2013
William Eugene Davenport
William Eugene (Gene) Davenport served for 30 years as an officer of Russell Lands, Inc., the last thirteen of which were as President and Chief
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2012
James S. Holbrook
When Jim Holbrook became chief executive officer of Sterne Agee Group, Inc., revenue was $5 million. Today firm revenue is more than $350 million. James
2000
Olin B. King
Olin Berry King, founder, and chairman of SCI Systems, Inc. of Huntsville, has already decided on his epitaph: “You always knew where he stood.” Where
2009
John Michael Jenkins, IV
To some, the word “green” indicates a lack of knowledge or experience. Although Mike Jenkins is certainly green, with more than 40 years in the
2016
Joel Anderson
Joel R. Anderson is director and retired chairman of the Anderson Companies, which include Anderson Media Corporation and its Anderson Merchandisers subsidiary, the country’s largest
2004
William L. Halsey
Forbes business magazine recently reported Huntsville, Alabama, as the eighth leading location for business and careers. The responsibility for some of that lofty ranking can
2008
Nimrod T. Frazer, Sr.
Mr. Frazer was born on December 10, 1929, in Montgomery, AL where he resides today. He received his undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College in Montgomery
1990
William Hansell Hulsey
Investment Executive, Real Estate Developer, Civic Leader, Philanthropist
2015
James C. Lee, III
James C. Lee, III, “Jimmy,” currently serves as Executive Chairman and Owner of Buffalo Rock Company, one of the largest privately held, family-owned Pepsi franchises
2023
G. Thomas Hough
People-first Champion Anniston, Alabama G. Thomas “Tom” Hough is the retired Americas vice chair of Ernst & Young LLP. Based in New York, he served
2007
Raymond B. Jones
Ray Jones’ life’s work has grown straight up from the soil, with roots deep in the land where he was raised. Raymond B. Jones, Sr.
1994
M. Louis Salmon
Maurice Louis Salmon was a prominent attorney born in Mobile, Alabama. He attended The University of Alabama School of Commerce and Business before entering the
2005
Mark C. Smith
Mark Smith vividly recalls the day he shook the hand of Dr. Wernher Von Braun, the German scientist who served as director of NASA’s Marshall
1975
Louis Pizitz
Self-made merchant, founder of Pizitz Department Stores, Friend, and Benefactor to the Destitute.
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
2001
Wallace D. Malone, Jr.
Wallace D. Malone Jr. was born into the banking business. And he has made the most of it. Malone basically built SouthTrust Corporation, which he
1987
Frank Park Samford, Jr.
Outstanding Executive in the Insurance Industry, Productive Citizen
1985
Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell
Pioneer Hydroelectric Power Developer, Financier, Visionary
2003
Frank Bromberg, Jr.
Frank H. Bromberg Jr.’s great-grandfather Frederick Bromberg, a Prussian immigrant, set sail from Germany in 1832. He was bound for the New World, and four
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