The Mallet Assembly is an intellectual living program at the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of ...

. Mallet was established in 1961 by John Blackburn. The Mallet Assembly takes its name from the fact that it was originally housed in a building known as Mallet Hall, which no longer exists. Mallet Hall itself was named for

John Mallet John William Mallet FRS (10 October 1832 – 7 November 1912) was an Irish chemist who lived and worked in the United States. Biography John William Mallet was born near Dublin to Robert Mallet and Cordelia Mallet (Watson). Robert Mallet was ...

, head of the Central Ordnance Laboratory of the Confederate Nitre Bureau. The group occupied Byrd Hall from 1972-2007, then Palmer Hall until 2014, and is now located in Highlands Building C. The Mallet Assembly is one of the few self-governing dormitories in the US; much of its internal operation is coordinated by elected student officers. Mallet is listed by the University of Alabama Office of Residential Life as a Special Living-Learning option, and is also a member of the Coordinating Council for Student Organizations (CCSO). The Assembly was traditionally a men's residence. Although they accepted applications from female students since 1980, women were admitted as "out of dorm" members (although some women Malleteers were able to reside in the building during summer semesters). In 2007, Mallet became a co-ed living option with men and women living in the same building. In 2011, the 50th anniversary of the Assembly was honored in a resolution of the Alabama House of Representatives. Alabama House Resolution 232 Notable Mallet alumni include: *

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, former UA trustee, the first African-American SGA president at the University of Alabama and CEO of A.G. Gaston Corporation * Dr. Robin Rogers, distinguished researcher *

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, author of ''

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'' *

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, member of the punk rock music group

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* Kittyhawk, author of

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, author of ''Land O' Goshen'' *

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, noted computer security researcher Honorary Members include: *

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, actor, gave a University-sponsored talk in 2000 *

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, artist, gave a Mallet-sponsored talk on September 27, 2007

External links

Mallet Assembly Official Page

Biography of John Blackburn

Mallet Assembly Alumni Association Official Page

References

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