The Fred Bryant Award was established by the Alabama Council on Crime and Delinquency in 1972 as a tribute to the organization’s first president.

           Mr. Fred Bryant was a State Probation Officer in Anniston, Alabama,  and

was known throughout this state as a man of dedication to the field of Corrections.  He

was president of Alabama Council on Crime and Delinquency in 1948, 1949, and 1950. 

At that time the organization was known as the Alabama Probation and Parole

Association.  Nominees for the award are presented to the Awards Committee by

members of ACCD.  Any member of ACCD can present a resume’ on a person the

member feels is worthy of the Fred Bryant Award.  The Awards Committee selects three

candidates and presents these names to the Executive Committee.  The Executive

Committee elects the person to receive the award by secret ballot.  The Award has been

presented to the following:

            1972    Mr. L. B. Stephens, Executive Director, State Board of Pardons and

                        Paroles, Montgomery.

            1973    Mr. Joseph Bivona, State Probation Officer, Mobile.

            1974    Mr. J. B. Hill, Superintendent (retired), Alabama Boys Industrial School,

                        Birmingham

            1975    Mr. Rufus Nix, U.S. Probation Officer, Birmingham

            1976    Mr. Robert G. Davis, Director, ALEPA, Montgomery

            1977    Mr. Dalton Moss, U.S. Probation Officer, Birmingham

            1978    Mr. Robert Hill, US Senator, Florence

            1979    Mr. George E. Wood, State Probation Officer, Anniston

            1980    Mr. Anthony T. Lee, State Probation Officer, Montgomery County

                        Family Court

            1981    Ms. Barbara Montoya, Chief Probation Officer, Montgomery County

                        Family Court

            1982    Mr. Kenneth W. Law, State Probation and Parole Supervisor, Troy

            1983    Mr. Freddie V. Smith, Commissioner of Corrections, Montgomery,

                        AND Mr. Carl Nowell, Rehabilitation and Crippled Children’s

                        Services, Montgomery

            1984    Mr. Tom Sorrells, District Attorney, Houston and Henry Counties,

                        Dothan

            1985    Mr. Jim D. Morrison, Department of Corrections, Montgomery

            1986    Elmo Graves, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Montgomery

            1987    George M. Phyfer, Department of Youth Services, Montgomery

            1988    William H. Cobb, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, Mobile

            1989    Warren Gaston, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Montgomery

            1990    Ron Sutton, Department of Corrections, Montgomery

            1991    Jack Hunter, Department of Youth Services, Montgomery

            1992    Joy Jones, Jefferson County Family Court

            1993    Susan Freeman, US Probation Officer, Birmingham

            1994    Kathleen Holt, Alabama Department of Corrections

            1995    Onelia House, US Probation Officer

            1996    Alton Morgada, US Probation Officer

            1997    Lynda Moody, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

            1998    Martha White, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

            1999    Gwendolyn Mosley, Alabama Department of Corrections

            2000    David Mixon, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

            2001    William Law, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

            2002    Terry McDonnell, Alabama Department of Corrections