Pictured here with their wives, John C. Wright served as the second president of UAH from 1978 to 1988, while Louis Padulo succeeded him as UAH's third president and served from 1988 to 1990.
The club donated the tree to replace a diseased tree. Club vice president Ed Ditto shovels dirt while treasurer Bo Williams, sponsor Dr. Ostap Stromecky, and president Dianne Barcheers look on.
Front row, from left: Students Mike McGuire, Libby Kemp, John Vital, Jim Uber. Second row, from left: Students Jim Smith, Ed Palmer, Becky Breeding, Cheryl Bankston; Faculty: Michele Crull, State Rep. to student Ken Peters, Faculty Dennis Wingo and John Gilbert.
Wilson joined UAH in 1972 as faculty in the Deparment of Biological Sciences and served as the Dean of the College of Science from 1984 until his death in 1991. The photograph shows members of his family viewing the portrait.