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CLASSNOTES
Class Notes Submissions
You can send news of weddings, births, deaths, job changes,
career highlights, honors, and awards directly to Birmingham-
Southern through the college’s online alumni community at
. Or, you may submit them via email to
Pat Cole at
.
Asa N. Green
of Birmingham,
formerly of Mars Hills, Maine, on
March 26, 2012. Green was city
manager of Mountain Brook from
1957-65,
then executive secretary
of the Alabama Association of
Insurance Agents. He began his
academic career in 1966, when he
became director of development
for BSC, overseeing an $8.5
million fundraising campaign. In
1969,
Green went to Dickinson
College in Carlisle, Pa., to head
development. He left there in
1973
to become president of the
University of West Alabama, then
called Livingston University, until
1993.
He was the president of
the University of South Alabama
Foundation board of directors from
2004
until his death.
William “Bill” Harrison Jenkins
Jr.
of Birmingham on Feb. 27, 2012.
Jenkins was a guidance counselor
at Vestavia Hills High School for
many years. Survivors include his
brother,
George Jenkins ’67
of
Birmingham, former vice president
for development at BSC, and
his sister,
Virginia Jenkins Van
Horn ’60
of Bellaire, Texas. At the
request of the family, memorial
contributions may be made to
the Jenkins Family Student Travel
Fund at Birmingham-Southern
through the Office of Institutional
Advancement, 900 Arkadelphia
Road, Box 549003, Birmingham,
AL 35254.
Dr.Theo Daniel Kimbrough
Jr.
of Crozier, Va., on Sept. 10,
2011.
Kimbrough worked as an
educator over a period spanning
four decades. He began his career
as a biology teacher at Tuscaloosa
High School and subsequently
filled biology professorships at
BSC and Virginia Commonweath
University.
Virginia Bissell Spencer
of
Mountain Brook on June 21,
2011.
Spencer had a passion for
flowers and gardening, as was
seen through her work with The
Little Garden Club in Birmingham,
and she won many distinguished
awards. During her marriage
to William Spencer, she helped
develop the Virginia Bissell Spencer
Lectures at the Birmingham
Botanical Gardens and the William
M. and Virginia B. Spencer Honors
House at UAB. She was a former
BSC trustee.
Cmdr. DonaldW. Stauffer
,
USN
Ret., of Irondale on Nov. 17, 2011.
After retiring as the commanding
officer in the U.S. Navy Band,
Stauffer was hired by Birmingham-
Southern to lead its band program
and was a member of the faculty,
where he oversaw music education
courses. He taught other courses
at BSC as well. One of Stauffer’s
legacies at the college is the
Panther Fight Song, which he
composed, and which is still used
at athletics events.
Mary Alice Stout
of Marietta,
Ohio, on Oct. 28, 2011. A graduate
of Marietta College, she was
a lifelong learner and teacher.
She taught home economics at
Marietta Junior High School and
served as a substitute teacher in
the Marietta City school system.
At the request of the family,
memorial contributions may be
made to the James Curtis Williams
Jr. Scholarship at Birmingham-
Southern through the Office of
Institutional Advancement, 900
Arkadelphia Road, Box 549003,
Birmingham, AL 35254. Williams
was her nephew, who was
tragically killed in an automobile
accident while a student at BSC.
