List of University of Alabama at Birmingham people

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
Dainon Sidney, NFL Player with the Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, and Detroit Lions
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

Other

Hoda Muthana, ISIS Bride

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

^ "List of UAB presidents - Bhamwiki".
^ "Stephen O. Glosecki Obituary". The State Journal-Register. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
^ "Dr. Shin Oh Named Distinguished Professor". Birmingham Medical News. 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
^ UAB Jazz Ensemble