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.
Painting of two women wrapped in blankets standing in front of some small trees. Text at the bottom tells about the New Deal art program and this particualr painting.
This headstone is located in the Jones family cemetery behind Morton Hall. The headstone notes that Jones was a captain in the 1st Regiment of the Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War. There is some dispute as to whether Jones is actually buried there.
The caption on the back reads, "ANNOUNCING SPERRY GIFT TO UAH-- Governor George C. Wallace (seated) seen above announcing the Sperry Corporation's gift to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) of $3.2 million in computer hardware and software. Joining the Governor for the Announcement on April 16 in Montgomery office were Vern Dykema, Vice President of the Sperry Corporation, and Dr. John C. Wright, President of UAH."