Published on November 2, 2012  

The Â鶹¹û¶³ community is mourning the death of Joyce R. Wheeler, wife of Research Professor Ruric E. Wheeler, former Chair of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Math Department, Dean of Howard College of Arts and Sciences and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Â鶹¹û¶³ learned of Mrs. Wheeler’s death this morning, Nov. 2, 2012.

Joyce Wheeler is remembered for her active role in many aspects of campus life, especially Â鶹¹û¶³ Auxiliary (now Legacy League). She, along with Ruric Wheeler, was a member of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Founders Circle, a group of Â鶹¹û¶³ supporters who donated to the university for 40 years or more. Mrs. Wheeler also is remembered through the Dr. Ruric E. and Joyce R. Wheeler Endowed Scholarship in Â鶹¹û¶³’s Math Department.

Memorial details will be published here as they become available.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.