TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,467 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Internationally renowned flutist and conductor Ransom Wilson gave the commencement address at UA’s two University-wide commencement ceremonies held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Wilson, an Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, is professor of flute at Yale University. He has recorded 30 albums as both flutist and conductor and was nominated three times for the “Grammy” award.
Wilson received an honorary doctorate of human letters from UA. Two notable Alabamians also received awards at the 9 a.m. ceremony. Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University Professor at Auburn University and an expert on Southern history, politics and religion, received the Hugo Black Award, UA’s top award, in recognition of his distinguished service to the people of Alabama and the nation. H. Pettus Randall III, who served as chair of Randall Publishing before his death in 2002, was the posthumous recipient of the Julia and Henry Tutwiler Distinguished Service Award.
David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, was the speaker for the UA Law School graduation ceremony held Friday at 5 p.m. Bronner holds both a law degree and a doctorate degree from the University and served as assistant dean of the UA Law School from 1972-73.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 185,000 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 Mobile were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
BREWTON — John Kirkman Garrett
DAPHNE — Elizabeth Larkin Hatchett
DEMOPOLIS — Monica Hall Grecu
FAIRHOPE — Russell Rawls Henry
MOBILE — Susan Leanna Bankester, Britt Ventson Bethea, Bradley Eugene Dean, Camille Ann Root, Charles C. Wimberly Jr.
THEODORE — Linda Jo Marston
DOCTORAL DEGREE
FAIRHOPE — Nicole Ervin Amare
MASTER’S DEGREE
BAY MINETTE — Matthew Wade Horton
BUTLER — Patricia Dumont Ezell, Dana Lynn Taylor
CASTLEBERRY — Kelly Marie Wilcox
CHUNCHULA — Tracy Jacquelyn Bryan
DEMOPOLIS — Sean Michael Smith
EIGHT MILE — Erin Tralyn Sanders
GREENVILLE — Harriet Crenshaw Johnson, Frieda Anderson Stevens
HOPE HULL — Kerri Michelle Keith
MOBILE — Robert A. Arendall III, Abdellaziz Batiss, Annette Marie Duranso, Andrew Randolph Shotts, Anson Flynt Stebbins
VREDENBURGH — Lasonja Bonita Kennedy
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANDALUSIA — Carl Lee Clark Jr., Amanda Faith Freeman, Mary Ann Grimes
ATMORE — Tamra Nicole Killam, David Dauphin Swift, Susan Carney Swift, Jennifer Marie Todd, Sarah Frances Ward
AXIS — Joseph Brian Herring
BREWTON — Charlie Lee McGhee, Richard Patrick Rotch, Kristian J. Stallworth, Stephen Clark Thomas
BUTLER — Alane Victoria Breland
CAMDEN — Charles Gorin Martens
CASTLEBERRY — James Anthony Hall
CHAPMAN — Donald Keith Williams
CHATOM — Rachel Elizabeth Laurie
CREOLA — Sarah Renea Skidmore
DAPHNE — Lauren Gayle Monroe, Steven Paul Savarese Jr., Jennifer Suzanne Williams
DAUPHIN ISLAND — Erin Ranae Bedwell, Mary Katherine Jones
DEMOPOLIS — Kelley Elizabeth Freeman
DIXONS MILLS — Antonio Terrell White
EIGHT MILE — Temelle Eben Dotch, Latasha Jenea Graham, Angela Gail Hunter
EVERGREEN — George Foster Brown, Roderick Keith McIntyre
FAIRHOPE — Heidi Krista Harshberger, Austin E. James, Stephanie Summer Sanders, Morgan Edward Slay
FAUNSDALE — Travis Demarcus Agee
FLOMATON — James Michael McCutchin
FLORALA — Kristin Andrea Donaldson
FOLEY — Mariah Degruy, Carrie Ann Parr, Victoria Nicole Shepard
GILBERTOWN — Brandon Clint Gibson, Anna Leigh Nealey
GRAND BAY — Kayla Bonnie Erwin
GREENVILLE — Laquesha Deshawn Feagin, Lila Deane Newton
GROVE HILL — Amy Elizabeth Clarke, Melissa C. Daniels, Steven Brian Hutto
GULF SHORES — Timothy Alan Hill, Braxton Henry Maddox, Silas Levi Peters, Keith Andrew Pilston
HOPE HULL — Cherqueta Romeca Claiborn, Kwoneathia Rasha Hill, Warren Tucker Keith
JACKSON — Christy Dawn Beverly, Haley Shawn Noble, Andrew Wesley Warren
LILLIAN — Louis Rhoda Jernagan
LINDEN — Tiffany Nico’l Phillips
MILLRY — Renesha Lafaye Mitchell
MOBILE — Ashley Elizabeth Adams, Tamika Renee Allen, Todd Christian Allen, Katherine Rebecca Baker, Thomas Fitzgerald Benton, Lisa Elaine Bumpers, Jason Paul Conner, Ashley Ann Davis, Dwain Churchill Denniston, Regan Cory Downing, Michael Joseph Fillers, Lindsey Susanne Foster, Josh Daniel Friedman, Heather Marie Fuqua, Myles Randall Grim, Jessie Reynalds Hill, Samuel Stanton Hory, Deshara Shontee Huff, David Gordon Inge, Amanda Marie Kirchler, Terry Dewayne Lamar, Timothy Joseph Laurence, Rachel Christine Luker, John Carl Medicus, Mary Elizabeth Middleton, Shaneka Juante Moore, Elizabeth Joyce Murphy, David Eugene Newberry, Jonathan Merrill Patterson, James Louis Perrien, Marico Jermond Portis, Stacey Leann Proffitt, Stephanie Lane Reed, Emily Claire Sebastian, Julia Margaret Sisson, Courtney Lane Smith, Jasmine Marie Smith, Melvin Garrett Smith, Shannon Renee Smith, David Robert Steber, Shaun Michael Steele, Lindsey Michelle Stiegler, Mary Blakely Sullivan, Justin West Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Turner, Erol M. Wallace, Matthew Lee Warren, Margaret Diane Williams
MONROEVILLE — Jay Christian Lomenick, Marion Sentell McIntosh, Casey Laree Morgan
MONTROSE — Thomas Barrett Norris
OPP — Walter Hornsby Burgess, Crystal Gale Stephens, Neal Allen Yancey
ORANGE BEACH — Homer Legrand Baldwin III, Justin Kenneth Baldwin, Meredith Northup Miles, Paul Jackson Smith
PRICHARD — Eric Durrell Moore, Trina Lashaye Nobles, Maggie Elaine Stevenson
ROBERSTDALE — Gaylan Ashley Cillo
SARALAND — Andrew Scott Passmore, Ashley Nichole Walker
SATSUMA — Ronnie Allen Andress Jr., Brendon Heath Morris
SEMMES — Travis Whitney Everette
SILAS — Katina Renee Bryant
SPANISH FORT — Candice Sue Cotten, Carrie Alexis Finch, Joshua David Harper
ST. STEPHENS — William Theodore King
SWEET WATER — Meredith Rae Mathers, Sheila A. Rodgers
THEODORE — Clifton Murray Carter, Amberly Dawn Summey
THOMASVILLE — Laurel Jade Hodges
TOXEY — Roderick Dewayne Anderson
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu