Surgeon General of the United States (1961–1965) Martin Waldron (1925–1981) – Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize Ray Wedgeworth – Jacksonville State University head coach: basketball (1951–1953), football (1953), and baseball (1964–1970) Frederick Palmer Whiddon – President, University of South Alabama (1963–1998) Robert Lee Williams – 3rd Governor of Oklahoma (1915–1919) John H. Yardley – Pathologist References Further reading Joseph H. Parks and Oliver C. Weaver, Birmingham-Southern College, 1856–1956. Nashville, TN: Parthenon Press, 1957. External links Official athletics website Buildings and structures completed in 1921 National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama Educational institutions established in 1856 Universities and colleges in Birmingham, Alabama 1856 establishments in Alabama Universities and colleges formed by merger in the United States Private universities and colleges in Alabama