TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,250 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Friday, May 17, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Outgoing UA President Andrew Sorensen gave the commencement address during two University-wide commencement ceremonies. Sorensen was recently named president of the University of South Carolina and will assume that position in July.
During the ceremonies, acclaimed author and scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Gates is the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities and chair of Afro-American studies at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research.
Also, the late Frank M. Johnson Jr. received the Hugo Black Award, posthumously. Johnson, who died in 1999, is remembered for his historic contributions to civil rights issues of the last century while a U.S. District Court justice. The Black Award, named in honor of the late Supreme Court Justice and UA alumnus Hugo Black, recognizes distinguished service to the people of Alabama and the nation and is the highest award given by the University.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 181,000 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
BREWTON — Tara Terrell Taite
DAPHNE — Ashley Ann Brackin, John Barry Gamble
EVERGREEN — Kelly Rogene Booker
MOBILE — Kristin Taylor Ashworth, Charles James II, Henry James Koch, Joseph David Stutz, Jason Scott Topper, Jessica Michelle Westbrook
PINE APPLE — Douglas Scott Mitchell
POINT CLEAR — Alysonne Odessa Hatfield
SWEET WATER — William Anderson Ward
DOCTORAL DEGREE
FAIRHOPE — Jess M. Brookhart
MASTER’S DEGREE
ATMORE — Delphine Goldsmith, Paula Leslye White
BAY MINETTE — Sean Reid Denmark
BEATRICE — Raynetta Prevo
BREWTON — Ruth Ann McCarty
CAMDEN — Megan Dial Wetherbee
DAPHNE — Tony Ray Adair, Delane Vaughn Harrison, Susan Roberts Landrum, James Ernest Scarbrough
DEER PARK — Martha Dees Coaker
DEMOPOLIS — Heather Rowley Carpenter, Sean Michael Smith
EAST BREWTON — Andrea Renee Hart
ELBERTA — Sherry Lee Frank
FAIRHOPE — Jenny Louise McCarthy
FLOMATON — Laura Lynn Rowland
FOLEY — Kristin Davis Bedsole, Nancy Lynn Dallas, Ansley Kathryn Hanson, Elizaeth Hinote Lucassen, C. Ballard Sweat
GULF SHORES — Hailee Dews Kuntz
JACKSON — Jeffrey Beason Campbell
LINDEN — Robert Ashley Cave
LOXLEY — Diana Magdalena Millasovich
MOBILE — Marie Margaret Brady, Andrew R. Carl, Laura Olney Gale, Daniel Ivan Heagle, Larosa Johnson, David Anthony Kelley, Betty J. Kidd, Diana Kirilova Leskovska, Megan Ann Maxcy, Mary Ashley Mayhall, Michelle Gobel McLendon, Renee Bangs Mrosowski, Kimberly Horton Nixon, Stacey Ann Obert, William Gainer Parsons, Michelle Reaves Phillips, Stephen Donald Prager, Christina Diane Roe, Angela Lacy Tanveer, Shauna Stricklin Ward
MONROEVILLE — Deidra Rivres Munnerlyn
PENNINGTON — Jessica Erin Long
PERDIDO — Brenda H. Mustin
ROBERTSDALE — Gail Montz Whitaker
SEMMES — Kelly Dawn Gill
SILVERHILL — Tonja Le Young
SPANISH FORT — Margaret Ashley Kelly
STOCKTON — Reva Jean Ward
THEODORE — Roger Keith Stewart
THOMASVILLE — Brandon Neil Cline, Jasmine Elise Hodges
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Olivia Brandace Burnham, Jason Harold Sellers, Joshua Hagan Sellers, Michael Anthony Wells, Amanda Lauren Yant, John Wayne Agee
ATMORE — Michael Brian Donaldson
BAY MINETTE — Stacy Leanne Martin
BREWTON — Joshua Lee Barrentine, James Boswell Campbell Jr., Frederick Laron Cope, Mathew Benjamin Davidson, James Morgan Fountain, Alline Aylia McKee
BUTLER — Lashonda Shamekia Harbin, Katherine E. Hensleigh
CHATOM — Jessica Rene’ Massey
CODEN — Gregory S. Patterson
DAPHNE — John Reese Bedsole, James Thomas Hunter, Brad Rodney Matthews, Robert Gordon Roberts IV, Chad Allen Sanders, Chandler Elizabeth Touart
DAYTON — Robert Edward Poole
DEMOPOLIS — Patrick Gray Agee, Cristy Sue Bell, Natalie Elizabeth Hendrick, Amanda Diane Phillips, Kenneth Mack Tucker Jr.
DIXONS MILLS — Katrina Moniqua Dumas
EVERGREEN — William Lyle Bell, Lakeisha Shonta Ray, Coretta Latristaca Rodgers, Shakira Nicole Thomas, Heather Lynn Varner
FAIRHOPE — Candace Garner Antinarella, Joshua Allen Moore, Andrea Nicole Washington
FAUNSDALE — Martha Garland McKee, Keisha Lashay Turner, Michelle Britannia Turner
FOLEY — Christina Suzanne Creighton, Jacob Clark Nims, Shawn Kevin Smitley
FRANKVILLE — Laparry Towanski Howell
GILBERTOWN — Alicia Lynn Lewis
GREENVILLE — Andrew Thomas Coleman, Tatum Adams McArthur, Joshua Roy Simmons
GROVE HILL — Emmanuel Dale Allen, Leslie Diane Brown, George Marshall Keahey, Cassandra Pendleton
GULF SHORES — Ashley Elizabeth Dalgo, Edgar James Files III, Danielle Anna Watson, Jamie Ryan Wilkes
HOPE HULL — Emily Ann Dauber
JACKSON — Russell Lee Harvey, Katherine O’Neal Hundley, Brian Michael Middleton, Cassie Lynn Williams
LILLIAN — Jacqueline Elizabeth Hahn, Charles Edward Watkins
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS — Catharine Boyd Chappelle
MILLRY — Stephanie Michelle Duran, Rachel Allison Guy
MOBILE — Meagan Ashley Barnett, Anna Louise Bender, Elizabeth Ann Bostick, Charles Poyntz Brinson, Chi Thi Bui, Tien K. Bui, Aubrey Lamont Collins, Charles Jerome Crawford, Solomon Davis III, Karen Ann Delaney, Jennifer Lien Easterling, Elizabeth Helen Fesler, Andrew Brent Freeman, Bryan Scott Gregory, Mary Katherine Harvill, Richard Douglas Jackson Jr., April Christina Jeffrey, Samantha Dawn Johnson, Ryan Michael Kyranakis, Gray Hays Lyon, Alicia Yvette Madison, William Joseph McDermott, William Curry McEvoy, Daniel Evan Murphy, Susan Elizabeth Murray, Lyon Cunningham Newell, Breck Lorin Nicholas, Catherine Lynn North, Thomas Tan Phan, Matthew Paul Simpson, Melanie Lynn Smith, Melissa Anne Smithweck, Virginia Sandys Stimpson, Matthew Anderson Stroud, Debra Liane Vesper, Emily Odile Vrazel, Natalie Scott-Watson Walker, Matthew Maxwell Wehner, William Bryant Yeager
MONROEVILLE — Jan Elizabeth Mims, Tate McTouchton
OPP — Christian Deann Sanders
ORANGE BEACH — William Harrell Ward Jr.
PINE HILL — Vera Nekol Morgan
POINT CLEAR — Scott Hall Cooper
PRICHARD — James Maurice Lee Jr., Kuwanna N. Moore
ROBERTSDALE — Lance Finley Harrison, Lauren Michael Linne
SARALAND — Kristy Kay Adler, Chrystal Lynn Hood, Walter Dale Vickery
SATSUMA — Bryan Eugene Comer
SEMMES — Jason Hugh Brantley, Justin Kyle Everette, Cecilia Earlean Hamilton, Jennifer Lynn McMullen
SPANISH FORT — Shannon Eve Barnhill, Margaret Kay Groves, Ashley Denise Street
THEODORE — Donna Nicole Roberts, Kimberly Spann
THOMASVILLE — Amy Catherine Andrews, Lucas Travis Andrews, Mandy Mariah Fendley, Angela Reid Powell
WAGARVILLE — William Theodore King
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu