TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A commemoration ceremony for Dr. Julie C. Laible is planned for Wednesday, May 3, at 4 p.m. on the lawn outside Bibb Graves Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Laible (1966-1999) was an assistant professor of educational leadership at UA at the time of her death on March 28, 1999. Laible was driving south on Interstate 75 in Florida when a 22-pound piece of concrete block, thrown from an overpass, crashed through her car’s windshield killing her instantly.
Remembered especially for her tireless work on behalf of diversity and anti-racism, she was awarded UA’s Autherine Lucy Foster Award posthumously last spring.
UA President Andrew Sorensen; Dr. John Dolly, dean of the College of Education, and friends and colleagues will participate in the program.
The ceremony is set for the site of a tree planted in memory of Laible. In case of inclement weather, however, the ceremony will be moved inside Bibb Graves Hall.
In addition to the program, Laible’s friends and colleagues are soliciting funds for the endowed Julie Laible Memorial Lecture Series on Anti-Racist Scholarship, Education and Social Activism. For more information on the endowment, call Dr. Jerry Rosiek at 205/348-7598.
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Cathy Andreen, Director of Media Relations, 205/348-8322