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is seven; and son, Walker, who is
three.
JoshVasa
and
Wilder Adkins ’06
won a city-wide contest this past
summer to write a song about
Birmingham. They earned two of
the three top spots an event titled
LOCAL, sponsored by the Alys-
Stephens Center at UAB and held
on its plaza. The artists received
$1,000 apiece for their efforts, plus
recording sessions.
’05
Michael Dean
recently accepted
a position as assistant athletics
director for compliance with the
Department of Intercollegiate
Athletics at the University of
Alabama. His wife,
Andrea
Boohaker Dean
, recently accepted
a position as an orthopaedic
trauma nurse practitioner with the
Upper Extremity Division at UAB.
The couple resides in Hoover.
Jessica Boe Duhe
is now assistant
director of nurses for Nottingham
Regional Rehab Center in Baton
Rouge, La. She
just published
her first book,
A Love Beyond
Fairytales: The
Journey to
Discovering
Love and
Discovering
You
. In the book, Duhe
transforms well-known fairy tales
into stories applicable to life. It
was written “to remind the reader
where they have come from and
where God can take them through
His love throughout their lives,”
she said.
Christopher Friedman
received
his J.D., summa cum laude, from
Samford University’s Cumberland
School of Law in May. He is now
fulfilling a one-year clerkship for
Judge Abdul Kallon of the Northern
District of Alabama.
’07
JanieMac Dixon Roe
is now
employed with LAH Real Estate in
Birmingham.
She and her
husband,
Kevin, have
a two-year-
old son,
Lawson, and
a newborn
daughter (see
“Births”).
’08
Dr. Brian “Chad” LeCroix
received
his Ph.D. in chemistry from the
University of Tennessee last year
and is now a full-time lecturer at
Georgia State University for this
academic year.
Ashley Pyron Partridge
of
Helena, Ala., was awarded “Most
Outstanding Graduate Student”
in the School Psychology Program
at the University of Alabama for
the 2013-14 academic year, where
she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in
school psychology.
Dr. Patrick Scott
won first prize
as well as the Audience Favorite
prize at the National Competition in
Organ Improvisation held recently
in Boston. At the prestigious
competition, sponsored by the
American Guild of Organists,
participants improvised based on
submitted musical themes. Part of
Scott’s prize includes a monetary
award as well as an opportunity
to perform at the guild’s national
convention in Houston in 2016.
Scott earned his BSC degree in
organ performance, studying with
Emeritus Professor of Music
Dr.
James Cook ’68
, and his graduate
degrees in organ at the University
of Texas at Austin. He now serves
as assistant organist-choirmaster
at the Cathedral of St. Philip in
Atlanta.
’09
Margaret “Grace” Guyton
is the
new associate pastor for senior
care and adult education at Vineville
United Methodist Church in
Macon, Ga. She received a Master
of Divinity from Emory University’s
Candler School of Theology in May.
Anna Underwood
graduated from
Samford University’s McWhorter
School of Pharmacy with a
PharmD degree in May in the top
20 percent of her class. She is
now employed at Walgreens in
Birmingham.
’10
Since returning from deployment
in Afghanistan to Fort Carson, U.S.
Army Sergeant
Ruth Hanks
has
had a big year. She outperformed
her peers and was selected as
the 759th Military Police Battalion
Noncommissioned Officer of the
Quarter (2nd QTR, FY14) and
also was promoted to the rank
of sergeant
this year. In
February, she
will be moving to
the 3D Infantry
Regiment (The
Old Guard) at
Fort Myer, Va.
The Old Guard
is known as
the “escort to the president” and
is also responsible for memorial
affairs to honor fallen comrades
and ceremonies and special events
at Arlington National Cemetery.
Her goal is to be selected as a
Tomb Sentinel for the Tomb of the
Unknowns.
Putting service first
—
EllenWoodward Potts ’88
,
executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa, was
honored with the 2014 Rotary Rose Award by the city’s Rotary
Club for being an unsung hero of her community. She is married
to
Danny Potts ’88
, and their daughter, Julia, is a first-year
student at BSC. Also pictured is Dr. Charles Durham, senior
pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa, who chaired the
award selection committee.