University professor, writer; business executive. Born– August 20, 1865, Greenville, S.C. Parents– James Overton and Elizabeth Ann (Austin) Ferrell. Married– Tennessee “Tenney” Marr Taliaferro, August 16, 1899. Children–two. Education– Vanderbilt University, A.B., 1885; M.A., 1886; University of Leipzig, Ph.D., 1892; further study at the University of Paris and the University of Berlin. Instructor of Greek, Vanderbilt, 1885-89; taught languages at the University of Mississippi, 1893-1908; writer (living in Birmingham), 1908-1915; president of the Export Pratt Coal Company, 1913-15.  Published many articles and translations. Died May 2, 1915.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online and Library of Southern Literature.

Publication(s):

The Medea of Euripides and the Medea of Grillparzer.  N.P., 1901.

Teutonic Antiquities in the Anglo-Saxon Genesis. Halle; E. Karras, 1893.

Editor:

Sappho; Trauerspiel in Funf Aufzhugen. Boston; Ginn and Company, 1899.

Literary scholar; university professor, administrator, consultant. Born– July 29, 1906, Birmingham. Parents– Ora William and Blanche (Perry) Fidler. Married– Alice Adeline Gardiner, January 29, 1929. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1928; Harvard University, M.A., 1930; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1947.  Served in the US Navy, WWII. Taught English at the University of Alabama, 1930-1956; staff member for American Association of University Professors, 1958-1971; General Secretary, 1958-67.  Consultant for the U.S. Employment Office and the Library of Congress in the revision of the copyright law. Member of AAUP, ACLU, American Studies Association, and Pi Alpha Theta. Awarded the honorary L.H.D. by the University of Alabama, 1972.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1978.

Publication(s):

Augusta Evans Wilson, 1835-1909; a Biography. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1951.

Joint_Editor:

Contemporary Southern Prose. Boston; Heath, 1940.

Poet; teacher.  Born– January 18, 1938, Bessemer. Parents–Pete and Carrie Fields. Education– Knoxville College, B.S., 1961; Bread Loaf School of English, M.A., 1972; University of Edinburgh. Taught at Westfield High School in Birmingham;  poet-in-residence at numerous colleges and universities. Founder of the Learning School of the American Language, 1919.  Published work in many anthologies and periodicals.  Awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1968; received the Seventh Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Fund in 1972.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online: Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 41.

Publication(s):

East of Moonlight. Charlotte; Red Clay Books, 1973.

Green Lion of Zion Street. New York; McElderry Books, 1988.

I Heard a Young Man Saying. Detroit, Mich.; Broadside Press, 1966.

Poems. New York; Poets Press, 1968.

Slow Coins. Washington, D.C.; Three Continents, 1981.

A Summoning, A Shining.  Scotland Neck, N.C., 1976.

Engineer, businessman, consultant. Born– August 31, 1882, Birmingham. Parents– Jacob and Fannie (Kahm) Fies. Married– Rose Mayer, January 1, 1907. Education– Columbia University, School of Mines, B.S., 1904. Worked for Republic Iron and Steel Company as resident engineer, superintendent of mines, general superintendent, 1904-1910; general superintendent of mines, Birmingham Coal and Iron Company, 1910-1912; vice president of DeBardeleben Coal Company, Birmingham and Walker County, 1912-1944; consulting engineer after 1944. Consulting engineer and manager of coal operations for Alabama Power;  handled the Alabama Power Company’s first experiment in underground gasification of coal in the U.S. Member  Southern Association  of Science; Southern Research Institute; American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers. Active in civic affairs; member and chairman of the Walker County Board of Education for ten years. Leader and supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. Appointed postmaster at Lipsey, Walker County, 1913. Received an honorary D. Sci., University of Alabama, 1936. A Masonic lodge in Jefferson County was named in his honor. Died October 20, 1970.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.

Publication(s):

The Man With the Light on His Cap. Birmingham, Ala.; s.n., 1960.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Second Underground Gasification Experiment at Gorgas, Alabama. S.l.; U.S. Bureau of Mines in cooperation with Alabama Power Company, 1949

Strippable Coal in the Fabius Area, Jackson County, Alabama. University, Ala.; Division of Economic Geology, University of Alabama, 1970.

Biography;

Born– August 1, 1881, Meadville, Miss. Parents– Henry Clay and Bertha (Deutsch) Mayer. Married– Milton Henry Fies, January 1, 1907. Died March 14, 1971.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.

Publication(s):

Sipsey Portraits and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Fies, 1943.

College instructor of English. Born– July 12, 1896, Brewton. Parents–David  and Martha F. Gillis.  Married– John Poston Figh. Children–one.  Education– Judson College, A.B., 1916; University of Alabama, M.A., 1917; Columbia University, M.A. Taught in Alabama high schools until 1924; Huntingdon College, 1924-1972; University of Alabama, Montgomery Center, 1937-1942. Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Folklore Society, and Southeastern Folklore Society. Died December 11, 1984.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition, and Alabama Public Library Service files.

Joint_Publication(s):

Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1969.

A Word List from “Bill Arp” and “Rufus Sanders”. Greensboro, N.C.; American Dialect Society, 1950.

Contributor;

Historic Homes of Alabama and their Traditions.  Birmingham Publishing Co., 1935.

The Illustrated Book of American Folklore.  Gosset, 1958.

Dentist, professor of dentistry.  Born– February 2, 1908, Freedom, Pa. Parents– Abel and Rebecca (Gordon) Finn. Married– Irma Harriett Rubens, May 7, 1938. Children– Two. Education– Ohio State University, B.A., 1930; Harvard University, D.M.D., 1934; University of Rochester, M.S., 1940. Practiced dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., 1935-1938; associate research dentist, New York Department of Health, 1944-1950; chairman of the Department of Pedodontics and professor of dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1951-1958; chairman of applied research for the Institute of Dental Research and professor of dentistry, 1968-1974. Served as director of dental clinics for the Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind, 1951-1974. Received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Alabama Medical Center, 1970; Distinguished Alumni Award from Harvard University, 1975. Member of the American Dental Association and International Association for Dental Research.  Died June 6, 1979.

Source:

Who’s Who online

Joint_Publication(s):

Clinical Pedodontics. 4th ed. Philadelphia; Saunders, 1973.

Editor:

The Biology of the Dental Pulp Organ. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1968.

Joint_Editor:

Yearbook of Dentistry. Chicago; Year Book Medical Publishers, 1967-1975.

Civil engineer, probate judge, Director of the Alabama State Highway Department. Born– October 24, 1866, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Adoniram Judson and Narcissa (Durrett) Finnell. Married– Margaret Hagler, October 21, 1890. Children– Eight. Education–Tuscaloosa Military Academy;  University of Alabama, B.C.E., 1887. Employed as an axeman by the Kansas City Railroad, 1887; rose to chief engineer for Mobile and Ohio  Railroad; opened a construction engineering office in Tuscaloosa, 1894; probate judge, Tuscaloosa County; director of Alabama State Highway Department, 1927; served with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Served as commanding officer of the 501st Engineers in France during World War I; achieved the rank of colonel; awarded the French Legion of Honor and a Special Citation for Exceptionally Meritorious Service from Gen. John Pershing. A Founder of the American Legion. Organized the first Masonic club in France; charter member of Kiwanis Club in Tuscaloosa. Charter member of the American Society of Military Engineers; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  The Woolsey Finnell Bridge over the Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, opened in 1961, is named in his honor. Received the Gold Award of the General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Masons’ highest honor. Died January 29, 1955.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpeper County, Virginia, and Allied Families. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1954.

Industrial engineer; costs expert; whistleblower. Born–July 31, 1926, Birmingham. Parents–Arthur A. and Grace Adelle Fitzgerald. Married– Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, B.S. (industrial engineering), 1951. Served in the U.S.Navy, WWII. Worked in private business, 1951-65. Employed by the Pentagon as Deputy for Management Systems, 1965-1969; fired in 1969 for revealing to a Senate Committee a two-billion dollar cost overrun on the contract for C5A cargo plane construction.  Worked as a management consultant while waging a legal battle for reinstatement. Rehired 1973. Worked in productivity management for the U.S.Air Force after 1982. Member Institute of Industrial Engineers; American Society for Quality Control; Fund for Constitutional Government; National Taxpayers Union. Awards: Nominee, Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, 1967; Judge Henry T. Edgerton Award, 1973; Freedom Award, 1967; Marshall Engineers and Scientists Association Award, 1977; Sigma Delta Chi First Amendment Award, 1986; Cavallo Foundation Award, 1988; First Amendment Award, 1989; Paul H. Douglas Ethics In Government Award, 1996.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service files, Ramparts Magazine, June 1974, and Harpers, July 1974.

Publication(s):

Exposing the Pentagon.  Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1981.

The High Priests of Waste. New York; Norton, 1972.

The Pentagonists; an Insider’s View of Waste, Mismanagement, and Fraud in Defense Spending. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

Socialite; writer, artist. Born– July 24, 1900, Montgomery. Parents– Anthony and Minnie (Machen) Sayre. Married– F. Scott Fitzgerald, April 3, 1920. Children– One. Studied ballet and wrote poems and stories.  During the 1020’s lived  a glamorous, extravagant lifestyle in New York City and Paris, as part of an international society of artists, writers, celebrities, and people of wealth.  From 1930 until her death in 1948, she spent time in several clinics suffering from emotional problems. Died at Highland Hospital in North Carolina, March 10, 1948.

Source:

The Great Good Place: American Expatriate Women in Paris.  New York:  Norton, 1991.

Zelda, A Biography, by Nancy Milford. New York; Harper, 1970.

Publication(s):

Bits of Paradise: 21 Uncollected Stories by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.  New York:  Scribners, 1973.

Collected Works of Zelda Fitzgerald. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli.  Tuscaloosa:  University of Alabama Press, 1991.

The Collected Writings. New York; Maxwell MacMillan, 1991.

Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda (Correspondence).  St. Martin’s Press, 2002.

Save Me the Waltz. New York; Scribner, 1932.

Scandalabra. Bloomfield Hill; Bruccoli Clark, 1980.

Papers:

A collection of the papers of Zelda Fitzgerald is held by the library at Princeton University.

Physicist, university professor. Born– September 17, 1915, New York City. Parents–Philip and Rose Coyle Fitzpatrick. Education– University of Oklahoma, B.S., 1950; M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1955. Served in U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII. Employed as assistant physicist at the University of Oklahoma, 1953-1955; physicist for the U.S. Navy Mine Defense in Florida, 1955-1959; U.S. Navy Proving Ground, Eglin A.F.B., 1959-1962; professor of mathematics, Auburn University, 1968-1982. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement. Died September 1, 2004.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1982. Auburn University website; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

Principles of Celestial Mechanics. New York; Academic Press, 1970.

Biography;

Actor, writer, producer.  Born Patricia Neal- September 21, 1941, Birmingham.  Parents– William H. and Marion Leona Neal. Education: University of Alabama, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Town and Gown Theatre.  Took the name Fannie Flagg to avoid confusion with the actress Patricia Neal. Appeared onstage and in various Television series and movies as a comedienne; toured with several stage productions.  Member American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; Screen Actors Guild; American Women in Radio and Television.  Named an outstanding woman of America, Who’s Who in American Women in Radio and Television, 1966; Academy Award nomination for best screenplay, 1991. Elected to Alabama Authors Hall of Fame, 2016.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Publications;

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion.  New York:  Random House, 2013.

Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven.  New York; Random House, 2006.

Coming Attractions.  New York, 1961.

Fannie Flagg’s Original Whistle Stop Cafe’ Cookbook. New York, Fawcett, 1993.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe’.  New York:  Random House, 1987.

I Still Dream about You.  New York:  Random House, 2010.

A Redbird Christmas.  New York:  Random House, 2004.

Standing in the Rainbow.  New York:  Random House, 2002.

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl.  New York:  Random House, 1998.

The Whole Town’s Talking.  Random House, 2016.

Joint_Publications;

Daily Word:  Love, Inspiration, and Guidance for Everyone.  Emmaus, PA: Daybreak Books, 1997.

Historian; University professor and administrator. Born– April 8, 1874, Brundidge. Parents– William Leroy and Mary Love (Edwood) Fleming. Married– Mary Wright Boyd, September 17, 1902. Children– Four. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1896; M.A., 1897; Columbia University, A.M., 1901; Ph.D., 1904.  Instructor in history and English and assistant librarian at Auburn, 1896-1900.  Served as an officer in the 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment in the Spanish-American War, 1898. Taught at West Virginia University, 1903-1907; Louisiana State University, 1907-1917; Vanderbilt University, 1917-1928; dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt, 1923-1929. Author of 166 articles and reviews.  Member of the editorial board of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1922.  Nashville Agrarian volume, I’ll Take My Stand (1930) was dedicated to him.  LSU established the Walter Lynwood Fleming lecture series in Southern history in his  honor. Died August 3, 1905.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; Owen’s The Story of Alabama; and Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 1.

Publication(s):

Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. New York; Columbia University Press, 1905.

Documentary History of Reconstruction; Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial, 1861 to the Present Time. Cleveland, Ohio; A. H. Clarke Co., 1906-1907.

The Freedman’s Savings Bank. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina Press, 1927.

History of Louisiana State University (1860-1896). Sewanee, Tenn.; The University of the South Press, 1931.

The Reconstruction of the Seceded States, 1865-76. Albany, N.Y.; New York State Education Department, 1905.

The Reconstruction Period; a Syllabus & Reference List. Morgantown, W. Va.; A. G. Sturgiss, 1904.

The Sequel to Appomatox …. New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1921.

Southern Biography. (Vols. 11 & 12 in The South in the Building of the Nation) Richmond, Va.; Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909-1913.

Editor:

Documents Relating to Reconstruction. Morgantown, W. Va.; s.n., 1904.

General W.T. Sherman as College President; a Collection of Letters, Documents, and Other Material …. Cleveland, Ohio; The Arthur M. Clarke Co., 1912.

Ku Klux Klan, its Origin, Growth and Disbandment. New York; Neale Pub. Co., 1905.

Teacher, university instructor. Born– Guntersville, February 28, 1925. Parents– Dennis and Annie Mae (Stewart) Floyd. Education– A.M.E. Church School and Lakeview School in Guntersville; Central State College in Ohio, B.A.; Michigan State University, M.A. Served as a teacher with the Peace Corps in Liberia; taught at the Universities of Michigan and Maryland. Died January 17, 2001.

Source:

SCRIPSIT.

Publication(s):

Liberian Folk-tales as They Were Told to Me by Her Children. Washington, D.C.; Alrag Productions, 1974.

Publishing executive; horticulturist, editor, writer. Born– February 21, 1948, Selma. Parents– Alex and Louise (Johnson) Floyd. Married– Pamela Lorene Billups.  Children–two. Education– Auburn University, B.S., 1970; M.S., 1972; Clemson University, Ph.D., 1975. Served as an agricultural science assistant at Clemson, 1973-1975; headed agricultural technical program at Jefferson State Junior College, 1975-1977; senior horticulturist for “Southern Living”, 1977-84; editorial director for Southern Accents, 1985-87; editorial director for Creative Ideas and Cooking Light, 1987-88; director of marketing services, Southern Progress Corporation, 1988-97; vice-president, Southern Progress Corp. and editor-in-chief of Southern Living, 1991-2008. Director, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.  Member Board of Directors, University of North Carolina Botanical Gardens, 1988-81; member Board of Directors, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham; member Garden Writers of America, Birmingham Botanical Society, American Horticultural Society.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1982 and Auburn Alumni News, January 1985.

Joint_Publication(s):

An Investigation into the Physical and Psychological Response of the Visual Handicapped to Some Selected Woody and Herbaceous Plant Material. Clemson, S.C.; South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 197-.

Southern Living Gardening Guide. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 1981.

Southern Living Gardening; Trees & Shrubs, Ground Covers, Vines. Birmingham, Ala.; Progressive Farmer Co., 1980.

Southern Living Growing Vegetables and Herbs With Recipes for the Fresh Harvest. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 1984.

Historian; University professor. Born– October 4, 1940, Pontotoc, Mississippi. Grew up in Anniston. Parents–James H. and Mae Moore Flynt. Married– Dorothy Ann Smith, August 20, 1961. Children– Two. Education– Howard College, A.B., 1961; Florida State University, M.S., 1962; Ph.D., 1965. Taught at Samford University, 1965-1977; head of History Department, Auburn University, 1977-2005. Member of the Southern Historical Association (President, 1980-81) and the Association of Southern Labor History. Honored by the Florida Historical Society for best book on Florida, 1972; inducted into the Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors, 1983. Twice nominated for Pulitzer Prize in history. Named Alabama Professor of the Year, 1991, by the Council for Advancement and Suppport of Education; Alabamian of the Year, 1992, by the Mobile Press-Register.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition, Alabama Review, vol. 50 (July 1997), pp. 204-05.and Alabama Public Library Service files.

Publication(s):

Alabama Baptists:  Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie. University of Alabama Press, 1998.

Alabama in the Twentieth Century. University of Alabama Press, 2004.

Ban, Burn and Ignore; Writing and Publishing Books in the South. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University to Alabama Press, 1989.

Cracker Messiah; Governor Sidney J. Catts of Florida. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1977.

Dixie’s Forgotten People; the South’s Poor Whites. Bloomington, Ind.; Indiana University, 1979.

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher; Dixie’s Reluctant Progressive. Tallahassee, Fla.; Florida State University, 1971.

Keeping the Faith:  Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, A Memoir. University of Alabama Press, 2011.

Mine, Mill and Microchip; a Chronicle of Alabama Enterprise. Northridge, Calif.; Windsor Publications, 1987.

Montgomery; an Illustrated History. Woodland Hills, Calif.; Windsor Publications, 1980.

Poor But Proud; Alabama’s Poor Whites. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1989.

Who Are the Poor? Auburn, Ala.; Auburn University, 1989.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama:  The History of A Deep South State. University of Alabama Press, 2010.

Taking Christianity to China:  American Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. University of Alabama Press, 1997.

You Can’t Eat Magnolias. New York; McGraw Hill, 1972.

Joint_Compiler;

Southern Poor Whites: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981.

Jesuit priest; sociologist; college professor. Born– November 6, 1912, New Orleans. Parents– Albert S. and Gertrude Emily (Mavor) Foley. Education– St. Louis University, A.B., 1935; M.A., 1936; M.A., 1948; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1950; post doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, 1952-1953. Entered the Jesuit Order (Society of Jesus) in 1929; ordained 1942. Taught at St. Louis University, 1950-1952; Spring Hill College, 1937-1939; 1944-1947, and 1953-. At Spring Hill, served as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Psychology and as director of the Human Relations Center.  Suppported racial equality but urged moderation and a gradual approach; helped mediate the desegregration of Mobile’s downtown lunch counters. Served as chairman of the Mobile Chapter of the Alabama Council on Human Relations and the Alabama Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.  Awarded a grant to conduct workshops for high school teachers to help prepare the way for integration of schools.  The Albert S. Foley Community Service Center at Spring Hill College is named in his honor. Died December 2, 1990.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. II.

Publication(s):

Bishop Healy; Beloved Outcast …. New York; Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954.

Dream of an Outcast; Patrick F. Healy, S.J.; the Story of the Slaveborn Georgian Who Became the Second Founder of America’s First Great Catholic University, Georgetown. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1976.

God’s Men of Color:  The Colored Catholic Priests of the United States, 1854-1954.  New York:  Farrar, Straus, 1955.

A Modern Galahad; St. John Berchmans. Milwaukee, Wisc.; The Bruce Pub. Co., 1937.

St. Regis, a Social Crusader. Milwaukee, Wisc.; The Bruce Pub. Co., 1941.

Joint_Publication(s):

Democratic Living. Chicago; Loyola University Press, 1953.

Papers;

The personal papers of Father Albert Sidney Foley are held by the library at Spring Hill College in Mobile; the Maine State Library holds a small collection of his papers.  The American Folklife Center in Washington DC holds a file of oral history interviews.

Zoologist; University professor. Born– November 26, 1938, Beardstown, Ill. Parents– George C. and Mathilda (Schuette) Folkerts. Married– Denise Millare, June 12, 1965. Children– Three. Education– Southern Illinois University, B.A., 1961; M.A., 1963; Auburn, Ph.D., 1968. Taught at Clemson University, 1968-1969; Auburn University, 1969-2007. Served as a consultant to several environmental organizations. Member of the Society for the Study of Organic Evolution, Society of Systematic Zoology, Herpetologist’s League, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Alabama Conservancy, and Sigma Xi. Received many teaching awards; had several native species named in his honor.  Died December 14, 2007.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Joint_Publication(s):

Environmental Problems. Dubuque, Iowa; W. C. Brown, 1973.

Okefenokee. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001.

Methodist clergyman. Born– September 6, 1902, Comanche County, Tex. Parents– Charles and Ola (Smith) Foote. Married– Lucy Lee Young, 1927. Children– One. Education– Southern Methodist University, B.D., M.A.; Iliff School of Theology, Th.D.  Admitted to the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference, 1924. Served churches in Amarillo, Pampas and Fort Worth, Tex.; Little Rock, Ark.; Montgomery (1941-1944), Ala.; Dayton, Ohio. Religion editor for Ft. Worth Star Telegram. Awarded honorary degrees by Miami University of Ohio; Wilberforce University; and Texas Wesleyan University. Died February 25, 1989.

Source:

Encyclopedia of World Methodism.

Publication(s):

After This Manner. Fort Worth, Tex.; Hilburn Printing Co., 19–.

Communion Meditations. New York; Abingdon Press, 1951.

Footnotes; Sidewalk Sermonettes …. Westwood, N.J.; Revell, 1956.

How God Helps. New York; Abingdon Press, 1960.

Just Plain Bread …. Nashville; The Parthenon Press, 1938.

Keys to Conquest …. Westwood, N.J.; Revell, 1933.

Lamps Without Oil. Montgomery, Ala.; The Paragon Press, 1944.

Living in Four Dimensions. Westwood, N.J.; Revell, 1953.

The Transformation of the Twelve. New York; Abingdon Press, 1958.

The Words of Jesus from the Cross. Dayton; Otterbein Press, 1948.

Novelist. Born– December 28, 1928, Troy. Parents– Jesse Hill and Lucille (Musgrove) Ford. Married– Sally Davis. Children–four.  Married Lillian Pellettieri Chandler. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1951; University of Florida, M.A., 1955; University of Oslo, 1961-1962. Reporter for the Nashville Tennessean while at Vanderbilt. Served as a naval officer during Korean War. Employed as news writer by the Florida Extension Division, 1953-1955; director of public relations for the Tennessee Medical Association, 1955-1956; assistant director of public relations for American Medical Association, 1956-1957; writer-in-residence at the University of Rochester, 1974; Memphis State University; and the University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1977-78. Free-lance writer, 1977-96. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966; received the Alabama Library Association Author’s Awards, 1966; National Book Award, 1966; Edgar Award for best short story, 1976. Died June 1, 1996.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

The Conversion of Buster Drumwright. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1964.

The Feast of St. Barnabas. Boston; Little, Brown, 1969.

Fishes, Birds and Sons of Men. Boston; Little, Brown, 1967.

The Jail. New York: Glen Ober Associates, 1970.

The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. Boston; Little, Brown, 1965; rpt. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993.

The Life of Edward Potter, Jr. Nashville; Commerce Union Bank, 1977.

Mountains of Gilead. Boston; Little, Brown, 1961.

The Raider. Boston; Little, Brown, 1975.

Sports administrator; sportswriter.  Born– November 9, 1955, Gadsden. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1978. While a student, sports reporter and sports editor for the Crimson-White. Employed by a bank in Gadsden; worked as Director of Development for the Gadsden Metro Chamber of Commerce; Etowah Expansion Association for two years; field representative for the University of Alabama National Alumni Association; assistant athletic director, University of Alabama.

Source:

Book jacket for Bama Under Bear.

Publication(s):

Alabama’s Crimson Mission: Saban and Tide Silence Critics with 16th National Championship. Atlanta:  Whitman, 2016.

Bama Under Bear; Alabama’s Family Tides. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode Publishing Co., 198.

Tornado to National Title #14: National Championship Crimson Tide 2011. Atlanta:  Whitman, 2012.

Crimson Domination:  The Process behind Alabama’s 15th National Championship.  Atlanta:  Whitman, 2013.

University of Alabama All-Access Football Vault.  Atlanta: Whitman, 2009.

Joint_Publications;

Alabama-Auburn Rivalry Football Vault.  Atlanta:  Whitman, 2009.

Bear Bryant on Leadership. Charleston:  Advantage, 2010.

A Season to Remember: Faith in the Midst of the Storm.  Nashville;  B & H Publishing Group, 2014.

Artist; book designer. Born– January 8, 1925, Luverne. Married– Max M. Foreman, June 7, 1950. Children– Three. Education– Huntingdon College; Ohio State University, B.F.A., 1946. Also studied at Troy State Teachers College and Columbia University.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service Files.

Publication(s):

Pocket Guide to the Location of Art in the United States. Luverne, Ala.; Fundaburk, 1977.

Editor_Contributor:

Art in the Environment in the United States. Luverne, Ala.; Fundaburk, 1975.

Visual Arts in the United States. Luverne, Ala.; Fundaburk, 1976.

Joint_Editor:

Sun Circles and Human Hands. Luverne, Ala.; Fundaburk, 1957.

Biography;

Writer. Education–University of South Alabama, M.A., 1996.  Publishes articles and stories in journals and anthologies.  Winner of the 1993 Hackney Award for Short Fiction.  Pushcart Prize nominee.

Source;

Author profiles in Climbing Mt. Cheaha.

Publications;

A Condition of Freedom.  River’s Edge, 2015.

Here’s to You, Jackie Robinson; The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks. MacAdam/Cage, 2004.

Murder Creek; The ‘Unfortunate Incident’ That Befell Annie Jean Barnes. River City Publishing, 2007.

Schopenhauer’s Maxim. Livingston Press, 2016.

Staying Ahead of the Posse;  The Ben Jobe Story. River City Publishing, 2008.

Whores for Life: Scatolo’s and Other Stories.  Universal Publishers, 1997.

The Wreck of the Twilight Limited. MacAdam/Cage, 2004.

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Home economics teacher. Born– October 1, 1902, Birmingham. Parents– John Cortlan and Anne Lee (Bonholzer) Forney. Education– Florence Normal School, 1917-1921; Teachers College of Columbia University, George Peabody College; Iowa State College, B.S., 1928; M.S., 1930. Taught in Montgomery County schools, 1921-1927; itinerant teacher trainer and assistant supervisor of home economics education, Alabama College, 1928-1933; supervisor of home economics education in Montgomery County, 1933-1941; special representative for home economics education, U.S. Office of Education, 1942-43; nutritionist for U.S. Department of Agriculture and school lunch consultant, Alabama State Department of Education, 1943; supervising teacher at Kilby School at Florence State College after 1954. Died February 28, 1991.

Source:

Grove’s Library of Alabama Lives, 1961.

Publication(s):

Up and Away: The Education of Handicapped but Exceptional Children. New York; Exposition Press, 1957.

University professor, college president. Born– September 29, 1905, Birmingham. Parents– William Edwards and Adele Brooks Fort. Married–Helene Gores, 1932. Children–two. Married– Margarette Bullard, 1942. Married Anne H. Fort.  Education– Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 1930; Duke University, M.A., 1932; Ph.D. 1934. Taught economics and business administration at Mercer University, 1934-1938; taught business administration and psychology at Winthrop College, 1938-1942; taught psychology and philosophy at Rollins College, 1942-1959. President of Deep Springs College, 1959-61.  Director of Americanism Educational League in Buena Park, Calif., 1961-68; associate professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University, 1968-72. Member American Philosophical Association; Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.  Awarded status of professor emeritus at Brigham Young, 1972. Died May 22, 1988.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Socialist Base of Modern Totalitarianism. Berkeley, Calif.; McCutchan, 1970.

The Socialist Revolution. Los Angeles; Clute, 1971.

Linguist; University professor. Born– June 23, 1933, Bellamy. Parents– Simon Errol and Lillian Foscue. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1955; M.A., 1959; University of Wisconsin, 1966. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1963-1993. Member of the Linguistics Society of America, Modern Language Association, and National Council of Teachers of English. Phi Beta Kappa.  Died June 24, 2002.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1978.

Obituary, Tuscaloosa News, June 30, 2002.

Publication(s):

Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1989.

The Place Names of Sumter County, Alabama. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1978.

A Preliminary Survey of the Vocabulary of White Alabamians. University, Ala.; American Dialectic Society, 1971.

Electrical draftsman, designer; photographer. Born– November 19, 1931, Birmingham. Parents– John H. and Grace (Thomson) Foshee. Married– Reba, June 15, 1956. Married– Marta, July 8, 1967. Children– One. Education– attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Employed as an electrical draftsman and designer; retired 1985. Taught classes in canoeing at UAB. Published many articles in outdoor, trade, and general periodicals. Founder and president, Birmingham Canoe Club. Died October 31, 2013.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary

Publication(s):

Alabama Canoe Rides and Float Trips. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1975

Little River Canyon; Grand Canyon of the South. S.l.; Privately printed, 1971.

Solo Canoeing:  A Guide to the Fundamentals, Equipment, and Techniques for Running Rivers Solo in an Open Canoe.  Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1985.

You, Too, Can Canoe. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1977.

Writer; editor. Born– December 6, 1863, Athens, Al. Parents: John and Mary (Stuart) Greene. Married– William Clarence Foster, August 31, 1886. Education– Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Mademoiselle Piquot’s Finishing School, Blois, France; College of Oratory in Chicago. Served as literary editor of  Northwestern Magazine, for which she also wrote articles. Pioneer in writing messages in greeting card form.  Died September 12, 1933.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; Who Was Who of North American Authors; Woman’s Who’s Who in America, 1914-1915; and American Authors and Books.

Publication(s):

By the Way; Travel Letters …. San Francisco; P. Elter Co., 1910.

Eleanor Everest Freer, Patriot & Her Colleagues. Chicago; Musical Art Pub. Co., 1927.

Love is Best and Other Verses. Boston; Davis and Bond, 1915.

To Friendship. San Francisco; P. Elder Co., 1910.

You and Some Others. San Francisco; P. Elder Co., 1907.

Your Happy Way and Other Verse for Occasions. Boston; The Stratford Co., 1927.

Compiler:

Blessings; Being Bible Mosaics of Blessings, Promises, Commands, Admonitions and Answers. San Francisco; P. Elder Co., 1909.

University professor; folk musician; literary and linguistic scholar. Born– January 1, 1939, Chattanooga. Parents– James Will and Miriam (Crick) Foster. Married– Anne Brandon. Children– Two. Education– University of Chattanooga, B.S., 1951; East Tennessee State University, M.A., 1962; University of Alabama, Ph,D., 1968. Served in U.S. Army, 1961. Taught at the University of North Alabama, 1968-2007; served as Head of the English Department at UNA for 31 years. Named to the Alabama Committee for Humanities and Public Policy. Field worker for the Dictionary of American Regional English.; founder of the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States. Member of the American Dialect Society; National Council of Teachers of English, and the Tennessee Folklore Society.  Appeared frequently as a folksinger and banjo-picker; won many performance awards. Died September 7, 2012.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary, Florence Times-Daily, September 9, 2012.

Publication(s):

Directory of Reading Services in the U.S. Johnson City, Tenn.; East Tennessee State University Press, 19–.

The First Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1818-1968. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1968.

The Phonology of the Conjure Tales of C. W. Chesnutt. University, Ala.; American Dialect Society, 1971.

A Sense of Place: The Folk Heritage of North Alabama.  Troy State University Press, 1978.

Joint_Publication(s):

A Manual for Dialect Research in Southern States. Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia Press, 1973.

Attorney; elected official; judge. Born– May 9, 1863, Tuscaloosa County. Parents– Joshua Hill and Frances (Bacon) Foster. Married– Jennie Hester, July 24, 1895.  Children–four.  Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1882; LL.B., 1884. Admitted to the Alabama Bar, 1884. Taught school in Gadsden, 1882-1883; practiced law in Tuscaloosa, 1884-86; Elected County Solicitor, 1886-1890, 1901-03; mayor of Tuscaloosa, 1890-1894; served in the Alabama House of Representatives, 1898-1902;  judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit, 1903-1923; appointed Appeals Court judge in 1923. Served as a major with Second Alabama Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, in the Spanish American War, 1898. Died November 11, 1939.

Source:

Lambert, Alton.  History of  Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Centre, Alabama, 1979. Volume 3, page 21.

Marquis who’s who online

Obituary from findagrave.com

Publication(s):

History of Tuscaloosa County Baptist Association, 1834-1934; a Record of the Development of Baptist Interest in the Bounds of the Association, Containing Other Information of Concern to All Baptists…. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1934.

Baptist minister, editor. Born– December 18, 1847, Tuscaloosa County. Parents– Arthur and Elizabeth Amelia Foster. Married– Fannie Merrick, May 22, 1870. Married– Kate (Gidden) Raines, 1880. Children–two.  Education– University of Alabama [withdrew 1864]; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Greenville, South Carolina, 1868-1870 and 1873-1875. Ordained to the Baptist ministry in Starkville, MS, 1871. Served churches in Camden, South Carolina; and Starkville, Okolona, Louisville and other towns in Mississippi; founded the Mississippi Baptist Orphanage, Jackson, 1897; served as its superintendent, 1897-1903.  Field editor for Mississippi for the Western Recorder; associate editor of the History of the Columbus Baptist Association; 1840-1882; and Louisville (Miss.) Association, 1886. Organized and served as corresponding secretary of the Mississippi Baptist Historical Society. Died August 28, 1903.

Source:

Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors, and Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.

Publication(s):

Fifty-Years in China; an Eventful Memoir of Tarleton Perry Crawford, D.D. Nashville; Bayless-Pullen Co., 1909.

From Error’s Chains; or, The story of the Religious Struggles of an Accomplished Young Lady. Jackson, Miss.; Baptist Orphanage Press, 1899.

Mississippi Baptist Preachers. St. Louis, Mo.; National Baptist Pub. Co., 1895.

Biography;

Writer; university professor.  Born– May 2, 1948, Fairhope.  Parents–John Edward and Adeline LeClaire Donaldson Foster.  Married–David Wilder, 1990.  Education–B.A., 1968, Vanderbilt University; M.F.A. (Visual Art), UCLA, 1980; M.F.A. (Creative Writing), Iowa Writers’ Workshop, 1986; Ph.D., Florida State, 1993. Taught at Goddard College (Vermont), 1993-94; at the University of Iowa, 1994-2009. Published fiction and essays in many journals; lectured and led workshops at universities nationally and internationally.  Member Modern Language Association; Associated Writing Programs.  Received numerous awards for her writing and scholarship, including the Lake Effect Fiction Award in 1990; the Florida Arts Council Award; Dean’s Scholar Award at the University of Iowa in 2003; the Carl Klaus Teaching Award at Iowa, 2013, and others.  Awarded emeritus status on her retirement at Iowa in 2009.

Source;

University of Iowa website; Encyclopedia of Alabama

Publications;

All the Lost Girls:  Confessions of a Southern Daughter.  University of Alabama Press, 2000.

Girl from Soldier Creek.  River City Publishing, 2010.

Just beneath My Skin.  University of Georgia Press, 2004.

Editor;

Minding the Body:  Women Writers on Body and Soul.  New York:  Anchor/Doubleday, 1994.

Sister to Sister.  New York:  Anchor/Doubleday, 1996.

Joint Editor;

The Healing Circle: Narratives of Recovery.  Dutton, 1998.

Understanding the Essay.  Broadview Books, 2012.

Commercial artist, illustrator. Born– January 31, 1914, Birmingham. Parents– William Tilman and Dorothea (Orr) Warren. Married– Charles Fox, February 15, 1940. Children– Four. Education, Birmingham-Southern College, 1932-1934. Worked as a commercial artist and illustrator of books and journal articles; participated in Connecticut Artist-in-the-Classroom program, 1969-73.   Died July 22, 1999.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary at findagrave.com

Publications;

Follow Me, the Leader. New York; Parents Magazine Press, 1968.

Miss Twiggley’s Tree. New York; Parents Magazine Press, 1966.

Illustrator:

The ABC of Natural Childbirth.  New York:  W.W. Norton, 1954.

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Dr. Benjamin Spock. New York; Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946.

Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter. New York; Harper, 1956.

Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation. New York; Harper, 1954.

Writer; teacher of writing. Born– January 11, 1924, Bristol, R.I. Parents– Herbert E. and Evelyn E. (Verity) Francis. Children– One adopted son. Education– University of Wisconsin, B.A.; Brown University, M.A. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to study at Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1953-1954; University of Cuyo, Argentina, 1964. Taught at Pennsylvania State University, 1950-1952; University of Tennessee, 1952-1956; Northern Illinois University, 1956-1958; Emory University, 1958-1966; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1966-1988. Chair of North American and British Literature, National University of Cuyo. Lectured on American and British literature in Argentina, summers of 1964-1970. Published short stories in many periodicals and anthologies. Member Modern Language Association, Spanish Language Association, and other professional literary associations.; member Phi Beta Kappa. Received the John H. McGinnis Award in 1966 for short story “One of the Boys”; Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction, 1973; Kansas Quarterly Best Story Award, 1974 and 1978; Pushcart Prize, 1976 and 1980; O. Henry Award, 1976.  Awarded DHL, University of Alabama, 1989.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online; ancestry.com; Contemporary authors online

Publication(s):

As Fish, As Birds, As Grass. Burnichon, 1966.

A Disturbance of Gulls and Other Stories.  New York:  G. Braziller, 1983.

Dos Cuentos. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Burnichon, 1965.

Five Miles to December.

Goya, Are You with Me Now?  Savannah: F.C.Beil, 1999.

Had, a Novella. Huntsville, Ala.; B. Minshew, 1973.

Healing of the Body and Other Stories. Savannah, Ga.; F. C. Beil, 1992.

History of a Man in Despair.  1976.

I’ll Never Leave You: Stories. Kansas City; BkMk Press, 2004.

The Invisible Country.  Beil, 2003.

Itinerary of Beggars. Iowa City, Iowa; University of Iowa Press, 1973.

Naming Things; Stories. Urbana, Ill.; University of Illinois Press, 1980.

Sudden Trees, and other Stories. Beil.  1999.

Toda la Gente Que Nunca Tuve. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Burnichon, 1966.

Translator;

Antonio Di Benedetto, Animal World: Stories.  Xenos Books, 1996.

Clergyman. Born– April 7, 1914, Goodwater. Parents– Robert N. and Margie Conaway Franklin. Married–Lottie Mae Pruet.  Children–one. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; Union Theological Seminary. Licensed to preach by the United Methodist Church, 1930. Served at various Methodist churches, including First Methodist, Gadsden, 1957-70; First Methodist, Birmingham, 1970-80; Canterbury Methodist, Birmingham, 1980-92.  Member of Rotary and other civic and service organizations.  Trustee of Birmingham-Southern College, 1956-2002. Awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by Freedom Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa., 1964 and 1966. Awarded honorary D.D. by Athens College and Birmingham-Southern College.   Died December 13, 2002.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, 1978; Obituary, Birmingham News, December 15, 2002.

Publication(s):

Faith for These Troubled Times. Westwood, N.J.; Revel, 1958.

We Dream, We Climb. Nashville; Abingdon Press, 1963.

Which Way Forward? Faith at the Crossroads. Westwood, N.J.; Revel, 1962.

Author; artist; filmmaker; art director. Born– March 14, 1934, Mobile. Parents– Harold and Julia (Nicholson) Franklin. Married–Frances Sanders, August 24, 1996. Children–one. Education– Philadelphia College of Art; graduated 1958.. Served in U.S. Army, 1958-1960. Art director for the city of  Philadelphia, 1961-97; film producer, EKO Productions; freelance artist and art agent. Awarded Special Jury Prize, Philadelphia International Film Festival, 1986; Pennsylvania Council Arts Film Fellow, 1992.Member Black Peoples’ Unity Movement and Philadelphia Indiana Film/Video Association.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; prabook.com

Publication(s):

A Garden On Cement. Philadelphia; EKO, 1973.

Once Around the Track. Philadelphia; EKO, 1974.

Which Way To Go. Philadelphia; EKO, 1969.

Biography;

Writer.  Born in Dickinson, Alabama, July 7, 1963.  Married Beth Ann Fennelly; children–two.  Education; University of South Alabama, B.A.; University of Arkansas, M.F.A., 1997.  Taught at University of South Alabama, Bucknell University, Knox College, Galesburg, IL;  Sewanee University, University of Mississippi. Writer-in-Residence, Sewanee University, 2002-03; John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence, University of Mississippi, 2001-02. Published short stories and essays  in journals and anthologies. Guggenheim Fellow, 2001; Edgar Award for best short story for Poachers.

Sources;

Contemporary Authors online.

Author profile in Climbing Mt. Cheaha. Livingston Press, 2004.

Publications;

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.  New York; William Morrow, 2010.

Hell at the Breach.  New York; Morrow, 2003.

Poachers.  New York; Morrow, 1999.

Smonk.  New York; William Morrow, 2006.

Joint_Publications;

Tilted World.  New York;  William Morrow, 2013.

Joint_Editor;

Grit Lit. Columbia:  University of South Carolina Press, 2012.

Contributor;

The Alumni Grill; Anthology of Southern Writers.  San Francisco; McAdam/Cage, 2004.

Climbing Mt. Cheaha; Emerging Alabama Writers.  University of West Alabama; Livingston Press, 2004.

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Teacher, writer; lecturer. Born– Talladega, September 7, 1884.  Parents– William and Leila (Hood) McKenzie. Married– Alfred Smith Frasier, October 21, 1908. Education– Talladega High School, 1901; Judson College, 1903; School of Journalism, Columbia University, 1914. Taught in public schools in Talladega and Greenville and in Albertville Agricultural College. Appointed assistant lady principal of Judson College, 1908, but did not take up the position due to her marriage.Lectured in the East on practical psychology, 1914-1915. Wrote short stories and poems, and a column in the Dothan Eagle.  Member of  Alabama Press Association, Alabama Equal Suffrage, League of Women Voters, Pen and Brush Club of New York, Writers Club of Indianapolis, and Press and Authors Club of Montgomery. Awarded the Press and Authors Club Prize by the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs. The Scottie Frasier Study Club was organized in Dothan in 1930 and named in her honor. Died November 24, 1964.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. III.

Publication(s):

As We See It. Headland, Ala.; Wiregrass Farmer, 1935.

Fagots of Fancy. Wheeling, W. Va.; Progressive Publishers, 1920.

Things That are Mine. Chicago; S. Hinrichsen, 1922.

United Methodist Clergyman; denominational leader. Born– February 11, 1885, Evergreen. Parents– John Stanley and Mary Ella (Chapman) Frazer. Married– Sarah Knickerbocker, June 14, 1911. (died 1915)–one child. Married– Lucy Bomar, 1922–Two children.  Education– Southern University, Greensboro, A.B., 1905; Vanderbilt University, B. D., 1909; post-graduate study at the University of Chicago. Ordained to the ministry in the Methodist Church; served churches in Montgomery, Marion, Auburn, and Selma, as well as Spartanburg, S.C. Filled various leadership positions in his denomination.  Published articles in church journals.  Awarded honorary Litt.D., Birmingham-Southern College. Died May 12, 1969.

Source:

Who’s Who Among North American Authors; Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

The Untried Civilization. Nashville; Abingdon Press, 1921.

Attorney. Born– April 27, 1887, Auburn. Parents– Tucker Henderson and Annie D. (Holifield) Frazer. Married– Mary V. Danner, January 6, 1916. Children– Two. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1906; M.S., 1907; University of Alabama, LL.D., 1913. Admitted to the Alabama Bar and practiced law in Mobile. Died November 9, 1956.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama.

Publication(s):

Early History of Steamboats in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.; s.n., 1907.

Financial services firm executive.  Born December 10, 1929, Montgomery.  Parents–William and Margaret Thompson Frazer. Education:  Huntingdon College, B.A., 1954; Harvard Business School, M.B.A., 1956. Joined the Alabama National Guard at age seventeen; served in U.S.Army in Korea, 1950-53.  Account representative, Sterne, Agee, and Leach, Montgomery, 1956-57:  administrator for the State of Alabama;  1957-1960:  Thornton, Farish and Gauntt, Montgomery,1961-75; CEO, Frazier Lanier Co.;  1976-1996,  Chairman and CEO of the Enstar Group, 1990-2007.    Honors:  Doctor of Humane Letters, Huntingdon College, 2000; CEO emeritus, Enstar, 2007.

Sources:

Marquis Who’s Who online; Alabama Department of Archives and History website.

Publications:

Send the Alabamians:  World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division.  Tuscaloosa:  University of Alabama Press, 2014.

Presbyterian minister, college president. Born– September 16, 1873, LaFayette. Parents– John Alexander and Nancy Emiline (Abernathy) Frazer. Married– Sarah Winnie Jones, October 25, 1899. Children– Three. Education– Southwestern Presbyterian University, A.B., 1897; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1899.  Ordained a Presbyterian minister, 1899. Served churches in Atlanta and Macon, Ga.; Anderson, S.C. Headmaster of Frazer Fitting School for Boys; President of Belhaven College, 1917-1920; president of Queen’s College in Charlotte, 1921-1939; pastor in Pineville, N.C., 1939-1947. Retired 1947; served as supply minister at various churches, including Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile. Member of Shriners, Masons and Kiwanis; popular speaker for Kiwanis International.. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College (SC), 1909;  Davidson College, honorary LL. D., 1926; Southwestern Presbyterian University, LL. D., 1937. Died June 19,1953.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; NCpedia online.

Publication(s):

Bible Notes for Bible Students. Charlotte, N.C.; Presbyterian Standard Publishing Co., 1924.

Challenging Mantles; a Series of Chapel Talks. Charlotte, N.C.; Queen City Printing Co., 1926.

Fireside Musings of “Uncle” Rastus and “Aunt” Randy. Charlotte, N.C.; The Murrill Press, 1925.

The Possumist and Other Stories. Charlotte, N.C.; The Murrill Press, 1924.

Biography;

Soldier; businessman; motivational speaker.  Born December 1, 1924, Fort Deposit, Lowndes County.  Parents:  John Herman and Glennie Gafford Frazier.  Married; children–two. Education: attended Meadows-Draughn Business College and Elmer Wheeler Sales Institute.  Volunteered for the U.S. Army, 1941; captured after the Battle of Bataan in 1942and spent three and a half years in Japanese prison camps.  Discharged in 1945.  Owned a trucking business in Shreveport, La.; National Sales Manager for Howard Van Lines and later worked for Greyhound Car Rental and several other firms around the country. Featured in the PBS series “The War,” directed by Ken Burns.  Lecturer and motivational speaker.  Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the Bronze Star, and four Purple Hearts.

Sources;

Hell’s Guest; pbs website; ancestry.com

Publication;

Hell’s Guest.  Williams and Company, 2007.

Art curator, university professor, editor. Born– October 7, 1908, Philadelphia. Parents– Walter Jackson and Corinne (Keen) Freeman. Married– Barbara Ames Burditt, 1937.  Children– Three. Education– Yale University, A.B., 1932; Harvard University, M.A., 1934. Employed by the Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Mo., 1934-1936; Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, Mass., 1936-1938; Cincinnati Art Museum, 1938-1941; Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Mich., 1941-1947; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947-1950; professor and head of Art Department, University of Alabama, 1950-1956; Hamilton College, 1956-1958; University of Kentucky, 1958-1975. Edited the Cincinnati Art Museum Bulletin, 1938-1951. Member American Federation of Arts, College Art Association, AAUP,  Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, Southeastern College Art Conference, Midwestern College Art Association.  Member Flint Michigan Board of Education, 1945-47. Named a fellow of the University of Kentucky. Awarded status of professor emeritus on his retirement  at the University of Kentucky, 1975. Died October 31, 1986.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

The Lithographs of Ralston Crawford. Lexington, Ky.; University of Kentucky Press, 1962.

Niles Spencer. Lexington, Ky.; Art Department, University of Kentucky, 1965.

Picasso-Grio-Miro. San Francisco; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948.

Ralston Crawford. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1953.

The Prints of Ralston Crawford.  Print Review, 1985.

Editor;

Graphics ’73: Ralston Crawford.  University of Kentucky, 1973.

Graphics ’74:  Spain.  University of Kentucky, 1974.

Graphics ’75: Watergate:The Unmaking of a President.  University of Kentucky, 1975.

Graphics ’76: Britain.  University of Kentucky, 1976.

Joint_Editor:

Best Political Cartoons of 1978.  Puck Press, 1979.

Businessman, university professor, consultant. Born– May 8, 1911, South Bend, Ind. Parents– Robert Warren and Lura (Keller) French. Married– Dorothy Louise Smith, July 8, 1934 (died June 1990); married Nadene Shaner, January 2, 1993. Children– Two. Education– University of Michigan, A.B., 1932; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1937. Served as Brookings Institute fellow, 1934-1935; teaching fellow, 1935-1937. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1941-1946; University of Texas, 1946-1949; Tulane University, 1949-1956, vice president, 1953-1956; port director at New Orleans, 1956-1960; president, Tax Fund Incorporated, 1960-1963; director of professional management program, Graduate School of Business, University of Southern California, 1963-1965; professor and acting dean of the College of Business, University of Alabama in Birmingham; assistant to the president; interim director of the Center for International Programs, 1965-1981. Edited the Louisiana Business Review, 1941-1946, and the Texas Business Review, 1946-1949. Member American Society for Public Administration; Chicago Architectural Foundation; Art Institute of Chicago.  Trustee, Dillard University; Board of Directors, Amistad Research Center. Professor emeritus, UAB, 1981.  Died March 26, 1999.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who in America  online.

Publication(s):

Living Together, Buchanan and Clark 1904-1975. S.l.; s.n., 1976?

Joint_Publication(s):

Basics for Business. Chicago; Whitehall Co., 1968.

See:

Tucker, Irwin St. John

Educator. Born– February 15, 1949, Selma. Parents– George and June Jackson. Education– Huntingdon College, B.S., 1970; University of Alabama, M.S., 1971; Ed.S., 1972; Ph,D., 1973. Employed by the Alabama State Department of Education, 1972-1973. Taught special education at Jacksonville State University, after 1973.. Received the Alpha Brown Award from the Alabama Council for Exceptional Children, 1979. Awarded emeritus status at Jacksonville State upon his retirement.

Source:

No source cited.

Publication(s):

Behavior Management in the Schools; a Primer for Parents. Springfield, Ill.; Charles C. Thomas, 1985.

The Role of the Special Education Paraprofessional; an Introductory Text. Springfield, Ill.; Charles C. Thomas, 1982.

Joint_Publication(s):

Self-Monitoring for Classroom Use. Springfield, Ill.; Charles C. Thomas, 1984.

Housewife; author. Born– August 17, 1852, Cahaba, Dallas County. Parents– Rees Darrington and Mary Louisa (Gill) Gayle. Married– Dr. Joseph Talbot Fry, April 9, 1890. Education– Tutored at home.  Lived in Galveston, Texas, and then in Selma with her husband.  Died January 26, 1930.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. III,  findagrave.com

Publication(s):

Memories of Old Cahaba. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1908.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Anna Maria Gayle Fry is held by the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery.

Scholar and advocate of Persian and other Middle Eastern cultures and languages; Linguist; University professor. Born– January 10, 1920, Birmingham. Parents– Nels and Lillie (Hagman) Frye. Married– Barbara York, May 29, 1948. Children– Three. Married–Eden Naby.  Children–two.  Education– University of Illinois, A.B., 1939; Harvard University, M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1946; post-doctoral study at the University of London, 1946-1947. Served with the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services, 1941-1945; taught at Harvard as Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, 1957-1990; visiting professor at Frankfurt University, 1958-1959. Lectured in German (Germany), French (Tehran and Paris), Persian (Afghanistan), and Russian (Moscow). Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Orientalist Society, and the Explorers Club of New York.  Awarded emeritus status at Harvard on his retirement in 1990. Died March 27, 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary

Publication(s):

The Golden Age of Persia.  Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975.

The Heritage of Central Asia from Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion.  Markus Wiener Publishers, 1996.

The Heritage of Persia. Cleveland; World Publishing, 1963.

History of Ancient Iran. Munich, W. Germany; C.H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandllung, 1983.

Iran. New York; Holt, 1954.

Islamic Iran and Central Asia (7th-12th centuries). London; Variorum Reprints, 1979.

Medieval Bukhara.  University of Oklahoma Press, 1967.

The Near East and the Great Powers. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1951.

Opera Minora. Shiraz, Iran; Asia Institute of Pahlavi University, 1976-

The Sasanian Remains of Qas-iAbu Nasr. Harvard University Press, 1973.

Joint_Publication(s):

History of the Nation of the Archers. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1952.

Notes on the Pre-Islamic Coinage of Transoxiana. New York; American Numismatic Society, 1949.

The United States and Turkey and Iran. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1951.

Editor:

History of Bukhara. Cambridge, Mass.; Medieval Society of America, 1954.

Islam & the West. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1957.

The Near East and the Great Powers. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1957.

Neue Methodologie in der Ianistik. Harrassowitz, 1974.

The Parthian and Middle Persian Inscriptions of Dura-Europos. London; Percy Lund, Humphries, 1968.

The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljugs. Cambridge, Mass.; University Press, 1975.

Sasanian Seals in the Collection of Mohsen Foroughi. London; Jund Humphries, 1971.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Richard Nelson Frye is held by the special collections department at Harvard University libraries.

Literary scholar, theologian,  university professor. Born– July 3, 1921, Birmingham. Parents– John H. and Helen (Mushat) Frye. Married– Jean Elbert Steiner, January 11, 1947. Children– One. Education– Princeton University, A.B., 1943, M.A., 1950, Ph.D., 1952; additional study, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1950-1951. U.S. Army Field Artillery, 1943-1946; reached rank of major and was awarded the Bronze Star; public relations representative for Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, 1946-1947; instructor, Howard College 1947-1948; Emory University, 1952-1961; research professor, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1961-1965; professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1983.  Co-founded the Center of Theological Inquiry at the Princeton Theological Seminary, 1978. Member Modern Language Association, Shakespeare Association of America, and other professional organizations. Awarded Guggenheim fellowship, 1956-1957; grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, 1966 and 1971; and the American Philosophical Society, 1968 and 1971. Received many awards for teaching and scholarship, including the James Holly Hanford Award from the Milton Society and the Thomas Jefferson Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities from the American Philosophical Society, 1997.  Died January 13, 2005.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary in University of Pennsylvania website.

Publication(s):

God, Man, and Satan; Patterns of Christian Thought and Life in “Paradise Lost,” “Pilgrim’s Progress,” and the Great Theologians. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1968.

Is God a Creationist? The Religious Case against Creation-Science. New York; Scribner, 1960.

Language for God and Feminist Language.  Princeton:  Center of Theological Inquiry, 1988.

Milton’s Imagery and the Visual Arts; Iconographic Tradition in the Epic Poems. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1968.

Perspectives on Man; Literature and the Christian Tradition. Philadelphia; Westminster, 1961.

The Renaissance Hamlet; Issues and Responses in 1600. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1984.

Shakespeare and Christian Doctrine. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1963.

Shakespeare; the Art of the Dramatist. Boston; Houghton, 1970.

Shakespeare’s Life and Times; a Pictorial Record. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1967.

Editor:

The Bible; Selections from the King James Version for Study as Literature. Boston; Houghton, 1965.

Is God a Creationist? : The Religious Case against Creation Science.  New York:  Scribners, 1983.