India Menefield is IN! India gained her Bachelor of Science in health care management in 2020. This recent UAB graduate is staying in the Birmingham area and hopes to enter the world of pharmaceutical sales.
Glenda Smith Pace is IN! Glenda has a B.S. in Natural Science and Mathematics as well as a B.S. in Medical Technology. She graduated from the UAB College of Arts and Sciences in 1988, and the UAB School of Health Professions in 1989.
Judith Thomas is IN! Judith graduated in 2013 from the UAB School of Health Professions with a B.S. in Health Care Management and Administration. She currently works at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham as the practice manager over a Grandview primary care office.
Thomas Zaiz is IN! Thomas Zaiz earned his B.S. from the UAB School of Health Professions in 2000 and has been working at Illinois SW Orthopedics since graduation.
The PUTMANS are ALL IN – with 8 different degrees, certificates and important positions at and from UAB among all four of them! The Putmans are Ever Faithful and Ever Loyal to the Green and Gold from 1972 – 2020 and beyond.
Dennis Putman was Co-Head of the UAB Campus Ministry Program at UAB from 1969 t0 1972. He was Ombudsman for University College, representing Vice-President George W. Campbell at University College (1972 – 1979). He earned his M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from UAB in 1975. He was Founder and President of Human Resources Developers, Inc. from 1980 to 1984 and is a retired State of Alabama Disability Determination examiner.
His wife Jane Mobley Putman earned her B.S. in Elementary Education in 1977, a master’s in Special Education in 1979. She is now a retired teacher with the Birmingham City School System.
Their son Michael Putman earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2004 at UAB and completed medical school at the UAB School of Medicine in 2010. He is now a family physician at Seale Harris Clinic in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
Michael’s wife Olivia Dansby Putman earned a B.S. in Biology in 2007 at UAB (while serving on numerous advocacy committees, UAB Ambassador, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, and Miss UAB Homecoming Finalist). She recently earned her Executive Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Degree at UAB in 2020 and currently works at the UAB Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacist in Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology, Oncology and Trauma Burn.
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