Psychiatrist. Born: March 22, 1930, Mobile. Parents: William Zachary and Elberta (Gulledge) Fann. Married: Virginia Lee James, May 31, 1958. Children: Three. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1955; Medical College of Alabama, M.D., 1959. Served as chief resident in psychiatry, Medical College of Alabama, 1964-1965; assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical School, 1965-1971; associate director of the Clinical Division of Psychopharmacology Research Center, 1971-. Member of the American Psychiatric Association, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Gerontological Society, American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the New York Academy of Science.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Phenomenology and Treatment of Alcoholism. New York: Spectrum, 1980.
Phenomenology and Treatment of Anxiety. New York: Spectrum, 1979.
Phenomenology and Treatment of Depression. New York: Spectrum, 1977.
Phenomenology and Treatment of Psychophysiological Disorders. New York: Spectrum, 1981.
Phenomenology and Treatment of Psychosexual Disorders. New York: Spectrum, 1983.
Phenomenology and Treatment of Schizophrenia. Jamaica: Spectrum, 1978.
Psychopharmcology of Aging. New York: Plenum, 1980.
Tardive Dyskinesia. New York: Spectrum, 1980.
Treatment of Psychopathology in the Aging. New York: Springer, 1982.
Joint Author: The Language of Mental Health. St. Louis: Mosby, 1973.
Editor: Drug Issues in Geropsychiatry. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1974.
Joint Editor: Psychopharmacology and Aging. New York: Plenum, 1973.
FARISH, HUNTER DICKINSON, 1897-1945
College instructor, researcher. Born: September 12, 1897, Montgomery. Parents: James Hunter and Sallie (Dickinson) Farrish. Education: Princeton University, B.S., 1922; Harvard University, M.A., 1926; Ph.D., 1936. Served as assistant principal Choudrant Agricultural School, 1923-1924; taught at Westminister College, 1926-1937; Director of the Department Research and Records of Colonial Williamsburg, 1937-. Member of the editorial board for William and Mary Quarterly, and the American Antiquarian Society.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2 and the files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: The Circuit Rider Dismounts. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1938.
Editor: The Present State of Virginia and the College. Charlottesville, Va.: Dominion Books, 1940.
Journal & Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773-1774: a Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943.
FARMER, HALLIE, 1891-1960
High school teacher, college professor, dean. Born: August 13, 1891, Anderson, Ind. Parents: Edgar William and Elizabeth Modlia Farmer. Education: Terre Haute Normal School (Indiana State University), B.S., 1917; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1922; Ph.D., 1927; Iowa Wesleyan College, honorary LL.D. Taught public school in Madison County, Muncie and Crawfordsville, Ind.; Ball Teachers College, 1917-1927; Alabama State College for Women, 1927-1956, serving as head of the History Department, later Dean of Social Science Division. Member of AAUW and served as national first vice president; Montevallo Town Council, 1937- 1945. Named Distinguished Alumni of Indiana State Teachers College, 1958; elected to Alabama Women's Hall of Fame; Student Union Building, University of Montevallo, named for her.
Source: Carolyn H. Edwards' Hallie Farmer, Crusader for Legislative Reform. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Author: The Legislative Process in Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1944- 1947.
Editor: War Comes to Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1943.
FARMER, MARGARET PACE, 1912-
School teacher, writer. Born: October 28, 1912, Troy. Parents: Matthew Dower and Sarah (Collier) Pace. Married: Curren A. Farmer, December 1, 1934. Children: Four. Education: Troy State College, B.S., 1932. Taught school in Enterprise, Birmingham, and Brundridge. Member of the Alabama and Southern Historical Associations and Delta Kappa Gamma. Received award from American Association for State and Local History.
Source: Library of Alabama Lives, 1961, and Alabama Public Library Service files.
Author: Historical Highway Markers in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Society, 1965.
History of Pike County, Alabama. Troy, Ala.: s.n., 1953.
One Hundred Fifty Years in Pike County, Alabama, 1821-1971. Anniston, Ala.: Higginbotham, 1973.
Record of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-65, Pike County, Alabama. Troy, Ala.: Pike County Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962.
FARNELL, VIRGINIA FERGUSON, 1920-
Attorney. Born: 1920, Jones County, Miss. Married: Ramon L. Farnell, 1950. Education: Jones County Junior College; University of Alabama; Jackson Law School. Admitted to the Mississippi Bar, 1948. Worked with her husband's law practice until 1952. Member of the Alabama State Poetry Society.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Dappled Sunshine. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1971.
FARRAH, ALBERT JOHN, 1863-1944
School superintendent, lawyer, professor, dean. Born: July 15, 1863, Adrian, Mich. Parents: Thomas and Catherine (Chase) Farrah. Married: Eva A, Wilson, August 28, 1888. Children: One. Education: University of Michigan, LL.B., 1896; Cornell College, A.M., 1906; University of Alabama, LL.D. (honorary), 1924; University of Florida, D.C.L. (honorary), 1935, Served as superintendent of school in Michigamme, Mich., 1889-1894; admitted to Michigan Bar in 1896 and practiced law in Ann Arbor and Battle Creek; taught law at the University of Michigan, 1897- 1900; dean and professor of law, John B. Stetson University, 1900-1909; University of Florida, 1909-1912; University of Alabama, 1913-; Chairman of the Board of Law Examiners. Member of the American and Alabama Bar Associations, Phi Delta Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: Albert John Farrah, 1863-1944: Addresses Papers and Letters. Montevallo, Ala.: s.n., 1946.
Cases on the Law of Husband and Wife. Ann Arbor: G. Wahr, 1900.
FARRAR, LARSTON DAWN, 1915-1970
Newspaper correspondent, writer, Born: February 25, 1915, Birmingham. Parents: Sam Cross and Mabel Elon (Canterbury) Farrar. Married. Children: One. Education: Attended Birmingham-Southern College, and Emory University; Millsap College, A.B., 1940. Served as secretary for the Cornith, Miss. Chamber of Commerce, 1940-1941; Johnson City, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, 1941-1942; editor of Nation's Business, 1942-1943; assistant to the Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1943- 1944; correspondent for Gannett National Service, 1945-1946; free-lance writer, 1946-; publisher of American Surveyor, Photogrammitrist, and Author and Journalist. Correspondent for several business journals.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1R and 29R.
Author: Conflict of Interest. New York: Bartholomew House, 1970.
How to Make $18,000 a Year Free-Lance Writing. New York: Hawthorn, 1957.
The Sins of Sandra Shaw. New York: Signet Books, 1958.
Successful Writers and How They Work. New York: Hawthorn, 1959.
Washington Lowdown. New York: Signet Books, 1956.
Whatever Happened to the White Backlash? New York: Macfadden, 1965.
FEIDELSON, CHARLES N., 1886-1967
Attorney, judge, editor. Born: July 23, 1886, New York City. Parents: Max and Rachel (Haddas) Feidelson. Married: Adeline Brady Falk, November 15, 1916. Children: Three. Education: University of Georgia, A.B., 1906; LL.B., 1908. Admitted to the Georgia Bar, 1908. Practiced law in Savannah; judge of juvenile court, 1915-1919; editor of the Wilmington (N.C.) Star, 1919- 1921; Richmond Dispatch, 1921-1922; journalism instructor at the College of William and Mary, 1922-1924; associate editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald, 1925-1935; regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1941; associate editor and columnist for the Birmingham News, 1941-1948; taught history at Florence State College, 1948-1949; radio commentator, 1949-; lecturer; special assistant to the Secretary of Labor, Washington.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Plea for the Jew of Ghetto. Savannah, Ga.: s.n., 1910.
FELGAR, ROBERT, III, 1944-
University professor. Born: February 7, 1944, Indianapolis, Ind. Parents: Robert and Dorothy Felgar. Married: Cynthia Sass, May 13, 1965. Children: Two. Education: Occidental College, B.A., 1966; Duke University, M.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1970. Taught at Duke, 1969-1970; Virginia Wesleyan College, 1970-1971; Jacksonville State University, 1971-.
Source: Robert Felgar, III.
Author: Richard Wright. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980.
Contributor: Dictionary of the Black Theatre. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
FELKENES, GEORGE THEODORE, 1930-
Attorney, investigator, university professor. Born: November 19, 1930, Dayton, Ohio. Married: Sandra Weeks Hartness, March 24, 1961. Education: University of Maryland, B.S., and J.D.; California State University at Long Beach, M.A., 1968; University of California at Berkeley, D.Crim., 1970. Served as an attorney and investigator for Federal Trade Commission, 1961; taught at California State University, 1971; professor of Criminology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1971-. Member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Service, California Peace Officers Association, and Phi Alpha Delta.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
The Criminal Justice Doctorate .... Chicago: Joint Commission on Criminology and Criminal Justice Education and Standards, 1980.
The Criminal Justice System. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1973.
Criminal Law and Procedure. Englewood Cliff, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1975.
Effective Public Supervision. San Jose, Calif.: Justice Systems Development, 1977.
Michigan Criminal Justice Law Manual. St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1982.
Rules of Evidence. Albany, N.Y.: Delmar Publishers, 1974.
Joint Author: Law Enforcement: a Selected Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1968.
New Dimensions in Criminal Justice. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1968.
Police-Community Relations. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear, 1974.
Joint Compiler: Police Patrol Operations: Purpose, Plans, Programs and Technology. Berkeley, Calif.: McCutchan Pub. Corp., 1972.
FELLOWS, ALICE, 1928-
Born: November 13, 1928, Tuscaloosa. Married: Gerald Strauss. Children: Two. Education: graduated from the University of Alabama, 1948; attended Columbia University, student of Hudson Strode. Awarded Eugene F. Saxon Fellowship for 1948-1949.
Source: The Alabama Librarian, January, 1952, and Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: Laurel, a Novel. New York: Harcourt, 1950.
FENDLEY, ERIN LIVINGSTON, 1905-
School teacher. Born: September 4, 1905, Selma. Parents: John David and Annie Lee (Burke) Livingston. Married: Edward P. Fendley, June 12, 1924. Children: Two. Education: Athens College, 1920-1922; Detroit Institute of Musical Arts, 1922-1924. Taught in the public schools of Live Oak and Leesburg, Fla.; Grove Hill and Demopolis, Ala. Member of the Alabama Music Educators Association.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1970.
Author: 38 Years of Fried Chicken. S.l.: s.n., s.d. (listed in biographic source only.)
FENOLLOSA, MARY McNEILL, 1865-1954
Secretary, writer. Born: Mobile. Parents: William Stoddard and Laura (Sibley) McNeill. Married: Ludoph Chester. Children: One. Married: Ledyard Scott. Married: Ernest Fenollosa, December 28, 1895. Served as secretary to Ernest Fenollosa, curator of Oriental art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Used pen name, Sidney McCall. Member of the Society of Dramatists and Composers, Writers' Branch of Equal Suffrage, and the Pen and Ink Club.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3., and Alabama Public Library Service files.
Author: Ariadne of Allan Water. Boston: Little, Brown, 1914.
Blossoms of a Japanese Garden. New York: Stokes, 1915.
Christopher Laird. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1919.
The Dragon Painter. Boston: Little, Brown, 1906.
Hirosige: the Artist of Mist, Snow and Rain. San Francisco: Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, 1901.
Out of the Nest: a Flight of Verses. Boston: Little, Brown, 1899.
Red Horse Hill. Boston: Little, Brown, 1909.
The Stirrup Latch. Boston: Little, Brown, 1915.
The Strange Woman. New York: Dodd, 1914.
Sunshine Beggars. Boston: Little, Brown, 1918.
Truth Dexter. Boston: Little, Brown, 1906.
Editor: Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art. New York: Stokes, 1912.
FERRELL, CHILES CLIFTON, 1865-1915
University professor, writer. Born: August 20, 1865, Greenville, S.C. Parents: James Overton and Elizabeth Ann (Austin) Ferrell. Married: Tenny Marr Taliaferro, August 16, 1899. Education: Vanderbilt University, A.B., 1885; M.A., 1886; University of Leipzig, Ph.D., 1892. Taught modern languages at the University of Mississippi, 1893-1905; Germanic languages, 1905-1908; writer in Birmingham, 1908-1915.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 and Library of Southern Literature.
Author: Teutonic Antiquities in the Anglo-Saxon Genesis. Halle: E. Karras, 1893.
Editor: Sappho: Trauerspiel in Funf Aufzhugen. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1899.
FIDLER, WILLIAM PERRY, 1906-
University professor, editor, consultant. Born: July 29, 1906, Birmingham. Parents: Ora William and Blanche (Perry) Fidler. Married: Alice Adeline Gardiner, January 29, 1929. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1928; Harvard University, M.A., 1930; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1947. Taught English at the University of Alabama, 1930-1956; on editorial staff of AAUP Bulletin; editor, 1958-1960; consultant for the U.S. Employment Office and the Library of Congress (copyright law). Member of AAUP, ACLU, American Studies Association, and Pi Alpha Theta.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: Augusta Evans Wilson, 1835-1909: a Biography. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1951.
Joint Editor: Contemporary Southern Prose. Boston: Heath, 1940.
FIELDS, JULIA, 1938-
School teacher, poet-in-residence. Born: January 18, 1938, Bessemer. Education: Knoxville College, B.S., 1961; Bread Loaf School of English, M.A., 1972; University of Edinburgh. Taught school in Birmingham and served as poet-in-residence at numerous colleges and universities. Awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1968; Seventh Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Fund in 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 73,
Author: East of Moonlight. Charlotte: Red Clay Books, 1973.
Green Lion of Zion Street. New York: McElderry Books, 1988.
I Heard a Young Man Saying. Detroit, Mich.: Broadside Press, 1966.
Poems. New York: Poets Press, 1968.
Slow Coins. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents, 1981.
FIES, MILTON HENRY, 1882-
Engineer, businessman, consultant. Born: August 31, 1882, Birmingham. Parents: Jacob and Fannie (Kahm) Fies. Married: Rose Mayer, January 1, 1907. Education: Columbia University, School of Mines, B.S., 1904; University of Alabama, honorary D.Sci., 1936. Served as mining engineer, superintendent of mines, general superintendent, 1910; general superintendent of mines, Birmingham Coal and Iron Company, 1910-1912; vice president of DeBardeleben Coal Company, Birmingham and Walker County, 1912-1944; independent consultant, 1944-. Handled the Alabama Power Company's first experiment in underground gasification of coal in the U.S. Member and chairman of the Walker County Board of Education for ten years.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.
Author: The Man With the Light on His Cap. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1960.
Joint Author: The Second Underground Gasification Experiment at Gorgas, Alabama. S.l.: U.S. Bureau of Mines in cooperation with Alabama Power Company, 1949
Strippable Coal in the Fabius Area, Jackson County, Alabama. University, Ala.: Division of Economic Geology, University of Alabama, 1970.
FIES, ROSE MAYER
Born: Meadville, Miss. Parents: Henry Clay and Bertha (Deutch) Mayer. Married: Milton Henry Fies, January 1, 1907.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.
Author: Sipsey Portraits and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Fies, 1943.
FIGH, MARGARET GILLIS, 1896-
School teacher, college instructor. Born: July 12, 1896, Brewton. Education: Judson College, A.B., 1916; University of Alabama, M.A., 1917; Columbia University, M.A. Taught in Alabama high schools until 1924; Huntingdon College, 1924-1972; University of Alabama, Montgomery Center, 1937-1942. Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Folklore Society, and Southeastern Folklore Society.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition, and Alabama Public Library Service files.
Joint Author: Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1969.
A Word List from "Bill Arp" and "Rufus Sanders". Greensboro, N.C.: American Dialect Society, 1950.
FINN, SIDNEY BERNARD, 1908-
Dentist, university professor. Born: February 2, 1908, Freedom, Pa. Parents: Abel and Rebecca (Gordon) Finn. Married: Irma Harriett Rubens, May 7, 1938. Children: Two. Education: Ohio State University, B.A., 1930; Harvard University, D.M.D., 1934; University of Rochester, M.A. Practiced dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., 1935-1938; associate research dentist, New York Department of Health, 1944-1950; chairman of the Department of Pedodontics and professor of dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1951-1958; chairman of applied research for the Institute of Dental Research and professor of dentistry, 1968-1974; director of dental clinics for the Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind, 1951-1974. Received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Alabama Medical Center, 1970; Distinguished Alumni Award from Harvard University, 1975. Member of the American Dental Association and International Association for Dental Research.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Joint Author: Clinical Pedontics. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1957.
Editor: The Biology of the Dental Pulp Organ. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1968.
Joint Editor: Yearbook of Dentistry. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1967-1975.
FINNELL, WOOLSEY, 1866-
Engineer, law enforcement officer. Born: October 24, 1866, Tuscaloosa. Parents: Adoniran Judson and Narsissa (Durrett) Finnell. Married: Margaret Hagler, October 21, 1890. Children: Eight. Education: University of Alabama, C.E., 1887. Employed as an axeman by the Kansas City Railroad, 1887; chief engineer for same railroad: opened a construction engineer office in Tuscaloosa, 1894; probate judge, Tuscaloosa County; director of Alabama State Highway Department, 1927; served with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Served with the 501st Engineers in France during World War I. Organized the first Masonic club in France. Charter member of the American Society of Military Engineers; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpeper County, Virginia, and Allied Families. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1954.
FITZGERALD, ARTHUR ERNEST, 1926-
Government employee, consultant. Born: Birmingham. Married: Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. (industrial engineering). Employed by the Pentagon as Deputy for Management Systems, 1965-1969; consultant in McLean, Va. after 1969. Testified before a Senate Committee in 1968 on two billion dollar overrun on contract for C5A cargo plane construction. Position with Pentagon later eliminated.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service files, Ramparts Magazine, June 1974, and Harpers, July 1974.
Author: The High Priests of Waste. New York: Norton, 1972.
The Pentagonists: an Insider's View of Waste, Mismanagement, and Fraud in Defense Spending. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
FITZGERALD, ZELDA SAYRE, 1900-1948
Writer, artist. Born: July 24, 1900, Montgomery. Parents: Anthony and Minnie (Machen) Sayre. Married: F. Scott Fitzgerald, May 3, 1920. Children: One. Lived in New York City and Paris, later returning to Montgomery. From 1930 until her death in 1948, entered several clinics suffering from emotional problems. During these years, wrote, painted, sketched and studied ballet. Died at Highland Hospital in North Carolina.
Source: Zelda, A Biography, by Nancy Milford. New York: Harper, 1970.
Author: The Collected Writings. New York: Maxwell MacMillan, 1991.
Save Me the Waltz. New York: Scribner, 1932.
Scandalabra. Bloomfield Hill: Bruccoli Clark, 1980.
Caesar's Things (unpublished).
FITZPATRICK, PHILIP MATTHEW, 1915-
Physicist, university professor. Born: September 17, 1915, New York City. Education: University of Oklahoma, B.S., 1950; M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1955. Employed as assistant physicist at the University of Oklahoma, 1953-1955; physicist for the U.S. Navy Mine Defense in Florida, 1955-1959; U.S. Navy Proving Ground, Eglin A.F.B., 1959-1962; professor of mathematics, Auburn University, 1968.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982.
Author: Principles of Celestial Mechanics. New York: Academic Press, 1970.
FLEMING, WALTER LYNWOOD, 1874-1932
University professor, dean. Born: April 8, 1874, Brundridge. Parents: William Leroy and Mary Love (Edwood) Fleming. Married: Mary Wright Boyd, September 17, 1902. Children: Four. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., (with honor), 1896; M.A., 1897; Columbia University, A.M., 1901; Ph.D., 1904. While at Auburn served as an instructor in history and English; assistant librarian. At Columbia, lecturer in history. Served with the Alabama Voluntary Infantry in the Spanish-American War. Taught at West Virginia University, 1903-1907; Louisiana State University, 1907-1917; Vanderbilt University, 1917-1928; dean of the College of Arts and Services, 1923-1926. Member of the editorial board of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1922.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Owen's The Story of Alabama, and Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 1.
Author: Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. New York: Columbia University Press, 1905.
Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial, 1861 to the Present Time. Cleveland, Ohio: A. H. Clarke Co., 1906-1907.
The Freedman's Savings Bank. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1927.
History of Louisiana State University (1860-1896). Sewanee, Tenn.: The University of the South Press, 1931.
The Reconstruction of the Seceded States, 1865-76. Albany, N.Y.: New York State Education Department, 1905.
The Reconstruction Period: a Syllabus & Reference List. Morgantown, W. Va.: A. G. Sturgiss, 1904.
The Sequel to Appomatox .... New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1921.
Southern Biography. (Vols. 11 & 12 in The South in the Building of the Nation) Richmond, Va.: Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909-1913.
Editor: Documents Relating to Reconstruction. Morgantown, W. Va.: s.n., 1904.
General W.T. Sherman as College President: a Collection of Letters, Documents, and Other Material .... Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur M. Clarke Co., 1912.
Ku Klux Klan, its Origin, Growth and Disbandment. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1905.
FLOYD, DENNIS STEWART, 1925-
Teacher, university instructor. Born: February 28, 1925. Parents: Dennis and Annie Mae (Stewart) Floyd. Education: A.M.E. Church School and Lakeview School in Gunterville; Central State College in Ohio, B.A.; Michigan State University, M.A. Served as a teacher with the Peace Corps in Liberia; taught at the Universities of Michigan and Maryland.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Author: Liberian Folk-tales as They Were Told to Me by Her Children. Washington, D.C.: Alrag Productions, 1974.
FLOYD, JOHN ALEX, JR., 1948-
Horticulturist, editor, writer. Born: February 21, 1948, Selma. Parents: Alex and Louise (Johnson) Floyd. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1970; M.S., 1972; Clemson University, Ph.D., 1975. Served as an agricultural science assistant at Clemson, 1973-1975; head agricultural technical program at Jefferson State Junior College, 1975-1977; senior horticulturist for "Southern Living", 1977-; coordinator of Southern Living Section of Progressive Farmer, 1978.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982 and Auburn Alumni News, January 1985.
Joint Author: An Investigation into the Physical and Psychological Response of the Visual Handicapped to Some Selected Woody and Herbaceous Plant Material. Clemson, S.C.: South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 197-.
Southern Living Gardening Guide. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1981.
Southern Living Gardening: Trees & Shrubs, Ground Covers, Vines. Birmingham, Ala.: Progressive Farmer Co., 1980.
Southern Living Growing Vegetables and Herbs With Recipes for the Fresh Harvest. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1984.
FLYNT, JAMES WAYNE, 1940-
University professor. Born: October 4, 1940. Spent youth in Anniston. Married: Dorothy Ann Smith. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, A.B., 1961; Florida State University, M.S., 1962; Ph.D., 1965. Taught at Samford University, 1965- 1977; head of History Department, Auburn University, 1977-. Honored by the Florida Historical Society for best book on Florida, 1972; inducted into the Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors, 1983. Member of the Southern Historical Association and the Association of Southern Labor History.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 7th edition, and Alabama Public Library Service files.
Author: Ban, Burn and Ignore: Writing and Publishing Books in the South. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University to Alabama Press, 1989.
Cracker Messiah: Governor Sidney J. Catts of Florida. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1977.
Dixie's Forgotten People: the South's Poor Whites. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University, 1979.
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher: Dixie's Reluctant Progressive. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University, 1971.
Mine, Mill and Microchip: a Chronicle of Alabama Enterprise. Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1987.
Montgomery: an Illustrated History. Woodland Hills, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1980.
Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1989.
Southern Poor Whites: a Selected Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources. New York: Garland, 1981.
Who Are the Poor? Auburn, Ala.: Auburn University, 1989.
Joint Author: You Can't Eat Magnolias. New York: McGraw Hill, 1972.
FOLEY, ALBERT SIDNEY, 1912-
University/college professor. Born: November 6, 1912, New Orleans. Parents: Albert S. and Gertrude Emily (Mavor) Foley. Education: St. Louis University, A.B., 1935; M.A., 1936; M.A., 1948; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1950; post doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, 1952-1953. Taught at St. Louis University, 1950-1952; Spring Hill College, 1937-1939; 1944-1947, and 1953-. At Spring Hill, served as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Psychology and as director of the Human Relations Center. Auxiliary chaplain during World War II.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. II.
Author: Bishop Healy: Beloved Outcast .... New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954.
Dream of an Outcast: Patrick F. Healy, S.J.: the Story of the Slaveborn Georgian Who Became the Second Founder of America's First Great Catholic University, Georgetown. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1976.
A Modern Galahad: St. John Berchmans. Milwaukee, Wisc.: The Bruce Pub. Co., 1937.
St. Regis, a Social Crusader. Milwaukee, Wisc.: The Bruce Pub. Co., 1941.
Joint Author: Democratic Living. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1953.
FOLKERTS, GEORGE WILLIAMS, 1938-
University professor. Born: November 26, 1938, Beardstown, Ill. Parents: George C. and Mathilda (Schuette) Folkerts. Married: Denise Millare, June 12, 1965. Children: Two. Education: Southern Illinois University, B.A., 1961; M.A., 1963; Auburn, Ph.D., 1968. Taught at Clemson University, 1968-1969; Auburn University, 1969-. Served as a consultant to environmental organizations. Member of the Society for the Study of Organic Evolution, Society of Systematic Zoology, Herpetologist's League, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Alabama Conservancy, and Sigma Xi.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Joint Author: Environmental Problems. Dubuque, Iowa: W. C. Brown, 1973.
FOOTE, GASTON, 1902-
Methodist minister. Born: September 6, 1902, Comanche County, Tex. Parents: Charles and Ola (Smith) Foote. Married: Lucy Lee Young, 1927. Children: One. Education: Southern Methodist University, B.D., M.A.; Iliff School of Theology, Th.D.; Miami University of Ohio, honorary D.D.; Wilberforce University, honorary LL.D.; Texas Wesleyan University, honorary Litt.D. Admitted to the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference, 1924. Served churches in Amarillo, Pampas and Fort Worth, Tex.; Little Rock, Ark.; Montgomery (1941-1944), Ala.; Dayton, Ohio. Religion editor for Ft. Worth Star Telegram.
Source: Encyclopedia of World Methodism.
Author: After This Manner. Fort Worth, Tex.: Hilburn Printing Co., 19--.
Communion Meditations. New York: Abingdon Press, 1951.
Footnotes: Sidewalk Sermonettes .... Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1956.
How God Helps. New York: Abingdon Press, 1960.
Just Plain Bread .... Nashville: The Parthenon Press, 1938.
Keys to Conquest .... Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1933.
Lamps Without Oil. Montgomery, Ala.: The Paragon Press, 1944.
Living in Four Dimensions. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1953.
The Transformation of the Twelve. New York: Abingdon Press, 1958.
The Words of Jesus from the Cross. Dayton: Otterbein Press, 1948.
FORD, JESSE HILL, JR., 1928-
Public relations, reporter, writer. Born: December 28, 1928, Troy. Parents: Jesse Hill and Lucille (Musgrove) Ford. Married. Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1951; M.A., 1955; University of Oslo, 1961-1962. Reporter for the Nashville Tennessean while at Vanderbilt. Served as a naval officer during Korean War. Employed as news writer by the Florida Extension Division, 1953-1955; director of public relations for the Tennessee Medical Association, 1955-1956; assistant director of public relations for American Medical Association, 1956-1957; writer-in-residence at Memphis State University and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. After 1977, resided in Humboldt, Tenn., and devoted full time to writing. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Alabama Library Association Author's Awards, 1966.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: The Conversion of Buster Drumwright. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1964.
The Feast of St. Barnabas. Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.
Fishes, Birds and Sons of Men. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965.
The Life of Edward Potter, Jr. Nashville: Commerce Union Bank, 1977.
Mountains of Gilead. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
The Raider. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.
FORD, TOMMY, 1955-
Field representative. Born: November 9, 1955, Gadsden. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1978. While a student, sports reporter and sports editor for the Crimson-White. Employed by a bank in Gadsden; Gadsden Metro Chamber of Commerce; Etowah Expansion Association for two years; field representative for the University of Alabama National Alumni Association.
Source: Book jacket for Bama Under Bear.
Author: Bama Under Bear: Alabama's Family Tides. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishing Co., 1982.
FOREMAN, MARY DOUGLAS FUNDABURK, 1925-
Born: January 8, 1925, Luverne. Married: Max M. Foreman. Children: Three. Education: Huntingdon College; Ohio State University, B.F.A. Also studied at Troy State Teachers College and Columbia University.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service Files.
Author: Pocket Guide to the Location of Art in the United States. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1977.
Contributor: Art in the Environment in the United States. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1975.
Visual Arts in the United States. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1976.
Joint Editor: Sun Circles and Human Hands. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1957.
FORNEY, KATHERINE ELIZA, 1902-
Educator. Born: October 1, 1902, Birmingham. Parents: John Cortlan and Anne Lee (Bonholzer) Forney. Education: Florence Normal School, 1917-1921; Teachers College of Columbia University, George Peabody College; Iowa State College, B.S., 1928; M.S., 1930. Taught in Montgomery County schools, 1921- 1927; itinerant teacher trainer and assistant supervisor of home economics education, Alabama College, 1928-1933; supervisor of home economics education in Montgomery County, 1933-1941; special representative for home economics education, U.S. Office of Education, 1941-; nutritionist for U.S. Department of Agriculture and school lunch consultant, Alabama State Department of Education, 1943; supervising teacher at Kilby School at Florence State College.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives, 1961.
Author: Up and Away. New York: Exposition Press, 1957.
FORT, WILLIAM EDWARD, JR., 1905-
University professor, college president. Born: September 29, 1905, Birmingham. Parents: William Edwards and Adele Brooks Fort. Married: Margaret Bullard, 1942. Children: Two. Education: Georgia School of Technology, B.S., 1930; Duke University, M.A., 1932; Ph.D. 1934. Taught at Mercer University, 1934-1938; Winthrope College, 1938-1942; Rollins College, 1942-1959; president of Deep Springs College; director of Americanism Educational League in Buena Park, Calif.; associate professor at Brigham Young University until 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol, 37R.
Joint Author: The Socialist Base of Modern Totalitarianism. Berkeley, Calif.: McCutchan, 1970.
The Socialist Revolution. Los Angeles: Clute, 1971.
FOSCUE, VIRGINIA ODEN, 1933-
University professor. Born: June 23, 1933, Bellamy. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1955; M.A., 1959; University of Wisconsin, 1966. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1964-. Member of the Linguistics Society of America, Modern Language Association, and National Council of Teachers of English.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1989.
The Place Names of Sumter County, Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
A Preliminary Survey of the Vocabulary of White Alabamians. University, Ala.: American Dialectic Society, 1971.
FOSHEE, JOHN HUGH, 1931-
Electrical draftsman, designer. Born: November 19, 1931. Parents: John H. and Grace (Thomson) Foshee. Married: Reba, June 15, 1956. Married: Marta, July 8, 1967. Children: One. Education: attended the University of Alabama. Employed as an electrical draftsman and designer.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol, 69.
Author: Alabama Canoe Rides and Float Trips. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1975
Little River Canyon: Grand Canyon of the South. S.l.: Privately printed, 1971.
You, Too, Can Canoe. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1977.
FOSTER, AGNES GREENE, 1863-1933
Editor. Born: December 6, 1863. Married: William Clarence Foster, August 31, 1886. Education: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Piquot's Finishing School, Blois, France; College of Oratory in Chicago. Served as editor Northwestern Magazine. Opposed Woman's Suffrage.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol, 1, Who Was Who of North American Authors, Woman's Who's Who in America, 1914-1915, and American Authors and Books.
Author: By the Way: Travel Letters .... San Francisco: P. Elter Co., 1910.
Eleanor Everest Freer, Patriot & Her Colleagues. Chicago: Musical Art Pub. Co., 1927.
Love is Best and Other Verses. Boston: Davis and Bond, 1915.
To Friendship. San Francisco: P. Elder Co., 1910.
You and Some Others. San Francisco: P. Elder Co., 1907.
Your Happy Way and Other Verse for Occasions. Boston: The Stratford Co., 1927.
Compiler: Blessings: Being Bible Mosaics of Blessings, Promises, Commands, Admonitions and Answers. San Francisco: P. Elder Co., 1909.
FOSTER, CHARLES WILLIAM, 1939-
University professor. Born: January 1, 1939, Chattanooga. Parents: James Will and Miriam (Crick) Foster. Married: Anne Brandon. Children: Two. Education: University of Chattanooga, B.S., 1951; East Tennessee State University, M.A., 1962; University of Alabama, Ph,D., 1968. Served in U.S. Army, 1961. Taught at the University of North Carolina, 1968-. Member of the American Dialect Society; National Council of Teachers of English, and the Tennessee Folklore Society. Selected as the Tennessee Valley Folksinger for 1972 and 1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Directory of Reading Services in the U.S. Johnson City, Tenn.: East Tennessee State University Press, 19--.
The First Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1818-1968. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1968.
The Phonology of the Conjure Tales of C. W. Chesnutt. University, Ala.: American Dialect Society, 1971.
Joint Author: A Manual for Dialect Research in Southern States. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1973.
FOSTER, HENRY BACON, 1863-
Lawyer, teacher, judge. Born: May 9, 1863. Parents: Joshua Hill and Frances (Bacon) Foster. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1882; LL.B., 1884. Admitted to the Alabama Bar, 1884. Taught school in Gadsden, 1882-1883; practiced law in Tuscaloosa, 1884-; mayor of Tuscaloosa, 1890-1894; served in the Alabama House of Representatives, 1898-1902; appointed Appeals Court judge. Served as a major with Second Alabama Regiment, Alabama Volunteers in the Spanish American War, 1898.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: History of Tuscaloosa County Baptist Association, 1834- 1934: a Record of the Development of Baptist Interest in the Bounds of the Association, Containing Other Information of Concern to All Baptists.... Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1934.
FOSTER, LOVELACE SAVIDGE, 1847-
Baptist minister, editor. Born: December 18, 1847, Tuscaloosa County. Parents: Arthur and Elizabeth Amelia Foster. Married: Fannie Merrick, May 22, 1870. Children: Two. Married: Kate (Gidden) Raines. Education: University of Alabama, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Greenville, South Carolina, 1868- 1870 and 1873-1875. Ordained in 1871. Served churches in Camden, South Carolina, Okolona, Louisville and other towns of Mississippi; field editor for Mississippi for the Western Recorder; associate editor of the History of the Columbus Baptist Association; 1840-1882; and Louisville (Miss.) Association, 1886. Organized and served as corresponding secretary of the Mississippi Baptist Historical Society.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors, and Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.
Author: Fifty-Years in China: an Eventful Memoir of Tarleton Perry Crawford, D.D. Nashville: Bayless-Pullen Co., 1909.
From Error's Chains: or, The story of the Religious Struggles of an Accomplished Young Lady. Jackson, Miss.: Baptist Orphanage Press, 1899.
Mississippi Baptist Preachers. St. Louis, Mo.: National Baptist Pub. Co., 1895.
FOX, DOROTHEA WARREN, 1914-
Artist, illustrator. Born: January 31, 1914, Birmingham. Parents: William Tilman and Dorothea (Orr) Warren. Married: Charles Fox, February 15, 1940. Children: Four. Education, Birmingham-Southern College, 1932-1934. Employed as a commercial artist and illustrator.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: Follow Me, the Leader. New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1968.
Miss Twiggley's Tree. New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1966.
Illustrator: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Dr. Benjamin Spock. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946.
Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter. New York: Harper, 1956.
Mr. Hobb's Vacation. New York: Harper, 1954.
FRANCIS, HERBERT EDWARD, JR., 1924-
University professor. Born: January 11, 1924, Bristol, R.I. Parents: Herbert E. and Evelyn E. (Verity) Francis. Children: One. Education: University of Wisconsin, B.A., Brown University, M.A. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to study at Pembrooke College, Oxford University, 1953-1954; University of Cuyo, Argentina, 1964. Taught at Pennsylvania State University, 1950-1952; University of Tennessee, 1952-1956; Northern Illinois University, 1956-1958; Emory University, 1958-1966; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1966-. Chair of North American and British Literature, National University of Cuyo. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: A Disturbance of Gulls and Other Stories. New York: G. Braziller, 1983.
Dos Cuentos. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Burnichon, 1965.
Had, a Novella. Huntsville, Ala.: B. Minshew, 1973.
Healing of the Body and Other Stories. Savannah, Ga.: F. C. Beil, 1992.
Itinerary of Beggars. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1973.
Naming Things: Stories. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1980.
Toda la Gente Que Nunca Tuve. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Burnichon, 1966.
FRANKLIN, DENSON NAULS, 1914-
Clergyman. Born: April 7, 1914, Goodwater. Parents: Robert N. and Margie Conaway Franklin. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; Union Theological Seminary; Athens College and Birmingham-Southern College, honorary D.D.s. Served at various Methodist churches. Awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by Freedom Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa., 1964 and 1966.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, 1978.
Author: Faith for These Trouble Times. Westwood, N.J.: Revel, 1958.
We Dream, We Climb. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1963.
Which Way Forward? Faith at the Crossroads. Westwood, N.J.: Revel, 1962.
FRANKLIN, HAROLD LEROY, 1934-
Commercial artist, art agent. Born: March 14, 1934, Mobile. Parents: Harold and Julia (Nicholson) Franklin. Education: Philadelphia College of Art. Served in U.S. Army, 1958-1960. Employed as commercial artist, Philadelphia, 1961; freelance art agent, New York City, 1963-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Garden On Cement. Philadelphia: EKO, 1973.
Once Around the Track. Philadelphia: EKO, 1974.
Which Way To Go. Philadelphia: EKO, 1969.
FRASIER, SCOTTIE McKENZIE
Teacher, writer. Born: Talladega. Parents: William and Leila (Hood) McKenzie. Married: Alfred Smith Frazier, October 21, 1908. Education: Talladega High School, 1901; Judson College, 1903; School of Journalism, Columbia University, 1914. Taught in public schools Talladega and Greenville; Albertville Agricultural College; lectured in the East on practical psychology, 1914-1915. Awarded the Press and Authors Club Prize by Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs. Member of Alabama Equal Suffrage, League of Women Voters, Pen and Brush Club of New York, Writers Club of Indianapolis, and Press and Authors Club of Montgomery.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: As We See It. Headland, Ala.: Wiregrass Farmer, 1935.
Fagots of Fancy. Wheeling, W. Va.: Progressive Publishers, 1920.
Things That are Mine. Chicago: S. Hinrichsen, 1922.
FRAZER, JOHN WILLIAM, 1885-
Clergyman. Born: February 11, 1885, Evergreen. Parents: John Stanley and Mary Ella (Chapman) Frazer. Married: Sarah Knickerbocker, June 14, 1911. Married: Lucy Bomar, 1922. Education: Vanderbilt University and the University of Chicago. Received the B.D. and the Litt.D.
Source: Who's Who Among North American Authors.
Author: The Untried Civilization. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1921.
FRAZER, MEL A., 1887-
Lawyer. Born: April 27, 1887, Auburn. Parents: Tucker Henderson and Annie D. (Holifield) Frazer. Married: Mary V. Donner, January 6, 1916. Children: Two. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1906; M.S., 1907; University of Alabama, LL.D., 1913. Admitted to the Alabama Bar and practiced law in Mobile.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: Early History of Steamboats in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.: s.n., 1907.
FRAZER, WILLIAM HENRY, 1873-1953
Presbyterian minister, college president. Born: September 16, 1873, LaFayette. Parents: John Alexander and Nancy Emiline (Abernathy) Frazer. Married: Sarah Winnie Jones, October 25, 1899. Children: Three. Education: Southwestern Presbyterian University, A.B., 1897; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1899; Presbyterian College, honorary D.D., Davidson College; honorary Litt. D., 1926; Southwestern Presbyterian University, honorary LL.D., 1937. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, 1899. Served churches in Atlanta and Macon, Ga.; Anderson, S.C.; president of Belhaven College, 1917-1920; Queen's College in Charlotte, 1921- 1939; pastor in Pineville, N.C., 1939-1943. Later served as supply minister, including Government Street (Mobile) Presbyterian Church. Member of the Masons and the Kiwanis Club.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Bible Notes for Bible Students. Charlotte, N.C.: Presbyterian Standard Publishing Co., 1924.
Challenging Mantles: a Series of Chapel Talks. Charlotte, N.C.: Queen City Printing Co., 1926.
Fireside Musings of "Uncle" Rastus and "Aunt" Randy. Charlotte, N.C.: The Murrill Press, 1925.
The Possumist and Other Stories. Charlotte, N.C.: The Murrill Press, 1924.
FREEMAN, RICHARD BORDEN, 1908-
Art curator, university professor. Born: October 7, 1908, Philadelphia. Parents: Walter Jackson and Corinne (Keen) Freeman. Married: Barbara Ames Burditt. Children: Three. Education: Yale University, A.B., 1932; Harvard University, M.A., 1934. Employed by the Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Mo., 1934-1936; Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, Mass., 1936-1938; Cincinnati Art Museum, 1938-1941; Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Mich., 1941-1947; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947-1950; professor and head of Art Department, University of Alabama, 1950-1956; Hamilton College, 1956-1958; University of Kentucky, 1958-. Edited the Cincinnati Art Museum Bulletin, 1938-1951.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1.
Author: The Lithographs of Ralston Crawford. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1962.
Niles Spencer. Lexington, Ky.: Art Department, University of Kentucky, 1965.
Picasso-Grio-Miro. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948.
Ralston Crawford. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1953.
FRENCH, ROBERT WARREN, 1911-
Businessman, university professor. Born: May 8, 1911, South Bend, Ind. Parents: Robert Warren and Lura (Keller) French. Married: Dorothy Louise Smith, July 8, 1934. Children: Two. Education: University of Michigan, A.B., 1932; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1937. Served as Brookings Institute fellow, 1934-1935; teaching fellow, 1935-1937. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1941-1946; University of Texas, 1946-1949; Tulane University, 1949-1956, vice president, 1953-1956; port director at New Orleans, 1956-1960; president, Tax Fund Incorporated, 1960-1963; director of professional management program, Graduate School of Business, University of Southern California, 1963-1965; professor and acting dean of the College of Business, University of Alabama in Birmingham; assistant to the president; interim director of the Center for International Programs, 1965-. Edited the Louisiana Business Review, 1941-1946, and the Texas Business Review, 1946-1949.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: Living Together, Buchanan and Clark 1904-1975. S.l.: s.n., 1976?
Joint Author: Basics for Business. Chicago: Whitehall Co., 1968.
FRIAR TUCK (Pseudonym)
See: Tucker, Irwin St. John
FRITH, GREG H., 1949-
Educator. Born: February 15, 1949, Selma. Parents: George and June Jackson. Education: Huntingdon College, B.S., 1970; University of Alabama, M.S., 1971; Ed.S., 1972; Ph,D., 1973. Employed by the Alabama State Department of Education, 1972-1973. Taught special education at Jacksonville State University, 1973-. Received the Alpha Brown Award from the Alabama Council for Exceptional Children, 1979.
Source: No source cited.
Author: Behavior Management in the Schools: a Primer for Parents. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1985.
The Role of the Special Education Paraprofessional: an Introductory Text. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1982.
Joint Author: Self-Monitoring for Classroom Use. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1984.
FRY, ANNA MARIA GAYLE, 1852-1930
Born: August 17, 1852, Cahaba. Parents: Rees Darrington and Mary Louisa (Gill) Gayle. Married: Joseph Talbot Fry, April 9, 1890. Education: Tutored at home.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. III,
Author: Memories of Old Cahaba. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1908.
FRYE, RICHARD NELSON, 1920-
University professor. Born: January 10, 1920, Birmingham. Parents: Nels and Lillie (Hagman) Frye. Married: Barbara York, May 29, 1948. Children: Three. Education: University of Illinois, A.B., 1939; Harvard University, M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1946; post doctoral study at the University of London, 1946-1947. Served with the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services, 1941- 1945; taught at Harvard as Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, 1957-; visiting professor at Frankfurt University, 1958-1959. Lectured in German (Germany), French (Tehran and Paris), Persian (Afghanistan), and Russian (Moscow). Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Orientalist Society, and the Explorers Club of New York.
Source: Contemporary Authors: Vol. 5.
Author: The Heritage of Persia. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963.
History of Ancient Iran. Munich, W. Germany: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandllung, 1983.
Iran. New York: Holt, 1954.
Islamic Iran and Central Asia (7th-12th centuries). London: Variorum Reprints, 1979.
The Near East and the Great Powers. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1951.
Opera Minora. Shiraz, Iran: Asia Institute of Pahlavi University, 1976-
Joint Author: History of the Nation of the Archers. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1952.
Notes on the Pre-Islamic Coinage of Transoxiana. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1949.
The United States and Turkey and Iran. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1951.
Editor: History of Bukhara. Cambridge, Mass.: Medieval Society of America, 1954.
Islam & the West. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1957.
The Near East and the Great Powers. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1957.
The Parthian and Middle Persian Inscriptions of Dura-Europos. London: Percy Lund, Humphries, 1968.
The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljugs. Cambridge, Mass.: University Press, 1975.
Sasanian Seals in the Collection of Mohsen Foroughi. London: Jund Humphries, 1971.
FRYE, ROLAND MUSHAT, 1921-
Public relations, university professor. Born: July 3, 1921, Birmingham. Parents: John H. and Helen (Mushat) Frye. Married: Jean Elbert Steiner, January 11, 1947. Children: One. Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1943, M.A., 1950, Ph.D., 1952; additional study, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1950- 1951. U.S. Army Field Artillery, 1943-1946; public relations representative for Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, 1946-1947; teacher, Howard College 1947-1948; Emory University, 1952-1961; research professor, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1961-1965; teacher, University of Pennsylvania after 1965. Guggenheim fellowship, 1956-1957; grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, 1966 and 1971; and the American Philosophical Society, 1968 and 1971.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: God, Man, and Satan: Patterns of Christian Thought and Life in "Paradise Lost," "Pilgrim's Progress," and the Great Theologians. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1968.
Is God a Creationist? The Religious Case against Creation- Science. New York: Scribner, 1960.
Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts: Iconographic Tradition in the Epic Poems. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1968.
Perspectives on Man: Literature and the Christian Tradition. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1961.
The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1984.
Shakespeare and Christian Doctrine. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1963.
Shakespeare: the Art of the Dramatist. Boston: Houghton, 1970.
Shakespeare's Life and Times: a Pictorial Record. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1967.
Editor: The Bible: Selections from the King James Version for Study as Literature. Boston: Houghton, 1965.
FRYE, WILLIAM FENNER, 1908-1961
Journalist. Born: 1908, Montgomery. Education: Harvard University, 1940. Reporter in Gadsden, Birmingham, and Nashville, Tenn.; joined staff of Associated Press, covering the War Department in Washington during World War II; part time staff of Stars and Stripes, World War II; adviser to Secretary of War, Robert Porter Patterson; speech writer for Secretary of the Navy, later, first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal; information director of the Armed Services Publicity Bureau, 1949; staff of the European Committee of the Military Aid Program, London, 1950; correspondent for NBC in Europe; public information director for the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States.
Source: Newsweek, March 21, 1949; New York Times, March 31, 1961.
Author: Marshall, Citizen Soldier. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1947.
FULLER, HELEN, ca. 1913-1972
Attorney, journalist. Born: ca. 1913, Cullman. Parents: Arthur Wright and Lela E. (Thompson) Fuller. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1933, M.A., 1934, law student, 1935. Special attorney for U.S. Justice Department, 1935-1939; assistant to the administrator, National Youth Administration, 1939-1941; worked for New Republic as assistant editor, 1944- 1946; Washington editor, 1946-1948; political editor, 1948-1951; managing editor, 1951-. Was also a political columnist for newspapers and a contributor to Harpers.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973; Who's Who of American Women, 1974.
Author: Year of Trial: Kennedy's Crucial Decisions. New York: Harcourt, 1962.
FULMER, ROBERT MARION, 1939-
Professor, executive, consultant. Born: October 6, 1939, Florence. Parents: Robert and Reba (Smith) Fulmer. Married: Arlene Hogan, March 12, 1960. Children: Two. Education: David Lipscomb College, B.A., 1961; University of Florida, M.B.A., 1962; University of California Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1965. Staff member, Proctor & Gamble; research associate, National Industrial Conference Board; taught at Pepperdine University, Florida State University, Georgia State University, and Trinity University; served as executive director, Certified Professional Managers; director, Executive Council, Inc.; faculty associate, Danforth Foundation; and a consultant to about fifty organizations.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: The Management of Associations. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Association Executives, 1975.
Managing Associations of the 1980's. Washington, D.C.: Foundation of the American Society of Association Executives, 1972.
The New Marketing. New York: Macmillan, 1976.
Practical Human Relations. Homewood, Ill.: R. D. Irwin, 1983.
Supervision: Essentials of Professional Practice. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Glencoe Press, 1975.
Supervision: Principles of Professional Management. Encino, Calif.: Glencoe Press, 1976.
Joint Author: The New Management. New York: Macmillan, 1974.
A Practical Introduction to Business. Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1975.
Editor: Organizing for New Product Development. Washington, D.C.: National Industrial Conference Board, 1966.
FULTS, JOHN LEE, 1932-
Teacher, engineer. Born: March 14, 1932, in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Parents: Virnie Lee and Mattie (Dilbridge) Fults. Education: Middle Tennessee State College, B.S., 1958; some graduate courses. Married: Anne Simmons on August 26, 1961. Children: Two. Employed as farmer, grocery clerk; taught high school in Manchester and Tullahoma, Tenn; engineering aide, 1957-1961; planning analyst, 1961-1962; Tennessee Highway Dept.; engineer, Hayes Aircraft, Huntsville, 1962-1964; Chrysler Corp., Huntsville, 1964-1966; senior engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1966-. Served in U.S. Navy, 1954-1956; U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1962-, commanding officer of unit after 1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53
Author: Magic Squares. LaSalle, Ill.: Open Court, 1974.
FUNDABURK, EMMA LILA, 1922-
University professor, economist. Born: December 14, 1922, Luverne. Parents: Albert Donlin and Lila (Douglass) Fundaburk. Education: Alabama College, 1940-1942; University of Mexico, summer 1942; George Washington University, A.B., 1944; Northwestern University, M.A., 1946; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1963. Held positions in government and industry; teacher, Huntingdon College, 1950; Ohio State University, 1958-1963; University of Hawaii; and, after 1966, Bowling Green State University. Member, Association of Comparative Economic Systems, and other economic organizations. Honors: First prize from National Tax Equality Association, 1946; book awards from the Southeastern and Alabama Library Associations, both in 1959, for Sun Circles and Human Hands. Economics in Action Institute scholar, 1969, and National Science Foundation scholar, 1970.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41.
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976: a Book of Readings. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1984.
Art at Educational Institutions in the U.S.: a Handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1974.
Characteristics, Problems and Potentials of Apparel Manufacturing on the Neighbor Islands. University of Hawaii, 1966.
Development of Economic Thought and Analysis. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1973.
Diversified Manufacturing in Kauai. Economic Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1946.
The Economic Complex of Kauai. Economic Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1964.
The History of Economic Thought and Analysis: a Selective International Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1973.
Parade of Alabama. Luverne, Ala: Fundaburk, 1960.
Reference Materials and Periodicals in Economics: International List. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1971.
Southeastern Indians: Life Portraits. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1959.
Unemployment Compensation: History and Meaning. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, 1947.
Joint Author: Art in Public Places in the United States. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Press, 1975.
Joint Editor: Sun Circles and Human Hands: the Southeastern Indians, Arts and Industries. Luverne, Ala.: Fundaburk, 1957.
FUTATO, EUGENE MADISON, 1949-
Archaeologist, curator. Born: April 23, 1949, in Beaver Falls, Pa. Parents: Joseph Eugene and Ruth (Bintrim) Futato. Education: East Mississippi Junior College, A.A., 1969; University of Alabama, B.A., 1971; M.A., 1973; Additional graduate study. Married: Myrna Paulette Stubbs on May 29, 1971. Children: One. Served as teaching assistant and temporary instructor at the University of Alabama; six month contract with the University of West Florida, 1973. University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research, serving as laboratory supervisor, curator, staff archaeologist, and senior research archaeologist. Published articles in the Journal of Alabama Archaeology, and the Archaeological Research Series. Wrote or compiled other material, unpublished, but on file at the University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research.
Source: Information from Eugene M. Futato, Moundville, Ala.
Author: Archaeological Investigations in the Cedar Creek and Upper Bear Creek Reservoirs. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1983.
The Bellefonte Site, 1 Ja 300. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1977.
Cultural Resources Reconnaissance in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1979.
Joint Author: Archaeological Investigations at the B.B. Comer Bridge Site, 1Ja78, Jackson County, Alabama. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1983.
Archaeological Investigations in the Little Bear Creek Reservoir. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1975.
Joint Editor: Archaeological Investigations at Site 22It581, Itawamba County, Mississippi: the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1983.
Archaeological Testing Investigations at 58 Sites in the River and Canal Sections of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1982.
Phase I Archaeological Reconnaissance Along the Tuscumbia River Watershed, Alcorn and Prentiss Counties, Mississippi. University, Ala.: Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, 1983.
FUTRELL, ROBERT FRANK, 1917-
Teacher. Born: December 11, 1917, in Waterford, Miss. Education: University of Mississippi, B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1950. Taught at University of Mississippi, 1938; special consultant to U.S. War Department, 1946; historian for Army Air Force and U.S. Air Force History Office, 1946-1949; Air University, 1950-1951; professor, Aerospace Studies Institute, 1951-1971. Member of the Southern Historical Association, American Military Institute and Air Force History Foundation.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: Aces and Aerial Victories: the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1965-1973. Montgomery, Ala.: Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, Air University, 1976.
Background and Growth of Military Civic Actions. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Aerospace Studies Institute, 1956.
Command of Observation Aviation. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, 1956.
Development of Aeromedical Evacuation in the USAF, 1909-1960. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, 1960.
Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: a History of Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1917-1964. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Aerospace Studies Institute, 1971.
Joint Author: The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961.
The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1980-.