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Mark C. Smith moved to Huntsville, where he founded two successful companies, the earlier being modem manufacturer Universal Data Systems in 1969. [1] Smith went on to co-found ADTRAN in 1986 with Lonnie S. McMillian. [1] [3] As of 2007 the company had a market-cap of $1.7 billion. [3] Smith retired from ADTRAN in September 2005. [1]
Four years later, Dr. Fork left Rensselaer for the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Over the course of his career, Fork was granted fellowship of the American Physical Society and Optical Society of America. He retired in 2017 and died on May 16, 2018, of respiratory arrest in Huntsville.
Ralph Knowles (born 1945 in Huntsville, Alabama, Died May 17, 2016 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia) was a class action attorney, best known for winning the Dow Corning breast implant case with damages of $4+ billion. He earned a BA at the University of Alabama in 1966 and JD at the University of Alabama Law
Robert Earl Albright (April 9, 1936 – November 27, 2023) was an American politician who served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1974 to 1986. A member of the Democratic Party, Albright represented the 20th and later the 21st district in the Huntsville area. He began his career as a schoolteacher.
Francis was a professor of English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He travelled three times as a Fulbright professor to Argentina. An author in his own right, he published five collections of stories, some of which have been anthologized in the O. Henry, Best American, and Pushcart Prize volumes.
Milton Kyser Cummings (August 12, 1911 – March 7, 1973) had a noteworthy career in two highly diverse fields: cotton broker and space-defense industry executive. . Sometimes called the "Number One Citizen of Huntsville" and a "Symbol of the New South," he was recognized as a humanitarian, leader in opportunities for minorities and the handicapped, and advisor to government officials and co
University of Alabama in Huntsville Stephen Ray "Steve" Hettinger (born August 25, 1945) is an American politician who served as mayor of Huntsville, Alabama , from 1988 to 1996. [ 2 ] During this period, Hettinger became particularly involved in leading the recovery of the city in the aftermath of the Huntsville Tornado of 1989 .
Douglas George Ross (October 9, 1951 – August 16, 2022) was an American college ice hockey player, 1976 USA Olympic hockey player and college ice hockey head coach. Ross is most noted as head coach of the University of Alabama in Huntsville ice hockey team from 1982–2007 where he won two national club championships and two NCAA Division II championships.