03/08/2005

Lowry named AP correspondent in Roanoke, Va.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Bob Lowry, a reporter for the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, has been named correspondent in the Roanoke bureau of The Associated Press.

The announcement was made by Dorothy Abernathy, AP chief of bureau for Virginia.

Lowry was a reporter for United Press International in Alabama and Texas from 1977 to 1991. He then worked in public relations for Auburn University until last year, when he joined the Advertiser as a courts reporter.

Lowry is a 1969 graduate of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, where he earned a business degree.

Contact: Ellen Hale, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720