The Alabama Academy of Honor inducted nine new members in a ceremony at the Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 9, 2021.
The Academy welcomed members into the classes of 2020 and 2021. The inductees comprised an outstanding group of Alabama leaders. Class of 2020 honorees are former U.S. Congressman Jo Bonner, Maj. Gen. J. Gary Cooper, USMC (ret.), and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson. Class of 2021 honorees are U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Huntsville attorney Julian Butler, the Honorable John England Jr., former Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, Grammy-award-winning recording artist Lionel Richie, and UAB’s Senior Vice President of Medicine Dr. Selwyn Vickers.
The ceremony included remarks by Gov. Kay Ivey, an invocation by Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, and an address by inductee Bryan Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson was introduced virtually by fellow Academy member, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.
For more information about the Alabama Academy of Honor, visit www.alabamaacademyofhonor.org.