Henry County native Frederick Whiddon was director of the Mobile Extension Center in 1960 when he began working to establish the unit as a university in its own right. He served as the University of South Alabama's first president.
Frederick Whiddon and Students
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Courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives
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