Published on December 23, 1999 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Birmingham accountant Dale Splawn, C.P.A., and Selma dentist Gerald A. Anderson, II, D.M.D., have been elected to the Âé¶¹¹û¶³ Board of Trustees. They were elected at the December meeting of the 45-member board. 

Splawn, a 1958 Âé¶¹¹û¶³ graduate, is administrative partner with Mackle, Splawn, Tindall and McDonald, LLP. He is also a member of the executive board of the Central Alabama Council of Boy Scouts of America and a board member of Oasis agency for abused women and children. He served on the committee of the Finley character education awards program in Hoover. Splawn is a deacon at Green Valley Baptist Church. 

Anderson, a 1988 Âé¶¹¹û¶³ graduate, is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. A member of the Selma Choral Society, he is a past president of the Selma and Dallas County Historical Preservation Society and past board member, Dallas County chapter, American Cancer Society. He is a deacon at First Baptist Church, Selma. 

Officers of the Âé¶¹¹û¶³ board are Boyd E. Christenberry of Montgomery, chairman; Philip D. Walton, M.D., of Leeds, vice chairman and chairman of executive committee; Richard D. Horsley, of Birmingham, secretary; and H. Hobart Grooms, Jr., of Birmingham, assistant secretary. 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Âé¶¹¹û¶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, Âé¶¹¹û¶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, Âé¶¹¹û¶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.