Following a $25 million gift commitment from Catherine Styslinger, the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering has been named in honor of Lee J. Styslinger Jr., a Birmingham CEO who passed in 2021.
UA’s College of Engineering named in honor of Lee J. Styslinger Jr.
On Friday, October 17, the UA System Board of Trustees approved a $25 million gift from Catherine Styslinger, wife of the late Lee J. Styslinger Jr.
Born in Birmingham in 1933, Lee Styslinger Jr. pursued a mechanical engineering degree at UA before leaving at age 19 to take over management of Birmingham-based Alabama Truck Equipment Company after the passing of his father, the company’s founder. Under Styslinger Jr.’s leadership, the company—now known as Altec, Inc.—became a worldwide leader in providing equipment and services to the electric utility, telecommunications and tree care industries.
“Lee was a humble man, but he would be so proud to know the college was being honored in his name. He would have wanted other students to have the education that he received there.”…