Winter 2000
Vol. 17 No. 4
Publication Number:
USPS 244-800


Contents

National Model of Excellence

Soldier and Soldat

Studying Guide-by-Your-Side

Love Those Statistics!

These Were Close, Too

Other Stories
Willingness to Change Made Education School Most Effective

Faculty Compendium

Watching for Patent Expiration Dates Can Save Consumers on prescription Drug Costs


Bennett Cites Influence of a Great Teacher, Dean Percy Burns

A Cappella Choir CD Available

Floyd, Marler Receive $56,000 Lilly Fellows Program Grant

Debow, Sansom Get $32,000 Award from Atlas, Templeton

Samford Honors Alabama Ministers
Alumni
Scofields Rate a Homecoming Cheer
for Loyal Support of Their Alma Mater

Crimson Editors Half a Century Apart
Find Differences, Similarities in the Job


Having a ball at Homecoming


Sports
Men's Cross-Country Team Wins Second TAAC Title; Kolb Named All-TAAC Freshman After Nine-Goal Season


CLASS NOTES
BIRTHS
IN MEMORIAM

 

Winter 2000


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RUTH LONEGRAN ADAMS '50, M.S.E. '67, age 75, died Oct. 15, 2000, in Clinton, S.C. She was a high school physics and chemistry teacher in Birmingham.

JERRY PATRICK ALBANO '66 of Vestavia Hills, 58, died Oct. 10, 2000. He was an owner of Albano's Pharmacy in Bessemer for 30 years. He was a member of the National Football League Player's Association and represented many football players from the state of Alabama.

MARION CLAUDIE BRITTON of Alexander City, 82, died Oct. 27, 2000. He was a postman.

ELOISE CARTER '35 of Chico, Calif., died June 3, 2000. He was 87.

DILLIE ALLDREDGE DAILY '38 died July 9, 2000. She was a retired teacher.

LOLA HARRIS EATON M.S.E. '70 of Birmingham, 75, died Sept. 24, 2000. She was a retired teacher with the Jefferson County School System, and owned and operated Tri-J Christian Academy.

JAMES IVERSON GERALD '55 of Birmingham, 66, died Oct. 25, 2000. He was retired from the Birmingham Board of Education.

Rev. JIM LAWTON, Sr. '33 of Conway, S.C., 95, died Oct. 31, 2000. He served various pastorates and was director of missions in three South Carolina associations. Lawton was president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 1978 and served as vice president of Anderson College. He was active in community and civic affairs.

PATRICIA MYER MCKINNON '90 of Birmingham, 59, died Nov. 7, 2000. She was director of East Lake United Methodist Church Counseling Center.

WILLIAM JOSEPH (Bill) MILLING '65 of Helena, 58, died Oct. 19, 2000. He was a pharmacist for 35 years in the Birmingham area, most recently at Bruno's Pharmacy.

RICHARD POE '54 of Marietta, Ga., 67, died Nov. 13, 2000. He was retired controller of the Sears regional parts pool in Tucker, Ga. He and his wife, Gay Smith Poe, owned Stump & Sons catering and food service.

THEO BESS SMITH '46, age 74, died March 17, 2000. She worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau for 17 years, beginning during World War II. She taught in Pinellas County, Fla., schools for 24 years. She was a member of Phi Mu sorority.

RICHARD LEE TAYLOR L'66 of Birmingham, 60, died Sept. 10, 2000. He was an attorney in the Birmingham area.

SUSAN CHAMBERS WEIR '71 of Birmingham died Aug. 30, 2000. She was a hospital administrator at Hill Crest Hospital, Baptist Health System, Inc., corporate offices and Children's Hospital.