TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences will hold its annual Communication Hall of Fame Oct. 12 in the North Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The event includes a reception, followed by dinner and the ceremony.
The 2013 inductees include Wayne Greenhaw, James W. Oakley and William M. Harvill.
Wayne Greenhaw
Greenhaw was one of Alabama’s most beloved figures and a historian to Montgomery. His series of books on Montgomery and the civil rights movement serve as historic references for many scholars around the world. Greenhaw’s writings won him the UA journalism department’s Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing in 2005 and the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer in 2006.
James W. Oakley
Oakley took his 27 years of running the Centreville Press and his lifetime experience as a journalist and has delivered it to students at The University of Alabama. He advises communication students throughout their careers and helps them seek internships and jobs. He is a past president of the Alabama Press Association, former chairman of the Alabama Commission of Higher Education, and he helped establish the Troy University Hall School of Journalism and serves on its Board of Visitors.
William M. Harvill
Harvill served as CEO of the Intermark Group, which has become the largest advertising agency in Alabama and one of the largest in the Southeast. His work in advertising earned him the 2005 CEO of the Year and Ad Man of the year and the Silver Medal Award from the Birmingham Advertising Federation. Harvill serves on the President’s Cabinet at The University of Alabama and is the chairman of UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Tickets to the event are $125 and can be purchased by phoning 205/348-4787 by Friday, Sept. 27.
Contact
Misty Mathews, UA Media Relations, 205/348-6416, mmathews@ua.edu