TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama awarded approximately 1,100 degrees at summer commencement exercises held Saturday, Aug. 12, at Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Vivian Malone Jones, UA’s first African American graduate, was the featured speaker. She also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree at the ceremony.
Jones enrolled at UA on June 11, 1963, following Gov. George Wallace’s unsuccessful “stand in the schoolhouse door,” and in 1965 received her degree in business management. In 1996, she retired after more than 30 years in various federal government positions that culminated with her position as director of the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency. She currently works with the Atlanta Associates of MONY Life Insurance Company of America.
With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 175,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement three times a year.
The following students from Birmingham and surrounding areas were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
DOCTORAL DEGREE
BIRMINGHAM-35222-Elaine Marianne Bailey, Philip Charles Burton, 35242-Deborah Michelle Emanuel, 34244-Jorge Gabriel Varela.
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALABASTER-Dana Sparks Gurley.
BIRMINGHAM-35203-Cynthia Thornton Stepter, 35208-Bart Matthew Trench, 35209-Elizabeth Wilson Beavers, Henry Marrow Gordon, 35212-Megan Lee Wicks, 35213-Susan King Kearney, Alice Murray Nading, Julia McKewen Shepherd, 35215-Joseph Donald Sharp Jr., 35216-Amy Katherine Boohaker, Jason Michael Frey, Karen Lee Jones, Joyce B. McKay, Tricia Lee Wilson, 35222-Finley Bullard Evans, 35223-Sue McArthur Read, 35226-Wende Jean Anderson, Jennifer M. Stjohn, 35235-Laurie Rene’ Schomburg, 35242-Jennifer Cameron Freeman, Rachel Dawn Holland, Monica Ann Lloyd, Jared Andrew Rohn, Pamela Sherrill Walker, 35243-Andrew Marlin Ellis, Jamie Collins Peerson, 35244-Lori Corrigan, Lori Lee James, Arnena Pauline Parker.
CALERA-Carla Turner Waddell.
HELENA-Patricia Thornhill Dodson, John Timothy Estes, Lori Robin Locke.
HOOVER-Ginger Cockrum Clark, Leslie Alane Tombrello.
HUEYTOWN-Katherine Tillery Davis.
MAYLENE-John Frederick King.
McCALLA-William Wesley Russell, Miranda B. Springer.
PELHAM-James Edward Lumpkin, Donald Gene Murphy.
PLEASANT GROVE-Taylor Hill Henry.
STERRETT-Kathryn Margaret Sheridan.
TARRANT-Jon Howell Bowers.
VESTAVIA HILLS-Matthew Chad Crimaldi, William Mark Whitehurst.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALABASTER-Brandi Nichole Headley.
BESSMER-Vantasha Marshea May.
BIRMINGHAM-35205-Stephanie Nilsson, 35206-Anthony Sean Wilson, 35209-Joi Aneise Jones, Ashley Laura Pharo, 35210-Joel Travis Lackey, 35211-Pamela Jean Sparks, 32513-James Bushnell Whatley, 35214-Maureen Genae Cowan, 35215-Booker Jesse Brown Jr., Johnny Howard Edwards, Jennifer Leigh Gardner, Maria Aleksandrovna Prokushkina, Amanda Karis Johnson, Erica Trene` Wheeler, 35216-Marie Antionette Evans,
Steven Dale Holloway II, Andrew Kent Nix, Ann Lacy Rosdick, Susan Taylor Thomas,
35222-Christopher Henry Hooks, Joseph Hyman McClure II, 35223-Brian Scott Kelley,
Jeffrey Conner Liles, 35226-Geoffrey William Calhoun, Hunter Kenton Hudson, Ashley Brooke Lambert, Ron Owen Morrison, Alisha Dequay Roundtree, Roderick Bryan Underwood, John William Young III, Thomas James Zito Jr., 35235-Jamie Lynne Beard,
John Kamal Sahawneh, Rebekah Leigh Tatum, 35242-John Christian Davis, Lee William Davis, Tiffany Rose Deck, Janet Leigh Douglas, Susie Leigh Glover, Jeremy Andrew Lawley, Bradley Kenneth Ledbetter, Joseph Curtis Marquez, William Mark Numnum,
David James Todd, Laderick Vantour Underwood, Emily Allison Varner, 35243-
John Glenn Carmichael, Carter Jacob Halfman, April Liane Phillips, 35244-Jason Harding Lucas, Fred Albert Nelson III, Wiley Dennis Wood III, 35252-Meredith Fayard,
35255-Alan Lafayette Mason.
FAIRFIELD-Carolyn Josette Foster, Anitra Elise Grant.
HELENA-Michelle Kristine Wise.
HOOVER-Mohammed Al-Mohammed-Ali, Patrick Joseph Fincher, Kevin Raymond Kusta, Andrew Benson Pipkin, Lisa Ann Plaia, Stephanie Michelle Pool, Sarah Roberta Ritchey, Adam Ray Slovensky.
HUEYTOWN-Katie Anna Jennings, Reagan Lea Kornegay, Rebecca Shay Stacks.
LEEDS-Susanne Parker Lee.
McCALLA-Jayson Andrew Cox, Jacob Anthony Leake, Jeffrey Alan Taylor.
MONTEVALLO-Leslie Pauline Hammac.
MOODY-Johnny Shane Sharpe.
MORRIS-Jason Thomas Smith.
MOUNTAIN BROOK-Vance Patrick Ballard.
MULGA-David Simpson Bivens.
PELHAM-Emily Elizabeth Ehl, Paula Marie Journey, Patrick Wayne Martinis, Joseph Walter Weber, Jeremy Clint Wortham.
PINSON-Summer Leigh Clem.
TRUSSVILLE-Jennifer Celeste Little, Michael Wesley Pierce.
VESTAVIA HILLS-Matthew Ryan McCann.
VINCENT-Jay Wesley Elliott, Samantha Leigh Shew.
WARRIOR-Leah Marie Gilbert, Derek Allen Johnson
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