Judy L. Bonner

Judy L. Bonner
Born	Wilcox County, Alabama
Alma mater	University of Alabama
Occupation	Academic
Known for	Former President of the University of Alabama (2012-2015)
Relatives	Jo Bonner (brother)

Judy L. Bonner is an American academic. She served as the President of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from 2012 to 2015.

Early life and family background

Judy L. Bonner was born in Wilcox County, Alabama.^[1] She graduated from the University of Alabama, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees.^[2]^[3] She received a PhD in Nutrition from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]^[3]

Her brother, Jo Bonner, served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013.^[1]^[4]

Career

Bonner started her career as a faculty member of the University of Alabama in 1981.^[5] She became the Dean of its College of Human Environmental Sciences in 1989.^[5] She became the Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of Alabama in 2003.^[5]

She served as the President of the University of Alabama from 2012 to 2015.^[1]^[5] She was its first female president.^[5]

References

1 2 3 Jay Reeves, Judy L. Bonner Named The University Of Alabama's First Permanent Woman President, The Huffington Post, 11/01/2012
1 2 Judy L. Bonner, Bloomberg Business
1 2 UA President Judy Bonner Announces Plans to Leave Presidency, UA News, December 17, 2014
↑ Melissa Brown, Jo Bonner to receive $350,000 in University of Alabama System position, The Birmingham News, June 12, 2013
1 2 3 4 5 Melissa Brown, University of Alabama President Judy Bonner announces plans to resign by September, The Birmingham News, December 17, 2014

Presidents of the University of Alabama

Alva Woods (1831–1837)
Basil Manly, Sr. (1837–1855)
Landon Garland (1855–1865)
William R. Smith (1870–1871)
Matthew Fontaine Maury (1871)
Nathaniel Thomas Lupton (1871–1874)
Carlos G. Smith (1874–1878)
Gorgas (1878–1879)
William Stokes Wyman (acting, 1879–1880 and 1885–1886), (1901–1902)
Burwell Boykin Lewis (1880–1885)
Henry DeLamar Clayton (1886–1889)
Richard Channing Jones (1890–1897)
Powers (1897–1901)
John Abercrombie (1902–1911)
George H. Denny (1911–1936)
Richard Clarke Foster (1937–1941)
Raymon Ross Paty (1942–1947)
Ralph E. Adams (acting, 1947–1948)
John Gallalee (1948–1953)
Lee Bidgood (acting, 1953)
Oliver Carmichael (1953–1957)
James H. Newman (acting, 1957–1958)
Frank Rose (1958–1969)
F. David Mathews (1969–1975)
Richard Ashley Thigpen (acting, 1975–1977)
F. David Mathews (1977–1980)
Howard B. Gundy (acting, 1980–1981)
Joab Thomas (1981–1988)
E. Roger Sayers (1988–1996)
Andrew Sorensen (1996–2002)
J. Barry Mason (interim, 2002–2003)
Robert Witt (2003–2012)
Guy Bailey (2012)
Judy L. Bonner (2012–2015)
Stuart R. Bell (2015– )

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