Published on September 3, 2014 by Philip Poole
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John L. Carroll, who retired in June as dean of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, has been named interim director of the Alabama Ethics Commission effective Oct. 1. Carroll was taking a sabbatic leave before planning to return to the full-time faculty.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.