Alabama Hall of Fame
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The Alabama Hall of Fame was established by Act of Alabama No. 646 (1951) to recognize "worthy citizens of the state who rendered outstanding service or who won fame on account of their achievements as to make them exceptional in the history of Alabama". Its membership consists of people considered to be instrumental to the history of the state of Alabama
, as selected by a nine-member board. The board was dissolved in 1990.
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, as selected by a nine-member board. The board was dissolved in 1990.
Inductees
The following individuals were inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame between 1953 and 1965:- Evan Frank Allison, (1865–1937) conservationist, ( inducted 1961)
- Peter BrycePeter BryceDr. Peter Bryce was an official of the Ontario Health Department , Canada. He released his famous book in 1922 titled The Story of a National Crime: Being a Record of the Health Conditions of the Indians of Canada from 1904 to 1921, which exposed genocide of the aboriginals in Canada.Bryce was...
, (1834–1892), pioneer psychiatrist, (1965) - Robert Lee BullardRobert Lee BullardRobert Lee Bullard was a United States General.General Bullard attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1885...
(1861–1947), World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
commander, (1954) - Charles Allen Cary (1861–1935), pioneer veterinarian, (1957)
- Clement Comer ClayClement Comer ClayClement Comer Clay was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837.Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and...
(1789–1866), statesman (1953) - Jerome Cochrane (1831–1896), Public HealthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
officer, (1961) - Braxton Bragg ComerB. B. ComerBraxton Bragg Comer was an American Democratic politician who was the 33rd Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911.-Early Life and Education:...
(1848–1927), Industrialist, Statesman, (1955) - Samuel DaleSamuel DaleSamuel Dale was an American soldier and pioneer.Dale was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia to Scotch-Irish parents from Pennsylvania. As a boy, both he and his parents moved many times with westward border expansion, most notably in 1775 and 1783. With the death of his parents in December 1792,...
(1772–1841), pioneer frontiersman, (1953) - Walter Lynwood FlemingWalter Lynwood FlemingWalter Lynwood Fleming was an American historian of the South and Reconstruction. He was a leader of the Dunning School of scholars which rewrote Reconstruction history using modern historiographical techniques in the early 20th century, but was later criticized by neoabolitionist historians for...
(1874–1932), educator, historian, (1957) - William Crawford GorgasWilliam C. GorgasWilliam Crawford Gorgas KCMG was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army...
(1854–1920), Army Surgeon General, (1953) - Seale HarrisSeale HarrisSeale Harris was an American physician and researcher born in Cedartown, Georgia and nicknamed "the Benjamin Franklin of Medicine" by contemporaries for his leadership and writing on a wide range of medical and political topics. Dr...
(1870–1957), physician, medical journal editor, (1965) - John Tyler MorganJohn Tyler MorganJohn Tyler Morgan was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. He was a strong supporter of states rights and racial segregation through the Reconstruction era. He was an expansionist, arguing for...
(1824–1927), U. S. Senator, (1953) - John Pelham (1838–1863), soldier, (1955)
- Daniel PrattDaniel PrattDaniel Pratt pioneered ventures that opened the door for industry in the U.S. state of Alabama. Prattville in Autauga County and Birmingham's Pratt City in Jefferson County are both named for him...
(1799–1873), industrialist, (1953) - Raphael SemmesRaphael SemmesFor other uses, see Semmes .Raphael Semmes was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 - 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 - 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama, taking a record sixty-nine prizes...
(1809–1877), Naval officer, (1953) - William Luther SibertWilliam L. SibertWilliam Luther Sibert was born in Gadsden, Alabama on October 12, 1860. After attending the University of Alabama from 1879 to 1880, he entered the U.S. Military Academy and was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Engineers on June 15, 1884...
(1860–1935), engineer, soldier, (1961) - James Marion SimsJ. Marion SimsJ. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims was a surgical pioneer, considered the father of American gynecology. Modern historians argue about his legacy as Sims used slaves as experimental subjects.-Early career:...
(1813–1883), pioneering gynecologist, (1953) - Eugene Allen Smith (1841–1927), geologist, (1953)
- George Washington Stone (1811–1894), judge, (1954)
- Julia Strudwick TutwilerJulia TutwilerJulia Strudwick Tutwiler was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. Graduating in the first class of Vassar College, she served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first woman president of Livingston Normal College .-Early life and education:Tutwiler...
(1841–1916), educator and reformer, (1953) - Oscar Wilder UnderwoodOscar UnderwoodOscar Wilder Underwood was an American politician.Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862. He was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood, a Kentucky Senator circa 1850. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
(1862–1929), statesman, (1957) - Booker Taliaferro WashingtonBooker T. WashingtonBooker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915...
(1856–1915), educator and author, (1955) - Joseph WheelerJoseph WheelerJoseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
(1836–1906), military commander, (1953) - Augusta Evans Wilson, (1835–1909), author, (1961)
- John Allan Wyeth (1845–1922), physician and educator, (1954)
See also
- Alabama Music Hall of FameAlabama Music Hall of FameThe Alabama Music Hall of Fame, first conceived by the Muscle Shoals Music Association in the early 1980s, was created by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, which then saw to its Phase One construction of a after a state-wide referendum in 1987...
- Alabama Sports Hall of FameAlabama Sports Hall of FameThe Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is a state museum located in Birmingham, Alabama, dedicated to communicating the state’s athletic history...
- Mobile Sports Hall of FameMobile Sports Hall of FameThe Mobile Sports Hall of Fame honors sports figures who have made a significant impact in the Mobile Area. The organization is a section 501 non-profit and is operated by a volunteer Board of Directors...
- International Motorsports Hall of FameInternational Motorsports Hall of FameThe International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer...