Faulkner State Community College history

In 1947, Doctor Faulkner partnered with Bill Stewart to purchase the Monroe Journal from A. C. Lee, Harper Lee’s father.

Over the years, the school continued to grow. It was renamed Alabama Christian College in 1953, and 11 years later the present property on the Atlanta Highway was purchased.

The Escambia County Board of Commissioners purchased 65 acres from the heirs of John M. Holladay on January 6, 1964, for $45,745.

For the first few months of operation, it was called Bay Minette State Junior College, but in early 1966, the Board of Trustees named the College William Lowndes Yancey State Junior College in honor of a pre-Civil War statesman and educator.

The Jackson Center of Coastal Alabama was established in 1975 and is located on the campus of Jackson High School.

The Gilbertown Center of Coastal Alabama was established in 1977 and offers a wide range of day and evening classes.

The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law was acquired in 1983, and a year later the college was accredited as a four-year university.

In 1985, the college was renamed Faulkner University in honor of businessman and longtime supporter, trustee and chairman of the board, Doctor James Faulkner of Bay Minette, Ala.

In 1987, the present Fairhope site was acquired.

The former Jefferson Davis Community College was formed through the consolidation of Jefferson Davis State Junior College and Atmore State Technical College by action of the State Board of Education on December 13, 1990.

The former Alabama Southern Community College was created in 1991 by the merger of two existing colleges in Monroeville and Thomasville.