Frances Grace Hirs and Jack Secrist have never met, but their paths have crossed. Frances Grace is a 17-year-old junior at Fairhope High School, a member of the National Honor […]
Southern Research at 75: ‘Boss Kettering’ provides key early support
Charles Kettering, the genius engineer behind many of General Motors’ breakthrough innovations, racked up 186 patents and earned a reputation as a great inventor in his day. He also became […]
Southern Research at 75: Ben May’s gift launches a cancer program
Mobile lumber magnate Ben May wanted Southern Research to do something special with his $25,000 gift in early 1946. The non-profit research organization’s original charter spelled out a mission to […]
How Southern Research cancer advances changed a life
Southern Research physicist Jim Tucker has spent most of his career tackling the challenges that must be overcome to make space flight possible, so he knows all about the organization’s […]
Cancer researcher Wallace Brockman to be remembered at service
The late Wallace Brockman, a key member of Southern Research’s pioneering cancer research team, will be remembered at a special service in Birmingham on Saturday. A memorial service for Brockman, […]
E.A. Dulmadge: Pursuing a research dream and attacking cancer
Elizabeth Ann Dulmadge – E.A., as she was known to her friends — arrived at Southern Research Institute in 1956 with more than a decade of experience in a clinical […]
Mary Trader: Unraveling leukemia’s mysteries in a Southern Research lab
When Mary Trader joined Southern Research in 1966, she had a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Mary’s Dominican College in her hometown of New Orleans and plans to stick […]