Born: February 22, 1914. Parents: Alfred Louis and ____ (Morriss) Staples. Married: Sidney P. Van Antwerp, February 6, 1946. Children: Four. Married: W. J. Hearin. Education: Holton Arms College, Washington, D.C. Mardi Gras Queen, 1934; Club Woman of the Year, 1965; First Lady of Mobile, 1975; president, Mobile Historical Homes Tours and Historic Mobile Preservation Society.

Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3; Anniston Star, March 4, 1984.

Author: Canopy of Oaks: Streetscapes. Mobile, Ala.?: Streetscapes Inc., 1986.

Downtown Goes Uptown. Mobile, Ala.: First Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1983.

Iron Ore to Iron Lace. Mobile, Ala.: Museum of the City of Mobile, 1980.

Traditions of Candlelights Christmas. S.l.: s.n., s.d.

VANCE, HENRY CLAY, 1891-1963

Journalist. Born: 1891, in Buford, Ga. Wrote for Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Ala.; sportswriter, columnist and humorist for Birmingham News, 1913-1959. Wrote column "The Coal Bin". Appeared regularly on radio program "Henry and Percy". Published stories in Smith's Magazine, a magazine for men.

Source: Alabama Public Library Service.

Author: Day Before Yesterday. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1955.

VAN CLEVE, EMERSON SPROATT, 1907-1979

Teacher. Born: January 19, 1907, in Terre Haute, Ind. Parents: Shirley and Hallie (Walker) Van Cleave. Married: Eleanor Ruth Parker, June 13, 1931. Children: One. Education: DePaul University, B.S., 1929; Indiana State University, M.A., 1937. Taught music at Southern Illinois University, 1939-1945; head, Music Department, Livingston State University, 1946-1950; music consultant, Alabama State Department of Education, 1950-1973. Retired, 1973.

Source: Frances Van Cleave Killpatrick, Alexandria, Va.

Author: Music Guyed and Handy Reference. New York: Exposition Press, 1956.

VAN EGMOND, PETER GEORGE, 1937-

Teacher. Born: October 25, 1937, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: George Peter and Lois (Everett) Van Egmond. Married: Dorothy McKinnie, August 17, 1958. Children: Two. Education: Mississippi College, B.A., 1959; University of Mississippi, M.A., 1961; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at Davidson College, 1964-1966; University of Maryland, 1966-; Vanderbilt University, visiting professor, 1966; University of Graz, Austria, Fulbright-Hays Lecturer, 1968-1969.

Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61

Author: The Critical Reception of Robert Frost. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1974.

Robert Frost: a Reference Guide, 1974-1990. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1991.

Editor: The Memoirs of Thomas B. Harned: Walt Whitman's Friend and Literary Executor. Hartford: Transcendental, 1972.

VANSWORD, ROBERT CYPRIAN, 1921-

Teacher. Born: September 16, 1921, in Przemysl, Poland. Education: J. Slowacki College, B.A., 1939; State Teachers College, Poland, B.S., 1940; University of Lvov, M.A., 1941, Ph.D., 1944; City College of New York, B.A., 1956. Taught junior colleges in Poland, 1939-1943; visiting Professor for the United Nations Relief Agency at the University of Munich, 1945-1946. Superintendent of Tuttlingen district, State Department of Education, 1946-1950. Taught Russian, Latin and French at Ukrainian Technical Institute, New York, 1958-1960; high schools in New York, 1960-1961; Germanic languages at Utica College, Syracuse University, 1961-1962; French, Italian, Russian, German, and Polish at State University of New York, Pottsdam, 1962-1965; Russian and German at Samford University, 1965-1967, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1967-1980. Consultant on education to Polish government, 1945-1961. Honorary dean of the American Academy of Parapsychology.

Source: Directory of American Scholars.

Author: September '39. Washington, D.C.: ESPress, 1982.

VARNER, JEANNETTE JOHNSON, 1909-

Teacher, librarian. Born: August 12, 1909, in Selma, Ala. Parents: Chester Earlee and Ruby Jeannette (West) Johnson. Married: John Grier Varner, April 29, 1939. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1930, M.A., 1931; University of Virginia, Ph.D., 1938. Taught French at Blue Mountain College, Miss., 1937-1939; Spanish at Fairfax Hall Junior College, Waynesboro, Va., and at the University of Virginia, Extension Division 1941-1943. Librarian, Centro Venezolano-Americana, Caracas, Venezuela, 1943-1947; head reference librarian, Austin Public Library, Texas, 1948-1971. Member: Texas, Southwestern, and American Library Associations; Latin American Studies Association. Awarded American Philosophical Society Travel Grant to Spain, 1954. Contributed to Encyclopedia Americana.

Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.

Joint Author: Dogs of the Conquest. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983.

Editor: The Windows of the All Saints Chapel. Austin, Tex.: All Saints Chapel, 1982.

Translator: The Conquest and Settlement of Venezuela. (Jose de Oviedo y Baos). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.

Joint Translator and Editor:

The Florida of the Inca (Garcilaso de la Vega). Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1962.

The Conquest and Settlement of Venezuela. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.

VAUGHAN, GEORGE LESTER, 1891-

Minister. Born: 1891?, near Roswell, Ga. Parents: Anderson and Julia (Lindsey) Vaughan. Married: Katie Stephen, 1928?. Children: Seven. Education: grade school at Snead College School and Colfax School; Burleson College School, 1919-1922; graduated, 1924; later attended East Texas Teachers College. Moved with family to Albertville and Whiton, Ala.; then to Texas. Called to preaching while in Sand Mountain, 1908. Editor, East Texan. Served with U.S. Army in France and Germany, World War I.

Source: The Cotton Renter's Son.

Author: The Cotton Renter's Son. Wolfe City, Tex: Hennington Pub. Co., 1967.

VAUGHAN, SUSAN KIRKMAN

Teacher. Born: Florence, Ala. Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth (Woods) Kirkman. Married: David Vaughan, December 6, 1892. Children: One. Education: O'Bryan School, Nashville, Tenn; Florence Synodical Female College; University of Chicago, Ph.D.; Peabody Normal College. Taught at Florence Synodical College; in public schools; history at Florence State Normal School, 1898-.

Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Author: Life in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Dixie Book Co., 1937.

VENABLE, AUSTIN LEWIS, 1902-

Teacher. Born: May 15, 1902, in Wetumpka, Ala. Parents: William E. and Susan Roberta (Allen) Venable. Married: Nell Smith. Education: University of Alabama, B.A. and M.A.; Vanderbilt, Ph.D.; also studied at University of Chicago. Teaching fellow, University of Alabama, 1928. Taught at Vanderbilt University, 1935-1937; University of Arkansas, 1937- 1945; Winthrop College, 1945-1954; University of Alabama, 1954- 1972. Member: Organization of American Historians and Alabama Historical Association.

Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3; Who's Who in the South and Southwest.

Author: The Conflict Between Douglas and Yancey Forces at the Charleston Convention. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, s.d.

William L. Yancey's Transition from Unionism to State Rights. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 1944.

VICKERY, KATHERINE, 1898-

Teacher. Born: March 5, 1898, in Dahlonega, Ga. Parents: Elias Benton and Etta (McMillan) Vickery. Education: North Georgia College, A.B., 1918; George Peabody College, A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1929. Taught English and Latin in Millington, Tenn, 1919- 1922; psychology at Alabama College (University of Montevallo), 1922-1948; Chairperson, Dept. of Psychology, 1948-1968. Visiting professor, University of Alabama and Furman University. Served on the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women; the Citizens' Conference on Alabama State Courts; Board of Directors, Chilton-Shelby County Mental Health Board, Chilton-Shelby County Mental Health Center and Shelby Academy. Member: Alabama Academy of Science, American Psychological Association, Kappa Delta Pi. Named to Hall of Fame of North Georgia College and Alabama Women's Hall of Fame at Judson College.

Source: Who's Who in the South and Southeast.

Author: A History of Mental Health in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Department of Mental Health, 1972?

VINCENT, JOHN HEYL 1832-1920

Minister. Born: February 23, 1832, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Parents: John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent. Married: Evelyn Dusenbury, November 10, 1858. Children: One. Education: Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N.J., and special tutors. Family moved to Pennsylvania when he was six years old. Began preaching at eighteen, in the Methodist Episcopal Church; ordained deacon, 1855. Preached in Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois. Founder of Chautauqua Assembly, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Established Northwestern Sunday School Quarterly, 1865; Sunday School Teacher, 1866. Corresponding secretary, Sunday Union, 1868-1888. Elected bishop 1888 and stationed in Buffalo, N.Y., and Topeka, Kan. Bishop in Charge of European work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1904. Awarded honorary A.B. from Mt. Union College, 1875; S.T.D. Ohio Wesleyan, 1870; D.D., Harvard, 1896; LL.D., Washington & Jefferson, 1885.

Source: Who was Who in America, Vol. 1. National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 24.

Author: At the Table Altar: Meditations. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1896.

Better Not. New York: Funk & Wagnall Co., 1887.

The Chautauqua Movement. Boston: Chautauqua Press, 1886.

The Chautauqua Normal Guide. New York: Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.

The Church and Its Officers. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1872.

The Church at Home. Cincinnati: Curtis & Jennings, 1898.

The Church School and Sunday School Institutes. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe, s.d.

The Country Sunday School. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1871.

Earthly Footprints of the Man of Galilee. St. Louis: N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., 1893.

Family Worship for Every Day in the Year. New York: Christian Herald, 1905.

First Year With Jesus (Senior Grade): Historical Outline, Journeys and Miracles. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1869.

Greek History. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.

The Home Book for Very Little People. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

The Inner Life: a Study in Christian Experience. Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.

Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900.

The Modern Sunday School. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

Opening and Closing Services for Five Sundays. New York: Hiblow and Main, 1878.

Outline History of Greece. New York: Chautauqua Press, 1888.

Outline History of Rome. New York: Chautauqua Press, 1889,

Roman History. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1879.

The Second Year with Jesus. New York: Sunday School Union, 1868.

Studies in Pedagogy for People Who Are Not Professional Teachers. New York: W. B. Ketcham, 1890.

Studies in Young Life. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887.

Sunday School Institute and Normal Classes. New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1872.

The Sunday School Reader for Opening Services.... New York: Carlton & Porter, 1866.

To Old Bethlehem. Meadville, Pa: Flood & G. E. Vincent, 1890.

Two Letters to a Minister. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1893.

Two Years with Jesus. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1867.

Unto Him. New York: F. H. Revell, 1899.

A Year With Moses. New York: Carlton & Lanaham, 1870.

VINES, C. JERRY, 1937-

Minister. Born: September 22, 1937, in Carrolton, Ga. Parents: Clarence and ____ Vines Married: Janet, December, 17, 1961. Children: Four. Education: Mercer University, B.A.; New Orleans Seminary, B.D.; Luther Rice Seminary, Th.D. Pastor, West Rome Baptist Church, Rome, Ga; Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala. President, Southern Baptist Pastor's Conference.

Source: C. Jerry Vines, Jacksonville, Fla.

Author: Family Fellowship. Dallas: Crescendo Pub., 1976.

Fire in the Pulpit. Nashville: Broadman, 1977.

God Speaks Today: a Study of I Corinthians. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1979.

Great Events in the Life of Christ. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1979.

"I Shall Return"-Jesus. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1977.

Interviews With Jesus. Nashville: Broadman, 1981.

VINES, HOWELL HUBERT, 1898-

Teacher. Born: November 1, 1898, Jefferson County, Ala. Parents: Lawrence and Fanny Vines. Married: Alma Huey. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, A.B.; Harvard, A.M. Taught English at Rice Institute, University of Richmond and Shorter College. Published stories in Atlantic Monthly and Southern Review.

Source: Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921- 1939; The Alabama Librarian, Jan. 1952.

Author: This Green Thicket World. Boston: Little, Brown, 1934.

A River Goes With Heaven. Boston: Little, Brown, 1930.

VINES, WILLIAM MADISON, 1867

Minister. Born: December 18, 1867, in Jonesboro, Tenn. Parents: William Lafayette and Nancy (Carr) Vines. Married: Ivy Henderson, April 30, 1902. Education: Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., 1893; Louisville Theological Seminary, 1894-1895; University of Chicago, 1898-1899. Ordained in the Baptist Church 1893. Pastor in Johnson City, Tenn.; Asheville, N.C.; Norfolk, Va.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Charlotte, N.C.; Augusta, Ga.; Greenwood, S.C.; Quincy, Fla. General evangelist for two years for the Southern Baptist Convention; supply minister, Birmingham area; instructor at Howard College, Dept. of Religion, 1939. Awarded honorary Ph.D. from Carson Newman College, 1906.

Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5.

Author: A Preacher's Pilgrimage: Sermons, 1952.

VINYARD, MRS. HORACE B. (Pseudonym)

See: Counselman, Mary Elizabeth

VOLKER, JOSEPH FRANCES, 1913-

Dentist, teacher. Born: March 9, 1913, in Elizabeth, N.J. Married: Juanita Berry on February 6, 1937. Children: Three. Education: Indiana University, D.D.S., 1936; University of Rochester, A.B., 1938; M.S., 1939, Ph.D., 1941; Dental residency at Mountainside Hospital, N.J., 1936-1937. Taught at School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, 1941-1942; School of Dentistry, Tufts College, 1942-1949. Dean at Tufts, 1948-1949; School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1948-1952. Director of Research and Graduate Study, 1955-1965; Vice president of Health Affairs, 1962-1966; vice president of Birmingham Affairs and director of the Medical Center, 1966-1968; Executive Vice president, 1968-1969; President, University, 1969-1976; Chancellor, University of Alabama Systems, 1976-1982; Distinguished professor, 1982. Director of the Arizona Medical School Study, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1962. Awarded honorary degrees from over eight universities; honored by the government of Czechoslavakia, Thailand, and Iceland.

Source: American Men and Women of Science; Who's Who in the South and Southwest.

Author: The Numbers Game. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama, 1970.

The University and the City. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1971.

The Way of an Administrator. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama, 1966.

Joint Author: Preliminary Report of a Plan for the Expansion of Selected Academic Programs in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama, 1965.

VOLTZ, JEANNE APPLETON, 1920-

Journalist. Born: November 20, 1920, in Collinsville, Ala. Parents: James Lamar and Marie (Sewell) Appleton. Married: Luther Manship Voltz, July 31, 1943. Children: Two. Education: University of Montevallo, A.B., 1942; Academie Cordon Bleu, 1960; University of California, Los Angeles, 1970. Correspondent, Birmingham News, 1940-1942; Mobile Press Register, 1942-45; Miami Herald, 1947-1951, food editor, 1951-1960; Los Angeles Times, 1960-1973; Woman's Day 1973-. Member: Institute of Food Technologist, American Home Economics Association, Food Industry Gourmet Society, Les Dames d'Escoffier. Three awards from Florida Womens' Press Club for articles in Miami Herald; five awards from American Meat Institute (Vesta Award) for articles and editing of sections of Los Angeles Times. Named Alumnus of the Year, University of Montevallo, 1981.

Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 104; Who's Who of American Women.

Author: Barbecued Ribs and Other Great Feeds. New York: Knopf, 1985.

Barbecued Ribs, Smoked Butts, and Other Great Feeds. New York: Knopf, 1990.

The California Cookbook. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs- Merrill, 1970.

Community Suppers and Other Glorious Repasts. New York: Scribners, 1987.

Famous Florida Recipes. Miami: Miami Herald, 1954.

The Flavor of the South: Delicacies and Staples of Southern Cuisine. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977.

The Los Angeles Times Natural Foods Cookbook. New York: New American Library, 1975.

Joint Author: Gifts from a Country Kitchen. New York: Arco, 1984.

How to Turn a Passion for Food into Profit. New York: Rawson, Wade, 1979.

The L.A. Gourmet: Favorite Recipes from Famous Los Angles Restaurants. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.

VOLZ, JAMES THOMAS, 1953-

Teacher, director. Born: August 1, 1953, in Dayton, Ohio Parents: John Louis and Betty Jean (Lauber) Volz. Married: Evelyn Carol Case, May 22, 1982. Education: Wright State University, B.A., 1971; Bowling Green State University, M.A., 1976; University of Colorado, Ph.D., 1984; also New York University, Fund Raising School. Taught at Bowling Green, Colorado College, Wright State, University of Alabama, University of Colorado, Boulder, (acting and theater management). Consultant for many theaters. Managing director and chief executive officer, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 1982.

Source: Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Author: Shakespeare Never Slept Here. Atlanta: Cherokee Press, 1986.

VON BRAUN, WERNHER, 1912-1977

Engineer, Born: March 23, 1912, in Wirsitz, Germany. Parents: Baron Magnus and Emmy (Von Quistorp) Von Braun. Married: Maria Von Quistorp, March 1, 1947. Children: Three. Education: Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1930; Institute of Technology, Berlin, B.S., 1932; University of Berlin, Ph.D., 1934. Assistant to Professor Oberth while experimenting with small liquid fuel rocket motors in Berlin-Ploetzensee; liquid fuel rocket expert, German Ordnance Department, Kammersdorf, 1932-1937; technical director, German Research Center, Peenemuende, 1937-1945; responsible for development of V-2 long range rocket and A.A. guided missile, Wasserfell. Came to U.S. 1945; became citizen 1955. Technical advisor, White Sands Proving Grounds, Ordnance Department., U.S. Department of Defense; project director Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1945-1950. Chief of guided missile development division, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. 1950-1965; director, Developmental Operations Division, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 1956-1960; director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, 1960-1970. Developed Saturn V Rocket, Apollo Lunar Landing Program, Skylab Space Station. Associate Administrator, NASA, Washington, 1970-1972; Vice president for Engineering, Fairchild Industries, 1972-1977. Awarded honorary degrees from more than twenty colleges and universities.

Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.

Author: Conquest of the Moon. New York: Viking Press, 1953.

The First Man to the Moon. New York: Holt, 1960.

Mars Project. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962.

Space Frontiers. New York: Holt, 1967.

Joint Author: Careers in Astronautics and Rocketry: Training and Opportunities in the Space and Missile Fields. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962.

The Exploration of Mars. New York: Viking Press, 1956.

History of Rocketry and Space Travel. New York: Crowell, 1967.

New Worlds: Discoveries from our Solar System. New York: Anchor, 1979.

Reaching for the Stars. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960.

The Rocket's Red Glare. New York: Anchor, 1976.

VROMAN, MARY ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, 1925-1967

Teacher. Born: 1925 in Buffalo, N.Y. Parents Charles and ____ Cunningham. Married: Oliver M. Harper. Education: Alabama State University, B.A. Reared in the West Indies. Taught at Camden Academy, Camden, Ala.; in Sylacauga and Montgomery, Ala.; and in Chicago and New York. Technical advisor for one of her stories ("See How They Run"), Metro-Goldwin-Mayer's "Bright Road". First black woman member of the Screen Writers Guild. Awarded the Christopher for inspirational magazine writing.

Source: Selected Black American Writers; Black American Writers; New York Times, April 30, 1967.

Author: Esther. New York: Bantam, 1963.

Harlem Summer. New York: Putnam, 1967.

Shaped to its Purpose: Delta Sigma Theta, the First Fifty Years. New York: Random, 1961.