Communication Hall of Fame (Page 3)

Harvill served as CEO of Strong Automotive Merchandising from 1992 until his retirement in 2010. By that time the company, which was renamed the Intermark Group, had become the largest advertising agency in Alabama and one of the largest in the southeast with over 160 employees in three states serving clients as diverse as Toyota Motors, Mohawk Carpets and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.SHOW ME NOW

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