Alvin L. Winters

TUSCALOOSA - Alvin L. Winters died peacefully at Grandview Hospital in Birmingham, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. He was born in Enumclaw, Washington to Robert and Eva Winters on August 26, 1939. A memorial service will be held on Monday, March 28, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the University Club, 421 Queen City Avenue. Interment will be held later in Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia; two sons, Anthony Lenn (Kimberly) of Peyton, Colo. and Brian Robert (Shawn) of Tuscaloosa; four grandsons, RC, Michael and William of Peyton, Colo. and Chase of Tuscaloosa.; one sister, Denise (Dennis) of Ulysses, Kan.; and one brother, Dennis (Michel) of Wichita, Kan,; one sister-in-law, Lucy Hanna of Solvang, Calif; two aunts and numerous nieces and nephews.
Al graduated from high school at Grant County Community High School in Ulysses, Kan. He received his Undergraduate Degree from Emporia State Teachers College in Emporia, Kan., his graduate degrees from Kansas State University and his doctoral experience at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He began his teaching and research career at the University of Pennsylvania followed by five years at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He came to the University of Alabama in 1980 and retired in 2005.
Al was a quiet unassuming scholar who reveled in seeing the progress of his students, whether it be in teaching or in research.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at the University Of Alabama in Birmingham. The address is 1720 2nd Avenue S., Birmingham, AL 35294-0112.