Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2002-12-05
Four new members were elected to the Samford University Board
of Trustees during the fall meeting of the board Tuesday (Dec. 3).
They are: David R. Belcher, president and owner, Royal Automotive, Inc., Birmingham;
Michael P. Dunn, managing director, Merchant Capital, Montgomery; C. Thomas
Houser, president, MEVATEC Corporation, Huntsville; and Charles W. Lancaster,
president, Lancaster Management, Inc., Gadsden.
James Stivender of Gadsden was elected chairman of the 47-member board. Other
officers are William J. Stevens of Birmingham, vice chairman; D. Warren Bailey,
Hoover, secretary; and Dr. G. Truett Guffin, Gardendale, assistant secretary.
Longtime trustees Dr. J. Carey Gwin of Jasper and Wallace D. Malone Jr., of
Birmingham were elected Life Trustees.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford 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, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford 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. Samford 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.
