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University of Alabama graduates include 15 Rhodes Scholars, 59 Goldwater Scholars, and 16 Truman Scholars. [135] UA graduates have also been named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. [136] [137] The University of Alabama is the alma mater of numerous notable people in politics, sports, business, entertainment, science, art, and ...
Byron Arnold began collecting Alabama folksongs after joining the piano and organ faculty at the University of Alabama Department of Music in 1937–8. [1] In summer 1945, he made a collecting trip without recording devices.
Ransom Wilson (born 25 October 1951 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is an American flutist, conductor, and educator.. He currently is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, [1] Artistic Director and Conductor of the Le Train Bleu ensemble, [2] Music Director of the Redlands Symphony, [3] and he performs concerts and recitals in notable venues worldwide.
Under Colonel Butler's guidance, the Million Dollar Band attained national acclaim and many honors, prompting former UA President Roger Sayers to say in an article for the Crimson White,"What Paul W. Bryant was to Alabama football, Colonel Carleton K. Butler was to Alabama's music program and bands." [6] Butler remained director for 33 years.
(The Capstone is a nickname for the University of Alabama.) Student-run UA radio stations have used the call letters BRN (Bama Radio Network), WABP, and WUAL (now part of Alabama Public Radio). Originally, the "VUA" in the station's call letters was used to suggest the "Voice of the University of Alabama", which is a tagline the station often uses.
The University of Alabama was founded in 1831 in Tuscaloosa and is the state of Alabama's oldest public university. In 1936, UA established an extension center in Birmingham, and the University of Alabama School of Medicine moved there in the same year. In 1950, another extension center was set up in Huntsville.