Dolph Tillotson, born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, got his long journalism career off to a remarkable start at Northington Elementary and Eastwood Junior High School, founding papers at both schools. During his freshman year at UA Tillotson was political editor at The Crimson White, but in June of 1969, at the age of 19, Tillotson went to work full-time at The Tuscaloosa News.SHOW ME NOW
Bobby Luckie recently retired from Luckie & Co., the advertising agency founded by his father, Robert Luckie Jr., in 1953. To honor Luckie the company has instituted the Bobby Luckie Character Award, a trophy with a replica of half a sandwich on top. Luckie, affectionately called “B3,” is a famously generous man, known for offering half his sandwich to someone sitting with him at lunch time.SHOW ME NOW
Each year, The Alabama Association of College and Research Libraries presents its prestigious award, “The Sue O. Medina Significant Contribution Award,” honoring the year’s winner and reminding others of the enormous lifetime contribution of Dr. Sue Medina to librarianship in Alabama. Medina, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and reared in Tallahassee, Florida,SHOW ME NOW
Joe Rumore was probably the biggest radio personality Alabama has ever known, and it seems likely there will never be another like him. Born and reared in Birmingham, at the family’s Southside home, and on their Huffman farm, Rumore seems to have been set on a career in radio from the very start. SHOW ME NOW
