[Assistant Editor's Note: The following excerpt features Robert Abernathy (Alpha Phi/Alabama 1976) and his wife Laura. It originally appeared on the University of Alabama's Advancement site.]

Culverhouses, Abernathys name performance theatres in Smith Family Center for the Performing Arts

Culverhouse gift builds upon couple’s two support funds established since 2019

Another step forward has been made in the development of the new performing arts center on the campus of The University of Alabama with the formal naming of the facility as well as its two most prominent performance spaces.

In addition to officially naming the facility the Smith Family Center for the Performing Arts in honor of the Mark Smith family of Huntsville, the UA System Board of Trustees Friday approved the naming of both the Eliza P. Culverhouse Dance Theatre and the Robert and Laura Abernathy Theatre in the Smith Center. UA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Smith Center on the Bryce Campus in October 2023.

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