Greg Hawley Named Outstanding Alum of the Year

Birmingham attorney and civic leader Greg Hawley '75 has been selected Outstanding Alum of the Year by Indian Springs School.

He was honored as part of its annual Alumni Weekend activities on April 17.

A 1975 graduate of the school and a member of its Board of Governors for the past 14 years, Hawley recently spearheaded The Learning Through Living Campaign, the school’s successful $12.5 million capital campaign that provided new girls’ and boys’ dormitories, faculty homes, a new science center, reorganized campus roadways and green space, and endowed funds for scholarships and student enrichment.

A native of Birmingham, Hawley practices law with the Birmingham firm of White, Arnold & Dowd, specializing in complex civil litigation, environmental tort actions and class actions involving products liability and consumer fraud. He also serves as president of the 4,000-member Birmingham Bar Association and formerly served as a bar commissioner for the Alabama State Bar.

“Greg Hawley exemplifies the best of Indian Springs,” says ISS Director Gareth Vaughan. “He brings thoughtful leadership to our board and caring concern for the community at large, and his dedicated efforts in spearheading the recently concluded capital campaign will make a positive difference in the school for many years to come.”

After graduating from Indian Springs 35 years ago, Hawley graduated cum laude with an A.B. degree in history from Harvard College and a law degree from Georgetown University. He later served as a legislative assistant to the Honorable Howell Heflin, U.S. Senator, and then as law clerk to the Honorable U.W. Clemon, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama.

A 1996 graduate of Leadership Birmingham, Hawley now serves on that organization’s members’ council, the governing body. He also served as president of the Harvard Club of Birmingham and recently helped revitalize the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program, which provides legal services to Alabama’s low-income citizens.

Hawley and his family have been actively involved with Indian Springs for many years. His wife, Sally Hawley, is a past president of the Indian Springs Parents Association, and they have two sons, both graduates of Indian Springs — William Hawley '08, now a sophomore at Harvard, and Steve Hawley  '09, a freshman at Centre College. His brothers, Kirk Hawley '66 and Larry Hawley '68, are both graduates of the school, and his sister, Liz Hodges, is a past president of the school’s Parents Association. All together, 15 family members have attended Indian Springs.