CLASS OF 2024
Elizabeth Curtis
K-12 Leader and Literacy Champion![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Beth-Curtis.jpeg)
The Honorable Joel Dubina
Senior United States Circuit Judge![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Joel-Dubina.jpg)
![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Hannah-Gillion.jpg)
Kathy Shaver-Wetzel
Professor Emerita and former Associate Dean of Student Services and Certifiction![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Kathy-Wetzel.jpg)
Sue Brannan Walker
Professor Emerita and former Alabama Poet Laureate![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/swalker.jpg)
CLASS OF 2023
![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Mary-Jane-Caylor.jpg)
Dr. William A. Meehan
Retired President, Jacksonville State University![William A. Meehan](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Wiiliam-Meehan.jpg)
![Jo Beth Newton](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Jo-Beth-Newton.jpg)
Dr. Douglas J. Phillips
Creator, Discovering Alabama![Douglas J. Phillips](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Doug-Phillips.jpg)
Jeana Ross
Retired Secretary, Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education![Jeana Ross](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Jeana-Ross.jpg)
CLASS OF 2022
Vickie G. Brown
Retired Educator![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Vickie-Brown.jpg)
Dr. James E. McLean
Retired Dean, College of Education![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/James-McLean-1.jpg)
Margaret Morton
Executive Director, Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement Family Services Center![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Margaret-Morton.jpg)
Dr. Carol Schlichter
Professor Emeritus, Multiple Abilities Program![Carol L. Schlichter](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Carol-Schlicter-e1673038875686.jpg)
CLASS OF 2021
Dr. Frank B. Ashley III
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Frank-Ashley.jpg)
Margaret O’Neal
Retired K-12 Educator![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Margaret-ONeal.jpg)
Dr. Cathy Randall
Chairman of the Board, Pettus Randall Holdings, LLC![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Cathy-Randall.jpg)
Dr. W. Ross Palmer
Retired Higher Education Educator![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ross-Palmer-1.jpg)
Dr. Joffre T. Whisenton
President, Joffre T. Whisenton and Associates, Inc.![Joffre T. Whisenton](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Joffre-Whisenton.jpg)
CLASS OF 2020
Dr. Marcia Burke
Retired Assistant Superintendent, Tuscaloosa City Schools![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Marcia-Burke.jpg)
Dr. Lee Freeman
Clinical Professor Emeritus, Elementary Education![Lee Freeman](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Lee-Freeman.jpg)
Dr. Michael Malone
Former Troy State University at Dothan and vice chancellor of the Troy State University System![Michael E. Malone](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Michael-Malone.jpg)
Theresa Snoddy
Retired Educator![Theresa Snoddy](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Theresa-Snoddy.jpg)
Dr. Karl Stegall
Minister and Education Leader![Karl Stegall](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Karl-Stegall.jpg)
CLASS OF 2019
Mary Ann Blackmon
Tuscaloosa Educator, Music and Community Builder![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Mary-Ann-Blackmon.jpg)
![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/James-Blackmon.jpg)
Dr. John Cody Hall
Science Teacher and Assistant Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History1945–2016
![John Cody](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/John-Cody-Hall-1.jpg)
Melba Richardson
Retired Head of School, Saint James School![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Melba-Richardson.jpg)
Dr. Martha W. Tack
Professor Emerita, Educational Leadership, Eastern Michigan University![](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Martha-Tack.jpg)
CLASS OF 2018
![Jane Moore](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Jane-Moore.jpg)
Sandra H. Ray
Former member, Alabama State Board of Education![Sandra H. Ray](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Sandra-Ray.jpg)
Dr. Barbara S. Rountree
Founder and School Director, The Capitol School![Barbara S. Rountree](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Barbara-Rountree.jpg)
CLASS OF 2016
![Adolph B. Crew](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Adolph-Crew.jpg)
Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster
American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama1929–2022
![Autherine Lucy Foster](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Autherine-Lucy.jpg)
![Ethel H. Hall](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ethel-Hall.jpg)
![Judy M. Merritt](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Judy-Merritt.jpg)
CLASS OF 2015
CLASS OF 2014
Marian Loftin
Former Director, State of Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention/The Children’s Trust Fund![Marian A. Loftin](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Marian-Loftin.jpg)
Dr. Joseph B. Morton
Former Alabama State Superintendent of Education![Joseph B. Morton](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Joe-Morton.jpg)
![Marcus L. Roberts Jr](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ML-Roberts-jr.jpg)
![N. Joyce Sellers](https://dev-education.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Joyce-Sellers-1.jpg)