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China
Connection

the

Tom Donahue, IBM employee, in Shanghai

Dr. Qixiang Sun, top Chinese

insurance authority, visits UA

Bronze Sculpture added to Bruno Librarys Jones Reference Area

Florida College dons a little bit of crimson
Business-school student hikes the

Appalachian Trail

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executive
Culverhouse College of Commerce Magazine

Spring/Summer 2007
Vol u m e 1 2 Iss u e 1
The Executive is published
twice annually, in the spring
and fall, for alumni and friends
of The University of Alabamas
Culverhouse College of
Commerce and Business
Administration.

Dean:
J. Barry Mason

TeAmworkiTs sTill The BesT

sTrATegy for suCCess.
Our university continues to build upon its tradition of excellence through generous,
long-range gifts from private donors. Please remember the College of Commerce

and Business Administration in your will, trust, or other estate plans.

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6 Building on Baptists Success

8 Taking the Scenic Route

Graphic Design:
Sharon Waites
Office of Publications
The University of Alabama

12 John R. Darling Awarded

Insignia

Contribuiting Writers:
Bill Gerdes,
Chrishan N. Emonina,
Carolyn M. Rhodes

Contributing Photographers:
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Commerce and Business
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Box 870223
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Donors List

16 Rolling Stone

18 The China Connection
22 Dr. Qixiang Sun
26 Florida College Dons a Bit
of Crimson
28 Crimson Connection
29 Capstone Business Academy
30 Newsmakers

32 Dr. Harris Schlesinger Receives

Burnum Award

33 Barbon Institute
34 Whats In the Bag?

Dr. F. Todd DeZoort Accepts

Membership on Ethics in
Financial Reporting
Advisory Council

Perry Ellis International

Promotes Michael Gann

37 In Memoriam: Conrad Murphree

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Part n e rs h ips A r e a C rucial

El e m e n t f o r S ucc e ss

J. Barry Mason
Dean and Thomas D. Russell Professor of Business Administration

Forging partnerships is a crucial
ingredient in the success we enjoy
at the Culverhouse College
of Commerce.

Our faculty members join forces
to research the most up-to-date
business theories and practices, and the
principles of collaboration and team
building are an integral part of our
curriculum at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels.

Our students learn firsthand
and early on the importance of
partnerships and teamwork, and we
would be in sad shape without the
sense of partnership we have with our
alumni and friends whose dedication,
commitment and contributions have
such a tremendous impact on our
students and our never-ending quest
for excellence.

About 15 years ago, a report on
the accreditation of business schools
said, The familiar arms length
relationships between competing
schools in academia are being
transformed into a sea of alliances,
partnerships and contact arrangements
that break convention and shift market
share in the process. Those words are
even more pertinent today.

While we often are engaged in
competition for students, business
schools across the country are
beginning to realize some success
through cooperation between each
other and with two-year colleges,
which makes it easier for students to
earn a four-year degree without
leaving home.

Likewise, we are seeing new
patterns of cross-disciplinary programs

and partnerships between business

schools and schools of engineering,
law and other disciplines.

And of course, we are all aware of
the need to forge or initiate additional
partnerships with free-market
economies overseas, especially in India
and China, where cooperation will be
especially vital.

The need to commercialize
complex new technologies is also
accelerating, and we will see increasing
collaboration between business,
science and engineering.

A good example is Alabama
Launchpad, the statewide-businessplan competition formed last year
by founding partners Alabama A&M
University, Alabama State University,
Auburn University, The University of
Alabama, The University of Alabama
at Birmingham, The University of
Alabama in Huntsville, and the
Economic Development Partnership
of Alabama. Alabama Launchpad will
provide seed financing to technology
and high-growth businesses. Similarly,
the Culverhouse College of Commerce
is hosting a business-plan competition.

The renowned economist Milton
Friedman argued that free markets,
while being competitive, also promote
cooperation. The essential notion
of a capitalist society is voluntary
cooperation, voluntary exchange,
Friedman said.

While one may disagree with
Friedmans monetarist ideas, his views
on cooperation are indisputable.

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Professor and Head of the
Angelo Bruno Business Library

The reference services area of the Bruno Business
Library is named the Thomas Jefferson Jones III
Reference Area in recognition of the library excellence
endowment established in the Culverhouse College of
Commerce and Business Administration by Jeff and
Faye Jones, of Point Clear, Ala. The endowment honors
the memory of their son, Thomas Jefferson Jones III.

The sculpture was created by master sculptor
Stephen C. Spears at his studio in Fairhope, Ala., and

B r o n z e S culptur e A dd e d
t o B ru n o L ibrar y s J o n e s R e f e r e n c e A r e a
Visitors to the Angelo Bruno
Business Library can now
enjoy viewing a beautiful
and meaningful work of art.
A bronze sculpture
commissioned as a
memorial to Thomas
Jefferson Jones III has
been installed in a
prominent position in
the reference area on the
main floor of the library.

Editors note: Thomas Jefferson Jones Jr., father of Thomas Jefferson Jones III, died Friday, February 9, 2007. The family requests that
any donations be made to the Thomas Jefferson Jones III Memorial Library Excellence Endowment fund at The University of Alabama.

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the bronze was cast at the sculptors foundry located in

Loveland, Colo. The life-size sculpture depicts Thomas
Jones III as a young adult leaning over a stack of books
that reflect some of his many and varied interests,
including religion, law and the Civil War.

The improved quality of business information
sources and library services made possible by the use of
funds from the library excellence endowment enhances
the teaching, learning and research interests of students
and faculty in the business school and of Bruno Library
users University-wide.

The library has focused these vital endowment
funds on the acquisition of premier business databases
and on supporting technology for digital services.
The selection of new business databases and the
continuation of recently acquired information sources
reflect current college priorities and student needs.
Acquisitions include the following electronic resources
and leading business products from prestigious national
and international publishers: Euromonitors Global
Market Information Database, the World Banks
World Development Indicators, MarketResearch.com
Academic, and enhancements to the Bruno Librarys
Bloomberg Financial Markets and News.

It is through the Thomas Jefferson Jones III
Reference Area and the library excellence endowment
that the Bruno Library can provide a timely and flexible
response to user expectations and to changing needs in
the College. The Jones library excellence endowment
allows the Bruno Library to deliver higher levels of
business reference services and resources that compare
favorably with those offered at the libraries
of prominent business schools nationwide. e
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Baptist Hospital Pensacolas new

administrator, Mark T. Faulkner,
was walking the halls his second
day on the job when he spotted a
stray piece of paper on the floor.

The 38-year-old Milton native,
whose responsibilities include
managing a 492-bed hospital with
thousands of employees, quickly
scooped the bit of litter off the
floor, tossed it in a trash receptacle
and continued walking. Moments
later he saw the remains of a
Styrofoam cup and plucked it
off the floor as well.

His impromptu litter control
went unnoticed as he intended
it to be in the busy hospital
halls, but it offers a glimpse into
Faulkners character and his
managerial philosophy.
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Faulkner, a 1990 graduate
of the Culverhouse College
of Commerces health care
management program, believes
in attention to detail, in topto-bottom teamwork, in a
positive work environment and
in employee ownership of
their institution.

And that collective philosophy
has been nurtured, and ingrained,
during his past 14 years as a Baptist
employee.

Starting as an administrative
resident under Al Stubblefield,
current president and CEO
of Baptist Health Care Corp.,
Faulkners rise in the organization
has been swift.

His promotion to
administrator came after a stint as

vice president of operations.

I am a product of my
environment, said Faulkner, a
graduate of Milton High School,
and a deacon at First Baptist
Church in Milton.

A resident of Pace, Faulkner
is a graduate of the University
of Alabama, and holds a masters
degree in public health from
the University of AlabamaBirmingham. He is married and
has two young children.

Faulkner sat down with News
Journal reporter Carlton Proctor to
discuss his new job, management
philosophies and the hospitals
role in the community.

Q: Youre inheriting a
successful culture of managerial

excellence and outstanding patient

care at Baptist Hospital. How
do you intend to maintain, and
enhance, that level of service and
customer satisfaction?

A: We have opportunities to
really enhance our ongoing patient
satisfaction successes and employee
morale. This culture is so hardwired throughout the organization,
10 years running, its more an
opportunity to fine-tune it and build
upon it.

These first 90 days Im going
to be much more visible, out there
walking the halls, saying hello,
frankly just checking on people,
introducing myself, and seeing if
there are opportunities that I can
help them, bring resources to them,
help them get their jobs done. Thats
my role, and I want to really set that
stage early.

My job is to set direction. My
job is to help establish priorities, and
help build in accountability, remove
barriers and obstacles that keep
them from doing their job. Most
importantly, stay out of their way.

Q: What are your management
philosophies with regards to
motivating and rewarding
employees, and providing high-level
care to your patients?

A: My philosophy is that if
people love their job, our patients
and visitors will feel it, and will
know this place is different, that
theres something special about this
hospital. So what is it that causes a
person to love his job? Reward and
recognition, catching them doing the
right thing and reinforcing it, versus
a culture when youre trying to catch
them doing the wrong thing.

Its a culture where people feel

valued. They see where they fit in;

they see how they contribute to the
overall organization. Its a culture
where theres open communication.
They know whats going on, they see
the same information our board sees
and our medical staff sees. And its a
culture where people have input in
decisions that affect them. From the
smallest decisions
to the biggest
We have
decisions, were a
to really
team here.

we want the public to know where

that is: whether its at a physicians
office, or a clinic, as opposed to
delaying treatment and ultimately a
much more higher cost setting.

I think also its part of our
responsibility to earlier detection
and intervention. Early detection not
only reduces costs, but saves lives.
And it extends the
opportunities quality of life. And
if we can continue
enhance
to build upon
our ongoing patient public awareness to

Q: Do you see
satisfaction successes get checked out, to
an impending
and employee morale. get screened.
battle, or crisis
For example, no
even, between
one in our community
health insurance companies and
should die from colon cancer. Yet
health-care providers?
people die from colon cancer. If

A: It ebbs and flows, and there
caught early enough, its 100 percent
are trends in this business. I think
curable. Not only is it about loss of
what I do see coming is a different
life, but about the economics of it.
conversation. It wont be about how
Its a much higher cost environment.
we split a limited resource pie, but
about how we get more value out of

Q: Youre a good example of a
the health-care dollar. Health care
young professional who grew up in
is all about providing quality care.
this area, went to local schools, and
Reimbursement restraints limit that
returned to pursue a professional
and force a different conversation
career. We hear a lot about the loss
with our payers.
of young local talent to bigger cities.

The conversations I see are
Do you see growing opportunities
more about outcomes, more about
in the Pensacola area for health
values, more about the quality of the
professionals such as yourself ?
product youre actually delivering.

A: When I was back in college
In fact were seeing movement
I wrestled with what I wanted to
in that regard where were seeing
do, and actually interviewed a lot
incentive for providing for better
of people in different fields. I knew
outcomes, i.e., mortality, morbidity,
I wanted to be in some form of
complications, inefficiencies.
business, and I knew I wanted to
impact peoples lives. Health care

Q: What is Baptist doing to
was the magical blend of both those.
hold down health-care costs?

And I did interview all over

A: First of all, its about quality,
the Southeast, and there was just
about eliminating inefficiencies and
something special about this area;
reducing redundancies. Part of that
guess it was sand in my shoes. e
is also public awareness, about a less
expensive environment of care, and
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would take a semester off to

Ta k i n g t h e

B usi n e ss - S c h o o l S tud e n t Hi k e s t h e A ppalac h ia n T rail

walk 2,174 miles? Birmingham

native Julien Mitch Relfe is one who did.
At age 11, Relfe heard a talk about hiking the Appalachian
Trail, and, he said, I knew then that was something I wanted to do.

S c e n ic R o ut e
By Chrishan N. Emonina

During his junior and senior years at Mountain Brook

High School, Relfe, now 21, said he began thinking
seriously about the idea. He took several advanced
placement courses, knowing that one day they would
help make his dream a reality.

When Relfe arrived at The University of Alabama in
the fall of 2004, he knew that hiking the trail was only
a matter of time. I decided against doing the hike my
freshman year. I knew that I would need to get adjusted
to college life that first year, he said. And there was
another obstacle: his parents.
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Relfe, a former Boy Scout,
was the only one in his family
who loved the outdoors. My
parents were hesitant at first. I
got my mom on board and then
slowly worked on my dad, Relfe
said. They saw how serious I
was about doing the hike. They
eventually came around and
were very supportive.

After gaining his parents
approval, he began preparing
for the hike. At the time, Relfe
weighed 270 pounds. I began
eating healthier and exercising
every day. Before the trail, the
longest hike that I had been on
was 10 days. I knew that I had to
build up my strength, he said.

Before long, the fall semester
of Relfes sophomore year was
complete. In anticipation of the
Appalachian Trail hiking season,
which begins in February and
lasts until mid-April, Relfe put his
education on hold for the 2006
spring semester and continued to
prepare physically and mentally
for the hike.

On Sunday, February 26,
2006, driven by his mother to
Georgia, Relfe set out on the hike
after spending the night at a hiker
hostel. Hostels, found at different
points along the trail, provide
shelter where hikers can rest, eat
and shower.

The hike would take Relfe five
months and 18 days to complete.
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I met some really interesting
people. Being from Alabama, I
have had limited interaction with
people outside the South. There
was a diverse group of people
hiking the trail. The majority
of people were recent college

There were times

I missed taking a
shower every day.
There were times
that it rained and I
fell into mud that was
waist deep, he said.
And, he said with
a small smile, it was
when I made it to
mid-Vermont that I
was ready to go home.
I was tired, burnedout and ready to go.
graduates. There were some
people, like me, taking time off
from school. There were also many
middle-aged adults, Relfe said.

The most memorable people
are those who Relfe describes as
radical environmentalists.

Although Relfe started the
hike alone, he joined a group
whenever possible. For the first
three months during the day, I
mostly hiked alone, but at night

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groups would come together,

he said.

He averaged eight miles a day
at the beginning of the trek, but
as time passed and his endurance
increased, he increased his mileage
to 1520 miles each day.

When you are on the trail,
your job is to walk, he said.
The attractions of the trail,
Relfe said, were the gorgeous
mountain views and the variety of
animals that he saw along the way.
But, of course, there were also
bad times.

There were times I missed
taking a shower every day. There
were times that it rained and I fell
into mud that was waist deep,
he said. And, he said with a small
smile, it was when I made it to
mid-Vermont that I was ready to
go home. I was tired, burned-out
and ready to go.

By this time, Relfe had
a regular hiking partner, who
developed Lyme disease during the
hike. My partner was sick and it
rained every day. I had to wear
wet clothes for an entire week.

It was in the 100 Mile
Wilderness area, the most secluded
part of the trail, that Relfes best
day came. I saw Mount Katahdin
in the distance, and it was
unbelievable. I was almost there,
he said.

The next day, August
13, 2006, Relfe reached his

destination. I saw the plaque of

Katahdin, and I grabbed it and just
hugged it.

When Relfe returned home, he
had a different perspective on life.
I dont sweat the little things
anymore. I used to worry about
things. Now, I am more laid back
in a positive way, he said.

Relfe said it took him a few
weeks to settle back into the life
he had left behind for more than

five months. It was hard for me

to sit still and focus on anything.
I only had to answer to myself on
the trail. I had to get back to doing
things in the real world.

In the fall of 2006, Relfe
re-enrolled at UA. Although he
left as a sophomore, the advance
placement courses he had taken in
high school paid off, and he
re-entered as a junior.

Now, the finance major is

actively involved in his fraternity,

Alpha Tau Omega, and is a
member of the Alabama Finance
Association.

He continues to keep in touch
with many of those he met on the
trail via e-mail and Facebook and
plans to hike the Appalachian Trail
again. I will probably have to wait
until I retire. I know that once I
start working it will be difficult to
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S o ci e t y El e cts

J o h n R . D arli n g

L e as o r t o B o ard

Award e d t h e I n si g n ia o f C o mma n d e r
o f t h e Ord e r o f t h e L i o n o f F i n la n d

John R. Darling, who earned a bachelors degree

Glenda Leasor,

in marketing in 1959 and a masters in 1960 from the Culverhouse

College of Commerce, has been presented the Insignia of Commander of the

accounting specialist at

Order of the Lion of Finland by Tarja Halonen, president of the Republic of Finland.

the Culverhouse College of

Commerce, has been elected
to the board of UAs External

arling received
the honor for
his work with
the universities
of Finland in
developing their business and
community relations and
in promoting the exchange
of researchers, teachers and
students between Finland and
the United States. The insignia
also recognized Darling for
the assistance he provided as a
consultant to Finnish business
firms during the past three
decades, during which he helped
them develop their export
marketing activities to adjust from
a focus on the markets of the
former Soviet Union to those
of Western countries.

The insignia was presented
during the opening 200607
academic year ceremonies of the
Helsinki School of Economics.
Pekka Lintu, Finnish ambassador

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the insignia on behalf of
President Halonen.

The UA business school
contributed immensely to
whatever successes have come my
way in life, Darling said. First,
immediately after graduation
in management with the J.C.
Penney Co. in Kansas City,
Missouri;second, in my doctoral
program at the University of
Illinois; and thenthroughout
my academic career at various
universities in the U.S. and
abroad. I have always been very
proud and honored to be able to
trace my educational roots to the
UA business school.

My major mentor in life, and
favorite professor, was Dr. Harry
Lipson there at the UA. I served
as a student assistant to him as
an undergraduate and graduate
student, and then he played a
major role in attracting me back

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to the UA following my doctoral

studies at the University of Illinois.
I also co-authored four books and
numerous articles with him over
the course of several years. He was
my professor, colleague and
special friend.

Darling is presently a
Distinguished Visiting Professor
of International Business at the
Helsinki School of Economics.
He has served in that position
for the past 14 years, teaching a
compressed course in international
business each September. When
he first arrived in Finland with
his wife and family, he served as a
Visiting Professor of International
Marketing at the Helsinki
School of Economics during the
197475 academic year. He has
also been a visiting professor at
several other Finnish universities
and a consultant to numerous
Finnish business firms and other
organizations.

scholar, lecturer and consultant,

He also serves as a
Darling is the author or co-author
Distinguished Visiting Professor
of 12 books and monographs and
of Management and Marketing
more than 200 articles published
at Texas State University. In June
in academic and professional
2000, he retired from Pittsburg
journals. He has presented
State University as president
research papers and conducted
and professor of marketing
management and marketing
emeritus. He has also served as
seminars for organizations in the
an administrator and professor at
United States
several other
universities
The UA business school and abroad
and served as a
in the United
contributed immensely to consultant to
States,
whatever successes have numerous U.S.
including
Texas Tech
come my way in life. business firms.
He holds a
University,
doctorate from the University
Louisiana State University,
of Illinois and honorary
Mississippi State University, and
doctorates from Chung Yuan
Southern Illinois University at
Christian University in Taiwan
Carbondale, where he was dean of
and the Helsinki School
the business school. In addition,
of Economics.
he has been a visiting professor

Darling now lives in Fair Oaks
at universities in Egypt, Japan,
Ranch, Texas, on the outskirts of
Mexico, Poland, Taiwan, Bulgaria,
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China, Thailand and South Korea.

An internationally known

Degree Programs External

Degree Society.
The External Degree Program
is an interdisciplinary
undergraduate program through
which adults can complete
requirements toward a Bachelor
of Arts or a Bachelor of Science.
Leasor said the purpose of
the External Degree Society
is to support the program as
well as provide professional
development and advancement
of members, raise scholarship
funds and serve as a forum that
recognizes scholarship donors.

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Our Students. Our Future.

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

Otto von Bismarck
Bismarcks words of May 21, 1869, were not meant to apply
to fund raising, but the quote is very relevant to our cause.

Every single person reading this has the power

to make a difference. In this case, power involves money.

Whether it is a $20 annual gift or a $20 million transformational gift,

we all have the power to help a young person succeed.

On the following pages, you will find the names of numerous individuals

who have committed to the College and our cause through the
Commerce Executives Society. If you are included in this group, we thank

you for your support. If not, please consider a gift to the College.

The size of the gift does not matter,

but the impact your dollars have does.

Please visit our campaign Web sites to learn more about

how you can wield your power to help our students

(ourstudentsourfuture.ua.edu or cba.ua.edu/investing/campaign).

T h a n ks f o r y o u r su p p o r t o f

Charlie Adair
Director of Development
Culverhouse College of Commerce
cadair@cba.ua.edu
(205) 348-4722

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Membership in the Bidgood Executives Club is open to all alumni and friends of C&BA. Membership
will be accorded to all those individuals and corporations that fulfill one or more of the following conditions:
contribute a minimum of $10,000 annually to the College or any of its academic programs
declare by appropriate means the intention to provide $100,000 or more to the college by bequest,
whole-life-insurance program, life-income agreement, or other deferred-giving instrument

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Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. Elliott Mitchell

Charles E. & Virginia B. Adair Charitable Fund

Ernst & Young Foundation

Mrs. Stella H. Moore

Mr. Charles Edward Adair

Mr. Griggs Espy

Dr. Thomas D. Moore

Mrs. Virginia Barker Adair

Mr. N. David Eubank

Mr. Thomas W. Moore

Afflink

Mr. William E. Ezell III

Mr. Harris V. Morrissette

Mr. George Buckner Alexander, Estate

Mr. Clement T. Fitzpatrick III

Mr. Alastair J. Muir-Taylor

ALFA Foundation

Mrs. Kelley Manderson Fitzpatrick

Never Should Have Made It

Mr. Charles C. Anderson

Dr. Anna Catherine Cook Fowler

Mr. Clyde B. Anderson

Mr. Joseph E. Gibbs

Mrs. Frances Nichols

Mr. Owen W. Aronov

Mr. Morris David Goodfriend

Mr. L. Dean OFarrell

Mr. Raymon J. Baker

Mr. Walter Gene Grafton

Mr. Arthur R. Outlaw Estate

Mrs. Joann Bashinsky

Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg

Mrs. Thelma F. Parker

Mr. Sloan Y. Bashinsky

James I. Harrison Family Foundation

Mrs. Karen E. Pate

Mr. E. David Bates III

Mr. David Hamilton Hitt

Mr. R. Ray Pate

Becker Professional Review

Mr. Robert W. Hodgkins

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Dr. John S. Bickley

Mr. James S. Holbrook Jr.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation

Mr. Donald Wayne Birdwell

Mrs. Emily Jones Hornsby

Mr. Charles H. Renfroe

Mr. John E. Blackmon

Ms. Kathryn Hornsby

Mrs. Margaret E. Rhoads

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

Mr. Richard D. Horsley

Mr. Frank Schultz Jr. Estate

Mr. Young J. Boozer III

Mr. Raymond Hughes

Mr. M.B. Seretean

Mr. Frank H. Bromberg Jr.

Mr. William C. Hulsey

Mr. Gayle C. Shelton Jr.

Mr. Ronald G. Bruno

Mr. Louis Vernon Jackson

Mr. Roland Thomas Short Jr.

J. R. Brunson Family

Mr. R. Wayne Jackson

Mrs. Jane T. Shumate

Mr. Thomas Clifton Cantey Jr.

Mr. Burell C. Johnson

J. Craig Smith Chair for Integrity in Business

Mr. Greg Carlisle

Jones Family Foundation

Mr. Douglas Jackson Spencer

Dr. Subhabrata Chakraborti

Mr. D. Paul Jones Jr.

Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc.

Mr. Sam Emmett Christopher

Mr. James R. Jones

Ms. Margaret Ruth Sturgis

Mr. Melford T. Cleveland

Mr. Joe Kelley

Mr. Howard M. Tepper

Mrs. Delores D. Cole

Mr. Barry Richard Kraselsky

Mr. Derrell Thomas

Mr. J. Weldon Cole

Mrs. Dona P. Kraselsky

Mr. R. Waid Thompson

Mrs. Jean Cooper

Mr. Jimmy A. LaFoy

Mr. B.T. Tillman Jr.

Mr. John R. Cooper

Mr. James C. Lee III

UA Federal Tax Clinic

Mr. W. Allen Cox Sr.

Mrs. Karole Lloyd

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Mr. G. Hilton Dean

Mr. Marvin L. Mann

Mr. John A. VanSteenberg

Mrs. Sallie Dean

Dr. Kellie L. Maske

Wachovia Corporation

Mr. Sam I. Diamond Jr.

Dr. J. Barry Mason

Mr. Jack W. Warner

Mr. Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr.

Mr. George McAdams

Mr. Stewart H. Welch III

Mr. George W. Dockery Jr.

Mr. Charles E. McNeil Sr.

Mr. William A. Williamson Jr.

Ms. Jane Cantey Edwards

Merchant Capital Investments Inc.

Mr. C. Kemmons Wilson Jr.

Mr. Darrell D. Eichhoff

Mr. Irving A. Metz Jr.

Mr. Samuel C. Yeager

Supporting Organization

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D e a n s E x e cuti v e s C lub
The Deans Executives Club is made up of individuals and institutions that fulfill one of the following conditions:

The Chairmans Executives Club is open to individuals and corporations that contribute $1,000 to
$4,999 annually to the College or any of its academic programs.

contribute a minimum of $5,000 to $9,999 annually to the College or any of its academic programs
declare by appropriate means the intention to provide $50,000 or more to the College by bequest, whole-lifeinsurance program, life-income agreement or other deferred-giving instrument

Mr. Robert Paul Ackermann

Mrs. Kathryn Hardegree Cain

Mr. Edward M. Glenn

Dr. Samuel N. Addy

Mr. Ehney A. Camp III

Mr. Michael S. Godfrey

Mr. C. Wayne Adkinson

Mr. William Russell Carothers III

Mr. William L. Goggans Jr.

Mrs. Eva Bone Adkinson

Mr. R. Eugene Cartledge

Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Alabama Society of CPAs Tuscaloosa Chapter

Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Hollis

Mr. Wilmer Pynor III

Advisor Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. John Manuel Carvalho Jr.

Dr. J. Brian Gray

Mr. Norman Azar

Mr. Kurt W. Hopper

Mrs. Minnie H. Rast

Alabama Export Council

Mr. Michael Edward Case

The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education

Mrs. Margaret C. Batson

Mr. G. Thomas Hough

Mr. Charles Perry Relfe

Alabama Housing Finance Authority

Mr. Ralph H. Cassell

Mr. Micheal Wayne Griggs

Mr. Walter P. Batson Jr.

IBM Corporation

Mrs. Susan Opel Rheney

Alabama Insurance Exchange

Ms. Tracy Duda Chapman

Mr. William Milfred Grimes Jr.

Mr. William Thomas Bishop Jr.

Mr. John Earl Ingram

Mr. Allen W. Ritchie

Alabama Title Co. Inc.

Mr. John Y. Christopher Jr.

Mr. Alva McGriff Grimsley III

Mr. Larry G. Blumberg

Dr. Robert W. Ingram

Mr. John F. Roemer

Albany International Corporation

Chubb & Son Inc.

Mr. Fred William Gustin

Mr. James B. Boone Jr.

Mr. Carl Jones

Rohm & Haas

Dr. Thomas L. Albright

Cintas South Central Group

Dr. Dan Miller Guy

Bridgestone-Firestone Trust Fund

Mr. Donald R. Jordan

Russell Corporation

Mr. Edward Karl Aldag Jr.

Mr. David Lauren Clokey

Mr. Troy C. Haas

Mrs. Margaret W. Brooke

Mr. Robert Kerr

Mr. John J. Schiff Jr.

Mr. J. Lester Alexander III

Mr. William Thomas Cochran

Mr. Chad T. Hagwood

Mr. Ronald Alan Cain

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Mr. J.B. Schilleci Jr.

Mr. Randal Prisock Alford

Mr. Francisco Codina

Dr. David P. Hale

Mrs. Karen Jones Campbell

Mr. Keith David Levingston

Mr. William Britt Sexton

Mr. Jake Joseph Antonio III

Mr. Ross N. Cohen

Dr. Joanne E. Hale

Mr. Kells Carroll

Mr. Robert E. Lowder

Mr. Barrett C. Shelton Jr.

Mrs. Jane Rast Arendall

Mr. Morton A. Cohn

Mr. James C. Hamner

Mr. John Marcus Cassimus

Lowes

Mr. Carl Bradley Smith

Mr. Keith Baker Arendall

Mr. H. Ray Cole Jr.

Mr. Barrie Holt Harmon III

CGI-AMS Shared Services

Mr. Charles Edward Maley III

Mrs. Janis R. Spivey

Mr. Thomas Whit Armstrong

Dr. Marie Evans Coleman

Mr. Elmer B. Harris

Mr. Gary D. Chamblee

Marshall Durbin Companies

Mr. William S. Spivey

Mr. Charles Bagby

Mr. Stephen R. Collins

Mr. James I. Harrison Jr.

Collateral Real Estate Capital

Mrs. Charlotte B. Marshall

Dr. Mary S. Stone

Mr. Thomas Watson Barker Jr.

Mr. Douglas Oliver Cook

HealthSouth Corporation

Mr. John Robert Cook Jr.

Mr. P. Douglas McCraw

Mr. Boyd Thames

Mr. Louis Edwin Barnes III

Mr. David J. Cooper

Mr. Alexander Diego Higgs

Mr. Alan Thomas Crafton

Mr. Jack L. McKewen Sr.

Mrs. Jamie A. Tisch

Mrs. Deborah Ellison Barr

Mr. William Thomas Cross

Mr. Michael Hinckley

Mr. W. Anthony Davis III

Mr. John William McRoberts

Mr. Jack O. Tomlinson Sr.

Mrs. Carin M. Barth

Crowe, Chizek and Company LLC

Mr. Bruce W. Hodges

DCH Regional Medical Center

Mrytlewood Management Inc.

Mr. David O. Turner

Mr. Harry Hanover Bayer

Mr. Thomas J. Curtin

Mr. Alfred E. Hofflander

Deloitte Services LP

Mr. Donald Woodrow Nalley Jr.

United States Steel Foundation Inc.

Dr. Sharon E. Beatty

Mr. Robert M. Daniels

Mr. Jamie M. Holman

Mr. E.A. Larry Drummond

Mr. Larry E. Newman

Wal-Mart Foundation

Mr. Dick Bell

Mr. Jonathan J. Davies

Mr. Steven Honeycutt

Mr. Joseph Dzwonkowski

Mr. Alston M. Noah

Dr. Phillip John Ward

BellSouth

Ms. Gibbs Corwin Davis

Butch Hoover

Mr. Robert Dzwonkowski

Mr. Charles A. Norwood

Mr. David R. Warren

Mr. Harold B. Blach Jr.

Mr. Skip Davis

Hope Christian Community Foundation Inc.

Energen Advised Fund

Mrs. Sue Privett Parrent

Mr. Alan Watson

Mr. William B. Blount

Mr. T. Wayne Davis Jr.

Mrs. Karen Rose Hornsby

Mr. Samuel Barton Fields

Mr. W. Scott Passmore

Mr. John H. Watson

Mr. Cecil George Bostany

Mr. A. Fox deFuniak III

Mr. James Terry Humber

Dr. Robert Lee Fitts

Mrs. Nancy D. Pate-Nelson

Mr. Bernard R. Wedge Jr.

Mrs. Connie Gill Bostany

Mr. Sam B. DeVane

Mr. William Legrand Hutchison

Mr. Tranum Fitzpatrick

Dr. Beverly C. Phifer

Western and Southern Life Insurance Company

Mr. Alan Omer Bostick

Mr. Thomas A. Drawert

Ignacio Larramendi Foundation

Mr. Ted W. Giles

Mr. William Byers Philips Jr.

Mr. D. Drennen Williams

Mr. David A. Boutwell

Mr. J. Mark Dunning

Mr. Clifton C. Inge Jr.

Mr. Joseph G. Griffin

Mr. Lee S. Piper

Mr. Thomas Joseph Willings

Mrs. Wilbur J. Bradford

Ms. Alison Leanne England

Jackson Thornton & Co.

Mr. W. Dwight Harrigan

Procter & Gamble Company

Mr. Gregory Wren

Mr. Paul Gordon Brashier

Mr. R. Glenn Eubanks

Mr. Donald M. James

Mr. Ronald C. Helveston

Property Casualty Insurers Association

Mr. Bryan Douglas Yokley

Mr. John M. Brilbeck

Mr. Joseph M. Farley

Mr. Benjamin P. Jenkins III

Mr. Taylor H. Henry Jr.

Mr. Harry B. Brock III

Mr. Sam P. Faucett III

Mr. W. Carl Jernigan

Hewitt Associates

Protective Life Foundation

Mr. C. Clayton Bromberg

Mr. Gary P. Fayard

Mr. William Walker Jessup

Dr. David G. Bronner

Ms. Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith

Mr. Crawford Colvin Jinks

Browder & Associates P.C.

Mr. James B. Flemming

Mr. William A. Johnson

Mr. Francis H. Brown III

Mr. Curt William Fochtmann

Mr. Joseph D. Jolly Jr.

Mr. James M. Brown Jr.

Mr. Jose Benjamin Garduno

Mr. John H. Josey

Mrs. Janet Jurenko Brown

Mr. J. Daniel Garrett

Mr. Charles Chuck J. Kacmar

Mr. Joseph Elwood Bryan

Mr. William Wayne Gentry

Mrs. K. Michele Kacmar

Mr. Richard A. Burch

GHT Development Corporation

Mr. Joel Van Kelley

Mr. James L. Busby

Mr. Don J. Giardina

Mr. Walter J. Kennamer

of America

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Mr. Walton Waits Kingsbery Jr.

Mr. Wiley Mullins III

Mr. Gopal Srinivasan

Mr. Charles J. Kittrell

Mr. James D. Nabors

Mrs. Carolyn B. Stanley

Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Kodama

Mr. John Pelham North Jr.

Mr. Paul A. Stanley

Mr. Kenneth Koock

Mr. William A. Oldacre Jr.

Mr. W. Stancil Starnes

Mr. Michael W. Lammons

Olin Corporation Charitable Trust

State Farm Company Foundation

Mr. Kang-Hwan Lee

Mrs. Carmen Page

State Farm Research Center

Mr. Chad Arlyn Leopard

Mr. Timothy M. Parker Jr.

Mr. Ronald E. Stewart

Lexmark International Inc.

Mr. H. Harrison Parrish

Mr. Karl O. Stingily III

Dr. Jong Won Lim

Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg & Moore PC

Mr. Frank Stockard III

Mr. Bruce Limbaugh

Mr. Jack H. Pearson

Mr. Ralph Anthony Stokes

Mr. Dara Longgrear

Mrs. Sue A. Pearson

Dr. Manfred Straube

Mr. Peter L. Lowe

Mr. R. Don Pettus

Mrs. Alison Martindale Strickler

Lower Commerce Street

Mr. William A. Bill Powell Jr.

Mr. William R. Stroud II

Mr. Robert E. Luckie III

Mr. H. Mallory Privett Jr.

Mr. Seong Mu Suh

Mr. Robert E. Smith Lupo

Mrs. Barbara Nelson Pugh

Mr. Ralph Quentin Summerford

Mr. Aaron C. Lupuloff

Mrs. Patricia Bennett Purushotham

Mr. Brett T. Taylor

Mr. Davis Malone III

Mrs. Paula Fink Quarles

Mr. John Russell Thomas

Mr. Lewis M. Manderson Jr.

Racing USA Inc.

Mr. William H. Thomas Jr.

Mr. Gary L. Marcrum

Mr. F. Michael Reilly

Dr. Arthur A. Thompson Jr.

Mr. Alan Martin

Mr. Michael Wayne Rhiney and

Mr. C. Reynolds Thompson III

Mauldin & Jenkins LLC

Mr. Jonathan Keith Thrasher

Mr. Gerson May

Dr. Lynne Davis Richardson

Mr. Craig W. Tolbert

Mr. Leroy McAbee

Mrs. Martha Lou Jones Riddle

Mr. Jeffrey M. Travis Sr.

Mr. George L. McCrary Jr.

Mr. Jim L. Ridling

Mr. R. Neal Travis

Mr. Lee A. McDavid Sr.

Mr. Stephen Lee Riemer

Mr. Edmund Tse

Mr. Joe K. McDonald

The Risk Institute

The Honorable John Caius Tyson III

Mr. J. Taylor McElroy

Mr. C. Dowd Ritter

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Vanosdall

Mr. Thomas S. McGahey

Dr. Alfred Robert Roberts

Mr. William T. Ventress Jr.

McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc.

Ms. Carolyn F. Robertson

Ms. Beverly Sue Virciglio

Mr. James T. McManus II

Mr. John William Robinson III

Vulcan Materials Company

Mr. Ed Leigh McMillan II

Mr. Richard Howard Robinson

WAKM Companies LLC

Mr. Thomas E. McMillan Jr.

Mr. Jon W. Rotenstreich

Mr. Michael C. Warr

Medical Group Management

Mr. J. Steven Roy

Mr. John Thomas Watley IV

Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation Inc.

The Honorable R. Timothy Russell

Way, Ray & Shelton CPAs

Metropolitan Life Foundation

Mr. J.E. Saliba

Mrs. Amy Inglis Webb

Mrs. Karen Russell Miller

Mr. Rance M. Sanders

Mr. Adolph Weil III

Mr. Donald Bolton Mills

SAS Institute Inc.

Mr. W. Edgar Welden

Mrs. Marie Mills

Mrs. Alma Gates Scroggins

Mr. Meade Whitaker Jr.

Mayer and Arlene Mitchell

Mr. Francis Bolger Semmes

Mr. Clifford Lamar White

Charitable Foundation

Mr. James W. Shaddix

Mr. Ralph Eugene White Jr.

Mr. J. Stephen Monger

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Mr. Duncan F. Williams

Mr. C. Richard Moore Jr.

Mr. Dennis Wayne Shuler

Mr. Turner B. Williams

Mr. Jackson W. Moore

Mr. James Carlton Sims Jr.

Mr. Murray D. Wood

Mr. Kenneth Ervin Moore

Mr. Mark Clay Smith

Mr. Ralph Roland Wright

Dr. Yasushi Morimiya

Ms. Lori L. Snodgrass

Mr. Gary Morrison

Mr. David S. Sparks

Ms. Lisa M. Rhiney

Membership in the Senior Executives Club is bestowed upon individuals and institutions that contribute $550
to $999.99 to the College or any of its academic programs.
Mr. William Ervin Abernethy Jr.

Mr. Michael Edward Dunkin

Mr. Michael Kennedy

Mr. Charles Watkins Adair

Eason, Graham & Sandner

Dr. Wan Min Kim

Mr. John Michael Adams

Ms. Allyson Leigh Edwards

Mr. Henry L. King

Amerada Hess Corporation

Mrs. Patti Rice Eggers

Mr. John Butler King

AmSouth Bank Foundation

Mr. Walter Enders

Mrs. Jill Klucher

AOL Time Warner Foundation

Mr. Marvin S. Epstein

Dr. Anthony C. Koh

Dr. Deborah S. Archambeault

ExxonMobil Foundation

Mr. Dennis Hugh Lalor

Mr. Ronald W. Averett

Dr. Heinz H. Fehlmann

Mrs. Sandra Holston Lewis

Mrs. Julia-Alice M. Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Kent T. Fields

Ms. Hilda C. Lockhart

Mr. John Bigham Barnett Jr.

Mr. Quin E. Flowers Jr.

Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation

Mr. Thomas G. Bastian Jr.

Mr. Samuel R. Flowers

Mr. James Michael Lovelady

Mr. Christopher Alan Bayham

Ms. Devonne Ford

Mr. Phillip A. Magnes

Mr. James W. Beamish

Mr. Alan I. Franco

Mr. Jere William Marques

Dr. and Mrs. James Hudson Bearden

Mr. Michael William Frank

Mr. Stephen V. Masterson

Mr. Estan J. Bloom

Mr. Tommy Dale Fuller

Mr. Randy Max Mayfield

Mrs. Star K. Bloom

Mr. Brent Thomas Fykes

Mr. Michael Joseph Mazenko

Mr. Joseph Benjamin Bolen III

Mr. William L. Garrison Jr.

Mr. Charlie Stephen McAdams

Mrs. Lee Watkins Boles

Mr. Walter Houston Givhan

Mr. Bart Everett McBride

Mr. James Alton Britain Jr.

Mr. Ashok Goenka

Mr. William Boyd McGehee III

Dr. Charles L. Broome

Mr. Charles H. Goodman

Mr. David W. McGill

Ms. Marilee A. Brown-Wells

Ms. Patricia A. Goodman

Mr. John Paul McKleroy Jr.

Mr. William George Caffee Jr.

Mr. James Will Gore

Mr. Charles Edward McNeil Jr.

Ms. Kim Sydow Campbell

Mr. Sammy Ray Graham

Mr. Michael Alan Medley

Mr. Iris W. Carmack

Mr. David Wayne Green

Microsoft Corporation

Mr. Monte Aubrey Carmack

Mr. James William Greiner

Mr. Joseph Norbert Miller III

Mr. Kenneth M. Carnathan

Mr. Kenneth Alan Grodner

Mr. Mitchell Mintz

Mr. David R. Carpenter

Mr. Gregory Scott Gryska

Mr. Morris Mintz and Mrs. Melinda Mintz

Cingular Wireless

Mr. Claude B. Gullatt III

Mr. James Kermit Moore

Mr. Robert Deason Cobb

Mr. Gregory Mark Guthrie

Dr. Roy Newton Moore

Mr. Coy Mark Collinsworth

Dr. J. Michael Hardin

Mr. Garey Pate Morrison

Dr. Michael D. Conerly

Mr. Steven C. Hardin

Mrs. Patricia Morgan Morrison

Mr. E. James Connor

Mr. Philip Morton Hodgson

Mr. Paul Clifford Morrow

Mr. Thomas Randall Cotton

Mr. Peter Thomas Hodo Jr.

Mr. William David Muncher

Mr. G. Richard Cowart

Honeywell Foundation

Mr. James H. Nelems

Mr. John Douglas Cox

Mrs. Lynn Nolen Huddle

Mr. Nicholas Felix Noriea Jr.

Mr. Irwin C. Craig Jr.

Mr. Wilbur Bernard Hufham

Dr. George Allen Overstreet

Mr. William Henry Crozier

Integrated Medical Systems International Inc.

Mr. Jason Leon Overstreet

Mr. James C. Cunningham Jr.

ISI LTD

Dr. Susan McMillan Overstreet

Mr. William D. Cunningham

Mr. Samuel F. Jackson Jr.

Mr. Philip David Owen

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Curatola

Mr. S. Macey Johnson III

Mrs. Dorothy T. Owens

Mr. Robert J. Davison

Mr. Gregory D. Johnston

Mr. John A. Owens

Mr. Jeffrey Stuart DeMond

Mr. Daniel J. Justice

Mr. Kevin E. Partlow

Mr. Stephen Matthew Dent

Mr. Winfred Justice

Dr. Ronald James Patten

Mr. Anthony Joseph DiPiazza

Mr. Maurice F. Kahlmus

Mr. Donald R. Patterson

Dominion Foundation

Dr. Robert C. Kee

Mr. Philip L. Patterson and

Dr. Michael T. Dugan

Mr. Kenneth Kelly

Mrs. Selene W. Patterson

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Mr. Fred Albert Dawson Jr.

Mr. Mark Anthony Hickman

Mr. Gordon Dallam Martin

Mr. J. Wray Pearce

Mrs. Lana English Sellers

Mr. Charles T. Townsend

Mrs. Susan Fulton Day

Mr. Stephen E. Higdon

Mr. Jos Manuel Martinez

Mr. Allen C. Phillips

Mr. Larry Thomas Shaffer

Dr. Richard Allen Turpin

Mrs. Carole Williams Delchamps

Mr. Hugh Jefferson Hinson Jr.

Ms. Cheryl D. Martino

Mr. Jerry Don Phillips II

Coach Mike Shula

Ms. Shelby Jean Tutwiler

Dr. Frank Todd DeZoort

Mr. Phillip Newton Holley

Mr. Willard McCall Jr.

Mrs. Kathy H. Pitts

Mr. Edward Tillery Simmons

Mr. Carl E. Valentine

Mr. Christopher E. Dietrick

Mr. Parks Hollis III

Mr. Ronald D. McCoy

Mr. William Franklin Pitts II

Mr. J. Brian Singleton

Wachovia Foundation

Ms. Jessica Dixon

Mr. Robert Lewis Holman

Mr. John Thomas McDonald Jr.

Mr. James B. Pope Sr.

Mr. James Johnson Sledge

Mr. Andrew Cox Wade Sr.

Mr. Harry Phelan Dorlon Jr.

Mr. William F. Horsley

Mr. Charles T. McDowell

Mr. John F. Powell Jr. and

Mr. William Thomasson Sledge

Mr. Kenneth Paul Waller

Dr. Richard L. Doughty

Mr. Robert Louis Howland

Mrs. Patricia Bevis Mears

Mr. Stanley McCreary Smith

Mr. Charles C.T. Wang

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dove

Dr. Rob Hoyt

Ms. Joyce Lynn Meyer

Dr. Lena B. Prewitt

Ms. Tracy Smith

Dr. David G. Warnock

Dow Chemical Company Foundation

Professor Raef T. Hussein

Mr. Robert Eugene Milam Jr.

Mr. Ronald Elwyn Reed

Mr. Van Sommer

Mr. Joe M. Westheimer Jr.

Mr. John C. Duckworth Jr.

Mr. W. Bruce Hutchins III

Dr. David Michael Miller

Dr. Robert Glenn Richey Jr.

Mr. David W. Sorrelle

Mrs. Lucy P. Whatley

Mr. Michael H. Echols

Mr. John Neal Ingram

Mr. Chelsie Joe Mills

Mr. Farrell E. Robinson

Southern Company Services Inc.

Mr. Stephen W. Whatley

Mr. Andy Eidson

International Insurance Society

Mr. John W. Minor III

Mr. Eric T. Rogers

Mr. Joseph A. Stanley III

Mr. A.S. Williams III

Mr. Nathan Allen Einstein

Mr. Charles Harold Jackson

Mr. Guy E. Moman Jr.

Mr. Larry Joe Ruffin

Mr. Kenneth Comer Tankersley

Colonel Marinda Coultas Wood

Mr. John Alston Elsevier

Mrs. Susan Lindley Jackson

Mr. Bob Montgomery

Mrs. Mary Austill Samford

Mr. Gary K. Taylor

Mr. David Brent Wyper

Mr. Stephen Lynn Entrekin

Mr. David M. James

Ms. Karen J. Mooney

Mr. Yetta G. Samford Jr.

Mr. Whitmer A. Thomas

Mr. John Fritz Yeager Jr.

Mr. Joe Walter Esco

Mr. Joe Turner Jett

Mr. James Boyd Moore Jr.

Dr. Charles P. Schmidt

Mr. James D. Thybony

Mr. Joseph Fehrenbach

Mr. Michael David Johns

Mr. Patrick Rickman Moore

Ms. Lorilee Medders Schneider

Mr. David Clark Tipton

Dr. James Howard Finch

Ms. Gina Johnson

Mr. Clay Morris

Mr. T. Gary Fitts

Mr. Kenneth H. Johnson

Mr. Richard H. Napier

Mr. John Thomas Fitzgibbon Jr.

Mr. Larry Dwight Johnson

New York Times Company Foundation Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Freres

Mr. Sam L. Jollit

Northwestern Mutual Foundation

Mr. Timothy Alan Gamso

The Honorable John David Jolly

Dr. Jimmy Blansett Nunis

Mr. John W. Gant Jr.

Mr. Michael A. Jones

Mr. Douglas B. Nunnelley

Mr. Alan Gates

Mr. D. Raines Jordan

Mr. Walter Flake Oakley IV

General Motors Foundation

Mr. Richard E. Kaplan

Mr. Thomas Sidney OConnor Jr.

Mr. Frederick A. George Jr.

Mr. David Paul Kassouf

Dr. Richard E. Olson

Georgia Gulf Corporation

Mrs. Leigh Donahoo Kelley

Mr. James Ray Owen Jr.

Mrs. Patricia Gillis Powell

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The Executives Club is open to individuals and institutions that contribute $275.00 to $549.99 to the College
or any of its academic programs.
Mr. Garry Wayne Abbott

Mr. George Bloodworth

Mr. Marion Thomas Collins Jr.

Dr. Carole Warren Giardina

Mr. James Cooper Kelsoe Jr.

PACCAR Foundation

Mr. E.D. Aderholt

Mr. Joseph A. Boohaker

Mrs. Dana Rucks Compton

Mr. Christopher Morris Gill

Mr. Carter Stallworth Kennedy

Mr. Wilmer Parker III

Mr. Carl Wayne Albright III

Mr. Kevin Bruce Borie

Mr. W. H. Cooper IV

Mr. James Milan Givan

Mr. James Edward Kennedy Sr.

Mr. Houston Lee Pearce

Mr. Jason Curtiss Alexander

Mr. Tommy Ray Bozeman

Mr. William Earl Cooper

Mr. James H. Godfrey Jr.

Mr. Henry L. King

Mr. Gus G. Pelekis

Mr. Jack Stewart Allison

Mr. Stephen Earl Bradley

Ms. Tiffany Lynne Cordes

Mr. Daryl Glenn Goldstein

Mr. Alan Lee Kosten

Penn Virginia Corporation

Mr. Jack Richard Altherr Jr.

Mr. Richard W. Brasher

Mrs. Linda Priola Core

Mr. William Lawson Goodman Jr.

Mrs. Susan Kosten

Mr. Vader A. Pennington

Mr. Todd William Anderson

Mr. Hollis O. Bridges

Mr. D. Bradley Cork

Mr. Mel Gottlieb

Mr. Albert L. Labovitz

Mr. Richard Terry Perdue

Mrs. Joyce M. Andrews

Mrs. Dorothy E. Brown

Mr. Ezell Cornelius

Ms. Didi C. Grant

Mr. Kirk P. Lakeman

Mr. J.B. Perry

Ms. Susan Cormany Angelo

Mr. William Lister Brunson Jr.

Dr. James P. Cover

Mr. Hubbard Vann Gravlee

Mr. William H. Lanford

Dr. Jack J. Phillips

Mr. W. Bradley Armagost

Mr. Aubrey E. Buchalter

Mrs. Anna Cooper Cox

Mr. Dan K. Green

Mr. Richard Dean Larimer

Mr. Jon Page Pierce

Mr. Lamar C. Bagby

Mr. Charles Michael Buckner

Mr. Chandler F. Cox Jr.

Mr. Ronald Drayton Green

Ms. Susan R. Lee

Mr. Alan Paul Pizzitola

Mr. Lawrence Edwin Baggett

Buffalo Rock Company

The Honorable Arthur M. Cromarty

Mr. Mark R. Greene

Mr. Ronald A. Leet

Mr. Anthony C. Portera

Mr. Jackson B. Bailey

Mr. Buddy Burton

Mr. J. Kenny Crow Jr.

Mr. William Stanley Gregory

Mr. Murray Levine

Mr. Richard L. Powell

Mr. Robert C. Baird Jr.

Mrs. Frankie ONeal Burton

Mr. James S. Crow

Mrs. Sally MaHaffey Griffis

Mr. Shuguang Liu

Mrs. Jessica Lifford Pratt

Mr. Walter L. Baker Jr.

Mr. Ronald Frank Bush

Mr. Norman Alton Crow Jr.

Mr. Marshall H. Groom

Mr. James David Loftin Jr.

Mr. James L. Priester

Mr. William Mark Baker

Mr. Bryan Ross Chandler

Mr. Bobby Gerald Cryar

Guardian Life Insurance Company

Mr. David Vance Lucas

Ms. Ashley Ramage

Mr. Adam Stewart Balzli

Mr. Wayne Childress

Mr. Noel T. Cumbaa

Mr. David Kirk Gunby III

Dr. Nicole Ponder Lueg

Mr. Jimmy Ramage

Dr. Dennis Robert Barbakow

Mr. Jeffrey S. Chitwood

Mr. John Milton Cummings

Ms. Ann Damon Haas

Mr. James Edward Lumpkin

Dr. Frank Edward Ranelli

Mrs. Penny Lane Barbakow

Mr. Steven A. Christian

Mr. Richard Truman Darden

Mr. Grant R. Haines

Mr. Kenneth S. Luton

Mr. Brian Allen Rankin

Mr. James M. Bates

Mr. Randy Cimorelli

Mr. Douglas Burton Davis

Mr. Jimmie A. Hallman

Mr. Wilburn Jewett Manderson

Mrs. Elizabeth Ratliff

Mr. Donald Henry Bevill

Mr. Harry E. Clements

Dr. Earl F. Davis

Mr. Danny Earl Harris

Mr. Frank R. Manning

Mr. B. Martin Ray

Mr. E. Steven Bigelow

Mrs. Mary Holman Cole

Miss Mary Gwendolyn Davis

Mr. David L. Harwood

Dr. Louis D. Marino

Dr. Frank R. Rayburn

Mr. Jacob Daniel Black

Mr. Jeffrey F. Coleman

Mr. Robert Leroy Davis Jr.

Mr. Harold Daniel Hayes III

Ms. Rebecca Jean Marsh

Mr. Larry Norman Reed

Mr. Jeffery L. Blankenship

Mr. Roger Barry Coleman

Mr. Steven Wayne Davis

Mr. Brian Lewis Henry

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Mr. Steven D. Altmann

Mr. Charles Bacon Bailey III

Dr. Zainul Abedin

American International Group Inc.

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Dr. Trevor Bain

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Anderson, Williams & Co.

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First Data Corporation
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The Honorable R. Bernard Harwood Jr.

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Mr. Ben H. Hulgan

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Mr. Ronald Vernoy Hayes

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Mr. Henry I. Frohsin

Mr. Ronald Alan Green

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Mr. Ralph Frohsin Jr.

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Mr. Jeff D. Hurst

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Mr. Robert Louis Greenwald

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May Department Stores Foundation Inc.

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Mr. Sanford Jay Leeds III

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Mr. Lewis L. McAllister Jr.

Mr. Serge Christopher Kauffmann

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Mr. Michael Lee Lewis

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Mr. Grant McDonald Jr.

Dr. Lee G. Knight

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Legacy

Pro g r am

(We promise not to tell them it was your dream we were

working to fulfill.)
Name(s) of parent(s)

Laura Rogers, left, and Paige Leonard

Back in 1999, the Culverhouse College of

Commerce began the Culverhouse College
of Commerce Legacy Program to encourage
the children of alumni to consider
Culverhouse their school (not just their
moms or dads) when its time for them
to make a decision about college.

The programs goal is to keep in touch
with the children of alumni through their
childhood years.

The poster girl for the program and
the first one enrolled was Laura Rogers, who,
along with her brother Bryant, was pictured in
cap and gown in front of Denny Chimes.

The program has now come full circle,
and Laura Rogers, just as planned, is enrolled
at The University of Alabama. Laura is the
daughter of Carolyn Rogers, director of
scholarships at UA.

Those enrolled in the Legacy Program
receive Bama remembrances on their
birthdays. When they enter their junior years
of high school, they will be invited to campus
for tours and special programs.

Our Legacy Program is free to all children
of alumni. To enroll your offspring, just
complete the registration form and return
it to Paige Leonard, the Legacy Program
coordinator, at the address on the form.
For more information, contact Paige at
(205) 348-2929 or rleonard@cba.ua.edu.

Mothers maiden name

UA graduation date:

Mother

Father

Address

City

State

ZIP code

Childs name

Childs date of birth

Childs Social Security number

Address (if different from parents)

City

State

ZIP code

Please fill out one form per child. Make copies of the form if you need additional ones.
Note: The UA Office of Undergraduate Admissions uses Social Security numbers for
applicant tracking purposes.
Return completed form to Paige Leonard, The University of Alabama, Culverhouse
College of Commerce, Box 870223, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0223 or e-mail this
information to rleonard@cba.ua.edu.

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I feel so very fortunate that
I have had the opportunity
to work with so many good
people and had so many good
people to rely on, Stone said. For
me, that is what makes being an educator at The
University of Alabama the very best occupation
in the world.

Stone is a past president of the American
Accounting Association. She is also a member
of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory
Council, the AICPA Accounting Standards
Executive Committee, the AACSB International
Accounting Accreditation Committee, and the
board of trustees of the Accounting Hall of Fame.

Everyone at the Culverhouse School of
Accountancy and the Culverhouse College of
Commerce has always supported me, especially
Dean Barry Mason, Stone said. Thats been
very important to my teaching and my research.

Stone said her service with the national
accounting organization has also been
highly beneficial.

One of the rewards of serving on the
Financial Standards Advisory Council was
getting to know University of Alabama alumni
such as Gary Fayard, the chief financial officer
for The Coca-Cola Company, and other
Alabama alums at international accounting
firms, Stone said. Getting to work with these
types of people gave me some very inspirational
examples that I could share with students, and
I think that greatly enhances their educational
experience.

We are so very proud of Dr. Stone and this
recognition, said J. Barry Mason, dean of the
Culverhouse College of Commerce, but we
are hardly surprised. Under her stewardship,

g
the Culverhouse School of Accountancy, one of
the premier accounting schools in the world,
has continued its high level of excellence.

Stones honor was announced in the
spring in Accounting Education News. She will
receive a plaque, citation, and $5,000 at the
2007 American Accounting Associations
annual meeting. This award is funded by
the PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation.
An additional $5,000 will be donated by the
PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation to the AAA
in the winners name. The award winner will
determine how the AAA will use the funds.

The general criteria, as adopted in 1972
when the Outstanding Accounting Educator
Award was initiated, are contributions to
accounting education from scholarly endeavors
in research and teaching over a sustained
period of time through educational innovation,
excellence in teaching, publications, research
guidance to graduate students, and significant
involvement in professional and academic
societies and activities.

Stone attended Central Florida University
(B.A. and M.S.) and the University of Illinois
(Ph.D.).

Her work has been published in leading
accounting journals, including the Journal of
Accounting and Economics, Accounting Review,
the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of
Accounting and Public Policy, Accounting Horizons,
Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting,
and Government Finance Review. She has served
on the editorial boards of Accounting Review, the
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Issues in
Accounting Education, and Advances in Accounting.
A CPA, she is a member of the AICPAs PreCertification Education Executive Committee. e

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As the U.S. information technology giant

International Business Machines expands its

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business in China and the rest of Asia, a Culverhouse

College of Commerce graduate is in the midst of the action.

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The Chinese are a great and vital people who should not remain isolated
from the international community It is certainly in our interest,
and in the interest of peace and stability in Asia and in the world,
that we take what steps we can toward improved relations with Peking.

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Tom Donahue, who earned
undergraduate degrees in finance
and banking from The University
of Alabama, is vice president of the
distribution sector in China and
all of Asia Pacific for International
Business Machines. IBM has been
operating in mainland China for
more than 20 years and in Taiwan
even longer. Donahue said IBM
is one of the first multinational
corporations to be licensed to
operate in China.

Donahue is stationed in
Shanghai, 9,000 miles from The
University of Alabama and his
boyhood home in Birmingham.

Donahue was recruited by IBM
in 1979 shortly after he graduated
from UA. He began his career as a
sales trainee. It did not take me long
to discover the bigger opportunities
in sales as an IBM executive. I knew
I wanted to be in a position of
leadership to lead a team and
that goal was the foundation of the
decisions and sacrifices I made over
my career spanning some 27 years at
IBM, he said.

After career stops in Tennessee,
Oklahoma and Texas, Donahue
was promoted to assist the general
manager of IBM Americas in 1999
on all areas of IBM business for
North America and South America.
From there he became vice president

of wireless communications sales in

North and South America, where he
was responsible for more than half
the revenues generated for IBM and
for establishing IBMs presence in
this fast-growing market.

He acknowledges and embraces
the competitive and volatile
environment of the informationtechnology world. The IT industry
changes so quickly that we have to
run to just stay in place. It demands
we change with it the way we
do business, how we organize. IT
evolves quickly, and I find that
exciting, challenging and rewarding.

We now compete on a worldmarket level. There are motivated
and intellectual people willing to
do the work we do at a fraction of
the cost in virtually every area of
business, Donahue said. My advice
is that if you want to be successful,
you need to look for creative ways to
exploit the change. Learn what the
dynamics of your industry are and
concentrate on innovation. Then
you can stay ahead of the curve.
With a flat world those who lead will
be the winners. I recommend reading
The World is Flat by Thomas
Friedman. It describes what the
future business environment will
look like and what we need to do to
compete.
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Donahue offers this advice
to students. First, decide what
interests and motivates you, then
pursue it with vigor. Next, Break
it all down to what you are willing
to do or not willing to do. For
example, are you willing to live
overseas? Are you willing to travel?

To sum it up, manage your
career so that you are in control
of what you want, versus allowing
circumstance to dictate to you. Be
in control of where you are going

as you plan your business and

personal life.

That philosophy apparently
has worked well for Donahue over
the last two decades. His wife,
Shelley, is a full-time mother to
their two daughters, Sarah, 11, and
Claire, 4.

All of us know enough
Chinese to get around. An
interesting statistic is that there
are more people learning English
today in China than live in the

United States. English is now

mandatory in all Chinese primary
schools. If you speak English
in Shanghai, you can easily get
around. This demonstrates how
the world and this country are
changing. The Chinese realize to
compete on the world stage they
need to learn English, so it is
now a required course in public
school.

Family friends are a potpourri
It was an average career, he said.
of cultures and people from
However, I had a chance to play
around the world. The Donahues
with some major leaguers. Bobby
refer to their circle of friends and
Sprowl was my roommate for two
Shanghais inhabitants as a melting
years; he was a first-round-draft
pot of Americans, Europeans,
pick of the Boston Red Sox. And
Japanese and Australians.
I played with Britt Burns, Chicago

The menus are as diverse as
White Sox. I played summer ball
the people, with cuisines
from around the world. The
only restaurant we havent
found is Mexican, Donahue
said. However, the familys
domestic helper is Philippine
and cooks a variety of Asian
foods and some Mexican.

The Donahues use email with high-speed Internet
and video-conferencing
to connect with family in
Birmingham.

Donahues two brothers
and two sisters are University
of Alabama graduates, who also

enjoy successful careers. One
with Buck Showalter who went on
brother, Joe, is a salesman for
to manage the New York Yankees
Optimal Readings in Birmingham;
and the Texas Rangers. ...
his other brother, Tim, is a lawyer in

Back in the old days, we
Birmingham
were expected
and owns
First, decide what interests to be on the
his own law
field by 2 p.m.
and motivates you, then
firm. A sister,
I got used
pursue it with vigor.
Marianne, is a
to getting up
sales representative
early, class at 8 a.m.
for Lucent Technologies, and Tricia,
and studying at night. Playing any
the youngest, is an implementation
sport brings out the competitive
manager for a medical software
spirit. That carries over to business,
company in Birmingham.
which is where you have to outwork

Tom Donahue, a threeor outthink your competition. It
year-baseball letterman with the
makes the game interesting.
Crimson Tide, maintains an interest

The Donahues are going on
in University of Alabama athletics.
their second year in Shanghai, and

their experiences continue to be

exciting and interesting.

When Donahue returned to the
United States to attend Alabamas
football game with Oklahoma
State in the Independence Bowl
in December, he discussed with
UA President Robert E. Witt
about how the United
States can increase business
relationships with China and
implement plans and courses
to keep the University at
the forefront of a rapidly
changing global marketplace.
Dr. Chad Hilton,
Bennett Faculty Fellow in
International Business and
director of international
business programs for the
UA business school, teaches
Multinational Business
Communication: Focus
China along with a special course
on Chinese geography. Students
in the class study the Chinese
economy on campus and then
visit China for a firsthand look at
Chinese culture and the developing
economy. Donahue has offered to
act as a liaison between the class
and the Chinese contacts.

The class will make a number
of site visits to both United
States and Chinese companies,
and the opportunity provided
by Mr. Donahue to host will add
substantially to their academic
experience, Hilton said. e

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P r o f e ss o r

I n sura n c e

Visits

B usi n e ss

E x p e rt

S c h o o l

These are busy times for Dr. Qixiang Sun,

the C.V. Starr Professor of Risk Management and
Insurance and associate dean at the Peking University
School of Economics. In addition to her responsibilities for
all academic programs in her school, Sun is responsible for the

many foreign dignitaries who visit the school, including ambassadors,

legislators, and cabinet-level public officials. She is also the principal founder

and director of the China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research and,
since 1996, has served as chair of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance.

Sun visited The University of Alabama

and Tuscaloosa earlier this spring at the
invitation of Dr. William H. Rabel, FLMI,
CLU, the John and Mary Louise Loftis
Bickley Endowed Teaching Professor of
Insurance and Financial Services.

We are very honored to have a visiting
faculty member who has the experience
and recognition that Sun enjoys, Rabel
said. She has received many awards from
academic organizations throughout the
world, her university, and the Chinese
government. She is known as Chinas
greatest authority on insurance and social
security. The insight she shared with our
students, faculty and guests was invaluable.

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Sun said she enjoyed her visit to
the University and would like to see
some type of future collaboration
between UA and Peking University.
I need to know more about the
faculty and the students, but I would
like to come back. The people are
very nice.

While in town she spoke to
several classes and met with several
University representatives. She said
her first trip to Tuscaloosa was so
worthwhile. She said she has visited
the United States several times,
the first visit coming 12 years ago
when she did postdoctoral studies at
Indiana University. In 200001 she
spent a year at the National Bureau
of Economic Research and
at Harvard University.

Suns presentation at UA was
titled China: The History and its
New Face in the 21st Century.
She said Chinas recorded history
extends back 5,000 years, and
the country is credited with four
major inventions: gunpowder,
paper, printing and the compass.
The Communist party, with eight
supporting parties, rules Chinas
1.3 billion people. Sun noted that
China has 58 nationalities within
its borders and has a diverse culture
with eight distinct cuisines.

For most of its history, China
was a closed society, but in 1979
formal diplomatic relations were
established with the United States.
In the 1980s, China embarked on a
program of almost total reform.

If you had a watch, a sewing
machine and a bicycle, you were
regarded as a rich man in the 1960s
to 1980s, Sun said. Now you are
rich if you have a car and a cottage.

averaged four to five per year since

The reforms have also brought
then. She begins her day about 5
about other changes. Government
a.m., likes to exercise, plays table
criticism is allowed now, she said.
tennis (she was a high school and
Also, now it is very common to
university champion) and enjoys
show affection in public, especially
playing cards.
among young people.

She writes a column for an

And while the reforms have
insurance publication, once hosted
brought economic growth, Sun said
an economic issues show on China
her country still faces a number of
Central TV, and has been recognized
problems, among them unbalanced
as Peking Universitys best teacher.
geographic development, high
Suns husband is a correspondent for
unemployment in some regions,
a Chinese news agency.
a migration of workers from the

According to Rabel, The
countryside to the city, income
University of Alabama has many
disparity, and other problems in
valuable relationships with foreign
rural areas where it is difficult to
universities, and we hope to work
sustain economic development.
closely with Peking University, which

China also faces problems that
is also known as Beijing University,
will resonate with United States
in the future. Peking University
residents: insufficient funding of
is Chinas leading institution of
Social Security and other retirement
higher learning, and there appears
plans. China and the U.S. can learn
to be many areas where our two
from each other in finding ways to
schools can cooperate. Among them
overcome these challenges, she said.
are student and faculty exchanges,

Sun said that while the
using Alabamas
United States
and China share
If you had a watch, outstanding
teleconferencing
some common
a sewing machine
capabilities to
problems, the
and
a
bicycle,
you
present lectures or
severity levels
were regarded as a joint programs,
are different.
Your pollution,
rich man in the 1960s and serving as
a resource for
education and
to 1980s, Sun said.
joint research
Social Security
Now you are rich if
and information
problems are
you have a car
exchange. We
not as severe.
and a cottage. will be working with
Everything you have is
Professor Sun and her
more developed; there
colleagues to move these
is a huge difference in the level
initiatives forward in the years
of resources.
ahead. Meanwhile, we are

Sun has been the associate dean
very grateful to her for
at Peking University for a little more
her visit. e
than four years. Serving as dean,
teaching, and establishing contacts
keep her busy. In 1998 she made
four international trips and has

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G e n e ral M a n a g e r
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E x e cut i v e M . B . A .

Council Adds

CIGNA HealthCare has

appointed Charles Pitts
president and general
manager of CIGNA
HealthCares operations
in North Carolina and
South Carolina.

W e st t o B o a r d

Susan C. West, assistant

dean and director of the
M.B.A. program, has been
elected to the Executive
M.B.A. Council board of
trustees for a three-year term.

West was elected by the council

membership, which includes more than 200

universities and colleges throughout the world.
She will serve with nine other leaders from
member schools such as the University of
Notre Dame, the University of Chicago and
the London Business School.

For the past 25 years, the Executive

M.B.A. Council has helped to strengthen the

bonds among executive M.B.A. programs

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throughout the world and has contributed to the

advancement of executive education.

Carver will chair the boards research

committee.

Dr. Barry Van Dyck, chair of the Executive

M.B.A. Council board of trustees and director

of the degree programs at the Mendoza College
of Business at the University of Notre Dame,
said West will be an asset to the board.

Susan will add significantly to the

general knowledge of the board because of

her intelligence, Van Dyck said. She can be
trusted. She has a great deal of respect from her
peers and leaders within the council. She will
be a great board member, and I hope that she
accepts other levels of leadership in the future.

Pitts is a seasoned executive with

17 years of leadership experience within
the managed care industry and with strong
capabilities in business operations, strategic
planning and performance. He will be based
in Charlotte, N.C.

In his new position, Pitts, who earned a
Master of Business Administration degree
from The University of Alabama in 1987,
will be responsible for external operations
in North Carolina and South Carolina and
will oversee a sales team of more than 74
professionals. He will also be responsible for
fostering and deepening relationships with
employers, providers, brokers and consultants
in the region. CIGNA HealthCare brings
integrated medical, behavioral, pharmacy,
dental and vision benefits to employers
and serves approximately 263,000 medical
members in the Carolinas.

Pitts most recently served as president
and chief executive officer for
UnitedHealthcare in the Carolinas. Prior to
his role in this region, Pitts also led operations
in additional UnitedHealthcare markets,
including the Gulf Coast states of Alabama,
Louisiana and Mississippi.

Pitts holds a bachelors degree
from Washington and Lee University in
Virginia.He is a member of the Charlotte
Rotary Club and also serves as a director of
Charlottes BRIDGE Jobs Program. Pitts
previously served as director of the North
Carolina Association of Health Plans and as
chairman of the American Heart Associations
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Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers may not seem to have
much in common with the Culverhouse College of Commerce and

Business Administration. The nationally ranked Culverhouse has an 88-year

tradition of producing some of the most successful businessmen and women in the world.

Lutgert, on the other hand, although growing in size and offerings, was founded only 10 years ago.

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relationship with Weeks.

But 10 percent of Lutgerts

Finchs decision proved to
50-member faculty are Culverhouse
be a wise one. The Alico Chair
graduates who have migrated to
of Financial Management and
the Sunshine State. UA has the
Planning eventually became
highest representation of any
Lutgerts associate dean, and, in
university on the Lutgert faculty.
January 2007, he was appointed

Dr. Henry Shelton Weeks,
acting dean after founding dean
Lucas Professor of Real Estate and
Richard Pegnetter became interim
FGCU founding faculty member,
president of FGCU.
received his bachelors degree in

Although
corporate finance and investment
Finch would
management and his masters
consider his hiring
and doctorate in finance from
as intentional, he
the Culverhouse College
said that when an
of Commerce.
endowed chair in

In 2000, Weeks was responsible
accounting position
for bringing the second Culverhouse
came available
alum to Lutgert.
in 2004, hiring a Culverhouse

We had an opening in
graduate was pure coincidence.
finance and I immediately thought

Selected for the position was
of Howard, Weeks said.
Dr. Ara Volkan who

Howard Dr. J.
You get good
received his doctorate
Howard Finch and
foundations when in accounting in
Weeks first met at
you get someone 1979. Volkan left
the Culverhouse as
doctoral students in
from Alabama. West Georgia College
to become the holder
finance, and the two
of the Moorings Park
have remained close friends.
Chair in Managerial Accounting.

At the time, Finch was a

I didnt know he was a
professor at the University of
UA grad until he came for an
Tennessee at Chattanooga. He said
interview, Finch said.
his decision to accept the job at

In 2005, when FGCU was
FGCU was a direct result
looking for an assistant professor
of the personal and professional

of finance, Finch, who chaired the

search committee, was given the
name of Dr. Travis Jones, who had
just completed his doctorate in
finance at UA. Jones was one of
several candidates for the position
and turned out to be the most
qualified, Finch said.

The last UA graduate hired,
in 2006, Dr. Mushfiq Swaleheen
came highly
recommended
by Dr. Billy
Helms, head of
the Culverhouse
Department
of Economics,
Finance and
Legal Studies.

Weeks and Finch both said
there was never a grand plan to
assemble a contingent of UA
graduates, but they also said the
Culverhouse candidates are well
trained and have the research
skills necessary to be excellent
professors.

You get good foundations
when you get someone from
Alabama, said Weeks.
Rest assured, the UA influence
is both strong and positive within
the FGCU college of business. e

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C o n n e c t i o n

If you are not a member of the Crimson Connection, you are missing a great opportunity to network
with fellow alumni and friends of The University of Alabama and the Culverhouse College of Commerce,
according to Lindsey Blumenthal, coordinator of the Commerce Executives Society.

The Crimson Connection is open to all UA alumni and friends,
Blumenthal said. Its kind of like the Facebook or MySpace, but for UA
alumni. Its an exclusive networking tool, which will help UA alums and friends
reconnect, make new connections, get advice, or find jobs and employees.

Basically, when you join Crimson Connection, you can ask other alumni
who are members to be your friends. Thats how you build your network. Once
someone is in your network, you have access to their network, and their
networks networks and so on. You may find someone you have been trying
to reach for a business reason who is a friend of a friend. Now, you have
a way to get to that person. You can also reconnect with people who you
knew in college and can meet new people.
The Crimson Connection also contains news and information as
well as blogs.
You also can join groups, Blumenthal said. For example, the
Commerce Executives Society has a group. Once you become a member of
a group like CES, you can view photos of events, hear about upcoming news
and events, and you have an easy way to connect with other people who are
interested in the business school.

There is also a feature that allows members to post and search for jobs.

And it is completely free, Blumenthal said. All you have to do to join is
enter your alumni identification, which I will be more than willing to provide if
they e-mail me their full name as University records would have it and the year
they graduated, Blumenthal said. If they have changed their last name since
they graduated and havent updated that information with UA, they would need
to provide both names so that I can get their ID for you and so I can update
their information with UA. e

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Capstone
Business Academy:

E x tra o rdi n ar y S umm e r f o r Hi g h - S c h o o l S tud e n ts

pplications are being

accepted for the Capstone
Business Academy,
the Culverhouse College of
Commerces summer program
for academically exceptional
high-school students. In its fourth
year, the program is designed for
students interested in obtaining
an education and pursuing a
business career.

During the 10-day program,
academy participants interact with
University of Alabama professors
and working professionals through
a variety of presentations and
experiences. Past titles of seminars
and workshops have included
CPAs in the FBI, Corporate
Ethics and Social Responsibility,
Entrepreneurship in Action,
Opportunities in Health Care
Management, The Commodity
Exchange Game, Personal Selling
Workshop, Reading the Wall Street
Journal, The Life of an Investment

Advisor, and Building Your

Personal Leadership Style. The
program provides an atmosphere
that challenges and stimulates
each student.

Academy students also
participate in a four-day trip to
Atlanta to visit professionals at
top employers of business-school
graduates. These Fortune 500
companies and other national
and regional leaders provide the
students with VIP treatment.
Each student experiences personal
interaction with top-level
executives and gets a behind-thescenes look at operations and
facilities. Companies visited in the
past have included the Coca-Cola
Company, the Turner Broadcasting
Network, the Atlanta Falcons,
UPS, the Honda Manufacturing
Company, the Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, and the Southern
Company.

Bonding with other students
from across the nation and
experiencing the adventures
of college life are also prime
components of the program.
Students participate in theme-night
parties and athletic activities and
attend an Atlanta Braves game.
Students can choose between a
June or July session in order to
schedule around other summer
opportunities.

Participants are eligible
for special scholarships and
mentorships not available to other
students. Top-performing students
will be awarded a four-year position
as a Culverhouse College Faculty
Scholar, which is a paid mentorship
with a prominent University
business faculty member. In
addition, scholarship funds beyond
those awarded at the University
and College levels have been
solely designated for academy
participants. e

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H o ust o n A pp e ars o n

C N B C T e l e v isi o n

Professor Rich Houston of the

Culverhouse School of Accountancy
appeared on CNBC television to
discuss the results of his recently
published research on
earnings management.

According to Houstons research,

more than half of chief financial
officers say they can legally influence
reported earnings by 3 percent or
more and without much effort.
Techniques could range from such
tactics as delaying spending and
accelerating order processing
to subtler accounting moves.

Houston teamed with Michael
Peters of the Villanova University
School of Business and Jamie Pratt
of Indiana University to survey
743 senior finance professionals
worldwide. Few of the finance chiefs
thought that their auditors would
catch any such manipulations, and,
even if they did, they did not think
the auditors would report it
to management.

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When presented with various
scenarios in which their companies
would either beat or miss analyst
expectations, one-third of
respondents said they would try to
influence the results, with 24 percent
indicating they would increase
earnings and 8 percent indicating
they would try to cut them,
depending on the circumstances.

The survey findings also
appeared in CFO Magazine and
The New York Times.

Houston has also had two
papers accepted for publication
this year. The Journal of Accounting
Literature has accepted The Impact
of Competition on Audit Planning,
Review and Performance, written
with Jim Bierstaker and
Arnie Wright.

Many blame the accounting
scandals that led to the SarbanesOxley Act at least in part to an
overly competitive environment
for accounting firms, Houston
said. The speculation is that intense
competition, which perhaps caused
auditors to focus too much on
the business aspects of auditing
as opposed to performing quality
audits, resulted in lower
audit quality.

The paper summarizes research
that considers the effects of
competitive pressures on the audit
and raises questions about whether

c o mm e r c e

and how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

and increased focus on audit quality
affect an auditors behavior.

Accounting Horizons accepted
a paper co-authored by Dana
Hermanson and UA Master of
Accountancy graduate, John Rice,
titled PCAOB Inspections of
Smaller CPA Firms: Initial Evidence
from Inspection Reports.

In this paper we used
information gathered from
inspection reports of smaller
accounting firms to gain insights
into the inspection process,
Houston said.

Both papers are expected to
be in print sometime this year.

P r o f e ss o rs Gup a n d
Brooks Weigh in on
t h e S ucc e ss o f B r ya n t B a n k

After 18 months of operation,

Bryant Bank ranks seventh out of 15
banking corporations in Tuscaloosa
County in total deposits, according
to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Web site.

The ranking puts Bryant Bank
ahead of several older banks in
Tuscaloosa County. Some of these
banks, however, exceed Bryant Bank
in total assets. Total assets include
all of a banks holdings deposits,
holdings in investment firms, and
trust departments and are the most
common measures of a banks size,

especially on the national level.

Still, total deposits can be
useful tools when studying local
markets, said Benton Gup,
professor of finance at The
University of Alabama.

When looking at local markets
like Tuscaloosa, deposits are used
[for comparison], Gup said.
Bryant Bank has come a long way
in a short period of time and is
ahead of some established banks.

Robert Brooks, SouthTrust
Professor of Finance at UA, said the
banks growth isnt surprising given
current economic conditions.

Ive never lived in a place
that has grown as rapidly as in
Tuscaloosa, Brooks said. Economic
growth is directly related to bank
growth rate.

Brooks also said the recent wave
of bank mergers, such as the Regions
with AmSouth and the Wachovia
with SouthTrust mergers, is likely
pushing business Bryants way,
as customers seek more
personal service.

Branding is always important
in relationship businesses like
community banking; therefore,
a name like Bryant helps here in
Tuscaloosa, he said. However,
the focus on making customers feel
like family is the core of success in
community banking.

M ari n o Tal k s ab o ut

E n tr e pr e n e urs h ip

i n U S A T o d ay

As passionate as entrepreneurs must

be to drive start-ups forward, they
also know when to cut losses.

Know when to give up on an idea,

Louis Marino, an associate professor
of entrepreneurship, told USA Today.
Not every idea an entrepreneur
has is going to be a home run.
Giving up doesnt necessarily mean
the business idea was bad. Instead,
it might be the right idea at the
wrong time as was the case with
thousands of dot-coms launched
in the late 1990s before household
high-speed Internet access became
widespread, making viable all the
offerings those dot-coms hoped
to sell.

Hardi n F e atur e d
i n S A A . c o m O n - li n e

A rticl e o n
B usi n e ss I n t e lli g e n c e
Dr. Michael Hardin, professor of
statistics and associate dean for
research, was featured on SAS.com

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Outl o o k D ra w s B i g
C r o w d , L o ts o f P r e ss
The annual Economic Outlook
Conference, presented by the
Center for Business and Economic
Research at the Embassy Suites in
Montgomery, drew a big crowd and
considerable press coverage.

Dana Beyerle, Montgomery
bureau chief for the Tuscaloosa News,
a New York Times newspaper, was
on hand to cover the conference,
as were Sebastian Kitchen from
the Mobile Press Register, Tiffany
Ray from the Birmingham Business
Journal, and representatives from the
Montgomery Advertiser.

David Bronner, chief executive
officer of the Retirement Systems of
Alabama and the keynote speaker,
said he expects continued growth
in the states economy unless one
of several national or international
factors blows up on us. Bronner
warned of the potential impact of
oil, the Iraq war, the national deficit
and China on the national and
state economies.

in an on-line article about the

demand for business intelligence
skills and university programs.

The article discusses Hardins
work in creating a certificate
program that teaches data-mining
skills to graduate students in
multiple disciplines. The four-course
concentration in data mining was
initially designed for masters in
applied statistics candidates, but the
coursework quickly became popular
with M.B.A. students as well.

Hardin and his colleagues work
hard at teaching the students not just
how to analyze data but also how
to present the findings. They learn
how to explain what the data means
to executive-level staff, Hardin said.

The Universitys program has
graduated 60 students who have
taken a four-course series on data
mining. The program has been a
boon to Alabamas graduate students
and for employers desperate to hire
top-notch BI employees, Hardin e
said. e
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Dr. Harris Schlesinger, professor of finance and Frank
Park Samford Chair of Insurance, is the recipient
of The University of Alabamas 2006 Burnum
Distinguished Faculty Award.

One of the highest honors the University bestows
on its faculty, the Burnum award is given each year
to a faculty member who has demonstrated superior
scholarly or artistic achievements and profound
dedication to the art of teaching.

Schlesinger has 27 years of teaching under his belt,
20 of those years at UA. In addition, Schlesinger is
an adjunct professor at the University of Konstanz in
Germany. He is a past president of the American Risk
and Insurance Association as well as founding editor
of the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory. An
associate editor for five academic journals, Schlesinger
has published articles in more than two dozen
journals, including the Journal of Finance, Econometrica,
the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of
Economics, and the Journal of Economics Theory.

Harris is the epitome of the achievements the
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dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce. He is
one of the top 10 insurance scholars in the world, has
served as president of the premier academic association
in risk and insurance, and has shown unparalleled
faculty leadership in the College over the years.

Dr. Billy Helms, professor of finance and head
of the department of economics, finance and legal
studies, and Dr. Walt Enders, professor of economics
and Lee Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance
collectively wrote Schlesingers nomination letter.

In the letter, both professors praised Schlesingers
research accomplishments.

An excerpt from the nomination letter reads
as follows: Professor Schlesingers research focuses
on risk and uncertainty with special attention to
insurance markets, which have evolved to spread and
diversify risks. His accomplishments highlight the
type of national and international recognition that Dr.
Schlesingers work on insurance economics brings to
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Last September, a group of top
insurance executives and a number
of researchers from the worlds
major universities convened at
the prestigious St. Regis Hotel in
New York City to take part in the
inaugural summit of the
Barbon Institute.

Among the participants at
the summit was Alabamas own
insurance commissioner, Walter
Bell, who also serves as the president
of the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners.

Also attending was University
of Alabama professor Dr. Harris
Schlesinger, who was involved
with the Barbon Institute from
the start as a founding member
of the institutes advisory board.
Schlesinger was a panelist at the
New York summit. As a member
of the advisory board, Schlesinger
is responsible for setting the
institutes research agenda, selecting
its network fellows, approving its
publications, and ensuring the
integrity and quality of its work.

The Barbon Institute is named
in honor of Dr. Nicholas Barbon.
An economist, wealthy landowner
and physician, Barbon established
the first fire insurance policies
in efforts to rebuild the city of
London after the disastrous fire in
1666. Organizing and mobilizing
firefighters in the event of another
catastrophic disaster, his techniques
turned chaos into confidence after
London was rebuilt.

In addition to Bell and
Schlesinger, the inaugural summit
was attended by many top insurance
company executives such as Maurice
Hank Greenberg, the current
CEO of C.V. Starr and Company,
as well as many regulators, including
the insurance commissioners from
several states and Elliot Spitzer,
then attorney general and now
governor for the State of New York.
Other board members include
professors from Yale University,
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the University of
Pennsylvania and the University
of Chicago.

Funding comes from insurance
donors who wish to promote
educated debate on insurance
issues, Schlesinger said. The
institute is a mix of top-industry
people, legal experts and academics.
It is a new vehicle for academia and
industry to communicate.

The institutes Web site
(http://www.barboninstitute.org.) is
a go-to resource for the industrys
legal, economic, business and
regulatory matters, Schlesinger said.
One can log on, free of charge,
and request a monthly newsletter
be sent by e-mail. The newsletter
contains updates and information
that keeps industry and academia
well informed and current. The Web
portal continues to build a strong
community as more and more
risk-management issues and other
insurance-related topics
are reviewed.

The audience includes anyone
interested in understanding the role
of insurance in furthering social
welfare.

One interesting note is that
Barbons portrait hangs in Room 30
of Alston Hall at UAs Culverhouse
College of Commerce, as part of the
Insurance Hall of Fame. The Hall of
Fame was brought to Alabama by
Dr. John Bickley, who is professor
emeritus at the University as well
as the founder of the International
Insurance Hall of Fame.

Schlesinger is a professor of
finance and economics at The
University of Alabama and the
holder of the Frank Park Samford
Chair of Insurance. He is the winner
of the Burnam Award, which is
one of the highest honors that
UA bestows upon its faculty. (See
separate article.)

In addition to the Hall of Fame
Portrait Gallery, the International
Insurance Society Museum is
also located in Alston Hall. The
museum carries an impressive
collection of earlier photos of
catastrophic events, such as the San
Francisco earthquake, and maps
of many world disasters. Benjamin
Franklins insurance papers from
the 1770s are also on exhibit.
Professor William Rabel, who
holds the Bickley Teaching Chair of
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So what are the musthave items for businessschool students who trudge
around campus wearing those
backbreaking packs?

For Antoinette Williams,
a sophomore majoring in
management information
systems, its her cell phone.
Williams Motorola Rocker
comes complete with an MP3
player and camera phone.
I cant live without it. I have
to talk, said the Birmingham,
Ala., native.

Even though I keep my
phone on when I am in class,
I put it on silent so I dont
disturb anyone, she said.
After pulling out several large
textbooks, Williams raises a
black-and-white jacket from
her black backpack. I also have
to have my jacket because the
classes are below freezing.

Oh, and my Action Card.
I cant eat, get into my building,
or go to any football games
without my Action Card. So
which of the three items does
she have to have? Without
hesitation, she said, My phone.
I have to have my phone.
The must-have item for
Elizabeth Whitton, a senior
from Panama City, Fla., is her
organizer. Id be lost without
it. It has my phone numbers,
class schedule, to-do list and
important papers in it. I just
cant live without it, she said.

In addition to her
organizer, Whittons large,
brown-leather bag holds her cell
phone, textbooks, a portfolio
for each class, several pens

and a note pad. I also carry a

book that I am reading just for
fun, which happens to be the
Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak,
Whitton said.

My notes are my
must-have item, said 22year-old Joshua Warren.
Without my notes I would
be lost, especially in my
macroeconomics class. Warren
said that while he doesnt keep
it in his bag, his cell phone is
next on the list of must-haves.
My phone is the best way to
get in touch with me.

Warren said he often carries
his laptop in his bag. I use
my laptop a lot. I carry it to
class when I need to finish up
an assignment.

Haley Curtis, a Tuscaloosa
native, has to keep her wallet
key chain inside her blue
backpack that is monogrammed
with her initials. I have all
my keys on the key ring. The
wallet holds all my credit cards,
drivers license, health-insurance
card and Action Card, she said.

The finance major said her
must-have item changes with
the circumstances. If I am at
school, I have to make sure I
have a pen and paper. If I am
out and about, its definitely my
keys and wallet, Curtis said.

And, of course, theres that
omnipresent cell phone. I use
my cell phone as a planner. It
gives me reminders. It also has
all my contacts in it, she said,
adding that she uses her silver
Nokia flip-phone to tell time.
I have to know what time it is.

Manderson
on the Road
The Manderson Graduate
School of Business kicked off
its Manderson on the Road
campaign in January.
Evening events will be hosted
around the Southeast to bring
together Manderson graduate
and undergraduate alumni,
prospects and corporate
sponsors. The first event
on January 17 in Nashville
included a reception preceding
the University of Alabama vs.
Vanderbilt basketball game.
Memphis followed on
January 25. Corporate partners
included International Paper
and Federal Express.
This is a great opportunity for
building business relationships,
continuing friendships and
promoting our outstanding
programs and students, said
Connie Chambers, coordinator
of corporate and alumni
relations for Manderson.
Upcoming events are planned
for Atlanta, Mobile, Huntsville,
Montgomery and Tuscaloosa.
Special programs are being
planned such as tailgating, wine
tastings and speaker workshops.

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F o r m o r e i n f o r mat i o n , v i s i t
t h e M a n d e r s o n a l um n i W e b s i t e

http://mandersonalumni.org/

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C o rp o rat e a n d Gr e e n Grass D i v isi o n s

ichael Gann,

a 1988 graduate of the

Culverhouse College of

Commerce, has been promoted

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A d v is o r y C o u n cil
Dr. F. Todd DeZoort, professor
of accounting and Accounting
Advisory Board Fellow, has accepted
an invitation by the Academy of
Ethics in Financial Reporting to
join its advisory council as a charter
member.

The academy, established in
2006, seeks ways to improve the
quality of ethical consideration
in accounting practice, whether
through formal education, sharing
information, or stimulating
discussion on interesting issues.

In addition to his academy
advisory board position, DeZoort
is a member of the American
Accounting Association, the
American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, the Institute
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to senior vice president of sales for the

Perry Ellis Internationals Corporate and Green

Grass divisions. Gann will continue reporting to Oscar
Feldenkreis, PEI president, vice chairman and chief operating officer.

Gann joined Perry Ellis
International in October 2001 as
director of Corporate/ASI sales
and was later promoted to vice
president. In his new role, Gann
will be responsible
for strengthening the
companys customer
relationships and
brand positioning for
the Ping Collection,
PGA Tour and
Cubavera brands.

Prior to
joining Perry Ellis
International, Gann
held various sales
management positions with
Russell Corporation for over
14 years.

Perry Ellis International is
a leading designer, distributor
and licensor of a broad line
of high quality mens and

womens apparel, accessories and

fragrances, including dress and
casual shirts, golf sportswear,
sweaters, dress and casual pants
and shorts, jean wear, active
wear and swimwear.
Through its wholly
owned subsidiaries,
the company owns
a portfolio of highly
recognized brands
including Perry Ellis,
Jantzen, Cubavera,
Munsingwear, Savane,
Original Penguin,
Grand Slam, Natural
Issue, Pro Player, the
Havanera Co., Axis, Tricots
St. Raphael, Gotcha, Girl Star
and MCD. The company also
licenses trademarks from third
parties, including Nike for
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C onrad M urphree F owler S r . ,

88, of Tuscaloosa, died January 1, 2007.

Fowler, a 1941 graduate of The University of
Alabamas Culverhouse College of Commerce,
was born Sept. 17, 1918, in Montevallo, where
his father, Luther J. Fowler, taught at Alabama
College.

While at the University, Fowler was a
member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the Jasons,
the Million Dollar Band and the Crimson and
White staff. After graduating, he immediately
entered the U.S. Marine Corps. During World
War II, he participated in the operations at
Guadalcanal and in the assault landings on
Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He received
the Silver Star with Gold Star in lieu of a second
Silver Star and the Purple Heart and Gold Star.
He was discharged from the regular Marine
Corps in 1946 with the rank of major and served
in the Marine Corps Reserve, attaining the rank
of colonel.

He returned to the University of Alabama
Law School. After receiving his bachelor of laws
degree, he and his wife, Virginia, returned to
Columbiana, where he practiced law with Handy
Ellis from 1948 to 1953. He was circuit solicitor
for the 18th Judicial Circuit, 195359, and served
as a special prosecutor in the Phenix City
Clean-Up in 1954. From 1959 to 1977, Fowler
served as probate judge and chairman of
the Shelby County Commission. Under his
leadership, Shelby County became the first
county in the state to institute countywide
planning for private and governmental
development. He was responsible for
developing a new county government center.

He served as president of the Alabama
Association of Probate Judges in 1968, president
of the Alabama Association of County
Commissioners in 1970, and president of the

National Association of Counties during 1969

and 1970. By appointment of President Lyndon
Johnson, Fowler served on the Commission on
Health Facilities; by appointment of Presidents
Johnson and Richard Nixon, he served from
1967 to 1977 on the Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations. From 1970
to 1976 he served as chairman of the Alabama
Constitution Commission. From 1973 to 1976 he
served as chairman of the Alabama Committee
for Humanities and Public Policy.

He and Virginia moved to Lanett, where
he was director of public affairs for WestPoint
Pepperell from January 1979 to March 1989.
Fowler served as a member of the boards of
directors of Associated Industries of Alabama
and the Public Affairs Council. He was a member
of the Public Affairs Committee of both the
Alabama and the Georgia Textile Manufacturers
Associations. In 1981 he was inducted into
the Alabama Academy of Honor. He was a
member of the National Alumni Association of
The University of Alabama, served as president
of the association in 1969, and received the
Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992. Fowler
was a member of the United Methodist Church
in every town where he lived, serving as lay
leader and as a delegate to the North Alabama,
Southeastern Jurisdictional, and General
Conferences.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years,
Virginia; a son, Conrad Fowler, husband of
Rachel, of Columbiana; a son, Randy Fowler,
husband of Heather White, of Tuscaloosa; a
sister, Jane Carter, of Columbiana; a sister-in-law,
Dorothy Whims, of Tucson; five grandchildren;
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1962

1972

Henry Carlton Rushin has been

Charles W. Rice, of the law firm

elected secretary of the Kiwanis Club

Buckner, Shifrin, Rice & Etter P.A. in

of Birmingham.

Miami, was selected in 2006, through

peer review, to the Martindale-Hubbell
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

1963

He received the highest ratings for

knowledge and ethics in insurance law.

A. Fox deFuniak has been elected

president of the Kiwanis Club of

Stewart H. Welch III has been

Birmingham.

inducted as a 200607 director of the

Kiwanis Club of Birmingham.

1964
Dr. Richard M. Burr (M.A., statistics,

Headquartered in Birmingham,

Charles H. Green has been named

CapitalSouth operates nine bank

president and chief executive officer of

and served in numerous financial and

and coaching throughout Alabama,

offices in Birmingham, Huntsville,

Sunrise Bank of Atlanta, a de novo bank,

strategic planning capacities before being

Tennessee, Mississippi and the Florida

Montgomery and Jacksonville, Fla.,

which started operation in June 2006.

named president and chief operating

Panhandle.

including two Banco Hispano branches

officer of Energen Resources in 1997.

serving Alabamas growing Hispanic

Prior to joining Energen, McManus was

Sherrill was manager of leadership

employed by Coopers & Lybrand (now,

and organizational development for

Karl Stingily is a vice president in

PricewaterhouseCoopers).

SouthTrust Bank. He was the co-leader

internal audit with FedEx in Memphis.

of training efforts during the merger

He has been with FedEx for 22 years,

boards and executive committees of

community. The company reported

nearly $461 million in total assets as
of Sept. 30, 2006.
Gerald O. Sellers has retired after 20

1974

72) has been named the 2006

Steven F. Leeds has been presented a

recipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott

Circumnavigators Award by the Seven

Faculty Fellowship in recognition

Seas Cruising Association.

Worldwide Revenue Operations. Prior

U.S. Oil & Gas Association and a past

Homes. He is now selling real estate and

to that position, he was vice president

director of the Independent Producers

1986

of finance and chief financial officer

Association of America. A certified

Beverly Bugg Phillips has joined

for FedEx Canada based in Toronto,

public accountant, McManus earned a

Alabama Public Television as a manager

Canada.

bachelors degree in accounting at The

in corporate development and support.

Universityof Alabama. He and his wife,

Gale, live in Birmingham and have

1981

1975

Agee & Leach Inc, as a financial adviser.

W. Flake Oakley has been named

president of CapitalSouth Bancorp.

1982

Kenneth E. Hubbard has been

appointed to the Alabama Retail

Oakley, spent 17 years at Montgomery-

Frederick W. Bromberg has been

Association board of directors.

based Colonial BancGroup, rising

appointed to the Alabama Retail

to the roles of president and chief

Association board of directors.

A certified public accountant,

financial officer. Most recently, Oakley

1968
Morris M. Gee Sr. has been appointed
to the Alabama Retail Association board
of directors.

1970
Jerry Michael Johnston has been
named corporate controller at

served financial institutions, including

Steven E. Garmany (M.B.A. 96) has

CapitalSouth, as an independent

been appointed to the Alabama Retail

consultant on acquisitions. He

Association board of directors.

holds a bachelors degree in business

administration from The University

James T. McManus II has been named

of Alabama.

a director of Energen Corporation and

its two operating units. McManus, who

In addition to his role as president,

two children.

1987
Anne W. Jetmundsen has been

David Arthur Tate has been elected

appointed to serve on the National

executive vice president and director

Association of College and University

of loan review for Renasant Bank in

Business Officers Tax Council.

Tupelo, Miss.

1983

1989
Mike Rowell has been named vice

Leigh Ann Donahoo Kelley recently

president of human resources at

joined the newly merged Regions

Flowserve Corporation in Irving, Texas.

Financial as senior vice president of

direct and database marketing, after
serving as senior vice president of

1990

custom information management at

James W. FitzGibbons has been named

SouthTrust-Wachovia.

controller and chief accounting officer of

International Power Group. FitzGibbons
will primarily manage all accounting

Oakley will serve as a director of

earlier was named president and chief

CapitalSouth. Flake brings tremendous

operating officer of Energen, will stand

1984

and reporting functions. He will report

for re-election to the Energen Board

David Sherrill has been named senior

directly to IPWGs chief financial officer,

of Directors at the companys annual

vice president of Wachovia Bank. Sherrill

John Mack.

meeting of shareholders in April 2007.

has more than 20 years of experience in

the financial services industry and was

16 years of executive and senior

of Energen Resources, the companys

named mid-South customer experience

management experience in finance and

oil and gas acquisition and development

executive in February 2005. As senior

accounting. Prior to joining IPWG,

subsidiary.

vice president, Sherrill will oversee

he was vice president of finance and

experience in acquisitions and finance

Command Alkon Inc.

between SouthTrust and Wachovia.

the Domestic Petroleum Council and

Phillip Wayne Gann has joined Sterne,

1965

Prior to joining Wachovia,

previously serving as vice president of

of his exceptional abilities at Trinity

University in San Antonio, Texas.

McManus is a member of the

all customer service measurement

years as director of sales for Fleetwood

home insurance on the Georgia coast.

64; Ph.D. business administration,

1980

McManus joined Energen in 1986

to CapitalSouth, said chairman and

CEO Dan Puckett. I look forward to
his contribution to the companys goal
of expanding in its current markets
and entering new markets through
acquisitions.

1979
Gary L. Ely has been authorized by the
Certified Financial Planner Board of
Standards to use the certification
marks CFP.

McManus also serves as president

FitzGibbons has more than

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chief accounting officer of NDCHealth

Corporation, a health-care-services
company listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. Prior to NDCHealth,
FitzGibbons was vice president and
controller for McKesson Corporations
Information Solutions business unit.
He has also held a number of financial
management positions with Per-Se
president, controller and principal
accounting officer. FitzGibbons started
his career as an auditor with Arthur

1998

2003

Donald L. Jones has been named

Patrick Cox has been promoted to

Matthew R. Feller has been promoted to

Casey V. Jones (M.Acc. 05) has been

joined the staff of DiPiazza, LaRocca,

executive vice president of the Chamber

manager of retail trade marketing with

general manager at Cintas Corp.

promoted to senior accountant at Jamison,

McDowell & Co. P.C.

of Commerce of West Alabama.

the Washington, D.C., division of R.J.

Reynolds Tobacco Co.

director for Dow Building Solutions,

has been named commercial excellence
director to support the Commercial

Cara M. Oliver has been promoted to

promoted to senior accountant at Jamison,

Stefanie Lindsay has joined Simos

senior accountant at Jamison, Money,

Money, Farmer & Co. P.C.

1995

Solutions in Roswell, Ga., as a staff

Farmer & Co. P.C.

Duane P. Donner II (M.B.A.) has been

accountant and is now engaged to Mike

responsible for overseeing financial

named managing director of Founders

Christensen.

strategies and corporate development.

Investment Bank in Birmingham.

vice president and chief financial officer

at VerusMed, a medical information

Lacey will work with commercial

and business leadership to provide

care corporations. Previously, he served

as chief corporate development officer
with Passport Health Communications
Inc., a health-care-services company

Additionally, Kinard served as director of

business development and as a director
of financial operations with PhyCor

counsel and leverage best practices

Inc., a national, multispecialty-practice

in optimizing Dows customer and

management company. Prior to these

product mix.
Lacey joined Dow in 1990 in the

Commercial Development Program. He

has broad experience in sales, purchasing
and marketing. In his prior role at
Dow, Lacey held global responsibility
for channel, pricing and promotional

positions, Kinard served as a director in

the health ventures practice of KPMG.

In addition to his Master of

Business Administration from UA,

Kinard holds a bachelors degree in
finance from Florida State University

and competitive intelligence for Dow

Building Solutions. In addition, he held
branding responsibilities for a group of
DBS products.
In addition to his bachelors degree

in marketing from The University of

Alabama, Lacey has attended executive
leadership sessions at the Kelley School

in Montgomery as a part development

specialist-electrical in the purchasing
department.

1996

Tessie D. Wesley has joined Tidwell

Jon R. Farmer (M.B.A.) has been

DeWitt as an analyst accountant.

appointed state executive for Alabama

for Cadence Bank.

2005

John H. Gray was recently recognized

Katherine C. Marsh has been promoted to

at the Top Producers Conference

corporate recruiter at American Financial

in Phoenix. Gray is an independent

Search.

investment adviser with NEXT Financial

Group in Birmingham.

Jacob Austin Shevin is the fourth

generation of his family to begin work in

R. Lynn Mason Osborn and husband,

the family business, Standard Furniture

Derek, have a daughter, Savannah

of Birmingham.

Malyn Osborn, born Oct. 18, 2006, at

St. Vincents Hospital in Birmingham.
Mason, who is from Tuscaloosa,is a

2006

CPA with Jamison, Money, Farmer.

E. Tyler Sexton is a financial analyst with

W.R. Taylor & Co. LLC, an investment and

joined the accounting firm of Jessup &

wealth management firm in Montgomery.

Susanne Sublette Russell (M.T.A. 00)

2004

Joseph Josh Van Carmichael (M.B.A.

has been promoted to tax manager at the

Drew Brignac has been promoted to senior

95) was recently installed as assistant

Rodney W. Wells (M.B.A.) has been

Birmingham accounting firm of Warren,

accountant at Jamison, Money, Farmer &

pastor of Redeemer Church PCA in

named chief executive officer of GAHH

Averett, Kimbrough & Marino LLC. She

Co. P.C.

1993

Louisville, Ky., and his wife, Betsy,

Associates LLP in Tuscaloosa.

Inc. of North Hollywood, Calif.

Susanne and her husband, Wes (B.S. 1999,

Rebecca M. DiPiazza has joined the staff

son, Henry Lee.

M.T.A. 00), reside in Hoover.

of DiPiazza, LaRocca, McDowell & Co.

c o mm e r c e

has been with the firm since January 2002.

recently gave birth to the couples fourth

of Management, Indiana University.

o f

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama

Jerry Don Phillips II (M.T.A. 97) has

strategies as well as for market research

co l l e g e

Ron Shai (M.A. 05) is employed by

Kinard has experience in mergers

that is based in Nashville, Tenn.

margin-optimization efforts.

cu l v e r h o us e

Kristi D. Moore (M.Acc. 06) has been

1999

specializing in information-technology

Governance Group in accelerating

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Bob Kinard (M.B.A.) has been named

and financial transactions for health-

Tim Lacey, global strategic-marketing

Peyton R. Hawkins (M.Acc. 05 ) has

and acquisitions, strategic partnerships

Andersen LLP.

1994

provider. Kinard will primarily be

Technologies Inc., ending as vice

1992

P.C. as a staff accountant.

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Show your pride in the Culverhouse College of Commerce. Display the Culverhouse name through top-quality apparel and gifts.
Shop in person on the fourth floor of Alston Hall when on campus, or order online.
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Culverhouse College of Commerce

and Business Administration
450 Alston Hall
Box 870223
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0223
Change service requested.

(205) 348-2929 or

nonprofit
u.s. postage
cba.ua.edu
paid
birmingham, al
permit no. 2400