Science teacher. Born: Jan. 21, 1923, Boothton, Ala. Parents: Joseph Clifton and Mary Belle (Tarrant) Lacey. Married: Theodora Smiley, Apr. 29, 1956. Children: Four. Education: Alabama State College, B.S., 1947; graduate study, Howard University, 1948-1949; Northwestern University, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1955. Taught science on high school and junior college levels in Alabama, 1947-1952; University instructor at Grambling College, 1955-1960; Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1960-1968; Herbert H. Lehman College, 1968-. Member: National Science Teachers Association, director, Region IV, 1958- 1960; National Association for Research in Science Teaching; American Association for the Advancement of Science; National Institute of Science; New York Academy of Science; Phi Delta Kappa; Beta Kappa Chi.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Joint Author: Guide to Science Teaching in Secondary Schools. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1966.
LADD, EDWARD JOHNSON, 1906-1978
Engineer. Born: Nov. 24, 1906, Boston, Mass. Parents: Frederick Elisha and Atlanta Gertrude (Johnson) Ladd. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 1930. Engineer, Southern Refractories Co., Fort Payne, Ala., 1930-1936; consulting engineer, Fort Payne, 1936-1941; president, Ladd Engineering Associates, 1941-. Member: Fort Payne Industrial Board, 1970- 1974; Association of Communication Engineers; Consulting Engineers Council; American Society of Civil Engineers.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1978; Gone to Alabama.
Author: Family History: Ancestors of Cathy Lynn King. Fort Payne, Ala.: s.n., 1965.
Gone to Alabama: a History of the Dobbs and Gilbreath Families. Fort Worth, Tex.: Miran Publishers, 1972.
Atlas and Outline History of the Southeastern United States. Fort Payne, Ala.: s.n., 1974.
Editor: Indian John, Life of John W. Johnson. Fort Payne, Ala.: s.n., 1962.
LAKE, JEAN THOMPSON, 1929-1976
Sales clerk, model, florist, artist. Born: Aug. 29, 1929, Troy, Ala. Parents: Edgar Chadwick and Georgia (Mayers) Thompson. Married: James Thomas "Trigger" Lake, Sept. 17, 1950. Children: Three. Education: Troy State University. Worked for Rich's in Atlanta, Ga.; First Farmers and Merchants National Bank, Troy, Ala. Her avocation was art, with work being shown in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina, and winning many awards. She collected sayings and expressions; these were compiled and printed after her death, along with some of her paintings, in book form. Member: several art associations.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3; Birmingham News, Dec. 2, 1984.
Author: Seeds to Sow. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1984.
LAMAR, GAIL RENFROE
Equestrienne, teacher. Born: Troy, Ala. Education: University of Alabama. Lived in Auburn, where she taught horseback riding for several years. Grants from the Alabama Council for the Arts and Auburn University; represented University Children's Theater throughout Alabama.
Source: A Song for Lily.
Author: A Song for Lily. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1982.
LAMBERT, ALTON, 1910-
Laborer, civil servant, service station owner. Born: Sept. 23, 1910, Cottondale, Ala. Parents: Alexander Washington and Linnie Ida (Green) Lambert. Married: Carrie Beale Boswell. Children: Three. Worked at a foundry at Holt; on a gas pipeline; as a state prison guard, 1934-1940; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1940- 1947; U.S. Post Office, Fairfield, Ala., 1945-1956; U.S. Post Office, Cottondale, Ala., 1956-1970; service station business, 11 years. Member: Sons of the American Revolution; co-founder, Tuscaloosa Preservation Society.
Source: History of Tuscaloosa County, Vol. 1, pp. 62-77.
Author: Cemeteries of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1978.
Cemetery Records of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: Survey. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1982.
Evregreen [sic] Cemetery. S.l: s.n., 1980.
Greenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: A. Lambert, 1980.
History of Tuscaloosa County. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1979.
Lambert/Lamberth Families in America. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1979.
Tuscaloosa County Cemetery Records. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: A. Lambert, 1980.
LAMONT, DOUGLAS FELIX, 1937-
Teacher. Born: Nov. 22, 1937, Newark, N.J. Parents: Felix Michael and Philomena Venderosa (Italiano) Lamont. Married: Janice Monk, Jan. 20, 1965. Children: Two. Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1959; Tulane University, M.B.A., 1960; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1964. Served in U.S. Army, 1964-1966; taught, University of Notre Dame, 1966-1967; University of Alabama, 1967-1973; University of Wisconsin, 1973- 1978; Roosevelt University in Chicago, 1978-. Fulbright Commission Lectureship in Ecuador, 1970, and Peru, 1972. Member: American Marketing Association; Academy of International Business; Fellow in academic administration, American Council on Education, 1971-1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41R.
Author: Forcing Our Hand: America's Trade Wars in the 1980s. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1986.
Foreign State Enterprises: a Threat to American Business. New York: Basic Books, 1979.
Managing Foreign Investments in Southern Italy. New York: Praeger, 1973.
Protectionism: Can American Business Overcome It? Indianapolis, Ind.: Bookscroft, 1986.
Winning Worldwide: Strategies For Dominating Global Markets. Homewood, Ill.: Business One Irwin, 1991.
Contributor: Public Policy Toward Retailing: an International Study. Boston: Heath, 1972.
LaMONTE, EDWARD SHANNON, 1943-
Political scientist, teacher, public servant. Born: March 2, 1943, Columbus, Ohio. Parents: Charles and Pauline Shannon LaMonte. Married: Ruth, 1975. Children: Four. Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1965; University of Chicago, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1976. His doctoral study dealt with politics and welfare in Birmingham, Ala. from 1900 to 1975. Taught, Miles College, 1965-1966; assistant director, Center for Urban Affairs and teacher, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1969-1979; Chief administrative assistant, Mayor of Birmingham, 1979; Executive Secretary to the Mayor, 1980-. Board member: Birmingham Public Library; Crisis Center; Campus Counseling Center; Birmingham Historical Society; Greater Birmingham Ministries; Friends of Miles College.
Source: E.S. LaMonte.
Author: The Faces of Birmingham, Past, Present, Future. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1977. (Narrative to accompany a photographic exhibition.)
George B. Ward: Birmingham's Urban Statesman. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Public Library, 1974.
Joint Author: Birmingham, Alabama 701 Comprehensive Assistance Plan: Housing Element, a Study. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1978?
LANCASTER, DALLAS MURLE, 1918-
Born: Jan. 11, 1918, Dexter, Ky. Parents: William Clint and Totsie Mae (Barnhart) Lancaster. Married: Mary Holland, Dec. 4, 1942. Children: Two. Education: Murray State College, B.S., 1938; George Peabody College, M.A., 1944. Worked for the University of Alabama from 1946 to 1983.
Source: Dallas M. Lancaster, Florence, Ala.
Joint Compiler: Trinity Episcopal Church of Florence: Alabama Parish Registers with Weddings and Obituaries, 1836-1933. Florence, Ala.: Lancaster, 1986.
Joint Editor: The Civil War Diary of Anne S. Frobel of Wilton Hill in Virginia. Florence, Ala.: Lancaster, 1985.
LANCASTER, EDWIN BRAGG, 1898-
Architect. Born: Dec. 7, 1898, York, Ala. Parents: Benjamin Washington and Mary Emma (Bragg) Lancaster. Married: Minnie Lucile Morgan, June 30, 1922. Children: Two. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1920; class poet and art editor, 1919-1920, and awarded several gold medals for scholarship. Worked as a practicing architect; taught, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1942-1945; acting dean, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, 1943-1944; served on state boards and commissions; joined the firm of Sherlock, Smith, and Adams in Montgomery and served as chief architect for the firm, 1951-1957, as well as representing the firm doing defense work in Europe; established his own firm with his son in 1960. Member: several professional organizations; Georgia Writers Association; Alabama Writers Conclave.
Source: Grove's Alabama Lives.
Author: Applesauce in Season: Poems, Lyrics, Verse. Montgomery, Ala.: Walker Printing Co., 1946.
LANCASTER, MARY HOLLAND, 1921-
Writer. Born: Mar. 14, 1921, Murray, Ky. Parents: Robert Prentiss and Amanda (Wilson) Holland. Married: Dallas M. Lancaster, Dec. 4, 1942. Children: Two. Lived in Florence, Ala., 1946-.
Source: Mary H. Lancaster, Florence, Ala..
Compiler: Gathering Up Our Sheaves With Joy: a History of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1824-1976, Florence, Alabama. Nashville: Williams Pub. Co., 1985?
Joint Compiler: Trinity Episcopal Church of Florence: Alabama Parish Registers with Weddings and Obituaries, 1836-1933. Florence, Ala.: Lancaster, 1986.
Joint Editor: The Civil War Diary of Anne S. Frobel of Wilton Hill in Virginia. Florence, Ala.: Lancaster, 1985.
Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1896-1986. Florence, Ala.: D. M. Lancaster, 1987.
Transcriber: Minutes of Red River Baptist Church, 1791- 1826. Florence, Ala.: M. H. Lancaster, 1983.
LANG, GEORGE, 1879-1971
Philosopher, teacher. Born: Feb. 2, 1879, Wellwood, Ayrshire, Scotland. Parents: George McCraken and Mary (James) Lang. Family moved to Carbon Hill, Ala. in 1883, where his father opened a coal mine. Education: Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn., B.A., 1905; B.D., 1906; University of Edinburgh, 1908-1909; University of Berlin, 1912- 1913; Columbia University, M.A., 1925; Alabama Presbyterian College, D.D., 1916; University of Alabama, LL. D., 1925; Southwestern Presbyterian University, Litt.D., 1937. Taught, Alabama Presbyterian College, Anniston, 1910-1915; president, Alabama Presbyterian College, 1916-1918; chair, Philosophy Dept., University of Alabama, 1918-1949. Executive Secretary for the State Council of Defense in World War I; founded the Rotary Club of Anniston, 1916.
Source: Alabama Collection, Gorgas Library, University of Alabama.
Author: The Outlook for Literature in Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1936.
LANGFORD, GERALD, 1911-
Literary scholar, teacher. Born: Oct. 20, 1911, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Samuel Martin and Mary Selma (Jackson) Langford. Married: Anne Crenshaw Phelps, 1938. Children: Two. Education: University of Virginia, B.A., 1933; M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1940. Taught, University of Kentucky, 1936-1938; North Carolina State College, 1938-1940; Winthrop College, 1940-1943; U.S. Marines, 1943-1946; taught, University of Texas, 1946-. Member: Authors League of America; Texas Institute of Letters.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R.
Author: Alias O. Henry: a Biography of William Sidney Porter. New York: Macmillan, 1957.
Destination. Denver: Stonehenge Books, 1981.
Faulkner's Revision of Absolom, Absolom: a Collation of the Manuscript and the Published Book. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1971.
Faulkner's Revision of Sanctuary: a Collation of the Unrevised Galleys and the Published Book. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1972.
The Murder of Stanford White. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
The Richard Harding Davis Years: a Biography of a Mother and Son. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1961.
Editor: Ingenue Among the Lions: the Letters of Emily Clark to Joseph Hergesheimer. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1965.
LANGLEY, LEROY LESTER, 1916-
Physiologist, teacher. Born: Dec. 12, 1916. Education: University of California at Los Angeles, A.B., 1938; Stanford University, M.A., 1939; Yale University, Ph.D., 1942; Birmingham School of Law. LL.B., 1954. Research fellow, Yale, 1942-1943; research fellow, Institute of Biophysics, Brazil, 1946-1948; ABC network correspondent and newspaper publisher, 2 years, Rio De Janeiro; taught, Alabama Medical Center, 1949-1964; Chief, Training Grants and Awards Branch, National Heart Institute, 1964-1970; Associate Director, Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine, 1970-; Lecturer, School of Medicine, George Washington University, 1964-. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physiological Society.
Source: American Men of Science, 1973; Birmingham Post Herald, March 11, 1954.
Author: Cell Function: an Introduction to the Physiology of the Cell.... New York: Reinhold, 1961.
Dynamic Anatomy and Physiology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974.
Homeostasis. New York: Reinhold, 1965.
Outline of Physiology. New York: Blakiston, McGraw- Hill, 1961.
Review of Physiology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
Structure and Function of the Human Body. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1978.
Joint Author: Dynamics of Oral Diagnosis. Chicago: Yearbook Pub. Co., 1956.
The Physiology of Man. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954.
Compiler: Contraception. Stroudsburg, Pa.: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1973.
LARSON, JAMES EDWARD, 1916-
Political scientist, teacher. Born: Nov. 16, 1916, Woodstock, Ill. Parents: Gustave A. and Clara (Turner) Larson. Married: Eleanor Lucille Kvasnicka, June 11, 1943. Children: Four. Education: Cornell University, B.A., 1940; University of Michigan, M.A., 1947; Ph.D., 1952. U.S. Naval Reserve, 1940- 1946; administrative analyst, Michigan Budget Office, 1948-1949; research associate, Bureau of Government, West Virginia University, 1949-1952; director of research, Institute of Public Administration, University of the Philippines, 1952-1954; taught, University of Alabama, 1955-1963; taught, University of South Carolina, 1964-. Member: National Tax Association; Southern Political Science Association; American Association of University Professors.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1974.
Author: Alabama's Inland Waterways. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1960.
The City Government of Huntsville, Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1958.
The City of Flint Tax Limitation Experiment. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Institute for Human Adjustment, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1948.
How Cities are Organized. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1959.
Intergovernmental Relations in West Virginia. Morgantown, W.Va.: Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1951.
Reapportionment and the Courts: a Survey of Recent Cases. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.
A Report on City and County Budgets, 1952. Morgantown, W.Va.: Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.
Tax Problems in Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.
West Virginia: a Report on the Economy. Morgantown, W.Va.: Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.
Joint Author: Methods of Financing Sewers and Sewage Treatment Works in West Virginia. Morgantown, W.V.: Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.
LATNER, CLAUDIA PATRICK WALLACE, 1929-
Broadcaster, clerical worker, novelist. Born: March 11, 1929, Birmingham. Parents: Claude Hunter and Gladys Eleanor (English) Wallace. Married: Lee Levitt, June, 1951. Married: David Latner, August, 1958. Education: University of Tennessee, 1947- 1951; Columbia University, 1962. Women's program director, WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1951-1952; copy chief & announcer, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tenn., 1952-1954; clerical worker & editorial assistant, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237, New York, N.Y., 1954-1957, secretary to the president of the local, 1966-; secretary, Civic Center Clinic, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1962-1966. Wrote poetry from the age of 11; wrote novels after 1971 most of which had a theme related to astrology; contributed short stories and poems to popular magazines. Used pseudonyms Pat Wallace and Claudia Patrick.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: House of Scorpio. New York: Avon, 1975.
Love Scene. New York: Silhouette, 1985.
Silver Fire. New York: Silhouette Books, 1982.
Sweetheart Contract. New York: Silhouette Books, 1985.
The Wand and the Sky. New York: Pocket Books, 1978.
LAUBENTHAL, SANDERS ANNE, 1943-
Poet, historian, teacher. Born: December 25, 1943, Mobile. Parents: Wilbert J. and Mable (Sanders) Laubenthal. Education: Spring Hill College, B.A. summa cum laude; University of Alabama, M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1970. Medical coordinator, Mobile Head Start Project, 1965; taught Latin in Mobile, 1965-1966; taught English, Troy State University, 1969-1972; education and training officer, Maxwell Air Force Base, 1973-1976; deputy historian, 1st Lieutenant, Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, 1976-. Member: Modern Language Association; Air Force Association; Historic Mobile Preservation Society; Landmark Foundation, Montgomery; Maxwell Air Force Base Junior Officer Council. Catholic Poetry Association of America Award, 1964; Alabama State Poetry Day Award, 1969; National Defense Education Act Fellow, 1966-1970.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: Excalibur. New York: Ballantine, 1973.
The Gates of Wonder (poems). Mobile, Ala.: Belmary, 1966.
Interlude and Other Poems. Mobile, Ala.: Belmary, 1969.
The Last Confederate. Mobile, Ala.: Belmary, 1967.
Songs of Mobile (poems). Mobile, Ala.: Spring Hill College Press, 1962.
LAVENDER, WILLIAM, 1921-
Musician, writer. Born: December 23, 1921, Elrod. Parents: Claude B. and Maggie Mae (Neel) Lavender. Married: Mary Bridget Kanitz, 1949. Children: Three. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.Mus., 1946; University of Southern California, M.Mus., 1949. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-1946; composer, supervisor of sound track recording, documentary film production center, Aerospace Audio-visual Service, Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, Calif., 1950-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: Children of the River. New York: Jove Publications, 1980.
Chinaberry. New York: Pyramid, 1976.
The Fields Above the Sea. New York: Jove, 1980.
Flight of the Seabird. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.
Journey to Quiet Waters. New York: Jove, 1980.
Stone Well. New York: Jove, 1983.
LAW, VIRGINIA, 1923-
Missionary, lecturer. Born: July 4, 1923, Dothan. Parents: Clinton and Margaret (Stokes) Williams. Married: Burleigh A. Law. Children: Three. Education: Asbury College, 1941-1942, 1947-1948; Florida State University, B.S., 1962; Scarritt College, M.A., 1966. Methodist missionary, the Congo, 1950-1964; lecturer, 1965-.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1970.
Author: Appointment Congo. New York: Rand-McNally, 1966.
As Far As I Can Step. Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1970.
Come On, Let's Pray!: Prayers for Personal and Family Worship. Nashville: Upper Room, 1973.
LAWRENCE, FRED STRATTON, JR., 1910-
Clergyman. Born: August 27, 1910, Morganton, N.C. Parents: Alfred Stratton and Millicent (Perkins) Lawrence. Married: First wife unknown. Married: Elsie Hawkins Pelham, June 9, 1973. Children: Three. Education: University of North Carolina, 1932; Theological School, University of the South, M.Div., 1935. Ordained an Episcopal deacon, 1935, priest, 1936. Priest, North Carolina, 1936-1943; chaplain, U.S. Army, 1944- 1946; assistant rector, 1946-1947, rector, 1948-1965, Trinity Church, New Orleans; rector, Grace Church, Anniston, 1965-1972; rector, St. Peter's, Talladega, and Trinity Church, Alpine, 1972- 1981; priest in charge, St. Peter's, Port Allen, La., and St. Francis, Denhan Springs, La., 1952-1956. Founder, Trinity Day School, Baton Rouge, La., 1948; Headmaster, Episcopal Day School, Anniston, 1952-1956. Editor, Alabama Churchman, 1975-1981.
Source: Who's Who in Religion, 1977; personal acquaintances.
Author: A Year in Church With Day School Children. Anniston: Author, s.d. [1967].
LAWSON, THOMAS REUBEN, 1908-1973
Educator, coach. Born: May 31, 1908, Greensburg, Ind. Parents: Robert and Maude (Parker) Lawson. Married: Gretchen Brown, March 16, 1940. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, B.A., 1937. Employed, Jefferson County, Board of Education, 1938-1942; Bechtel-McCone defense plant, 1942-1944; basketball and football coach, Ramsey High School, Birmingham, 1942-1972. Member: Heart of Dixie Railroad Club.
Source: Thomas Lawson, Jr., Birmingham.
Author: The First Baptist Church of Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.: First Baptist Church, 1972.
LAY, WILLIAM PATRICK, 1853-1940
Industrialist. Born: June 11, 1853, Cherokee County. Parents: Cummins M. and Elizabeth (McGhee) Lay. Married: Laura J. Hollingsworth, April 26, 1876. Children: Five. Education: Public schools. Worked in the engine department of a railroad shop for about six years; locomotive engineer; bookkeeper, William P. Hollingsworth, Gadsden, 1874-1879; executor, Hollingsworth estate, 1879; lumber business, Gadsden, 1879-1890; instrumental in building the first blast furnace in Gadsden; built and owned the first electric light plant in Gadsden, 1887; instrumental in building a railroad from Gadsden to Anniston, 1888; president of the hotel company that built the Printup Hotel in Gadsden; instrumental in getting Southern Steel Company to build in Gadsden; built and owned the water power plant on Big Wills Creek near Attala, 1903. Chairman, Coosa River Improvement Association; organized and incorporated the Alabama Power Company, 1906; member, Gadsden City Council, two terms; chairman, Alabama Conservation Commission, 1908; elector, presidential election of 1912.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography; Hornady's Soldiers of Progress and Industry.
Author: Conservation and Improvement of Our Waterways. S.l.: s.n., 1908.
The Great Coosa-Alabama River & Valley. Gadsden: Lay, 1911.
Meddling, Coddling Paternalism: a Treatise and Compilation of the Enormous Gold Production and its Effects. Gadsden: Lay, 1910.
Opening the Coosa River to Through Navigation. Gadsden: Lay, 1901.
The Original Coosa River Memorial. S.l.: s.n., 1899.
River Problems of Alabama. Gadsden: s.n., 1915.
The Southern Superpower Zone. Gadsden: Lay, 1922.
Stabilization of Gold, World Need. Gadsden: Lay, 1932.
LAZARUS, SIDNEY P., 1888-1933
Playwright, screenwriter, illustrator. Born: Shelbyville, Ky. Parents: Lew Lazarus. Married: Maude Lazarus. Lived and was educated in Birmingham. Secretary and treasurer, Birmingham Mattress Company; moved to New York in 1919, and wrote stage plays; later moved to California, where he wrote screen plays, including Gabette, Come Along Mandy, and Dixie to Broadway. He and his wife committed suicide November 28, 1933.
Source: Files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Why Can't I Fly. New York: Scribner, 1949.
Illustrator: The Singing Cobbler. New York: Harper, 1939.
LAZENBY, MARION ELIAS, 1885-
Clergyman. Born: February 8, 1885, Forest Home. Parents: James Elias and Mary Elizabeth (Greene) Lazenby. Married: Mary Feagin, June 17, 1908. Married: Doris H. Hervase, November 15, 1949. Children: Three. Education: Southern University, A.B., 1907; Birmingham Southern College, D.D., 1925; Bob Jones College, Litt.D., 1930. Ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1907, and served pastorates in Havana, Cuba; Forest Home; Centreville; Midway; Dothan; Demopolis; Opelika; Bessemer; Florence; and Camp Sheridan near Montgomery. District Superintendent, Decatur and Huntsville districts. President, Southern Methodist Press Association; member, Board of Temperance and Social Service, Methodist Episcopal Church, South; member, Board of Trustees, Alabama Anti-Saloon League. Business manager and editor, Alabama Christian Advocate, 1950-.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7; Who Was Who Among North American Authors.
Author: History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida. Nashville?: s.n., 1960.
LEE, LAWRENCE HAYWOOD, 1867-
Attorney, legislator. Born: August 2, 1867, Clayton. Parents: Alto V. and Lillie (Lawrence) Lee. Married: Augusta Alston, October 29, 1889. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1887, LL.B., 1888. Solicitor, Barbour County, 1889-1890; alderman, Clayton, 1896-1897; representative, state legislature, 1898-1899; city attorney, Gadsden, 1902-1903; reporter of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1905-.
Source: Files at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Chapter Manual, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1916.
Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Alabama. St. Paul: West, 1911.
LEE, LAWRENCE HAYWOOD, JR., 1903-
Teacher, writer. Born: January 3, 1903, Gadsden. Parents: Lawrence Haywood and Augusta (Alston) Lee. Married: Musier Taintor, December 19, 1933. Married: Grace Kerr Shields, June 28, 1969. Children: One. Education: University of Virginia, B.S., 1924; Harvard University, M.A., 1938. Taught, University of Virginia, 1930-1942; served in U.S. Navy, 1942-1946; taught, University of Pittsburgh, 1949-1973; columnist, Pittsburgh Sunday Press, 1970-. Published stories in Sewanee Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other periodicals.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 25R; Who's Who in America, 1976.
Author: The American as Faust. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Boxwood Press, 1965.
Monticello and Other Poems. New York: Scribner, 1937.
Prometheus in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Boxwood Press, 1965.
Summer Goes On. New York: Scribner, 1933.
This Was Her Country. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, Madison Lane Press, 1933.
The Tomb of Thomas Jefferson and Other Poems. New York: Scribner, 1940.
Tomorrow Good-Bye. Gaylordsville: Slide Mountain Press, 1933.
Editor and Contributor:
Cathedral Poets. Pittsburgh: Boxwood Press, 1966.
Cockcrow at Night, the Heroic Journey, and Eighteen Other Stories. Boxwood Press, 1973.
The Cretan Flute. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968.
Voice of the Furies. Pittsburgh: Boxwood Press, 1968.
LEE, MILDRED
See: Scudder, Mildred Lee
LEE, NELLE HARPER, 1926-
Writer. Born: April 28, 1926, Monroeville. Parents: Amasa Coleman and Frances (Finch) Lee. Education: Huntingdon College, 1944-1945; University of Alabama, 1945-1949. Member: National Council on the Arts, 1966-1972. Honors: Alabama Library Association Author Award, 1961; National Council of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Award; Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
LEE, S. C. (Pseudonym)
See: Akens, David Strode
LEE, STONEWALL CULPEPPER (Pseudonym)
See: Akens, David Strode
LEEK, CHARLES FRANKLIN, 1892-
Clergyman. Born: November 5, 1892, Baltimore, Md. Parents: Benjamin Franklin and Margaret (Hoffman) Leek. Married: Zola Younge Hubbard, July 3, 1919. Children: Two. Education: University of Richmond, B.A., 1922; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.M., 1925. Ordained to the Baptist ministry, 1915; pastor at Hollywood, Greenpond, and Richmond, Va.; Pleasureville and Louisville, Ky.; Montgomery, 1931-1946; Lafayette, Ga.; Thomasville, N.C. Member: Board of Directors and First Vice President, Alabama Baptist State Convention; columnist, Alabama Baptist; contributor, Sunday School Builder; editor, Watching the World.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1946; files at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: The History of Pittsylvania Baptist Association, 1788-1963. Danville, Va.: Pittsylvania Baptist Association, 1963.
LEFTWICH, NINA
Teacher. Parents: Charles William and Margaret (Morring) Leftwich. Education: George Peabody College, M.A., 1929. Operated the Leftwich Antique and Gift Shop in Sheffield; taught at Coffee High School, Florence; Florence State Teachers College; extension department of Howard College. Member: Daughters of the American Revolution; Tennessee Valley Historical Society.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama.
Author: Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals, Being an Authentic History of Colbert County, 1700-1900, With Special Emphasis on the Stirring Events of the Early Times. Tuscumbia, Ala.: American Southern, 1965.
LENNARD, WILLIAM CARVER, 1941-
Researcher, realtor, poet. Born: July 20, 1941, Tuskegee. Parents: William and Reoda (Turner) Lennard. Married: Anita Liggins, June 6, 1964. Children: Two. Education: Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, B.S., 1963; Tuskegee Institute, M.S. in Food Science and Technology, 1968. Research technician, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1964-1966; research technician, Tuskegee Institute, 1968; Director of Community Development, Community Action Agency, Tuskegee, 1968-1977; real estate salesman, 1977-; National Park Service, 1978- . Honors: special achievement award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1982; featured on television programs; his poetry has won special recognition and was selected for the Alabama State Poetry Sampler, in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.
Source: William Carver Lennard, Tuskegee.
Author: Life, Love, Nature and You. New York: Vantage Press, 1976.
Sand Castles. Tuskegee: McRaie's Printing Service, 1985.
Contributor: Best of the Best. Chicago: Path Press, 1984.
LENTZ, PERRY CARLTON, 1943-
Teacher. Born: March 27, 1943, Anniston. Parents: Lucien Boyd and Carleton (Sterne) Lentz. Married: Jane Anderson, July 10, 1965. Children: Two. Education: Kenyon College, A.B., 1964; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1970. Taught, Vanderbilt University, 1964-1969; Kenyon College, 1969-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 21R; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: The Falling Hills. New York: Scribner, 1967.
It Must Be Now the Kingdom Coming. New York: Crown, 1972.
LES TINA, DOROTHY, 1917-
Military, teacher, writer. Born: October 7, 1917, Chicago, Ill. Parents: Frank James and Emmie (Faulkenberg) Les Tina. Married: Richmond E. Johnson, August 9, 1952. Education: San Diego State Teachers College; Army Officer's Candidate School; New School for Social Research. Taught elementary level and adult classes in psychical research and creative writing; Women's Army Corps, 1943-, serving as a public relations officer on several posts, including Fort Rucker, Ala.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1972.
Author: Alaska: a Book to Begin On. New York: Holt, 1962.
April Fool's Day. New York: Follett, 1969.
The Barrier. New York: Rinehart, 1950.
Flag Day. New York: Crowell, 1965.
Icicles on the Roof. London: Abelard Schuman, 1961.
May Day. New York: Crowell, 1967.
Occupation Housewife: a Novel. New York: Morrow, 1947.
LESTER, ROBERT McDONALD, 1889-1968
Teacher, writer. Born: November 7, 1889, Centre. Parents: Samuel Robert and Ann Virginia (Watson) Lester. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1908; Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1911; University of Michigan, 1911-1912; Columbia University, M.A., 1917. Teacher, assistant principal, athletic director, high school, Covington, Tenn.; taught Greek and Latin, Birmingham Southern College, 1912-1916; library staff, Columbia University; superintendent of schools in Mayfield, Ky., and Covington, Tenn.; taught English and director of extension, Columbia University; assistant to the president, then secretary, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1926-1954; secretary, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1926-1954; wrote some 35 pamphlets for the Carnegie Corporation. Retired in 1954 and moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he became executive director of the Southern Fellowship Fund of the Council of Southern Universities until his death on February 21, 1968. Honors: Awarded several honorary degrees, including Birmingham Southern College, Litt.D., 1911; University of Alabama, L.H.D., 1962.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 55.
Author: Agricultural Adjustment Programs and the Negro. New York: International Microfilm Press, 1945.
The Corporation: a Digest of Its Financial Record, 1911- 1936. Carnegie Corporation, 1936.
Corporation Grants for Education of the Negro. s.n., 1941.
The Diffusion of Knowledge: a List of Books. Philadelphia: W.F. Fell Co., 1935.
Doctoral Dissertations. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Council of Southern Universities, 1958.
Forty Years of Carnegie Giving. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1941.
Getting and Forgetting an Education, Commencement Address. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1936.
A Summing Up, 1954-1964. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Council of Southern Universities, 1964.
A Thirty Year Catalog of Grants. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1942.
LEWIS, JESSE J., 1925-
Businessman, educator, administrator. Born: January 3, 1925, Tuscaloosa. Married: Helen Merriweather. Children: Two. Education: Withdrew from high school to join the army, then worked for B.F. Goodrich Company while completing high school and Booker T. Washington Business College in Birmingham; Miles College, B.S., 1955; Troy State University, M.A., Ed.S.; Atlanta University, Ed.D. Founded Jesse J. Lewis and Associates, the oldest black owned advertising and public relations firm in America; founder and president, Birmingham Times newspaper, 1963- 1974; director, Office of Highway Safety in the administration of Governor George C. Wallace, 1974-1978; president, Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, 1978-. Member: Law Enforcement Planning Agency; Birmingham Urban League. Citation for outstanding service to the governor of Alabama, 1975; citation for outstanding academic excellence from Miles College, 1975.
Source: Jacket of Survival of a Race; Who's Who in Black America, 1980.
Author: Survival of a Race: a Piece of the Rock. S.l.: s.n., 1986.
LEWIS, JOSEPH, 1899-1968
Born: June 11, 1899, Montgomery. Parents: Samuel and Ray (Levy) Lewis. Married: Ruth Stoller Grubman, July 15, 1952. Education: Public schools. An atheist and promoter of atheism; founder and secretary, Thomas Paine Foundation, Robert G. Ingersoll Memorial Association, and American League for Separation of Church and State; founder and president of Freethinkers of America. Instigated legal proceedings in New York State to prohibit use of public school buses to transport parochial school pupils, ban reading of the Bible in public schools, ban sectarian organizations in public educational institutions, and ban dismissal of public schools for religious education.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Permanent Series, Vol. 1.
Author: Atheism and Other Addresses. New York: Freethought Press, 1924.
An Atheist Manifesto. New York: Freethought Press, 1954.
The Bible Unmasked. New York: Freethought Press, 1926.
Burbank the Infidel. New York: Freethought Press, 1930.
In the Name of Humanity! New York: Freethought Press, 1949.
Ingersoll the Magnificent. New York: Freethought Press, 1957.
Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine. New York: Freethought Press, 1954.
Lincoln, the Freethinker. New York: Freethought Press, 1924.
The Serpent of Religion. New York: Freethought Press, 1959.
Shall the Children Receive Religious Instruction: a Debate Between Rev. Walter M. Howlett and Joseph Lewis. New York: Freethought Press, 1933.
Spain, a Land Blighted by Religion. New York: Freethought Press, 1933.
The Ten Commandments. New York: Freethought Press, 1946.
Thomas Paine, Author of the Declaration of Independence. New York: Freethought Press, 1947.
The Tragic Patriot, a Drama. New York: Freethought Press, 1954.
The Tyranny of God. New York: Freethought Press, 1929.
Voltaire, the Incomparable Infidel. New York: Freethought Press, 1929.
LEWIS, KATE PORTER
Poet. Born: Greenville. Parents: Oscar Richardson and Abboe (Flowers) Porter. Married: John Lewis, April, 1921; widowed 1929. Education: Huntingdon College; University of Alabama; University of North Carolina. Served in the Red Cross and the American Motor Transport Corps in France during World War I; home service secretary, Red Cross, Butler County. Member: Birmingham Poetry Club; Poetry Society of Alabama; Alabama Writers Conclave; Birmingham Writers Club.
Source: Alabama Folk Plays; files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Alabama Folk Plays. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1943.
LEWIS, WALTER DAVID, 1931-
Teacher. Born: June 24, 1931, Towanda, Pa. Parents: Gordon Cleon and Eleanor Esther (Tobias) Lewis. Married: Carolyn Wyatt Brown, June 12, 1954. Children: Three. Education: Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1952, M.A., 1954; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1961. Taught, Hamilton College; University of Delaware; State University of New York at Buffalo; and Auburn University, 1971-. Fellowship coordinator, Eleutherian Mills- Hagley Foundation; co-producer of the film, About Us: a Deep South Portrait, 1977.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Early Commercial Aviation. Cambridge: Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1979.
From Newgate to Dannemora: the Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, from 1796-1948. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1965.
Iron and Steel in America. Greenville, Del.: Hagley Museum, 1976.
Rationale of Crime. Montclair, N.J.: Patterson Smith, 1973.
Joint Editor: Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988.
Delta: the History of an Airline. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1979.
Economic Change in the Civil War Era: Proceedings. Greenville, Del.: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1965.
The Southern Mystique. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
LIDDELL, VIOLA GOODE, 1901-
Writer. Born: December 18, 1901, Gastonburg. Parents: Robert James and Annie L. (Gaston) Goode. Married: Will Lithgow Liddell, June 6, 1934. Children: Three. Education: Judson College, M.A., 1922. Taught in Wilcox and Marengo County schools. Member: National League of Pen Women. Alabama Woman of the Year, Federated Clubs of Alabama, 1982. Published stories in Saturday Evening Post, Holland's Magazine, Literary Messenger, Georgia Review, and others. Honors: A Place of Springs received the Alabama Library Association Author's Award, 1981.
Source: Viola Goode Liddell, Camden.
Author: A Place of Springs. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1979.
Reflections in Rhyme. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Co., 1944.
With a Southern Accent. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1948.
LIDDON, ELOISE
Writer. Born: Gordon. Education: Woman's College of Alabama (Huntingdon College), 1915. Married: George Albert Soper. Lived part of her early life in Florida and much in Alabama; literary editor of her college annual; traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. Honors: Silver Award in the Thomas Jefferson Contest for the best novel by a Southern writer, 1941, for Some Lose Their Way; Alumnae Achievement Award of Huntingdon College, 1941.
Source: Files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: The Riddle of the Russian Princess. Published serially in an English magazine.
The Riddle of the Florentine Princess. Published serially in an English magazine.
Some Lose Their Way. New York: Dutton, 1941.
LIDE, ALICE ALISON, 1890-1950
Writer. Born: February 8, 1890, Richmond, Ala. Married: Thomas Evan Lide. Education: Converse College; Columbia University. Lived in the Selma and Carlowville area and wrote books for young people with her sister, Margaret Alison Johansen and her mother, Annie Hurst Alison.
Source: Authors of Books for Young People; files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Aztec Drums. New York: Longman Green, 1938.
Johnny of the 4-H Club. Boston: Little, 1941.
Lapland Drum. Nashville: Abingdon, 1955.
Little Indian Ongo. Richmond, Va.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1948.
Magic Word for Elin. Nashville: Abingdon, 1958.
Mystery of the Mahteb, a Tale of Thirteenth-Century Ethiopia. New York: Longman Green, 1942.
Princes of Yucatan. New York: Longman Green, 1939.
Yinka-Tu the Yak. New York: Viking, 1938.
Joint Author: Booker and the Magic Marks. Philadelphia: Curtis Pub. Co., 1947.
Dark Possession. New York: D. Appleton, 1934.
History of St. Paul's Parish, Carlowville. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1923.
Little Booker T. Washington. Published serially in The Sentinel, Nashville, Tenn..
Ood-le-uk the Wanderer. Boston: Little, 1930.
Pearls of Fortune. Boston: Little, 1931.
Secret of the Circle. New York: Longman Green, 1937.
Thord Firetooth. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1937.
The Wooden Locket. New York: Viking, 1953.
Tambalo and Other Stories of Far Lands. Chicago: Beckley-Cardy, 1930.
Joint Author (under pseudonym Hugh McAlister):
Conqueror of the High Road. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
Flaming River. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1930.
Sea Gold. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1930.
Stand By. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1930.
Viking of the Sky. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1930.
LIDE, NEOMA JEWELL LAWHON, 1926-
Nurse, businesswoman. Born: April 1, 1926, Levelland, Tex. Parents: Charles Samuel and Juel (Yeager) Lawhon. Married: Martin James Lide, November 12, 1950. Children: Three. Education: Draughan Business College; University of Texas; Jefferson Hillman School of Nursing, Birmingham, R.N., 1950. Columnist, Baldwin Times in Bay Minette, 1964-1968; columnist, Shades Valley Sun, 1974-1975; vice president, Martin Lide Associates, Birmingham, 1977-. Member: Daughters of the American Revolution; Women in Service to Alabama; Women's Committee of 100 for Birmingham; Gorgas Board of the University of Alabama. Honors: Merit citation from the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, 1961.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1981.
Author: Instead of Sunset. Birmingham, Ala.: Woodbine, 1973.
Life of Service, These Are My Jewels. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1979.
Music in the Wind: the Story of Lady Arlington. Birmingham, Ala.: Neoma Lide, 1980.
LILES, JEAN CAROLE (Pseudonym)
See: Wickstrom, Jean Carole
LINCOLN, CHARLES ERIC, 1924-
Clergyman, teacher. Born: June 23, 1924, Athens. Parents: Less and Mattie (Sowell) Lincoln. Married: first wife unknown. Married: Lucy Cook, July 1, 1961. Children: Four. Education: Lemoyne College, A.B., 1947; Fisk University, A.M., 1954; University of Chicago, B.D., 1956; Boston University, M.Ed., Ph.D., 1960; University of Chicago Law School, 1948-1949. Pastor, John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn.; taught or worked at Fisk University, Clark University, Portland State University, Union Theological Seminary; Vassar College, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, Duke University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, Boston University; Harvard, Yale University, University of Madrid, University of Oslo, Edinburgh University, London University, and universities in Sharaz, Abu Dhabi, and Oman. Represented the U.S. Department of State at many seminars, on many boards, and received many fellowships, grants, and awards. Honors: Carlton College, honorary L.L.D., 1968; St. Michaels College, honorary L.H.D., 1970.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author:
The Avenue: Clayton City. New York: Morrow, 1988.
Beyond the Conventional. Madison, N.J.: Multi-Ethnic Center for Ministry, Wesley House, Drew University, 1978-1981.
The Black Church Since Frazier. New York: Schocken, 1974.
The Black Experience in Religion. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor, 1974.
The Black Muslims in America. Boston: Beacon, 1961.
The Black Americans. New York: Bantam, 1969.
Have We Overcome? Race Relations Since Brown. Oxford, Miss.: University of Mississippi, 1979.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Profile. New York: Hill & Wang, 1970.
My Face is Black. Boston: Beacon, 1964.
The Negro Pilgrimage in America: the Coming of Age of Black Americans. New York: Bantam, 1967.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America. New York: Crown, 1968.
Race, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma. New York: Hill & Wang, 1984.
Sounds of the Struggle: Persons and Perspectives in Civil Rights. New York: Morrow, 1967.
This Road Since Freedom: Collected Poems. Quantico, Va.: Flame International, 1982.
Joint Author The Black Church in the African American Experience. Durham: Duke University Press, 1990.
LINCOLN, RIXFORD J., 1872-
Attorney, journalist, teacher. Born: August 22, 1872, New Orleans, La. Parents: Lemuel Louis and Adrienne (Helluin) Lincoln. Education: Jesuit College, B.A., 1889, M.A., 1890; Tulane University, law degree, 1899. Assistant editor, the Times and other New Orleans newspapers; practiced law in New Orleans 15 years; taught French, English, history and political science at schools in San Antonio, Tex., Quincy, Ill., Bay Saint Louis, Miss., Terre Haute, Ind., Cullman, Ala. (St. Bernard College), and Richardson, N.D.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: The Christmas Candle: a Tale of Provence. New Orleans: Hauser, 1900.
Christmas Legends and Herzeleide's Farewell to Parsifal. New Orleans: s.n., 1909.
Christmas Stories and "At Mary's Shrine". S.l.: s.n., 1900.
Echoes of St. Tammany. New Orleans: Palfrey-Rudd- Purcell, 19--?
Francis: or, a Child's Prayer. New Orleans: s.n., 1913.
Historical New Orleans (in verse). New Orleans?: s.n., 1911.
Poems: New Orleans. S.l.: s.n., 19--?
Poems and Short Stories. New Orleans: Dalton Williams Publishers, 1900.
Prose Poems. New Orleans: Palfrey-Rudd-Purcell, 19--?
Stray Verses. New Orleans?: s.n., 1900?
A Tale of Pagan Rome: a Story. New Orleans: Philippes Printery, 19--?
Verses to a Child. New Orleans: s.n., 1922.
War Poems, Indian Legends, and a Wreath of Childhood Verses. New Orleans: R.A. Thiberge, 1916.
LINDSAY, MAUDE McKNIGHT, 1874-1941
Teacher, writer. Born: May 13, 1874, Tuscumbia. Parents: Robert Burns and Sarah Miller (Winston) Lindsay. Education: Deshler Female Institute, Tuscumbia; kindergarten training under Mrs. Jeanne Pettett Cooper. Taught at a private kindergarten in Tuscumbia for 2 years; Florence Free Kindergarten, 1898-1941, except for 2 1/2 years, one of which she was a resident of Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House in Boston; faculty, New York University, Kindergarten Department, summers, 1906-1910. President, Sheffield, Ala. Free Kindergarten Association. Member: Conclave of Alabama Writers; Blue Pencil Club; Birmingham League of American Penwomen; Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: The Amazing Adventures of Ali. Boston: Lothrop, 1931.
Bobby and the Big Road. Boston: Lothrop, 1920.
The Choosing Book. Boston: Lothrop, 1928.
Fun on Children's Street. Boston: Lothrop, 1941.
Jock Barefoot. Boston: Lothrop, 1939.
Little Missy. Boston: Lee & Shepherd, 1922.
More Mother Stories. Springfield, Mass.: Milton Bradley, 1905.
Mother Stories. Springfield, Mass.: Milton Bradley, 1912.
Posey and the Peddler. Boston: Lothrop, 1936.
Silverfoot. Boston: Lothrop, 1924.
Songs for Alabama. Sheffield, Ala.: Blue Pencil Club of the Muscle Shoals District, 1900.
The Story Garden for Little Children. Boston: Lothrop, 1913.
The Storyland Tree. Boston: Lothrop, 1933.
The Story-Teller. Boston: Lothrop, 1915.
The Toy Shop. Boston: Lothrop, 1926.
Joint Author: The Joyous Guests. Boston: Lothrop, 1921.
The Joyous Travelers. Boston: Lothrop, 1919.
Contributor: "The First Christmas Morning" in Christmas Plays. Boston: Pilgrim, 1927.
LINDSEY, BOBBY L., 1929-
Historian. Born: November 19, 1929, Roanoke. Parents: Alonzo and Sadie (East) Lindsey. Married: Phyllis Paulson, December 6, 1946. Married: Henrietta Roux, December 4, 1979. Children: Four. Education: University of Colorado, LL.B., 1957. Served in and retired from the U.S. Air Force; organized the Chambers County records; director, archives and history, state of Oklahoma. Honorary life member, Creek National Council.
Source: Mattie Lou Cato, Lafayette Pilot Public Library, Lafayette.
Author: The Reason for the Tears: a History of Chambers County, Alabama, 1832-1900. West Point, Ga.: Hester Printing Co., 1971.
LINDSEY, HENRY CARLTON, 1918-
Teacher, dramatist. Born: January 3, 1918, Coushatta, La. Parents: Benjamin Dennis and Vallie (Snead) Lindsey. Married: Evelyn Natille Pierce, December 27, 1948. Children: Three. Education: Ouachita College, B.A., 1948; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1951; University of Denver, Ph.D., 1962. Taught at Ouachita College, 1952-1953; Howard College, 1953-1956; Air University, 1956-1958; Georgetown (Kentucky) College; Kansas State College; Baylor University; Mississippi State College for Women; Community College of the Air Force; University of Texas in San Antonio; Howard Payne College. Academic Vice President, Ouachita College, 1964-1969; Academic V.P. Howard Payne College; chair, Fine Arts Division, Howard Payne College, 1981-.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Call Me Penny, a Comedy in Three Acts. New York: Samuel French, 1952.
Curfew. 1956.
Forever Judy, a Comedy in One Act. New York: Samuel French, 1953.
Grey Harvests. 1951.
The Inner Light. 1947.
Mr. Sweeney's Conversion, a Domestic Comedy in One Act. New York: Samuel French, 1952.
Trilogy in Red. 1981.
LINDSEY, JONATHAN ASMEL, 1937-
Librarian, clergyman, teacher. Born: June 9, 1937, Bullock County, Ga. Parents: Joel Wesley and Ethel Iora (Strickland) Lindsey. Married: Edythe Annette Loewer, April 3, 1965. Children: Two. Education: George Washington University, A.B., 1961; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1964, Ph.D., 1968; University of Alabama, M.S.L.S., 1975. Clerk, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1956-1961; clerk, psychiatric aide section, Louisville, 1961-1967; ordained to the Baptist ministry, 1964; chaplain, Women's Correctional Institution, Pewee Valley, Ky., 1966; taught at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; University of Alabama Graduate School of Library Science; University of North Carolina Graduate School of Library Science; Judson College, 1967-1970; and Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, 1970-; librarian, Meredith College; Baylor University.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1978.
Author: Change and Challenge. Wilmington, N.C.: Consortium Books, 1977.
Free Indeed. Nashville: Convention Press, 1975.
Performance Evaluation: a Management Basis for Librarians. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1986.
Joint Author: Professional Ethics and Librarians. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1985.
Joint Editor: Faculty Distinguished Lectures, 1964-1981. Raleigh, N.C.: Meredith College, 1982.
LINEBACK, NEAL GAMBILL, 1940-
Geographer, teacher. Born: June 21, 1940, Winston-Salem, N.C. Education: East Carolina University, B.A., 1963; University of Tennessee, M.S., 1967, Ph.D., 1970. Taught, Henry County, Va., schools, 1963-1965; University of Alabama, 1969-. Member: Association for American Geographic Research.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1976.
Author: Illinois Forestland and Non-forestland. (Map/Atlas). Illinois Division of Forestry, 1978.
Land Use/Mineral Rights Ownership Map Series. University of Alabama School of Mines and Energy Development, 1980.
State of Illinois. (Map/Atlas). Illinois Department of Conservation, 1977.
Joint Author: Atlas of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
A Geographic Analysis of the Trade Area of Butler, Alabama. University, Ala.: s.n., 1977.
Laboratory Manual in Physical Geography. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1975.
Land Suitability Analysis of the Bankhead Forest and Smith Lake Area of Alabama. University, Ala.: s.n., 1979.
The Map Abstract of Alabama: Water Resources. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Development Office and Alabama Geographical Survey, 1974.
Market Analysis of the Original City Area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Development Office, 1980.
LINN, MARJORIE LEES, 1930-1979
Poet. Born: October 8, 1930, Collinsville. Father in construction moved his family often. She attended thirteen grade schools in three states by the age of eleven and quit school in the ninth grade. Married. Children: Three. Honors: Won the Birmingham Festival of Arts Hackney Award three times; North American Mentor Certificate twice; National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award.
Source: Richard G. Beyer, Florence.
Author: Threads of Silence. Florence, Ala.: Providence Press, 1980.
LINY LU (Pseudonym)
See: Boozer, Celina Luzanne
LINZEY, ALICIA VOGT, 1943-
Zoologist. Born: January 27, 1943, Bloomingburg, N.Y. Married: Donald Wayne Linzey, June 2, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Cornell University, B.S., 1964, M.S., 1965. Laboratory instructor and research associate, Cornell University; collaborator, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1963-1970; research associate, University of South Alabama, 1968-. Ford fellow, 1965. Member: American Society of Mammalogists.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1976.
Author: Patterns of Coexistence in Microtus penn- sylvanicus and Synaptimus cooperi. Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1981.
Joint Author: Alabama Wildlife: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals. Mobile, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
Comparative Gross Morphology of Male Accessory Glands Among Neotropical Nuridae (Mammalia: rodentia) with Comments on Systemic Implications. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 1981.
Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1971.
LINZEY, DONALD WAYNE, 1939-
Biologist. Born: September 4, 1939, Baltimore, Md. Parents: Charles Herbert and Dorothy Katherine (Billingsley) Linzey. Married: Alicia Vogt, June 2, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Western Maryland College, A.B., 1961; Cornell University, M.S., 1963, Ph.D., 1966. Employed by Cornell University, 1966-1967; curator of the natural history collection, University of South Alabama, 1966-1977; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1977. Wrote a weekly column, "Alabama Wildlife", Mobile Press Register, 1971-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61, American Men and Women of Science, 1982.
Author: Snakes of Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Joint Author: Alabama Wildlife: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals. Mobile, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1971.
Snakes of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1981.
Editor: Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered and Threatened Plants and Animals of Virginia. Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1979.
Contributor: Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals of Florida. Tallahassee: Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, 1976.
LITTLE, GEORGE, 1838-1924
Geologist. Born: February 1, 1838, Tuscaloosa. Parents: John and Barbara (Kerr) Little. Married: Caroline Patillo Doak, May 13, 1869. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1855, A.M., 1856, LL.D, 1905; University of Gottingen, Ph.D., 1859. Employed by Oakland College, Mississippi, 1860-1861; Served in the Confederate Army as private, captain, lieutenant colonel, 1861- 1865; University of Mississippi, 1866-1874; Mississippi, state geologist, 1870-1874; Georgia, state geologist, 1874-1881; Chattanooga, Tenn., 1889-1892; Tuscaloosa, druggist, 1892-1902; geological reporter, 1903-1918.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1
Author: Memoirs of George Little. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1924.
LITTLE, JOHN BUCKNER, 1861-1918
Editor, educator. Born: 1861, Greenville, Ala. Parents: John G. and Sophronia E. (Howell) Little. Married: Lula Duncan. Children: Five. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1883, A.M., 1886. Editor, Tuscaloosa Times, True Democrat, and State Review; assistant professor of chemistry, University of Alabama, 1883-1887; president of the South Alabama Institute, Greenville, 1887-1890; principal of the Military Academy, Huntsville, 1890- 1891; superintendent of education, Butler County.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History; Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors; Owen's Story of Alabama.
Author: The History of Butler County, Alabama, 1915 to 1885. Cincinnati: Elm Street Publishing Co., 1885.
LITTLE, ROBERT IRVING, 1881-1967
Educator. Born August 20, 1881, Tuscaloosa. Parents: John and Amanda M. (Harris) Little. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1901; Harvard University, M.A., 1912; studied at Gottingen University and at the Sorbonne; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1918. Employed at Tuscaloosa High School, University of North Carolina, Harvard University, and University of Alabama where he served as head of the Department of Romance Languages, 1950. Member: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, American Association of University Professors, and Phi Beta Kappa; associate editor, Tuscaloosa Sun.
Source: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections of the University of Alabama.
Author: The University Club. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
LITTLETON, JESSE TALBOT, 1856-1929
Educator. Born: October 27, 1856, in Portsmouth, Va. Parents: Oscar and Martha Elizabeth (Bernard) Littleton. Married: Lulie Rosser, December 26, 1882. Children: Eight. Education: Randolph-Macon College, A.M., 1880; attended Sauveur Colleges des Langues, Amherst, Mass., 1881-1882. Employed at Kanawa Military Academy, Wesleyan Female College, Wofford College, Belle Haven Academy, Danville College for Young Ladies, Emory and Henry College, Southern University in Greensboro, Ala., Women's College of Alabama, and Thomas Industrial Institute. Honors: Kentucky Wesleyan College, honorary Litt.D., 1902; Emory and Henry College, honorary Litt. D., 1907.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.
Author: The Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas: a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition. Nashville: Smith & Lamar for Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1907.
LITTLETON, TAYLOR DOWE, 1930-
Educator, administrator. Born March 14, 1930, Birmingham. Married. Children: Four. Education: Florida State University, B.S., 1951, M.A., 1952, Ph.D., 1960. Florida State University, teaching assistant, 1954-1957; Auburn University, English faculty, 1957-1968 serving as assistant dean of graduate studies, 1964-1968; dean of undergraduate studies, 1968-1972, vice president for academic affairs, 1972.
Source: Leaders in Education, 1974; Directory of American Studies, 1982.
Joint Author: Advancing American Art: Painting, Politics, and Cultural Confrontation at Mid-Century. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1989.
Athletics and Academe: an Anatomy of Abuses and Prescriptions for Reform. New York: American Council on Education,, McMillan, 1991.
The Idea of Tragedy. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1966.
The Spanish Armada. New York: American Book Co., 1964.
Editor: The Right of Memory: Essays on History, Science, and American Culture. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1986.
Joint Editor: To Prove a Villain: the case of King Richard III. New York: Macmillan, 1964.
LITTRELL, ANITA M.
Writer. Born: Hoopeston, Ill. Education: Enrolled in writing courses, University of Washington Extension Service. Married: William Clyde Littrell, 1939. Children: One. Lived in Tennessee and Alabama, then moved to Richland, Wash.
Source: Library Journal, June 1, 1952; files at Alabama Public Library Services and at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Home, Ham, and Hominy. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1953.
LIVINGSTON, ALFRED DELANO, 1932-
Editor. Born November 8, 1932, Headland. Education: Auburn University, engineering for three years; Hudson Strode student, University of Alabama. Employed by U.S. Navy; editor, Space Information Digest, RCA, Huntsville.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Advanced Bass Tackle and Boats. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975.
Cast Iron Cooking: From Johnny Cakes to Blackened Redfish. New York: Lyons and Burford, 1991.
Dealing with Cheats. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973.
Fishing for Bass, Modern Tactics and Tackle. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1974.
Fly-Rodding for Bass. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976.
Good Vittles: One Man's Meat, a Few Vegetables, and a Drink or Two. New York: Lyons and Burford, 1990.
"Hold Me" a Wild New Poker Game and How to Tame It. Chicago: Time, 1968.
Outdoor Life's Complete Fish and Game Cookbook. Danbury: Outdoor Life Books, 1989.
Poker Strategy and Winning Play. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971.
The Sky is the Limit. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966.
Tying Bugs and Flies for Bass. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1977.
Published: Bass Fishing New Books and Magazine Service.
LLOYD, ANNIE CREIGHT
Writer. Born: Abbeville, S.C. Married: William E. Lloyd, 1866. Education: Aberdeen, Miss. Resided in Mobile, 1859-1869. Honors: Mobile Sunday Times, for the best romance.
Source: Biographical Directory of Southern Authors; Living Female Writers of the South.
Author: Garnet, or, Through the Shadows into Light. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Hagar, or, the Lost Jewel. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Pearl, or, the Gem of the Vale. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
(The titles listed here were cited in the biographical sources but not found in standard bibliographic sources.)
LLOYD, STEWART JOSEPH, 1881-1959
Educator. Born: September 12, 1881, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Parents: Joseph and Sage (Peregrine) Lloyd. Married: Edith Marian Dawson. Children: Three. Education: University of Toronto, B.A., 1904; McGill University, M.Sc., 1906; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1910. Professor of chemistry and metallurgy, and Dean, University of Alabama, 1909; consulting chemical engineer, Alabama Power Company; assistant state geologist, acting state geologist, 1939-1945.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: A Chemical Survey of the Birmingham District. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Industrial Board, 192-?
Eugene Allen Smith, Alabama's Great Geologist. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1954.
The Mineral Resources of the Florence District. S.l.: The Alabama Power Company in cooperation with the State Geological Survey, 1925.
LOCKHART, MARGERY THOMPSON, 1909-
Civil Servant. Born: 1909, Walker County, Ala. Parents: Fleamon A. and Aminda (Miller) Thompson. Married: Paul Earl Lockhart, September 6, 1925. Children: One. Education: Business College, Opelika. Employed by Congressman Collins; U.S. Department of Defense; freight line, Alexandria, Va. Member: United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Source: Dixie's Diverse Destiny.
Author: Dixie's Diverse Destiny. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
LODING, HENRY PEDER, 1869-1947
Florist. Born: Denmark, 1869. Children: Three. Employed as banana plantation manager, United Fruit Company, Nicaragua; florist, Mobile. Awards: Honorary Doctor of Science degree, University of Alabama, 1932.
Source: Catalogue of the Beetles of Alabama.
Author: Catalogue of the Beetles of Alabama. University, Ala.: Alabama Geological Survey, 1945.
The More Common Insect Pests and Plant Diseases of the Gulf States, with Remedies for Their Control. Mobile, Ala.: Van Antwerps Seed Store, Insecticide Department, 1914.
A Preliminary Catalogue of Alabama Amphibians and Reptiles. University, Ala.: Alabama Geological Survey, 1922.
LOGAN, KATHLEEN, 1948-
Anthropologist, educator. Born: 1948. Education: Northeastern University, A.B.; Bryn Mawr College, M.A., Ph.D., 1977. Employed by Community College of Philadelphia, 1973-1976.
Source: Kathleen Logan, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: Haciendo Pueblo - The Development of A Guadalajaran Suburb. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1984.
LOGUE, CALVIN McLEOD, 1935-
Educator. Born: July 14, 1935, Bay Minette. Education: Auburn University, B.A., 1960; Florida State University, M.S., 1961; Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1967. Employed by Birmingham Southern College, 1961-1964; Louisiana State University, 1964- 1966; University of Arkansas, 1966-1967; University of Georgia, after 1967.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 105; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Briefly Speaking: a Guide to Public Speaking in College and Career. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1991.
Eugene Talmadge: Rhetoric and Response. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Ralph McGill: Editor and publisher. 3 vols. Durham, N.C.: Moore Publishing Co., 1969-1980.
Southern Encounters: Southerners of Note in Ralph McGill's South. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1983.
Joint Author: A New Diversity in Contemporary Southern Rhetoric. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1987.
Speaking; Back to Fundamentals. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1976.
Editor: The Oratory of Southern Demogogues. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
Joint Compiler: Readings in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication. Boston: Holbrook, 1969.
LOGUE, JOHN DANNELLY, SR., 1933-
Reporter, editor. Born: July 7, 1933, Bay Minette, Ala. Parents: Hanchey and Pauline (McLeod) Logue. Children: Three. Education: Auburn University, B.A. Worked as police reporter, sports writer, Montgomery Advertiser; U.S. Air Force, 1955-1957; Information Officer, Randolph Air Force Base, 1957; United Press wire editor and a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, 1957- 1967; creative director for Southern Living magazine and editor- in-chief of Oxmoor House, 1967-.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: Boats Against the Current. Boston: Little, Brown, 1987.
Flawless Execution. New York: Ballentine Books, 1986.
Follow the Leader. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979.
Replay: Murder. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983.
Editor: Battles of the Civil War: the Complete Kurz & Allison Prints, 1861-1865. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1976.
LOGUE, PAULINE McLEOD, 1905-
Born: September 24, 1905, Bay Minette, Ala. Parents: Dr. J.C. and Virginia (Hand) McLeod. Married: Hanchey E. Logue, August 20, 1929. Children: Four. Education: Agnes Scot College, A.B., 1927. Taught at Luverne, Ala., 1927-1929. Mr. Logue was 4-H director for Alabama and they lived in Greensboro and Auburn.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History, Pauline M. Logue, Auburn, Ala.
Author: Life on the Acre, As Told by Whitey the Owl to Pauline M. Logue. New York: Vantage Press, 1968.
LOLLAR, COLEMAN AUBREY, JR., 1946-
Writer, photojournalist. Born: February 27, 1946, Birmingham. Parents: Coleman Aubrey and Vera (Wingard) Lollar. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1968. Worked for the U.S. Peace Corps, Sierra Leone, 1970; communications writer with Metropolitan Life Corporation, New York, 1970-1972; press secretary to Senator John Sparkman, 1967, 1972; associate editor of Travel News, 1972. Exhibition: Brooklyn Museum (photos), Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Islands of the Mediterrean in Pictures. New York: Sterling, 1971.
Tunisia in Pictures. New York: Sterling, 1973.
LONG, LILIAN CAMPBELL PROUT, 1904-
Social Worker, educator. Born: April 25, 1904, Demopolis, Ala. Parents: William Sylvester and Lilian (Campbell) Prout. Married: Dr. John Reed Long, October 21, 1933. Children: Two. Education: Alabama College, A.B., 1926 with additional study, 1928. Employed by Department of Pensions and Securities, Marengo County, 1928-1930; child welfare supervisor, 1930-1934; taught school, Laurel, Miss., and Jackson and Perry Counties, Ala.; wrote a weekly column for the Demopolis Times, the Marion Times Standard, and the White Bluff Chronicle of Demopolis.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service; Ann Pridgen, Librarian, Monroe County Public Library, Monroeville, Ala.
Author: The Early Rains. Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Press, 1961.
The House of Happiness Story. Selma, Ala.: Selma Printing Service, 1973.
Trinity Parish History, a Loving Fellowship. Tallahassee, Fla.: Rose Printing Co., c1983.
Compiler: Tales of Early Demopolis. Greensboro, Ala.: Greensboro Watchman, 1969.
LONG, MELVIN DURWARD, 1930-
Educator, adminstrator. Born: Houston County, November 12, 1930. Parents: Melvin Durward and Ramona Bernice (Robinson) Long. Married: Estrella Celorio, February 11, 1953. Children: Three. Education: Troy State University, B.S., 1953; Auburn University, M.A., 1956; University of Florida, Ph.D., 1959. Employed as history professor and assistant to the dean of the graduate school, 1965-1967; assistant vice chancellor, University of Wisconsin and administrative intern for the American Council on Education, 1967-1968; history professor, vice chancellor, and chancellor, University of Wisconsin Center System, 1968-1971; executive director of the select committee to develop the California Master Plan for Higher Education and associate director of the California Coordinating Council for Higher Education, 1971-1973; vice president, University of California at Berkeley, 1973-1975; professor of history, University of Hawaii, 1975-1979; chancellor, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, 1979.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Joint Editor: Protest!: Student Activism in America. New York: Morrow, 1969.
LOTT, JANIE
Public relations. Born: December 19, ?, Mobile. Parents: Francis Hamilton and Lillie (McMillan) Lott. Education: University of Alabama, 1942-1946. Employed as an administrative assistant, Mobile Air Technical Service Command, Brookley Field, 1942-1946; publications editor, Protective Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, 1948-1949; public relations director, Birmingham Baptist Hospital, 1949-.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1968.
Author: The First Fifty: a History of the Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, Alabama, 1922-1972. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Co., 1972.
LOUIS, JOE (JOSEPH LOUIS BARROW), 1914-1981
Boxer. Born: May 13, 1914, Chambers County. Parents: Munrow and Lilly (Reese) Barrow. Children: Two. Married: Marva Trotter, September 24, 1935. Married: Martha Jefferson, May 11, 1951. Honors: Won the light heavyweight championship of the National Amateur Athletic Union, 1934; world professional heavyweight championship, 1937-1949; retired as champion; served as greeter, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nev.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980, My Life Story.
Author: How to Box. Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1948.
Joe Louis, My Life. New York: Harcourt, 1978.
My Life Story. New York: Duell, Sloan, 1947.
LOVEMAN, LOUIS VANDIVER, 1944-
Born: September 1, 1944, Pickens County. Parents: Robert and Christina (White) Loveman. Education: Gadsden Adult High School, 1966. Employed by Coosa Nursery and Garden Shop, 1970- 1973; Morrison's Cafeteria, 1974-1975; Mountain Top Club, 1975- 1979; Gadsden Public Library, 1982.
Source: Louis V. Loveman, Gadsden, Ala.
Compiler: Alabama Book of Facts and Historical Statistics. Gadsden, Ala.: Loveman, 1975.
Historical Atlas of Alabama. Gadsden, Ala.: Loveman, 1971.
Historical Atlas of Alabama, 1519-1900. Gadsden, Ala.: Loveman, 1976.
The Presidential Vote in Alabama, 1824-1980. Gadsden, Ala.: Loveman, 1983.
LOVEMAN, ROBERT, 1864-1923
Writer. Born: April 11, 1864, Cleveland, Ohio. Parents: David R. and Esther (Schwartz)(or Esther (Black)) Loveman. Education: Dalton, Ga. Honors: University of Alabama, honorary A.M., 1893.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; National Cyclopedia of American Bigraphy, Vol. 13.
Author: The Blushful South and Hippocrene: Being Songs. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1909.
A Book of Verses. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1900.
The Gates of Silence with Interludes of Song. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1903.
On the Way to Willowdale, Being Other Songs from a Georgia Garden, with Sonnet Interludes. Dalton, Ga.: A. J. Showalter Printer, 1912.
Poems. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Burton, 1993.
Songs from a Georgia Garden and Echoes from the Gates of Silence. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904.
Sonnets of the Strife with Songs. Boston: Cornhill Co., 1917.
Verses. Binghampton, N.Y.: Privately printed, 1920.
LOVETT, ROSE GIBBONS, 1902-
Beautician, editor. Born: January 19, 1902, Birmingham. Parents: Thomas and Martha David (O'Barr) Gibbons. Married: Ellis K. Walker, December 2, 1920. Married: P.H. Fazi, June 7, 1937. Married: Patrick J. Lovett, April 29, 1944. Children: Eight. Education: Gladys Cook College of Beauty, Colorado Springs, Colo. Employed by Southern Bell Telephone Company and the Bradstreet Company; Rose Walker's Beauty Shop; English Village Beauty Shop; editorial assistant, Catholic Weekly, and One Voice; editor, Pioneer Trails; organist, Blessed Sacrament Church, parish and diocesian activities. Honors: Papal medal, 'Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice'.
Source: The Catholic Church in the Deep South; Rose Gibbons Lovett.
Author: The Burial Records of Apalachicola, 1856-1886. S.l.: s.n., 1959.
The Catholic Church in the Deep South: the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, 1540-1976. Birmingham, Ala.: Diocese of Birmingham, 1980.
Census of Apalachicola, 1884-1885. S.l.: s.n., 1968.
Centinental history of Saint Paul's Parish, Birmingham, Alabama, 1872- 1972. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
Death of Very Reverend James Coyle, Priest and Martyr. S.l.: s.n., 1981.
Excerpts and Articles Pertaining to West Florida. S.l.: s.n., 1960.
History of St. Thomas Home-on-Hill (formerly called East Lake Atheneum Orphans Home, 1903-1971. S.l.: s.n., 1972.
History of the Catholic Women's Club of West End. S.l.: s.n., 1961.
The Lovett Family of Apalachicola Florida and Allied Families. Birmingham, Ala.: Lovett, 1973.
Memorabilia. S.l.: s.n., 1902-1978.
Registered Voters of Apalachicola, 1871-1884. S.l.: s.n. 1960.
The Trilogy of the Tri-Rivers, Apalachicola, Chattachoochee and Flint. S.l.: s.n. 1962.
LOVVORN, ALICE REBECCA, 1921-
Nurse. Born: December 21, 1921, Newell, Randolph County, Ala. Parents: Iverson and Dessie Madonna (Traylor) Lovvorn. Education: Handley High School, Roanoke; School of Nursing, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. Joined the U.S. Army, 1944; nurse, McDill Air Force Base Hospital, Tampa, Fla.
Source: The Red Hamlet.
Author: The Red Hamlet. New York: Vantage Press, 1975.
LOWI, THEODORE JAY, 1931-
Educator. Born: July 9, 1931. Parents: Alvin R. and Janice (Haas) Lowi, Gadsden. Married: Angele M. Daniel, May 11, 1963. Children: Two. Education: B.A., Michigan State University, 1954; M.A., Yale University, 1955; Ph.D., Oakland University, 1961; honorary HLD, 1972. Employed by Cornell University, 1959- 1965; University of Chicago, 1965-1972, Cornell, 1972. Awards: 1981-1982 French-American Foundation Award; Fulbright Award, University of Paris; other fellowships, 1963-1978, including Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1977-1978.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: American Government: Incomplete Conquest. Hinsdale, Ill.: Dryden Press, 1976.
At the Pleasure of the Mayor: Patronage and Power in New York City, 1998- 1958. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1964.
Cities Without Citizens. Philadelphia: Center for the Study of Federalism, Temple University, 1981.
The End of Liberalism: Ideology, Policy, and the Crisis of Public Authority. New York: Norton, 1969.
Four Systems of Policy, Politics and Choice. Syracuse, N.Y.: InterUniversity Case Program, 1971.
Incomplete Conquest, Governing America. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1981.
The Intelligent Person's Guide to Political Corruption. Vermillion, S.D.: Governmental Research Bureau, University of South Dakota, 1981.
The Personal President, Power Vested, Promise Unfulfilled. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1985.
Poliscide. New York: Macmillan, 1976.
Politics of Disorder. New York: Basic, 1971.
The Politics of the Second Republic of the United States. Urbana: Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1977.
U.S. Bases in Spain. New York: InterUniversity Case Program, 1961.
Joint Author: Nationalizing Government Public Policies in America. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1976.
The Pursuit of Justice. New York: Harper, 1964.
Editor and Contributor:
Comparative Theory and Political Experience: Morris Einaudi and the Liberal Tradition. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990.
Contributor: Legislative Politics U.S.A.: Congress and the Forces That Shape It. Boston: Little, 1962.
Private Life and Public Order: the Context of Modern Public Policy. New York: Norton, 1968.
LOWRY, INA FINCHER
Self-employed. Born: Winston County, Ala. Married: Doil E. Lowry. Children: One. Education: Greenville High School; Troy State Teachers College.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: He Will Rise Again. New York: Vantage, 1968.
LU, LINY (Pseudonym)
See: Boozer, Celina Luzanne
LUCAS, SILAS EMMETT, 1931-
Minister (priest). Born: November 5, 1931, Birmingham. Parents: Silas Emmett and Levice Edith (Osborn) Lucas. Married: Nina Hasel Hanahan, August 1, 1958. Children: Four. Education: B.A., University of the South, 1956; B.D., 1962. priest, Episcopal Church, 1964, served churches at Carlowville, Lowndesboro, Montgomery, Ala., Swainsboro, Ga., Easley, S.C.; missionary, Guyana, South America, 1968; staff, Pre-Release School, Georgia State Prison, 1965-1967; editor, owner, Georgia Genealogical Magazine; publisher, owner, Southern Historical Press.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1978.
Author: Abbeville District, South Carolina Marriages, 1777-1852. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1979.
The 1832 Gold Lottery of Georgia: .... Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1976.
The Georgia Land Lottery Papers, 1805-1914: .... Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1979.
Genealogy of the Dodson (Dotson), Lucas, Pyles, Rochester, and Allied Family. Vidalia, Ga.: s.n., 1959.
An Index to Deeds of the the Province and State of South Carolina, 1719- 1785, and Charleston District, 1785-1800. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1977.
Index to Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980.
Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia, 1756-1909. Vidalia, Ga.: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970.
Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh, N.C. Newspapers, 1796-1926. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1977.
Marriage Record Book I, January 20, 1789-December 13, 1837, Davidson County, Tennessee. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1979.
The Powell Families of Virginia and the South: .... Vidalia, Ga.: Lucas, 1969.
The Powell Family of Norfolk and Elizabeth City Counties, Virginia, and Their Descendants. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1961.
Records of Effingham County, Georgia: .... Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1976.
The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia. Vidalia, Ga.: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1968.
Supplement to the History of the Dodson-Dotson Family of Southwest Virginia. Swainsboro, Ga.: Forest Blade Publishing Co., 1966.
Joint Author: The Georgia Land Lottery Papers, 1805-1914: .... Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1979.
Some Georgia County Records. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1977.
Editor: Master Index to the Georgia Genealogical Magazine. Vol. 1-46. Easley, S.C.: Georgia Genealogical Magazine, 1973.
Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers, 1794-1815. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978.
Obituaries from Early Tennessee Newspapers, 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978.
Compiler: The Third and Fourth or 1820 and 1821 Land Lotteries of Georgia. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1973.
LUCIER, RUTH McCONNELL, 1924-
Teacher: Born: March 3, 1924, Limestone County, Ala. Parents: Ed and Ila (Gross) McConnell. Married: Lionel Lucier, October 14, 1944. Children: Three. Education: Nazareth College, Saint Barnard College, Alabama A & M College. Employed: Catholic School Systems, Louisville, Ky. and in Alabama; Decatur School System; Morgan County Association for Retarded Children; Lurleen B. Wallace Development Center.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3 and from Ruth Lucier, Decatur, Ala.
Author: Tim: a Baby's Odyssey. Smithtown, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1982.
LUCK, CLARICE WHITE, 1894-
Song Writer. Born: January 30, 1894, Columbiana. Parents: James Richmond and Willie (Roberts) White. Married: Paul O. Luck. Children: One. Collaborated with Mildred White Wallace, in song writing and teaching music and dramatics at the high schools in Shelby County; wrote monologues for school purposes.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Joint Author: (Songs)
Alone With Thee. Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz.
Black Belt Lullabye. Boston: Boston Music Co.
Close of Day. Boston: Boston Music Co.
Since Your Path Crossed Mine. Cincinnati, Ohio: Willis Music Co.
Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow. New York: Sam Fox Music Co.
Trust Only in His Love. Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz.
(Unpublished songs)
Deep in My Heart
Dream Baby of Mine
Easter Dawn
He Will Give You Rest
I Think of You
Legacy
When Day Says 'Good Night'
LUCKEY, CARL FREEMAN, 1914-
Physican. Born: July 16, 1914, Jackson, Tenn. Parents: David William and Mabel Dent (Freeman) Luckey. Married: Althea Ann Colvin, December 31, 1938. Children: Two. Education: B.A., Union University, 1936; M.D., Vanderbilt University, 1941. Served in the U.S. Army, 1941-1945; interned, John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, 1941-1942; practiced medicine, Franklin, Tenn., 1945-1947; resident, Vanderbilt University and V.A. Hospital, Nashville, 1947-1950; practiced, Florence, Ala., 1950; member, Coffee and Colonial Manor Hospitals, Florence; board of directors, Colonial Manor Hospital; member, the American and the Alabama Medical Associations.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1975.
Author: Collector Prints Old and New: an identification and value guide. Florence, Ala.: Books Americana, 1982.
Hummel Figurines: a Collector's Identification and Value Guide. Florence, Ala.: Books Americana, 1978.
Norman Rockwell Art and Collectibles: an Identification and Value Guide. Florence, Ala.: Books Americana, 1981.
Official Guide to Collector Prints. Florence, Ala.: House of Collectibles, 1976.
Old Fishing Lures and Tackle: an Identification and Value Guide. Florence, Ala.: Books Americana, 1980.
Collecting Antique Bird Decoys: an Identification and Value Guide. Florence, Ala.: Books Americana, 1983.
Joint Author: Midsouth Flowers and Landscaping: What's It Called, Sun or Shade. Florence, Ala.: Piggy Press, 1985.
LUIS, ERLENE WOODS, 1929-
Teacher, social worker. Born: October 21, 1929, Ala. Parents: Paul A. and Millie O. (Robinson) Woods. Married: Reinaldo Luis, June 24, 1950. Children: Four. Education: Kings College, 1948-1950; B.S., University of Alabama, 1952. Employed as a teacher, Sunland Training Center, Gainesville, Fla., 1955- 1958; social worker, Hillsboro County, Fla., 1960; elementary school teacher, 1960-1969; high school teacher, 1969-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: Listen, Lissa! A Candy Striper Meets the Biggest Challenge. New York: Dodd, 1968.
Joint Author: Wheels for Ginny's Chariot. New York: Dodd, 1966.
LUSK, ELIZABETH LEILLA FEARN
Reporter, educator. Born: Huntsville. Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Lee (Coles) Fearns, Jr. Married: John Alexander Lusk. Children: Five. Education: Huntsville Female Institute, Holly Springs (Mississippi) Institute. Served as president of the Alabama Writers Conclave and of the Alabama Branch of the League of American Pen Women. Member: Guntersville Literary Circle, Alabama Federation of Womens Clubs, United Daughters of the Confederacy, board of trustees, Kate Duncan Smith School.
Source: Files at Birmingham Public Library and University Library at Jacksonville State University.
Author: Chatu-Huchi, and other Alabama Legends. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, s.d.
The History of the Presbyterian Church in Guntersville. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Joint Author: Historic Homes of Gardens of Alabama and Their Tradition. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
LUSKIN, JOHN, 1908-
Reporter, educator. Born: January 23, 1908, Valley Falls, N.Y. Parents: Michael H. and Mary (McMahon) Luskin. Married: Alice Rea, September 12, 1932. Education: A.B., Union College, Schenetady, N.Y., 1929; A.M., Harvard, 1932. Employed as a reporter and news editor for the New Haven Register, New Haven, Conn., 1933-1938; journalism, University of Alabama, 1938-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: Lippman, Liberty and the Press. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1972.
LUTTRELL, CAROLYN LANE, 1896-1976
Educator, genealogist. Born: September 6, 1896, Sylacauga. Parents: James H. and Nancy Virginia (Roberts) Lane. Married: John D. Luttrell, November 11, 1949. Education: B.A., Woman's College of Alabama, 1917; M.A., Smith College, 1919; further study, University of Chicago. Employed as teacher, Woman's College of Alabama (Huntington College); genealogist, historian. Member: Daughters of the American Revolution, Alabama Historical Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars, Daughters of 1812, Daughters of Colonial Dames.
Source: Carolyn B. Goff and Janice Lane Callendar, B.B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga.
Compiler: Early Tombstone Records of Talladega County, Alabama. Wetumpka, Ala.: Fixico Press, 1973.
Joint Author: Membership Rolls and Register of Ancestors, Alabama Society of the American Revolution. S.l.: Jordan Printing Co., 1949.
Tombstone Records and Biographical Notes: Sylacauga Cemetery, East Fort Williams, Sylacauga, Alabama. Sylacauga, Ala.: Sylacauga Beautification Council, 1975.
LuZANNE, CELINA (Pseudonym)
See: Boozer, Celina Luzanne
LYLE, IDALEE M., 1907-
Teacher. Born: December 17, 1907, Goodwater, Ala. Parents: Rev. J. S. and Leila Ophelia (Strong) Martin. Married: Albert Homer Lyle, June 14, 1930. Children: One. Education: Florence State University. Employed by the Limestone County and Morgan County boards of education; U.S. Government Redstone Arsenal Rationing Office; American Bread Company, Huntsvillle; National Woodworks, Birmingham. Published poems and short Stories in Creative Expressions and Little People.
Source: Idalee Lyle.
Author: Before Sunset. New York: Exposition Press, 1962.
Out of the Wilderness: a History of Antioch Methodist Church, Somerville, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1979.
LYMAN, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, JR., -1952
Editor, reporter. Parents: William J. Lyman, Birmingham. Education: Ramsey High School, Davidson College, the Officer's Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga.; University of North Carolina Graduate School. Employed by Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Charleston (S.C.) News and Courier; managing editor of Florence (S.C.) Morning News, 1951; vice president, South Carolina Press Association; U.S. Army, 1951-1952.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Curlew History, the Story of the First Battalion, 117th Infantry, 30th Division, in Europe During World War II. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Orange Printshop, 1948.
LYON, ANNE BOZEMAN, 1860-
Writer. Born: Mobile, February 25, 1860. Parents: Thomas Temple Armstrong and Mary Coffee (Heard) Lyon. Education: New Orleans Locquet Institute, under Professor Amos Towle. Wrote verse for the Louisville Courier-Journal and other newspapers before 1900. Member: League of American Pen Women, the London Poetry Society.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: "No Saint": a Novel. Louisville: J. P. Morton, 1890.
(Booklet) Early Missions of the South.
(Booklet) Casimir Jacques, a Story of the Gulf Coast.
LYON, RALPH MUSE, 1902-
University professor, administrator. Born: November 25, 1902, Abbeville, S.C. Education: B.S., Citadel, 1923; M.A., University of North Carolina, 1926; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1936. Employed by Citadel, 1926-1936; Furman, 1936-1942; Georgia Southern, 1946-1948; Livingston University, 1948; U.S. Army, 1942-1946; dean, Livingston, University, 1948-1967; dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 1967-1968; professor of social sciences, 1969-1972; acting president, 1972-1973; consultant, Delta State College, Marion Institute.
Source: Leaders in Education, 1974.
Author: The Basis for Constructing Curricular Materials in Adult Education for Carolina Cotton Mill Workers. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1937.
A History of Livingston University, 1935-1963. Livingston, Ala.: Lyon, 1976.
Julia Tutwiler. Livingston, Ala.: s.n., 1976.
Principles of Education, a Workbook. Minneapolis: Burgess Pub. Co., 1953.
LYONS, HERBERT
Reporter. Born: Mobile. Employed by Mobile Press until 1938. Attended Harvard as a Nieman Fellow; editor Mediterreanean edition of Stars and Stripes and on staff of Yank, World War II, staff, New York Times; acting editor, book review section.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Other Lives to Live. New York: Dial Press, 1951.
The Rest They Need. New York: Dial Press, 1950.
LYTLE, ANDREW NELSON, 1902-
University professor. Born: Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26, 1902. Parents: Robert Logan and Lillie Belle (Nelson) Lytle. Lived on a farm near Guntersville. Married: Edna Langdon Barker, June 30, 1938. Children: Three. Education: A.B., Vanderbilt University, 1925; Yale University, 1927-1928. Awarded: Litt.D. degrees, Kenyon Collete, University of Florida, University of the South. Employed by the University of the South, 1942-1973; taught, University of Iowa School of Writing, University of Florida, Harvard, Vanderbilt, University of Kentucky; Gugenheim Fellow, three different years, between 1940 and 1961; Brown Fellow, University of the South; edited, Sewannee Review; member, Association of Little Magazines; Southern Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Council of Literary Magazines; Phi Beta Kappa, Episcopal Church.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983, and from files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Alchemy. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Paleomon, 1979.
At the Moon's Inn. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941.
Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company. New York: Minton, Balch and Co., 1931.
A Christian University and the World: an Address for the Founder's Day 1964. Sewanee, Tenn.: The University of the South, 1964.
From Eden to Babylon: the Social and Political Essays of Andrew Nelson Lyttle. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1990.
The Hero with the Private Parts: Essays. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
The Long Night. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1936.
A Name for Evil: a Novel. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs- Merrill, 1947.
A Novel, a Novella, and Four Stories. New York: McDowell, Oblensky, 1958.
Reflections of a Ghost: an Agrarian View After Fifty Years. Dallas, Tex.: New London Press, 1980.
V'ardshuset M'anen: ber'attelsen om Hermando de Soto's Expedition till Florida. Stockholm: A. Sohlman, 1943.
A Wake for the Living: a Family Chronicle. New York: Crown, 1975.
The Velvet Horn. New York: McDowell, Oblensky, 1957.
Compiler: Craft and Vision: the Best Fiction from the Sewannee Review. New York: Delacorte, 1971.