Dr. Art Bacon is Talladega College professor emeritus of the natural sciences and humanities. After 40 years as a member of the faculty, staff and administration, the West Palm Beach, Fla. native is enjoying his second career as an artist. He received his bachelor’s degree from Talladega College in 1961, his Master of Science in…
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Bobby Luckie
Robert E. “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…
Joe Rumore
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. At age…