TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama awarded approximately 2,190 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Saturday, May 13, at Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Best-selling author Winston Groom was the commencement speaker; Alabama Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer Jr. spoke at the UA School of Law’s graduation ceremony.
Groom, who received an honorary doctorate of humane letters, is best known for his novel “Forrest Gump” which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning motion picture. He is currently working on “The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at The University of Alabama,” due out this fall from the UA Press.
With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 174,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement three times a year.
The following students from Huntsville and surrounding areas were listed as candidates to receive degrees:
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE
ATHENS-Molly Katherine Plunk.
BOAZ-Carl Allen Cole III.
HUNTSVILLE-Andrew Benjamin Buck, William Richard Lunsford.
NEW MARKET-David Jason Hodge.
OWENS CROSSROADS-Jennifer Levina McKown.
DOCTORAL DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Henry Brown Cribbs III.
DECATUR-Timothy Gerard Lull, William Herbert Sims III.
GRANT-Barry Alan Kirkland.
HUNTSVILLE-Susan Davis Herring, Constance Jordan Wilson.
MADISON-Kenneth Anthony Whigham.
MERIDIANVILLE-Terry Lynn Davis.
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Cynthia Mange Brookshire, Richard Monroe Johnson.
ATHENS-Katherine Louise Cole, Timothy E. Ferguson, Michael W. Holt.
BOAZ-Marcy Smith Chitwood, Christopher Wayne Pullen, Susan Johnson Stanfield.
DECATUR-Laurie Elizabeth Hannah, Brett William Kirkham.
DUTTON-Mark Steven Guffey.
GRANT-Bill Nathaniel Bailey.
GUNTERSVILLE-Matthew Ryan Clink, Marcia Ann Parker, Jeana A. Ross, Joshua Jamison Swords, Kurt Brooks Uhlir.
GURLEY-Cecelia Parker Underwood.
HARTSELLE-Benjamin Matthew Murphy.
HARVEST-Timothy Aaron Smith.
HAZEL GREEN-Paul Gregory Davis.
HORTON-Robin Delaine Nail.
HUNTSVILLE-Deborah Carol Earle, Harry Winfield Gowen III, Mark Anthony Hall,
Wilsonia W. Haygood, Harry Nestor Kampakis, Karolyn Kubiszyn Kampakis,
Gary Edward Mahon, Georgina J. Pipes, Elsizenia Johnson Pouncey, Lori Beth Sadler, Terry Lee Thornton, Michael Wayne Todd, Megan Nicole Walde.
MADISON-Christopher Darrel Bolen, Charles Jeffrey Finlayson, Cindy Jackson Hewitt, Donita L. Howell, Wendy Gayle Tibbs, Denise Morring Williams.
NEW MARKET-Rodney Glenn Smith.
SCOTTSBORO-Tissia Dianne Griffith, Anthony Wayne Larue, Janet Susan Monk, Teresa Dunn Zimmer.
SECTION-Martha Lillian Crownover, John Kenneth Green Jr., James Walter Wright.
TONEY-Dedra Caddell Moore, Joseph Greg Willis.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALBERTVILLE-Thomas Irving Babcock, Steven Dustin Bright, Wendy Lee Chaffin, Joseph Byron Champion, Charles Brandon Kennedy, Yi Jia Li.
ARAB-Joshua Daniel Elledge.
ATHENS-Jode Nicole Brock, Zachary Layne Burgreen, Suzanne Tibbets Clem, John Thomas Collier, Elizabeth Anna George, Bobby Randall Knox, Wesley Scott Miller, Jenny Lind Pepper.
DECATUR-Charles Hunter Allen, Carol Elizabeth Bullen, Chriscina D. Crutch, Erica Leigh Gaertner, Jennifer Rose Hallmark, Mandi Ellyn Hastings, Jennifer Elaine Jones,
Joseph Brannon Maner, Kelly Amanda Phillips, Amanda Michelle Roberson, Gregory O’Neal Sears, Derek Gregory Springer, Nicholas Owen Willis.
GUNTERSVILLE-Jonathan Andrew Davis.
GURLEY-Shelley Denise King, Ginger Dale Penney.
HARTSELLE-Steve Wayne Haynes, Yvonne Leigh Moore.
HAZEL GREEN-Andrew Stephen Hedge, Allison Michelle Johnson, Bryan Chance Mullins.
HUNTSVILLE-Grace Alayne Allen, Sarah Elizabeth Babcock, Catherine Campbell Boles,
Rebecca Brinkley, Christopher Michael Chapman, Matthew Joel Chatham, Amy Michelle Dabbs,
Pamela Kay Fleig, Laura Leigh Gipson, Alysia Bernice Haygood, Latrish Marie Jones, Ann Lafferty Lee, John Shepherd Martin, Brian Thomas McClendon, Kimberly Dian Payne,
Jason Edward Ralls, Makesha Lashaun Reed, Carla Jane Sanford, Tiffany Rose Smith,
Robert Lee Steele, Melissa Caron Stephens, Joseph Warren Sumrall, Lindsey Katherine Taylor,
Patrick Langsdon Tomlin, Derek Wang, Jennifer Lynne Webster, Susan Marie Yarbrough.
LACEYS SPRING-Jonathan Alex Hardage.
MADISON-Matthew Leigh Boone, Laura Elizabeth Butler, Vanessa Rose Jordan, Ryan Christopher Lee, Holly Salena Parrish, Hillary Christine Peirce, Shannon Jeanette Pike.
MERIDIANVILLE-Samantha Denise Allen, Meredith Ann Corlew, Tracy Nicole Herr,
Krista Suzanne Patterson.
OWENS CROSSROADS-Scott Alan Cockrell.
PAINT ROCK-Stephanie Lynn Carver.
SOMERVILLE-Kacia Kristin McCaghren.
TRINITY-Amanda Marie Lancaster.
UNION GROVE-Kip Allen Nesmith.
WOODVILLE-Jennifer Christina Cooke, Robert Dale Saint.
Contact
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