Lars Porter ’04 was named Assistant Principal at Mountain Brook High School. Porter has been teaching math for 11 years at Homewood High School and Mountain Brook Junior High and spent the last year as Mountain Brook Junior High School’s technology coordinator. In addition to teaching, Porter also coached cross country and track.

Whitney Ramos Hasen ’05, manager of healthcare analytics at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, is one of 67 other early- and mid-career leaders in the Birmingham area who have been accepted to Momentum’s fifth Upward class. The program leverages Momentum’s expertise and alumnae network to develop the next generation of talented leadership.

Keelie Segars ’97, chief executive officer at Markstein, a Birmingham-based creative communications agency, was named one of Birmingham Business Journal’s CEO Award Winners for 2022.

Ben Bolton ’98, senior energy programs administrator for the Office of Energy Programs, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, graduated in July from the year-long National Emergency Management Advanced Academy cohort held in Franklin, Tenn. The cohort included emergency management professionals from six states and multiple Tennessee counties. The Academy covers in-depth professional development in emergency management topics, program management, leadership, and strategic thinking.

Sara Robicheaux, B.A. Monaghan Professor of Business at BSC, was featured in WalletHub’s story about balance transfer credit cards.

Brooke Coleman, wife of BSC President Daniel Coleman, has been named as chair of the board of directors of Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Birmingham. BSC participates in a work-study program with the school and is hosting four students in the Advancement office this academic year.

Birmingham-Southern Athletics recognized the 50th anniversary of Title IX with their 2022 Hall of Fame inductees: Ashley Lovell Messenger ’11, Women’s Golf; Chelsea Van Voorhis Nickles ’13, Women’s Lacrosse; Eyrún Oddsdóttir ’03, Women’s Soccer; Tyra Perry, 2002-2008 Women’s Softball Coach; and Alicia Plotky ’12, Women’s Soccer. Read more at BhamNow.

Colin Joshua Glover on Dec. 16 in Birmingham. A 2020 graduate of Hewitt-Trussville High School, he was majoring in health sciences at BSC with the goal of becoming a physical therapist. Glover also was a key member of the men’s basketball team. He is survived by his parents as well as his twin brother, Cameron Glover, also a junior at BSC.

Wayne Worden Killion, Jr. ’72, on Dec. 12 in Mountain Brook. Killion was a graduate of Indian Springs School and BSC, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. In 1972, he graduated from the UAB School of Medicine, completed residency at the University of Louisville, and returned to Birmingham to practice internal medicine. He obtained a Masters of Private and Public Management from BSC with honors in 1996. He served as vice president of medical affairs at St. Vincent’s Hospital for five years before taking over as president and chief executive officer of his family’s insulation business, Shook & Fletcher. He was a faithful member of Canterbury United Methodist Church and served in many roles on its board. He served on the BSC Board of Trustees for 16 years, including three years as chair, and is remembered for his wise counsel and visionary leadership. In addition to his wife of 46 years, Sandra Reever Killion, Killion is survived by his mother, Christine Cooper Killion; brother Christopher Howard Killion ’75; and three sons: Wayne Worden Killion III, Charles David Killion and wife Katy, and Cooper Reever Killion ’08 and wife Ashley.

Davis Roland King on Dec. 2 in Maui, Hawaii. After attending BSC, he earned his medical degree in 1974 from the UAB School of Medicine and completed residencies in emergency medicine and anesthesiology. Dr. King practiced medicine in Hawaii for 35 years, serving at Maui Memorial Hospital and Aloha Surgical Center before his retirement in 2014. He also served as ship’s physician on board the Lindblad Explorer, which specialized in eco-tourism, and undertook expeditions to such destinations as Antarctica, Galapagos Islands, New Guinea, and Colombia, South America. Dr. King nurtured a love of forestry and horticulture. Over the years, he cultivated rare species of palms on Maui, planted koa trees on the Big Island, and hundreds of native trees in Maryland.

George Auston Smith, Jr. on Dec. 28 in Anniston. After attending Auburn University, Smith served during the Korean War, and was deployed to Greenland as a staff sergeant and watercraft operation instructor. Smith completed his studies at Jacksonville State University and graduated with a degree in accounting. Smith and his wife Rose Carolyn Askew Smith moved to Anniston, where he worked with the accounting firm of Kirkland & Godbold. In 1986, he became the senior vice president of the trust department at Regions Bank. A former member of the BSC Board of Trustees, he is survived by his wife; two sons, former BSC Board Chair David Michael Smith ’79 and George Grant Smith ’81; three grandchildren, including David Auston Smith ’14; and a large extended family.

Ann Elizabeth Mooty Davidson ’51 on Dec. 26 in Savannah, Ga. Davidson received a history degree from BSC, where she was member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, and later earned a teaching certificate. She taught kindergarten in Birmingham, Jacksonville, Fla., and Atlanta, and taught children with learning disabilities in Savannah, where she was coordinated the school system’s Learning Disabilities Division. She earned a master’s degree and an education specialist degree from Georgia Southern University. During her retirement, she learned to smock, basket-weave, and quilt. She also enjoyed traveling with her husband Stan, visiting all 50 states and many foreign countries. She was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church.

Jerry Patterson on Dec. 19 in Springville. After retirement from a long career in education and hospital administration, he was an adjunct professor at BSC and UAB. in the St. Clair County School system. Patterson was a sought-after public speaker and consultant to public and private businesses, trade groups, school organizations, and hospital associations throughout the United States, Canada, and the West Indies. He also served as the master of ceremonies for the annual Miss Springville Pageant and acted in Springville Community Theater productions. Patterson was a longtime member of Springville First United Methodist Church.

Leta Harriett Rush Cutler ’62 on Dec. 20 in Knoxville, Tenn. Cutler received her B.A. degree with high honors from BSC, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. After marrying Wayne Cutler in 1963, she worked as secretary to the graduate dean at the University of Texas. Cutler began her real estate career as an appraiser, and then worked with Hop Bailey Realtors in Knoxville for 20 years. She also often sang in the Nashville Symphony Chorus and St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church choir.

Ann Smallman Neighbors ’51 on Dec. 27 in Alexander City, Ala. She attended Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg, Va., and graduated from BSC with a B.S. in mathematics. She received her master’s in education in secondary mathematics from Auburn University and completed additional graduate work at the University of Alabama. Neighbors retired after 23 years of teaching at Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City, where she received the Outstanding Secondary Teacher Award. While there she taught A.P. Calculus and Precalculus, served as head of the math department, and sponsored the Math Team and Mu Alpha Theta math club. She was a past chairwoman of the Alexander City Beautification Board. For the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, Neighbors served as the Roanoke District Lay Leader and was a member of the Board of Ordained Ministry, Advisory Board of Camp Sumatanga, Archive and History Commission, and Laity Council on Ministry. In her local church, First United Methodist Church of Alexander City, she served as the first woman to Chair the Administrative Board, and also Chairperson of the Historical Book Committee, Decorating Committee, the Missions Committee, and Building Committee.

George A. Gomperts on Dec. 19 in Birmingham. After graduating from BSC, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, where he placed third nationally in diving was named instructor of diving and swimming. In 1949, he began his career with State Farm Insurance in Birmingham, serving as an agent for seven years and retiring as agency manager in 1994. Gomperts was a member of Vestavia Country Club and Contract Bridge Club, and was married to his wife, Claire, for 71 years.

Dorothy Tidwell Ireland Fletcher on Dec. 17 in Mountain Brook. A Birmingham native, she attended BSC and later established the Dorothy T. Ireland Scholarship at BSC for voice majors. She is a remembered as a voracious reader and world traveler, and was also an Alabama female skeet shooting champion. She was an active philanthropist and supported many organizations, but she especially enjoyed her association with The Garden Club of America where she served in many leadership positions. She was also a longtime member of Independent Presbyterian