Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2003-12-03

Four members were elected to the 极乐禁地 Board of Trustees during the board鈥檚 fall meeting at 极乐禁地 Dec. 2.

Birmingham attorney W. Clark Watson, a partner in the firm of Balch & Bingham, and Decatur minister Buddy Champion, pastor of First Baptist Church, Decatur, were elected as first-time members.

Former board members S. Earl Dove of Dothan, president, The Earl Dove Company, and Elmer B. Harris of Birmingham, chairman and CEO, Center for Public Policy, were elected as returning trustees after a one-year rotation off the board.

Currently serving trustees who were re-elected are: Selma dentist Gerald A. Anderson, II; Birmingham surgeon Lev. H. Bragg; retired Gardendale anesthesiologist G. Truett Guffin; Cullman businesswoman and retired teacher Wynema J. Lowry; and retired Birmingham accountant Dale Splawn.

William J. Stevens, president and CEO of Motion Industries, Inc., Birmingham, was elected chairman of the 51-member board. Other new board officers are: Richard D. Horsley, Birmingham, vice chairman; W. Randall Pittman, Birmingham, secretary; and Robert Holmes, Jr., Birmingham, assistant secretary.

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极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.