Personal Background

• Attended Murphy High School
• Attended Spring Hill College
• Attended the University of Alabama-Mobile Center
• Korean War Veteran - Served 2 years
• Management - Alabama Power Company, 24 Years
• National Management Association
• Chairman, Gulf Coast Illuminating Engineering Society
• General Electric Advanced Lighting School
• President of Copeland Agency - a full fledged advertising and public relations firm
• Prior employment - Saad's Health Care for 11 1/2 years

Family

• Wife, Betty Ann Pittroff - Married for 56 Years

Children

• Reggie Copeland, Jr. - Attorney, Olen, Nicholas and Copeland; father of 2 sons
• Randy Copeland - President of RMC & Associates; father of 3 daughters
• Gayle Phillips - Third Grade Teacher at Corpus Christi School; married to Dr. Lee Phillips, Veterinarian, mother of 3 children
• Riley Copeland - Owner of Silkworm (screenprinting); married to Penny, twin sons
• Russ Copeland - Attorney, Olen, Nicholas & Copland; married to Leigh, father of two daughters

Church Affiliation

• Charter member of St. Pius X Catholic Church
• Lectern, Usher
• Member of the Parish Development Council
• President of the PTA at St. Pius X Catholic School
• Member of Athletic Booster Club
• Awarded Knight of St. Gregory Medal by Pope Benedict (2006)

Civically

• President, Mobile Jaycees (America's Junior Miss founded during this term)
• Vice President of Alabama Jaycees
• Key Man of the Year Award of the Mobile Jaycees
• President of the TB Health Association of Mobile County
• Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Drive, Mobile County
• Chairman, United Way Commercial Division (several times)
• President of the Southeastern Conference Basketball Officials Association
• President of the Port City Basketball Officials Association of Mobile
• Member of the Southeastern Conference Basketball Officiating Staff for 25 Years
• Selected for NCAA Tournaments for 12 Years (refereed two Final Four Tournaments)
• Member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Board, 6 years
• Member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee
• Member of Springhill College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee
• Member of the University of South Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame Committee
• Inducted into the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame, Mobile
• Inducted into the Spring Hill College Hall of Fame - Honorary Member
• Selected by the State Department to conduct basketball clinics for the Air Force in Germany, Spain & Turkey
• Chairman of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, 1995-97
• Chairman of the Little Sisters of the Poor Golf Tournament, 1995-2001
• Inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame, 1999
• Board of Directors-Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, currently
• Member of South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

Athletics

• Nationally recognized Collegiate Basketball Official
• Member, SEC Basketball Officiating Staff - 25 years
• Member, Spring Hill College Athletic Hall of Fame - Honorary
• Member, Amateur Softball Hall of Fame in Mobile
• Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors
• Bryant-Jordan Foundation Board of Directors
• Member, Mobile Sports Commission
• Inducted-Mobile Sports Hall of Fame, 1999

Politics

• Elected to the Mobile City Council 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001
• Currently serving as President of the City Council - Second Term
• Chairman of Public Works Committee, 1985-89
• Chairman of Finance Committee, 1989-93
• Vice President of Mobile City
  Council, 1993-2001
• Chairman of Cablevision Committee, 1985-1989
• Member of Mobile County Republican Party
• Member of Alabama State Republican Party
• Primarily responsible for Magnolia Grove Golf Course
• Major improvements at Azalea City Golf Course
• Major improvements at the Mobile Tennis Center
• Major improvements at many of the City's parks
• Major improvements at the Mobile Civic Center
• Assisted with the development of Cottage Hill Playground
• Assisted with the AA Baseball franchise
• Assisted with the Mobile Mysticks Hockey franchise
• Currently working to develop a soccer complex in Mobile
• Assisted with development of the Riverfront Park, Omnimax, Convention Center, Museums & Libraries
• Chairman, Opening Day Ceremonies AA Stadium
• Over $16.0 million-Drainage & Resurfacing in District 5, 1998-2003
• Sports Commission

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