Jim Oakley has been named to the board of directors for The Alabama Baptist. He will serve four years.
The Alabama Baptist is a Christian newspaper serving the Baptists in Alabama and has a subscription base of nearly 100,000. Its office is located in Homewood. Bob Terry serves as president and publisher of The Alabama Baptist.
Oakley joins three other newly elected board members to make up the 16-member board.
As the career development director for the Communication Student Services Department of the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama (UA), Oakley helps the 2,000-plus communication students at UA find internships and jobs. He also teaches basic reporting classes as needed.
Oakley has worked with UA since 1985 and has taught other communication courses over the years.
A 1958 graduate of UA, Oakley has a bachelor’s of art degree in journalism and has worked as the advertising manager, associate editor and publisher of The Centreville Press (all between 1958 and 1985).
He was the Bibb County tax collector from 1961 to 1972 and served 37 years as a member of the board of directors of the Bibb County Medical Center Hospital and Nursing Home. He also was an original member of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (1971–1985) and served as chair 1980–82.
Oakley has served as president and board chairman of the Alabama Press Association, member of the UA Media Planning Board and chairman of the advisory board of Bank Trust, Tuscaloosa. He is currently a member of the Bibb County Chamber of Commerce.
He and his wife, Shirley, are members of Centreville Baptist Church where he is a deacon and sings in the choir. They have three children and eight grandchildren.
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