TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) recently chose the recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards and Alumni Student Awards. The recipients will be recognized at the annual Alumni Weekend luncheon on Saturday, April 1 at noon in the Bryant Conference Center.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards acknowledge and honor an alumna and alumnus of UA for their contributions to the University and the NAA. Selections for the awards are based on loyalty and service to the University and NAA, character and personal life, professional achievement or success in chosen endeavor and community service on a local and/or state or national level.
The 2006 Distinguished Alumna Award winner is Sara West Wuska of Vestavia Hills and the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner is William H. Lanford from Tuscaloosa.
The NAA also recognizes and honors students in the senior class. The students have excelled in academics and extracurricular activities, shown strength of character and maturity, and displayed exceptional hospitality toward guests and friends of the University.
The recipients of the 2006 Alumni Student Award are Shermeen B. Memon of Tuscaloosa and Cody J. Locke of Boaz.
The 2006 Alumni Outstanding Senior Award winners are: Lynsey Anne Bullard of Dothan, John William Crawford Jr. of Montgomery, Rachel Anne Duncan of Pelham, Jennifer Gray of Decatur, William Cochrane Jamison of Tuscaloosa, Taylor Nichols of Northport, DeMeco Ryans of Bessemer, Courtney J. Sanders of Steele, Neil Kirit Shah of Tuscaloosa and LeeAnn Wilson of Vestavia Hills.
Contact
Beth Stephenson or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu
Source
Robin Elmore, UA National Alumni Association, 205/348-1545, relmore@alumni.ua.edu