Samford Board of Trustees Approve New Faculty

During a Dec. 2 board of trustees meeting, Samford University in Birmingham, approved two new faculty members.

William Lance Day was approved as assistant librarian. Day has been the interlibrary loan assistant for Samford’s Harwell G. Davis Library since April. He has a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Alabama.

Alan Blankley was approved as chair and professor of accounting and management information systems. Blankley currently is associate professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He has an master’s degree and doctorate from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.