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Alumni Notes 1980 - 1984


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Phil Sharpe
  • BA 1974
  • MA 1980
psharpe_us@yahoo.com
  • I've been teaching at the high school level since earning my MA in 1980. Presently, I teach Latin and English at North Springs High School in Atlanta. I am married with two daughters, Hannah 9, and Claire 6. We still live in Marietta, Georgia.
    September 2005
Timothy John Lockhart
  • B.A., English 1977
  • MA English 1984
tlockhart@wilsav.com
  • Partner in Charge of the Intellectual Property Group at Willcox & Savage in Norfolk, VA. As a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, assigned to NR DIA HQ 0466, which drills one weekend a month at The Pentagon. Writing book reviews for "The Virginian-Pilot," the largest daily newspaper in Southeastern Virginia, and trying to find a publisher for my first novel, a private-eye mystery. Living in Norfolk, VA, with wife Anne and daughter Meg (four years old).
    September 2005
Pamela Sissi Carroll
  • BA 1980
pcarroll@fsu.edu
  • I'm professor of English Education in my 16th year on the faculty at Florida State University; this fall I became Chair of the Department of Middle & Secondary Education at FSU. Thank you Auburn English!
    February 2006
Phil Sharpe
  • BA 1974
  • MA 1980
psharpe_us@yahoo.com
  • I've been teaching at the high school level since earning my MA in 1980. Presently, I teach Latin and English at North Springs High School in Atlanta. I am married with two daughters, Hannah 9, and Claire 6. We still live in Marietta, Georgia.
    September 2005
Lisa W. Peacock Alba
  • BA 1983
knitbits@hiwaay.net
  • After a short and eclectic period of employment, Lisa is educating her teenage children at home in Birmingham. Besides accumulating books, she spends time exploring the fiber arts, camping, and computer-assisted architectural illustration in business with her husband, Jim ('83 BAr). She would especially appreciate dialogue with "lexic" parents who have been blessed with dyslexic children.
    May 2004
Lisa W. Peacock Albea
  • BA 1983
knitbits@hiwaay.net
  • After a short and eclectic period of employment, Lisa is educating her teenage children at home in Birmingham. Besides accumulating books, she spends time exploring the fiber arts, camping, and computer-assisted architectural illustration in business with her husband, Jim ('83 BAr). She would especially appreciate dialogue with "lexic" parents who have been blessed with dyslexic children.
    May 2004
Mary Allen Bradshaw
  • BA 1983

  • I teach French at a high school in Lexington, Kentucky. I am married to David Bradshaw who is a Philosophy professor at the University of Kentucky. We have one daughter, Marian, who is 16.
    September 2005
Nancy Wingo Garrett
  • BA 1983
  • MA 1987
ngarrett@graceba.net
  • I am Chairman of the English Dept. at Houston Academy in Dothan. I teach seniors and sophmores. My son Taylor is a freshman at AU; Sarah is a junior at HA & James is a freshman at HA.
    October 2005
Nancy Wingo Garrett
  • Bachelor of Arts, English 1983
  • Master of Arts, English 1987
  • I am a Projects Analyst in the Office of the Provost at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. My son Taylor is a wireless engineering major at Auburn. My daughter Sarah is a freshman at Birmingham-Southern. My son James is a junior at Homewood High School. I was an English instructor and Chairman of the English Department at Houston Academy in Dothan, AL for 13 years before my return to Birmingham. For 15 months after my return, I was Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of DAXKO, a software company located in Homewood. I also tutored for the ACT and SAT for a number of years.
    March 2008
Tina Tingle LoTufo
  • BA 1983
tlotufo@yahoo.com
  • After jobs in the publishing industry & as a technical editor, I chose to spend 15 years at home raising a family: Dylan-15, Walker-12, and Miranda-10. Recently I've begun a part-time job as a parish secretary at St. Jude Catholic Church in Chattanooga, TN. My husband Robert is also an Auburn Alum - Industrial Design, 1983.
    February 2006
Carolyn Jill Tedford Owens
  • BA 1983
jill.jones@swosu.edu
  • Have PhD from Ole Miss. Now Chair of Dept. of Language Arts at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Full professor with tenure. Married to Ray Jones (physics), 1 son, 5 step-children, 2 grandchildren.
    October 2005
Kira Hall
  • BA 1984
kira.hall@colorado.edu
  • I am currently Associate Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at University of Colorado. I just adopted a beautiful little girl named Sofia!
    February 2006
Timothy John Lockhart
  • B.A., English 1977
  • MA English 1984
tlockhart@wilsav.com
  • Partner in Charge of the Intellectual Property Group at Willcox & Savage in Norfolk, VA. As a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, assigned to NR DIA HQ 0466, which drills one weekend a month at The Pentagon. Writing book reviews for "The Virginian-Pilot," the largest daily newspaper in Southeastern Virginia, and trying to find a publisher for my first novel, a private-eye mystery. Living in Norfolk, VA, with wife Anne and daughter Meg (four years old).
    September 2005
Nancy Wingo Garrett
  • BA 1983
  • MA 1987
ngarrett@graceba.net
  • I am Chairman of the English Dept. at Houston Academy in Dothan. I teach seniors and sophmores. My son Taylor is a freshman at AU; Sarah is a junior at HA & James is a freshman at HA.
    October 2005
Nancy Wingo Garrett
  • Bachelor of Arts, English 1983
  • Master of Arts, English 1987
  • I am a Projects Analyst in the Office of the Provost at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. My son Taylor is a wireless engineering major at Auburn. My daughter Sarah is a freshman at Birmingham-Southern. My son James is a junior at Homewood High School. I was an English instructor and Chairman of the English Department at Houston Academy in Dothan, AL for 13 years before my return to Birmingham. For 15 months after my return, I was Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of DAXKO, a software company located in Homewood. I also tutored for the ACT and SAT for a number of years.
    March 2008