born– September 1, 1899, Hartford. Parents– John William and Vashti (Roney) Draughon. Married– Caroline Marshall, June 9, 1931. Children– Two. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1921; M.S., 1929; studied at the University of Chicago, summers of 1923 and 1939. High school teacher in Choctaw County, 1922-1923; school principal in Sumter County, 1925-1927; Louisville, 1927-1928; Orrville, 1928-1931; taught history at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1931-1937; secretary to the API Board of Trustees, 1937-1944; director of instruction, 1944-1947; acting president, 1947-1948; president, 1948-1965. Presided over the expansion of enrollment and programs at Auburn. Directed state survey of rural tax delinquency, 1934; regional supervisor for the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1936, Member of various professional boards and organizations, including the Southern Regional Educational Board of Control, 1957-1960; Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools;  American Academy of Political and Social Services; Alabama Historical Association. Awarded the LL.D. by Birmingham-Southern, 1948; University of Alabama, 1963; Auburn University, 1966. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement as president of Auburn, 1965. The Library at Auburn University, which opened in 1965, was named in his honor. Died August 13, 1968.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

Alabama Polytechnic Institute. New York; Newcomen Society of North America, 1954.

Legislative Trends Affecting Higher Education in the Southern States. Auburn, Ala.?; s.n., 1959.

Papers;

The papers of Ralph Brown Draughon are held by the Special Collections Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn.

See:

Wood, Clement Richardson

Biography:

College instructor, artist, editor, publisher. Born– March 17, 1946, Chicago. Parents– Russell Thomas and Olga (Kochink) Holt. Education– University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, B.A., 1967; University of Iowa, M.F.A., 1970; Columbia Pacific University, Ph.D., 1980. Taught at Morningside College, 1970-1973; Rust College, 1973-1974; Mississippi Industrial College, 1974-1975; Daniel Payne College, 1975. Co-owner and operator of Ragnarok Press; editor of Valhalla magazine, 1970-1981. Owner of The Decision Center, Cranford, N. J. Member Feminist Writers Guild. Awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts; the Office of Advanced Drama of the University of Minnesota; the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online and the cover of Timesharing.

Publication(s):

A Ballet of Oscillations.  Ragnarock, 1973.

The Bare Tissue of Her Soul; Poems. New York; Folder Editions, 1972.

Boxing with the Rain and the Wind: Pen and Ink Poems.  Merging Media, 1979.

Extended Family: Poems.  American Studies Press, 1985.

From One Bird. Birmingham, Ala.; Ragnarok Press, 1978.

Holly Springs: A Letter.  Ragnarock, 1974.

The Human Omelette; Poems. Sioux City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1971.

Invisible Dog. Mosaic Press, 1981.

Legend in his Time.  Merging Media, 1980.

A Little of the Sea: Short Stories.  Selene Books, 1988.

Love in Spring. Holly Springs, Miss.; Ragnarok Press, 1975.

Pangs; a Novella. New Rochelle, N.Y.; Lawton Press, 1980.

A Peaceful Intent; Haiku. Sioux City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1973.

Poems for Amaefula. Ragnarock, 1974.

Raks Rochelle: Middle Eastern Poems.  Ragnarock, 1975.

A Seismograph of Feeling.  Ragnarock, 1972.

Serendipity– the Phoenix & the Lotus. Birmingham, Ala.; Ragnarok Press, 1978.

The Song of the Robin. Birmingham, Ala.; Ragnarok Press, 1976.

A Summer of the Heart; Poems for La Poloma. Birmingham, Ala.; Ragnarok Press, 1977.

The Sun and the Moon.  Ragnarock, 1974.

Pointe Farms. Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; Lunchroom Press, 1983.

Timelapse: A New Book Of Poems. Lunchroom Press, 1983.

Timesharing; a Consumer’s Guide to a New Vacation Concept. Brooklyn, N.Y.; Somrie Press, 1982.

To Make a Bear Dance; Poems. Iowa City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1970.

The Train in the Rain. Fulton, Mo.; Timberline Press, 1982.

UNO/DUO: A Divided Baker’s Double Dozen.  American Studies Press, 1988.

Warm Storm. Mellen, 1991

Wing Span of an Albatross; Poems. Sioux City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1972.

Yellow Pears, Smooth as Silk; Poems. Holly Springs, Miss.; Ragnarok Press, 1975.

Joint_Publication(s):

A Dialogue of Days. Westfield, N.J.; Merging Media, 1984.

Gold Fantasy; Haiku. Holly Springs, Miss.; Ragnarok Press, 1975.

Landscapes. Ragnarock, 1974.

Night before Christmas in Florida.  Gibbs-Smith, 1999.

Passports Out of Loneliness.  Ragnarock, 1975.

Water, Light, Woman.  Ragnarock, 1974.

Editor:

Children of the Moon. Sioux City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1973.

Dry Leaves. Ragnarock, 1975.

Eid’olons. Sioux City, Iowa; Ragnarok Press, 1972.

Networks. Westfield, N.J.; Ragnarok Press, 1978.

The Oval Lady. Capra, 1975.

Joint_Editor:

Sprays of Rubies. Ragnarock, 1975.

Biography:

Methodist clergyman; bishop. Born– November 7, 1858, Choctaw County. Parents– Hezekiah and Amanda (Hawkins) Du Bose. Married– Rosa Chaney, December 6, 1882. Married– Gertrude Vaughn Amis, 1899. Children– Six. Education– Attended Waynesboro Academy in Mississippi; also taught by languages and classics tutors. Licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1876; ordained, 1879. Served as pastor of churches in Mississippi (1879-81); Galveston (1881-82), Huntsville (1883-84), Houston (1885-86), and Tyler, Tex. (1887-1888); Los Angeles, Calif., 1876-1898; secretary of the Epworth League and editor of the Epworth Era, Nashville, 1898-1910; served as pastor in Augusta (1910-1911) and Atlanta, Ga. (1911-1915). Edited the Methodist Review, 1916-1918;book editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1915-1918;  elected bishop May, 1918, and stationed in Berkeley, Calif. Commissioner to Ecumenical Methodist Conference held in London, 1921. Member of 1901 Ecumenical Conference and of the World Sunday School Convention. Active in the temperance movement. Awarded honorary D.D. by Emory and Henry College, 1892. Died January 15, 1941.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

The Bible and the Ages. New York; F. H. Revell, 1930.

The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1924.

The Consciousness of Jesus. Nashville; Smith and Lamar, 1917.

The Crisis of Criticism. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1923.

Francis Asbury. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1909.

The Gang of Six. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906.

A History of Methodism. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1916.

The Law and the Prophets. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1924.

The Life and Memories of Reverend J. D. Barbee. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906.

Life at Its Best. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908.

Life of Joshua Soule. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1911.

Margaret, a Poetic Idyll. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906.

The Men of Sapio Ranch. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1909.

The Planting of the Cross. San Francisco; Whitaker & Ray, 1903.

Rupert Wise. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1889.

The Symbol of Methodism. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1907.

Through Two Generations. New York; F. H. Revell, 1934.

Unto the Dawn. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1896.

Biography:

Historian of Alabama; School principal; state legislator. Born– December 17, 1855, Gaston, Sumter County. Parents– Benjamin Eusebius and Sarah Elizabeth (Horn) DuBose. Married– Alice Vivian Horn, August 8, 1883. Education– Graduated from Professor S.S.Mellon’s Mt. Sterling Academy; University of Alabama, B.A., 1872; M.A., 1878. Served as principal of Pushmataha High School, 1878-1883; Snow Hill Academy, 1883-1886; Livingston Military Academy, 1886-1888; South Highland Academy in Birmingham, 1888-1898; DuBose’s School for Boys in Birmingham, 1900-1917; special literary researcher at the Library of Congress and government departments in Washington, 1888-89. Contributed to The Monthly (University of Alabama), 1879; The Methodist Review, 1899. Founder and editor of Gulf States History Magazine. Member, Alabama Historical Society.Served in the Alabama Legislature, 1903-1907; successfully advocated a law establishing county public high schools. Died March 7, 1917.

Source:

Alabama Alumni News, June 1918

McNeely, DuBose Genealogy

Who Was Who in Alabama

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4

Publication(s):

Alabama History. Richmond, Va.; B. F. Johnson Pub. Co., 1908.

Sketches of Alabama History. Philadelphia; Eldredge & Bro., 1901.

Editor:

Notable Men of Alabama; Personal and Genealogical. Atlanta; Southern Historical Association, 1904.

Biography:

Cotton planter, historian, newspaper journalist, editor. Born– March 5, 1836, Society Hill, Darlington County, S.C.; moved to Marengo County with his family in 1850.  Parents– Kimbrough Cassels and Elizabeth Boykin (Witherspoon) DuBose. Never married. Education– Dayton Classical Academy; one term at South Carolina College, 1854; studied at home with private tutors. Successful cotton planter in the Canebrake area of Marengo County, 1856-61.  Served in Confederate Army Quartermaster Corps; reached rank of Lieutenant Colonel, but did not see action because of his deafness. After the War worked as a plantation manager; moved in Birmingham in 1886 and worked  as a journalist, and free-lance writer, focusing particularly on local and state historical, political, and economic affairs, publishing numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. Worked intermittently as a newspaper editor; owned a bookstore in Gadsden. Worked as an assistant at the Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1901-07 and 1912-1917. Did  Died February 14, 1918.

Sources:

bhamwiki; Owen’s The Story of Alabama; Hoole, William Stanley, “Life of John Witherspoon DuBose” in John Witherspoon DuBose:  A Neglected Southern Historian.

Publication(s):

Alabama’s Tragic Decade. Birmingham, Ala.; Webb Book Co. 1940 (First published as a series of articles in the Birmingham Age-Herald).

General Joseph Wheeler and the Army of Tennessee. New York; Neale, 1912.

Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Teeples & Smith, 1887.

John Witherspoon DuBose: A Neglected Southern Historian, with a Selection of His Uncollected Essays. Edited by William Stanley Hoole.  University:  Confederate Publishing Company, 1983.

The Life and Times of William Lowndes Yancey. Birmingham, Ala.; Roberts & Sons, 1892.

The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated. Birmingham, Ala.; N. T. Green, 1886.

The Witherspoons of Society Hill. Hartsville, S.C.; Hartsville Pub. Co., 1910.

Contributor;

Alabama’s First Towns:  Nine Alabama Towns in 1816-1817.  University:  Confederate Publishing Co., 1982.

Papers;

A Collection of the papers of John Witherspoon DuBose is held by the W.S.Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Biography:

Writer. Born– 1844, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Matthew and Martha (Gillespie) Duffee. Education– Attended Tuscaloosa Female Seminary and private schools in New York City. Travelled frequently between Tuscaloosa, where her father was proprietor of the Washington House Tavern, and Blount Springs in Blount County, where he owned the Duffee House, a resort hotel. Acted as hostess at the Duffee House before it burned in the fall of 1869; served as postmistress for Blount Springs during the Civil War.  Credited with spying for the Confederacy during the War. Worked for a time on a New York newspaper.  After 1874 lived on Duffee’s Mountain near Blount Springs, and did freelance writing of many types: articles and sketches for newspapers and magazines, poetry, advertising copy, and travel guidebooks. Member of the National Geographic Society, the American Historical and Biographical Society, and the New Orleans Academy of Sciences.

Source:

Appleton’s Cyclopedia of America Biography, vol. II.

“Introductory Essay” in Sketches of Alabama

Sulzby, James F., Jr., “Blount Springs,” Alabama Review, II (1949), 163-175.

Files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Sketches of Alabama: Being an Account of the journey from Tuscaloosa to Blount Springs through Jefferson County on the Old Stage Roads. Ed. Virginia Pounds Brown and Jane Porter Nabers. University, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1970. (based on a series of articles published in 1885 through 1887 in the Weekly Iron Age in Birmingham).

Papers;

A collection of papers of Mary Gordon Duffee is held at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery.

Biography:

Botanist, university professor. Born– September 1, 1872, Gallion. Parents– Reuben Henry and Margaret Louisa (Minge) Duggar. Married– Marie L. Robertson, October 16, 1901. Children– Five. Married– Elsie Rest, June 6, 1927. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, 1887-89; Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, B.S. (First Honors), 1891; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.S., 1892; Harvard University, A.B., 1894; M.A., 1895; Cornell University, Ph.S., 1898; studied in botanical laboratories in Germany and France, 1905-1906. Served as assistant director of the Alabama Experimental Station in Uniontown, 1892-1893; assistant botanist at the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 1895-1896; instructor at Cornell University, 1896-1901; plant physiologist at the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1901-1902; professor at the University of Missouri, 1902-1905; Cornell University, 1907-1912; Washington University and Missouri Botanical Garden, 1912-1927; University of Wisconsin, 1929-1943. Worked as a consultant in mycological research for Lederle Division of the American Cynamid Co after his retirement; his research led to the isolation and commercial production of the antibiotic aureomycin. Edited Botanical Abstracts, 1917-1933. A founder of the American Society of Agronomy; (1907) and the American Phytopathological Society (1908); member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Naturalists, the American Botanical Society (president, 1923), and the American Society of Plant Physiologists (president, 1927). Awarded the Medal of Honor of Public Education by Venezuela, 1951. University of Missouri, honorary LL.D., 1944; Washington University, honorary D.Sc., 1953. Died September 10, 1956.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 6, and files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

The Cultivation of Mushrooms. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1904.

Fungus Diseases of Plants. New York; Ginn, 1909.

Mushroom Growing. New York; Orange Judd Co., 1915.

Plant Physiology. New York; Macmillan, 1911.

The Principles of Mushroom Growing and Mushroom Spawn Making. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1905.

Joint_Publication(s):

A Textbook of General Botany. New York; Macmillan, 1942.

Editor:

Biological Abstracts of Radiation. New York; McGraw, 1936.

Biography:

Agricultural scientist; professor of agriculture; administrator and editor. Born– August 24, 1868, Faunsdale. Parents– Reuben Henry and Margaret Louisa (Minge) Duggar. Married– Frances Ambrose Camp, June 17, 1891. Children– Six. Education– Southern University at Greensboro, B.S., 1887; Mississippi A & M College, M.S., 1888; additional study at Columbian University (now George Washington University), Cornell, and the University of Colorado. Taught at Texas A & M College, 1887-1889; edited Southern Live Stock Journal, Starkville, Mississippi, 1890; assistant director of the Agricultural Experiment station at Clemson College, 1890-1892; crop editor for U.S.D.A. Publications, The Experiment Station Record, 1893-1895; professor of agriculture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and assistant director Alabama Experiment Station, 1896-1921; director of Alabama Extension Service, 1914-1924. Member of Phi Kappa Phi. Awarded medal for distinguished service by the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, 1939. Died December 25, 1945.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Agriculture for Southern Schools. New York; Macmillan, 1908.

Experiments in Beef Production in Alabama. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1908.

Local Fertilizer Experiments with Cotton in North Alabama in 1913. Opelika, Ala.; Post Pub. Co., 1914.

Potato Culture. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1896.

Southern Field Crops. New York; Macmillan, 1911.

Southern Forage Crops. New York; Macmillan, 1925.

Sweet Potatoes. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1897.

Papers;

Papers of John Frederick Duggar are included in the Duggar Family Papers collection in the Department of Special Collections in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University.

Biography;

Writer; journalist; businessman.  Born December 17, 1943, Coffeeville.  Education: Georgia State University.  Served in the U.S.Army, Vietnam.  Worked in sales and marketing for Chanel, Inc., for 26 years; retired 2003.  Full-time writer after 2003.  Writes features and a column for the Monticello (Georgia) News.  Selected the Georgia Author of the Year in Young Adult Fiction in 2009, 2011, and 2012; received the first Yerby Award, 2013. Yellow Watermelon was named to the inaugural list of “25 Books Every Young Georgian Should Read” by the Georgia Center for the Book.

Sources;

NewSouth Books website; Ted Dunagan website; Contemporary authors online.

Publications:

Salvation of Miss Lucretia. NewSouth, 2014.

Secret of the Saltifa.  NewSouth, 2010.

Trouble on the Tombigbee.  NewSouth, 2011.

Yellow Watermelon. NewSouth, 2007.

Biography:

Businessman, theatrical director, editor; writer. Born– November 8, 1927, Birmingham. Education– University of New Mexico, B.A.; Christ Church College of Oxford University, M.A. Served in the U.S. Army, 1946; director of Collett, Dickenson, Pearce and Partners (advertising firm) in London, -1967; director of Cambridge (England) Theatre Company; publications editor for the National Theatre, London. Awarded a Henry Fellowship for study at Oxford.

Source:

John Bainbridge’s Another Way of Living, Holt, 1968

International Authors and Writer’s Who’s Who 1976

The Same Language (see below)

Writer’s Directory, 1984.

Publication(s):

Little Friends. London; Faber, 1965.

The Same Language. London; Faber, 1962.

Soothing Foods. London; Faber, 1972.

Joint_Publication(s):

Calman Cards, Cartoon Cards for Language Practice. London; Longman Group, 1979.

Biography:

School psychologist; advertising executive, writer. Born September 13, 1916, Alexander City.  Parents– Lemuel Belah Coley and Julia Smartt Coley.  Married– Thomas Edward Duncan. Children– Two. Education– Agnes Scott College; University of Minnesota, M.A., and Ed.S.; Coursework at University of Oklahoma and Central Oklahoma State University. Worked as a school psychologist for several years.  President of Group IV Advertising in Birmingham.  Died January 25, 2000.

Source:

Jacket to Alabama.

Publication(s):

Alabama. Portland, Ore.; Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., 1983.

Halfway Home. New York; St. Martins, 1979.

Biography:

Journalist; teacher. Born– October 23, 1904, Vaiden, Miss. Parents– Thomas Alston and Mattie (Wright) McKinstry. Married– Jess A. Duncan, March 11, 1925. Children– one. Education– Jacksonville State University;  University of Alabama.  Taught school in Marshall County, 1921-1925; worked for the Advertiser-Gleam  as columnist and  social editor, 1945-1963; after postgraduate study at the University of Alabama, a special education teacher at Grassy Junior High School, 1964-. Died October 3, 1991.

Source:

Book jacket of The History of Marshall County

Publication(s):

History of the First Baptist Church (Guntersville), 1907-1957. Guntersville, Ala.; Advertiser-Gleam, 1957.

Joint_Publication(s):

The History of Marshall County, Alabama. Albertville, Ala.; Thompson Printing Co., 1969.

Biography:

High school teacher, agriculture extension service official, college president. Born– October 14, 1875, Russellville. Parents– Thomas Fulford and Margaret S. (Hargett) Duncan. Married– Annie Elizabeth Smith, February 26, 1902. Children– Three. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1900; M.S., 1907; graduate study at the University of Tennessee and the University of Illinois.  Taught agriculture in high schools, 1900-1905; instructor and supervisor of agronomy research at the Alabama Experiment Station,  Auburn, 1905-1909; 4-H Club work director for the Alabama State Agricultural Extension Service, 1909-1920 (organized the state’s first one hundred 4-H Clubs); director of Alabama Agriculture Extension Service at API, 1920-1937; president of API, 1935-1947. Member of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Alabama Farmers Bureau Federation, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Kappa Sigma. Awarded the LL. D. by API in 1933., and the Distinguished Service to Agriculture award by the American Farm Bureau.  Died July 26, 1947.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online.

Owen’s The Story of Alabama.

Joint_Publication(s):

Farm Life Readers. Boston; Silver Burdett & Co., 1913.

Biography;

Biologist; professor of biology.  Born– Gulf Breeze, Florida.  Education; Eckerd College, B.S., 1993;  University of Florida, M.S. in Zoology, 1998; Ph. D., 2001.  Taught at the University of Florida, 2001-02; at Birmingham-Southern College beginning in 2002.  Has conducted research in Costa Rica, Panama, Antartica, and Uganda.  Publishes articles in scientific journals and anthologies. Boy Scout representative on the US scientific expedition to Antartica, 1988-89.

Source: R. Scot Duncan website

Joint_Publications;

Southern Wonder: Alabama’s Surprising Biodiversity.  University of Alabama Press, 2013.