Poet, lecturer. Born: Nov. 14, 1871, Bullock County, Ala. Parents: William James and Julianna Elizabeth (Holloway) Reynolds. Married: William Arthur Saffold. Children: Six. Education: private schools and seminaries; Chilton College.
Source: Owen's The History of Alabama.
Author: Pickaninny Pickups. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Sugar Babe: a Sketch of Plantation Life in the Seventies. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1924.
SAHAG, LEON MARR, 1889-
Businessman, educator. Born: Aug. 28, 1889, at Tabriz, Iran. Parents: Marr and Elizabeth (Petrosian) Sahag. Married: Lottie Suitt, June 3, 1919. Children: Three. Education: University of North Carolina, B.S.; University of Michigan; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.S. Employed by Dupont Powder Co., Babcock and Wilcox Co., and Timpkin Roller Bering Co.; professor, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1928-1959.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Applied Graphics. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Bros., 1946.
College Engineering Drawing. New York: J. S. Swift, 1939.
Engineering Drawing. New York: Ronald, 1942.
Kinematics of Machines. New York: Ronald, 1948.
SAIA, CLAUDE VINCENT, 1931-
Educator, coach. Born: Nov. 13, 1931, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Paul and Jennie (Pilleteri) Saia. Married: Inez. Children: Four. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., M.Ed. Taught at John Carroll High School, 1956-1963; coached at Auburn University, 1963-1975; director of recreation at Auburn University, 1976 to present.
Source: Claude Saia, Auburn University.
Author: A Winning Football Bible. Auburn, Ala.: Football Pubs., 1976.
SAMPEY, JOHN RICHARD, 1863-1946
Clergyman, educator, librarian, seminary president. Born: Sept. 27, 1863, at Fort Deposit, Ala. Parents: James L. and Louisa Zilpha (Cochran) Sampey. Married: Annie Renfroe, Sept. 16, 1886. Children: Five. Education: Howard College, A.B., LL.D; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D.; Washington and Lee University, D.D.; Baylor, LL.D. Served as pastor at various times; taught at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1885-1943, librarian 1889-1929, and president 1929-1942; president Southern Baptist Convention 1935-1938; member International Sunday School Lesson Commission 1895-1942; missionary to Brazil and China.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 36.
Author: The Heart of the Old Testament. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1909.
The International Lesson System. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1911.
Memoirs of John R. Sampey. Nashville: Broadman, 1947.
The Proper Attitude of Young Ministers toward Issues of the Day. Louisville, Ky.: C. T. Dearing, 1888.
Review and Expositor. Louisville, Ky.: Southern Baptist Theological Soc., 1904.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: the First Thirty Years, 1859-1889. Baltimore: Wharton, Baron & Co., 1890.
Syllabus for Old Testament Study. Louisville, Ky.: C. T. Dearing, 1903.
Ten Vital Messages. Nashville: Broadman, 1946.
SAMUEL, WILLIAM LEVEY, 1924-
Army officer, businessman, educator. Born: Sept. 2, 1924, at St. Paul, Minn. Parents: Bert H. and Lena May (Hosier) Levey. Married: Ruby Palmer in 1946. Married: Rachel Knight in 1977. Children: Four. Education: Gulf Coast Military Academy; attended Birmingham Southern College. Officer in Infantry of World War II and Korean War; self-employed in business; lecturer; teacher.
Source: Files at Alabama Dept. of Archives and History; personal information William L. Samuel.
Author: The Awareness of Self-discovery: How to Live the Real Identity. Mountain Brook, Ala.: Mountain Brook Pub. Co., 1970.
A Guide to Awareness and Tranquility: a Practical Blueprint for Immediate Peace of Mind and Sufficiency. Mountain Brook, Ala.: Mountain Brook Pub. Co., 1967.
The Melody of the Woodcutter and the King: an Account of an Awakening. Palo Alto, Calif.: Seed Center, 1976.
2 + 2 Reality: the Point Blank Solution to Personal Problems. Mountain Brook, Ala.: Mountain Brook Pub. Co., 1969.
SANCHEZ, SONIA, 1934-
Educator. Born: Sept. 9, 1934, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Wilson L. and Lena (Jones) Driver. Married: Etheridge Knight. Children: Three. Education: Hunter College, B.A. Taught at Downtown Community School in San Francisco, San Francisco State College, University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, Manhattan Community College, City College of New York, and Amherst College. Awarded the P. E. N. writing award in 1968, a National Institute of Arts and Letters grant in 1970, and an honorary Ph.D. by Wilberforce University.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 33R; Contemporary Poets, 1975, 1980.
Author: The Adventures of Fathead, Smallhead, and Squarehead. New York: Third Press, 1973.
The Afternoon of Smallhead, Fathead, and Squarehead. New York: Third Press, 1974.
A Blues Book for Blue Black Magical Woman. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974.
Generations, 1969-1985. London: Karnah House, 1986.
Home Coming: Poems. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969.
Homegirls and Handgrenades. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1984.
Ima Talken Bout the Nation of Islam. Astoria, N.Y.: Truth Del, 1971.
It's a New Day: Poems for Young Brothas and Sistuhs. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1971.
I've Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems. Sausalito, Calif.: Black Scholar Press, 1978.
Liberation Poem. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970.
Love Poems. New York: Third Press, 1973.
A Sound Investment: Short Stories for Young Readers. Chicago: Third World Press, 1980.
Under a Soprano Sky. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 1987.
Joint Author: Black and in Brooklyn, Creators and Creations. Brooklyn: Universal Black Writers Press, 1983.
Plays: The Bronx Is Next. 1970.
Dirty Hearts. 1972.
Malcolm/Man Don't Live Here No More. 1972.
Sister Sonji. 1972.
Uh Huh, but How Do It Free Us? 1973.
Editor: Three Hundred and Sixty Degrees of Blackness Comin at You. New York: 5x Pub. Co., 1971.
Contributor: Of the Heart and the Bread: an Anthology of Poems for Peacemakers. Piscataway, N.J.: Plowshares Press, 1985.
We Be Word Sorcerers: 25 Stories by Black Americans. New York: Bantam, 1973.
SANDERS, JENNINGS BRYAN, 1901-
Educator, historian, writer. Born: March 18, 1901, in Martin Co., Ind. Parents: Jefferson D. and Emma (Horsey) Sanders. Married: Mary Purviance on June 6, 1923. Education: Franklin College of Indiana, A.B.; University of Chicago, A.M., Ph.D. Taught at Denison University, University of Chicago, University of Alabama, University of Tennessee, and University of Washington; president of Memphis State College; specialist for U.S. Office of Education; historian. Received honorary LL.D. from Franklin College of Indiana.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Contemporary Authors, Vol. P-2.
Author: A College History of the United States. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson, 1962.
Early American History (1492-1789): Political, Social, Economic. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice, Hall, 1938.
Evolution of the Executive Department of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1935.
General and Liberal Educational Content of Professional Curricula, No. 1 Pharmacy. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Education, 1954.
Historical Interpretations and American Historianship. Yellow Springs: Antioch College Press, 1966.
Methods Used by College Social Science Departments to Improve Students' Understanding of Post-World War II International Tensions. Washington, D.C.: Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, 1952.
The Presidency of the Continental Congress, 1774-89: a Study in American Institutional History. Decatur, Ga.: Dennis Lindsey Printing Co., 1930.
Social Science Requirements for Bachelor's Degree: a Study of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology in General Education Requirements. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1959.
SANDERS, WILLIAM HENRY, 1838-1918
Physician. Born: July 9, 1838, at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Education: Studied medicine in U.S. and Europe. Physician in Confederate military forces; began practice in Alabama in 1877; president of Alabama Medical Association, 1890-1891; Alabama health officer, 1897-1917.
Source: Marks' Alabama Past Leaders.
Author: A Compend for the Members of the Organized Medical Profession of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing, 1913.
SANDLIN, JOHN LEWIS, 1908-
Clergyman, educator. Born: Oct. 3, 1908, at Ozark, Ala. Parents: John Lafayette and Eva Ann (Lewis) Sandlin. Married: Cleo Wescoat, 1939. Children: Three. Education: College of Charleston, B.S.; Emory University, B.D. Methodist pastor in churches in South Carolina and Georgia; professor of religion at Columbia College for 6 years; chairman Department of Bible and Religion at University of South Carolina; edited South Carolina Methodist Advocate; staff member General Board of Evangelism.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 4NR.
Author: A Book of Prayers. Westwood, N.J.: Revel, 1966.
A Book of Table Graces. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1963.
A Boy's Book of Prayers. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1966.
A Girl's Book of Prayers. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1966.
Graces and Prayers. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1959.
Moments with the Master. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1961.
A Prayer for Every Day: 365 Daily Prayers and Table Graces, Evening Prayers for Children, Prayers for Women, Prayers for Men. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1958.
A Prayer for Every Meeting. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1964.
Prayers for Parents Who Care. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1970.
Prayers for Servicemen. Westwood, N.J.: Revell, 1967.
Contributor: The Family at Prayer. Nashville: Upper Room, 1958.
SANDLIN, WINFRED GENE, 1927-
Businessman, educator. Born: Sept. 24, 1927, at Empire, Ala. Parents: John Monroe and Ila (Fewell) Sandlin. Married: Oct. 14, 1960, to Marie. Children: Three. Education: Samford University, B.A.; University of Alabama, M.A.; studied at University of Colorado, Tulane University, Duke University, and University of Alabama in Birmingham. Employed at DeBardeleben Coal Corp., 1947-1959; taught at Walker College, Jasper, Ala., 1960- ; chairman social science division at Walker; first president of Walker Co. Heritage Association; writer for periodicals.
Source: Winfred Gene Sandlin, Jasper, Ala.
Author: A Century of Caring and Sharing. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1978.
SANGUINETTI, EDEL ELISE AYERS, 1926-
Journalist. Born: Jan. 26, 1926, in Anniston, Ala. Parents: Harry Mell and Edel (Ytterboe) Ayers. Married: Philip A. Sanguinetti, 1950. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; attended St. Olaf College and University of Oslo. Reporter and feature writer for family-owned Anniston Star; writer for periodicals.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1NR.
Author: The Dowager. New York: Scribner, 1968.
The Last of the Whitfields. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962.
McBee's Station. New York: Holt, 1971.
The New Girl. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
SAUL, GEORGE
See: Brown, Lois L.
SAUNDERS, HARRIS, JR., 1925-
Business executive. Born: Jan. 26, 1925, in Birmingham. Parents: Harris and Zoe Reed (Black) Saunders. Married: Jean Rowan, Aug. 9, 1949. Children: Five. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. (M.E.). Executive positions in Saunders Leasing Systems; director Trust National Bank; director Hudson Thompson Co.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Top Up or Down?: the Origin and Development of the Automobile and Truck Renting and Leasing Industry--56 Years, 1916-1972. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
SAUNDERS, ROBERT LAWRENCE, 1923-
Educator and consultant. Born: Apr. 12, 1923, at Opp, Ala. Married: 1943. Children: Two. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., M.S., Ed.D. Teacher in Tallassee High School, 1947-1954, and principal, 1954-1956; administrative assistant and coordinator for Tennessee State Survey of Higher Education; administrator at Auburn University, 1957-1970; dean, College of Education at Memphis State University after 1970; educational consultant for schools in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Source: Leaders in Education, 1974; National Faculty Directory, 1983.
Joint Author: The Educational Manager, Artist and Practitioner. Worthington, Ohio: C. A. Jones Pub. Co., 1976.
A Theory of Educational Leadership. Columbus, Ohio: C. E. Merrill, 1966.
SAVELLE, MAXWELL, 1896-
Educator, lecturer. Born: Jan. 8, 1896, in Mobile. Parents: Myles Hicks and Rosabel (Pooley) Savelle. Married: _____. Children: One. Married: Jean Reeda Happ on Mar. 18, 1950. Children: Two. Education: Columbia University, A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. Taught at Columbia University 1926, 1932; at Stanford University, 1932-1947; and at University of Washington 1947-1967; visiting professor and Fulbright Lecturer University of Chile 1963; U.S. Department of State Lecturer in Australia 1966. Awarded Cutting Traveling Fellowship 1930-1931; Social Science Research Council Traveling Fellowship 1938-1939; and Fulbright Scholarship 1950.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 21R; Who's Who in the World, 1974.
Author: Colonial Origins of American Thought. New York: Van Nostrand, 1964.
The Colonial Period in the History of the New World. Mexico City: Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia, 1962.
The Diplomatic History of the Canadian Boundary, 1749- 1834. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940.
Empires to Nations: Expansion in America, 1713-1834. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1974.
Foundations of American Civilization: a History of Colonial America. New York: Holt, 1942. (Revised 1964 with title A History of Colonial America.)
George Morgan, Colony Builder. New York: University of California Press, 1932.
The Gospel of Judas Iscariot. New York: Exposition, 1969.
Is Liberalism Dead? Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967.
Seeds of Liberty. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1948.
This Is My America. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1948.
Joint Author: The Origins of American Diplomacy: the International History of Anglo-Americana, 1492-1763. New York: Macmillan, 1967.
Short History of American Civilization. New York: Holt, 1957.
The United States: Colonial Period. Mexico City: Pan American Institute of Geography and History, 1953.
Joint Editor: A Workbook to Accompany "A History of World Civilization." New York: Holt, 1957.
Joint Editor and Contributor:
A History of World Civilization. New York: Holt, 1957.
Contributor: The Era of American Revolution. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.
Problems of American History. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice, Hall, 1952.
SAWYER, EFFIE WHITE, 1920-
Businesswoman. Born: May 2, 1920, in Kemper Co., Miss. Parents: Joseph Leslie and Myrtle (Palmer) White. Married: Merritt Ruben Sawyer on Apr. 10, 1941. Education: Massey Business College; Jacksonville State University, B.S. Civilian employee with U.S. Army in the Gadsden Housing Authority; worked in law offices in Birmingham and Gadsden, and for Jacksonville State, 1957-1984; vice chairman Jacksonville Housing Authority; certified professional secretary. Awarded honorary LL.D. by Jacksonville State, 1984, and declared Alumna of the Year.
Source: Effie W. Sawyer, Jacksonville, Ala.
Author: The First Hundred Years, 1883-1893: History of Jacksonville State University. Jacksonville, Ala.: Jacksonville State University, 1983.
Story of the First Presbyterian Church, 1834-1984, Jacksonville, Alabama. Jacksonville, Ala.: Jacksonville First Presbyterian Church, 1984.
SAYLORS, GORDON CHASON, 1912-
Barber. Born: Nov. 29, 1912, in Clay Co., Ala. Parents: E. M. and Eliza (Hood) Saylors. Married: Lucile Smoak on Aug. 31, 1940. Children: Two. Education: Jacksonville Beauty and Barber College of Science, Florida. Worked over 50 years at Cornell Arms Barber Shop, Columbia, S.C. Awarded 22 decorations in U.S. Army in Europe in World War II.
Source: G. C. Saylors, Columbia, S.C.
Author: Just Plain Folks. Columbia, S.C.: Author, 1985.
Shinbone. (Reprinted as Southern Folklore) Columbia, S.C.: Author, 1979.
SCALF, SUE
Educator. Born: in Barboursville, Ky. Married: Samuel Scalf. Children: Two. Education: Michigan Technical University, Jones Law School, and University of Alabama in Montgomery; Troy State University in Montgomery, B.A. Taught creative writing at Montgomery Academy; on board of directors of Alabama State Poetry Society.
Source: Files of Alabama State Poetry Society.
Author: Ceremony of Names. Birmingham, Ala.: Druid Press, 1990.
Devil's Wine: Poems. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1976.
These Brief Days. S.l.: s.n., 1971.
SCHENK, GRETCHEN KNIEF, 1901-
Librarian. Born: Oct. 1, 1901, in Milwaukee, Wis. Parents: Frederick Constantine and Dora (Mueller) Knief. Married: Franz Shenk, June 15, 1942. Education: University of California in Los Angeles, B.A.; University of Illinois, B.S. (library science). Librarian in Milwaukee, Los Angeles (city and county libraries), Santa Monica, Sisjkiyou Co. Library (Calif.), Kern Co. (Calif.), and Washington State Library; after 1945 library consultant, Summerdale, Ala.; directed several library surveys.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1964; Who's Who in Library Science, 1955.
Author: The Amarillo Public Library: Present Needs and Future Projections--A Survey. Amarillo, Tex.: Friends of Amarillo Public Library, 1967.
"Choose Ye Excellence": Report on a Survey of Public Library Services in the City and County of Lubboc, Texas. Summerdale, Ala.: s.n., 1965.
Corsicana's Public Library Service: Steps toward Meeting Standards of Excellence in the 1970's. Corsicana, Tex.: s.n., 1968.
County and Regional Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association, 1954.
A Development Program for the Brazoria County Library. Angleton, Tex.: s.n., 1963.
Public Library Service for Victoria, Texas: Present Needs, Future Developments. Victoria, Tex.: s.n., 1968.
Public Library Service in Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama: a Report. S.l.: s.n., 1962.
Public Library Service in Missouri: a Survey, Summary Report. Jefferson City, Mo.: s.n., 1962.
Public Library Service in Nevada: a Survey with Recommendations. Carson City, Nev.: s.n., 1958.
Public Library Services in Pierce County, Washington: Report on a Survey of Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma, Wash.: s.n., 1965.
A Regional Public Library System for the Lower Rio Grande Valley: a Proposal with Recommendations. S.l.: s.n., 1966.
Report of a Survey of Carnegie Library, Abilene, Texas. Abilene, Tex.: s.n., 1955.
Rockingham County Library, Past-Present-Future: a Survey. Rockingham County, N.C.: The Library, 1958.
Survey of Extension Activities of the Illinois State Library, May 16-31, 1956. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois, Graduate Library School, 1956.
Survey of the Arkansas Library Commission and the Public Libraries of Arkansas. Summerdale, Ala.: s.n., 1964.
SCHOLEFIELD, EDMUND O. (Pseudonym)
See: Butterworth, William Edmund, III
SCHROEDER, DAVID P., 1948-
Physician, cardiologist. Born: Nov. 5, 1948, in Akron, Ohio. Parents: Robert and Margaret Ann Schroeder. Married: Marcia, Dec. 28, 1976. Children: Two. Education: University of North Carolina, B.S.; Ohio State University, M.D.; studied internal medicine at University of Kansas and cardiology at Ohio State University. Since 1978 cardiologist and internist in Anniston, Ala. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: David P. Schroeder, Anniston.
Joint Author: Physician Stress. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1984.
SCHWARTZ, DOROTHY THAMES, 1908-
Educator, drama consultant. Born: Aug. 20, 1908, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Parents: William I. and Frances Yates Thames. Married: Robert I. Schwartz, June 3, 1931. Education: Mississippi State College for Women, A.B.; University of Alabama, M.A.; studied at Michigan State University. Taught at Mississippi State College, Birmingham Southern College, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Washington; child drama consultant for Loveman's of Alabama, 1956-1967; oral communication specialist for Alabama State Department of Education; participant in programs on child drama with American Theater Association; board member on several performing arts boards; wrote for theatrical and educational publications. Birmingham Woman of the Year 1948; Birmingham's Lady of Fine Arts in Drama 1963; received Children's Theater Association of America's special recognition 1974 and 1978.
Source: Vita.
Joint Editor: Give Them Roots and Wings. New York: American Theater Association, 1972.
Author and Director:
Techniques in the Communicative Process. S.l.: Interlock Film Co., 1974. (Filmstrip, record, and tapes.)
SCHWEITZER, JEROME WILLIAMS, 1908-
Journalist, soldier. Born: Dec. 28, 1908, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: Agraham and Mary (Spiro) Schweitzer. Married: Anne Rachel Stoller, Oct. 1, 1931. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., M.A.; Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D.; further study at Universidad Nacional de Mexico. Reporter for Tuscaloosa News, 1928-1931; U.S. Army reservist 1931-1968, with active duty in World War II; editor of Fort Benning Bayonet; taught romance languages at University of Alabama, 1931-1976.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Author: Georges de Scudbery's "Almahide": Authorship, Analysis, Sources, and Structure. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1982.
Joint Author: The Parisian Stage, 1830-1850. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1961.
Joint Editor: Le Theatre Complet de Tristan L'Hermite: Edition critique. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975.
Contributor: Critical Bibliography of French Literature: the Seventeenth Century. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1961.
Renaissance and Other Studies in Honor of William L. Wiley. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1968.
SCOTT, CAROLYNNE BLACKWELL, 1937-
Journalist, educator. Born: Feb. 10, 1937, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Walter Craig and Florrie (Webb) Blackwell. Married: Karl Legrant Scott, Apr. 18, 1964. Children: One. Education: Samford University, A.B.; University of Alabama in Birmingham, M.A. Associate editor, Shades Valley Sun; reporter for Birmingham News; fashion editor, Birmingham Post-Herald; associate and managing editor, Southern Veterinarian; editor, Blue Cross Wise; publicity director of Alabama Sesquicentennial, of Birmingham Centennial, and for Roman Catholic Diocese of Alabama; teacher at Hewitt Trussville High School. Awarded prizes in fiction and photographic competitions; contributed to Alabama Prize Stories, 1970.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976; bookjacket of Country Roads.
Author: Country Roads: A Journey through Rustic Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala: Portals Press, 1979.
SCOTT, EVA CLYDE STOVALL, 1886-1969
Educator. Born: Oct. 28, 1886, near Columbia, Ala. Parents: John Thomas and Stella Reece (Thompson) Stovall. Married: Dr. Marvin Scott. Children: Three. Education: Columbia Institute and Livingston University; taught at Girard and Hopkinsville, Barbour Co. Member: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, Virginia Historical Society of Colonial Dames; served as national historian of National Society of Daughters of the American Colonies, and state chaplain of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service; Henry's Heritage, compiled by Hoyt M. Warren, Henry Co. Historical Society, 1978.
Author: Henry County, Alabama Cemetery Records. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Willo Pub. Co., 1963.
History of Henry County, Alabama. Pensacola, Fla.(?): s.n., 1961.
Tomb Inscriptions and Obituary Notices of Henry County, Alabama, 1958. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
SCOTT, VERN, 1911-
Businessman, journalist. Born: Mar. 7, 1911, in Coldwater, Ala. Parents: M.C. and Millie Lou (Heaton) Scott. Education: self- educated after 8th grade. Mailman; sign painter; cinema manager; variety store owner; watch repairer; columnist for Talladega Daily Home and for Western Publications. Member: Alabama Writers Conclave; chairman Talladega Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee; honored by Helping Hand Club of Anniston, the City of Talladega, Talladega Co. Commission, Lt. Gov. George McMillan, and Gov. Fob James; received Award of Merit and Distinguished Service Award by Alabama Historical Commission; honored by Alabama legislature in declaring "Vern Scott Day in Alabama" in 1981.
Source: Vern Scott and Lucy R. Barnett, Talladega, Ala.
Author: Dr. Boswell Invents an Aeroplane. Talledega, Ala.: Talladega County Historical Association, 1986.
Rural Churches, Talladega County, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1980.
Joint Author: Talladega Town Tour. Talladega, Ala.: Talladega Historical Association, 1974.
SCREWS, WILLIAM WALLACE, 1839-1913
Attorney, journalist. Born: Feb. 25, 1839 in Barbour (now Russell) Co. Parents: Benjamin and Morning (Drake) Screws. Married: Emily F. Holton Apr. 25, 1867. Children: Three. Education: studied law in Montgomery law offices; admitted to bar in 1859. Practiced law until 1861; served in Confederate army until captured; purchased Montgomery Advertiser becoming president and editor-in-chief; used paper to expose corruption in state Reconstruction government and to oppose Farmer's Alliances and issuance of Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad bonds; Alabama secretary of state 1878-1882; employed at Library of Congress in President Cleveland's first term; postmaster at Montgomery 1893- 1897.
Source: Who Was Who in America, vol. 1; Dictionary of American Biography.
Author: "Alabama Journalism" in Memorial Records of Alabama. Madison, Wisc.: Brant & Fuller, 1893.
SCROGGS, WILLIAM OSCAR, 1879-1957
Librarian, educator, journalist. Born: Mar. 30, 1879, in Monroe, N.C. Parents: William Junius and Lucy (Persall) Scroggs. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., M.S.; Harvard University, Ph.D. Librarian and instructor in English at Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1900-1904; editorial staff member Encyclopaedia Britannica 1907-1908; professor and dean Louisiana State University, 1908-1913 and 1941-1945; trade expert for U.S. Shipping Board; financial writer for New York Evening Post; statistician for Western Electric Co.; member editorial staff New York World; director of information service for Council on Foreign Relations.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: A Century of Banking Progress. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1924.
Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Baton Rouge, La.: Ortlieb Printing House, 1911.
Filibusters and Financiers: the Story of William Walker and His Associates. New York: Macmillan, 1916.
Steamship Fuel Stations in Foreign Countries and Non- contiguous United States Territories. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919.
The Story of Louisiana: a Textbook for Schools. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924.
Joint Editor: The United States in World Affairs: an Account of American Foreign Relations. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1931-1971.
SCRUGGS, JOSIAH HUBERT, JR., 1906-
Businessman. Born: Feb. 4, 1906, in Birmingham. Parents: Josiah Herbert and Willye (Turner) Scruggs. Married: Maude C. Chance, Apr. 10, 1931. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; Columbia University, B.Litt. In advertising at Alabama Power Co., 1927-1931; sales manager for Gulf Oil Co., 1931-1936; president Southern Culvert Co., 1936-1941; YMCA-USO secretary during World War II; partner in Vulcan Materials Co., 1946-1955. Member National Philatelic Museum, American Philatelic Congress, and British Philatelic Society.
Source: Alabama Blue Book and Social Register; Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Alabama Postal History. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, c1950.
Alabama Postal Roads with Maps, 1818-1845. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, c1950.
Alabama Steamboats 1819-1869. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1953?
Postal History of the Confederate States. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1954.
SCUDDER, MILDRED LEE, 1908-
Educator, advertiser. Born: 1908 in West Blockton, Ala. Parents: Dallas Powell and Aeolian (Spear) Lee. Married: James Henry Hurstwood Scudder on May 10, 1947. Children: Four. Education: Bessie Tift College, Troy Normal College, Columbia University, New York University, and University of New Hampshire. Taught school in Georgia; conducted advertising program for Proctor and Gamble; wrote articles for Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Tanager, etc.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R; files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: The Bride of the Lamb. New York: Seabury, 1970.
Fog. New York: Seabury, 1972.
Honor Sands. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1963.
The Invisible Sun. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1946.
The People Therein. Boston: Houghton, 1980.
The Rock and the Willow. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1963.
The Skating Rink. New York: Seabury, 1969.
Sycamore Year. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1974.
SEALES, BOBBY JOE, 1945-
Businessman, church layman. Born: Feb. 4, 1945, in Shelby Co., Ala. Parents: Charles Audry and Naomi (Massey) Seales. Married: Diane Brandenberg, Dec. 6, 1969. Chldren: Two. Education: University of Montevallo and University of Alabama in Birmingham. Worked for National Control Centers, Inc., in Birmingham after 1964; served as minister of youth at First Baptist Church, Pelham, and at Westwood Baptist Church, Alabaster; wrote articles for Shelby Co. papers on Pelham Methodist and Baptist churches.
Source: Bobby Joe Seales, Alabaster, Ala.
Author: Stamps-Massey Ancestors. Leeds, Ala.: Smith Printing Co., 1970.
SEARCY, HARVEY BROWN, 1884-
Ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist. Born: Sept. 15, 1884, in Tuscaloosa. Married: 1915. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; University of Michigan, M.D. Otolaryngologist in Tuscaloosa, Memphis, and Birmingham; served with U.S. Army in World War I. Member American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology; president of Alabama Medical Association; member Board of Trustees of Alabama State Hospital.
Source: We Used What We Had.
Author: We Used What We Had. Birmingham, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1961.
SEARCY, MARGARET ZEHMER, 1926-
Educator, lecturer, consultant. Born: Oct. 26, 1926, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents: John Adrian and Agnes Tyler (Johnson) Zehmer. Married: Joseph Alexander Searcy, June 26, 1948. Children: Three. Education: Duke University, B.A.; University of Alabama, M.A. Instructor in anthropology at University of Alabama after 1964; public lecturer and consultant. Member American Anthropological Association, Guild of Professional Writers for Children, Alabama Academy of Science, and Alabama Archaeological Society; received faculty grant by University of Alabama (1969), Alabama Consortium of Higher Education award (1973), and Charlton W. Tebeau Literary Award from Florida Historical Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 81.
Author: Alli Gator Gets a Bump on His Nose. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1978.
The Charm of the Bear Claw Necklace: a Story of Stone- Age Southeastern Indians. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Ikwa of the Temple Mounds. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
The Race of Flitty Hummingbird and Flappy Crane: an Indian Legend. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1980.
Tiny Bat and the Ball Game. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1978.
Wolf Dog of the Woodland Indians. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
SEAY, FRANK, 1881-1920
Clergyman, educator. Born: Dec 17, 1881, in New Orleans, La. Parents: Thomas and Clara (De Lesdernier) Seay. Married: Clara Callaway Oct. 27, 1908. Education: Southern University, A.M.; University of Berlin, A.M.; attended Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Oxford University. Ordained 1903 and served as pastor in Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Montgomery, Mobile, and Uniontown; professor at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex., and at Southern Methodist University; one of founders of the Tri-Conference Preachers Institute; contributor to Methodist Review. Member of Alabama Conference Commission on the Centennial of Alabama Methodism (1907).
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; American Literary Yearbook.
Author: The Educational Situation in Alabama Methodism. Dallas, Tex.: Smith & Lamar, 1907.
Gift of the Old Testament. Dallas, Tex.: Smith & Lamar, 1905.
Outline for the Study of Old Testament History. Dallas, Tex.: Smith & Lamar, 1917.
Outline for the Study of Old Testament Prophecy, Wisdom, and Worship. Nashville: Smith & Lamar, 1919.
The Story of the Old Testament: a Primer of Old Testament Introduction. Nashville: Smith & Lamar, 1912.
SEAY, JAMES, 1939-
Educator, poet. Born: Jan. 1, 1939, in Panola Co., Miss. Parents: James E. and Lucie Belle (Page) Seay. Married: Lee Smith on June 17, 1967. Children: Two. Education: University of Mississippi, B.A.; University of Virginia, M.A. Taught at Virginia Military Institute, 1966-1968, University of Alabama, 1968-1971, Vanderbilt University, 1971-1974, and University of North Carolina after 1974. Poems have appeared in several anthologies; won prizes in 1964 at Southern Literary Festival, at University of Virginia's Academy of American Poets competition in 1966, and in Emily Clark Balch competition in 1968.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R.
Author: Let Not Your Heart. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
Said There Was Someone Talking To Him Through The Air Conditioner. Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1985.
The Light As They Found It. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Water Tables. Millertown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1974.
Where Our Voices Broke Off. Deerfield, Mass.: Deerfield Press, 1978.
SEIBELS, FANNY LOCKETT MARKS, 1884-
Musician. Born: Feb. 8, 1884, in Montgomery. Parents: George and Hettie (Lockett) Marks. Married: Emmet Seibels. Children: Two. Education: Studied violin in New York City, Chicago, and in Europe; taught violin at Judson College; led Music Appreciation Club and Lanier High School orchestra in Montgomery.
Source: Wishes Are Horses.
Author: William Temple Seibels. S.l.: s.n., 1968?
Wishes Are Horses: Montgomery, Alabama's First Lady of the Violin, an Autobiography. New York: Exposition Press, 1958.
SEIBERT, CHARLES H., 1881-
Born: Feb. 28, 1881, in Monterey, Ohio. Parents: Peter and Sophia Louise (Huckemeir) Seibert; family moved to Hanceville, Ala., in 1883. Married: Maude Elizabeth Schell on Dec. 29, 1912. Children: Five.
Source: Memoirs of the Seibert Family.
Author: Memoirs of the Seibert Family. Birmingham, Ala.: Keystone Press, 1977.
SELLERS, DOROTHY RAINER
Educator, dancer. Married: William A. Sellers in 1950. Children: Two. Education: Opp High School; studied at Huntingdom College; studied dance in New York City during summers. Taught in high school in Florida; opened dance studio in Florala, 1953; lectured; produced television program; wrote articles for Dance Magazine 1967-1969. Member Alabama Council on the Arts.
Source: Dance Magazine (July 1965, Nov. 1967.)
Author: The Dance Teacher Today. New York: Dance Magazine, 1969.
SELLERS, JAMES BENSON, 1898-1964
Educator, school administrator. Born: 1898 in Camden, Ala. Married: Carrie Autrey about 1921. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. and M.S.; University of Chicago, M.A.; University of North Carolina, Ph.D. Public school superintendent; professor at Athens College and University of Alabama. Member Phi Alpha Theta, American Association of University Professors, and Kappa Delta Pi.
Source: William Stanley Hoole Special Collection, University of Alabama.
Author: Ebenezer Hearn, Founder of the First Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Nottingham--SWS, 1961.
The First Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1818- 1968. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1968.
History of the University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1953.
The Prohibition Movement in Alabama, 1702-1943. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1943.
Slavery in Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1950.
SENSABAUGH, ROY SPANN, -1969
Businessman. Born: Knoxville, Tenn. Education: attended University of Tennessee. Founded the Reprint Corp. and the Jefferson Paper Co., Birmingham, Ala.; wrote scripts for silent films.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: The Favor of the Queen: a Play in Four Acts. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1929.
SHACKELFORD, EDWARD MADISON, 1863-1943
Educator. Born: Feb. 1, 1863, at Pintlala, Ala. Parents: Madison and Sophronia (Ledbetter) Shackelford. Married: Rosa Lee Brantley, on Feb. 1, 1886. Married: Julia J. Darby on June 8, 1918. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., A.M., and LL.D. Professor at Troy State Teachers College 1887-1899, president from 1899-1937. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. II.
Author: The First Fifty Years of the State Teachers College at Troy, Alabama, 1887 to 1937. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1937.
George Shackelford and Annette Jeter and Their Descendants. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1941.
SHANKS, HENRY THOMAS, 1896-1959
Educator. Born: Feb. 7, 1896, in Vance Co., N.C. Parents: Henry Taylor and Maude (Jenkins) Shanks. Married: Anne Graham, Aug. 31, 1929. Children: One. Education: Wake Forest College, A.B., A.M., L.H.D; University of Chicago, A.M.; University of North Carolina, Ph.D.; attended Columbia University. Taught at South Georgia State Women's College, University of North Carolina, and Birmingham Southern College; dean at Birmingham Southern College 1943-1958; taught during several summers at Eastern Carolina Teachers College, West Virginia University, and Emory University. Received General Education Board Fellowship and Social Science Research Council grant.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: The Secession Movement in Virginia, 1847-1861. Richmond, Va.: Garrett & Massie, 1934.
Editor: The Papers of Willie P. Mangum. 5 vols. Raleigh, N..C.: State Department of Archives and History, 1950-1956.
SHANNON, HARPER, 1931-
Clergyman, educator. Born: July 7, 1931, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: John Roy and Ruby (Harper) Shannon. Married: Elsie Lou Bateman, June 5, 1953. Children: Two. Education: Samford University, B.A., D.D.; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D. Ordained 1949; pastor in Birmingham, Ghent (Ky.), Montgomery, and Dothan; evangelist 1957-1959; taught at Baptist Seminary in Louisville and at Howard College Extension of Samford University.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973.
Author: Beliefs That Are Basic. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1969.
Riches in Romans. Nashville: Broadman, 1969.
Trumpet in the Morning. Nashville: Broadman, 1970.
SHARPE, MITCHELL RAYMOND, JR., 1924-
Educator, consultant. Born: Dec. 22, 1924, in Knoxville, Tenn. Parents: Mitchell R. and Katie Grace (Hill) Sharpe. Married: Virginia Ruth Lowry on Dec. 21, 1952. Children: Three. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., M.A.; studied at Emory University. Instructor at Auburn University; technical writer and supervisor of technical writers at Marshall Space Flight Center; consultant and historian at National Air and Space Museum, Washington, and at Alabama Space and Rocket Center; associate editor of Space Journal, 1957-1959; contributor to serials and yearbooks. Won Robert H. Goddard Essay Award in history of rocketry, 1968, 1975; awarded Tsiolkkovsky Gold Medal of USSR, 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976.
Author: Development of the Lifesaving Rocket: a Study in 19th Century Technical Fallout. Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala.: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1969.
Dividends from Space. New York: Crowell, 1971.
"It Is I, Sea Gull:" Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space. New York: Crowell, 1975.
Living in Space: the Astronaut and His Environment. New York: Doubleday, 1969.
The Rocket Team. New York: Crowell, 1979.
Satellites and Probes: the Development of Unmanned Space Flight. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1969.
Joint Author: Applied Astronautics: an Introduction to Space Flight. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1963.
Basic Astronautics: an Introduction to Space Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1962.
SHARRY, JOHN JOSEPH, 1925-
Dentist, educator, editor. Born: Feb. 11, 1925, in Summerville, Mass. Parents: Thomas Martin and Mary Redmond (Murphy) Sharry. Married: Rachel Thompson on Jan. 30, 1952. Children: Three. Education: Tufts University, B.S., D.D.M; residency in oral surgery at University of Alabama Dental School. Assistant professor and director of Office of Learning Resources at University of Alabama Dental School; director of cleft palate program for State of Alabama, 1957-1959; taught at dental schools at Universities of Illinois, South Carolina, and Texas; wrote articles for and was editor of journals and books in dental prosthodontics.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1980.
Editor: Complete Denture Prosthodontics. New York: Blakiston, McGraw-Hill, 1962.
Symposium on Complete Dentures. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1964.
Joint Editor: Rare Books and Collections of the Reynolds Historical Library: a Bibliography. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1968.
SHAW, NATE (Pseudonym)
See: Cobb, Ned
SHEEHAN, ELIZABETH HOUSTON WINSTON, 1881-1972
Poet, historical columnist. Born: Feb. 3, 1882, in Sumter Co., Ala. Parents: Charles Henry and Irene Houston (Park) Winston. Married: William Thomas Sheehan on Nov. 12, 1907. Children: Four. Education: attended Alabama Conference Female College (Huntingdon) and Baylor University. Wrote column for Montgomery Advertiser as well as poetry and historical sketches; worked for Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama State Tax Department, and the Resettlement Administration. Member: Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Source: Alabama Blue Book and Social Register; files at Jacksonville State University.
Author: Battle at the Bend. Montgomery, Ala.?: author, 1959.
Bright in Mosaic. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1920.
Calico Queens. Montgomery, Ala.?: s.n., 1951.
The Conestoga Wagon. Cynthiana, Ky.: Hohson Book Press, 1945.
Me'en Buddy. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1926.
Night on the Terrace: a Sequence of Love Poems. New York: Paebar, 1942.
Poems. Montgomery, Ala.: Shamrock Press, 1968.
Young Pioneers. Montgomery, Ala.: Dixie Book Co., 1936.
SHEPARD, KATHERINE, 1881?-1962.
Born about 1881 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Married: William Thrower Shepard in 1901. Children: Four. Lived at De Funiak Springs, Fla., and later at Foley. Died at Opp, Ala., Sep. 18, 1962.
Source: Opp Public Library, Opp, Ala.
Author: Farther Fairer Seas. Atlanta: Bozart, 1928.
Manna Tree, Poems. New York: Exposition Press, 1954.
SHEPARD, TAZEWELL TAYLOR, JR., 1921-
Naval officer, business executive. Born: Jan. 22, 1921, in Mobile, Ala. Parents: Tazewell Taylor and Martha (Webb) Shepard. Married: Julia Ann Sparkman. Children: One. Education: U.S. Naval Academy, B.S.; U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, M.S.; U.C.L.A., M.S. Entered Navy as ensign in 1942, advancing to Rear Vice-Admiral in 1968; naval aide to White House 1961-1964; later commanded USS Aucilla and USS Princeton; deputy director of operations for Joint Chiefs of Staff; director of East Asia and Pacific Region office of the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs; commander of Anti- Submarine Warfare Group 2 and of Joint Strategic Integrated Planning System until retirement in 1973; subsequently executive vice president of Occidental International, subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: John F. Kennedy: Man of the Sea. New York: William Morrow, 1965.
SHEPPARD, MONA.
Federal administrator, consultant. Spent childhood in Central Hills, Ala. Education: Studied creative writing at University of Alabama. Tried unsuccessfully to sell short stories in New York; correspondence clerk for U.S. Treasury Department; during World War II managed correspondence for War Manpower Commission; after war was organization and methods examiner for National Archives; helped organize correspondence for Veterans Administration; vice president of Leahy & Co., a New York management consultant.
Source: Coronet (March 1956).
Author: Plain Letters. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1955.
SHERER, ROBERT GLENN, JR., 1940-
Historian. Born: Mar. 13, 1940, in Jasper, Ala. Parents: Robert Glenn and Ester Lee (Brakefield) Sherer. Married: Amelia Ann Brookshire on June 2, 1968. Children: Two. Education: attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Yale University; University of North Carolina, A.B., Ph.D.; Brown University, M.A. Granted Rockefeller Fellowship at Yale University, 1962-1963; member of Organization of American Historians, the American Studies Association, the Association for The Study of Afro- American Life and History, the Southern Historical Association, and the Texas Historical Association
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 69.
Author: Subordination or Liberation?: The Development and Conflicting Theories of Black Education in Nineteenth Century Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
SHILLITO, MARTHA LYMAN, 1892-
Poet, columnist, lecturer. Born: in 1892 in Birmingham. Parents: Henry Dickinson and Lucy (Meredith) Lyman. Married: Walter Frederick Shillito in Dec. 1916. Children: Two. Education: attended Randolph Macon College. Assistant editor of The Alabama Club Woman; edited column about Alabama writers; president of Poetry Society of Alabama; dean of poetry of Alabama Writers Conclave; member Birmingham Quill Club, Birmingham Poetry Club, and National League of American Pen Women; lectured and judged poetry competitions; wrote for radio productions.
Source: American Women, 1939-1940.
Author: Singing Flame. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1937.
Contributor: Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Tradition. Birmingham Publishing Co., 1935.
SHIPPS, JAN BARNETT, 1929-
Social worker, educator. Born: Oct. 4, 1929, in Hueytown, Ala. Parents: William M. and Thalia (Bell) Barnett. Married: Anthony M. Shipps on May 25, 1949. Children: One. Education: Utah State University, B.S.; University of Colorado, M.A., Ph.D. Social worker in Chicago and Detroit 1951-1960; project coordinator for Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University 1969-1971; instructor Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; helped edit Dialogue, a Journal of Mormon Thought. Received fellowships from American Association of University Women and from Latter Day Saints Church; member of Natural History Society; American, Western, and Mormon Historical Associations; and Organization of American Historians.
Source: Who's Who in the Midwest, 1978.
Author: Mormonism: the Story of a New Religious Tradition. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
Twentieth-Century Mormonism And The Secular Establishment. Odgen, Utah: Weber State College Press, 1988.
SHORT, CARROLL DALE, 1950-
Journalist, writer, graphics and audiovisual technician. Born: Oct. 25, 1950, in Birmingham. Parents: Benjamin J. and Carolyn June (Brasfield) Short. Married: Mary McCordon Mar. 21, 1981. Education: attended Samford University and University of Alabama at Birmingham. Worked at Samford University as photographer 1967-1968, for Daily Mountain Eagle 1968-1970, for Shades Valley Sun 1970-1971, for Community News 1971-1975, and for Birmingham News 1975-1977; employed by Alabama School of Fine Arts 1977- 1980; self-employed by Raintree Media after 1980; worked part- time after 1971 for Department of Communication Arts at University of Alabama at Birmingham; published in several periodicals. Won Redbook Fiction Award, 1977; Hackney Literary Prize, and Southern Literary Festival prizes.
Source: Carroll Dale Short, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: A Mountain Chord, a collection of one-act plays produced in 1978 by Berea College in Kentucky.
SHOUSE, SARAH NEWMAN, 1932-
Educator. Born: May 9, 1932, in Cleveland, Tenn. Parents: Pryor L. and _____ (Cooper) Newman. Married: William F. Shouse on Aug. 20, 1954. Children: Three. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., M.A.; Auburn University, Ph.D.; attended Exeter College, Oxford University. Taught at Murphy High School, Mobile, 1955-1957; Emory and Henry College 1964-1965; and Alabama A & M University after 1968; taught at University of Mississippi 1986-1987; contributor to periodicals.
Source: Sarah N. Shouse, Normal, Ala.
Author: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1986.
Provided introduction and bibliography for:
H. C. Nixon's "Lower Piedmont Country." 1984 reprint.
SHPAKOVSKII, ANATOLII IGNATEVICH, 1895-
Educator. Born: Feb. 27, 1895, in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Education: Lyubgyana University, Yugoslavia. Taught in Yugoslavia, 1927-1941; in Germany, 1950-1951, and Jacksonville State University, 1957-1965; moved to Huntsville after retirement.
Source: Anatol von Spakovsky; also from his book Freedom, Determinism, Indeterminism.
Author: Freedom, Determinism, Indeterminism. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1963.
Die Perspektiven einer Kultur ueberhaupt und der Westeuropaeischen im besonderen. West Berlin: Unger-Verlag, 1961.
Reflections and Impressions. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1970.
SIBERT, WILLIAM LUTHER, 1860-1935
Army officer, engineer. Born: Oct. 12, 1860, in Gadsden, Ala. Parents: William Joshua and Marietta (Ward) Sibert. Married: Mary Margaret Cummings in Sept. 1887. Children: Eight. Married: Juliet Roberts in June 1917. Married: Evelyn Clyne Bairnsfather on June 8, 1922. Education: attended University of Alabama, 1878-1880; U.S. Military Academy, B.S. Served in U.S. Army Engineers 1884-1920; worked on rivers in Kentucky; on construction of ship channel connecting Great Lakes; instructor in Civil Engineering School of Application; chief for Eighth Army; chief engineer and general manager of Manila and Dagupan Railroad; in charge of Louisville and Pittsburgh River District; member of Isthmian Canal Commission at Gatun Locks for Panama Canal; chairman of flood prevention for China's Huan River; first U.S. division of troops in France, 1917; commanded Southeastern Department of Charleston; organized and directed U.S. Army's Chemical Warfare Service; after retirement in 1920 chairman and chief engineer for Alabama State Docks Commission; chairman, board of engineers and geologists in 1928 to report on feasibility of Boulder Dam; president American Association of Port Authorities 1919-1930.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. 35.
Joint Author: The Construction of the Panama Canal. New York: D. Appleton, 1915.
Report of Board of Engineers on the Huan River Conservancy Project in the Provinces of Kiangsiu and Anhui, China. Washington, D.C.: American National Red Cross, 1914.
SIBLEY, CELESTINE, 1917-
Journalist, author. Born: May 23, 1917, in Holly, Fla. Parents: W. R. and Evelyn (Barber) Sibley. Married: James W. Little. Children: Three. Education: attended Spring Hill College and University of Florida. Became reporter at age 15 for Mobile Press-Register; worked for Atlanta Constitution. Won awards from Associated Press, Georgia Conference on Social Work, and Dixie Council of Authors.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 85.
Author: Ah, Sweet Mystery. New York: Harper/Collins, 1991.
Children, My Children: a Novel. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
Christmas in Georgia, Five Stories. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964.
Day by Day with Celestine Sibley. New York: Doubleday, 1975.
Dear Store: an Affectionate Portrait of Rich's. New York: Doubleday, 1967.
Especially at Christmas. New York: Doubleday, 1969.
For All Seasons. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1984.
Jincey. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
The Magical Realm of Sallie Middleton. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1980.
The Malignant Heart. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
Mothers Are Always Special. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
Peachtree Street, U. S. A.: an Affectionate Portrait of Atlanta. New York: Doubleday, 1963
A Place Called Sweet Apple. New York: Doubleday, 1963.
Small Blessings. New York: Doubleday, 1977.
The Sweet Apple Gardening Book. New York: Doubleday, 1972.
Young 'uns: a Celebration. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
Joint Author: Atlanta, a Brave and Beautiful City. Atlanta: Peachtree Publisher, 1986.
Callaway Gardens, the Unending Season. Atlanta: Longstreet, 1989.
SIDDONS, ANNE RIVERS
Journalist, author. Born: Fairburn, Ga. Married. Children: Four. Education: graduated from Auburn University 1958. Advertising copywriter; wrote for Georgia Magazine; senior editor of Atlanta Magazine.
Source: Files of Alabama Public Library Service; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 101.
Author: Fox's Earth. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.
Go Straight on Peachtree. Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, 1978.
Heartbreak Hotel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.
Homeplace. New York: Harper and Row, 1987.
The House Next Door. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
John Chancellor Makes Me Cry. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.
Kings Oak. New York: Harper/Collins, 1990.
Outer Banks. New York: Harper/Collins, 1991.
Peachtree Road. New York: Harper and Row, 1988.
SIDES, WAYNE, 1948-
Graphic artist, performing arts director. Born: Jan. 22, 1948 in Anniston, Ala. Parents: Jack and Martha N. Sides. Education: attended Ayers State Technical College, Gadsden State Junior College, and Jacksonville State University; University of Alabama, B.A.; Pratt Institute M.F.A. Artist-in-residence in Blount Co. and Decatur schools; choreographer, concertmaster, and theater director in Decatur and Blount Co.; exhibited his photography 1972-1984; member, Mayor's Council for the Arts in Decatur; advisor to Alabama State Arts Council and Alabama State Board of Education; after 1982 assistant in Art/Photography Department of Pratt Institute.
Source: Wayne Sides, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Author: Sideshow. S.l.: s.n., 1979.
White Nights. S.l.: Thunderhouse, 1984.
SIMMONS, EDWARD N., 1914-
Aviator, airlines employee. Born: 1914 in Birmingham. Education: graduated from Southern Airways Flying School. Flying instructor at Birmingham Southern College; flight instructor during World War II for Army Air Forces; worked for Transcontinental, Western, and Trans-World Airlines. Member: American Society of Arms Collectors and Southern California Arms Collectors.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Joint Author: Confederate Arms. Harrisburg, Pa.: s.n., 1957.
Co-publisher: The Confederate Brass-framed Colt & Whitney. Falls Church, Va.: Albaugh and Simmons, 1955.
SIMMONS, OTIS DAVIS, 1928-
Singer, educator. Born: Apr. 27, 1928 in Kansas City, Kan. Parents: Jesse and Nannie (Bell) Simmons. Married: Willetta Moore on June 5, 1955. Children: One. Education: University of Kansas, B.M.E, M.M.F, Ph.D.; studied with several vocal coaches. U.S. Army 1949-1953; taught Philander Smith College 1955-1958, Texas Southern University 1958-1960; Southern University 1965-1966 and at Alabama State University after 1966, where he was chairman of music division and dean of College of Arts; performed with Houston Summer Symphony and with Kansas City Philharmonic Male Chorus.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976.
Author: Foundation Course in Musicianship. Dubuque, Iowa: W. C. Brown Co., 1967.
Teaching Music in Urban Schools. Boston: Crescendo, 1975.
SIMS, GEORGE E., 1954-
Educator. Born: 1954 in Selma, Ala. Parents: Elwood and Sarah Sims. Married: Ellen Guice. Education: Samford University, B.A.; Emory University, M.A., Ph.D. After 1981 taught history at Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Tex..
Source: Dust jacket to The Little Man's Big Friend; Wayland College catalog.
Author: The Little Man's Big Friend: James E. Folsom in Alabama Politics, 1946-1958. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
SIMS, HENRY UPSON, 1873-1961
Attorney, writer. Born: June 27, 1873, in Columbus, Miss. Parents: William Henry and Elizabeth Louisa (Upson) Sims. Education: University of Virginia, B.A.; Harvard LL.B.; University of Alabama, LL.D.; Southwestern College, LL.D. Practiced law in Birmingham 1899-1933 and 1943-1953; chairman Central Committee Legal Advisory Board in 1917; member Special Supreme Court of Alabama to decide constitutionality of salary reduction bill in 1933. Honorary member Canadian Bar Association and associate member New York Bar Association.
Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. IV; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Chancery Pleading and Practice in Alabama. Chicago: Callagham & Co., 1909.
Covenants Which Run with the Land Other than Covenants of Title. Chicago: Callagham & Co., 1901.
The Genealogy of the Sims Family of Virginia, the Carolinas and the Gulf States. Kansas City, Mo.: E. L. Mendenhall, 1940.
The Genealogy of the Worthington Family of Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia and Ohio. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1937.
Occasional Addresses and Legal Essays. Birmingham, Ala.: Henry Upson Sims, 1926.
The Origin and Development of the Civilization of the Gulf States. New Orleans: Pelican Co., 1952.
The Problem of Reforming Judicial Administration in America. IV: the Problem of Reforming the Bar. Charlottesville, Va.: s.n., 1917.
A Treatise on Covenants Which Run with Land. Chicago: Callagham, 1901.
Annotator for: The Restatement of the Law of Contracts as Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute. St. Paul: American Law Institute, 1937.
The Restatement of the Law of Property, as Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute. St. Paul: American Law Institute, 1947.
Editor: 150 Great Hymns in the English Language. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949.
SIZEMORE, MARGARET DAVIDSON
Educator. Born: In Birmingham. Married: James Middleton Sizemore. Children: Two. Married: Edward Douglas, ca. 1982. Education: Samford University, A.B., M.A.; attended Degre Normal University in Paris, France; studied at Western Reserve University and University of Alabama. Taught at Woodlawn High School, Birmingham and at Howard College (Samford University); dean of women at Samford from 1950-1970 and assistant to president 1970 to retirement in 1986. Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, member of Alabama Guidance Association, Forney Historical Society, Alabama Historical Commission, and National Society of Arts and Letters; Birmingham's Woman of the Year, 1962.
Source: Personalities of the South, 1976; Birmingham News, Aug. 17. 1986.
Joint Author: The Amazing Marriage of Marie Eustis and Josef Hofmann. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1965.
SKAGGS, MERRILL MAGUIRE, 1937-
Educator. Born: Oct. 1, 1937, in Florala, Ala. Parents: John Henry and Clyde (Merrill) Maguire. Married: Calvin Lee Skaggs on Aug. 19, 1960. Children: Two. Education: Stetson University, B.A.; Duke University, Ph.D. Part-time teacher at Teachers College, Columbia University 1969-1973; instructor at Drew University after 1971.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: After The World Broke In Two: the Later Novels of Willa Cather. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1990.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Notes. Lincoln, Neb.: Cliff Notes, 1969.
The Folk of Southern Fiction. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1973.
Joint Author: The Mother Person. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975.
SKAGGS, WILLIAM H., 1861-
Public official, banker. Born: 1861 in Talladega Co., Ala. Married: Julia Otis. Mayor of Talladega when water system, fire department, and public school system established and other improvements effected; president of Bank of Talladega.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: The Southern Oligarchy: an Appeal in Behalf of the Silent Masses of Our Country against the Despotic Rule of the Few. New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1924.
SKIPPER, G. C., 1939-
Journalist, business executive, children's author. Born: Mar. 22, 1939, in Ozark, Ala. Parents: G. C. and Ada (Price) Skipper. Married: Dorothy Wright on March 26, 1960. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A. Reporter for Huntsville Times, 1961-1965; public relations agent for United Airlines, 1966-1971; Midwest news bureau chief for Travel Weekly, 1970-1972; executive editor Hitchcock Pub. Co., 1973-1976; vice president public relations for Al Paul Lefton Co., Philadelphia, after 1976.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 14NR.
Author: Battle of Britain. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
Battle of Leyte Gulf. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
Battle of Midway. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
Battle of Stalingrad. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
Battle of the Atlantic. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
Battle of the Coral Sea. Chicago: Children's Press, 1984.
D-Day: the Normandy Invasion. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
Death of Hitler. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
Fall of the Fox, Rommel. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
The Ghost in the Church. Chicago: Children's Press, 1976.
The Ghost at Manor House. Chicago: Children's Press, 1978.
Goering and the Luftwaffe. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
Invasion of Poland. Chicago: Children's Press, 1983.
Invasion of Sicily. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
McArthur and the Philippines. Chicago: Children's Press, 1982.
Mussolini: a Dictator Dies. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
The Night in the Attic. Chicago: Children's Press, 1976.
Pearl Harbor. Chicago: Children's Press, 1983.
Submarines in the Pacific. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980.
SLAYDEN, THELMA THOMSON, 1907-
Executive in women's groups, writer. Born: Oct. 7, 1907, in Ashland, Ala. Parents: Thomas and Annie (Roberts) Thompson. Married: Walter Scott Slayden on June 3, 1934. Education: attended Georgia State College for Women, University of Georgia, Emory University, Columbia University, and the University of Marburg, Germany. Member executive board of Y. M. C. A.; member National League of American Pen Women, National Federation of Women's Clubs, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Writer's Club; honored in 1949 for work for National Leprosy Act, and in 1952 for work for Woodmen of the World.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1961.
Author: Give Us This Night. New York: Arcadia House, 1939.
Make Haste, My Beloved. New York: Austin-Phelps, 1952.
Miracle in Alaska. New York: F. Fell, 1963.
SLEDGE, EUGENE BONDURANT, 1923-
Educator, agriculturalist. Born: Nov. 4, 1923 in Mobile, Ala. Education: attended Marion Military Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology; Auburn University, M.S.; University of Florida, Ph.D. Served in U.S. Marines 1942-1946; research assistant at Auburn University, 1953-1955 and at University of Florida 1956-1959; with Division of Plant Industries for Florida State Department of Agriculture; after 1962 taught at University of Montevallo where he was chairman of Department of Biology, 1970-1972.
Source: With the Old Breed.
Author: With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1981.
SLOAN, STEPHEN CHARLES, 1944-
Athlete, coach. Born: Aug. 19, 1944, in Austin, Tex. Parents: Charles Lester and Virginia (Byrd) Sloan. Married: Brenda Fau on May 12, 1968. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A. Member Atlanta Falcons football team, 1966-1967; became head football coach at Vanderbilt University, 1973; at Texas Tech, 1975; at University of Mississippi, 1977, and Duke University, 1983. In 1980 named by Jaycees as one of 10 Outstanding Young Men in America.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: A Whole New Ball Game. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1975.
Joint Author: Calling Life's Signals: the Steve Sloan Story. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zonderman Press, 1967.
SMALL, ROBERT VAN DYKE, 1924-
Psychologist, writer, lecturer. Born: Nov. 29, 1924 in Abbeville, Ala. Parents: John and Della Small. Eucation: Morehouse College, B.A.; Atlanta University, M.A.; studied at Rutgers University. In U.S. Army, 1943-1945; research assistant at Atlanta University, 1950-1951; practiced psychology for Federal government, 1965-196?; assistant professor and consulting psychologist at Mercer College, Trenton, N.J., after 1969; free- lance writer and lecturer. Received honorary doctorate in 1969 from American Bible Institute.
Source: International Authors and Writers, 1977; Living Black American Authors; Writers Directory.
Author: Confrontation with Hangups. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1973.
Darkness Where the Light Fails to Shine. Hicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1976.
The Legal Slaughter of Peace. New York: Comet Press, 1952.
Undercurrents. New York: Vantage, 1971.
The Victims. New York: Exposition Press, 1968.
SMALLWOOD, VIVIAN, 1912-
Banker, poet. Born: Nov. 7, 1912 in Vinegar Bend, Ala. Education: Murphy High School, Mobile; attended Huffstetler Business College. Worked for American National Bank in Mobile. Received several certificates in banking; member of American Institute of Banking, Women's Club of Chickasaw (Alabama), Alabama State Poetry Society, and Alabama Writers Conclave; in 1972 received Today's Woman Award in Mobile.
Source: Alabama's Distinguished, 1973-1974.
Author: And Finding No Mouse There: Poems. Mobile, Ala.: Negative Capability Press, 1983.
Window to the South. Mobile, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
SMELLEY, SUSAN B., 1912-
Housewife. Born: Apr. 8, 1912, in Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. Married: Joe [Smelley?] on July 21, 1927. Children: Reared 3 orphaned children. At age five was stricken with polio; worked in box factory during World War II.
Source: Susan Smelley's autobiography.
Author: Susan's Autobiography. New York: Carlton Press, 1968.
SMITH, ALGERNON LUNDY, 1868-
Businessman. Born: Jan. 9, 1868 in Prattville, Ala. Married: Carrie J. Brown at Anniston, Ala., June 20, 1893. Children: Two. Education: attended Howard College in Marion. Joined brother in business and established agencies in Texas and Louisiana for Daniel Pratt Gin Co.; purchased controlling interest in Barbour Machine Works, Anniston; became president in 1898 of Texas Machine Co.; in 1901 became purchasing agent for Continental Gin Co. and in 1904 put in charge of sales east of Mississippi River, in 1910 for all sales; made vice president; in 1934 became president of Continental Gin; resigned 1938 to become vice chairman of board of directors. A Baptist and trustee of Judson College.
Source: Alabama Blue Book and Social Register; Continental Gin Company and Its Fifty-two Years of Service.
Author: Continental Gin Company and Its Fifty-two Years of Service. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1952.
SMITH, ANITA, 1942-
Journalist. Born: Alexander City, Ala., in 1942. Education: graduated from School of Journalism at University of Alabama. Reporter for Atlanta newspaper and interested in medical subjects, being one of female reporters to write on open-heart surgery; covered Gov. Lurleen Wallace's cancer illness. In college received John Luskin Award for academic achievement and named "Headliner of the Year"; in 1966 won Douglass Cannon Award from Medical Association of Alabama; named Alabama's Young Career Woman by Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; awarded certificate of achievement by Alabama Association of Mental Retardation, and certificate from Birmingham News for creative enterprise.
Source: Birmingham News, May 5, 1968.
Author: The Best Of Times. Birmingham, Ala.: The Best Of Times, 1989.
The Intimate Story of Lurleen Wallace: Her Crusade of Courage. Montgomery, Ala.: Communications Unlimited, 1969.
Lloyd Noland Hospital, the Legacy. Fairfield, Ala.: L. Noland Foundation, 1986.
Lloyd Noland, M.D., the Boss. Fairfield, Ala.: L. Noland Foundation, 1986.
SMITH, CHARLES BUNYAN, 1891-
Educator, educational administrator. Born: June 5, 1891, in Geneva Co., Ala. Parents: Isaac Bryan and Emma (Brunson) Smith. Education: science diploma from Troy State Normal School; Peabody College, B.S., M.A.; doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University; studied at Duke University. Began teaching in 1910 in Crenshaw Co., Ala.; 1917-1923 employed in Ramer, Madison, and New Market, Ala. (except for 6 months in U.S. Army); superintendent of Tallassee schools 1923-1935; director of Division of Instruction at Alabama State Department of Education; after 1937 president of Troy State Teachers College.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama; Who's Who in America, 1954.
Author: Autobiography, Early Years, 1891-1938. Troy, Ala.: Author, 1973.
Troy State University, 1937-1970. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1970.
SMITH, CHARLES P., 1863-1929
Businessman, public official. Born: May 20, 1863, in Sulphur Springs, Ga. Married: Minnie Holly in 1887. Children: Three. Education: Graduate, Chattanooga High School about 1880. Hardware salesman in Chattanooga, and in Gadsden, Ala. 1887-1914; after 1914 in insurance; mayor of Gadsden 1905-1906; on Etowah Co. Draft Board; wrote reminiscences for Gadsden Evening Journal, later published as A History of Gadsden.
Source: Introduction to Early History of Northeast Alabama....
Author: A History of Gadsden in Early History of Northeast Alabama and Incidentally of Northwest Georgia. University, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1979.
SMITH, ESTELLE SCROGGINS, 1892-1986
Educator. Born: Feb. 2, 1892. Married: W. J. Smith in 1924. Education: Peabody College, B.S.; Columbia University, M.S. Taught at Blanch [Alabama?]; principal at Cherokee Co. Jr. High School and at Hamilton Co., Tennessee; taught at University of Tennessee and at Jacksonville State University; supervisor of education in Arkansas and 17 years in Cherokee Co., Ala.; 5 years for State of Alabama; and 3 years in Key West, Fla.; chairperson of Cherokee Co. Bicentennial Commission; founder of Pasture Fence Art Show in Centre; of several civic organizations in Cherokee Co. and in Alabama; served as historian of Centre Chamber of Commerce.
Source: Bits and Pieces of the Heritage....; Anniston Star, Oct. 19, 1986.
Author: Bits and Pieces of the Heritage, Horizons and Festivals of Cherokee County, Alabama: a Bicentennial Publication 1976. 2 vols. Centre, Ala.: Coosa Printing Co., 1976-1977.
SMITH, EUGENE ALLEN, 1841-1927
Geologist, educator. Born: Oct. 27, 1841, in Prattville, Ala. Parents: Samuel Parrish and Adelaide Julia Smith. Married: Jane Henry Meredity Garland on July 10, 1872. Children: Five. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; University of Heidelberg, Germany, A.M., Ph.D.; also attended Universities of Berlin and Goettingen. Served in Confederate Army 1862-1865; assistant in Geological Survey at University of Mississippi, 1868-1877; professor of chemistry and mineralogy at University of Alabama, 1871-1873; state geologist for Alabama, 54 years beginning 1873; president of Geological Society of America in 1913. Elected to Alabama Hall of Fame, 1953.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Concerning Oil and Gas in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama, 1917.
A General Description of the Climate, and of the Geological, Topographical and Agricultural Features of the Cotton-Producing States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1884.
Geological Map of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1904.
Geological Structure and Description of the Valley Regions adjacent to the Cahaba Coal Field. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1890.
Geological Survey of Alabama: Report for the Years.... Montgomery, Ala.: W. D. Brown, 1873- (Title of the reports varies.)
The Iron Ores of Alabama. Salem: s.n., 1879.
List of the Ores and Minerals of Industrial Importance, Occurring in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: W. D. Brown, 1884.
Mineral Industries of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1925.
Oil Prospecting in Mobile County. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama, 1917.
On the Phosphates and Marls of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Smith, Alfred & Co., 1892.
Outline of the Geology of Alabama. Mobile, Ala.: Mobile Register, 1878.
Sketch of the Geology of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Sons, 1892.
Tertiary and Cretaceous Strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1887.
The Underground Water Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1907.
Joint Author: The Cement Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1904.
Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1904.
A Preliminary Report on the Upper Gold Belt of Alabama, in the Counties of Cleburne, Randolph, Clay, Talladega, Elmore, Coosa, and Tallapoosa. Montgomery, Ala.: J. P. Armstrong, 1896.
Report on the Cahaba Coal Field. Montgomery, Ala.: The Brown Printing Co., 1890.
Report on the Geology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1894.
SMITH, FRANCES SCOTT FITZGERALD, 1921-
Journalist. Born: Oct. 26, 1921, in St. Paul, Minn. Parents: Francis Scott Key and Zelda (Sayre) Fitzgerald. Married: Samuel Jackson Lanahan. Children: Three. Married: Grove Smith. Education: attended Vassar. Wrote for Washington Post and New York Times; contributed to several periodicals; resides in Montgomery.
Source: Newsweek, Nov. 15, 1965; Good Housekeeping, Oct. 1968; Ladies Home Journal, Nov. 1974; Zelda, a Biography; and files of Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: An Alabama Journal. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1976.
Joint Author: Don't Quote Me. New York: Dutton, 1970.
Joint Editor: Bits of Paradise. New York: Scribner, 1973.
Romantic Egoist. New York: Scribner, 1974.
SMITH, GARY VINCENT, 1943-
Educator. Born: Jan. 11, 1943, in Torrington, Conn. Parents: Aylmer Vincent and Eileen (Sarkis) Smith. Married: Elizabeth F. Kucera on Sept. 16, 1966. Children: One. Education: Villanova University, B.S.; New York University, M.A.; Wesleyan University (Conn.), Ma.L.S.; Lehigh University, D.Arts. Taught political science at Ricker College, Maine, 1968-1972, Pennsylvania State University at Fogelville, 1973-1974, Moravian College (Pa.), 1974-1975, and Alabama State University after 1975.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 101.
Author: A Commentary on the Book of Amos. Nashville: Thomas F. Nelson, 198?
Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some of His Descendants, circa 1775-1985. Montgomery, Ala.: G. V. Smith, 1985.
Editor: Zionism: the Dream and the Reality. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974.
SMITH, GEORGE EVERARD KIDDER, 1913-
Architect. Born: Oct. 1, 1913, in Birmingham. Parents: F. Hopkinson and Annie (Kidder) Smith. Married: Dorothea Fales Wilder on Aug. 22, 1942. Children: Two. Education: Princeton University, A.B., M.F.A. Registered architect in Alabama, New York, and North Carolina; architect with army engineers in Caribbean, 1940-1942; self-employed architect after 1946. Fellow of American Institute of Architects; received several fellowships, scholarships, and grants; decorated by Brazil with Order of the Southern Cross; decorated by Italy; subject of television special in 1976.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1984.
Author: The Architecture of the United States. 3 vols. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1981.
Beacon Guide to New England Houses of Worship: an Architectural Companion. Boston: Beacon Press, 1989.
Italy Builds. New York: Reinhold, 1955.
Looking At Architecture. New York: Abrams, 1990.
The New Architecture of Europe. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1961.
The New Churches of Europe. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
A Pictorial History of Architecture in America. American Heritage Pub. Co., 1976.
Sweden Builds. New York: A. Bonnier, 1947.
Switzerland Builds. New York: A. Bonnier, 1950.
Joint Author: Brazil Builds. New York: A. Bonnier, 1943.
SMITH, HATTIE LITTLE, 1930-
Secretary, business executive. Born: Dec. 11, 1930 in Belzoni, Miss. Parents: J.J. and Johnnie (Davis) Cerame. Married: H.E. Smith, Jr., on May 7, 1970. Children: Three. Education: attended Belhaven College (Miss.). Legal secretary at Chason Office, Foley, Ala.; secretary South Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce; executive secretary at Southern Pub. Co., Pensacola, Fla.; owner of Secretarial Service and Employment Placement Service, Foley; free-lance writer-reporter for Mobile Press- Register.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: Etc., by Hattie: a Collection of Columns Printed in the Mobile Press. Foley, Ala.: s.n., 1972.
SMITH, HOLLAND McTYEIRE, 1882-1967
Marine Corps general. Born: Apr. 20, 1882 in Seale, Russell Co., Ala. Parents: John V. and Corrie E. (McTyeire) Smith. Married: Ada B. Wilkinson in 1909. Children: One. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; University of Alabama, LL.B. Admitted to bar in 1903 but left practice after two years; commissioned U.S. Marines in 1905 and served in France in World War I; successful trainer for combat, known as "father of modern amphibious warfare"; in World War II led marine invasions of Tarawa, Taipan, and Iwo Jima, gaining nickname "Howlin' Mad"; later commander of fleet Marine force in Pacific; retired 1946 as full general.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. G.
Author: Coral and Brass. New York: Scribner, 1949.
SMITH, LARRY J., 1942-
Journalist, college administrator. Born: May 27, 1942 in Albertville, Ala. Parents: Howard J. and Jo Lee Smith. Married: Brenda Jackson on July 30, 1962. Children: One. Education: Jacksonville State University, B.S. Associate editor Sand Mountain Reporter, 1963-1967; financial aid director at Jacksonville State University after 1971; president of Marshall Co. Archaelogical Society and Alabama Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Source: Larry J. Smith, Jacksonville, Ala.
Joint Author: The History of Marshall County, Alabama, Vol. 1: Pre-History to 1939. Albertville, Ala.: Thompson Printing Co., 1969.
Editor: Fruithurst, Alabama's Vineyard Village. Albertville, Ala.: Thompson Printing Co., 1971.
Guntersville Remembered. Albertsville, Ala.: Creative Printers, 1989.
SMITH, LEE, 1944-
Journalist, educator, author. Born: Nov. 1, 1944, in Grundy, Va. Married: James Seay on June 17, 1967. Children: Two. Education: attended Hollins College. Taught in Tuscaloosa 1968- 1971 and feature writer, film critic, and editor for Tuscaloosa News; later taught in high schools and at University of North Carolina.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 114; Birmingham Public Library newspaper clippings.
Author: Black Mountain Breakdown. New York: Putnam, 1980.
Bob, A Dog. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Mud Puppy Press, 1988
Cakewalk. New York: Putnam, 1981.
Fair and Tender Ladies. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989.
Family Linen. New York: Putnam, 1985.
Fancy Strut. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
The Last Day the Dogbushes Blossomed. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Me and My Baby View the Eclipse. New York: Putnam, 1989.
Oral History. New York: Putnam, 1983.
Something in the Wind. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
SMITH, MURPHY DEWITT, JR., 1920-
Librarian, author. Born: Oct. 16, 1920, in Birmingham. Parents: Murphy Dewitt and Damie Emmaline (Hogan) Smith. Education: University of Tennessee, B.A., M.A.; studied at University of Pennsylvania. Manuscript librarian at American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, 1952-1971; associate librarian after 1971. Member American Library Association, American Historical Association, Society of American Archivists, and Manuscripts Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Author: Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in the Library of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1966.
Guide to the Archives and Manuscript Collections of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1966.
Historical American Sketches: an Illustrated Guide to Sketches in the Manuscript Collection of the American Philosophical Society. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1984.
Oak from an Acorn: a History of the American Philosophical Society, 1770-1803. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1976.
Realm of Gold: a Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1991.
Sherman Day: Artist, Forty-niner, Engineer. Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1980.
SMITH, REID
Writer, photographer, businessman. Born: Biloxi, Miss.; reared in Demopolis, Ala., at family home, Bluff Hall; lived later in Prattville, Ala. Married: Jule_____. Children: Four. Education: attended Huntingdon College; studied writing at University of Alabama under Hudson Strode and Edwin Kimbrough. Reporter for Montgomery Advertiser in late 1940s; assistant publicity director for State of Alabama; owned building materials business in Prattville which burned in 1958; he and wife ran Beaux-Arts Studios.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Majestic Middle Tennessee. Prattville, Ala.: Paddle Wheel Publications, 1975.
Joint Author: The Majesty of Natchez. Montgomery, Ala.: Paddle Wheel Publictions, 1969.
SMITH, ROBERT SELLERS, 1931-
Attorney, businessman, eductor, writer. Born: July 31, 1931, in Samson, Ala. Parents: Jackson and Rose (Sellers) Smith. Married: June Claire West in 1963. Children: Four. Education: University of Virginia, B.S., LL.B. Admitted to Alabama bar in 1959; assistant counsel for U.S. House of Representatives, investigation of campaign expenditures; counsel for U.S. Senate Labor and Public Welfare Commmittee, 1961-1963; instructor at University of Alabama 1963-1964; advisor to U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business; president Madison County Legal Aid Society. Member Alabama, American, and International Bar Associations.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1984-1985.
Author: Alabama and Federal Complaint Forms. Huntsville, Ala.: Madison Pub. Co., 1983.
Alabama and Federal Order and Judgment Forms. Huntsville, Ala.: Madison Pub. Co., 1983.
Alabama Law for the Layman. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1975.
Alabama Legal Forms, Annotated .... Atlanta: Harrison Co., 1967-68.
Forms under Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure .... Atlanta: Harrison Co., 1975.
Handbook of Law Office Forms. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1974.
Lawyer's Model Letter Book. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Modern Office Forms for Lawyers. Huntsville, Ala.: Madison Pub., 1969.
Joint Author: Alabama and Federal Order and Judgment Forms. Huntsville, Ala.: Madison Pub. Co., 1983.
SMITH, SIMON JACOB, 1894-1967
Postal employee, musician. Born: May 26, 1894, in Alliance, Ala. Parents: Jacob and _____ Smith. Married: Vergie _____ on Nov. 5, 1916. Children: Four. Education: attended Livingston College. Worked at Bessemer Post Office for 35 years; choir director Pleasant Ridge and Canaan Baptist Churches.
Source: Mrs. Barbara Marcus, Bessemer, Ala.
Author: Toadvine in Its Heyday. Toadvine, Ala.: s.n., 1960.
Joint Author: Canaan Garden Spot by the Cuttacochee, 1818- 1968. Bessemer, Ala.: Canaan Baptist Church, 1971.
SMITH, WILLIAM STEPHEN, 1917-
Educator. Born: Mar. 18, 1917, in Devil's Lake, N.D. Married: 1947. Children: Two. Education: Northern Illinois University, BEd; Stanford University, M.A., Ph.D. Taught at Northwestern State College (La.), 1950-1952; Auburn University, 1952-1977. Member Southern Speech Communication and Speech Communication Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Group Problem Solving through Discussion. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1965.
Joint Author: Building Better Speech. New York: Noble, 1962.
Methods and Means of Public Speaking. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
SMYTHE, MABEL MURPHY, 1918-
Educator, diplomat. Born: Apr. 3, 1918, in Montgomery. Parents: Harry Saunders and Josephine (Dibble) Murphy. Married: Hugh H. Smythe in 1939. Children: One. Education: attended Spellman College; Mount Holyoke College, A.B.; Northwestern University, M.A.; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D.; studied at New York University. Taught at Lincoln University, 1942-1945; Tennessee A & I State College, 1945-1946; Brooklyn College, 1946- 1947; Shiga University (Japan), 1951-1953; City College of City University of New York, 1959-1960; free-lance writer, 1948-1951; high school teacher principal, New York City, 1954-1959; vice- president for research and publications, Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York City, 1969-1977; became U.S. ambassador to Cameroon, 1977. Member: U.S. Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange and Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. National Commission on UNESCO; board of trustees Mount Holyoke College; Urban League of Greater New York.
Source: Contemporary Authors, vols. 37-40R.
Author: Curriculum for Understanding. S.l.: Union Free School District 13, 1965.
Some Directions in Afro-American Research. Atlanta, Ga.: Atlanta University, 1971.
Joint Author: New Nigerian Elite. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1960.
Editor: The Black American Reference Book. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976.
SNAVELY, GUY EVERETT, 1881-
Educator. Born: Oct. 26, 1881, in Antietam, Md. Parents: Charles G. and Emma (Rohrer) Snavely. Married: Ada Rittenhouse in 1905. Children: Three. Education: Johns Hopkins University, A.B., Ph.D. Taught Allegheny College, 1909-1919; dean and professor Converse College (S.C.), 1919-1921; president Birmingham Southern College, 1921-1938 and 1955-1957; executive director, Association of American Colleges 1937-1955; consultant to U.S. Information Agency, 1954-1955; interim president Lafayette College, 1957-1958; educational consultant after 1958; president of Association of Urban Universities, Southern Association of Colleges, and Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation. Member Phi Beta Kappa; received French Legion of Honor in 1947; received honorary degrees from 23 colleges and universities.
Source: Contemporary Authors, vols. 5R and 49.
Author: The Aesopic Fables in the Mireoir Historical of Jehan de Vignay. Baltimore: J. H. Furst, 1908.
Choose and Use Your College ... New York: Harper, 1941.
The Church and the Four-Year College ... New York: Harper, 1955.
A Search for Excellence: Memoirs of a College Administrator. New York: Vantage Press, 1964.
Editor: El Capitan Veneno. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1917.
Joint Editor: Jose: Novela. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1920.
SNELLGROVE, LOUIS, 1928-
Educator. Born: May 11, 1928, in Ozark, Ala. Parents: W. D. and Floy Mae (Andrews) Snellgrove. Married: Ethel Deloney in 1949. Children: Two. Education: Emory University, B.A.; University of Alabama, M.A., Ed.D. Taught high school in Bessemer and Tuscaloosa; taught at Union University, 1960-1968; taught Lambuth College after 1968. Member Mid-Western, Southeastern, and American Psychological Associations, and the Jackson Mental Health Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 3
Author: Construction and Use of Inexpensive Psychological Apparatuses. Jackson, Tenn.: Union University, 1962.
Joint Author: Equipment for Classroom Demonstration and Student Research in Experimental Psychology at High School and College Level. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
Psychological Experiments and Experiences (workbook). 6th ed. New York: Harcourt, 1974.
Psychology, Its Principles and Applications. 5th ed. New York: Harcourt, 1969.
Teachers Manual and Objective Tests for Use with Psychology. 5th ed. New York: Harcourt, 1969.
SNOW, DONALD MERRITT, 1943-
Educator. Born: June 22, 1943, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Parents: Clarence A. and Dorothea (Johnston) Snow. Married: Donna Bock on May 30, 1969. Children: One. Education: University of Colorado, B.A., M.A.; Indiana University, Ph.D. Taught at University of Alabama after 1969; taught one year at Air University, Montgomery; guest lecturer at Air War College, Army War College, Naval War College, and U.S. Military Academy; vice chairman of Consortium for International Studies Education after 1978.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 106.
Author: A Guide to Computer Pre-registration. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Teaching Learning Center, the University of Alabama, 1978.
Interim Self-Study Report for the International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences. University, Ala.: the College, 1972.
Introduction to World Politics: a Conceptual and Developmental Perspective. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1981.
The Last Frontier. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1986.
National Security: Enduring Problems in a Changing World. New York: St. Martin's, 1991
National Security, Enduring Problems of U.S. Defense Policy. New York: St. Martin's, 1987.
The Necessary Peace: Nuclear Weapons and Superpower Relations. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1987.
The Nuclear Future: Toward a Strategy of Uncertainity. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1983.
Nuclear Strategy in a Dynamic World, American Policy in the 1980's. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Self-study Report of the International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences. University, Ala.: the College, 1973.
The Shape of the Future: the Post-Cold War World. Armok, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1991.
Soviet-American Security Relations in the 1990's. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1989.
Joint Author: Arms and Security in the Global Arena. New York: Holt, 1983.
Introduction to Game Theory. New York: Learning Resources in International Studies, 1975.
Introduction to Strategy. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air Command and Staff College, 1981.
Making Strategy: an Introduction to National Security Processes and Problems. Montgomery, Ala.: Air University Press, 1988.
The Eagle's Talons: the American Experience at War. Montgomery, Ala.: Air University Press, 1988.
Editor: Readings in Nuclear Strategy Making. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air Command and Staff College, 1980.
SNOW, DOROTHEA JOHNSTON, 1909-
Educator, illustrator, writer. Born: Apr. 17, 1909, in McMinnville, Tenn. Parents: Fred Russell and Theresa Ella (Mosher) Johnston. Married: Clarence A. Snow in 1929. Children: One. Education: studied at Fort Wayne Art School and the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustrator for children's magazine in Chicago; 5 years as art director in publishing company; art teacher in Tampa, Fla.; Des Moines, Iowa; Elmhurst, Ill.; and Fort Wayne, Ind. Later lived in Huntsville, Ala.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 3NR; newspaper file, Birmingham Public Library; Tuscaloosa News, Nov. 21, 1983.
Author: Benjamin West, Gifted Young Painter. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967.
Billy's Treasure. New York: Rand McNally, 1972.
By Love Bewitched. New York: Avalon, 1980.
The Charmed Circle. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1962.
Circus Boy under the Big Top. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1957.
Circus Boy, War on Wheels. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1958.
Come, Chucky, Come. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
A Doll for Lily Belle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
Eli Whitney, Boy Mechanic. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs- Merrill, 1948.
The Fort at the Three Rivers. Ft. Wayne, Ind.: s.n., 1968.
Gardens of Love. New York: Avalon, 1982.
Golden Summer. New York: Avalon, 1983.
Henry Hudson, Explorer of the North. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.
Indian Chiefs. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1959.
John Paul Jones, Salt-Water Boy. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1950.
Lassie and the Mystery at Blackberry Bog. New York: Golden Press, 1956.
Lassie and the Secret of the Summer. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1958.
Listen in Your Heart. New York: Avalon, 1977.
Love's Bright Touch. New York: Avalon, 1984.
Love's Dream Remembered. New York: Avalon, 1979.
Love's Wondrous Ways. New York: Avalon, 1981.
The Mystery of Ghost Burro Canyon. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
No-Good, the Dancing Donkey. New York: Rand McNally, 1944.
Raphael Semmes, Tidewater Boy. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963.
Samuel Morse, Inquisitive Boy. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1955.
Secret of the Silver Bird. New York: Avalon, 1980.
The Secret of the Stone Frog. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1959.
Sequoyah, Young Cherokee Guide. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.
A Sight of Everything. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963.
That Certain Girl. Racine, Wisc.: Western Pub. Co., 1964.
Tomahawk Claim. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968.
Walt Disney's Toby Tyler. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1960.
The Whistling Mountain Mystery. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954.
SOLOMON, JACK, 1927-
Educator. Born: Aug. 30, 1927, in Brantley, Ala. Parents: Marion and Lucy Hill (Payne) Hix. Married: Olivia Pienezza Feb. 5, 1960. Children: Three. Education: Troy State University, B.A.; Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A.; George Peabody College, Ed.S.; advanced study at Auburn University. Taught at Kingston High School, Troy State University, Auburn University, Wallace Junior College (Selma), and Alexander City Junior College.
Source: Anonymous.
Joint Author: "Honey in the Rock": the Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1991.
Sweet Bunch of Daisies: Folk Songs Collected in Alabama. Bessemer: Colonial Press, 1991.
Joint Compiler: Cracklin Bread and Asfidity: Folk Recipes and Remedies. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Ghosts and Goosebumps: Ghost Stories, Tall Tales, and Supersititions from Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Zickery Zan: Childhood Folklore. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1980.
SOLOMON, MARTHA McLAUGHLIN, 1941-
Educator. Born: Dec. 31, 1941. Married: Harry Solomon. Children: Two. Education: Rice University, B.A.; University of Texas, M.A., Ph.D. Taught speech communication at Auburn University; editor of Southern Speech Communication Journal; vice president of Southern Speech Communication Association; published in several scholarly speech journals. Member Rhetoric Society of America.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; files at Auburn University; book jacket for Emma Goldman.
Author: Emma Goldman. Boston: Twayne, 1987.
A Voice of Their Own: the Woman Suffrage Press, 1840- 1910. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1991.
Joint Author: Anna Howard Shaw: Suffrage Orator and Social Reformer. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
SOLOMON, OLIVIA, 1937-
University employee. Born: June 1, 1937 in Tallassee, Ala. Parents: Harry and Mackie (Hornsby) Pienezza. Married: Jack Solomon, Feb. 5, 1960. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., M.A. Employed by Auburn University, Troy State University, and Auburn University at Montgomery.
Source: Anonymous.
Author: Five Folk Comedies for Today's Juvenile Stage. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals, 1983.
Wild Wildwood Flower and Other Deep South Tales. University, Ala.: Portals Press, 1979.
Joint Author: "Honey in the Rock": the Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1991.
Sweet Bunch of Daisies: Folk Songs Collected in Alabama. Bessemer, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1991.
Joint Compiler: Cracklin Bread and Asfidity: Folk Recipes and Remedies. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Ghosts and Goosebumps: Ghost Stories, Tall Tales, and Superstitions from Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Zickery Zan: Childhood Folklore. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1980.
SORENSEN, VIRGINIA EGGERTSEN, 1912-1992
Author. Born: Feb. 12, 1912 in Provo, Utah. Married: Frederick Sorenson, 1933. Married: Alec Waugh. Children: Two. Education: Brigham Young University, B.A.; studied in School of Journalism at University of Missouri. Moved to Auburn University where she did free-lance work and wrote novels and children's books; taught creative writing at Auburn and started student literary magazine. Received Guggenheim fellowship 1946-1947.
Source: Writers Directory, 1982; newspaper clippings at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Around the Corner. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1971.
Curious Missie. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953.
The Evening and the Morning. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949.
Friends of the Road. New York: Atheneum, 1978.
The House Next Door: Utah 1896. New York: Scribner, 1954.
Kingdom Come. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960.
A Little Lower than Angels. New York: Knopf, 1942.
Lotte's Locket. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1964.
The Man with the Key. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1974.
Many Heavens: a New Mormon Novel. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954.
Miracles on Maple Hill. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956.
The Neighbors. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946.
This Star. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946.
Plain Girl. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955.
The Proper Gods. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1951.
Where Nothing is Long Ago: Memories of a Mormon Childhood. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1963.
SOUTHGATE, WYNDHAM NELSON, 1910-
Educator. Born: May 26, 1910 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: James Taylor and Lizzie Morris (Mason) Southgate. Married: Joan Rudisill, May 9, 1941. Education: Studied at Birmingham Southern College; Harvard University, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Taught at Birmingham Southern College, 1932-1933; at Harvard University, 1933-1938; Scripps College, 1938-1941; and California Institute of Technology, 1941-1942; U.S. Naval Reserves 1942-1946; taught at Denison University, 1946-1975; visiting lecturer at Kenyon College and University of North Carolina; retired 1975.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1974; Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: John Jewel and the Problem of Doctrinal Authority. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962.
Joint Author: Heritage and Promise: Denison 1831-1981. Granville, Ohio: Sesquicentennial, 1981.
SPAIN, RUFUS BUIN, 1923-
Educator. Born: Jan. 29, 1923 in Gordo, Ala. Parents: John Ellis and Nona (Cameron) Spain. Married: Elizabeth Finchon, Nov. 22, 1945. Children: Two. Married: Carol Hanna, Dec. 1958. Children: Two. Education: diploma from Clarke Memorial Junior College (Miss.); Mississippi College, B.A.; Vanderbilt University, M.A., Ph.D. Served with U.S. Army 1943-1945 and 1952-1953; taught at Cumberland University, 1948-1950; Baylor University after 1957. Member: American and Southern Historical Associations, Organization of American Historians, and Southern Baptist Historical Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 21R; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: At Ease in Zion: a Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1967.
SPAKOVSKY, ANATOL VON
See: Shapovshii, Anatoli Ignatevic
SPARKMAN, BRANDON BUSTER, 1929-
Educator. Born: Aug. 2, 1929 in Hartselle, Ala. Parents: George Olen and Mary Louise (Jones) Sparkman. Married: Wanda Phillips, Sept. 13, 1952. Children: Three. Education: Florence State University BS; University of Alabama, M.S., Ed.S.; Auburn University, Ed.D. Taught at Bear Creek (Alabama) High School, 1954-1955, and assistant principal, 1955-1957; principal in Tuscumbia, Ala., 1958-1965, and assistant superintendent, 1965-1967; professor and part-time consultant at Auburn University, 1969-1970; teacher and administrator in Jackson (Miss.) public schools, 1970-1973; county superintendent in Richland Co. (S.C.) District One, 1971-1973; became assistant superintendent, Hartselle (Alabama) schools in 1975. Member: American Association of School Administrators, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: Blueprint for a Brighter Child. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
How Well Does Your Child Read? Hartselle, Ala.: Brandman Press, 1979.
Joint Author: Reading Skills Competency Tests. West Nyack, N.Y.: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1978.
Reading Skills Competency Tests, Advanced Level. West Nyack, N.Y.: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1978.
SPARKMAN, IVO HALL, 1899-
Artist. Born: Oct. 6, 1899 in Albertville, Ala. Parents: William Presley and Margaret Ann (Young) Hall. Married: John J. Sparkman, June 2, 1923. Children: One. Education: attended Woman's College (now Huntingdon); University of Alabama, B.S. Lived in Washington, D.C., with husband 42 years during his service in Congress; first displayed her paintings in Washington 1976; had subsequent exhibits. Received "Togetherness Award" in 1952 from McCalls Magazine; Ivo Sparkman Hall at Jacksonville State University named for her; chosen to christen USS Mobile.
Source: Who's Who Among American Women, 1972; Mrs. Sparkman.
Author: Journeys with the Senator. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1977.
Over the Senator's Shoulder: a Glance at the East. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1966.
SPENCE, RUTH SCHMIDT, 1922-
Librarian. Born: Sept. 28, 1922 in Montgomery. Parents: Albert August and Ruth (McCullough) Schmidt. Married: Paul Herbert Spence on May 9, 1954. Children: Three. Education: Huntingdon College, A.B.; studied architecture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Simmons University, M.S. (library science). In U.S. Navy, 1944-1947; librarian at Montgomery County Library, 1950-1952, at Air University, 1952-1955, at Air War College, 1958-1959, at Woodman Life Insurance Co. (Lincoln, Neb.), 1961-1963, at University of Neb., 1963, at University of Ill., 1963-1964, at University of Georgia, 1967-1970, and at Birmingham Public Library after 1972.
Source: A Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada, 1970; from Mrs. Spence.
Author: Bibliography of Birmingham, Alabama, 1872-1972. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor Press, 1973.
Bibliography of Birmingham, Alabama, Supplement. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor Press, 1975.
SPENCER, SAMIA ISKANDER, 1943-
Educator. Born: July 4, 1943 in Alexandria, Egypt. Parents: Samuel and Slange (Khalil) Iskander. Married: William Allen Spencer, June 8, 1969. Children: Two. Education: Alexandria University (Egypt), B.A.; University of Illinois, M.A., Ph.D. Secretary and general assistant to director U.S. Information Agency's library in Alexandria, 1965-1968; World Health Organization in Alexandria, 1967-1968; teaching assistant at University of Illinois, 1968-1972; Auburn University after 1972.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1981; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Foreign Language and International Trade: a Global Perspective. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1987.
Editor: French Women and the Age of Englightenment. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1984.
SPENCER, WILLIAM MICAJAH, JR., 1890-1979
Attorney, farmer, businessman. Born: June 10, 1890 in Gallion, Ala. Parents: William Micajah and Bertha Gracy (Steele) Spencer. Married: Margaret Woodward Evins in 1915. Children: Three. Education: graduated Marion Institute; University of Alabama, B.S.; Harvard University Law School, J.D. Practiced law in Birmingham until retirement in 1950; owned farms near Gallion and in Marengo Co.; directed Robertson Banking Co., and the Blackhawk Electric Corp. (Demopolis); board member Owens-Richard Co. and Metalplate and Coating, Inc.; board member Birmingham Botanical Society, Birmingham Children's Hospital, and Birmingham Museum. Birmingham's "Man of the Year" 1968; registrar for Diocese of Alabama, 1937-1971.
Source: Mr. Spencer's son.
Author: The Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary's-on-the- Highlands Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1955.
"X," Symbol of Independence and Progress. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1956.
SPIES, TOM DOUGLAS, 1902-1960
Physician, medical educator. Born: Sept. 21, 1902 in Ravenna, Tex. Parents: John Earl and Mary (Love) Spies. Education: University of Texas, A.B.; Harvard University, M.D. Did internship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston; taught Western Reserve University, 1931-1932; University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine, 1935-1947; Northwestern University Medical School after 1947; director of Nutrition Clinic, Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, after 1936; visiting professor of medicine, University of Alabama after 1941; on Food and Nutrition Board of National Research Council in 1943 and consultant on tropical medicine at Washington's Army Medical School, 1945; famous for work on pellagra. Member Phi Beta Kappa; awarded honorary Sc.D. in 1944 by University of the South at Sewanee.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. III.
Author: Experiences with Folic Acid. Chicago: Year Book Pub. Co., 1947.
Rehabilitation through Better Nutrition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1947.
Vitamin Deficiency, the Diagnosis of Pellagra. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1937.
Joint Author: B1 (Thiamine) and Its Use in Medicine. New York: Macmillan, 1939.
SPOTSWOOD, DILLON JORDAN
Surgeon. Parents: William Augustine Washington and Mary Reese (Eastin) Spotswood. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., M.D.; did graduate study in New York. Acting assistant surgeon U.S. Army, 1890-1892; practiced medicine in Mobile after 1892; surgeon for Seaboard Manufacturing Co. and Railroad 1893-1896.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Out of the Beaten Track: a Story of the Old South. New York: Abbey Press, 1901.
SPRATLING, WILLIAM PHILIP, 1863-1915
Physician. Born: Oct. 13, 1863 in Chambers Co., Ala. Parents: William Philip and Mary Ann Spratling. Married: Annie Gorton, 1901. Children: At least one child. Education: attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Moos Business College (Atlanta); attended medical school at Vanderbilt University; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. Entered U.S. Marine Hospital Service, 1887; assistant physician in New York State Hospital for the Insane for 5 years; medical superintendent of Craig Colony for Epileptics, 1894-1908; president National Association for the Study of Epilepsy; returned to Alabama and lived in Lafayette. Member New York Academy of Medicine and the American Medico-Psychological Association.
Source: Who's Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: The Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea in Livingston County, New York: Bulletin of General Information concerning Its Origin, Purposes and Methods of Work. S.l.: s.n., 1902.
Epilepsy and Its Treatment. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1904.
SPRATLING, WILLIAM PHILIP, JR., 1900-
Architect, silversmith. Born: Sept. 22, 1900 in Sonyear, N.Y. Parents: William Philip and Ann (Gorton) Spratling. Education: orphaned at age eleven and went to live with cousin in Auburn, Ala.; attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute's School of Architecture; attended Student Beaux Art Institute, New York City, 1919. Taught architecture at Tulane University 1921-1929; National University of Mexico, 1927-1929; traveled to Italy in 1920's with William Faulkner; moved to Mexico in late 1920s settling at Taxco where he founded a silversmith industry and taught the art to Mexicans; at request of President Eisenhower taught handicrafts to Eskimos.
Source: Alabama Magazine, Dec. 1985; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: File on Spratling: an Autobiography. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
Little Mexico. New York: J. Cape & H. Smith, 1931.
More Human than Divine.... Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1960.
Old Plantation Houses in Louisiana. New York: W. Helburn, 1927.
Joint Author: Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles. New Orleans: Pelican Bookshop Press, 1967.
SPRATT, ROBERT D., 1879-
Physician. Born: 1879 in Livingston, Ala. Parents: J. P. and _____ (Beggs) Spratt. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; Tulane Medical University, M.D.
Author: A History of the Town of Livingston, Alabama. Epes, Ala.: Sumter Co. Historical Society, 1974. (Written in 1928 and placed in Livingston Pub. Library)
STABLER, KENNETH MICHAEL, 1945-
Professional athlete, businessman. Born: Dec. 25, 1945 in Foley, Ala. Parents: Lee Roy and Myrtle Margaret (Osborne) Stabler. Married: Isabel Clarke. Children: One. Married: Debbie Fitzsimmons. Education: attended University of Alabama playing on football team. Played with Oakland Raiders beginning 1968; Oakland's Player of the Year and a player in Pro Bowl in 1973, 1974, and 1977; National Football League's Player of the Year 1974 and 1977; National Football League's Player of the Year 1974; traded to Houston Oilers 1980, and to New Orleans Saints 1982; president of Stabler Sporting Goods in Selma.
Source: Current Biography, 1979; Who's Who in America, 1982.
Joint Author: Snake. New York: Doubleday, 1986.
Super Bowl Diary: the Autobiography of Ken "The Snake" Stabler. Los Angeles: Pinnacle Books, 1977.
Winning Offensive Football. Chicago: Regnery, 1976.
STACKHOUSE, William
Scriptwriter. Born: January 9, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio Parents: John and Eleanor Stackhouse. Education: Wayne State University (Master's)
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Author: Stream of Death. : Poinsoned Pen Press Press, .
STAKELY, CHARLES AVERETT, 1859-1937
Clergyman. Born: March 3, 1859 in Madisonville, Tenn. Parents: Samuel Smith and Susan Francis (Fonville) Stakely. Married: Sarah Jessie Davis in 1881. Children: Four. During his childhood, he moved to Montgomery, Ala. with his family. Education: Mercer University, M.A.; admitted to bar at age 18 in Georgia; ordained to Baptist ministry in 1880. Served as pastor in Georgia; South Carolina; Washington, D.C.; and Montgomery, Ala.; trustee of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Awarded honorary D.D. by Richmond College (Va.) and LL.D. by Furman University.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: The History of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery: With Sketches of the Other Baptist Churches of the City and County. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1930.
A Small Collection of Original Poems. Atlanta: Bennett & Wells, 1879.
STALLWORTH, ANNE NALL, 1935-
Journalist, writer. Born: Sept. 30, 1935 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: John Martin and Lida (Crump) Nall. Married: Clarke Stallworth on Sept. 3, 1955. Children: Two. Education: attended Birmingham Southern College. Worked in advertising department of Birmingham News 1951-1958. Received first prize for fiction from Alabama Library Association in 1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 85.
Author: Go, Go, Said the Bird. New York: Vanguard Press, 1984.
This Time Next Year. New York: Vanguard Press, 1971.
Where the Bright Lights Shine. New York: Vanguard Press, 1977.
STANFIELD, MATTIE COLE, 1896-
Educator, civil servant. Born: May 26, 1896 in Ashville, Ala. Parents: George W. M. and Louisa Malissa (Driggers) Cole. Married: Olen W. Stanfield on June 7, 1924. Children: Two. Education: graduated high school in 1915 in Etowah Co., Ala.; attended junior college. Taught public school for next 5 years; entered U.S. Postal Service, working over 13 years as postmaster in Walnut Grove; worked over 6 years at Gadsden Air Force Depot; taught grade 6 in Walnut Grove, 1944-1945; after retirement wrote and did research in genealogy and local history.
Source: files at Birmingham Public Library and Alabama Public Library Service; Sourwood Tonic and Sassafras Tea; The Reporter, Boaz, Ala. Aug. 28, 1982; and from Mrs. Stanfield.
Author: History of Walnut Grove, Alabama. Boaz, Ala.: Boaz Leader Printing Co., 1964.
Life Line. Albertville, Ala.: Thompson Printing Co., 1973.
Palmerdale, Alabama: 50 Years History, 1934-1984. Boaz, Alabama: Boaz Printing Co., 1984.
Sourwood Tonic and Sassafras Tea: Memories of Rural Life in Northern Alabama at the Turn of the Century. New York: Exposition Press, 1963.
Southern Cole Families. Boaz, Ala: M. C. Stanfield, 1968.
STANLEY, CASSIUS MILLER, 1878-1968
Pharmacist, journalist. Born: September 9, 1878 in Jeffersonville, Ill. Parents: Isaac Henry and Mary Frances (Trussell) Stanley. Married: Martha Cousins Greet on Dec. 7, 1905. Children: Three. Education: Illinois College, Ph.B. Registered pharmacist in various Illinois cities; reporter for Birmingham Age-Herald and other papers, 1901-1922; associate editor Mobile Register, Mobile News-Item, Montgomery Advertiser, Florence Times-News, and Sheffield Tri-Cities Daily; editor, editor-in-chief of Alabama Journal and vice president Alabama Journal Pub. Co.; wrote Alabama section of Men of the South, 1921.
Source: Who's Was Who among English and European Authors; The Southerner; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Joint Author: The Southerner: a Biographical Encyclopedia of Southern People. New Orleans: Southern Editors Association, 1944.
STARR, BRYAN BARTLETT, 1934-
Professional athlete, businessman. Born: Jan. 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Benjamin B. and Lula I (Tucker) Starr. Married: Cherry Morton on May 8, 1954. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. Played football at Alabama; quarterback for Green Bay Packers, 1956-1971; assistant coach, 1972-1975; general manager and head coach for Packers; played in National Football League's Pro Bowl, 1960-1962 and 1966; founded Starr Motor Co. in Birmingham. Named NFL Player of the Year in 1966 and Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl games in 1967 and 1968.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1984.
Author: Bart Starr Tells How to Be an Armchair Quarterback. New York: North American Phillips Co., 1966.
Starr, My Life in Football. New York: Morrow, 1987.
Winning Football! Columbus, Ohio: Grow Ahead Press, 1968.
Joint Author: How to Pass, Kick, Run, Block.... New York: North American Phillips Co., 1965.
A Perspective on Victory. Chicago: Follett, 1972.
Quarterbacking. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
STARR, JOSEPH BARTON, 1945-
Educator, missionary. Born: Dec. 24, 1945 in Pensacola, Fla. Married: 1966. Children: Two. Eduction: Samford University, A.B.; Florida State, M.A., Ph.D. Taught history at Troy State University's Dothan/Fort Rucker Branch, 1970-1980; senior lecturer and missionary at Hong Kong Baptist College; Fulbright- Hays senior scholar in American studies at Hong Kong Baptist College, 1978-1979. Member American and Southern Historical Associations and Organization of American Historians.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: To Live (and Die) in Dixie. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1978.
Tories, Dons, and Rebels: the American Revolution in British West Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1978.
The United States Constitution: Its Birth, Growth, and Influence in Asia. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1988.
Joint Author: Alabama: a Place, a People, a Point of View. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1977.
STATON, THOMAS FELIX, 1917-
Educator, psychologist. Born: Mar. 19, 1917 in Clermont, Ga. Parents: Ferd Cris and Hassie (MacMillan) Staton. Married: Emma Dunlap on Oct. 27, 1951. Education: University of Georgia, A.B., M.A..; George Peabody College, Ph.D.; further study at Columbia University. Taught in Atlanta public schools, 1936- 1942; clinical psychologist in U.S.Army, 1942-1945; practiced clinical psychotherapy after 1953; captain U.S. Air Force Reserves; educational adviser at Air University, 1946-1959; in 1959, became head of Dept. of Psychology at Huntingdon College; president of Educational Aids, Publishers; consulting psychologist to business and industrial organizations. Member American, Southeastern, and Alabama Psychological Associations and American Academy of Psychotherapy.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7R.
Author: Dynamics of Adolescent Adjustment. New York: Macmillan, 1963.
How to Instruct Successfully: Modern Teaching Methods in Adult Education. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960.
How to Learn Faster and Better. Montgomery, Ala.: Educational Aids, 1958.
How to Study. Montgomery, Ala.: Educational Aids, 1951.
Human Relations for Supervisors: How to Make Every Day Pay Day. Minneapolis: American Guidance Service, 1957.
R.S.V.P.: a Dynamic Approach to Study. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1966.
STAYER, SAMUEL NISSLEY, 1942-
Educator. Born: Apr. 24, 1942 in Lancaster, Pa. Parents: Samuel Bechtel and Caroline Elizabeth (Nissly) Stayer. Married: Margaret Lee Gilbreath on Dec. 29, 1984. Education: Ursinus College, B.A.; Duke University, M.A., Ph.D. Taught at Fairleigh- Dickinson University, 1968-1972; Birmingham Southern College after 1972. Received research grant from Duke University 1971; Kellogg Foundation grant 1978; National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant 1979; Title III grant 1982, and Mellon Foundation grant 1983; member Men's Honor Society of Uranus College, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, and Pi Nu Epsilon honor societies.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Joint Author: View from the Hilltop: the First 125 Years of Birmingham Southern College. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Southern College, 1981.
STECKEL, MINNIE LOUISE, 1890-1952
Educator, psychologist. Born: in 1890 in Woodbine, Kan. Education: University of Kansas, B.A.; University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D. School administrator and psychologist in North Dakota and Iowa schools; began in 1930 as teacher and student counselor at Alabama College in Montevallo. Member Business and Professional Women's Club, Alabama Mental Hygiene Society, American Psychological Association, and other similar groups; loan scholarship named for her by Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs.
Source: Newspaper clippings furnished by library of University of Montevallo.
Author: The Alabama Business Woman as Citizen. Montevallo, Ala.: Alabama College, 1937.
Alabama Women and Their Employers, 1938-39. Montevallo, Ala.: Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, and Alabama College, 1939.
STEELE, EDLENA GILLESPIE
Educator. Born: Madison, Ala. Married: Earle C. Steele in 1912. Children: Three. Education: graduated Madison Training School; attended Agnes Scott College; Athens College, B.S. Taught in public schools and coached drama. Member Alabama Retired Teachers Association, and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Source: Book jacket in files of Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Paul Artleigh. New York: Vantage Press, 1964.
STEELE, FRANK, 1935-
Educator, poet. Born: Jan. 13, 1935 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: Frank Pettus and Zeila (Stovall) Steele. Married: Peggy Myrick on April 27, 1958. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A.; University of Chattanooga, M.Ed.; University of Tennessee, Ed.D. Taught Baylor School for Boys (Chattanooga), 1960-1964; Webb School (Knoxville), 1964-1967; University of Tennessee at Martin, 1967-1968; Western Kentucky University since 1968. Member Modern Language Association of America and South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Author: Walking to the Waterfall: Poems of 1968. Martin, Tenn.: Tennessee Poetry Press, 1969.
Compiler: Poetry Southeast, 1950-1970. Martin, Tenn.: Tennessee Poetry Journal, 1968.
STEELE, HAROLD CLYDE, 1925-
Educator. Born: Apr. 14, 1925 in Atlanta. Parents: Robert S. and Ella (Fincher) Steele. Married: Myrtis Glenn Cofield in 1957. Education: Emory University, B.S.; University of Georgia, M.A.; Auburn University, Ed.D. Teacher and administrator in University of Georgia system and in Alabama; in 1971, chairman of Division of Allied Health Technologies at Calhoun State Technical School (Decatur, Ala.); director of two National Science Foundation projects at University of Alabama (Huntsville); consultant to Top of Alabama Regional Education Service Agency's Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. Member American Public Health Association, International College of Applied Nutrition, American Geriatric Society, and Alabama Education Association.
Source: International Who's Who of Intellectuals; Alabama's Distinguished.
Author: The Departmental Assistant in Biological Science.... Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1966.
How to Activate and Direct Students in Science Research. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Pub. Co., 1970.
I Was a Stranger: the Faith of William Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army. New York: Exposition Press, 1954.
Outline and Notes in Human Biology with Laboratory Exercises. Minneapolis: Burgess Pub. Co., 1956.
Joint Author: High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and You. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1969.
How to Deal with Aging and the Elderly. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1970.
STEIN, RICHARD JAMES, 1925-
Engineer. Born: Jan. 24, 1925 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Charles Hanon and Katherine (Rivers) Stein. Married: Betty Jean Mathews in 1955. Children: Three. Education: attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute, State University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Metallurgist with Tenn. Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., 1950-1951; structural engineer with Ingalls Iron Works, 1951-1954; propulsion engineer with U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Laboratories, 1954-1959; joined NASA in 1959 as staff engineer to director of program management. Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Masque and Gavel, Euclidean Society, and American Society of Professional Engineers.
Source: Alabama's Distinguished.
Joint Author: Space Carrier Vehicles: Design, Development and Testing of Launching Rockets. New York: Academic Press, 1963.
STEPHENS, GERTRUDE LOUISE JOHNSON, 1922-
Civil servant. Born: Oct. 11, 1922 in Jay, Fla. Parents: James Lean and Josephine Alliefair (Johnston) Johnson. Married: Charles Earl Stephens on Dec. 23, 1947. Children: One. Education: studied at American University (Washington). Employed by Alabama State Vocational Rehabilitation Service in Birmingham and Gadsden; the American Red Cross in Birmingham; the U.S. Civil Service at Fort McClellan; Office of Naval Research in Washington; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Liaison Office in Canada and Argentina, and the U.S. Customs as import specialist.
Source: Family Tree of John "Pealicker" Johnson.
Author: Family Tree of John "Pealicker" Johnson, Conecuh County, Alabama, and William Johnson.... Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1973.
STERKX, HENRY E., 1920-
Historian, educator. Born: June 25, 1920 in Alexandria, La. Education: Louisiana State University, B.A., M.A.; University of Alabama, Ph.D. Taught at Troy State College, 1947-1956 and 1959- 1972; University of Tampa, 1957-1958; Auburn University in Montgomery after 1972. Member: Organization of American Historians and Southern Historical Association; received Award of Merit from American Association of State and Local History, 1974.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: The Free Negro in Ante-Bellum Louisiana. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh-Dickinson University Press, 1972.
Partners in Rebellion: Alabama Women in the Civil War. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh-Dickinson University Press, 1970.
Some Notable Alabama Women during the Civil War. University, Ala.: Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962.
Joint Author: George Corley Wallace: a Legislative Legacy, 1946-1986. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1989.
Governors of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Journal and Advertiser, 1984.
The Role of the Senate in Alabama History. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1978.
STERNE, EMMA GELDERS, 1884-1971
Educator, author. Born: May 13, 1884 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Louis and Blanche (Loeb) Gelders. Married: Roy M. Sterne in March, 1917. Children: Two. Education: Smith College, A.B.; attended Columbia University and New School for Social Research. Taught in Rowayton, Conn., 1946-1950; editor at American Book Co., 1950-1956; wrote under pseudonyms "Emily Brown" and "Josephine James." Member: American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Educational Fund, and Women for Peace.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5NR.
Author: Amarantha Gay, M. D. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1932.
America Was Like This. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1941.
A Ball for Little Bear: an Ojibway Legend. New York: Aladdin Books, 1953.
Benito Juarez, Builder of a Nation. New York: Knopf, 1967.
Blood Brothers, Four Men of Science. New York: Knopf, 1958.
Balboa. New York: Knopf, 1960.
Blue Pigeons. New York: Duffold & Co., 1929.
Calico Ball. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1933.
Drums of Monmouth. New York: Court Book, Co., 1935.
European Summer. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1938.
His Was the Voice: the Life of W. E. B. DuBois. New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1971.
How Rabbit Stole Fire: a Cherokee Legend. New York: Aladdin Books, 1954.
I have a Dream. New York: Knopf, 1965.
Incident in Yorkville. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943.
Let the Moon Go By: a Book of Tall Tales. New York: Aladdin Books, 1955.
The Long Black Schooner, the Voyage of the Amistad. New York: Aladdin Books, 1953.
Loud Sing Cuckoo. New York: Duffield, 1930.
Mary McLeod Bethune. New York: Knopf, 1957.
Miranda Was a Princess: a Story of Old Spain. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937.
No surrender. New York: Duffield and Green, 1932.
The Pirate of Chatham Square, a Story of Old New York. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1939.
Printer's Devil. New York: Aladdin Books, 1952.
The Reluctant Dragon: a Play in Three Acts. New York: S. French, 1935.
Some Plant Olive Trees. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937.
They Took Their Stand. New York: Crowell-Collier, 1968.
Watchtowers and Drums. New York: Aladdin Books, 1953.
We Live to Be Free. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
White Swallow. New York: Duffold & Co., 1928.
Editor and arranger:
The Bible, Designed to Be Read by People of All Ages. Chicago: Library Publishers, 1959.
STEVENS, LUCILE VERNON, 1899-
Educator, author. Born: March 7, 1899 in St. Paul, Minn. Parents: J. L. and Mattie (Carter) Vernon. Married: Harry L. Stevens. Education: Wichita State University, A.B.; graduate study at University of Arkansas. Taught high schools in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Member Pensters (Mobile, Ala.).
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: The Crape Myrtle Tree. New York: Bouregy, 1968.
Death Wore Gold Shoes. New York: Avalon Books, 1966.
Dowry of Diamonds. New York: Bouregy, 1968.
Green Shadows. New York: Avalon Books, 1973.
Home to Cypresswood. New York: Avalon Books, 1972.
Joni of Storm Hill. New York: Avalon Books, 1976.
Love-in-a-Mist. New York: Bourgegy, 1967.
Of Dreams and Danger. New York: Avalon Books, 1981.
Phantom Rubies. New York: Avalon Books, 1974.
The Red Tower. New York: Valentine Books, 1968.
The Redbird Affair. New York: Avalon Books, 1974.
Search through the Mist. New York: Avalon Books, 1971.
Threads of Gold. New York: Bouregy, 1968.
STEWART, FRANK, 1947-
Educator, professional bridge player. Born: 1947. Parents: Frank Ross and Margaret (Turner) Stewart. Education: University of Alabama. Served in U.S. Army in Korea; taught and wrote after 1975; became professional bridge player; associate editor of Contract Bridge Bulletin and contributing editor for Popular Bridge Magazine.
Source: Book jacket to A Christmas Stocking.
Author: Better Bridge for the Advancing Player. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1984.
The Bridge Player's Comprehensive Guide to Defense. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987.
The Bridge Student Text. Louisville, Ky.: Deryn Press, 1988.
A Christmas Stocking. S.l.: s.n., 1985.
The Contract Bridge Quiz Book. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Winning Defense for the Advancing Player. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1985.
STEWART, JOHN CRAIG, 1915-
Educator, writer. Born: Jan. 20, 1915 in Selma, Ala. Parents: Horace H., II, and Mary (Craig) Stewart. Married: Patti ____ in 1939. Married: Lila Harper in 1960. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., M.A. Taught at University of Alabama, 1950-1964; moved to western North Carolina and continued writing. University of South Alabama established the John Craig Stewart Creative Writing Award, given annually to outstanding student writers; honorary editor and advisor to New Writers, New York Quarterly; member University of Alabama Press editorial board.
Source: Mr. John Craig Stewart; Directory of American Scholars, 1978.
Author: The Governors of Alabama. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co., 1975.
Know Alabama: a History of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1957.
The Last to Know. New York: Tempo Books (Grossett & Dunlap), 1981.
Muscogee Twilight. Northport, Ala.: American Southern Pub. Co., 1965.
Through the First Gate. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1960.
STEWART, MARGARET TURNER, 1914-
Educator, writer. Born: Feb. 6, 1914 in Sycamore, Ala. Parents: Ivy C. and ______ Turner. Married: Frank Ross Stewart on July 31, 1934. Children: One. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; attended Ohio State University. Served in U.S. Navy 1943-1945; taught school; founded Stewart University and Stewart University Press in Centre, Ala.; candidate for several political offices.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, Vol. 4; various portions of Mrs. Stewart's books.
Author: Alabama's Families. Troy, Ala.: Alabama Genealogical Society, 1962.
Alabama's Bibb County. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1983.
Alabama's Calhoun County. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1976.
Alabama's City of Sheffield. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1985.
Alabama's City of Tuscumbia. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1985.
Alabama's Cleburne County: a History of Cleburne County and Her People. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1982- 1983.
Alabama's Franklin County: a History of Franklin County and Her People. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1988-.
Alabama's Pike County. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1976.
Alabama's Unified Judicial System and the Heflins. S.l.: Author, 1988.
Black Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1978.
Cemetery Records of Cherokee County, Alabama, 1840-1860. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1981.
Cheatwood and Allied Families. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1984.
Cherokee County History, 1836-1956. 5 vols. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1958-
Doctor Clarence William Daugette: the Biography of an Educator. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1982.
The History of Education in Cherokee County, Alabama. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1981-
The History of Methodism in Alabama. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1983.
The Impeachment of Probate Judge of Cherokee County, Alabama. Piedmont, Ala.: Mrs. F. R. Stewart, 1990.
New Hope Baptist Church of Calhoun County, Alabama Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, 1832-1982: History. Centre, Ala.: Steward University Press, 1982.
Northeast Alabama Scrapbook, 1883-1935. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1983.
Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice: a Study of Piedmont, Alabama. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1986.
Stewart Family History. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1989-
Two Hundred Clubwomen: Second District Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs. Centre, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
Editor: He Never Turned His Back: an Autobiography of Robert B. Butler. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press, 1978.
STEWART, WILLIAM HISTASPAS, 1939-
Political analyst, writer, educator. Born: Aug. 20, 1939 in Hartselle, Ala. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., Ph.D.; George Washington University, M.A. Taught at the Citadel, 1968- 1972; University of Alabama after 1972; contributing editor for political affairs for station WAPI-TV Birmingham, 1970-1973. Member American Political Science Association.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1978.
Author: Alabama and the Energy Crisis. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1974.
Alabama and the 1976 Presidential Election. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1977.
The Alabama Constitutional Commission: a Pragmatic Approach to Constitutional Revision. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1975.
The Allocation of Public Functions: Political and Economic Criteria for North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission. Decatur, Ala.: s.n., 1970.
Citizen Participation in Public Administration. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1976.
Computers and Government. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1972.
Concepts of Federalism. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1984.
The Doctrine of Executive Privilege: a Study of Its Applications during the Eisenhower Administration. Washington, D.C.: s.n., 1961.
Government and Alcohol: the ABC System in Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1973.
The Growth of State Administration in Alabama: a Contemporary Reassessment. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1978.
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: a Case Study in the Politics of Water Transportation. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1971.
Voter's Guide to the 1976 Elections. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1976.
Joint Author: Alabama Government and Politics. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1988.
STILL, JAMES, 1906-
Educator, librarian, writer. Born: July 16, 1906 in Double Creek, Ala. Parents: J. Alex and Lonie (Lindsey) Still. Education: Lincoln Memorial University, A.B.; Vanderbilt University, M.A.; University of Illinois, B.S. (library science). Librarian at Hindman (Ky.) Settlement School, 1932-1939 and 1952- 1962; taught at Morehead State University, 1962-1971; free-lance writer. Received: MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 1938; O. Henry Memorial Prize, 1939; Southern Authors Award from Southern Women's National Democratic Organization, 1940; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1941-1942; fiction award from American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1947. Awarded Litt.D. from Berea College, 1973, and L.H.D. from Lincoln Memorial University, 1974.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Author: Hounds on the Mountain. New York: Viking Press, 1937.
Jack and the Wonder Beans. New York: Putnam, 1976.
Patterns of Man & Other Stories. Lexington, Ky.: Gnomon, 1976.
River of Earth. New York: Viking, 1940.
River of Earth, the Poem and Other Poems. Lexington, Ky.: King Library Press, 1983.
The Run of the Elbertas. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1980.
Rusties, Riddles, and Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1989.
Sporty Creek. New York: Putnam, 1977.
Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek. New York: Putnam, 1974.
The Wolfpen Notebooks: a Record of Appalachian Life. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1991.
The Wolfpen Poems. Berea, Ky.: Berea College Press, 1986.
The Wolfpen Rusties. New York: Putnam, 1975.
On Troublesome Creek. New York: Viking, 1941.
STODDARD, SANDOL, 1927-
Author. Born: Dec. 16, 1927 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Carlos French and Caroline (Harris) Stoddard. Married: Felix M. Warburg, Apr. 2, 1949. Children: Six. Married: Frank Drew Dollard, June 19, 1966. Married: William A. Atchley, June 1, 1974. Education: Bryn Mawr, A.B.; graduate work at San Francisco State College. Wrote books, some of which became films; wrote under names of both Stoddard and Warburg.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 8NR.
Author: Bedtime for Bear. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1985.
Bedtime Mouse. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1981.
A Child's Book of Prayers, Praises, and Thanksgivings. New York: Dial, 1989.
A Child's First Bible. New York: Dial, 1990.
Curl Up Small. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1964.
Doubleday Illustrated Children's Bible. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983.
Free. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1976.
From Ambledee to Zumbledee: an A-B-C of Rather Special Bugs. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1968.
God's Little House. Mahway, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1984.
Growing Time. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1969.
Hooray for Us. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1970.
The Hospice Movements. New York: Stein & Day, 1978.
I Like You. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1965.
Keep It like a Secret. Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1961.
My Very Own Special Particular Private and Personal Cat. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1963.
On the Way Home. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1973.
The Rules and Mysteries of Brother Solomon. Mahway, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1986.
The Thinking Book. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1960.
Adaptor: Saint George and the Dragon. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1963.
STOKES, LINNIE J., 1898-1980
Genealogist. Born: 02/11/1898 Union community-Henry County, Ala. Parents: James Holt and Arrie Gertrude Culpepper Herring. Married: James Long Stokes b.1890-d.1947. Children: Four. Stephen Lawrence, Vivian Maurine, Henry Holt and Arrie Long (Zeke). Education:
Source: Linnie J. Stokes
Author: The Bend of the Abbie. s.l.: Chancey-Herring Publishers, 1976.
STOLLENWERCK, FRANK, JR., 1883-
Attorney, statesman. Born: Mar. 24, 1883 in Selma, Ala. Parents: Frank and Emma (Calhoun) Stollenwerck. Married: Dixie Orum on June 20, 1917. Education: attended private school in Greenville, Ala., Starke's University in Montgomery, and Boys Latin School in Baltimore, Md.; Johns Hopkins University, A.B.; Harvard Law School, LL.B. Practiced law in Montgomery; Alabama state legislator, 1909-1910.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: The Stollenwerck, Chaudron and Billon Families in America.... Baltimore: s.n., 1948.
STONE, ELNA WORRELL
Educator, employment counselor, writer. Born: Gattman, Miss. Parents: Walter L. and Verna (Worrell) Burchfield. Married: Joseph E. Daniel. Children: Two. Married: Donald S. Stone, September 28, 1962. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.S.; graduate work at Florida State University and University of West Florida. Lived variously in Pickens Co., Ala., and in Cullman, Sheffield, and Mobile; teacher; counselor with Florida State Employment Service, 1961-1966; wrote sometimes under name "Elna Worrell Daniel."
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 13R and 5NR.
Author: Dark Masquerade. New York: Prestige Books, 1973.
Ghosts at the Wedding. New York: Belmont Pub., 1971.
How to Choose Your Work. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Bruce, 1974.
How to Get a Job. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1969.
The Secret of the Willows. New York: Belmont Books, 1970.
Speak Up. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1964.
The Vision of Esmaree. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976.
The Visitation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
Whisper of Fear. New York: Beagle Books, 1973.
STONE, PATTIE WRIGHT, 1852-
Author. Born: Aug. 2, 1852 in Cherokee Co., Ala. Parents: Moses Rochester and Elizabeth (Harper) Wright. Married: Lucius Bennet Stone on Dec. 3, 1874. Education: studied under governesses and at female seminary in Cave Springs, Ga.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: A Tale of a Hundred Years. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing, 1922.
Editor: As We Sow. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1906.
STOUDENMIRE, JOHN
Psychologist, educator. Born: Prattville, Ala. Married: Nan Chancey. Children: Three. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.S.; University of Southern Mississippi, Ph.D. Outpatient director for many years mental health complex of North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo; clinical director Singing River Health Services, Pascagoula, Miss.; president Mississippi Psychological Association; taught at University of Southern Mississippi, and Mississippi State; wrote column "Coping Better" for Tupelo Lee County News and for Mississippi Press in Pascagoula.
Source: Rainy Day Blues and Greens.
Author: Coping Better with Your School Age Child. S.l.: Growth Associates, s.d.
Rainy Day Blues and Greens. Pascagoula, Miss.: Lewis Printing Service, 1981.
STOVER, VIRGINIA HENDRIX
Artist, writer. Parents: L. D. Hendrix and ________. Married: the Rev. Clarence L. Stover. Children: Five. Lived in several Alabama towns, including Cullman and Holly Pond; for 22 years wrote two columns, "Woman Talk" and "Uplifting."
Source: Jackets and contents of several of her books.
Author: Angels in the Mountains. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1957.
Awakening Twilight. Birmingham Printing Co.: s.n., 1963.
For the Beauty of the Mountain. Jasper, Ala.: Author, 1976.
A Gift for You. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1980.
May I? Holly Pond, Ala.: Author, 1969.
No Compromise. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Press, 1978.
Old One's Valley in the Ozarks. Orlando, Fla.: Christ for the World Publishers, 1970.
Patchwork Diary. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Press, 1972.
Rays of Hope. Holly Pond, Ala.: Author, 1968.
Thresholds. Holly Pond, Ala.: Author, 197?
Women Talk. Holly Pond, Ala.: Author, 1970?
STRAYHORN, ZORA SHAY, 1909-
Variously employed. Born: 1909 in Ontario, Calif.; original name "Frances Immogene Shay." Married: Dixie Craig Strayhorn in 1948. Children: Adopted one child. Education: graduated Northeast Alabama Junior College. Held many different jobs in such places as Hawaii, Wyoming, California, and Alabama; moved to Mentone, Ala., 1954; lived in California, 1956-1960; returned to Mentone, 1960.
Source: Anniston Star, Jan. 6, 1987; and from her history of Mentone, Ala.
Author: Mentone, Alabama: a History. Mentone, Ala.: Mentone Area Preservation Association, 1986.
STREET, JAMES HOWELL, 1903-1954
Clergyman, journalist, author. Born: Lumberton, Miss., October 15, 1903. Parents: Jonathan Gamillus Street and _______. Married: Lucy Nash O'Briant on June 20, 1923. Children: Three. Education: attended Massey School, Pulaski, Tenn.; attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Howard College. Reporter for Laurel, Miss. Daily Leader and other papers until 1923; Baptist minister 1923-1926 in Birmingham and elsewhere; returned to journalism in New York and other cities; in 1937 became free-lance writer.
Source: National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1958.
Author: The Biscuit Eater. New York: Dial Press, 1941.
By Valour and Arms. New York: Dial Press, 1944.
Captain Little Ax. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1956.
The Civil War. New York: Dial Press, 1953.
The Gauntlet. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1945.
Good-Bye, My Lady. Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1945.
The High Calling. New York: Doubleday, 1951.
In My Father's House. New York: Dial Press, 1941.
Look Away, A Dixie Notebook. New York: Viking Press, 1936.
Mingo Dabney. New York: Dial Press, 1950.
Oh, Promised Land. New York: Dial Press, 1940.
The Revolutionary War. New York: Dial Press, 1954.
Short Stores. New York: Dial Press, 1945.
Tap Roots. New York: Book League of America, 1942.
The Velvet Doublet. New York: Doubleday, 1953.
Joint Author: Pride of Possessions. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
Tomorrow We Reap. New York: Dial Press, 1949.
STREET, OLIVER DAY, 1866-1944
Attorney, politician. Born: Dec. 6, 1866 in Warrenton, Ala. Parents: Thomas Atkins and Julia Ann (Beard) Street. Married: Mary Emma Lusk in 1892. Children: Five. Married: Mary Curd Allen in 1927. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., LL.D. Admitted to bar in 1888; practiced law in Guntersville and Birmingham; U.S. attorney general, 1914-1920; 3 times Republican nominee for congress and nominee for governor of Alabama, 1914 and 1924; admitted to practice before Alabama and U.S. supreme courts. Member Tennessee Valley Historical Society, trustee of Alabama Department of Archives and History; active Mason.
Source: Who Was Who among North American Authors and SCRIPSIT.
Author: The Indians of Marshall County, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Soc., 1904.
Marshall County One Hundred Years Ago. Guntersville, Ala.: Guntersville Democrat Printers, 1903.
Notes on the History of Marshall County. S.l.: s.n., 193?
Symbolism of the Three Degrees. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: National Masonic Research Soc., 1922.
STREET, THOMAS ADKINS, 1872-1936
Attorney, educator. Born: Mar. 14, 1872 in Warrenton, Ala. Parents: Thomas A. and Julia Ann (Beard) Street. Married: Lallie Abercrombie in 1911. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., LL.B. Admitted to bar, 1894; practiced in Nashville and taught at Vanderbilt University; taught law at University of Missouri, 1908-1910; on editorial staff of Edward Thompson Co. law publisher, Northport, N.Y.; contributor to American and English Encyclopedia of Law and to Law Notes; drafted internal revenue law for Philippines, 1914; on Code Committee to revue Philippine laws; principal codifier of Administrative Code for Philippines, 1917; associate justice of Philippine Supreme Court 1917-1936.
Source: Who Was Who among North American Authors; SCRIPSIT.
Author: Federal Equity Practice: a Treatise on the Pleadings Used.... Northport, N.Y.: Edward Thompson Co., 1909.
The Foundations of Legal Liability.... Northport, N.Y.: Edward Thompson Co., 1906.
STRIBLING, THOMAS SIGISMUND, 1881-1965
Educator, attorney, writer. Born: Mar. 4, 1881 in Clifton, Tenn. Parents: Christopher Columbus and Amelia Annie (Waits) Stribling. Married: Louella Anna W. Kloss on Aug. 6, 1930. Education: attended Normal School, Florence, Ala.; University of Alabama, LL.B. Little success as teacher; practiced law only briefly; employed by Taylor-Trotwood Magazine in Nashville and by Chattanooga News; after travel abroad returned to Clifton and wrote novels; instructor in novel writing at Columbia University, 1936 and 1940. Received Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for The Store; awarded honorary LL.D. by Oglethorpe University in 1936.
Source: Contemporary American Authors; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4
Author: Backwater. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1930.
Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories. New York: Dover, 1975.
Birthright. New York: The Century Co., 1922.
Bright Metal. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928.
Clues of the Caribees: Being Certain Criminal Investigations of Henry Poggioli, Ph.D. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1917.
East Is East. New York: L. Harper Allen, 1928.
Fombombo. New York: The Century Co., 1923.
The Forge. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1934.
Red Sand. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1924.
The Sound Wagon. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1932.
The Store. New York: Literary Guild, 1932.
Strange Moon. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929.
Teeftallow. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1926.
These Bars of Flesh. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1926.
Unfinished Cathedral. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1934.
STRICKLAND, EDWIN ANSEL, 1939-
Attorney. Born: Apr. 4, 1939. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., LL.B. Admitted to bar 1964; served U.S. Army, 1964-1967; practiced law in Birmingham, 1967-1976; after 1975 was county attorney for Jefferson. Member Birmingham and Alabama Bar Associations, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, and American Society of Hospital Attorneys.
Source: Who's Who of American Law, 1879.
Author: Phenix City. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1955.
Joint Author: Heart Strings and Purse Strings: the Bank with the Heart of Gold. S.l.: s.n., 1978?
STRICKLAND, STEPHEN PARKS, 1933-
Public administrator, educator. Born: Nov. 25, 1933 in Birmingham. Parents: Kelly Parks and Alice Winn (Peeples) Strickland. Married: Tamara Gunsard on June 15, 1962. Education: Emory University, B.A.; Johns Hopkins University, M.A., Ph.D. Congressional staff assistant 1959-1965; congressional staff member of American Political Science Association, 1965-1966 and of American Council on Education, 1967-1969; associate director President's Commission on White House Fellows, 1967-1969; became president and treasurer of "The Public Record," Washington, 1970; professor and associate planning coordinator of Health Policy Program at University of California (San Francisco) in 1973. Member of American Political Science Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: Political Science, and Dread Disease: a Short History of United States Medical Research Policy. Washington. D.C.: Howard University Press, 1972.
Research and the Health of Americans: Improving the Policy Process. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1978.
The Story of the NIH Grants Program. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1989.
U.S. Health Care: What's Wrong and What's Right. New York: Universe Books, 1972.
Joint Author: Communications and Society: a First Hand Look at the Surgeon General's Report on Television and Violence. Palo Alto, Calif.: s.n., 1972.
Editor: Hugo Black and the Supreme Court: a Symposium. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs, Merrill, 1967.
Joint Editor: Americans and Drug Abuse: Reports from the Aspen Conference. New York: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1977.
STRODE, HUDSON, 1892-1976
Writer, educator. Born: Oct. 31, 1892 in Cairo, Ill. Parents: Thomas Fuller and Hope (Hudson) Strode. Married: Therese Cory on Dec. 20, 1924. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; Columbia University, M.A.; special study at Harvard University.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 69.
Author: Denmark Is a Lovely Land. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1951.
The Eleventh House, Memoirs. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1975.
The End of the Dance: a Play in One Act. New York: S. French, 1929.
Finland Forever. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941.
Jefferson Davis. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955-1964.
Now in Mexico. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1947.
The Pageant of Cuba. New York: H. Smith and R. Haas, 1934.
South by Thunderbird. New York: Random House, 1937.
The Story of Bermuda. New York: Random House, 1932.
Sweden, Model for a World. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949.
Temples to the South. Great Neck, N.Y.: G. Alam Chidsey, 1941.
Timeless Mexico. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1944.
Ultimates in the Far East: Travels in the Orient and India. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1970.
STRONG, DONALD STUART, 1912-
Educator, writer. Born: Dec. 31, 1912 in New York City. Parents: Harry Cannell and Marion (Stuart) Strong. Married: Emily Jo Trenchmann in June 1940. Children: Three. Education: Oberlin College, A.B.; University of Chicago, Ph.D. Taught at Western Reserve University, 1937-1939; University of Texas, 1939- 1946; and the University of Alabama after 1946; contributor to multi-author works and to Encyclopaedia Britannica; editor of Journal of Politics, 1971-1974. Member Southern Political Science Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41R.
Author: Election Officer's Handbook. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1952.
Negroes, Ballots and Judges: National Voting Rights Legislation in the Federal Courts. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1970.
Organized Anti-Semitism in America: the Rise of Group Prejudice during the Decade 1930-40. New York: Public Affairs Press, 1941.
Registration of Voters in Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.
Urban Republicanism in the South. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1960.
Joint Author: Southern Primaries and Elections, 1920-1949. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1950.
STRONG, HERMAN E., 1903-
Civil servant. Born: 1903 in Hackneyville, Ala. Lived in Columbiana; during World War II worked for gold mining company in Philippines when Japanese occupied them; prisoner of war 3 years in Manila; wrote Alma Mater anthem for Valley Grove School, Tallapoosa Co.; accountant for U.S. Internal Revenue and for Alabama Highway Dept.; retired 1970.
Source: Shelby County Reporter, June 29, 1978.
Author: A Ringside Seat to War. New York: Vantage Press, 1965.
STRONG, MARY ANTHONY, 1914-
Baptist laywoman. Born: Aug. 25, 1914 in Birmingham. Parents: John Clifton and Mary Frank (Smith) Anthony. Married: Ernest Singley Strong. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; attended Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University. Active member Woman's Missionary Union in First Baptist Church, Birmingham, for over 35 years; did historical and genealogical research.
Source: Mrs. Ernest Strong, Birmingham.
Joint Author: The First Baptist Church of Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.: The First Baptist Church, 1972.
STUART, JOHN LEIGHTON, 1876-1962
Clergyman, missionary, ambassador, educator. Born: June 24, 1876, in Hangchow, China. Parents: John Linton and Mary Louisa (Horton) Stuart (his mother a Mobilian). Married: Aline Hardy Rood, Nov. 17, 1904. Children: One. Education: attended school five years in Mobile; Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., LL.B.; attended Union Theological Seminary of Virginia. Ordained to Presbyterian ministry; missionary to China, 1905; taught at Nanking Theological Seminary 1908-1919; president of merged Peking University and North China Union College; prisoner of Japanese 42 months; became U.S. ambassador to China 1946. Awarded several honorary doctorates; decorated by Republic of China with Special First Class Order of Merit.
Source: Current Biography, 1946; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.
Author: Christianity and Confucianism. New York: International Missionary Council, 1928.
Commentary on the Apocalypse. (in Chinese) Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1922.
The Essentials of New Testament Greek in Chinese. Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1922.
Fifty Years in China: the Memoirs of John Leighton Stuart, Missionary and Ambassador. New York: Random House, 1954.
Greek-Chinese-English Dictionary of the New Testament. Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1918.
SUGG, REDDING STANCILL, JR. 1922-
Educator, editor, writer. Born: June 15, 1922 in Auburn, Ala. Parents: Redding S. and Katherine (Miller) Sugg. Married: Helen White, Aug. 23, 1965. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B.; University of Texas, M.A., Ph.D.; Fulbright fellowship to University of Paris, 1951-1952. Edited Fayette Northwest Alabamian, 1946-1947; taught at Georgia Institute of Technology, 1948-1949; staff associate for publications and public information for Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, 1952-1955; became associate professor at Georgia State University, 1955; joined faculty at Memphis State University, 1964; began free-lance writing, 1964.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: Education Beyond the High School in Georgia, 1963: a Background Paper.... Atlanta, Ga.: The Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1963.
Motherteacher: the Feminization of American Education. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1978.
Nuclear Energy in the South. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1957.
A Painter's Psalm: the Mural in Walter Anderson's Cottage. Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1978.
The Southern Regional Education Board: Ten Years of Regional Cooperation in Higher Education. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1960.
Joint Author: The Administration of Interstate Compacts. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.
A Factbook on Higher Education in the South. Atlanta: Southern Regional Education Board, 1956.
From the Mountain. Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1972.
Shelby Foote. Boston: Twayne Publisher, 1982.
Editor: The Horn Island Logs of Walter Inglis Anderson. Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1973.
Walter Anderson's Illustrations of Epic and Voyage. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980.
SULZBY, JAMES FREDERICK, JR. 1905-
Banker, business executive, writer. Born: Dec. 24, 1905 in Birmingham. Parents: James Frederick and Anne (Dobbins) Sulzby. Married: Martha Belle Hilton, Nov. 9, 1935. Children: Two. Education: attended Howard College; Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; graduated from American Banking Institute, 1934. Employed by First National Bank of Birmingham, 1929-1943; became president, 1943 of Sulzby Realty Co.; director of National Association of Real Estate Boards, 1952-1956; board member of American Planning and Civic Association, 1953-1963; member Humanities Advisory Council for Auburn University. Received Alabama Library Association Literature Award in 1962; citation from American Association for State and Local History; member of Newcomen Society and Southern History Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Annals of the Southside Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1886-1936. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1947.
Arthur W. Smith, a Birmingham Pioneer, 1855-1944. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor Press, 1961.
Birmingham as It Was in Jackson County, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor Press, 1944.
Birmingham Sketches from 1872 through 1921. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor Press, 1945.
Blount Springs: Alabama's Foremost Watering Place of Yesteryear. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1949.
Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1960.
SUMMERLIN, LEE R., 1934-
Chemist, educator. Born: Apr. 15, 1934 in Sumiton, Ala. Married: 1958. Children: Four. Education: Samford University, A.B.; Birmingham Southern; University of Maryland, Ph.D. Chemist at Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, 1956-1959; taught at Florida State University, 1959-1971; at University of Georgia, 1971-1977; and at University of Alabama, Birmingham, after 1977. Received James Conant Award from American Chemical Society, 1969; member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemistry, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, and National Science Teachers Association.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982.
Author: Chemistry for the Life Sciences. New York: Random House, 1981.
Chemistry of Common Substances. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1979.
Joint Author: Chemical Activities. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1988.
Chemical Demonstrations: A Sourcebook for Teachers. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1988.
Chemistry. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1978.
SUMMERSELL, CHARLES GRAYSON, 1908-
Educator. Born: Feb. 25, 1908 in Mobile. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., A.M.; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. Taught at University of Alabama, 1935-1978; chairman History Department, 1954-1971; served on Alabama State Records Commission and Alabama Historical Commission. Member of Naval History Foundation, Southern History Association, Organization of American Historians, and American Association for State and Local History.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Alabama, a State History. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Paul R. Malone, 1955.
Alabama History for Schools. Birmingham, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1961.
CSS Alabama: Builder, Captain, and Plans. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
Joint Author: Alabama Past and Future. Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1941.
Editor: The Journal of George Townley Fullam, Boarding Officer of the Confederate Sea Raider Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press for the Friends of the Mobile Public Library, 1973.
SUMRALL, RAYMOND OLAND
Educator. Married: Betty Plott. Children: Two. Education: Louisiana College, B.A.; Southwestern Seminary, B.D.; Ohio State University, M.S.W.; University of Alabama, Ph.D. Taught social work in California, Florida, and Texas; joined faculty of University of Alabama in 1973; taught at Jefferson State Jr. College; directed Birmingham Concentrated Employment Program.
Source: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections, University of Alabama
Author: The Educational Park, the Community, School and the Multi-Service Community Center: an Attempt toward Holistic Model Interface. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
Joint Author: Differential Police Response Strategies. Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum, 1981.
The Map Abstract of Trends in Calls for Police Service: Birmingham, Alabama, 1975-1976. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
The Map Abstract of Crime and Requests for Public Service: Birmingham, Alabama, 1975. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
SWARTZ, MIFFLIN WYATT, 1874-1964
Educator. Born: Oct. 12, 1874 in Winchester, Va. Parents: Edward Pendleton and Laura Bertram (Clowe) Swartz. Married: Gertrude Dora (Hobbs) McBrian, May 22, 1902. Education: University of Virginia, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; studied at University of Chicago. Taught at Winchester, Va.; Ft. Worth, Tex.; Milwaukee (Wisc.) Academy; and at Millsaps College (Miss.); president of Woman's College of Alabama (now Huntingdon) 1915- 1964. Member Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5; Who's Who of North American Authors; Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: On the Characteristics and Use of the Old in the Dramas of Euripides. Nashville: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1911. (Previously his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Virginia)
Personal and Dramatic Characteristics of the Old in the Dramas of Euripides. S.l.: s.n., 1910.
Typical Analyses of Latin Verbs. S.l.: s.n., 1906.
SWEET, FRANKLYN HALEY, 1916-
Accountant, educator. Born: Aug. 19, 1916 in Madison, Wisc. Parents: Benjamin Franklin and Camilla (Haley) Sweet. Married: Melba Cameron, Dec. 22, 1936. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., M.S.; University of Texas, Ph.D.; became CPA in 1944. Auditor for Sears, Roebuck in Atlanta, 1938- 1942; accountant in Dothan, Ala., 1942-1946; taught at University of Alabama, 1946-1948; Spring Hill College, 1948-1964; Kent State University, 1964-1966; University of South Alabama after 1966; served in several administrative roles at University of South Alabama.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: Strategic Planning: a Conceptual Study. Austin, Tex.: Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, 1964.
Contributor: Accounting Teachers Guide. Cincinnati: Southwestern Pub. Co., 1953.
Principles of Accounting. New York: Pitman, 1959.