ALABAMA ACADEMY OF HONOR
ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2009
MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Academy of Honor is inviting nominations for inductees into the Class of 2009. “Anyone may submit nominations to the Academy, and we welcome them,” said Birmingham attorney and Academy chairman, Tom Carruthers. Current members of the Academy will elect new members to be inducted at a ceremony at the State Capitol.
The State Legislature created the Alabama Academy of Honor on October 29, 1965, to bestow honor and recognition upon living Alabamians for their outstanding accomplishments and service. Persons elected to membership are distinguished citizens of Alabama whose accomplishments and service have greatly benefitted or reflected great credit on the State.
Recent inductees have included Henry (Hank) Aaron, Harper Lee, Senator Richard Shelby, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The Academy is accepting nominations from the public until April 15, 2009. Nomination instructions are available on the PDF provided below, http://www.archives.alabama.gov/famous/academy/nominations.pdf, or upon request by writing or calling the Academy’s administrative offices:
Instructions for using online nomination form:
You must have Adobe Reader, a free utility available for download at this location http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html, to open and print the PDF version of the nomination form. After you have Adobe Reader installed, click on the link below to see the form in your browser window. By moving your cursor to a blank text field and clicking on the field, you may type the information requested and then print the form for mailing or faxing. You may also type the requested information in each of the fields and then click the green “Submit via e-mail” button to transmit your nomination electronically.
