TRUSTEE PROFILES
Terms
of service for AU Trustees listed below are consistent with Alabama Attorney
General Troy King's opinion of October 7, 2005.
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John
G. Blackwell, District 8
P.O.
Box 19065
Huntsville, AL 35804
(256) 874-3991
Blackwell, Chairman of INKANA Properties, a real estate developer that specializes in complex joint ventures and finance structures, was appointed to the Board of Trustees by Gov. Don Siegelman to represent the 8th District. His term expires March 7, 2012.The former Captain of the Auburn basketball team received a B.S. in Business from Auburn in 1964 and completed the course work for a doctorial degree at the University of Montevallo and the University of Alabama. During his 20 plus years in higher education administration, he served as CFO for two State Universities and was the Development officer for the AU College of Sciences and Mathematics. He is a active past member of the Auburn Alumni Association.
John has three sons, Taylor '89, Slade (UM '90) and Austin '04. He is married to Shirley J. Andrews and together they enjoy seven grandchildren, fitness activities and educational travel. |
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Dwight
L. Carlisle, District 4
1797 Andrews Mill Road
Tallassee, AL 36078
(334) 857-2923
dcarlisle@comlinkinc.net
Carlisle, Alabama's Revenue Commissioner until 2004, was appointed
to the Board of Trustees in 2004 to represent the 4th district. His
term expires on February 9, 2011. Carlisle graduated from Auburn in
1958 with a B.S. degree in Textile Engineering. He retired as president
and chief executive officer of the Russell Corporation in 1991 after
33 years with the company. |
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Byron
P. Franklin, District 9
Buffalo Rock, Inc.
111 Oxmoor Road,
Birmingham, AL 35209
(205) 942-3435
A native of Sheffield, Franklin starred in football at Auburn and
received a B.S. in vocational and distributive education. Appointed
to the Board of Trustees by Gov. Don Siegelman, Franklin represents
the 9th District for a term that expires on April 21, 2011. Franklin
was licensed to minister in 1998, director of special marketing and
public relations for Birmingham-based Buffalo Rock Co., vice president
of B.B.C. Foods and co-owner of an Auburn restaurant. Franklin, who
was assistant director of athletic development at AU from 1991-93,
is the father of four children. |
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Samuel
L. Ginn, At-Large
400 El Camino Real, Suite 1400
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 342-3650
A native of Anniston, Ginn is a pioneer in the wireless communications
industry. A 1959 AU graduate, Ginn is a retired chairman and CEO of
Vodafone. He was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley for an at large seat
on the Board in 2005. His term expires on February 16, 2012. His $25
million gift to the AU College of Engineering in 2001 helped fund
a wireless engineering degree program and has helped vault Auburn
into the nation's elite wireless research and teaching institutions.
In recognition of the gift, the college was renamed the Samuel Ginn
College of Engineering. Ginn, who resides in Hillsborough, Calif.,
is married to Ann Vance Ginn. They have three children and six grandchildren. |
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Gaines Lanier, District 5
J. Smith Lanier & Co.
P.O. Box 70
300 West 10th Street
West Point, GA 31833
(706) 645-8215
Fax: (706) 643-5786
Lanier
was appointed as member of the Board of Trustees in 2007. His term expires on May 29, 2014. Lanier graduated from AU in 1974 with a bachelor of science in business administration. He earned a football scholarship to Auburn and lettered at defensive tackle in 1972, 1973 and 1974, playing for AU legend Ralph “Shug” Jordan. He has served as a member of various business and civic organizations and boards, including the Auburn University College of Business Advisory Board, the Board of Trustees for the Chattahoochee Valley Educational Foundation and the Board of Directors for the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. Lanier has two daughters, Ashley and Lindsey, both Auburn graduates. He and his wife, Sonia, live in Lanett, Ala.
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Robert
E. Lowder, District 2
Colonial Financial Center
P.O. Box 241148
Montgomery, AL 36124
(334) 676-5008
Fax: (334) 676-5345
Lowder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Colonial
BancGroup, Inc., was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 1983 by
Gov. George Wallace to represent the 2nd District. Appointed to a
second term by Gov. Don Siegelman, his term will expire on April 21,
2011. Lowder graduated with high honors from Auburn in 1964 with a
B.S. in Business Administration. Upon graduation, he was commissioned
as a second lieutenant in the Army and served two years active duty.
He later served in the Alabama Army National Guard, reaching the rank
of captain. Married to Charlotte Lowder, he has three children. |
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Charles
D. McCrary, At-large
600 North 18th Street
Birmingham, AL 35291
(205) 257-2243
McCrary, president and chief executive officer of Alabama Power Company,
was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2004 as an at-large member.
His term expires on April 5, 2011. McCrary joined Alabama Power during
the summer of 1970 following his freshman year at Auburn and has held
various positions of increasing responsibility within Southern Company.
In addition to his B.S. degree from Auburn, he earned a J.D. from
Birmingham School of Law. He is married to the former Phyllis Brantley
of Birmingham and has two sons. |
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Earlon
C. McWhorter, At-large
1117 Glenwood Terrace
Anniston, Alabama 36207
(256) 238-8122
McWhorter
was appointed as an at-large member of the Board of Trustees in 2001
by Gov. Don Siegelman. His term expires on February 20, 2008. An Alabama
native, McWhorter graduated from Auburn with a B.S. in Building Science
in 1968. He is president of McWhorter and Co, Inc., an Alabama-based
general contracting company; owner of McWhorter Properties, and owner
of a hotel in Anniston. McWhorter served as a member of the Auburn
Alumni Association, chairman of the Greater Auburn Fund and as a member
of the Executive Committee. He donated more than $2 million in 1998
for the construction of the new Auburn Center for Women's Athletics.
McWhorter, who also served on the Alabama Commission on Higher Education,
is married to Betty G. McWhorter and has two children. |
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John
C.H. Miller, Jr., District 1
P.O. Box 46
Mobile, AL 36601
(251) 439-7518
Miller, the founder and chairman of the Mobile-based law firm of Miller,
Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., was appointed to the Board of
Trustees in 2000 by Gov. Don Siegelman to represent the 1st Congressional
District. His term will expire on May 10, 2012. Miller,
who served as Deputy to the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation during the Carter Administration, has been a faculty member
of the School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.
Married to former Susan Glaze Ross, the couple has three children. |
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Sarah
B. Newton, District 7
570 Newton Road
Fayette, AL 35555
(205) 932-6251
snewton330@aol.com
Newton, principal of Fayette Elementary School, was appointed to the
Board of Trustees in 2004 to represent the 7th district. Her term
expires on February 9, 2011. Newton received a B.S. degree in Elementary
Education from Auburn in 1974 and has a masters degree and Certification
in Administration from the University of Alabama. She has been an
administrator and teacher of elementary education since 1974. She
and her husband Bill Newton have three sons. |
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James
W. Rane, District 3
P.O. Box 610
Abbeville, AL 36310
(334) 585-2291
Rane was appointed to the Board of Trustees by Gov. Don Siegelman
to represent the 3rd District for a term that expires on May 19, 2011.
He has a B.S. in business administration from Auburn, a doctorate
of jurisprudence from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
and completed the Owner/President Management Program of the Harvard
Business School. The
president and chief executive officer of Great Southern Wood Preserving,
Inc., is married to Angela Rane and has three children. |
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Governor
Bob Riley, President of Board
State Capitol
600 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
(334) 242-7100
Governor Bob Riley was sworn into office as Alabama's 52nd chief executive
on Jan. 20, 2003, after representing the state for six years in the
United States Congress. He was born and raised in Ashland, where his
family has lived on ranches and farms for six generations. Gov. Riley
is married to the former Patsy Adams. The couple has four children. |
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Paul
J. Spina, Jr., District 6
President Pro Tempore
Spina Enterprises, Inc.
3477 Indian Lake Way
Pelham, AL 35124
(205) 621-2000
Spina, a Birmingham native and Shelby County business executive, was
appointed to the Board of Trustees by Gov. Fob James in 1995 to represent
the 6th District. His term expires on September 2, 2009. Spina,
an honor student, received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Auburn
in 1963. The civic leader and ex-president of the Auburn Alumni Association,
is married to Bena Ann Spina and has three children. |
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Virginia
N. Thompson, District 3-Lee Co.
East Alabama Medical Center
2000 Pepperell Parkway
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 528-5924
virginia.thompson@eamc.org
Thompson, marketing director for East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika,
was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2004. Her term expires on
April 21, 2011. Before joining EAMC in 1998, Thompson worked as an
accountant at firms in the Mobile area. She graduated cum laude from
Auburn in 1978. Thompson is married to Timothy Thompson and has three
children. |
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