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COMMUNITY NEWS
Alumnus and
attorney leading
BSC Board of
Trustees
Bruce Rogers, a partner and attorney with Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith LLP in Birmingham, is the new chair of the college’s Board of
Trustees.
A 1980 BSC history graduate, Rogers assumed his new duties this summer after serving as a member of the board for 12 years. He replaced
Dr. Wayne W. Killion Jr. ’72, president and CEO of Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co., who served as chair since 2011 and joined the board 13
years before that. BSC President Gen. Charles C. Krulak expressed gratitude to Killion, who will remain an active member.
“Birmingham-Southern has been blessed with a long line of remarkable individuals who have selflessly served as president of our Board
of Trustees,” he said. “Bruce Rogers now joins that long line. Dr. Killion served with distinction, providing leadership, strategic vision, and
guidance during some of the more challenging years our college has faced. We, as the BSC community, welcome Bruce and his leadership,
and, at the same time, extend our heartfelt thanks to Wayne.”
One of Rogers’ brothers, Alan Rogers ’77, is also an attorney in Birmingham. For more from the new board chair, see Southern Voices
on p. 60.
The board has also selected four new members: Derry Bunting ’69, the wife of Dr. Peter Bunting ’66, for whom the BSC Bunting Center
for Engaged Study and Community Action is named; Liz Featheringill Pharo ’00, chair of Momentum Telecom; Jane McDonald, founding
member and fundraising chair at Arab Musical Theatre; and Hatton Smith, president and CEO of Royal Cup Coffee.
The selections were approved by the college’s board in May.
“We are delighted to welcome these four community and business leaders to our Board of Trustees,” Krulak said. “Their fresh perspectives,
experience, and business acumen will be a valuable addition as the board works to move the college forward during this pivotal time.”
Pharo
Smith
McDonald
Bunting
“A big shout-out and thank you to Birmingham-Southern College for going
above and beyond to take care of their students! My daughter, Marjory, had
to drive down to campus for a training session recently. In a parent’s worst
nightmare, the car broke down just north of Birmingham. Neither my wife,
Jodie, nor I were able to help. She called BSC and they immediately sent a
campus police officer to help out. When he determined that it wasn’t just a
matter of adding coolant—the tensioner belt had broken—he waited with her
until AAA showed up with a tow truck, then made sure she got back to campus
safely. When you send your child away to college you never totally relax. But
knowing that the BSC community truly does watch out for their students and are
just a phone call away if they ever need help sure makes us rest a little better.”
Roger Day of Franklin, Tenn.
Father of Marjory Day ’17
Kudos for
BSC
Rogers