Account executive, university professor. Born: September 30, 1943, Boston, Mass. Parents: Thomas Francis and Helen Marie (Reardon) Rabbitt. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1966; Johns Hopkins University, M.A., 1968; University of Iowa, M.F.A., the University of Alabama, 1972-. Received the International Poetry Forum Award, 1974. Contributed poetry to Nation, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Humanities in the South, Long Island Review, and Black Warrior Review.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: The Abandoned Country. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988.
The Booth Interstate. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
Exile. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975.
RADFORD, CARLOS LESLIE, 1912-
Printer, librarian, Baptist minister. Born: December 27, 1912, Mount Hope. Parents: W.T. and Romie Ada (Hagood) Radford. Married: Devota Wilson, March 23, 1930. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, B.A., 1939; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.M., 1945; Mississippi College and Florence State College. Served as pastor of several churches in Mississippi. Taught high school English; school librarian; pastor of Corinth Baptist Church, Haleyville, Ala., 1962.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2.
Author: The Angels and Revelation: a New Approach to the Meaning of Biblical Inspiration. Birmingham, Ala.: Cesco Press, 1977.
RAINES, HOWELL HIRAM, 1943-
Journalist. Born: February 5, 1943, Birmingham. Parents: W. S. and Bertha (Walker) Raines. Married: Susan Woodley, March 22, 1969. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., 1964; University of Alabama, M.A., 1973. Reporter for several Alabama newspapers; the Atlanta Constitution; political editor of the St. Petersburg News, current editor of the New York Times, Washington, D.C.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 73.
Author: My Soul is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered. New York: Viking, 1977.
Whiskey Man. New York: Viking, 1977.
Contributor: Campaign Money. New York: Free Press, 1976.
RAINS, ALBERT M., 1902-
Attorney, state representative, U.S. Congressman. Born: March 29, 1902, Grove Oak. Parents: Elbert and Louella (Campbell) Rains. Married: Allison Blair, 1939. Education: Jacksonville State College and the University of Alabama. Served as district attorney for Etowah County, 1932-1936; Alabama State Representative, 1942-1944; U.S. Representative, 1944-1965; attorney for and chairman of the board of the First Alabama Bank in Gadsden. Member of the American and Alabama Bar Associations.
Source: Who's Who in American Politics, 1981.
Author: With Heritage So Rich. New York: Random House, 1960.
RAINS, THOMAS EUCLID, SR., 1920-
Farmer, state representative, businessman. Born: November 24, 1920, DeKalb County. Parents: Archie Thomas and Annie Ruth (Slater) Rains. Married: Ginger Nell Johnson. Children: Four. Education: Alabama School for the Blind; Snead Junior College, 1942; Jacksonville State College, 1944. Served in several political or governmental positions; Alabama State Representative for District 25, 1978-; and operated the Sand Mountain Broom Company. Honored by the Boy Scouts and Little League Baseball.
Source: Who's Who in American Politics, 1981.
Author: I'm Not Afraid of the Dark. Albertville, Ala.: Creative Printers, 1977.
RAINWATER, FRANK PALMER, 1916-
School principal, university professor. Born: August 3, 1916, Augusta, GA. Education: Columbia Bible College, B.A., 1938; University of South Carolina, A.B., 1943; M.A., 1948; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1949. Served as school principal in Georgia and South Carolina. Taught English at Vanderbilt, University of Kentucky, Troy State University, and Jacksonville State University; Georgia Southern College, 1967-. Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association and the American Association of College Teachers of English.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: The Way to Freedom: a History of the American Ideals. New York: Comet Press, 1956.
RALSTON, CLAIRE BUCKNER, 1934-
Elementary school teacher, school supervisor. Born: October 16, 1934, Birmingham. Parents: Alvin Thomas and Lillian (Watkins) Buckner. Married: Elton Robert Ralston, June 28, 1958. Children: Two. Education: Mars Hill Junior College, 1954; Baylor University, 1955-1956; University of Alabama, B.S., 1958; University of Montevallo, M.Ed., 1975. Taught elementary school in DeKalb County, 1958-1964; Selma, 1964-1972; elementary school supervisor for Dallas County, 1973-1985. Established Clairmont Press, 1985. Member of Delta Kappa Gamma (President) and the Alabama Association of Supervisors and Superintendents. Received the Phi Delta Kappa Model Citizen Input Award and nominated for the Leadership Award from the Alabama Council of Supervisors and Superintendents.
Source: Claire B. Ralston, Montgomery, Ala..
Author: A History of Alabama: an Elementary Course. Montgomery, Ala.: Clairmont Press, 1987.
RAMSEY, JOHN FRASER, 1907-
University professor. Born: December 17, 1907, Lawrence, Kan. Parents: John Reaves and Della (Fraser) Ramsey. Education: University of California, B.A., 1931; M.A., 1932; Ph.D., 1935. Taught at the University of Alabama, serving as instructor, assistant, associate, and full professor; head of the Department of History. Served as senior historian for the U.S. Department of War, 1944-1945. Received the University of Alabama Men's Residence Halls Council's Distinguished Professor Award, 1963. Named Emeritus professor, 1977. Member of the American Historical Association and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976.
Author: Anglo-French Relations, 1763-1770: a Study of Choiseul's Foreign Policy. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1939.
A Guide to the Study of European Civilization. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1939.
Spain: the Rise of the First World Power. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
RAMSEY, PAUL, 1924-
University professor. Born: November 26, 1924, Atlanta, Ga. Parents: Paul and Lillian (Johnson) Ramsey, Married: Betty Miller, June 23, 1952. Children: Four. Education: University of Tennessee M.A., 1949; University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1956. Taught English at the University of Alabama, 1948-1950 and 1953- 1956; University of Tennessee in Chattanooga "poet-in-residence" 1966-1968 and professor, 1968-. Received the Rochester Festival of Religious Arts Poetry Prize, 1966; Beaudoin Gem Stone Award, 1967; South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award, 1968; Lyric Magazine's Roberts Memorial Prize, 1972; English Speaking Union Bicentennial Poetry Prize, 1976.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41R.
Author: The Art of John Dryden. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1969.
Contemporary Religious Poetry. New York: Paulist Press, 1987
The Doors. Martin, Tenn.: Tennessee Poetry Press, 1976.
Eve, Singing. Easthampton, Mass.: Pennyroyal Press, 1977.
The Fickle Glass: a Study of Shakespeare's Sonnets. New York: AMS Press, 1978.
In an Ordinary Place. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina State University Press, 1965.
The Lively and the Just. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1962.
No Running on the Boardwalk (poems). Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1975.
A Window for New York (poems). San Francisco: Two Windows Press, 1968.
Joint Author: Triptych. Stockton, Calif.: Raymond College Press, 1964.
RANKIN, MARTHA FRASER, 1917-
College professor. Born: August 25, 1917, Washington, Ga. Married: Allen Clarence Rankin, Jr. Children: Two. Education: Huntingdon College, B.A., 1938; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1940; another M.A., 1957. Taught Huntingdon College, 1950- 1973; St. James School in Montgomery, 1973.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1974.
Author: Drying Flowers for Color. Charlottesville, Va.: Whitlock & Rankin, 1954.
New Technique with Dried Flowers. New York: Hearthside Press, 1962.
Joint Author: Dried Flowers: How to Prepare Them. New York: Dover, 1975.
RANSONE, COLEMAN BERNARD, JR., 1920-1986
University professor. Born: January 27, 1920, Norfolk, Va. Parents: Coleman Bernard and Natalie (Neblett) Ransone. Married: Katherine May, December 19, 1949. Children: Three. Education: College of William and Mary, A.B., 1941; Harvard University, M. Pub. Ad., 1947; Ph.D., 1950. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1947-1957 and again in 1958, serving as Director of the Southern Regional Training Program in Public Administration; College of William and Mary, 1957-1958. Member: American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration, Pi Sigma Alpha, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1984.
Author: Alabama Finances: Revenues and Expenditures, 1957-1967. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1959.
The American Governorship. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Civics for Alabama Schools. Birmingham, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1960.
Ethics in Alabama State Government. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, s.d.
The Governments Under Which We Live: Alabama Civics. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Paul R. Malone, 1955.
Handbook for Alabama Probate Judges. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1960.
The Office of Governor in the South. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1951.
The Office of Governor in the United States. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1956.
The Office of Coroner in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1957.
Joint Author: Constitutional Revision in Theory and Practice. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1962.
A Manual for Alabama Probate Judges. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1960.
Editor: Alabama Government Manual. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama Press, 1967.
RAY, GEORGE McNEILL, 1910-
Baptist minister, Episcopal priest. Born: September 14, 1910, Montgomery. Parents: William Jackson and Olga (Parker) Ray. Married: Ruth Vaughn, 1938. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, B.A., 1936; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1941; Berkeley Divinity School. Served Baptist churches in Georgia and Florida, 1941-1951. Became Episcopal priest in 1951 and served parishes in Florida and North Carolina; Christ Church of the Ascension in Phoenix, Ariz., 1964-. Member of Arizona governor's Commission on Marriage and Divorce, Parole and Pardons Board, and the Family Service Board.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R.
Author: Lenten Book. Cincinnati, Ohio: Forward Movement Publications, 1960.
Tall in His Presence: a Manual of Christian Stewardship. Greenwich, Conn.: Seabury, 1961.
RAY, LOUISE CRENSHAW, 1890-1950
Housewife, poet. Born: May 17, 1890, Greenville. Parents: Thaddeus Henry and Anne Hadden (Calvin) Crenshaw. Married: Benjamin Franklin Ray, January 23, 1918. Children: Two. Education: Huntingdon College, B.S. Member of the Poetry Society of America, Catholic Poetry Society of America, and the Poetry Society of Alabama.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Alabama Poetry. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1945.
Autumn Token. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1957.
Color of Steel. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1932.
Secret Shoes. New York: Dial, 1939.
Strangers on the Stairs. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1944.
RAYBURN, WRIGHTMAN MELTON
Attorney, judge. Born: Guntersville. Parents: William Callahan and La Zinka F. (Melton) Rayburn. Married: Ruby Askew. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1916; LL.B., 1920. Served with the 31st (Dixie) Division in World War I. Appointed judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama.
Source: SCRIPSIT, and Owen's Story of Alabama.
Author: Rayburn's Alabama Jury Charges. Nashville: Press of Marshall Bruce Co., 1926.
RAYFORD, JULIAN LEE, 1908-1980
Artist, journalist, writer. Born: April 7, 1908, Mobile. Parents: William Douglas and Julia (Ogletree) Rayford. Education: Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Art Student's League, Chicago Art Institute, and National Academy of Design. Worked on the Mt. Rushmore sculpture. Buried, by special city ordinance, in the Old Church Street Graveyard in Mobile.
Source: Mobile Public Library, The Alabama Librarian. January, 1952, and the jacket to The First Christmas Dinner.
Author: Chasing the Devil Around a Stump. Mobile, Ala.: s.l., 1962.
Child of the Snapping Turtle, Mike Fink: a Novel. New York: Abelard, 1951.
Cotton Mouth. New York: Scribner's, 1941.
The First Christmas Dinner. Mobile, Ala.: Haunted Book Shop, 1947.
Whistling Woman & Crowing Hen.... Mobile, Ala.: Rankin Press, 1956.
REA, ROBERT RIGHT, 1922-
University professor. Born: October 2, 1922, Wichita, Kan. Parents: George E. and Fleda (Schollenberger) Rea. Married: Phyllis Edwards, February 14, 1945. Children: One. Education: Friends University, A.B., 1943; Indiana University, M.A., 1947; Ph.D., 1950. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1945. Taught at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), 1950-; Alumni Professor of History after 1966; visiting professor at Indiana University and the University of Virginia. Sponsor and coach of the Fencing Club at Auburn and Virginia. Member of the Southern Historical Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982, and Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2.
Author: British Pensacola, 1763-1781. S.l.: s.n., 1974.
The English Press in Politics, 1780-1774. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1963.
History at Auburn: the First One Hundred Years of the Auburn University History Department. Auburn, Ala.: The Department, 1991.
Major Robert Farmar of Mobile. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1990.
The Memoire Justificatif of the Chevalier Montault de Meoneaut. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
Joint Author: Anglo-Spanish Confrontations on the Gulf Coast During the American Revolution. Pensacola, Fla.: Gulf Coast History & Humanities Conference, 1981.
George Gauld, Surveyor and Cartographer of the Gulf Coast. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1982.
M'emoire Justificatif: Indian Diplomacy in British West Florida, 1763-1765. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1973.
The Spanish Armada. New York: American Book Co., 1964.
Wings of Gold: an Account of Naval Training in World War II. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1987.
Joint Editor: To Prove a Villain: the Case of King Richard II. New York: Macmillan, 1964.
Introduction: The Log of H.M.S. Mentor, 1780-1781: Being a New Account of the British Defeat at Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla.: University Presses of Florida, 1982
RECORD, JAMES RALPH, 1918-
Accountant, publisher. Born: December 27, 1918, New Market. Parents: John Raymond and Lillie Belle (Fish) Record. Married: Lillian Aho. Married: Ruth Parker McWhorter, May 10, 1974. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama in Huntsville; Tennessee Valley Business College; LaSalle University (Extension). Partner in the Huntsville Accounting Services; owner of the Record Publishing Company; State senator, 1961-1962; chairman of the Madison County Board of Commissioners. Member and president of the Madison County Farm Bureau, Alabama Association of County Commissioners, Alabama Historical Commission.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, 1965.
Author: The Code of Madison County, Alabama, 1978. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1980.
A Dream Come True: the Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1970.
Madison County, Alabama Elkdom. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
Public Salaries in Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1978.
A Report on Madison County: Its History, Operation and Finances. Huntsville, Ala.: Madison County Board of Commissioners, 1950.
Joint Author: Huntsville, Alabama: Rocket City, U.S.A. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1953.
REDDICK, LAWRENCE DUNBAR, 1910-
University professor, librarian. Born: March 3, 1910, Jacksonville, Fla. Education: Fisk University, A.B., 1933; M.A., 1934; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1939. Taught at Kentucky State College, 1933-1935; Dillard University, 1935-1938; Coppin State College; Temple University, 1970-1977; department chairman, Alabama State College, 1956-1960; visiting professor at Harvard University, 1977-1978; distinguished visiting professor at Dillard, 1978. Employed as librarian at the New York City Public Library, 1939-1948; Trevor Arnett Library in Atlanta, 1948-1955; executive director of Opportunities Industrialization Center, 1966-1970. Member of the American History Association, Association for Studies of Negro Life and History, and the Southern History Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Blacks and U.S. Wars. New York: National Urban League, 1976.
Crusader Without Violence: a Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Harper, 1959.
The Essence of OIC: Manpower Training for Disadvantaged Adults. Philadelphia: Opportunities Industrialization Center, 1971.
Management Training at OIC. Philadelphia: Opportunities Industrialization Center, 1971.
The Politics of Utopia: Towards America's 3rd Century .... Philadelphia: Temple University, 1975.
Should Negroes and Jews Unite? New York: Negro Publication Society of America, 1943.
To Improve Teachers for Inner-city Schools. Baltimore: Coppin State, 1967.
Joint Author: Worth Fighting For: a History of the Negro in the United States During the Civil War and Reconstruction. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.
Editor: What is Y-003? Baltimore: Coppin State, 1969
REESE, MARIE ROMETTA ELROD, 1923-
Teacher, clerk, editor. Born: December 24, 1923, Scottsboro. Parents: Samuel H. and Josia M. (Gist) Elrod. Married: Douglas Olan Reese, June 17, 1939. Married: Buford S.Durnan, June 22, 1977. Children: One. Education: Snead Junior College; Gadsden Business College; University of Alabama, B.S., 1978; graduate study at Alabama, 1979-1980. Taught at Gadsden Business College, 1962-1964; clerk, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, 1964-1975; executive editor, Reese Publications, 1973-1974; interviewer for Alabama Department of Industrial Relations in Albertville, 1975-; newspaper correspondent for the Leader Dispatch, Boaz, 1970-.
Source: SCRIPSIT, Who's Who of American Women, 1983, and Alabama's Distinguished.
Executive Editor: Alabama's Distinguished. Albertville, Ala.: Reese Publications, 1974.
REESE, SAMUEL PHARR, 1930-
Actor. Born: September 11, 1930, Montgomery. Parents: John Dudley and Mary Scotland (Pharr) Reese. Education: Southwestern College at Memphis, 1948-1950; Feagin Drama School, 1950-1952. Appeared in such films as PT 109, Captain Newman, and King Rat. On television acted in Dr. Kildare, Alfred Hitchcock's series, Gunsmoke, and The Virginian. Member of Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guild of America.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: I'm Waiting. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974.
REGISTER, WILLIE RAYMOND, 1937-
Farmer, school principal, college professor. Born: February 16, 1937, Slocomb. Parents: Archie Axem and Usona (Coxwell) Register. Education: Samford University, A.B., 1958; Auburn University, M.A., 1965; University of Georgia; Valdosta State College, 1961-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: Discovery by Lamplight. Francetown, N.H.: Golden Quill, 1972.
REID, AVERY HAMILTON, 1893-1915
Baptist minister, administrator. Born: 1893, Jackson County. Married: Ruby Vardaman. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, A.B., Southern Seminary in Louisville, D.D. Served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Sylacauga, 1922-1928; South Avondale Baptist Church, 1928-1940; vice president of Howard College; executive secretary and president of the Alabama State Baptist Convention.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service and the Montgomery Advertiser, April 5, 1975.
Author: Baptist in Alabama, Their Organization and Witness. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1967.
REINHARDT, JON McEWIN, 1936-
Illustrator, librarian, university professor. Born: February 8, 1936, Thorsby. Parents: Hubert Ephram and Doris (Freeman) Reinhardt. Married: Dorothy Becton, June 21, 1958. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1959; Tulane University, M.A., 1964; Ph.D., 1967. Worked as an illustrator for Hayes Aircraft in Birmingham; librarian at the Birmingham Public Library; purchasing agent for the U.S. Air Force. Taught at Wake Forest University, 1967-. Member of the American Association of Asian Studies, American Association of University Professors, and Southern Political Science Association. Contributed to the Journal of Asian Studies.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41.
Author: Foreign Policy and National Integration: the Case of Indonesia. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1971.
RENNICK, ESTHER MARTHA, 1906-
Musician, composer. Born: May 31, 1906, Inskip, Tenn. Parents: Simon Luther and Delia (Arwood) Mackie. Married: William Rennick, March 10, 1923. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1934; University of Alabama, 1949-1951; University of Houston, 1951; Temple University, 1950. Member of Music Educators National Association, Alabama and Birmingham Music Teachers Associations and the National League of American Pen Women. Received the Alabama Writers' Conclave Book Award, 1958.
Source: Who's Who of American Women 1961-1962.
Composer: Christmas Carols for Beginners. 1955.
Hymn Tunes for Beginners. 1951.
Let's Play Trios. 1959
Merrily We Play and Sing. 1950.
Merrily We Play and Sway. 1953.
REYNOLDS, HENRY CLAY, 1838-1920
Teacher, college president. Born: March 11, 1838, Warren County, Tenn. Parents: Elisha and Nancy (Petty) Reynolds. Moved to Selma in 1841. Married: Mary Jane Boyd. Married: Hattie Meredith. Married: Augusta Nelson. Children: Ten. Served as president of Alabama Girls Technical Institute (Montevallo), 1896-1899.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: A Warrior and His Wife: Historical Narrative of the First President of Alabama College. Montevallo, Ala.: Rogan, 1962.
REYNOLDS, LUCILE HARGROVE
Poet. Born: Danville. Received poetry prizes from the Birmingham Poetry Club and the American Federation of Women's Clubs, 1930-1935. Contributed to Christian Science Monitor and the Catholic World.
Source: Clipping file at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Portrait With Music. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1955.
RHOADS, JESSIE DuBOSE, 1900-1972
Artist. Born: April 21, 1900, Coffee County. Parents: Isiah Monroe and Rose Annah (Yohn) DuBose. Married: John M. Grant, 1920; Arthur Rhoads, 1947. Children: Adopted one. Education: Coffee County public schools. Painted and wrote in Phenix City after 1961. Art work exhibited at the Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Chattahoochee Valley Art Association Gallery in La Grange, Ga., and ten other Southeastern institutions.
Source: Memory Paintings of an Alabama Farm.
Author: Memory Paintings of an Alabama Farm: the Art and Remembrances of Jessie DuBose Rhoads, Alabama Folk Artist. Columbus, Ga.: Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1983.
RICE, CAROLYN HOOD, 1915
Marketing representative. Born: July 19, 1915, Montgomery. Parents: Brame and Carrie (Jones) Hood. Married: Fleetwood Rice, July 26, 1936. Children: Two. Employed by Maxwell Air Force Base, 1943-1946; Alabama State Health Department, 1962- 1964; Fuller and Dees Marketing Company, 1966-. Member of the Press and Authors Club, Junior League of Montgomery and Chi Omega.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3
Author: Enter into Newness of Life. Montgomery, Ala.: Inspiration Press, 1967.
RICE, THADDEUS BROCKETT, 1865-1950
Born: Prattville, Ala. Lived most of his life in Greene County, Ga. Served as pharmacist, county historian, mayor, and bank president. Book published ten years after his death by friends.
Source: Clipping file, Birmingham Public Library
Author: History of Greene County, Georgia, 1786-1886. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1961
RICHARDS, GEORGE DAVID, 1938-
University professor. Born: March 28, 1938, Elmira, N.Y., Parents: Ralph W. and Ruth H. Richards. Married. Children: Two. Education: Hamilton College, B.A., 1959; Stanford University, M.A., 1964; Duke University, Ph.D., 1969. Taught at Skidmore College, 1966-1970; University of Maine, 1970172; Jacksonville State University, 1973-. Received James B. Duke Fellowships at Duke. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. Contributed to Boston Review, Negative Capability, Nebraska Review, The New Laurel Review, The Writing Teacher in Alabama, and American Notes and Queries.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Joint Author: The Trees are Mended. Thomaston, Me.: Northwoods Press, 1986.
RICHARDS, JUDITH A., 1942-
Writer. Born: August 7, 1942, Hamilton County, Illinois. Parents: Jack and Wilma Richards. Married: Richard Kriel Children: One, Charles R. Kriel. Married: C. Terry Cline, Jr. Children: One, Marc A. Cline Education: High School
Source: Judith Richards
Publication(s): Sounds of Silence. G. P. Putnam, 1977.
Summer Lightning. St. Martin's Press, 1978.
Triple Indemnity. Arbor House, 1982.
After The Storm. Peachtree, 1987.
Summer Lightning. Peachtree, 1987 (reprint)
Too Blue To Fly Longstreet Press, 1997.
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RICHARDSON, JESSE MONROE, 1904-1977
University professor. Born: December 5, 1904, Guin. Parents: Reuben Tolbert and Mary (Allen) Richardson. Married: Josephine Seymour Powell, March 26, 1932. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1928; George Peabody College, M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1948. Served as a teacher or principal at schools in Lowndes County, 1926-1927; Gadsden, 1928-1931; Lamar County, 1932-1941; University of Alabama, 1942-1943; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1943-. Consultant for business and social science programs for various school systems; Vulcan Press and Standard School Service.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1965-1966.
Author: Alabama Encyclopedia. Northport, Ala.: American Southern Pub. Co., 1965.
The Contributions of John William Abercrombie to Public Education. Nashville: Bureau of Publications, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949.
Geography of Alabama: Her Land and People. Montgomery, Ala.: Viewpoint, s.d.
Author and Editor: The Alabama Almanac and Book of Facts. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1955-1956.
Joint Author: Our Yesteryears. S.l.: Alabama Retired Teachers Association, 1976.
Editor: A Topographical Map of Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1956.
RIFFE, CARL ADRIAN, 1930-
Court reporter. Born: July 16, 1930, Bellingham, Wash. Parents: Ralph and Tena Louise (Murry) Riffe. Married: Mary Louise Hinds, August 4, 1954. Children: Two. Education: Gadsden State Junior College. Served in the U.S. Army, becoming a Master Sergeant and a court reporter, 1947-1969; employed by King Motor Company, Anniston, 1969-1971; operated Riffe Reporting (court reporting), 1971-1972; Executive Director of the Committee of Unified Leadership in Calhoun County, 1972-1982; Civil Service Court Reporter for the Office of Staff Judge Advocate, Fort McClellan, 1982-.
Source: Carl A. Riffe. Anniston, Ala.: Higginbotham, Inc., 1986.
Author: A Common Sense Approach to Becoming and Being a Court Reporter. S.l.: s.n., 1986.
RIGDON, WALTER, 1930-
Writer, editor, consultant. Born: September 2, 1930, Crossville, Tenn. Parents: Arthur F. and Vera (Rector) Rigdon. Education: Gordon Military College, 1947; University of Alabama, B.A., 1950; Sorbonne, University of Paris, 1953. Employed as a writer and editor for James H. Heineman, Inc.; freelance consultant on theater books and projects.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 15 and 13R.
Editor: The Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre. New York: Heineman, 1966.
Illustrated Belleek Collectors' Handbook. Atascadero, Calif.: Wilkins Creative Printing, 1978.
Notable Names in the American Theatre. Clifton, N.J.: J.T. White, 1976.
RIGSBY, Margaret C. 1951- .
Occupation-- Retired. Born-- 12/04/51 Huntsville, Alabama. Date of Death-- . Parents-- James and Ruth Rigsby. Education-- college no degree. Married-- n/a. Children-- 2. Christopher & Jamie Shelley.
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POETOGRAPHY, Image as Muse, an anthology ISSN-1526-0615 1999
Romance 2000, an anthology ISBN 0-9655816-7-5 June 2000
Proteus Literary Magazine Spring 1998 - St. John's University, NY Emotions, Vol 3 Issue 2, "JonBenet," a poem ISSN#1095-8029 Dec1999/January2000 Emotions, Vol. 3 Issue 4, "No More," a poem ISSN#1095-8029 May/June 2000 Poetry Magazine on line, "The king-size-bed," a poem February 2000
RILEY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1849-1925
Baptist minister, college president, university professor. Born: July 16, 1849, Pineville. Parents: Enoch and Sophronia (Autry) Riley. Married: Emma Shaw, June 21, 1876. Children: Eight. Education: Erskine College, A.B., 1871; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Crozier Theological Seminary. Ordained to the Baptist Church, 1872 and served churches in Carlowville, Snow Hill, Livingston, Opelika, Ala., and Albany, Ga. Served as president of Howard College, 1888-1898; taught at the University of Georgia, 1893-1900; pastored a church in Houston, Tex., 1900- 1906; Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas, 1907- 1909.
Source: Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VIII and Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Alabama As It Is. Atlanta, Ga.: W.C. Holt, 1887.
The Baptists in the Building of the Nation. Louisville, Ky.: Baptist Book Concern, 1922.
History of Conecuh County, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1881.
History of the Baptists in the Southern States East of the Mississippi. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publishing Society, 1898.
History of the Baptists of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Sons 1895.
History of the Baptists of Texas. Dallas, Tex.: Author, 1907.
Index to History of the Baptists in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: William R. Snell, 1962.
The Life and Times of Booker T. Washington. New York: Fleming H. Revel Co., 1916.
Makers and Romance of Alabama History. Birmingham, Ala.: B. F. Riley, 1915.
Map of the River System of Alabama and its Basin. Montgomery, Ala.: W. C. Holt, 1887.
A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1923.
The White Man's Burden. Birmingham, Ala.: B. F. Riley, 1910.
RILEY, ELIZABETH D'AUTREY
Born: Flat Rock Creek Plantation, Pineville. Parents: William George and Narcissa Jane (Davidson) Riley. Associated with I. Long and Sons Company. Member (charter) Conecuh Chapter of the DAR; United Daughters of the Confederacy; Greenville Garden Club.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, Vol. 4 and The Evergreen Old Historical Cemetery in Evergreen, Alabama.
Author: The Evergreen Old Historical Cemetery in Evergreen, Alabama. Brewton: Escambia Printing Co, 1971.
RIVES, AMELIE LOUISE, 1863-1945
Writer. Born: August 23, 1863, Richmond, Va. Parents: Alfred Laudon and Sarsh (Macmurdo) Rives. Moved to Mobile in 1870. Married: John Armstrong Chanler, June 14, 1888; divorced, 1895. Married: Prince Pierre Troubetzoy, February 18, 1896. Suffered from rheumatic fever and treatment caused drug addiction; recovered from the addiction and used the experience for the basis of one book. One of the first American authors influenced by advances in psychiatry.
Source: Notable American Women, Women's Who's Who in America, 1914-1915; and Current Biography, 1945.
Author: According to St. John. New York: J.W. Lovell Co., 1891.
Athelwold. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893.
Augustine the Man. New York: John Lane, 1906.
Barbara Dering. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1893.
A Brother to Dragons. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1888.
Damsel Errant. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1898.
The Elusive Lady. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1918.
Firedamp. New York: F.A. Stokes, 1930.
The Golden Rose. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1908.
Herod and Marianne. Philadelphia: J. B. Lipppincott, 1888.
Hidden House. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1912.
Pan's Mountain. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1910.
The Queerness of Celia. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1926.
The Quick or the Dead? Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888.
The Sea Woman's Clock, and November Eve. Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Co. 1923.
Shadow of Flames. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1915.
Tanis, the Sang Digger. New York: Town Topic Pub. Co., 1893.
Trix and Over-the-Moon. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1909.
Virginia of Virginia. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1888.
World's End. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1914.
Song Lyrics: My Laddie. New York: G. Schirmer, 1906.
RIVES, JOHN ROBERT THOMAS, 1875-
Railroad conductor, state legislator, Born: Shelbyville Tenn., 1875. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe Rives. Married: Mamie L. Gordon. Children: One. Represented Jefferson County in the Alabama State Legislature: national officer of the Order of Railway Conductors of America, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.
Author: Green Rives of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and Lincoln County, Tennessee, and his descendants. Birmingham, Ala.: A. H. Cather Publishing Co. 1958.
ROBBINS, ISAAC, III, 1923-
Brick mason. Born: March 14, 1923, Midway. Parents: Isaac Henry, Jr. and Lillie G. (Walker) Robbins. Married: Nettie Nobles Robbins, August 24, 1948. Children: Four. Education: Merritt High School; Tuskegee Institute, diploma in brick masonry, 1948. Served in the U.S. Army, receiving two Bronze Stars. Employed by several construction companies.
Source: Isaac Robbins, Midway.
Author: Glimpse of Providence: a Black Boy's Experience on Foreign Land. New York: Vantage Press, 1976.
ROBERT, KATE AYERS, 1859-
Teacher, song writer. Born: February 7, 1859, Mobile. Parents: William Thomas and Julia Ann (Crooker) Ayers. Married: Paul Jones Robert, November 24, 1879. Education: Cathedral Parish in Mobile; Springfield, Massachusetts, Home Correspondence School, 1919. Taught at Mrs. C. Mullekin School, 1892. Member, later president, of the Mobile Branch of the League American Penwomen and the St. Joseph's Ladies Mutual Benevolent Association. Founder and supervisor of the St. Joseph's Junior Benevolent Association; Mobile Poetry Group. Songs include Lemme see yer laugh, America First, and Dear Land of Tallapoosa. Early poems published in booklets--A School Time Souvenir, Mary's First Kiss, The Wheat of Bethlehem, and The Porter's Trip.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography and Anthology of Alabama Poetry, 1928.
Author: Sun-kissed Yesterdays. Mobile, Ala.: s.n., 1923.
ROBERTS, FRANCES C., 1916-
University professor. Born: December 19, 1916, Gainesville. Parents: Richard H. and Mary (Watson) Roberts. Education: Livingston State Teacher's College, B.S., 1937; University of Alabama, M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1956; Vanderbilt University, 1949- 1950. Taught in the Huntsville public schools, 1937-1952; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1953-1980; chairman of the History Department and Director of Academic Advisement Center. Received the Livingston University Alumni Award, Alabama Historic Commission Award, North Alabama Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, Life Sharer's Award, Kiwanis Service Award, University of Alabama in Huntsville Award of Merit, and the Alumni Appreciation Award.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: Highlights of Huntsville History. Huntsville, Ala.: Huntsville Historical Society and Huntsville Public Library, 1962.
Joint Author: Civics for Alabama Schools. Birmingham, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1960.
Shadows on the Wall: the Life and Works of Howard Weeden. Northport, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1962.
ROBERTS, JOSEPH BOXLEY, JR., 1918-
Air force officer, university professor, dean. Born: February 13, 1918, Yazoo City, Miss. Parents: Joseph Boxley and Sheila (Hill) Roberts. Married: Enyd Turner, November 19, 1945. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1950; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1954; University of Denver, Ph.D., 1959. Served as enlisted man, U.S. Army Air Force, 1942- 1943; officer in U.S. Air Force, 1951-. Taught at U.S. Military Academy, 1953-1956; U.S. Air Force Academy, 1956-1963; director of the information office for aerospace research in Washington, 1963-1966; chief of operations of the psychological operations directorate in Vietnam, 1966-1967. Taught at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1950; Troy State University, 1968-. At Troy, department chairman and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Wrote weekly newspaper column, "It Seems to Me," 1973- 1979.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1980-1981.
Author: Airway to India. New York: Central African Division, Air Transport Command, 1945.
Beginner's Handbook of Gold and Tropical Fish. Washington, D.C.: Denlinger, 1947.
Faint Voice Calling. New York: Hippogryph Press, 1945.
The Pet Shop Manual. Fond du Lac, Wis.: All-Pet Books, 1953.
Web of Life. Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1957.
Joint Author: On Poetry and the Poetic Process. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1971.
On Poetry and the Poetic Process. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press. 1980.
Joint Editor: The Sound of Wings: Readings for the Air Age. New York: Holt, 1957.
ROBERTS, THOMAS KEENER, 1870-
Teacher, tutor, Methodist minister. Born: October 1, 1870, Jefferson County. Parents: Thomas Parkus and Nancy Caroline (Morris) Roberts. Married: Sue Euphemia Stone, December 6, 1899. Education: Southern University, A.B.; M.A., 1894; Vanderbilt University. Employed as a tutor at Southern University for two years; principal of Columbia Fitting School. Licensed to preach, 1895; supply minister in 1895; pastor of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Montgomery, 1896. Served the Columbiana Circuit--Glenn Addie, Alexandria, Oxford, Coleanor. Fountain Church in Birmingham, and Collinsville. Retired in 1911.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Shut In But Not Excused. Montgomery, Ala.: A. Roemer, State Printer, 1901.
ROBERTSON, SAMUEL LOWRIE 1838-1909
Lawyer, school superintendent. Born: November 18, 1838, Jackson County. Education: University of Virginia; Richmond Hill Law School in North Carolina. Practiced law in Charlotte; superintendent of the county schools in Jefferson County, Ala. Served in the Civil War Cavalry under Generals Wheeler and Forrest. Best known poem, "A School Room Fifty Years Ago," portrayed a typical antebellum school day.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.
Author: Dora: or, On the Border, and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1894.
Gulf Songs. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1908.
ROBINSON, CAUSTON HENRY, 1920-
Army officer, Church of Christ minister. Born: September 15, 1920, Steppville (Hanceville). Parents: Henry Monroe and Mamie Low (Thompson) Robinson. Married: Lucretia Mary Ricucci, April 13, 1942. Children: Two. Education: G.E.D. through U.S.A.F.I. test; Erlangen University, University of Hawaii, University of Maryland, Industrial College of the Armed Forces; Northwestern College of Allied Sciences, B.S., 1981; Western Illinois University, 1985. Employed by Western Union in Decatur, 1937- 1939; enlisted in U.S. Army, 1939, rising to the rank of major; resigned from active military service and joined the Army Reserve; continued with the National Security Agency after leaving active duty; retired from both military and civil service, 1970. Served as an assistant manager of a golf course in Virginia, 1971-1973; guest speaker-minister of various Churches of Christ in Virginia and Alabama, 1970-1976, minister at Sayre, 1976-1978; Dora, 1979-.
Source: Causton Robinson, Decatur.
Author: Robinson Families, 1358 to 1975. Decatur, Ala.: Author, 1975.
Joint Author: Pryde E. Hinton, Servant of Jesus Christ. Cullman, Ala.: Author, 1977.
ROBINSON, FRED COLSON, 1930-
University professor. Born: September 23, 1930, Birmingham. Parents: Emmett Colson and Hope (Bennett) Robinson. Married: Helen Caroline Wild, June 1959. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., 1952; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1953; Ph.D, 1960. Served in the U.S. Army, 1954- 1956. Taught at Samford University, 1960-1965; Cornell University, 1965-1967; Yale University, 1971-. Received a Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975-1976; American Association of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, 1976-1977. Served on the editorial board of Anglo-Saxon England Journal, Journal of English Linguistics, and Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Author: Beowulf and the Appositive Style. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1985.
A Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature, to the End of 1972 .... Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980.
A Guide to Old English. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982.
Old English Literature: a Select Bibliography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970.
Joint Editor: Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature: Essays in Honour of Stanley B. Greenfield. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986.
Associate Editor: Old English Verse Texts From Many Sources: a Comprehensive Collection. Copenhagen: Roserkilde and Bagger, 1991.
ROBINSON, LEWIS G., 1929-
Housing inspector, civil rights activist. Born: January 4 or 5, 1929, Decatur. Parents: Rufus and Lillian L. Robinson. Moved to Cleveland, Ohio, 1944. Married: 1951. Divorced. Married: Beth Wolland, January 10, 1954. Children: Two. Education: Calvin Coolidge College in Boston, LL.B., 1947-1951; Western Reserve University; John Marshall (Cleveland) Law School. Employed by the Internal Revenue Service, 1957; construction worker, 1958-1959; housing inspector in Cleveland.
Source: The Making of a Man.
Author: The Making of a Man: an Autobiography. Cleveland, Ohio: Green & Sons, 1970.
ROBINSON, MARILETTA SAWYER, 1942-
Editor, teacher, writer. Born: December 26, 1942, Kansas City, Kan. Parents: Thomas B. and Rebeccal (Hurt) Sawyer. Married: Patrick Leland Robinson, March 26, 1973. Children: Two. Education: Grinnell College, B.A., 1965; Northern Arizona University, 1969-1970; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1973. Served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Togo, 1965- 1967; assistant editor for Scott, Foresman Company, 1967-1969; teacher at Rough Rock Demonstration School, Ariz., 1970-1972; writer, 1973-. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Creative Writers of Montgomery.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 101.
Author: Mr. Goat's Bad Good Idea. New York: Crowell, 1979.
ROCHE, EMMA LANGDON, 1878-
Artist, writer, farmer. Born: March 26, 1878, Mobile. Parents: Thomas T. and Annie Laura (Jane) Roche. Education: Graduated from the Convent of Visitation, 1895; Art Students League in New York City. Wrote Habits of Native Birds and Diseases of Trees.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Historic Sketches of the South. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1914.
RODGERS, CATHERINE, 1916-
School teacher. Born: March 27, 1916, Camp Hill. Parents: George Robert and Bessie (Garlington) Rodgers. Married: Thomas Jackson McLain, 1960. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.S., 1941; University of Alabama. Taught school in Talladega and Camp Hill. Published short story in the Birmingham News-Age Herald, 1937.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service, Alabama Department of Archives and History, and Catherine McLain, Camp Hill, Ala..
Author: The Towers Inheritance. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1958.
ROGERS, GENE
See: Perkins, R. Gene
ROGERS, WILLIAM WARREN, 1929-
University professor. Born: August 18, 1929, Sandy Ridge. Married: _____ Arnold, 1951. Children: Four. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1950; M.S., 1951; University of North Carolina, Ph,D., 1959. Taught at Florida State University, 1961-. Served as director of FSU's off campus program at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 1959-1961. Member of the Southern Historical Association and Agricultural History Society.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Antebellum Thomas County, 1825-1861. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University, 1963.
August Reckoning: Jack Turner and Racism in Post-Civil War Alabama. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1973.
A Bibliography for Tallahassee and Leon County, Florida. S.l.: s.n., 1981.
Bibliography of the County Histories of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Public Library, 1991.
Labor Revolt in Alabama: the Great Strike of 1894. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
The One-Gallused Rebellion: Agrarianism in Alabama, 1865-1896. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1970.
Outposts on the Gulf, Saint George Island and Apalachicola. Pensacola, Fla.: University Presses of Florida, 1986-.
Pebble Hill: the Story of a Plantation. Tallahassee, Fla.: Sentry Press, 1972.
Stephen S. Renfroe, Alabama's Outlaw Sheriff. Tallahassee, Fla.: Sentry Press, 1972.
Thomas County During the Civil War. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University Press, 1964.
Thomas County, 1865-1900. Tallahassee, Fla: Florida State University Press, 1973.
Joint Author: Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1986.
Favored Land, Tallahassee: a History of Tallahassee and Leon County. Norfolk, Va.: Donning, 1988.
ROLAND, ALICE KATE, 1853-
Novelist, poet. Born: July 7, 1853, Logan County, Ky. Parents: Major and Margaret (Hughes) Cash. Married: _____ Roland. Children: Three. Education: Governess; public schools of Logan County; private girls school in Russell, Ky..
Source: Biographical Directory of Southern Authors, and Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Latter-day Sinners. New York: The Neale Publishing Co., 1906.
Rosalind Morton: or, The Mystery of Ivy Crown, a Kentucky Story. Louisville, Ky.: C. T. Dearing, 1898.
RONNER, JOHN
Journalist. Born: Piedmont. Married. Education: Jacksonville State University, 1969-1971; University of Alabama, B.A., 1973. Worked part time for Piedmont Journal, while still in high school; college intern reporter for the Anniston Star, staff writer for Associated Press; feature writer for a newspaper in Bavaria, Germany; editor of the Palm Bay Sun, police and court reporter for Anniston Star, 1985.
Source: Advertisement for his book and the Anniston Star, December 22, 1985.
Author: Do You Have a Guardian Angel? Indialantic, Fla.: Mamre Press, Inc., 1985.
Seeing your Future: a Modern Look at Prophecy and Prediction. Oxford, Ala.: Mamre Press, 1990.
ROSENGARTEN, THEODORE
See: Cobb, Ned
ROSS, BENNETT BATTLE, 1864-1930
Chemist, university professor, dean. Born: December 25, 1864, Tuskegee. Parents: Bennett Battle and Charlotte Augusta (Walker) Ross. Married: Letitia Roane Dowdell, August 18, 1897. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1881; M.S., 1886; University of Gottingen and the University of Berlin. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1887-1893; assistant chemist. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1884-1887; professor of chemistry, 1893; dean, College of Agricultural Science, 1908- 1921; Department of Science, 1921-; acting president, 1919-1920 and 1925. Ross Chemical Laboratories named in his honor. Member of the Auburn City Council, City School Board, State Board of Industrial Preparedness, and the Naval Consulting Board of the United States.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 26.
Joint Author: Chemistry in Agriculture. New York: The Chemical Foundation, 1926.
ROTH, GERTRUDE WOOLLEY, 1877-1951
Poet. Born: November 5, 1877, Plantersville. Parents: A.S. and Sarah Woolley. Married: Olin B. Fleming, June 15, 1904; Joseph C. Roth, 1922. Children: Two. Education: Private schools. Sang in the First Methodist Church Choir (Birmingham) 1898-1945. Received a bronze medal for poetry and a gold medal for music from the church. Mountain climber.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History and the First Methodist Church, Birmingham.
Author: A Thirst for Adventure. Birmingham, Ala.: Davis Printing Co., 1944.
ROUNTREE, MAUD McIVER, 1875-
Civic worker, writer. Born: October 22, 1875, Wichita, Kan. Parents: John Shelby and Selene (Edmundson) McIver. Married: John Asa Rountree, June 6, 1895. Education: Private schools in Nashville; Miss Julia Tutwiler's School in Alabama; Livingston State Normal School. Active with World War I work. Served as an officer in the U.S. Four Minute Speakers Bureau; American Red Cross, establishing four chapters and fifty five branches and auxiliaries; general chairman of the World War Relief Committee. Member of the League of American Pen Women, Birmingham Writers Club, Alabama Writers Conclave, and the Alabama Poetry Society. Contributed to Dixie Home Magazine, Confederate Veteran, and Boys Life.
Source: American Authors and Books, and Who Was Who Among North American Authors.
Editor and Compiler:
The Cross of Military Service (C.M.S.) History and Records of Men of Lineal Confederate Descent Who Served Honorably in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States or its Allies During the Period of World War (April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918). Jackson, Tenn. s.n., 1927.
ROUNTREE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1927-
University professor. Born: July 22, 1927, Pinchard. Parents: Nathan Harmon and Hortense (Warren) Rountree. Married: Virginia Earle Ward, August 12, 1967. Education: Troy State University, B.A., 1950; University of Alabama, M.A., 1952; Tulane University, Ph.D., 1962. Taught at Southeast Louisiana College, 1958-1960; East Texas State University, 1960-1961; University of Alabama, 1961-1971; director of creative writing at Alabama, 1963-1971; chairman of the English Department at Troy State University, 1971-. Taught summers at Troy State in 1953, 1954, and lecturer in creative writing at the South Dakota Fine Arts Conference, 1962 and 1963. Contributed to PMLA, South Atlantic Quarterly, and Tulane Studies in English.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1978; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976; and the Writers Directory, 1976.
Author: Emma: Notes. Lincoln, Neb.: Cliffs Notes, 1967.
Last of the Mohicans: Notes. Lincoln, Neb.: Cliffs Notes, 1965.
Poe's Universe: the House of Usher and the Narrator. S.l.: s.n., 1972.
This Mighty Sum of Things: Wordsworth's Theme of Benevolent Necessity. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
Wordsworth and Beattie's Minstrel. S.l.: s.n., 1970.
Editor: Critics on Emerson. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1973.
Critics of Hawthorne. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1972.
Critics on Melville. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1972.
ROVIN, BEN (Pseudonym)
See: Clevenger, Ernest Allen, Jr.
ROWAN, RICHARD LAMAR, 1931-
University professor. Born: July 10, 1931, Guntersville. Parents: Leon Virgle and Willie Mae (Williamson) Rowan. Married: Marilyn Walker, August 3, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham-Southern College, A.B., 1953; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1956-1957; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1961. Taught at Auburn University and the University of North Carolina; Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1961-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R, and Who Was Who in America, 1982.
Author: Collective Bargaining: Survival in the '70s? Proceedings of a Conference. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1972.
Employee Relations and Regulations in the '80s: Proceedings of a Conference. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Multinational Bargaining Attempts: the Record, the Cases, and the Prospects. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Multinational Union-Management Consultation: the European Experience. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1970.
Opening the Skilled Construction Trades to Blacks: a Study of the Washington and Indianapolis Plans for Minority Employment. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1972.
Joint Author: Educating the Employed Disadvantaged for Upgrading: a Report on Remedial Education Programs in the Paper Industry. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1972.
Employee Relations Trends and Practices in the Textile Industry. University of Pennsylvania, 1987.
The Impact of Government Manpower Programs. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1975.
The Island Economy: a Numerical Illustration of the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States Department of Commerce. Chapel Hill, N.C.: School of Business Administration, University of North Carolina, 1959.
The Impact of OSHA: a Study of the Effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act on Three Key Industries, Aerospace, Chemicals and Textiles. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1978.
Multinational Union Organizations in the Manufacturing Industries. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Joint Editor: The Negro and Employment Opportunity. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Bureau of Industrial Relations, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1965.
Negro Employment in Southern Industry: a Study of Racial Policies in Five Industries. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1971.
The Negro Employment in Basic Industry. Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1970.
Readings in Labor Economics and Labor Relations. Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1963.
Contributor: Employment, Race and Poverty. New York: Harcourt, 1967.
Hours of Work. New York: Harper, 1965.
ROWLEY, DAISY WOODRUFF
Musician, teacher, composer. Born: Montevallo. Parents: Charles Sylvester and Caroline (Bailey) Rowley. Education: private schools; graduate of Tuscaloosa Female College, 1899; Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden, Germany, for two years. Director and proprietor of an Academy of music in Birmingham, 1900-.
Author: Graded Piano Course for Teachers. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1905.
Nine Hundred Model Lessons for Piano Teachers. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch Pub. Co., 1911.
Counterpoint Poets and Musicians. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Friendship Book for College Students. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Lessons in Elementary Theory. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Composer:
Songs: Blessed be the Great Jehovah.
Come Weary Souls.
Dreaming.
Good Night.
Unrequited.
Piano Compositions:
Aire de Ballet.
Variation on Theme of Dixie.
Opera (Words and Music):
Terra Sortis. (Composed and presented for the benefit of St. Vincent's Hospital.)
ROY, KENNETH BENNETT, 1897-1976
Editor. Born: July 28, 1897, Des Peres, Wis. Parents: Franklin LaFayette and Della (Bennett) Ray. Married: Sarah Spencer, September 9, 1925. Children: Two. Education: University of Missouri, B.J., 1923. Employed with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station; founding editor of Highlights of Agricultural Research.
Source: Sarah Spencer Roy, Auburn, Ala..
Joint Compiler: Biography of Horatio Nelson Spencer: Lawyer, Planter, Churchman, 1798-1876. Auburn, Ala: Auburn Printing Co., 1975.
ROY, SARAH SPENCER, 1901-
Musician, teacher, civic worker. Born: October 13, 1901, Port Gibson, Miss. Parents: Horatio Nelson and Ellie Mae (Hartwell) Spencer. Married: Kenneth Bennett Roy, September 9, 1925. Children: Two. Education: Grenada College; Port Gibson College; Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Taught music in El Dorado, Ark.; public school supervisor and private music teacher. Received an award by the Auburn Women's Club for contributions to youth work; named "Woman of the Year", 1952, by the Auburn Civitan Club. Served on Auburn City Council, 1956-1968; president for six years.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1958; and from Sarah Spencer.
Joint Compiler: Bibliography of Horatio Nelson Spencer: Lawyer, Planter, Churchman, 1798-1876. Auburn, Ala.: Auburn Printing Co., 1975.
ROZELLE, EDDIE BELL, 1890-1981
School teacher, mail carrier. Born: October 1, 1890, Hatchett Creek. Parents: William Francis and Mary (Phillips) Rozelle. Married: Mary Wright, December 31, 1911. Children: Five. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Taught in Clay County schools, 1912-1922; Talladega County schools, 1922-1927; rural mail carrier of U.S. Post Office, 1927-1963.
Source: Rebecca Rozelle Burt, Talladega.
Author: My Folks and Fields, 1900: Recollections. Talladega, Ala.: E. B. Rozelle, 1960.
Old Timey Drummer: Traveling Shoe Salesman of the Nineties. (Also published as Gentleman Drummer) Talladega, Ala.: E. B. Rozelle, 1968.
RUFFIN, MARGARET ELLEN HENRY, 1857-
Writer. Born: August 26, 1857, Daphne. Parents: Thomas and Mary (Nugent) Henry. Married: Francis Gildart Ruffin, Jr., April 20, 1887. Children: Six. Education: Immaculate Conception School and Visitation Convent in Mobile, graduated from St. Joseph's College, Emmitsburg, Md., 1877; honorary Doctor of Literature, 1907, President of Catholic Kenigrits and Ladies of America, Branch No. 130. Wrote Eden of the James, a story of the Jamestown settlement.
Source: Owen's History of Alabama.
Author: Drifting Leaves. New York: Catholic Publishing Society, 1884.
John Gildart, an Historic Poem. New York: W. H. Young & Co., 1901.
The North Star: a Tale of Norway in the Tenth Century. Boston: Little, 1904.
The Shield of Silence. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1914.
RUIZ-FORNELLS, ENRIQUE, 1925-
University professor. Born: December 6, 1925, Madrid, Spain. Parents: Camilio and Terese (Silverde) Ruis-Fornells. Married: Cynthia Young, March 21, 1959. Education: University of Seville, B.A., International University in Menendez Pelayo, 1950; Official School of Journalism in Madrid, M.A., 1951; University of Madrid, M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1958; University of Paris, Northwestern University. Served in the Spanish Army, 1949-1951; taught at the University of Madrid, 1950-1957; professor of Spanish, American Embassy, 1955-1957; McGill University, 1959- 1961; University of South Carolina, 1961-1963; University of Alabama, 1963-; visiting professor at Washington University and at Mississippi State University.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 33R, and the University of Alabama Press Catalog.
Author: A Concordance to the Poetry of Leopoldo Panero. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
Estudies Espanoles en los Estados Unidos .... Madrid: Association Cultural Hispano-Norteamericana, 1954.
Joint Editor: La Muralla. New York: D. Appleton, 1962.
Doctorial Dissertations in Hispanic Languages and Literature, 1876-1976: Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1970.
Compiler: A Concordance to the Poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bequer. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1970.
Las Concordancias del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, 1976.
RUPLE, WAYNE DOUGLAS, 1950-
Photographer, writer. Born: November 27, 1950, Birmingham. Parents: Amy Lucile Ruple, Education: Jefferson State Junior College. Employed by S. S. Kresge Company, 1973-1974; free-lance photographer and writer, 1974-; field investigator for Midwest Unidentified Flying Object Network.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53, and Writers Directory, 1976.
Joint Author: From Hidden Corners or the Mind. Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1970.
Running Through the Shadows. : Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1971.
Thoughts on a Daydream. Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1971.
Editor: Children of the Morning. (Anthology). Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1971.
You Are. (Quotations). Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1973.
Contributor: Anthology of Alabama Poets, 1967. Birmingham, Ala.: Thomas Herrick, 1968.
The Golden Ones. Steele, Ala.: Transcend, 1972.
RUSH, ANNE KENT, 1945-
Copywriter, editor, publisher. Born: July 28, 1945, Mobile. Parents: George LeGrand and Cynthia (Boyd-Williams) Rush. Education: Wayne State University, B.A., 1967. Employed as a copywriter by Little, Brown and Company; taught at the Esalen Institute in San Francisco; art editor for Bookworks; partner of Moon Books, publisher; partner of Amazon Grace, a feminist theatre company in San Francisco. Organizing member of Alyssum Center for Feminist Consciousness.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 8NR.
Author: The Basic Back Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
The Back Rub Book: How to Give and Receive Great Back Rubs. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
Feminism as Therapy. New York: Random House, 1974.
Getting Clear: Body Work for Women. San Francisco: Bookworks, 1973.
Moon, Moon. New York: Random, 1976.
Romantic Massage: Ten Unforgettable Massages for Specific Occasions. New York: Avon, 1991.
Editor: The Massage Book. San Francisco: Bookworks, 1972.
Contributor: Issues in Radical Therapy. New York: Random House, 1976.
RUSHTON, WILLIAM JAMES 1900-
Businessman, insurance executive. Born: July 10, 1900, Birmingham. Parents: James Franklin and Willis (Roberts) Rushton. Married: Elizabeth Perry, November 24, 1926. Chi1dren: Two. Education: Washington and Lee University, B.S., 1921. Employed as manager, later board chairman, of Birmingham Ice and Cold Storage Company, 1922-1957; president, then chairman, of the board of Protective Life Insurance Company, 1937-. Served as a Director for First National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama Power Company, Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad, Moore Handley, and other companies. Served in World War II, rising to rank of colonel. Member of Association of Ice Industries, American Refrigerator: Warehousemen's Association, National Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, Rotary Club, Shriner, Masons, Beta Theta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho; trustee for Agnes Scott College.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, 1939-1940.
Author: The Old First. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Co., 1952.
RUSHTON, WILLIAM JAMES, III, 1929-
Insurance executive. Born: April 23, 1929, Birmingham. Parents: William James and Elizabeth (Perry) Rushton. Married: LaVona Price, August 19, 1955. Children: Three. Education: Princeton University, B.A., 1951; Birmingham-Southern College, honorary LL.D., 1981. Served Protective Life Insurance, rising to chief executive officer. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982; International Yearbook, and Stateman's Who's Who, 1982.
Author: A Sense of Quality, a Sense of Growth: the Story of Protective Life. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1977.
RUSSELL, MILDRED BREWER, 1874-
Housewife. Born: July 19, 1874 at Haynesville, Ala. Parents: Willis and Mary (Baine) Brewer. Married: William Payne Russell. Children: Six. Education: St. Joseph's Academy, Emmetsburg, Md.
Source: Information from Miriam Russell Black, Troy, Ala.
Author: Lowndes Court House: a Chronicle of Haynesville, an Alabama Black Belt Village, 1820-1900. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1951.
RUSSELL, RICHARD OLNEY, JR., 1932-
Physician, professor. Born: July 9, 1932, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Richard Olney and Louise (Taylor) Russell. Married: Phyllis Hutchinson, June 15, 1963. Children: Four. Education: Vanderbilt University, A.B., M.D.; Intern, Peter Bent Bingham Hospital, Boston; U.S. Army Medical Corps; professor University of Ala. Medical School, Birmingham; private practice.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Joint Author: Coronary Artery Disease: Recognition and Management. Mt. Kisco, N.Y.: Futura, 1976.
Coronary Care: Invasive Techniques for Hemodynamic Measurements. New York: American Heart Association, 1973.
Hemodynamic Monitoring in a Coronary Intensive Care Unit. Mt. Kisco, N.Y.: Futura, 1976.
Radiographic Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries: an Atlas. Mt. Kisco, N.Y.: Futura, 1976.
RUTH, WILLIAM HARDWICK, 1869-
Optician, jeweler. Born: Sept. 12, 1869, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Leonidas and Juliet (Hardwick) Ruth. Married: Maud Crook. Children: Four. Education: University of the South; Parsons's School of Horology; two optician schools, New York. Jeweler and optician, Montgomery. Member social, literary, business clubs; Commercial and Industrial Associations (Chamber of Commerce); Episcopal Church; trustee, University of the South.
Source: Notable Men of Alabama, Vol. I; Owen's Story of Alabama.
Author: My Alabama. New York: Fortuny's, 1941.
Eagle's Wings. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1945.
Many Waters. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, 1942.
RUTLAND, JAMES RICHARD, 1879-
Educator, librarian. Born: November 8, 1879, Fredonia, Ala. Parents: John Blake and Eugenia (Askew) Rutland. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., M.S.; Harvard, B.A. Teacher; professor, Oglethorpe and Northwestern Universities and Alabama Polytechnic Institute; librarian, Alabama Polytechnic Institute; editor, Auburn Alumnus; president, Alabama Library Association.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Editor: Irving's Tales of a Traveler. Cincinnati: American Book Co., 1911.
Old Testament Stories. Boston: Silver Burdett, 1912.
Stevenson's Treasure Island. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1929.
Compiler: State Censorship of Motion Pictures. S.l.: H. W. Wilson, 1923.
RYAN, HARRIET FITTS
Stage entertainer, journalist. Born: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: W. C. and Nera (Hewitt) Fitts. Married: Judge Bernard Ryan. Children: Four. Education: Mobile schools. Stage entertainer and journalist during World War I.
Source: Files at Ala. Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: Mother of the Groom. New York: Longmans, Green, 1951.
RYAN, ROBERTA, 1921-
Educator, Baptist missionary, editor, writer. Born: May 14, 1921, Morgan County, Ala. Education: Florence State University, B.S.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.R.E. Band director, teacher, director Spanish International MMU publications; missionary to Chile; press representative Baptist Spanish Pub. House Mission; editor Spanish publications; journalist.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Author: El A.B.C. Misionero. El Paso, Tex.: Baptist Pub. House, 1963.
The Claim Staker. Nashville: Convention Press, 1977.
Home missions Study, 1981: Teaching Guide for Younger Children, Grades 1-2. Memphis, Tenn.: Baptist Brotherhood Comm'n, S.B.C., 1981.
Keep Telling the Story. Nashville: Convention Press, 1963.
Teaching Guide for Jungle Frontier. Birmingham, Ala.: Woman's Missionary Union, S.B.C., 1978.
Joint Author: The George Lozuks, Doers of the Word. Nashville: Broadman, 1985.