Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Thomas Bragg, ’01 Alumni President. IQ12-20 When Tom Bragg was invited to Birmingham to become manager of the investment department of the Alabama Power Company in 1920. he had been president of the Alumni Association for eight consecutive annual terms. A few of the outstanding achievements as president of the Association were the founding of The Auburn Alumni Quarterly which is now The Auburn Alumnus, the bringing about of the great Home-coming Reunion of alumni in June, 1913, the raising of funds for the Alumni Gymnasium, and the organization of “The Old Guard’’ among the alumni graduating before 1880. Mr. Bragg is now a vice-president of the Alabama Power Company. J. V. Denson, ’05 Alumni President, 1Q20- 21 John V. Denson was president of the Alumni Association for one year from June ist, 1920, succeeding Thomas Bragg's long and successful incumbency and preceding Charlie DeBardelcbcn’s and the drive for a million dollars for Auburn. 'Though short, Mr. Denson’s term of office is significant. Special effort was made to organize local groups of Auburn men in places where a sufficient number of Auburn graduates or former students made an Auburn Club feasible. T he Auburn $1,000,000 Drive was conceived and planned and for the first time a full-time, well-paid executive secretary was employed. Mr. Denson is a distinguished lawyer in Opelika, Alabama. 16

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T. D. Sam ford, '88 Alumni President, H)02-’o For five years, Judge Samford piloted the destinies of the Alumni Association as the second president of the organization. Excepting the eight-year term of Thomas Bragg, Judge Samford held the office longer than any other Alumni president. During these early years that much important work was accomplished. Annual meetings were held at which time there was a regular business session, a banquet, and an alumni address. In addition to many other worth-while accomplishments, the Association established the Broun Memorial Scholarship Fund for worthy women students. Also, it was during Judge Samford’s presidency that a movement was started for the erection of a bronze tablet in memory of the members of the old college who gave their lives for the South. In the same year Judge Samford was elected president of the Alumni Association, he was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the college, a position he has held continuously since. Judge Samford is a prominent lawyer in Opelika. C. L. Harold, ’00 Alumni President, IQIO-12 During the two years C. L. Harold, 'oo, was president of the Alumni Association much constructive work was accomplished. Several scholarship funds were maintained and regular functions of the Association were performed, including the yearly meeting back at Auburn and the banquet which affords the real enjoyment on these occasions. For a number of years after graduating at Auburn, Mr. Harold was a member of the reportorial staff of the Birmingham News and the Montgomery Advertiser. At the present time, Mr. Harold holds a prominent position with the Brooklyn Edison Company, Brooklyn, New York. 5

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Charles F. Df.Bardklebkx Alumni President, 1Q2I-’24 The Greater Auburn Campaign, the crowning achievement of Mr. DcBardeleben's three years as alumni president, brought into play every quality of leadership which had been developed by his busy and successful life. Despite the demands of his large and varied interests, he found time to put into the effort and energy an inspiration that kept the movement progressing until it achieved its great purpose of saving the day for Auburn and permitting it to move forward. Mr. DcBardeleben is now president of the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company. lie is also chairman of the board of Charles C. Stewart Machine Company, director of the DeBardele-ben Coal Corporation, and director of American-Traders National Bank. Judge William H. Sam ford Alumni President, 1924-28 For four years as president of the Auburn Alumni Association, Judge Samford served faithfully in an endeavor to sustain the authorities of the college and to organize the alumni into a cohesive, virile force for the good of the institution. The growth of the Association from 168 active members in 1924, to 1,000 in 1928 and the enthusiastic and harmonious meeting in June. 1928, at which Judge Samford turned over the affairs to his successor i; but an evidence of the work he accomplished as president. Judge Samford was appointed a judge on the Alabama Court of Appeals in 1917, which position he still holds, having been elected by the people in 191S, 1924 and 1928. 7