TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,400 degrees at winter commencement ceremonies held Monday, Dec. 15, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Dr. Douglas E. Jones, UA professor emeritus of geology and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, was the featured speaker. Jones also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event.
Jones, a 1952 UA alumnus, began his teaching career at UA in 1958. In addition to teaching and research activities during his long tenure, Jones served as department head, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, dean of University Libraries, vice president for academic affairs, and executive director of the UA Museums.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 187,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.
The following students from the Mobile area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
EVERGREEN — Joseph A. Shaw
OPP — Charles M. Burgess III
DOCTORAL DEGREE
IRVINGTON — Amy Gehlken
MOBILE — John Christopher Lehrter
RED LEVEL — Christopher Kaunda Johnson
MASTER’S DEGREE
BREWTON — Khristy La’Shandra Gibson
DAPHNE — Qshequilla Arleaner Parham
FOLEY — Audrea Denise Blackwell
GREENVILLE — David Allen Crenshaw
MOBILE — Deepu Dethan
ORANGE BEACH — Gregory Alan Hopkins Jr.
PRICHARD — Kuwanna N. Moore
THOMASVILLE — Amy Catherine Andrews
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Elizabet Joy Kervin, Jason Adam Lowman, Christopher Laith Messick, Tambri Eve Pouncey, John Michael Wells
BAY MINETTE — Dancy Brock Mosley
BREWTON — William D. Fountain Jr.
CHATOM — Paul Adam Williams
CHICKASAW — Mary Rebekah McLain
DAPHNE — Kristopher Brandt Bahouth, Kristen Suzanne Carroll, Erin Marie Dunlap, Atlas Bolar Herrion
FAIRHOPE — Amanda Forster Pennington, Farrah Danielle Pierce, Tiffany Lauren Rush, Stephanie Summer Sanders
FRISCO CITY — Michael Brandon Lee
GREENVILLE — Melanie Elaine Rainey, Leah Margaret Utley
GROVE HILL — Larry Tyler Bagley, Melissa Rene’ Fleming
GULF SHORES — Stacey-Ann Van Valkenburgh
IRVINGTON — Daron Gordon Bell
JACKSON — Clinton Earl Flowers, Alice Rae Pepper, Kimberly Natasha Pugh, Carrie Leigh Williams
LINDEN — Tara Elizabeth Hill
LISMAN — Patricia Ann Allen
LOXLEY — Forrest Daniel Thrasher
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS — Christopher Robert Thurber
McINTOSH — Nancy Brooke Jarrell
MOBILE — John David Carey, Dana Catherine Carmichael, Tierney Lavelle Christian, Amanda Marie Coleman, Andre Deanthony Cooke, John Morgan Crossman, Thomas Ferrell Cunningham, Genevieve Marie De Sanctis, Hannon Elon Fayard Jr., Alison Suzanne Hartselle, Timothy Ackley Hoffman, Brent Nelson Keith, Lauren Gabrielle Levins, Howard Francis Mathis IV, Michael Jerode McCann, Gerald Bevis McKean Jr., Lorie Lynn Murray, John Benjamin Nabors, Michelle Marie Nelson, Jonathan Merrill Patterson, Ann Marie Pierce, Brian Michael Pope, Matthew Stephen Quinn, Allison Leigh Resnick, Levi Robertson III, Sara Rebeca Robertson, Cristina Deniece Rodgers, Anne Deason Stalcup, Jennifer Donahue Thomas, Gabriel Cliff Walvatne, Sarah Elizabeth Whitfield, Leslie Grace Williams.
MYRTLEWOOD — Thomas Brian Jowers, Thomas Brandon Thurber.
OPP — Anna Channell Grimes
ORANGE BEACH — Thomas Glenn Scott
PINE HILL — Quintella Shante Crawford
POINT CLEAR — John Clark McDuff
RED LEVEL — Mitchell Ray Grissett
ROBERTSDALE — Erin Rebecca Phillips
SEMMES — Russell William Cantrell, Casey Diane Grimes
SWEET WATER — Sheila A. Rodgers
THEODORE — James David Brinson
THOMASVILLE — Sarah Elizabeth Cornelson
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu