1975
Louis Pizitz
Self-made merchant, founder of Pizitz Department Stores, Friend, and Benefactor to the Destitute.
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1975
Mervyn Hayden Sterne
President of Traders National Bank, Organizer of M. H. Sterne and Company, Pioneer in School Financing, Investment Strategist, Civic Leader, Humanitarian.
2008
Aubrey Derrill Crowe
For most of Dr. Crowe’s medical career, he was engaged in balancing a successful medical practice with building one of the largest medical malpractice insurance
2001
R. C. Cobb
If you enjoy a good movie in comfortable surroundings, you need to thank Rowland Chappell Cobb, Jr., the founder of Cobb Theatres, which set the
2006
Harvey Frank Robbins
Many years ago, Harvey Robbins shared a chocolate milkshake with his high school sweetheart, Joyce Ann McKinney, at the Palace Ice Cream Shop in Tuscumbia,
1975
Ben E. May
Founder of Gulf Lumber Company, Business Leader, Humanitarian, Patron of Medical Research.
2001
James A. Head, Sr.
James A Head, Sr. has two secrets to his longevity and his success in business: walking and working. As a young man, the founder, and
2008
James R. Hudson, Jr.
Mr. Hudson is founder, president, and chief executive officer of Research Genetics, Inc. He is also the founder of the Hudson-Alpha Institute. Mr. Hudson grew
2010
Sidney McDonald
Sidney McDonald has been a major force in bringing the people of Alabama and the Southeast the latest technologies in telecommunications. Born in Springville, Ala.,
1988
Daniel Jeremiah Haughton
Leader in the Aerospace Industry and in Civic Affairs; Philanthropist
1986
William Albert Bellingrath
Pioneer in the Coca-Cola Bottling Industry, Civic Leader, Philanthropist
2007
Charles Watkins Adair
It’s a long way from Dora, Alabama to LaQuinta, California, but Charles W. Adair is no stranger to travel. Born in 1923 to William Fred
2002
Lee J. Styslinger, Jr.
When Lee Joseph Styslinger, Jr. left The University of Alabama at age 19 to take over the management of his father’s truck equipment company, no
1999
William J. Rushton, III
Billy Rushton has been a part of Protective Life Insurance Company for nearly 62 years, since 1937. That’s when his father, Colonel William J. Rushton,
2015
J. Smith Lanier II
Smith Lanier II attended Auburn University in 1945 and 1946 before transferring to the United States Merchant Marine Academy where he obtained a degree in
2000
Henry C. Goodrich
Henry C. Goodrich has had four careers. The first was as an engineer, beginning with the U.S. Navy in the Civil Engineering Corps. He then
2023
Michael D. Thompson
Business Leader, Advocate for Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Mike Thompson is president and CEO of Fairway Investments, LLC, a real estate investment firm he founded in