TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,292 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Saturday, May 19, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Best-selling author and journalist Gay Talese was the featured commencement speaker, and he also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
A 1953 UA graduate, Talese has written the books “The Kingdom and the Power,” “Honor Thy Father,” and “Unto the Sons.” Talese, who has also written for The New York Times, Esquire Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and Saturday Evening Post, is credited with founding the “New Journalism” movement emphasizing creativity, a narrative style, dialogue and other features often reserved for fiction.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 178,000 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 Huntsville were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
BOAZ-Christina Leles Tabereaux.
HUNTSVILLE-Joseph Douglas Aiello, Richard Patrick Chesnut, Walter Brad English, Sean Christopher Pierce, Montrece McNeill Ransom.
MADISON-Albert Jones, Kacey Leigh Keeton.
PISGAH-Jonathan Elliott Raulston.
DOCTORAL DEGREE
MERIDIANVILLE-Stacy Shannon Ikard.
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Gina Hanners, Yi Jia Li, George Layton Thorne.
ARAB-Adriane Trimble-Hunt.
ATHENS-Elizabeth Collier, Joseph Palmer Olson, J. Scott Smith.
BOAZ-June Sanford Jenkins.
DECATUR-Jodi Annette Henderson, Mary Bulger Hillis, Linda Odem McClain, Angela Renee Nelson, Edwin Cross Nichols Jr., Dwight Norris Satterfield, Kyndra Gassen Smith.
GRANT-Stacy Anderton.
GUNTERSVILLE-Amy Ralston Hyatt, Joshua Jamison Swords.
HARVEST-Christopher Fulton Thompson.
HORTON-Melissa Goss Landers.
HUNTSVILLE-Lota Carolyn Boudreaux, Martha Faye Bruce, John David Dennison, Judith January-Lee Dennison, Nicole L. Dunn, Ryan Christopher King, Erin Malone, Cheri Leigh Mangum, Patricia Elaine Moy, David C. O’Neil, Bryan Kenneth Pourcho, Sean Gerald Ridgeway, Wendy Steadman Stephens, E Wayne Tackett, Qinghua Xie.
MADISON-Stacy Leigh Hughey, Carey Levon Jimmerson, Sherry Latham Leatherwood, Melissa G. Strickland, Lauretta Crawford Teague.
SCOTTSBORO-Charles Martin Cobb, Steven Brian Paradise, Teresa Lynne Zimmer.
SECTION-Franklin Boyd Hambrick Jr.
STEVENSON-Nikki Delayne Hicks.
TONEY-Lindsay Ezell Collier.
UNION GROVE-Denise Tolomei Porch.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Melanie Leigh Cochran, Samanatha Areatha Garrison, Chadwick Albert Glover, Allison Leigh Godwin, Autumn Danielle Hilsman, Adam Kang-Ming Huang, Clinton Dale Ledbetter, Matthew Mitchell Phillips, Jon Ivan Roden, Keith Allen Tew, Keri Leeann Turley.
ARAB-Rebeccca Anne Beane, Heather Belle Jones, Jeffrey Scott Nixon, Ellis F. Porch III, Kevin Michael Serrett, Joshua Blake Wharton.
ARDMORE-Charlsie Ninnette Crabtree.
ATHENS-Brian Thomas Brister, Jamie Lamonth Cain, Jason Dale Chambers, Frances Clay Davis, Wilson Hyde Haney, Gelia Carter Langley, Justin Alan Pepper, Joseph Wharton Williams Jr.
DECATUR-Kristi Clemons Adams, Steven Matthew Brown, James Patrick Casey, John Peter Duncan, Benjamin Anton Grimm, Mary Kimberly Jennette, Allison Michelle Lowery, Amanda Grace McEntire, Ashley Justin McIntyre, Allison Paige Mills, Virginia Lacy Pruitt, Bradley Davin Tuggle, Amber Michelle White, Stanley Glenn Wilson, Lee Bergren Worthey, Laura Beth Yates.
FLAT ROCK-Tristaca Lynn Williams.
GUNTERSVILLE-Laura Kathryn Brooks, Andrew Douglas Clink, Jamie Blair Davis, Brandy Lynn Langford, Jessica Sara Langley, Suzanna Kathleen McGuire, Diedra Erin Saint, April Nicole Smith.
HARTSELLE-Michael Allan Blaylock, Robert Christopher Blaylock, Michael Scott Harper, Shannon Lynn McCaig, Nancarrow Leigh Rabb, Daniel Wayne Statham.
HARVEST-Edward Richard Blount III, Heather Mae Engutan, Leslie Rumiko George, Alison Leigh Pietrzyk, Joann Taylor.
HOLLYWOOD-Katrina Ann Thompson.
HUNTSVILLE-Joshua Wayne Adsit, Jason Ross Annerton, Stephanie Nicole Barnes, Sarah Isabel Blue, Jennifer Dawn Bradberry, Christopher Kevin Bryant, Ladonna Michele Carpenter, Virginia Ann Coffey, David Benjamin Cooke, Katie Lynn Davis, Ryan Seth Dearmond, Benjamin Eugene Dunham, Benjamin Matthew East, Wesley Dale Etheredge, Lauren Elizabeth Fleenor, Shayla Rae Fletcher, Justin Warren Follis, Laura Joy Forsythe, Denise Nicole Gero, John Roehm Gibson, Frances Peterman Hartwell, Matthew Michael Hawkins, Jonathan Calhoun Hayden, Katherine Lee Herber, Elizabeth Ashley Howard, Rob Stephen Husmann, Andrea Rae Jacks, Melanie Sue Jones, Ryan Christopher King, Lauren Brooke Lambert, Johnna Helen Lane, Dominic Mitchell, Bradley Colin Moore, David Zachariah Nuckols, Jonathan Lynn Osborne, Monica Michelle Parrish, Christopher M Pfeiffer, Kacey Lynn Roberson, Tiffany Geneva Scales, Jonathan David Smith, Deidre Selene Stalnaker, Tammy Renee Stewart, Rachel Nicole Thomas, Theresa June Ward, Haley Cheri Webb, Jason Owen Wells.
MADISON-Ashley Elizabeth Balch, Jennifer Nicole Brown, Christopher Michael Carter, Jennifer Ann Lovett, David McLean Morrison, Timothy Harrell Nash.
MERIDIANVILLE-Melissa Dianne Johnson, Sabrina Lynnett Steele.
OWENS CROSSROADS-Jeremiah Michael Hodges, Craig Steven Lamar Jr., Brian Robert Lorenz.
SCOTTSBORO-Mackenzie Leigh Cordes, Jacob Warren Crawford, Amanda Nicole Duke, John Clinton Jacobs, Virginia Huey-Jong Lei, Emily Harrison Ponsford, Benjamin Frank Sport.
SOMERVILLE-Stacey Anne Feinswog.
Contact
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