Tennant McWilliams

Tennant Schultz McWilliams (born September 12, 1943; died October 23, 2023 in Fairhope, AL), was a longtime Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UAB and a widely published Southern historian. His parents were Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams and Dorothy Schultz McWilliams and he was married to Susan Johnson McWilliams. In retirement, he and his wife, were active members of the civic and artistic communities in Fairhope, Alabama.

Books

• "New Lights in the Valley: The Emergence of U.A.B." (2007)
• "Dixie Heretic: The Civil Rights Odyssey of Renwick C. Kennedy" University of Alabama Press. (2023)