fall 2013 / 19
FEATURES
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Alma matters
Twenty-five legacies join Hilltop family
as new students
Birmingham-Southern is proud that each year a considerable
number of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of
alumni are found among the new students who’ve enrolled on
the Hilltop.
At New Student Move-in-Day in August, the Alumni Office left
goodie baskets in the dorm rooms for all incoming children and
grandchildren of BSC alums.
New students this year fulfilling a family legacy are:
Meagan Bailey of Huntsville, daughter of Philip Bailey
’89; Scott Barton of Albertville, son of Dr. Jeffrey Barton ’84;
Savannah Bullard of Montgomery, daughter of Dr. Roy Bullard
’83; Peyton Clark of Brookhaven, Miss., son of Dr. Jeff Clark
’85; Harper DeWine of Mountain Brook, daughter of Lane
Jackson DeWine ’86; Christopher Groark of Huntsville, son
of Sean Groark ’85; Douglass Hubbard of Mountain Brook,
grandson of Trent Douglass Caddis ’71 and great-grandson of
Florence Nicholson Douglass ’34; Hannah Hudson of Hoover,
granddaughter of Dr. C. Nolen Hudson ’60; Tillman Hurst
of Decatur, the son of Vernon Hurst ’88; Alex Makarenko of
Suwanee, Ga., the son of Nik Makarenko ’86; Briana Mann of
Kansas City, Mo., granddaughter of Rev. Sam Mann III ’62 and
Dr. Beverlye Brown Mann ’64; Lauren Moran of Huntsville,
daughter of Dr. Ellen O’Kelley Moran ’84 and Dr. Stephan
Moran ’83; Bailey Phillips of Columbus, Miss., son of Susan
Dillard Phillips ’84 and David Phillips ’84; Elizabeth “Elise”
Pittman of Vestavia Hills, granddaughter of Priss Baughman
Pittman ’85; Amanda Pullen of Huntsville, daughter of Mark
Pullen ’86 and Sherry Green Pullen ’90; Rebecca Rhea of
Gadsden, granddaughter of Marie Cannon Rhea ’49; Morgan
Schneider of Hoover, son of Renee Yeilding Schneider ’86
and David Schneider ’85; Bradford Smith of Franklin, Tenn.,
great-grandson of Neil Hanson ’36, Charis Smith of Mountain
Brook, granddaughter of Dr. William M. Harris Jr. ’38 and Mary
Richardson Harris ’44; India “Alex” Somers of Tuscumbia,
step-daughter of Wayne Melvin ’75; Hope Strawn of Gadsden,
daughter of Lisa Pate Strawn ’81; Mary-Stewart Wachter of
Auburn, daughter of Sonya Thomas Wachter ‘86 and Chad
Wachter ’87; Wesley Walker of Homewood, son of Catherine
Gunn Walker ’89 and Clete Walker ’90 and grandson of
Elizabeth Scruggs Gunn ’60 and Rev. William Gunn ’59; Laine
Whitaker of Helena, great-granddaughter of Harris Saunders Jr.
’43; and Anna Whitehead of Decatur, Ga., daughter of Robin
Whitehead ’80.
MEAGAN HAMILTON
Hometown:
Decatur
Major:
Business
Object:
Basketball collection
“Basketball is my life, and I felt like if I
left my collection at home, I would be
missing a huge part of me. I wanted
to remember all the good times and
accomplishments of my high school
basketball career as I start out with
the Panthers.”
