2003 InducteesMorris S. Dees Jr. (1936- )Morris Dees is best known for his groundbreaking legal work battling the Klan and other hate groups and for the creation of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-violent organization dedicated to seeking justice. (more) Robert B. Ingram Jr. (1926- 2007)The stories he can tell about Big Jim Folsom alone would fill a book. Big Jim cutting a birthday cake in the Governor’s mansion with a ceremonial sword…Big Jim hallooing him awake at six in the morning in a Russellville boarding house…an aircraft carrier take-off that won a hearty, loud, and profane endorsement from Big Jim. (more) James T. Stephens (1936- )EBSCO Industries Inc. is the largest subscription agency in the world and the world's largest manufacturer of fishing lures-a model success story for resourcefulness, imagination, initiative, and creativity. (more) Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler (1950- )Just saying her name-Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler-is an Alabama history lesson, bringing to mind one of the state's industrial giants and its most famous champion of education and reform. (more)
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