POWERGRAMS

Powergrams is published biweekly by Alabama Power for its employees, retirees and friends. Please report address changes by calling the editor. William Patrick lay 1906-12 the son of a legendary steamboat captain, lay became one himself. lay's knowledge of the waterway led him to organize the coosa river improvement association to lobby the federal government for navigation improvements. He incorporated alabama Power company on Dec. 4, 1906, and was its first president. lay lived from 1853 to 1940. James mitcHell 1912-13, 1915-20 Born in canada in 1866 and raised in massachusetts, he was an early employee of the company that would become General electric. mitchell spent 17 years developing electricity in Brazil before he became a pioneer american hydro and electric system developer. His financial contacts in england allowed mitchell to buy the alabama interstate Power co., which merged with alabama Power in 1912. mitchell was president until his death in 1920. Frank WasHBurn 1913-15 an illinois native born in 1860, Washburn graduated from cornell. He founded american cyanamid co., organized hydro developments on the tennessee river and the tallapoosa river. Washburn was on the organizing board of mitchell's alabama traction, light & Power co. the early groups merged with alabama Power in 1912. Washburn left aPc at the dawn of World War i. He died in 1922. tom martin 1920-63 Born in scottsboro in 1881, martin was a lawyer, businessman, scientist, historian and industrial and civic leader. He was legal counsel of the tallapoosa Hydro Development group, part of mitchell's team when hydro interests on the coosa, tallapoosa and tennessee rivers were consolidated to form alabama Power. Founder of the southern research institute in 1941, martin died in 1964. James Barry 1949-52 the california native became the alabama Power anniston office manager in 1918. an engineer, he was involved in the construction of mitchell Dam. Barry helped organize the southern Division. He was named vice president of operations in 1927, joined the board of directors in 1930 and left aPc to join southern company in 1952. Barry lived from 1910 to 1972. leWis smitH 1952-57 Born in Warrior in 1894, smith earned an electrical engineering degree from the university of alabama and came to the company as a draftsman in 1923. He was named the chief electrical engineer in 1939, elected vice president in 1945, named general manager in 1949 and president three years later. active in civic affairs, smith was president of the Birmingham Board of education and a trustee of the southern research institute. He died in 1958. Walter BoulDin 1957-69 Born in scottsboro in 1905, Bouldin graduated from the university of alabama with a law degree. in 1928 he joined Judge logan martin's law firm with responsibility for alabama Power. His lobbying led to federal legislation allowing the company's development of the coosa river. in 1952, Bouldin was named alabama Power's financial vice president, became president in 1957 and ceo in 1964. He died in 1974. Joe Farley 1969-89 Born in Birmingham in 1927, Farley earned an engineering degree from Assistant editors: Donna cope and carla Davis Art director: Jay Parker Editor: chuck chandler 205-257-3651 APC Presidents Princeton and law degree from Harvard. He joined logan martin's law firm in 1952, lobbying congress for the coosa river projects. in 1965 he was elected executive vice president of alabama Power and became president in 1969. He was named president of southern nuclear in 1989, leading efforts to open the plant named in his honor. He died in 2010. elmer Harris 1989-2001 Born in chilton county in 1939, Harris joined alabama Power as a co-op student in 1958 before receiving his engineering and two master's degrees from auburn university. He became a junior engineer in the montgomery office in 1962, district manager at Headland in 1972, manager of operations at corporate in 1974 and vice president in 1976. He was active in the alabama air national Guard for two decades. cHarles mccrary 2001-14 Born in Birmingham in 1951, mccrary joined the company as a co-op student before graduating with an engineering degree from auburn university. He later earned a law degree. He joined southern company services in 1973. in 1982, he headed alabama Power's environmental compliance department, before becoming vice president of southern nuclear. in 1991, he became vice president of aPc external affairs. mark crossWHite 2014 Born in Decatur in 1962, crosswhite was a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham when elected senior vice president and general counsel for southern company Generation in 2004. He was executive vice president of external affairs and senior vice president and counsel for alabama Power before becoming president and ceo of Gulf Power in 2010. He was named chief operating officer of southern company in 2012.

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