2008 Woodie Awards
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USA Foundation names two board members
Ben Goodwin
Staff Writer
Issue date: 6/11/07 Section: News
The University of South Alabama Foundation has recently selected replacements for two of its members.
The late Dr. Aubrey Green is being replaced by his wife Ellen Fulton Green. Dr. Gregory Luce Jr., the president of Mississippi Export Railroad, replaces Mylan Engel.
Luce also has experience in timber, of which the Foundation has several very large holdings that it harvests regularly to provide funds.
These two new members will be class III directors. The terms of directors are split into class I, II and III. Each class expires in a consecutive year. This process is used to ensure that all directors' terms do not expire at the same time.
Green, a board member for more than 40 years, passed away in March at the age of 82.
Engel, a two-time board member and one of the original incorporators of the USA Foundation, was forced to retire due to health reasons.
At the Foundation board meeting on May 17, Green's family was presented with a resolution honoring his many years of service.
According to the resolution, Green was "a formative leader in the founding of the University of South Alabama and in the establishment and growth of both the University and the Foundation."
Green was a very active participant in the Foundation and was present at more than 145 meetings. According to the resolution, he "lived a life that exemplified what he called a spirit of nobility -- living one's life in service to others."
Green is survived by his son Fulton Green, his daughter Mary Ellen Keller and his widow Ellen Green, who is replacing her late husband on the board with a term expiring in 2011.
From 1953 to 1993, Green was also a member of the USA board of trustees. He was a natural born leader and was elected president of Lions Club International in 1963, and was also noted as being a very powerful and devoted speaker. Most of All, Dr. Green should be remembered as strongly devoted to his family and to both the University and the Foundation. He was known for being very passionate about the University and according to Kathy Moore of the USA Foundation he "worked diligently to make higher education accessible and wanted to ensure the continuance of that far into the future. His whole purpose was to further the mission of the University."
The late Dr. Aubrey Green is being replaced by his wife Ellen Fulton Green. Dr. Gregory Luce Jr., the president of Mississippi Export Railroad, replaces Mylan Engel.
Luce also has experience in timber, of which the Foundation has several very large holdings that it harvests regularly to provide funds.
These two new members will be class III directors. The terms of directors are split into class I, II and III. Each class expires in a consecutive year. This process is used to ensure that all directors' terms do not expire at the same time.
Green, a board member for more than 40 years, passed away in March at the age of 82.
Engel, a two-time board member and one of the original incorporators of the USA Foundation, was forced to retire due to health reasons.
At the Foundation board meeting on May 17, Green's family was presented with a resolution honoring his many years of service.
According to the resolution, Green was "a formative leader in the founding of the University of South Alabama and in the establishment and growth of both the University and the Foundation."
Green was a very active participant in the Foundation and was present at more than 145 meetings. According to the resolution, he "lived a life that exemplified what he called a spirit of nobility -- living one's life in service to others."
Green is survived by his son Fulton Green, his daughter Mary Ellen Keller and his widow Ellen Green, who is replacing her late husband on the board with a term expiring in 2011.
From 1953 to 1993, Green was also a member of the USA board of trustees. He was a natural born leader and was elected president of Lions Club International in 1963, and was also noted as being a very powerful and devoted speaker. Most of All, Dr. Green should be remembered as strongly devoted to his family and to both the University and the Foundation. He was known for being very passionate about the University and according to Kathy Moore of the USA Foundation he "worked diligently to make higher education accessible and wanted to ensure the continuance of that far into the future. His whole purpose was to further the mission of the University."
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