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This is a partial list of people affiliated with the
University of Alabama at Birmingham .
Administrators
Presidents
Joseph F. Volker , 1969–1976
George Campbell, 1976-1977 (interim)
S. Richardson Hill, 1977-1986
Charles "Scotty" McCallum, 1986-1987 (interim), 1987-1993
Claude Bennett, 1993-1996
Paul Hardin , 1997 (interim)
W. Ann Reynolds , 1997–2002
Malcolm Portera , 2002 (interim)
Carol Z. Garrison , 2002–2012
Ray Watts , 2013–present
[1]
Alumni
Athletics
Danya Barsalona , professional soccer player
Murry Bartow , Division 1 men's basketball coach
Paul Delaney (born 1986), basketball player in the
Israeli National League
Vonetta Flowers , Olympic gold medalist
Darrell Hackney , NFL player with the
Denver Broncos
Carlos Hendricks , football player
Chris Hubbard , NFL player
Deanna Jackson , WNBA player with the
Chicago Sky
Dejan Jakovic , professional soccer player
Andy Kennedy ,
University of Alabama at Birmingham men's basketball coach
Graeme McDowell , professional golfer
Jason McLaughlin , professional soccer player with the
Atlanta Silverbacks
Tony McManus , professional soccer player with the
Atlanta Silverbacks
Elijah Millsap , professional basketball player with the
Petron Blaze Boosters
Jerson Monteiro , professional soccer player with the
Atlanta Silverbacks
Izell Reese , NFL player with the
Dallas Cowboys ,
Denver Broncos and
Buffalo Bills
Oliver Robinson ,
State of
Alabama
Legislator and former NBA player with the
San Antonio Spurs
McKinley Singleton , NBA player with the
New York Knicks
Donell Taylor , NBA player with the
Washington Wizards
Bryan Thomas , NFL player with the
New York Jets
Joe Webb , NFL player with the
Carolina Panthers
Roddy White , retired NFL player with the
Atlanta Falcons
Garrett Whitlock , MLB player with the
Boston Red Sox
Business and public figures
William A. Bell , former Mayor of
Birmingham, Alabama
Beth Chapman , Alabama Secretary of State and former State Auditor
Chris Collins , member of Congress NY-27
Deidre Downs , Miss America 2005
Robert Duvall , member of Kentucky state house; graduated 1995 with doctorate in optometry
Larry Langford , former Mayor of
Birmingham, Alabama
Walt Maddox , Mayor of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Oliver Robinson ,
State of
Alabama
Legislator and former NBA player with the
San Antonio Spurs
Richard Scrushy , founder and former CEO of
HealthSouth Corporation
Mark Shirey , member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Alexander Shunnarah
Science, media and the arts
Regina Benjamin ,
Surgeon General of the United States
Jon Coffelt , painter, multimedia artist
Clayton Colvin , artist, painter, art educator
Larry DeLucas , astronaut and research scientist
Edward F. Fischer , Professor of Anthropology at
Vanderbilt University
Hadiyah-Nicole Green , medical physicist at
Morehouse School of Medicine
Sam Hunt , country musician and former UAB quarterback
John Knox , meteorologist, associate professor at University of Georgia
George A. Miller , psychologist, cognitive scientist
David Sandlin , artist, book artist
Faisal Shuaib . physician, public health expert, and Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Melissa Springer , photojournalist
Faculty and researchers
David B. Allison , Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health, Associate Dean for Science
Eli Capilouto , former Dean of UAB School of Public Health, former
Provost of UAB, and current President of the
University of Kentucky
April Carson , epidemiologist
Larry DeLucas , astronaut and research scientist
Ibrahim Fawal , professor of film and literature
Edith Frohock , book maker and educator
Stephen Glosecki , scholar of Old English
[2]
Wendy Gunther-Canada , professor in the department of government
Tinsley Randolph Harrison , physician and editor of the first five editions of
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Basil Hirschowitz , father of the modern endoscope
Robert Hyatt , co-author of Cray Blitz , two-time winner of the
World Computer Chess Championships
Adrienne C. Lahti , F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
Timothy R. Levine , Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, creator of
Truth-Default Theory
Kerry Madden , professor of creative writing
Carl E. Misch , founded
The Misch International Implant Institute
Shin Joong Oh , Distinguished Professor of Neurology Emeritus and Professor of Pathology
[3]
Henry Panion , University Professor of Music, music director for
Stevie Wonder ,
Grammy Award -winning arranger and producer
Gregory Pence , professor of philosophy
Ray Reach , former director of the UAB Jazz Ensemble
[4] (1998–2005), arranger, composer, jazz pianist and vocalist, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Michael Saag , AIDS researcher
Jessica A. Scoffield , microbiologist
Eric Sorscher , director of the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center 1994–2015
References
Schools & colleges UAB Health System People Places
Athletics Affiliations
Founded : 1969
Students : 18,568
Endowment : 424.5 million