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The Alabama Academy of Honor recognizes one hundred living Alabamians for outstanding accomplishments and services to Alabama and the United States.[1] By act of the Alabama Legislature,[2] only one hundred living people may be members at any time. Up to ten additional members per year are elected by current members when honorees pass away,[3] by majority vote in order of highest vote total. Any Alabama citizen or Academy member may nominate people for election. Living present and past governors of Alabama are automatically members of the Academy and do not count against the 100-person maximum. At any time, no more than twenty-five percent of the Academy's members may be politicians.[4]
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was the only person to ever decline membership in the Academy, after a vow to refuse all honors.[1]
Establishment
The Alabama Academy of Honor was created by the Alabama State Legislature on October 29, 1965, through Act 15 of the Third Special Session of the 1965 Legislature of Alabama.[5] The Academy was intended to honor notable living Alabama citizens, since several organizations already existed in the state for posthumous recognition.[1]
On March 10, 1965, Missouri native and Alabama citizen Emmett Bryan Carmichael wrote to Alabama Governor George C. Wallace to suggest modeling an Academy after Missouri's "Academy of Squires". The idea was postponed until Governor Albert P. Brewer revived interest in the legislation. On October 25, 1968, a committee appointed by Governor Brewer and chaired by Emmett Carmichael selected the first ten members (as well as four governors). On a somewhat annual basis, later elections selected several new Alabamians until the 100-person cap was reached.[1]
Members by election year
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Source:[6]
2016
- Jack Hawkins, Jr.
- Claude B. Nielsen
2015
- Richard E. Arrington, Jr.
- Raymond J. Harbert
- Vincent E. "Bo" Jackson
- Charles C. Krulak
- Caroline B. Novak
- Randy Y. Owen
2014
- Judy Bonner, university president
- Tim Cook, businessman
- John Croyle, businessman and football player
- Jim Hudson, businessman
- Margaret Porter, mayor
- Nick Saban, football coach
- Jeff Sessions, United States Senator
- Edgar Welden, businessman[7]
2013
- John D. Johns, businessman
- Fournier J. "Boots" Gale III, lawyer
- Seth Hammett, businessman, college president, and Alabama Speaker of the House
2012
- Dr. Jay Gogue, Auburn University
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1979
- Robert Bamberg, Jr., Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries (1959-1962)
- Neal Berte, president of Birmingham–Southern College (1976-2004)
- Walter Gewin (1908-1981), federal judge (1961-1981)
- James Hardin (1917-1998), director of State Department of Finance; director of State Department of Mental Health
- Joseph McCorquodale, Jr., state representative (1959-1983); state Speaker of the House (1971-1983)
- Forrest H. James, governor of Alabama (1979-1983, 1995-1999)
- Frank M. Johnson, Jr. (1918-1999), U.S. federal judge (1955-1999) responsible for several landmark civil rights decisions
- Charles P. Rather, president of Southern Natural Gas
- Fran McKee (1926-2002), 1st female to hold rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
- William Rushton III, insurance executive; CEO of Protective Life Corp.(1969-1992)
1978
- William D. Arant, Birmingham attorney
- Glen Brock, president of Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
- Alfred Delchamps, founder of Delchamps supermarket chain
- George LeMaistre (1911-1994), attorney/bank executive; chairman, FDIC (1977-1978)
- Seybourn Lynne (1907-2000), federal judge who decided Vivian Malone and James Hood civil rights cases
- John F. McRae, Mobile, community leader; responsible for helping to bring Senior Bowl to Ladd Stadium in Mobile
- Pelham Merrill (1907-1991), Associate Justice, Alabama Supreme Court (1953-1976)
- Bernard Monaghan (1916-1987), U.S. General Counsel of the Army (1952-1953) and CEO, Vulcan Materials (1959-1981)
- Armistead Selden, Jr. (1921-1985), U.S. Congressman, (1953-1969); U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand (1974-1979)
- Fred Sington (1910-1988), football player, Crimson Tide (1929-1930), professional baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers/Washington Senators)
1977
- Ralph W. Adams (1915-1998), educator; president of Troy University
- John G. Galbraith (1914-1996), neurosurgeon
- John W. Bloomer, newspaper executive (Columbus Ledger); won Pulitzer Prize for coverage of clean-up of Phenix City
- Thomas B. Hill, Jr., Montgomery attorney
- John A. Cadell, attorney
- Robert E. Jones (1912-1997), U.S. Congressman, (1947-1963, 1965-1977)
- Walter W. Kennedy, Birmingham bank executive
- Emory Cunningham (1921-2000), publisher of The Progressive Farmer
- Carl Elliott (1913-1999), U.S. Congressman (1949-1965)
- Walter Frommeyer (196-1979), physician
1976
- Ehney Camp Jr. (1907-2009), Liberty National Life Insurance Company executive and banking expert
- R. Hugh Daniel (1906-1983), founder and CEO of Daniel International Org.
- John A. Hand, leader of the Alabama banking community for over 40 years
- Ruth Hanson (1900-1983), pioneer in the fight against diabetes in Alabama
- George Mattison, Jr., Birmingham industrialist and philanthropist
- Robert Parker, pediatrician
- Nell Rankin (1924-2005), operatic mezzo-soprano with Metropolitan Opera (1951-1976)
- Barrett Shelton (1903-1984), editor of The Decatur Daily (1924-1984)
- William M. Spencer, attorney; one of the founders of the Birmingham Museum of Art
- Jack W. Warner, president of Gulf States Paper; noted art collector
1975
- Rucker Agee
- James Browning Allen, U.S. Senator and 17th and 20th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
- Joseph Linyer Bedsole
- Ben Screws Gilmer
- Milo Barrett Howard, Jr.
- Charles A. McCallum, Jr.
- Earl Mason McGowin
- George Mosley Murray, bishop who worked for civil rights and racial integration
- Julia Walker Ruseell
- William James Rushton
1974
- Clinton Jackson Coley
- Donald Comer, Jr.
- Luther H. Foster
- Howell Thomas Heflin, US Senator and Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
- Samuel Richardson Hill
- John Webster Kirklin, surgeon
- Thomas Seay Lawson
- J. Craig Smith
- Hudson Strode, author and university professor
- Luther Leonidas Terry, 9th US Surgeon General
1973
- Emmet Bryan Carmichael, biochemist
- Paul Grist, YMCA worker
- Forrest David Mathews, university president and 11th US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Thomas Dameron Russell, businessman
- Frank Edward Spain, businessman
- Mervyn Hayden Sterne, businessman
- Ernest Stone, university president and Alabama Superintendent of Education
- Joseph F. Volker, university president
- Leslie Stephen Wright, university president
1972
- Tinsley R. Harrison, physician and author
- Ralph Jordan, football coach
- John C. Persons, US Army General and businessman
- Harry M. Philpott, university president
- Albert M. Rains, United States Representative
1971
No induction held.
1970
No induction held.
1969
- Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General
- Albert Preston Brewer, 47th governor of Alabama
- Paul W. Bryant, football coach
- James E. Folsom, 42nd governor of Alabama
- A.G. Gaston, businessman who worked for civil rights and racial integration
- Lister Hill, United States Senator
- Thomas H. Moorer, US Navy Admiral and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- John Patterson, 44th governor of Alabama
- Frank A. Rose, university president
- Frank P. Samford, businessman and civic leader
- Bertha Smolian, philanthropist and civic leader
- John Sparkman, United States Senator
- Wernher von Braun, space scientist
- George C. Wallace, 45th, 48th, and 50th governor of Alabama
References
- ^ a b c d Coley, C. J. (Spring 1976). "History of the Alabama Academy of Honor". Alabama Historical Quarterly. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) . - ^ Alabama Code Title 41, Chapter. Alabama Academy of Honor.
- ^ 2007 Congressional Record, Vol. 153, Page E23985 (September 7, 2007)
- ^ "Alabama Academy of Honor". Alabama Department of Archives and History. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Establishment of the Alabama Academy of Honor". Alabama Department of Archives and History. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) . - ^ Alabama Academy of Honor. Academy of Honor Inductees by Year.
- ^ Roop, Lee (October 24, 2014). "Huntsville biotech leader Jim Hudson joining Nick Saban, Apple CEO Tim Cook, five others in Academy of Honor". Huntsville Times. Retrieved January 2, 2015.