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Mr. Copeland can be reached at:
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Office:
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(251) 208-7441
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Home:
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(251) 304-0603
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Fax:
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(251) 208-7482
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Email:
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Mobile City Council
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P.O. Box 1827
Mobile, AL. 36633-1827
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Phone: (251) 208-7441
Fax: (251) 208-7482
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Council Member, District 5
City Council President
Finance Committee
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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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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