Meg Williams Fiedler ’96 was named general counsel of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. The association is based in Montgomery and serves as an educational, technical, legal, legislative, and public policy resource for Alabama’s 67 counties.

Amanda Lee Goozée ’02, previously a shareholder at Carr Allison, has joined civil law and litigation firm Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP’s Birmingham office as a new partner. Goozée represents businesses and insurers and has experience in workers’ compensation, insurance coverage, labor and employment, transportation, and premises liability. She serves as secretary and treasurer of the Alabama State Bar workers’ compensation section and is a member of its education committee, and she also serves on BSC’s Norton Board mentoring pre-law students and speaking on various legal matters.

Sarah-Kate Masters Roberts ’11 was recognized in the Cambridge Independent for her role as head of regular giving for the Cambridge University Boat Club. The article details Roberts’ longtime interest in and past work with the Olympics, her graduate work in Loughborough towards her master’s degree in sport management, and how she combined her passion for sports with her work in higher education, most recently serving as BSC’s director of annual giving before moving to Cambridge, England, in August 2021. Her work with the Cambridge Boat Club focuses on building a new fundraising program and a new club culture.

Anthony Waller ’19 joined the Create Birmingham team, where he will play a key role in program delivery, participant recruitment, and communications efforts. Waller most recently worked for the City of Birmingham, where he spent the last two years in the Mayor’s Office of Customer Service. Create Birmingham featured him in the most recent “Conversations with Creatives” Q&A.

Dr. Dorothy Thompson Chambers ’47 of Fairhope, Ala., on Dec. 17, 2021. Chambers served in the Birmingham City School System for more than 40 years, beginning with vocational education at Fairfield, Phillips, and Bessemer High Schools. She then served as the system’s executive director of career/technical education and earned Birmingham’s Career Woman of the Year, Vocational Educator of the Year, and Vocational Administrator of the Year accolades as well as membership in the Alabama Vocational Hall of Fame. A trailblazer and charismatic leader in the Birmingham community, Chambers served the city as chair of Birmingham Festival of Arts’ Salute to Nigeria, chair of the Alabama Symphony Decorator Show House, chair of the Downtown Action Committee, member of Leadership Birmingham, and member of the Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame, among many other social and professional memberships. Her work on the Downtown Action Committee was crucial to saving and restoring the Alabama Theatre, and she was a member of a core group that revived the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and later Fairhope United Methodist Church. Chambers was honored as a Distinguished Alumna of the College in 1998, and several members of her family have graduated from BSC, including her husband, Leon F. Chambers ’50, daughter Celeste Chambers Neil ’73 and her late husband, Fred Neil ’70, and grandchildren Dr. Ryan F. Neil ’02 and Jessica Neil Carson ’06.

Barbara Evans MacLeod ’56 of Birmingham on Dec. 31, 2021. MacLeod attended the Ward Belmont School for Girls (now Belmont University) before leaving to run her family’s business, Evans Tree Service, while her father was in the hospital and her brothers finished college. She later returned to school and completed her degree at BSC. With 70 years of service, Barbara was the longest working employee of Evans Tree Service, which she ran with her brother, Barry Evans, until retiring in 2018. The siblings also founded Athena Pest Control which they managed for many years. MacLeod was the familiar, friendly voice of both companies, known to countless numbers of customers as “Barbara at Evans Tree Service” or “Barbara with Athena.”

James C. Norton ’61 of Birmingham on Dec. 14, 2021. Norton attended Duke University and the University of Alabama before receiving his degree from BSC, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and won the Alpha Kappa Psi Award for the highest cumulative grade point average in the Department of Business. He began his career in management with Birmingham Wholesale Floral before entering the life insurance business as an agent with Lincoln National Life in 1974. Ten years later, Norton earned his Certified Financial Planner designation and formed Norton Financial Inc., an independent financial planning and insurance agency. He was inducted into the Birmingham Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1975 and later served as president of the BGA, chair of the LPGA golf tournament at Hoover Country Club, and a founder of the Metro Senior Scratch Golf Group. He served as chair of the Religion in American Life Program through the Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of Canterbury United Methodist Church.

Jerry D. Rose ’64 of Birmingham on Dec. 14, 2021. Rose was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and graduated BSC with a degree in chemistry. For more than 40 years, he worked as an organic chemist at Southern Research Institute, where he was published in 19 papers and received two patents for his work. He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church in Cahaba Heights.

James “Jim” E. Summers ’67 (MPPM ’95) of Birmingham on Dec. 10, 2021. Summers attended Walker College before transferring to BSC, where he met his wife, Anne White Summers ’68. Following graduation, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served as a legal clerk and courtroom reporter during a 13-month tour of duty in Vietnam. He later worked as a surety bondsman for Traveler’s Insurance in San Francisco before beginning his 36-year career on the force with the Birmingham Police Department, starting as a jail warden and a patrol officer in 1971 and serving until his retirement as lieutenant in 2008. Summers worked in the Department of Internal Affairs, served as commander of West Precinct, represented Birmingham Police in the Friendship Force to Costa Rica, and instructed baton, firearms, CPR and first aid. He served as a board member and secretary for Children of Slain Police Officers and as chair of the Birmingham Police Credit Supervisory Committee, which managed the Police Credit Union. Summers also served nine years with the 109th Army National Guard as a medic, including an assignment in Panama. During his retirement, he was a founding resident, security guard, and member of the Citizen Emergency Response Team in the Town of Mt. Laurel and established Mt. Laurel’s first Neighborhood Watch Program. He was an active Sunday school teacher, usher, greeter, and administrative board member at Trinity United Methodist Church.

Patricia Huntley Lewis ’78 of Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 30, 2021. Lewis earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from BSC and served as an educator in Birmingham City Schools for more than 25 years. For 23 years, she taught kindergarten at Wenonah Elementary School, where she touched the lives of many students and parents. She was an active member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Riley and Sixth Avenue Baptist Church before relocating to Phoenix. In Phoenix, Lewis sang with the Community Choir, attended weekly Bible study, and exercised with neighbors and friends.

Dr. Laurie Adams Frost ’80 of Asheville, N.C., on Dec. 24, 2021. Whimsical, intelligent, and introspective, Frost was a writer and intellect with profound artistic and emotional depth. Following her graduation from BSC, Frost earned her Ph.D. in English from Rice University, where she was a member of “The Caperers.” She became a technical editor at Alabama A&M University as a technical editor and started and raised her family in Huntsville before moving to Asheville in 2012. She served the Asheville community as a delivery driver for Meals on Wheels. Frost’s primary interests during her life, beyond her family, were the Three Bs: the Beatles, books, and Bowie. She was known as “the Bowiesattva” to her David Bowie community with her writings published at bowiesattva.com. In 2019, Frost published her acclaimed book, “The Definitive Guide to Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials,’” which was lauded by Pullman as a guide to his own material. Frost’s mother, Molly Smith Adams ’51, and brother, Dr. John R. Adams ’85, also attended BSC.