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C L A SS NOTES
1960s
Walter “Gary” Nichols ’71 has
been selected for the 2025
Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of
Fame.
Donald “Don” L. Erwin ’79 has
been named to Hoover Mayor
Nick Derzis’ transition team.
Dennis “Brad” B. Cork ’73 has
been selected for the 2025
Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of
Fame.
Frank “Butch” C. Ellis Jr. JD
’64 has been inducted into the
Shelby County Hall of Fame.
Douglas J. Spencer ’69 placed
second in the 50- and 100-meter
dash and won gold in the 200meter dash at the 2025 National
Senior Games.
Kevin C. Poe ’84 has been
awarded the William H. Booth
Lifetime Achievement Award
by the Jackson County Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Peter N. Derzis Jr. ’76 has been
named to Hoover Mayor Nick
Derzis’ transition team.
Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth
’79 has been named interim
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention’s Ethics & Religious
Liberty Commission.
John “Frank” F. Barefield Jr.
’68 has been named to Hoover
Mayor Nick Derzis’ transition
team.
Morris Mintz ’76, MA ’78,
Museum of the Southern Jewish
Experience board of directors,
accepted the Richard J.H.
Gottheil Medal on behalf of the
vice-chair of the museum, which
was honored with the annual
award given by the Zeta Beta
Tau fraternity.
Griffin T. Lassiter ’71, MA ’76,
has retired after 25 years as a
senior project manager for the
city of Birmingham.
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Barbara Ann S. Boggess ’85
was recently inducted into the
Dolphin Athletics Hall of Fame at
A. Crawford Mosley High School
in Lynn Haven, Florida.
Dr. Ronald “Ron” R. Jackson
’79 has been appointed
assistant to the president for
church relations at MidAmerica
Nazarene University.
1980s
Roderick “Rod” O. Hicks ’85
has been named executive
editor of The St. Louis American.
Brockway “Brock” J. Jones
’85, JD ’89, has been named
the 2025 Exchangite of the
Year by the Exchange Club of
Tuscaloosa.
1970s
Jeffery M. St. Clair ’78, former
longtime president and CEO of
Springhill Medical Center, has
received the American Heart
Association’s Jeff St. Clair Heart
of the Community Award.
Constance “Connie” C. Walker
’83, JD ’86, has joined the
Montgomery County Commission
as county attorney.
John “Michael” Wilkes ’81, city
manager of the city of Olathe,
Kansas, has announced his plans
to retire in 2026.
Scott A. Rodrigue ’85 has been
appointed to the Fragrance
Creators Association board of
directors.
Robert L. Williams Jr. JD ’81
was recently featured in the
Hoover Sun regarding his
candidacy for Hoover City
Council Place 3.
Stephanie “Dawn” Bulgarella
’86 has been named to the
Alabama Hospital Association’s
board of trustees.
Amy B. Mansue ’86, MSW ’87,
has been elected to the board
of directors of New Jersey
Resources.
