Dean Mark E. Brandon recently delivered the Founders’ Day address at the University of Montevallo, noting that he could not have predicted he would one day become dean of the University of Alabama School of Law.
“Whether we’re lucky or unlucky, life is unpredictable. What we hope for is that we have the resources to make the most of our opportunities and to overcome our challenges and limitations,” said Brandon, who graduated from Montevallo in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in history. “But we cannot fully know in advance what those opportunities and challenges and limitations will be. In the words of the Boy Scout motto, we need to be prepared.”
Montevallo University President John W. Stewart III said Brandon’s undergraduate education helped prepare him for the challenge he has accepted at the School of Law.
“Indeed, his scholarship at Princeton, Vanderbilt, and Michigan is validation of the caliber an undergraduate education Montevallo provides,” said University of Montevallo President John W. Stewart III. “We are very proud that Dr. Brandon is at the helm of the University of Alabama’s very fine law school.” For more, read “University of Montevallo Celebrates 118th Founders’ Day.”
