1975
Louis Pizitz
Self-made merchant, founder of Pizitz Department Stores, Friend, and Benefactor to the Destitute.
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1993
Emory O. Cunningham
Distinguished Publishing Company Executive; Advocate of Educational and Economic Growth in the South; Exemplary Citizen
1988
Winton Malcolm “Red” Blount
Internationally-known builder and Entrepreneur; Statesman; Patron of the Arts; Philanthropist
2005
John A. Williamson
John Alexander Williamson, by his own admission, was a risk-taker, a characteristic which, as he wrote in his book, “would stand me in good stead
1993
Thomas E. Rast
Outstanding Real Estate Executive; a Champion of Higher Education; Dedicated Citizen
1984
2018
James Pursell
James (Jimmy) T. Pursell, Sr. has made immeasurable contributions to business in the state of Alabama. He operates Pursell Farms, a luxury 3,500-acre outdoors-oriented resort
1999
William R. Ireland
Materials Industry Leader, Noted Philanthropist, Exceptional Conservationist
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,
2000
Ernest G. Williams
When Ernest Going Williams was selected to receive The University of Alabama’s Distinguished Alumni Award, The Tuscaloosa News, in a congratulatory editorial, said Williams “joins
2009
John Russell Thomas
Years before the birth of John Russell Thomas, his family had already left an indelible mark on the community of Alexander City, Alabama. The Russell’s
1974
Edward Aubert Roberts
From cargo checker to the president of Waterman Steamship Corporation, founder of Southern Industries, the guiding spirit of modern Mobile’s civic development.
1993
William Houston Blount
Outstanding Corporate Executive; Active Participant in Myriad Phases of Community Life.
2023
James W. Rane
A Legacy Framed in Timber Abbeville, Alabama While in law school, Jimmy Rane mediated a dispute over his father-in-law’s estate, which led to him taking
2010
D. Paul Jones, Jr.
Paul Jones Jr. has been a major force instrumental in the growth of Compass Bancshares, Inc., now BBVA Compass, in addition to his work in
2015
William Michael Warren
William Michael (Mike) Warren, Jr. is a longtime resident of Birmingham, Alabama, but is originally from Texas. He attended high school in Auburn, Alabama, and
1975
Wallace Davis Malone Sr.
One of the Founders of Alabama State Chamber of Commerce, Successful Banker and Businessman, Promoter of Soil and Forest Conservation, World Traveler.