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Ethel H. Hall
Vice President, District 4
Current Term: 2007-2011
Previous Terms: 1987-2007
Resides in Fairfield

"I carefully and consciously prepared for a challenging, demanding career in education because I believe learning is a lifelong process that impacts every individual. Each of my employment and volunteer experiences has been important in performing my tasks on the State Board of Education. My formal training helped me to understand that all children can learn if they are given the resources and opportunity and my volunteer experiences have affirmed my belief in a greater need for advocacy for those who are least able to make the changes needed in our social system."

 Background

  • Associate Professor Emerita, University of Alabama. Title awarded in 1990 by the Board of Trustees for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service

  • Bachelor's degree, Alabama A&M University (cum laude); Master's degrees, University of Chicago and Atlanta University; Doctorate degree, University of Alabama

  • Teacher, Hale and Jefferson County School Systems

  • Executive Director: Neighborhood Youth Corps and Early Childhood School Transition Programs, Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity

  • Associate Professor, University of Montevallo

  • Associate Professor, University of Alabama

  • Alumnus, Leadership Birmingham, 1990; Leadership Alabama, 1993

  • Board of Directors: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, (President); National Conference of Community and Justice; Women’s Exchange; Birmingham Museum of Art; Alabama Archives and History Foundation

  • Advisory Council on Education: University of Alabama, UAB, University of Montevallo, Birmingham Southern

  • Member: Education Commission of the States, Governor’s Commission on Instructional Improvement and Academic Excellence, National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

  • Named by the "Birmingham Business Journal" as One of the Top Ten Women Making a Difference

  • NASBE Distinguished Service Award, 1999

  • Recipient of over 200 honors and awards, including the Peggy Spain McDonald Community Service Award and the Mildred Bell Johnson Cahaba Girl Scout Council Award, 2003

  • Member: Beulah Baptist Church

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