Meet a Donor - University of Montevallo

Mel Robinson

The college decision process was an easy one for Mel Dorrough Robinson ’52…

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Pat Scales

Pat Scales ’66 graduated with a degree in elementary education from Alabama College, now known as the University of Montevallo, but she had a different goal in mind than teaching in the classroom setting…

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Katie Jane Morris

Katie Jane Morris ’02 realized the great need University of Montevallo students had during the COVID-19 pandemic. It brought back memories of her time as an undergraduate student on the red brick streets. Morris remembered how a helping hand made all the difference…

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Ken Wakabayashi

Ken Wakabayashi ’94 was appointed co-CEO of 7-Eleven International LLC in January 2022. But before the Yokohama, Japan native joined the world’s largest convenience retailer, he got his start in business at a small public liberal arts college in Alabama called the University of Montevallo…

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Ray Driver Jr.

For a school Ray Driver Jr. ’89 had never heard of before the end of his senior year in high school, he said he owes the University of Montevallo quite a debt…

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Christiane “Chris” and Eric Jacobson

Thanks to the generous $500,000 gift of a 1960 Alabama College alum and her husband, the University of Montevallo will create the Christiane Angele Jacobson Endowed Spanish Chair in English and World Languages…

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Dr. Rebecca O. Turner

The University of Montevallo is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dr. Rebecca O. Turner Endowed Gap Scholarship for social work majors…

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Greg Key

As a high school student in Florida, Greg Key ’82 had never heard of the University of Montevallo until a chance connection between his high school principal and the UM baseball program led him to the beautiful brick-lined Montevallo campus…

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Dr. Jeanetta Corbett Keller

There are few individuals with as many ties to Montevallo as Dr. Jeanetta Corbett Keller ’75…

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The Dorman Family

Throughout her life, Minnie Agnes Priester-Dorman’s passion for music was a constant…

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Joe B. Hill

Given enough time, what was once old can become new and return better than ever…

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Joyce Greathouse and John Butera

In the fall of 1970, Joyce Greathouse stepped onto Montevallo’s brick campus as a freshman eager to enter the medical field…

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Fred and Suzie Cooper

It’s been more than 50 years since alumnus Fred Cooper graduated from Alabama College in 1965, but scarcely a week goes by that he’s not reminded of the University’s impact on his life…

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Melanie Poole

“It was a campus visit to the middle of nowhere.” Little did she realize it at the time, but that visit to the University of Montevallo would open the door to a new community, a new family, and a new home for former Decatur, Ala. native, Melanie Poole ’86…

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Vulcan Materials Company

Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates…

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Barbara Bonfield

Family history can put a life in context…

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Troyce Brunson

Troyce Brunson came to Alabama College in 1961 from Kingston, Alabama and met his late wife, Jolinda Saunders Brunson, while attending college together…

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Eddie Czeskleba

Family is a major part of the Montevallo experience…

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Good People Brewing Company

When the University of Montevallo Alumni Association Junior Board of Directors held their recent Spring Soirée and Silent Auction at Good People Brewing Company in Birmingham, it resulted in a big win for the UM Young Alumni Scholarship Fund.

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Michael and Donna Grainger

The University of Montevallo is pleased to announce its first academic endowed chair in the school’s 117-year history…

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Ann and Karen Kelly

At the University of Montevallo, generations of children have followed in their parents’ footsteps; for this reason, family holds a special place in the community…

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Fred and Terra Miller

Life sometimes has a funny way of bringing two people together…

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Anna Papanek

When a scholarship is established to honor someone’s memory, the story of that person is important for students to know because that is who made it possible for him or her to obtain the aid needed to pave the way for the future…

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Mike Powell

The University of Montevallo seeks to provide a well-balanced liberal arts education, while also offering a variety of extracurricular opportunities to prepare students for the real world following graduation…

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Jeff Purvis

“I found a home I wasn’t even looking for,” is the first thing Jeff Purvis ’02, MBA ’16 would tell you about his Montevallo experience…

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Diane Higginbotham Ray

At the University of Montevallo, every individual that walks these brick pathways becomes a member of the Montevallo family…

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Rodney and Connie Reynolds

Nothing quite says “family” like the passing of a career from one generation to another…

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Jack Schnell

At the University of Montevallo, we put an emphasis on family that includes our faculty and students, retirees, and an extended network of alumni…

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John Oliver “Ollie” Tetloff Memorial Scholarship

John Oliver “Ollie” Tetloff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 18, 2006, and rarely gave his parents a moment’s rest…

Read John Oliver “Ollie” Tetloff Memorial Scholarship profile (2017)