Judy L. Bonner is an American academic. She served as the President of the

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population o ...

from 2012 to 2015.

Early life and family background

Judy L. Bonner was born in

Wilcox County, Alabama Wilcox County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,600. Its county seat is Camden. History Wilcox County was established on December 13, 1819. The county was named after Joseph M. Wilcox, a ...

.Jay Reeves
Judy L. Bonner Named The University Of Alabama's First Permanent Woman President
''The Huffington Post'', 11/01/2012 She graduated from the University of Alabama, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees.Judy L. Bonner
''Bloomberg Business''UA President Judy Bonner Announces Plans to Leave Presidency
''UA News'', December 17, 2014 She received a PhD in Nutrition from

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in Columbus, Ohio. Her brother,

Jo Bonner Josiah Robins Bonner Jr. (born November 19, 1959) is an American academic administrator and former politician who currently serves as the fourth president of the University of South Alabama. He was previously the U.S. representative for from 20 ...

, served as a

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member of the

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from 2003 to 2013.Melissa Brown
Jo Bonner to receive $350,000 in University of Alabama System position
''The Birmingham News'', June 12, 2013

Career

Bonner started her career as a faculty member of the University of Alabama in 1981.Melissa Brown

''The Birmingham News'', December 17, 2014 She became the Dean of its College of Human Environmental Sciences in 1989. She became the Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of Alabama in 2003. She served as the president of the University of Alabama from 2012 to 2015. She was its first female president.

References

Living people People from Wilcox County, Alabama University of Alabama alumni Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni University of Alabama faculty Presidents of the University of Alabama Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-academic-administrator-stub