James H. Faulkner

James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (March 1, 1916 – August 22, 2008) was an American newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist. He has two schools named after him, Faulkner State Community College, and Faulkner University. Newspapers and other media He was born on March 1, 1916, in Lamar County, Alabama. On August 15, 1936, Faulkner bought the Baldwin Times Newspaper in Bay Minette. In 1957 Faulkner joined a group that brought WBCA radio to Bay Minette as well as owning WHEP in Foley. Support of education Faulkner was instrumental in getting Faulkner State Junior College built for his town after the Alabama legislature passed a bill in 1964 to build 10 such schools. The pick for Bay Minette's district originally went to Monroeville which received the approval to build the Monroeville campus of the Alabama Southern Community College (originally Patrick Henry Junior College). Subsequently, Faulkner organized a group to convince the state to build a second junior college in the district at Bay Minette and afterwards a school named for William Lowndes Yancey, an American leader of the Southern secession movement, came into existence. In 1971 town residents convinced the governor to rename Yancey in Faulkner's honor.