TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,400 degrees at winter commencement ceremonies held Monday, Dec. 15, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Dr. Douglas E. Jones, UA professor emeritus of geology and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, was the featured speaker. Jones also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event.
Jones, a 1952 UA alumnus, began his teaching career at UA in 1958. In addition to teaching and research activities during his long tenure, Jones served as department head, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, dean of University Libraries, vice president for academic affairs, and executive director of the UA Museums.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 187,000 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 Huntsville area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
HUNTSVILLE — Janet Katharine Andersen, Nicole Minetree
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE — Sherry Ann Holt, Sally Marie Landers, Teresa Eubanks Lokey, Michelle B. Mitchell, Misty Rhodes Sumners
ARAB — Rebekah Dawn Palys, Jennifer Lynn Teall
ATHENS — Jamie James Polk
DECATUR — Katrina Maria Hopkins, Elizabeth Anne Simms
GUNTERSVILLE — Mary Ellen Kelley
GURLEY — Elizabeth Irene Orbison
HARTSELLE — Jeremy Ryan Childers
HORTON — Allison Leigh Roberts
HUNTSVILLE — Ladonna Michele Carpenter, Leesa Louise Dinsmore, Sean Patrick Mitchell, David Zachariah Nuckols
MADISON — Heather Leigh Deal
MERIDIANVILLE — Susan Renee Baeder
NEW HOPE — Glenda Kennedy Baker
NEW MARKET — Christie Pyle Franklin, Richard Kyle Franklin
PISGAH — Wendy Heather Bryant, Semone Lanette Wilborn
SCOTTSBORO — Carol Hancock Cisco, Debbie G. Hastings, Janice Gail Wilson, Lacinda S. Woodall
STEVENSON — Betty Lou Gonce
TONEY — Steven Edward Lambert
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE — Alan Jackson Babcock, Robert Holemon Bray, Alison Leah Cook, Frances Catherine Hughes, Joshua Franklin McClendon, Jason Craig Murphy, Kelly Leigh Simmons, Abbie Marie Stone
ARAB — Gregory Joseph Lescarini, Andree’ Elizabeth Tidmore, Jonathan Dustin Wilks
ATHENS — Kristina Lynne Hendrix, Martin Tyler McGuire, Nicholas Lawson Shores, Justin David Smith, Jennifer Lou Yarbrough
BOAZ — Joy Leanne Guest, Julie Deanne Guest, Nancy Marlee Hitt, Michael David Manasco, Leah Catherine Martin
DANVILLE — Benjamin David Hodges
DECATUR — Nicolas Ryan Brown, Christopher Brent Fetner, Jennie Kathryn Flowers, Sarah Fray Haley, Lydia Kay Henderson, Ernest Scott Wilmoth
ELKMONT — Mary Lynne Whitt
GUNTERSVILLE — David Ingram Boyer, Mary Amber Cryar, Kathryn Yvonne Elmore, Charles A. Langford IV, Shannon Latrice Polk
HARTSELLE — Craig Justin Carden, Amanda Shea Faulk, Scott Alan Kirby, Eric Alexander Olive, Stephen Connor St. John
HOLLYWOOD — Lori Rhea Keller
HUNTSVILLE — Lauren Elizabeth Bissell, Sean Michael Daniel, Gordon J. Dast, Richard Byrd Davis, Jonathan R. Duncan, Matthew Randall Green, Hamid Humam Haqq, Jeffrey Scott Johnson, Benjamin Steward Lehman, Lexie Lorraine Lloyd, Michael Patrick Manary, Laura Lee Priest, Ava Marie Rodenhausen, Sabrina Jennifer Sahib, Andrew Eugene Stafford, Charles Derrick Sullivan, Lauren Kathleen Sutton, James Caldwell Troupe, Andrea Amy Webb, Alison Danielle Wilson
LESTER — Christopher Thomas Carter
MADISON — Hailie Velazco, Jacqueline S. Zarnesky
MERIDIANVILLE — Ashley Michele McCary
OWENS CROSSROADS — Shane Jared Campbell, Justin Ray Carter, John Justus Kirk
SCOTTSBORO — Corrie Lynn Capley
TONEY — Samuel Jared Johnson
Contact
Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu