TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama awarded approximately 2,190 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Saturday, May 13, at Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Best-selling author Winston Groom was the commencement speaker; Alabama Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer Jr. spoke at the UA School of Law’s graduation ceremony.
Groom, who received an honorary doctorate of humane letters, is best known for his novel “Forrest Gump” which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning motion picture. He is currently working on “The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at The University of Alabama,” due out this fall from the UA Press.
With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 174,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement three times a year.
The following students from Mobile and surrounding areas were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
ANDALUSIA-Jeffrey Adam Rabren.
DAPHNE-David Reynolds Pruet III.
FAIRHOPE-Matthew Eston Rone.
GRAND BAY-Melissa Marie Lindquist.
GREENVILLE-Maxwell Chadwick Myrick.
HOPE HULL-Dawn Latasha Oliver.
LINDEN-Laura Andrea Drinkard.
MOBILE-Joseph Michael Allen III, Johnathan Lloyd Butler, Pascal Benoit Caputo, Amy Elizabeth Davis, Christopher Michael Davis, Page Stanley Ellis, John Franklin Isbell, Robert Ball McGinley Jr., Elizabeth Elliott Melton, John Michael Phillips, Jason Dale Volkman, Thomas Brian Walsh.
SEMMES-Jeanna Davis Chappell, Christopher Morris Gill.
MASTER’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA-Rodney Dave McMillan.
ATMORE-Eric Quentin Byrd.
COY-Diana Adele Tait.
DAPHNE-Cathy Lynn Cantor, Ashley Shurden Williams.
DEMOPOLIS-Sean Michael Smith.
DIXONS MILLS-Torriente Leron White.
ELBERTA-Jenny Lynne Camburn, Michael James Gartman.
FOLEY-Alyce Osborne Watts, Aubrey E. Willis Jr.
MOBILE-Sharrie Wilhelm Cranford, Brooks Christopher Delaney, Wei Pan Feinstein, Anne McCall Gill, Bonnie Ann Hebert, Elizabeth Anne Hicks, Brenda Bowen Melancon, Catherine Key Scott, Francine Anderson Welsh.
PINE HILL-Brenda Kaye Stockman.
THEODORE-Brenda Lynette Head.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA-Klinton John Baggett, Edward Robert Bentley, Arine Leigh Eiland, Kandi Owens, Mary Ann Rabren.
ATMORE-Cotrena Marie Bearden, Rachel Michele Weaver, Paula Leslye White.
BAY MINETTE-Katherine Hamlin Beasley, Roland Shane Jordan, Melanee Leigh Robertson.
BREWTON-Kristine Bergeron Bru.
BUTLER-Patricia Dumont Ezell, Heather Elizabeth Johnson, Jessica Lynn Lathem.
CHICKASAW-Karey Leanne Kilgore.
DAPHNE-James Jacob Carroll, Emily Marie Eiland, Mary Kathleen Halliday, Kelvin O’Neal Moore, Kara Marie O’Connor, Jennifer Lynn Stein.
DEMOPOLIS-Brandon Shane Agee, Deshanta Neshae Ingram, Emily Randall King, Jennifer Rose Northcutt, Cedric Howard Samuel, Regina Dawn Sprinkle.
EAST BREWTON-Sean Patrick Kelley.
EXCEL-Emily Suzanne Barnes.
FAIRHOPE-Jennifer Renee Emerson.
FLORALA-Natalia Pamela Hosein.
FOLEY-Matthew Ian Goforth, C. Ballard Sweat.
FRANKVILLE-Kristie D’Anne Butts.
FRISCO CITY-Amber Marlise McKinley.
GREENVILLE-Walter Lee Womack III.
GROVE HILL-Steven Brian Hutto.
GULF SHORES-Nicholas Robert Frerman, John Malcolm McInnis III.
HOPE HULL-Tina Maria Alms.
JACKSON-Frances Louanne Green.
LILLIAN-Thomas Randall Cotton.
LINDEN-Thomas Christopher Kynard.
LOXLEY-Sherie Allison Lee.
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS-Joey McDavid Parker.
MOBILE-Leroy Harte Benton IV, Britt Ventson Bethea, Jack Larry Bishop III, Lorie Ann Buckalew, Patricia Lockhart Burch, Brooke Elizabeth Chassin, William Richard Delaney Jr., Mark David Fillers, Michael Acker Galloway, Elizabeth Harwell Garth, Chadwick Vann Gay, Stephen Bruce Graham Jr., Rebecca Gale Holbein, Stuart Thomas Jacobs, Shanna Ruth Jarvis, Krystal Shonta Jiles, Christina Marie Johnston, Vincent Matthew Langan, Matthew Stephen Lukas, Charles S. Macdonald III, Susan Grove McCall, Norman McLeod McInnis IV, Jason Mahalas Mitchell, Anthony Melvin Murray, Emily Suzanne Nicholson, Kimberly Marie Ouzts, Jason Christopher Pace, Wesley Stephen Parker, Katherine Elise Perrien, Greg Matthew Phillips, Kheushla La’Shonda Powe, Daniel Benjamin Powers, Jason Keeley Riemann, Tracey Renee Scott, Caroline Sinkler Sledge, Stuart Pope Smith, Carrie Michelle Spain, Richard C. Sullivan Jr., Michael Cullen Thompson Jr., Stephen Owen Trice, Michael Glennon Vickery, Elizabeth Cobb Wells, William Jason Whatley, Brianna Spring Williams, Tara Revette Williams, Jill Suzanne Youngblood.
MONROEVILLE-Charles Bryan Sellers.
ORANGE BEACH-Elizabeth Allen Baird, Patrick Wayne Bussey III, Nick Owen Wilmott,
David Michael Winck.
PINE HILL-Deandrae Lashann Kimbrough.
POINT CLEAR-Robert Manley Britton.
SEMMES-Melanie Carol Henson.
SILVERHILL-Sarah Jeane Appelt.
THEODORE-Fred Blackwell Carrington, Jessica Joanna Long.
THOMASVILLE-Vikki Lynn Richardson, Natalie Gail Williams.
WILMER-Laura Jean Dunn.
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