angles magazine 2012

C e l e b r a t i n g Y e a r s20A N G L E S M A G A Z I N E

A L A B A M A S C H O O L O F M A T H A N D S C I E N C E2 0 1 2 A N N U A L R E P O R T

F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

It is with great pride that I write this Angles article for the 20th anniversary of the first graduating class. For alums, I am sure that it causes a flood of memories. Alumni, when you were ASMS students, you were brought together to learn and grow. You did this, and in the process formed bonds that have lasted ever since.

Now, today, as adults leading very busy and hectic lives, you still fondly remember persons and events from your days at ASMS. The bonds have not diminished, but have strengthened through the years. As President, I often hear stories and happenings from the past that are continually weaving the fabric of this school. Only recently, a professor who taught here over 12 years ago dropped by for a visit. It was great to chat and reminisce about those years—more memories!

ASMS is stronger today than it was when it began. This is due to so many factors but most importantly it is the PEOPLE that have made ASMS the vibrant force for education in our State that it is today. This includes students, alumni, faculty, staff, board members, and benefactors of the school.

It is the ASMS “family” that will propel the school into the future and make us even stronger. I can commit to the “family” at this 20th anniversary that we will make every effort to continue to educate young men and women at the highest level possible. We will continue to strive to provide challenges that will allow our students to grow and attain knowledge, which will allow them to succeed and lead very productive, successful lives.

F R O M T H E B O A R D C H A I R

A N N S M I T H B E D S O L E

L A R R Y V . T U R N E RAfter the law establishing ASMS was passed in 1989, we moved fast, as it gave us little time to locate a campus, establish curriculum, appoint a director, recruit students, and hire staff and faculty. Beginning a bold new experiment was exhilarating!

At that time, the Foundation Board members went to the bank and personally guaranteed a loan to buy the buildings to establish the school. Can you imagine the sleepless nights I had back then? United States Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander came down from Washington to dedicate the school and he was impressed.

However, my most vivid memory was opening day. The auditorium was in the midst of renovation. In fact, we issued hard hats to the students. So we walked down the street – students, faculty, parents, everyone – to the Methodist Church for a general assembly. I was scheduled to reassure the parents that everything was under control and we were fully prepared to manage the school and care for their children. I looked at those parents and saw hope in their faces and a level of love and courage I had never encountered before nor since. They were risking so much so their children might have a better education and a better life.

ANGLES | SPRING 2012 | 1

W H A T ’ SI N S I D E

F R O M T H E B O A R D C H A I R

A N N S M I T H B E D S O L E

who we areEDITOR

John Hoyle

ASSISTANT EDITORCecilia Godwin

PHOTOGRAPHYJohn Hoyle and Cecilia Godwin

PRESIDENTLarry V. Turner

SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRWOMANAnn Bedsole

FOUNDATION BOARD CHAIRMANMike Windom

ASMS BOARD OF DIRECTORSTommy Bice, Ann Bedsole, Dick Brewbaker, Kevin Dolbeare, Jay Gogue, Ashley Harris,

Andrew Hugine, Jay Love, Sheila Martin, Mary Sue McClurkin, Tommy McDaniel,

Gordon V. Moulton, Jane Leatherbury Newman,Norman Nicolson, Lawrence Pijeaux, Jr.,

Trip Pittman, Robert E. Witt, Rhinnie Scott, Anne Upchurch, Thad Wheat, Michael Windom

ASMS FOUNDATION BOARDAnn Bedsole, Robert Clark, Fred Cushing, Tyrone

Fenderson, Jr., Winthrop Hallett, Terry Harbin, Monique Henley, Bruce Jones, Paul Klotz, Steve LeDoux, LaBarron McClendon, Steve McMillan, Lucy McVay, John Mincy, Vaughan Morrissette,

Jane Leatherbury Newman, Andy Newton, Norman Nicolson, Walter Penry, Ben Radcliff, Jr., Debbie

Robson, Mike Saxon, John Steadman, Michael Windom, Alec Yasinsac

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2012SPRING

Page 5It’s been 20 years since

they graduated from ASMS. See what a

handful of 1993 grads are up to.


Meet a few of this year’s

graduates, a diverse group who have made the most of their time

at ASMS and have high hopes for the future.

Page 4Biology students in

Kevin Dolbeare’s class study bacteria from the

BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dolbeare won

a Toyota Tapestry Grant to fund the research.

Page 9Led by instructors Dr.

Diane Gerard and Muriel Hoequist, students

visited Germany last February during Special

Projects week.

Page 10COVER STORY

20 years ago the inaugural class graduated from

ASMS. Since then, the school has graduated 1789

and become a top school in Alabama.

Page 4Development Director

Linda Mayson discusses fundraising.

We acknowledge our Annual Donors.

MEET A FEW OF THIS YEAR’S

GRADUATES

Michelle Montabana is multitalented.

She plays bassoon in the Mobile Youth

Symphony Orchestra and also served as the

organization’s president for two years. She

has competed in the Distinguished Youth

Woman of Washington County and finished

as first runner-up last year. She also volunteers her time helping

kids and is active in the ASMS Key Club. Michelle plans to study

Music Administration at the University of Alabama. “I plan to

work on the business side of the music industry one day,” says

Montabana, who is from Washington County.

Valentina Corbett has made the most of her

ASMS experience, as she has starred in a

non-profit documentary about water pollution,

led the FLAVA Ent. dance team, played on

the volleyball team, and placed first in a local

costume design competition. “ASMS has

allowed me to focus on so many of my passions and I know this

wouldn’t have happened at my former school,” she says. Corbett,

who is from Dale County, plans to study business management at

the University of Alabama.

At a school known for math and science,

Connor Minton has found and fueled a

passion for art, although he also is quick

to point out that he enjoys many subjects.

Minton, who hails from Calhoun County, is

an accomplished photographer who has had

his work shown in a gallery. “ASMS gave me the opportunity

to branch out and I have found that I have a passion for taking

photographs.” Minton plans to attend Auburn University to major

in Professional Flight Management.

Nick Chaplow was ready to leave ASMS after

a few rough months when he was a sophomore.

He decided to stick it out and says it’s the best

decision he could have made. “This school has

helped me advance in so many ways,” he says.

“I have grown and matured much more than

I would have back home.” Chaplow is on the Robotics Team,

basketball team, serves as an ASMS Ambassador, and is Vice

President of the Habitat for Humanity club. Chaplow is from

Marshall County. He plans to study mechanical engineering at

Auburn University.

Lena Zhang has nurtured a passion for

biology at ASMS and has particularly enjoyed

studying how vitamin C found in citrus fruits

breaks down with biology instructor Dr. James

NJenge’re. “I enjoy hands-on research,” she

says. “It allows me to see results firsthand,

instead of reading about them in a textbook or online.” She is

from Houston County and plans to study biology in college, with

the intent of becoming a physician.

John Chancellor is President of the ASMS

Student Government Association. “As

President, I can help boost morale on campus

and make an impact,” he says. “It’s a great

feeling and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Chancellor also plays on the soccer team and is

a member of Theta Crew, which is a dance group within FLAVA

Ent. Chancellor, who lives in Coffee County, is interested in

biology and sociology and plans to become a physician.


By Rena Havner Philips

MOBILE, AL – Are the bacteria that the federal government credited for eating oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill still present in the Gulf of Mexico? If so, where?

Students at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science are trying to find out. Since July, students have spent time gathering and studying water samples — from various spots in Mobile Bay, off Dauphin Island and 35 miles out in the Gulf. The students have taken two boat trips and have gone to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to complete lab work.

They put the water through special filters to capture bacteria present in each of the samples, and then completed DNA extractions on that bacteria to see if it’s the same kind that eats oil.

Using a process known as PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, which police would use to try to match DNA evidence

gathered at a crime scene, the students hope to see where and if the bacteria is present.

“We’re doing cutting-edge science,” said Kevin Dolbeare, a biology and chemistry teacher who is overseeing the study. “This could be publishable work.”

The students’ hypothesis is that they won’t find the oil-eating bacteria in Mobile Bay, but they should find it in the Gulf. The Dauphin Street high school — which enrolls students from across Alabama — received a $10,000 grant from Toyota, known as the Tapestry Grants for Teachers, to complete the work. Dolbeare said he’d applied for the funding two times before to do similar work. But he didn’t get the award until this year, when he included the oil spill as part of the study.

The bacteria itself has likely long been in the Gulf of Mexico, because oil naturally seeps from wells throughout. But the magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon spill could have multiplied it or caused it to spread to new areas. The federal government has estimated that about 25 percent of the millions of gallons of oil from the 2010 spill of the Deepwater Horizon well, owned by BP PLC, was eaten by bacteria.

“One day, people will be talking about the oil spill as part of history, and we’ll get to say we were a part of that. We did research on that,” said Hallie Crosby, 17, a senior from Sulligent in northwest Alabama.

She and her identical twin sister, Heather, are working on the project. “It’s bad, of course, what happened,” said Heather Crosby, “but it’s a good opportunity for us to learn from it.”

The Alabama School of Mathematics and Science is the only school in the state to receive the award this past year, and one of 50 across the country. About 50 students have helped with the study so far in environmental chemistry and bio-chemistry classes. Seven students are taking an entire research science class revolving around it.“We’re getting to do research that actually affects stuff,” said Andrew Guo, 17, of Tuscaloosa. “It makes you feel like you’re doing something important.”

(Reprinted with permission from the December 21, 2011 Mobile

Press-Register)

STUDENTS STUDYING BACTERIA FROM BP OIL SPILL

Hallie Crosby and Andrew Guo load DNA on a gel to separate genetic material by size on Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011. Alabama School of Mathematics and Science students received a grant to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Dauphin Island. (Press-Register/Victor Calhoun)


From the Beginning

Class of 1993

1993! A movie ticket cost $4.00. Jurassic Park was box office king. Whoomp! (There It Is) blasted over the airwaves. Home Improvement was the most popular sitcom on TV. The average cost of new car was $13,000. The novel The Bridges of Madison County was a top seller. Tuition to Harvard University was $23,514.00. Beavis and Butt-Head made its debut. And, most importantly, ASMS graduated its first class! Here’s a look at a handful of graduates from the Inaugural Class of 1993.

THOMAS YOUNG“It’s hard to believe it has been 20 years since I graduated from ASMS,” admits Young, who works for ModernTech Corporation as an Application Engineer in Childersburg, AL. “Being a part of the first graduating class at ASMS is an awesome feeling. It’s always great being the first to accomplish something.”

Young also explains that ASMS prepared him for college and beyond and that he credits the school most for teaching him how to be resourceful. “I can still smell the tar on the roof as we were heading into the gym for lunch,” he says. “It didn’t always go well with what was for lunch. I also remember how great it felt to move into the guys dorm the second year. We felt like kings.”

RUTH ROCKER MCMULLIN“Being a part of the first graduating class at ASMS was a wonderful experience,” says McMullin, who works as an attorney with the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office in Atlanta, GA, specializing in representing juveniles who are charged as adults and face life in prison. She also teaches trial advocacy skills at Emory University School of Law. “I made lifelong friendships and learned a lot about myself in the process.”

McMullin is also thankful that ASMS taught her time

management skills: “Being a litigator and wife and mother of three, being effective at management is a necessity,” she says. Although the campus was still under heavy construction at the time, Rocker says that the campus felt like home. “For the first time, I felt a true sense of belonging. The students were diverse in their backgrounds but we all shared the common goal of success. It really felt good to be amongst other academically high achieving students. I loved that the faculty embraced all of our quirkiness and even added some of their own. I still have my hard hat from the early days of campus life!”

SARA E. YOUNG Young works as a family physician and an assistant professor in the department of Family Medicine at Georgia Health Sciences University’s Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. She teaches and advises medical students and residents and is heavily involved in grant writing, educational research. Young says that being part of the inaugural class of ASMS was a life-changing experience, as it allowed her to explore her interests, responsibilities, and independence in a supportive setting.

“I learned that the more experience I get at adjusting to life changes, the better I am at making those transitions more successfully,” she says.

ASMS, she adds, also prepared her to become a lifelong learner. “ASMS prepared me to be a compassionate physician by introducing me to a more diverse population in a larger community than I knew in my hometown,” she says. “Now as I serve as an educator to future physicians, I recognize that ASMS models excellence in teaching and in learning.”

Some of her remembrances: “Hard hats, selection of the Dragon as mascot, definition of the ‘Hood for walks, first calculus class (with Dr. Murdick, Matt, Mark, Bob, Aaron, and me), Krispy Kreme, guitar players in the quad, the coffee and 70 year old twins at Steak ‘n’ Egg, Magnolia Cemetery, the Oakleigh House and Garden District, Turnip


Festival, weekend trips to New Orleans on the school van with chaperones, the blanket rule, Special Projects trip to Seaside, ‘The Devil in Literature’ for Special Projects, basketball and weight lifting classes for PE, Greek Fest at the Greek Orthodox church up St. Ann’s Street, and going home with other students for holiday breaks.”

JUSTIN COCHRANCochran works as a Professor of Information Systems at Kennesaw State University. “There was a sense of pride associated with being ‘pioneers’ endeavoring for the first time on the journey,” he says. “ There was a lot of energy already, but the uncertainty associated with being the first class enhanced our willingness to adapt to construction, incomplete projects, and new opportunities to begin defining what ASMS became.”

He also credits ASMS with instilling in him the ability to think critically. “In essence, ASMS is an experiment in Brownian motion” he says. “While we all had some resistance to being in the jar, the experience of being contained together in the environment, bouncing off one another for two years, led to an intensity of experience that would be hard to replicate in other environments. Living in the jar with fellow students and the ASMS faculty (who were surely happy to be able to leave the jar) taught me to think critically, to analyze information, and synthesize multiple points of view much more rapidly than I would have otherwise.”

What does Cochran remember about the early days? “Beyond being awakened by construction many days, taking van rides to the movies, contemplating the Calculus Cockroach, and pushing the administration to include sports from the start, one of my favorite memories of the early days was breakfast in the gym. For the first semester, it seemed most everyone came to breakfast - almost as a family. Everyone embraced the opportunity to get to know each other and there was a real sense that ‘we are in this together.’ Gym breakfast, along with the great icebreakers at the beginning, was critical for helping me form great relationships that I still value 20 years later. I could still talk today to classmates that I haven’t seen in years and feel in seconds like we all know some secret that binds us together.”

KARA MIZELL COLLINSCollins works as a realtor with Roberts Brothers in Fairhope, AL, previously Dauphin Realty. In January, she received the Dauphin Realty Rookie of the Year Award (2011). What was it like to be a part of the first graduating class at ASMS? “It was amazing,” she says. “A rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, a taste of freedom with a hefty dose of new responsibility. Being first meant doing something no one else had done before. There was a huge element of risk, but the potential rewards were limitless.”

Collins believes that attending ASMS helped her to learn how to take risks. “I’ve done some pretty interesting things in my life, but nothing has been as fulfilling as success in the current real estate market,” she says. “I am very competitive and ASMS helped give me that edge required to take risks and succeed. ASMS helped open my eyes to the value, beauty, and diversity of my home state and her people. Meeting people from various backgrounds and learning to catch a glimpse of the world through their eyes was an invaluable lesson that continues to serve me well in business.”

Collins also says that she enjoys the life-long friendships that she formed at ASMS. “Some parts of life at ASMS in the early days were similar to the way they are now. Nothing is like learning to live in a dorm room with a person you’ve only just met, just ask Sarah Walker, but after 20 years, I still count Sarah as one of my dearest life-long friends. Of course there were other ‘quirky’ things that made it interesting. Honestly, the things I remember most are the wonderful friendships that were forged from a common experience and common goals. Those are the kind of friendships that stand the test of time.”

SARAH WALKERWalker works as a Branch Manager at Regions Bank in New Albany, MS. She says that being a part of the creation of ASMS was a unique experience.

“One of the most important things I learned was how to write,” she says. “ASMS also taught me that I can do anything I am willing to work for.”


A fond memory? “ASMS was under construction when we moved in. Our favorite Dr. Allen Tubbs phrase became ‘two weeks.’ When will the outlet work? ‘Two Weeks.’ When will the cafeteria be finished? ‘Two Weeks.’ When will the swimming pool be ready? ‘Two Weeks.’ Two weeks meant hope.”

JULIE CHESSHER STONEStone works at an environmental, geotechnical, and construction-consulting firm called Terracon as an administrative staff member. “When I am not working for pay,” she says, “I spend my time as a libertarian political activist, which currently among other activities involves me being the Chair of the St. Louis County Libertarian Party.”

“ASMS allowed me to explore what interested me the most at the time and to be an individual,” she says. “This independence gave me the tools to examine the issues on my own and the confidence to stand for a potentially publicly unpopular stance on educated and principled grounds.”

One memorable moment that stands out to Stone involves how the dragon was selected as the school’s mascot: “During one of our meals, we had an election with a list of proposed mascots that we could choose. Most of us were not very happy with the bland mascot choices presented; as such we stuffed the ballot box with our own choices such as griffin, blue fish (was in reference to a joke), and dragon. Due to this protest, they had to redo the mascot vote and added our protest suggestions on the second election. Thus the dragon was selected as the mascot by the students in a truly ASMS way.”

LESLI OTT“I’ve always felt very lucky to be a member of the 1993 graduating class,” says Ott, who works as a Senior Statistician at Yale University/YNHH Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE). “ASMS taught me the reward of seeking out difficult challenges.”

Ott, like her classmates, remembers what it was like to go to school in a construction zone. “In its early days, ASMS

was loud,” she says. “I was awakened most mornings by the sound of construction workers finishing the initial build of campus. It was also very close quarters. All students were housed in one dormitory, and most activities took place in the small front room of the SAC or in the open areas on the dorm floors.

“On the other hand, we all felt very connected. The students, faculty, and staff knew that it was a special time, and we were all very excited to be embarking on this grand experiment together. I think we all felt a great responsibility to create something of high value for ourselves, the local community, and those across the state who invested so many resources in us. Looking back, I believe that we did.”

CHRIS HARDENHarden is an MFA film student at Florida State University. Before that he worked as an Engineering Manager at bSquare Corporation. “My most recent project was adding PDF support to Amazon’s Kindle Desktop app and helping to launch the Kindle Fire,” he says.

So why did he enjoy ASMS so much? “ASMS made the first two years of college (Auburn) easy for me, he says. “It lead me to a degree in Electrical Engineering, a summa cum laude designation for both that and my MBA, and taught me one of the most valuable lessons of my life – that education can take your career to levels you may never reach without it.”

KATHERINE ELIZABETH TYLER THOMPSON “Initially being a student at ASMS was intimidating, but after the school year actually kicked off, it was challenging, exciting, and rewarding,” says Thompson, who works as a Project Manager/Geologist at Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc. in Birmingham, AL.

How did ASMS prepare Thompson for her career? “Simply put, ASMS prepared me with knowledge, experience, and adventure, she says. “Not only is my career science-based, which was the ultimate motive for my ASMS attendance; I am required to work with and among various


types of people, clients, and agencies. ASMS was the prelude to the development of my current manner of thinking and interacting. Tolerance, open-mindedness, and ultimately acceptance are valuable elements of life, which was afforded to me by the students, staff, and opportunities of my alma mater. Immersion into a culture of various socioeconomic, racial, and political backgrounds was my classroom to the world.”

JASON RYDERJason Ryder works as the Associate Director of Process Engineering for Amyris, a renewable chemicals and fuels company based in Emeryville, California. Amyris applies industrial synthetic biology to design and construct microbes capable of converting sugars into target molecules. What was it like to be a part of the first graduating class at ASMS? “From the moment I heard about ASMS from my high school guidance counselor, I knew that this was THE SCHOOL for me,” says Ryder. “Twenty years on, I still glow with pride over the reputation that the school has built and the great students that continue to walk the grounds of the Old Dauphin Way Baptist Church.” How did ASMS prepare you for what you are doing in life now? “ASMS helped me to identify a knack for chemistry and mathematics, the combination of which planted the seeds for my career in chemical engineering. I had unfettered access to advanced coursework ranging from statistics to partial differential equations to advanced organic chemistry. All of this would eventually frame my university and graduate studies, and my job today. My professors did an outstanding job of tying the problems in the classroom to real life application outside of the classroom.” Favorite memory? “Dr. Kay Kouadio was chaperoning a Florida trip to the Miami Hurricane Center, Kennedy Space Center, and Disney World. We were disappointed that we missed the scheduled space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center. At approximately 1:15 AM, someone was yelling and knocking on my hotel room door. I opened it and found a super-excited Dr. Kouadio. It turned out that the space shuttle had launched and Dr. Kouadio had caught it just in time to wake everyone up. As it rose majestically into the air, Dr. Kouadio was narrating with

the different chemical reactions going on between the solid rocket boosters and the main engines. I remember admiring his passion for teaching and love for his students, even at 1:15 AM in the morning.”

BRANDON DOWNEYDowney works as an Information Security Engineer at Google. “When I started at ASMS, there was a lot that was legitimately awesome – teachers who easily could have been college professors, some really high end labs (we were fighting for the money to pay for crucibles inchem lab back in my home town – meanwhile, we were busy doing gel electrophoresis in Dr. Schwaner’s biology class), and cutting edge equipment (486s in our computer lab and later my first account on a Unix system – as opposed to the three Commodore 64s my old high school had),” he says.

How did ASMS prepare Downey for his current career? “There is no doubt in my mind I would not be where, who, or why I am the person I am today without ASMS,” he says. “I was going to a high school in rural small town Alabama. I remember reading about differential calculus in a science fiction story, and asking my freshman algebra teacher about what this crazy thing was. She couldn’t tell me – college had been too long ago, and she’d been teaching the same two classes for decades. She looked me in the eye and told me: ‘Don’t worry about it – normal teenagers don’t worry about math.’ Gone went the school where even the math teachers didn’t care about calculus, and coming was the place where I got to study abstract algebra with people who loved it the same way I did. If I got hit by a bus the day after I graduated, I could probably die a little content that I had learned how to prove a theorem or two in my time there.”

MORE ALUMNI NEWS...For more alumni news, visit www.asms.net/news

The ASMS Development Office would like to keep up with alumni. Please email Development Director Linda Mayson at [email protected] or Development Assistant Debbie Manning at [email protected].

Don’t forget about Alumni Weekend 2012, June 8-10. For more information see page 17.


Germany

In February, German instructor Muriel Hoequist and history instructor Dr. Diane Gerard led a group of students to Germany during Special Projects Week. ASMS President Dr. Larry Turner and his wife Susan also served as chaperones. The group flew into Berlin and visited such attractions as the Brandenburg Gate, a BMW motorcycle factory, the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, King Frederick the Great’s palace, the Cecilienhof Palace where the Potsdam Conference took place, and the Pergamon Museum where the Gate of Ishtar from Nebuchadnezzar’s time is displayed, among many other attractions.

“I was immensely proud to see with how much attentiveness and intelligence our students soaked up, each in their unique way,” said Hoequist. “It was gratifying to see that all of the students took initiative to practice the language and interact, and of course they did great.”

Students who participated in the trip: Jesse Aquino, Amber Harvison, Steven Imle, Konnor Kuhlmann, Connor Minton, Aaron Murphy, Zac Thomas, Freddy Argueta, Sam Eberlein, Eric Peterson, Anthony Timberlake, Tricia Vogel, Maren Bollinger, Mac Braswell, Alan Langley, and Guy Vogel.

special project to


“A brave, bold step for the people of Alabama…” – U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander at the Alabama School of Mathematics

and Science Dedication Ceremony, November 1991.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander at the 1991 Dedication Ceremony. First ASMS Director Dr. Allen Tubbs with Ann Bedsole in front of the original SAC.

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Chemistry instructor Dr. John Petty uses a blowtorch during an outdoor demonstration.

Avery special place on the campus of the Alabama School of Mathematics

and Science is the stairwell in the Administration Building, as it is lined with large photographs that feature each graduating class since 1993. “It is awe-inspiring to walk up the stairs and contemplate the extent that ASMS has made a positive difference in so many lives,” says ASMS President Dr. Larry Turner. “I never underestimate just how foresighted the founders of this school were. When graduates come back to campus, I have noticed that they enjoy spending time in that stairwell.” In the late 1980s and amid a backdrop of news about poorly

performing high schools, a group of determined Mobilians joined together to establish an advanced high school that would enroll students from across the state and train them to become Alabama’s future leaders. In 1989, the Alabama State Legislature approved a bill creating the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science and gave the school’s founders $300,000 in start-up funds to hire faculty and staff and to purchase books and office equipment. Shortly thereafter, the ASMS Foundation, a non-profit organization, was created to raise additional funds to purchase a campus and to furnish labs and dorm rooms. After much consideration, the 15-acre former Mobile Dauphin Way Baptist Church

campus was purchased for $12 million and renovations began shortly thereafter. The ambitious goal was to have the campus complete enough to enroll students in the fall of 1991. “Many of the folks pushing for this school were members of Mobile United, a civic-minded organization that understood that Alabama could benefit from an advanced school that operated differently than other high schools by catering to the best and brightest students,” says Ann Bedsole, who was influential in founding the school and currently serves on the ASMS School Board and Foundation Board of Directors. “At the same time, we knew we were facing a great challenge in readying the campus for students; but, it was exciting to see it all come


Senator Jack Edwards (pictured in the back row second from left) visited ASMS in 2010 to talk to students about politics in history instructor Derek Barry’s (pictured right) New South class.

The Ann Smith Bedsole Library under construction in 2007. The $5.4 million building houses a state-of-the art library as well as a reception area, game room, coffee house, TV lounge, classrooms, and offices.

Ground was broken at the site of the Ann Smith Bedsole Library at a ceremony before the 2006 graduation. Pictured from left: Palmer Bedsole, Ann Bedsole, and Steve LeDoux.

together so quickly.” In fact, when the first students arrived in the fall of 1991, much of the campus was under construction. Hard hats were even passed out to students, who were often awakened each morning by the sounds of bulldozers and jackhammers. Back then, the Humanities Building and the Auditorium were empty shells. There was no boys’ dorm, as boys bunked on two floors in what is now used as the Girls’ Dorm. “All of the construction was just part of the excitement in the early days,” says physics instructor Dr. Garvin Wattuhewa, who has worked at the school since it was founded. “I remember

thinking, ‘how is this all going to get done.’ But, I also remember how optimistic we all were to be a part of something so different and new.” Bedsole speaks fondly of the first graduating class. “They were pioneers,” she says. “Their parents should also be recognized, as they risked a lot in sending their children to a new residential school – they wanted a better educational future for their kids. We all did.” Fast forward to 2012. ASMS has graduated 1789 students. The ASMS Foundation has overseen the renovation of every building on campus as well as the construction of a Boys’ Dorm and


Alumni gather on the lawn outside of the Girls’ Dorm during a recent reunion.

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1993: former ASMS Director Dr. Allen Tubbs, Ann Bedsole, Van Golden, and Senator Richard Shelby stand outside of the school as renovations were underway to the Science and Administration Buildings.

Ann Bedsole speaks at the Ann Smith Bedsole Library dedication as Librarian Angela Mollise sits in the background. In 1978, Bedsole became the first Republican woman ever to be elected to the Alabama House of Representatives and she has also served as an Alabama State Senator. She was elected the First Lady of Mobile in 1972, Mobilian of the Year in 1993, and Philanthropist of the Year in 1998.


the state-of-the art Ann Smith Bedsole Building, which houses the school’s library. Renovating the Old Dauphin Way campus has also revitalized the Dauphin Way Historic District. But beyond brick-and-mortar projects, ASMS has created a culture where learning comes first and graduates matriculate to colleges and universities totally prepared academically for the challenges they will face. Further, the school is seen as a valuable asset to Alabama, and government leaders speak of how the school has improved the state’s educational landscape. Like many grads, Thad Wheat, who graduated in 1996 and works as an attorney in Auburn credits ASMS as being critical to his success in life and important for the State of Alabama.

“ASMS is a springboard for kids who may have otherwise started college at a disadvantage,” says Wheat, who is also the first alum to serve on the ASMS School Board. “By placing these young men and women in a position to achieve more than they could have otherwise, we are creating a greater pool of talent from which to build our state’s base of professionals and academics.” Wheat also believes that it is the nurturing environment that makes ASMS succeed. “ASMS essentially removes all of the educational, and, perhaps more importantly, social barriers that a kid who wants to achieve would face at an ordinary school,” he says. “Armed with the type of education ASMS provided, confidence it inspired, and friendships it helped me to create, I have been able

to build the type of life I would not have otherwise enjoyed.” This sentiment is echoed by countless ASMS graduates who contact former teachers, staff members, and the ASMS Development Office. “We treasure the times when alumni tell us how ASMS changed their lives and opened opportunities,” says ASMS Director of Development Linda Mayson, whose son graduated from the school in 2004. “I can’t wait to hear what future generations of ASMS grads accomplish.” The school and its community members have accomplished a great deal since it was founded:• ASMS has enrolled students from every Alabama county.• Since 1993, ASMS has graduated 1,789 students, 450 of whom have

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Physics instructor Dr. Garvin Wattuhewa stands with students in his physics classroom. Wattuhewa served as ASMS Interim President from 2009 - 2010 and has had three children graduate from ASMS: Dr. Kanishka Garvin (1998), Dr. Geesala Garvin (2003), and Mekhala Garvin (2007), who is working toward a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Last February, ASMS President Dr. Larry Turner (right) presented Executive Assistant Carlotta Russell, computer science instructor Dr. Albert Lilly, and chemistry instructor Dr. John Petty with plaques that honored their 20 years of consecutive service to the Alabama High School Science Bowl, which is run by Dr. Garvin Wattuhewa (left).

Dr. Kelly Dunagan, who was the first faculty member hired, taught mathematics at ASMS from 1991-2004. He passed away in 2005 after a battle with cancer. Classroom S201 in the science building was dedicated to Dr. Dunagan in 2006. “Dr. Dunagan was an excellent math teacher who was loved by his students,” says Development Assistant Debbie Manning.


earned or are working toward post-graduate degrees.The average ACT score for a grad is 27.2 (during the last three years it is 27.7) • ASMS graduates have earned nearly $200 million in scholarships.• More than 130 students have been recognized as National Merit Finalists.• One hundred percent of ASMS graduates are accepted to college, and nearly 60 percent of these students pursue fields relating to math or science. • The ASMS Foundation has raised nearly $18 million, much of which has been spent on capital-improvement projects.• Faculty and staff members have authored books and received countless grants. Most notably the Physics Department has earned MIT-Lemelson and Toyota Tapestry grants, the Biology Department has earned a

Toyota Tapestry grant, the Art Department earned Community Foundation grants, a Department of Education G5 Technology grant, and grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation, EPSCoRs, the Sloan Foundation, and the GTE Growth Initiatives for Teachers Fellowship Program. • ASMS is a diverse campus. Historically, nearly 30 percent of the student body identifies with a minority group.• Over the past four years, ASMS has been ranked by Newsweek magazine as a top 10 public high school in Alabama and listed as a top high school in the nation. • Seven students have earned Bill Gates Millennium Scholarships, which pay for all undergraduate and post-graduate studies. • ASMS manages an art gallery, which hosts academically oriented exhibits related to science, math, or the humanities.

DR. ALBERT LILLY, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE

BEST MEMORIES?Volunteering to help with activities such as Geekfest, Stressfest, and “Open Mic Night” and outreach such as support for the homeless, Habitat for Humanity, and tutoring.

HOW HAS ASMS CHANGED?There was still construction of buildings going in the early years. The standard answer of when some part of the job would be finished was “two weeks.” The first year there were no seniors – only juniors. We did not have any sophomores at that time.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN 1992? The school did not have money to buy computers in the fall of the first year. We taught computer science unplugged. We had a grant that encouraged teaching FORTRAN concepts. I had to tell students whether or not their programs would run correctly until we got computers. Eventually, we had 17 computers for teaching and one for all of the administrators. No one had cell phones and only a few students had a computer. Now we have WiFi and various computers throughout the campus and many students, of course, have their own computers and portable devices.

DR. JEFF GOODMAN, ENGLISH

WHAT EXPECTATIONS DID YOU HAVE WHEN YOU STARTED?I didn’t really have any expectations. The job has definitely exceeded my expectations. It’s been better than I thought it would be.

WHAT WAS ASMS LIKE IN THE BEGINNING?

The school was like a skeleton. We just had a plan, and now it’s been fleshed out.

WHAT HAVE YOU GAINED FROM YOUR TIME TEACHING HERE?I hoped to become a better writer and a better teacher for having worked here. I have really enjoyed working with students.

HERE FROM THE STARTEight current ASMS faculty or staff members were employed in 1993, when the Inaugural Class graduated. Here’s a look at what

they remember about the school’s early years, the changes have unfolded, and what they have enjoyed about working at ASMS.

DR. DEBORAH HOFFMAN, ENGLISH

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST CLASSES THAT GRADUATED?I remember Brandon Downey (Class of 1993) coming to class in his bathrobe! Apparently, he’d been locked out of his room! I also remember one of my early students went to the University of South Alabama and was assigned to read a book called “Everything’s

an Argument.” He decided that that’s exactly what my class was like.

I also recall another student who realized in a graduation speech that the reason why I always had people arguing in class was because my goal was to have my students think on their own, for themselves.

CARLOTTA RUSSELL, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS? The first graduating class was one of our best. They were respectful and eager to learn and explore new avenues of learning. The entire campus was a minefield of excitement.

HOW WAS THE CAMPUS DIFFERENT? The campus was like a war zone. We wore hard hats anytime you were outside or going into a construction area. There was so much construction going on at that time. There were as many construction workers on campus as students. It was exciting to see each building as it opened up for occupancy. The students acted as If they were given a new toy each time.


DR. GARVIN WATTUHEWA, PHYSICS

WHAT HAS STOOD OUT TO YOU AS LOOK BACK ON YOUR TIME AT ASMS.I think the school has made a positive difference in so many lives. I see alumni come back and they speak about all of the wonderful things they are involved in. It’s great to know the school has served so many people.

YOU SERVED AS INTERIM PRESIDENT FOR A YEAR. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?Very challenging! Financially it was a difficult time in the school’s history, because the state cut our budget so much. On top of that, we had many maintenance problems that required

attention. It was difficult, but I did it to help ASMS survive. We are on solid footing now.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE CLASS OF 1993?Every class is special and different. That class stands out because they were an adventurous group who took great risks in coming to ASMS. I still have contact with the first graduating class. Almost every time they happen to be in town, they drop by to say hi. A special group. So much was going on back then in terms of construction. It was an exciting time to be at ASMS.

DEBBIE MANNING, OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT

WHAT HAVE YOU LIKED MOST ABOUT WORKING AT ASMS?The students! They’re great! I also enjoy when our alumni come back and tell us about their accomplishments.

HOW HAS THE SCHOOL CHANGED SINCE THE BEGINNING?Almost every building has been renovated and the Auditorium and the Bedsole Building still amaze me. I’m proud of the work that the Development Office has done to help improve the campus. We’ve come a long way!

DR. JOHN PETTY, CHEMISTRY

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST CLASS?Their intensity. Our students are in general eager to learn, the first class DESPERATE to learn. They wanted to learn everything we could throw at them.

HOW WAS THE CAMPUS DIFFERENT?I remember was the Science Building was THE

classroom building. The Girl’s Dorm was THE dorm and the SAC was the only other building on campus.

WHAT HAS BEEN MOST REWARDING ABOUT WORKING AT ASMS?Having taught large classes of students who HAD to take a chemistry course, it is always rewarding to teach classes of students who WANT to take chemistry courses.

DR. MACOLM DONALSON, CLASSICS

WHAT WAS ASMS LIKE IN THE BEGINNING?Extremely exciting! It was a very unique environment and an exciting opportunity for the students and faculty. The students were willing to take on such a big workload and loved it.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST CLASS?Some of the students were so mature, and you would talk to them as virtually adults.

Their maturity level was far along for their age. I remember that those students were eager to learn.

WHAT HAVE YOU GAINED FROM YOUR TIME TEACHING HERE?Teaching students in my field and later in life you get a chance to see them surpass your accomplishments. That’s truly rewarding for a teacher to see them, for the most part, accomplish those goals.


Alumni Weekend 2012

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

2011 Katie Howard [email protected] Isy Goodman [email protected] 2009 Evan Colmenares [email protected] 2008 Daniel (Toxey) Dye [email protected] 2007 Richard Meshell [email protected] 2006 Lesley Mauck [email protected] 2005 Tiasha Barik [email protected] 2004 Bri Madison McCombs [email protected] 2003 Allison Moore [email protected]

2002 Diana VanDerwood [email protected] 2001 David Kennedy [email protected] Elysia Lock [email protected] 1999 Katy Blankenhorn [email protected] 1998 Jeremy Griggs [email protected] 1997 Megan Williams [email protected] 1996 Glen Hutson [email protected] Janna Forrester Sayer [email protected] 1994 Gina Cole [email protected] 1993 Sarah Walker [email protected]

JUNE 8-10All alumni are invited. Classes celebrating their reunions: 1997, 2002, and 2007.FRIDAY, JUNE 8Registration at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel this year for a reduced rate of $104/night. SATURDAY, JUNE 911 a.m. – Q&A with Dr. Larry Turner, President12:00 p.m. – Lunch in ASMS Cafeteria

1:00 p.m. – Campus Tours beginning in Cafeteria6:00 p.m. – Dinner at Wintzell’s Oyster House

Please RSVP by May 25, 2012. For more information and to register, contact Linda Mayson in the Development Office at 251.441.2171 or [email protected]


ASMS swept the 12th Annual Mobile Math Olympiad. Sophomore Eric Wu won 1st Prize and was invited to participate in Colorado Math Olympiad, which is paid for by the Alabama Space Grant. Senior Felipe Shinsato won 2nd Prize, while sophomores Alexander Peeples and Justin Wahlers won 3rd Prize. Math instructor Natalya Prokhorova sponsors the team.

Students Alana Rister, Austin Haley, Julia Nelson, and Joseph Thornton earned a Top 10 percent ranking in the 2012 Toshiba Exploration Competition. Their project was titled Xan-Graph: A Nano-Molecular Solar Cell. Only six schools out of hundreds make it to the regional level. No other school from Alabama was ranked in the Top 10 percent or made it to regionals. The team’s sponsor is chemistry instructor Dr. Elisa Rambo.

Junior Jane Murphy has been awarded a prestigious Oxbridge Academic Program scholarship for $3800, which can be used towards four weeks of study at Cambridge University this summer. Murphy is currently in an Advanced Latin Directed Reading course with Classics instructor Dr. Malcolm Donalson studying St. Augustine’s Confessions.

Noteworthy Students

Adventures In Math and Science

06.04.12Don’t waste your summer! Spend it at AIMS Summer Camp! Learn while you have fun! Kayak Mobile Bay. Design a maze. Build a smart phone app. Solve a crime. Prepare for the ACT. Learn how to make jewelry. Build a robot. Launch a rocket...and much more!

Who can enroll? Students entering the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades.

This year, AIMS will run for three sessions! Students can sign up for one or all three weeks. Session 1 (June 4-8) is an overnight camp. Session 2 (June 11-15) is an overnight or day camp. And, Session 3 (June 18-22) is a day camp. Day campers will begin school at 8:00 AM and end at 3:15 PM.

TuitionTuition for overnight camp is $375 per week and is all-inclusive. Tuition for day camp is $260 and includes lunch. The cost to stay the weekend between Sessions 1 and 2 is an additional $150 (includes trip to water park).

If you know students who would thrive at AIMS, please encourage them to enroll. Many students who attend AIMS eventually become full-time ASMS students. This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Applications, more information, and course descriptions are online at www.asms.net.

AIMSSummer Program

COURSE SAMPLING: Photoshop,Marine Biology, Robotics, Alchemy of Harry Potter, Codes and Ciphers, Smart Phone Apps, CSI: Mobile, Labs of Doom, Geometry, German, Cyber Security, Weird Food Science, The American West through Film, Mystery of Optical Illusions, ACT Prep, Painting, Secrets of Motion, Amazing Mazes, Rocketry, Engineering the Future, Rock ‘N’ Roll History, Jewelry Design, & More...


D e v e l o p m e n t R e p o r tF i s c a l Y e a r 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1

I am delighted to join ASMS as your new Director of Development. As the parent of an ASMS graduate, I truly value the amazing opportunity that this institution offers its students and our community. I am thrilled to work with Debbie Manning, Development Assistant, to continue the excellent work the development department has implemented over the past 20 years.

ASMS is constantly working to maintain its positive momentum. Even in the most challenging of times, your gifts and support have never been more important in enabling us to continue to provide a margin of excellence in our key mission to develop the full potential of exceptional students from across the state of Alabama.

Please pause for a moment to think about what this school means to you. Make a financial contribution, checks may be mailed directly to the Development Office,

1255 Dauphin Street, Mobile, AL 36604 or you may call (251) 441-2120 to make a credit card gift.

A monthly charge to your credit or debit card is also a great way to give a meaningful gift. Look for more information as we use the efficiency of social media to keep you up to date on all our projects and opportunities.

As always, the board, parents, alumni, faculty and staff play an invaluable role in our success. ASMS needs you, appreciates you, and remains dedicated to creating the future we all desire for the students we serve in Alabama.

Linda MaysonDirector of Development

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS10/1/2010 to 9/30/2011

$50,000 - $99,999The Honorable Stephen A. McMillanState of AlabamaSybil H. Smith Charitable Trust

$25,000 - $49,999Alabama Power FoundationCity of MobileU.S. Department of Education

$10,000 - $24,999Blue Cross & Blue Shield of AlabamaMrs. Pam BreedloveDr. Ralph Buckley and Mrs. Julienne RoachThe Caring FoundationCommunity Foundation of South AlabamaExxonMobilMr. Joshua T. HerronMr. Nicholas H. Holmes Jr.National Science Teachers AssociationSSABWilkins, Miller, CPA

$5,000 - $9,999ABL Management, Inc.AIRBUSAlabama Civil Justice FoundationDr. and Mrs. John DesverreauxEBSCO Industries, Inc.FIRSTSenator Rusty GloverMr. and Mrs. Ronald D. HaleyThe Honorable Jamie N. IsonJ C PenneyDr. and Mrs. Frederick KamProtective Life CorporationThe Ether Bunny Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Larry V. TurnerDr. Mark B. Wall and Dr. Allison P. Wall

$2,500 - $4,999The Honorable Randy DavisGreek Orthodox ChurchHuntington Ingalls ShipbuildingDr. Yvonne KennedySamuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc. Press-RegisterThompson FoundationToshiba America FoundationWells Fargo Community Support CampaignMs. Edith J. Wilcox

$1,000 - $2,499Mr. and Mrs. Mark BernasconiMr. Christopher D. BolesMr. C. Traber CampbellCardinal Health Foundation Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. ClarkMr. John DeWittDr. Bernard H. Eichold IIEichold Family Foundation FundFENIX 501, Inc.LT Shafer B. GastonMrs. Tara N. Gaston, Esq.Mr. and Mrs. Bryan GreeneDr. Karin M. HardimanDr. Heidi R. HensleeInternational Business Machines CorporationMr. Thomas B. Jones and Dr. Daphne JonesMicrosoft CorporationMobile UnitedNational InstrumentsRaytheonMr. and Mrs. Thomas ThomasMr. and Mrs. W. K. Upchurch Jr.Mrs. Julia Sisson WilliamsDr. Richard Ryan WilliamsMr. Charles T. Yarbrough III


$500 - $999Alpha Natural Resources Services LLCAmerican Psychological AssociationNorthrop Grumman Inc.Mrs. Samantha DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Pete HamiltonMr. and Mrs. Nelson L. HanksHargrove Engineers & ConstructorsIntel Matching Gifts to Education ProgramMr. Ian S. LaiDr. and Mrs. Albert LillyDr. and Mrs. John MarcheseMobile County Racing CommissionMs. Angela MolliseMr. and Mrs. Daniel A. NeilansDr. and Mrs. Hunter NelsonMrs. Jennie A. NelsonOccidental Petroleum Charitable FoundationMr. David H. ReifsnyderMr. Maurice ReifsnyderMr. John B. SandersMrs. Mary M. SawickiScholarship AmericaMr. and Mrs. Robert SissonDr. Agnes E. SmithSouthern Ionics, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James TownsTrue Value FoundationMr. and Mrs. Thomas K. VolekMr. and Mrs. Ford WalkerMs. Erin R. White

$250 - $499Mr. William B. AlfordMs. Sally M. BedgoodMr. and Mrs. Bobby Bradley Jr.Mrs. Sarah G. BrewerMr. and Mrs. Thang D. BuiMr. and Mrs. William R. Chaplow Jr.Chevron Humankind Employee FundsMr. Christopher M. CorneliusMr. Jeffrey P. CottenMrs. Rachel A. DabrowskiDr. and Mrs. David R. Longmire, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. John DeVilliersEmma Inc.Mr. Brian M. HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Boris B. KalininMr. and Mrs. Greg KuhlmannMr. and Mrs. Richard LeComteMr. and Mrs. Louis LombardyMrs. Debbie ManningMr. John F. MarsellaDr. Annamalai and Dr. Kuppal NadarajanMr. Norman M. NicolsonMrs. Brandy E. QueenMs. Renay RogersSouthern Family Markets LLCMr. Ian VolekMs. Sarah E. Walker

$100 - $249Mr. Hafez A. AlabiMr. and Mrs. Timothy W. AlfordMs. Jane AllgoodMr. Lawrence M. AsherASMS Parent AssociationASMS StudentsMr. and Mrs. Keith E. AtwellMs. Mary A. Austin

Ms. Patricia AustinMr. Derek BarryMr. and Mrs. William BaughMr. Matthew L. BeaverMr. and Mrs. Charles BedgoodThe Honorable Ann S. BedsoleMr. Justin L. BrooksMrs. Rebecca P. CavinessMrs. Julia E. ChevalierDr. Justin D. CochranMrs. Kara E. CollinsMrs. Christina CooleyMrs. Kelly E. CunninghamMr. Joshua S. DavisMrs. Jennifer L. DeaversMr. Kevin DolbeareMr. Lowery D. Duvall Jr.Mr. Daniel C. DyeMr. and Mrs. Karl EbertMrs. Jennifer A. FieldsDr. Heather L. ForehandMr. Elijah A. FoxMr. Victor-Vance D. GambleDr. Diane GerardMr. and Mrs. Russell GilheartMs. Monica M. GrayDr. Yuebin Guo and Dr. Wendy ChenDr. Brian C. HardMrs. Dawn E. HavilandMr. John HoyleMrs. Jessica J. HunterMr. and Mrs. James P. HurstMr. Larry HylandMr. Brett M. JonesMr. Bruce JonesThe Honorable Michael L. JonesKBRMrs. Heather M. KhassianMrs. Melody A. KingsleyMr. Thomas J. LaskaMs. Elizabeth N. LauritsonMrs. Bebe G. LindseyMs. Carmen G. LoweryMr. Luis Alexandre P. MartinsMr. and Mrs. Will McCallMr. Jefferson J. McGeheeMobile’s Singing ChildrenMr. and Mrs. Calvin MoonDr. Monica MotleyMr. and Mrs. Dennis MurphyNorthrop Grumman FoundationMs. Lesli S. OttMr. and Mrs. Conrad OttenfeldLT Jonathan S. PageMr. Adam C. ParisotMr. and Mrs. Andrew R. PhelpsMrs. Angela J. PippenMrs. Natalya ProkhorovaMrs. Paula J. ReidMr. Stuart Reif and Dr. Maria Hernandez-ReifMs. and Mr. Sharry I. SandlerMs. Virginia L. SpencerMr. Daniel C. StanfordT. S. Wall & Sons, Inc.Target Inc.The Boeing CompanyMr. Ryan S. ThorsteinsonMr. and Mrs. Tim TireyDr. Kristina M. VisscherDr. Garvin WattuhewaDr. Donald Wheeler

Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. WilliamsMr. David S. WoodallMr. and Mrs. John N. YanceyMr. David J. J. ZapataMr. and Mrs. Thomas Zimlich

$1 - $100Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. D. AbshireMr. and Mrs. Roosevelt AdamsMs. Basirat AlabiMr. and Mrs. James AlexMr. and Mrs. Benjamin O. AllenMr. and Mrs. Justin AmosMs. Ann C. ArnoldMrs. Jennifer ArrasMrs. Stephanie AutryAzalea Trail RunMr. Nasrullah AzizMs. Carmen BarronMr. and Mrs. Forrest B. BeecoMrs. Joyce BoatmanMr. and Mrs. Jesse Q. BogganMr. David R. Bollinger and Dr. Laurel A. BollingerMr. and Mrs. William BosargeMr. and Mrs. Dane BrantleyMrs. and Mrs. Andrew B. BraswellMr. William BrouilletMr. Levi S. BrownMrs. Kim BrunsonMs. Jacinta CaiMr. and Mrs. Yu Qing CaiMs. Tammy CastleberryMr. Gunars Lazda and Dr. Rasma Lazda-Cazers CazersMr. and Mrs. Donald S. ChancellorMrs. Kariann ChavezMs. Elizabeth A. CitrinMr. and Mrs. Cleveland ClarkMrs. Helen ClarkMr. and Mrs. Wayne E. CoeMs. Beverly J. ColemanMr. and Mrs. Clayton CoonMs. Mary L. CousarMr. and Mrs. J. David CrosbyMs. Deborah Danford


$1 - $100 continuedMr. and Mrs. James DanielsMr. and Mrs. John W. DavisMr. Robin DeLaneyMr. and Mrs. Kevin DiamondMr. and Mrs. Daniel DicksDr. Malcolm DonalsonMs. Dee M. DrewyorMr. and Mrs. Timothy DriscollMr. and Mrs. James Dukes IIIMr. and Mrs. Andy DyeMrs. Tabatha E. DyeMajor and Mrs. Greg EbelingMr. and Mrs. Matthew EberleinMr. Travis M. EbertMr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. EdenfieldMs. Tabatha ElyDr. and Mrs. Frederico FernandezMr. and Mrs. Peter FieldsMr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Filby Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Donald FryMr. and Mrs. George H. FullerMr. Hunter L. FullerMr. and Mrs. Larry GariepyMs. Elizabeth C. GaskinsMr. and Mrs. Bill C. GinasMrs. Cecilia GodwinGoodsearchMr. Tim GrabillMs. Leadrester GrangerMr. and Mrs. Galen E. GriderDr. and Mrs. Robert GrubbeMr. and Mrs. George HallMr. and Mrs. Samuel HarrisMr. and Mrs. Rodney HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Jeff HarvisonMs. Kimberly D. HawkinsMr. James K. Hayes IIIMr. and Mrs. James D. HazelwoodMr. and Mrs. Danny HerringMr. and Mrs. Chad HessMr. and Mrs. Dennis HesterMr. and Mrs. Mickey HinesMr. and Mrs. Todd HixsonMr. Trieu X. Li and Mrs. May HoangMrs. Muriel HoequistDr. Deborah HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Glen E. HoffmanMrs. Julie HoffmeyerMr. Timothy O. HolleyMr. and Mrs. James HurstMr. Glen M. HutsonMr. Christopher M. IsbellMr. and Mrs. David IyeghaMr. and Mrs. Alric Jackson Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams JenkinsMr. David JohnsonMs. Quincy R. JohnsonMr. Beni JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Joel JonesMs. Katherine L. JonesMr. and Mrs. Raymond JonesKaren’s Hair EmporiumMs. Allison B. KeeMr. and Mrs. Reagan KendrickMr. and Mrs. James KetchumMr. Zunair KhanMr. Andrew KieferMrs. Gina KieferMr. and Mrs. Yong Seob KimMr. and Mrs. Donald L. KnappMr. and Mrs. Marvin F. KnightMr. Marc Audet and Mrs. Waynonda KnightMr. and Mrs. Bruce E. LeeMrs. Shirley LeeMr. and Mrs. Richard LeMaitreMr. David LentjesDr. and Mrs. Chongsoo LimMr. and Mrs. Richard O. MannickMrs. Ginger M. MartinMs. Stephanie A. MartinMs. Lesley A. MauckMr. and Mrs. John MelkersonMs. Justina MilesMr. and Mrs. William R. MintonMr. and Mrs. Keith MitchellDr. Michael Monheit and Dr. Diane GardenMr. and Mrs. Mike MontabanaMr. and Mrs. George A. MontgomeryMs. Courtney MontiMorgan Keegan & Company Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Marcus MoseleyMs. Martha MozerDr. Rita MukerjiMr. and Mrs. John Mullen Jr.Mrs. Kimberly D. MuseMs. Sara K. NealeMs. Dawn NelsonMrs. Hang NgoDr. James Njenge’reMr. Kevin Nowlin and Dr. Cathleen B. ForesterMs. Joycelyn M. ObikoyaMs. Patricia O’FarrillMr. and Mrs. John OllisonMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. OsbornMs. Elise M. OttenfeldMr. and Mrs. Larry OtwellMr. and Mrs. Ron OudenaardenMr. Scott OwenMr. and Mrs. Bryan D. PansingMs. Deirdre D. ParkerMr. and Mrs. David J. Parsons, IIIMs. Peggy S. PartridgeMs. Cathy PateMr. and Mrs. Isaac J. PetersDr. John PettyMr. Lawrence PierceMs. Wendy M. PiggottMr. and Mrs. Andy PittsMr. Colin P. PoolMrs. Melissa N. PostleMr. and Mrs. John PowellMr. and Mrs. Richard D. PowellDr. Pamela QuintanaMs. Lydia RandolphMs. Amber RankinsMr. and Mrs. Leroy Rath

Dr. Donna L. Retzlaff-Roberts and Mr. Barry RobertsMr. and Mrs. Keith L. RichardsonMr. and Mrs. Mark D. RichardsonMr. and Mrs. Darrell D. RigsbyMr. and Mrs. Dwayne J. RigsbyMr. and Mrs. Michael G. RobsonMr. and Mrs. Robert M. RogersMr. Rafael Rosado-Marrero and Mrs. Rosa AlmodovarMrs. Tracy N. RudolphMrs. Carlotta RussellMr. and Mrs. Scott A. RussellMs. D. D. RussoMs. Kelly W. ScarboroughMr. and Mrs. Ronald SeeryMr. Alan SellsSenior Bowl, LLCMr. and Mrs. Jeffery M. ShockleyMr. and Mrs. Charles G. SimisonMr. and Mrs. Sean StuberMr. and Mrs. David SullivanMrs. Debra A. SuttonMr. and Mrs. Keven D. SwansonMr. and Mrs. Russell M. TerryMs. Susan ThomasMr. and Mrs. Matthew TimberlakeMr. and Mrs. John TownsendMs. Tianna M. TrammellMr. and Mrs. Michael D. TylerMs. Courtney UptonMr. Keith UptonMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Van ScoyMr. and Mrs. Juan VelazquezMr. and Mrs. Duane O. VinesMr. and Mrs. James A. VogelMr. and Mrs. Emanuel WaddellMs. Cathy WagnerMr. and Mrs. John WahlersMr. and Mrs. David WarrenMs. Cheryl O. WelchMrs. Michelle Graning WelchMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wheat IVMr. and Mrs. James H. WhiteMs. Brittany WilderMr. Roderick WilderMs. Audrey L. WilliamsMrs. Deborah M. WilliamsMs. Stephanie S. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Timothy WilliamsonMr. and Mrs. Ricky WilsonMr. and Mrs. Terry WomackMr. and Mrs. Allen WoodMr. and Mrs. Joseph M. WordDr. and Mrs. Zhihong WuMr. and Mrs. Stephen L. YeattsMr. and Mrs. Louis R. Zakary IIIMr. Peter A. ZellnerMr. Stephen L. ZellnerDr. and Mrs. Xing Fang


Alexis Mariah ArcherUniversity of Montevallo

Katelyn Elizabeth AtwellMississippi State University

Adelaide Effie BeckmanUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Carol Paige BoswellWallace State Community College

Jeffrey Scott BoudreauUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville

Brandon Kyle Bourque Auburn University

Hannah Lee BradfordUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Katherine Maxine BradleyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicholas Demekia BridgesUniversity of Alabama

Michelle Le BuiUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Jacinta CaiUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Emma Caylan CaveSpring Hill College

Mitchell Jamar ColemanUniversity of Montevallo

Jennifer Leilani CraftUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Rachel Nicole DarkAuburn University

Alisa Nicole DeGraveBerry College

Andrea Lee DillinghamUniversity of Montevallo

Janice Olivia EbelingEnlisting in Air Force

India Jade EnglishAmerican University

Karen Nicole FinkleaUniversity of South Alabama

Jereme’ Antwan GallierGeorgia Institute of Technology

Chester Julian GoreUniversity of Alabama

Perry Hawthorne HamiltonCollege of Charleston

William Elliott HamiltonUniversity of Illinois

Daniel Jason HerringUniversity of South Alabama

Sarah Elizabeth HovellSpring Hill College

Katherine Foster HowardUniversity of Alabama

Nyjah Khalil HurstUniversity of Alabama

Santina Cierra JohnsonRhodes College

Brett Mitchell JonesLouisiana Tech University

Erin JungCarnegie Mellon University

Robert Michel LahrAuburn University

Kaija Zina LazdaAgnes Scott College

Brittani Cherlise LeeAuburn University

Jiyeon LimVanderbilt University

Elizabeth Shea LivermoreVanderbilt University

Carmen Gabrielle LoweryUniversity of Alabama

Brody Lee MathewsAuburn University

Tre’ Temil MayUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Edward Johnson McAboyUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Courtney Lynn McLeodWilliam Carey University

Josafean Shanté MullenTuskegee University

Samuel Patrick NelsonXavier University

Julia Grace NewmanUniversity of Alabama

Audrey Kerubo OgendiUniversity of Virginia

Dustan Scot PateAuburn University

Samantha Lynn PowellAuburn University

Meagan Samantha ReifUniversity of Alabama

Guillaume Alexandre RobidouxBishop’s University

Matthew James RobsonUniversity of South Alabama

Michael Aaron RyanUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville

Prashant SharmaCornell University

Jessica Danielle SherrodNortheastern University

Emily Ann SmithUndecided

Keller Jeremiah StallingsAuburn University

Landy Tian SunJohns Hopkins University

Sydney Laray TafoyaUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Laura J’Vaughan TateBerea College

Jared Tanner TompkinsAuburn University

Tianna Marie TrammellUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Sarah Priscella TuttleUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Victoria Vida VazinBoston University

Nathan Barnhill WestColorado School of Mines

Irene Marie WilkersonClark Atlanta University

Stephanie Autra WoodAgnes Scott College

Avinash YadavUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

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