Published on December 10, 2010  

Dr. Ronald Hunsinger, professor and chair of the Biological and Environmental Sciences department, was elected Second Vice President of the Alabama Academy of Sciences. Recently, Dr. Hunsinger participated in a panel discussion called “Responding to the Gulf Oil Crisis.” The panel took place at an event sponsored by the Baptist Historical & Heritage Society. Historian Mark Wilson (Auburn University) and theologian Fisher Humphreys (retired, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) joined Dr. Hunsinger on the panel.

 
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