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University of Georgia Foundation hosts dinner to honor holders of foundation-sponsored chairs and professorships

For Immediate Release

ATHENS, Ga. (March 28, 2007) – The University of Georgia Foundation hosted a gala dinner celebration last night, recognizing holders of chairs and professorships at the university that are funded through donor gifts to the foundation.

The event was held to honor some of academia’s most highly respected educators.  University of Georgia Foundation Chairman Read Morton made a presentation to the crowd, focusing on the organization’s history and its mission, which is to provide funding across a range of initiatives for the enhancement of academics at the university.

“This dinner takes us back to the very roots of the foundation and highlights what the first board members and incorporators had in mind when they founded the organization 70 years ago,” Morton said.  “Their sole mission in 1937 was to build and administer an endowment fund to assure the university could attract and retain the very best instructors in the world.

“I believe they would be pleased with the way that mission is being carried out today as we are blessed with truly outstanding academic leaders,” he continued.  “On behalf of the University of Georgia Foundation, we are gratified that donors have entrusted us with their funds to support the chairs and professorships held by our honorees.  I want to thank them for giving us the ability to help the university attract and retain faculty leaders that are second to none.”

There are a total of 138 chairs and professorship funded through endowments at the University of Georgia Foundation.  The professors work in a diverse array of academics and research throughout the university. 

The foundation’s investment returns over the last decade-plus have averaged better than 10-percent per year.  This investment success has helped the endowments to continue growing and providing increased annual support for the chairs and professorships.

About The University of Georgia Foundation:
The University of Georgia Foundation was founded in 1937 with the sole mission of enriching and enhancing academics at the University of Georgia.  It accomplishes its mission by accepting and managing a broad range of financial gifts offered by supporters. 

At present, the foundation administers almost $600 million in total assets, which annually provides more than $30 million from donor funds.  These funds pay for the aforementioned faculty support, scholarships such as the prestigious Foundation Fellows and Ramsey Scholarships among many, and a range of academically focused initiatives.

For Further Information:

Chip Stewart, senior vice president
Cookerly Public Relations
Atlanta, Ga. 30326
(404) 816-2037

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University of Georgia Foundation CHAIR AND PROFESSORSHIP HOLDERS:

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

 

Russell Professorship Fund, Richard B.

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College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

 

 

Armitage Professorship, Allan M.

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Dir Professorship, Michael A.

David A. Knauft

 

Russell Agriculture Professorship, Richard B.

John Bergstrom

 

Herzog Professorship in Crop Insect Pest Management, Gary A.

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GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics

Steven Knapp

 

Davenport Professor of Agricultural Engineering Fund, U.H.

Sidney Alan Thompson

 

Distinguished Professorship, Agricultural Marketing

John C. McKissick

 

Brooks Agricultural Distinguished Professorship Fund, D. W.

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Brooks Agricultural Distinguished Professorship Fund, D. W.

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Dooley Professorship in Horticulture, Vincent J.

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Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular Cell Biology

Stephen Dalton

 

Baldwin Professorship in Humanities, Abraham

Allen Lee Kulikoff

 

Prokasy Professorship in the Arts, William F. & Pamela P.

W. Fred Mills

 

Methvin Distinguished Professorship in Southern Literature

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Holmes Professorship, Hamilton E.

Reginald McKnight

 

Georgia Power Professorship in Biotechnology

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UGAF Professorship in the Arts

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UGAF Distinguished Professorship in Biology

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GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Tropical & Emerging Global Disease

Robert Docampo

 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Microbial Physiology, Ramsey

Robert J. Maier

 

Heyward Professor of Music Fund, Mildred Goodrum

Allen Crowell

 

GRA Norman and Doris Giles Eminent Scholar in Genetics

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

 

Spalding Distinguished Professorship in History, Phinizy B.

James C. Cobb

 

Sterling - Goodman Professorship in English, Joyce and Carol

Douglas A. Anderson

 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Structural Biology Xray Crystal

Bi-Cheng Wang

 

GRA Eminent Scholars Chair in Biotechnology Fund

Ying Xu

 

Mudter Professorship in Cancer Research, George E. and Sarah F.

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Coulter Professorship in History, E. Merton

Michael Paul Winship

 

Karlas Professorship in Piano, Despy

Richard L. Zimdars

 

Saye Professorship in History, Albert B.

David Dion Roberts

 

Davis Professorship in Jewish Studies, Ann and Jay

Richard E. Friedman

 

Willson Professorship in Humanities, Harry and Jane

William A. Kretzschmar Jr.

 

Barrow, David Crenshaw

Valery Alexeev

 

Eidson Chair in American Literature, John Olin

James E. Nagel

 

Wheatley Professorship in Arts, Charles H.

Richard Neupert

 

Lanier Chair of English, Helen Spencer

Jed Rasula

 

Anderson Professorship in the Arts, Wyatt & Margaret

Frederick P. Burchinal

 

Kenner Professorship, Hugh

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Steer Professorship in Goethe Studies, A. G.

Max Reinhart (pending)

 

Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator, Lars G.

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Sperduto Professorship in Clinical Psychology, Gary R.

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Dodd Professororial Chair of Art Fund, Lamar

Nina Bovasso

 

 

 

Terry College of Business

 

 

Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy, J. Rex

Richard Thomas Watson

 

Synovus Chair in Servant Leadership

Daniel C. Feldman

 

Selig Chair for Economic Growth, Simon S.

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Acree Dean and Professors Chair Holding, W. Richard & Emily

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Tanner Jr. Chair, Emily H. and Charles M.

Thomas W. Leigh

 

Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing Fund

George M. Zinkhan

 

Rast Professor of Business Fund, L. Edmund

Robert Paul Bostrom

 

Edwards Chair in Accounting, James Don

Jennifer J. Gaver

 

Terry Chair in Business Administration #1, C. Herman & Mary V.

Dale Louis Goodhue

 

Terry Chair in Business Administration #2, C. Herman & Mary V.

James B. Kau

 

Terry Chair in Business Administration #3, C. Herman & Mary V.

Jeffery Milton Netter

 

Terry Chair in Business Administration #4, C. Herman & Mary

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Terry Chair in Business Administration #5, C. Herman & Mary V.

Rajiv Grover

 

Sanford Sr. Chair of Business, Charles S.

Ralph E. Steuer

 

Sterne Chair in Banking & Finance, Augustus H.

Annette B. Poulsen

 

Miller Chair of Accounting, Herbert E

Stephen P. Baginski

 

Beadles Professor of Economics, Nicholas A.

Fred Batemen

 

Cousins Professor of Business Ethics, I.W.

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McFadden Professorship of Personal Financial Mgmt, Bradford

Sandra G. Gustavson

 

Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise, Bernard B. & Eugenia A.

Dwight R. Lee

 

Davis Chair in Taxation, Earl

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Benson Professorship, P. George

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Arnold Professorship in Business, Robert O.

Srinivas K. Reddy

 

Georgia Bankers Association Chair of Banking

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Heckman Chair of Public Accounting, Harold M.

E. Michael Bamber

 

Moore Jr. Chair of Insurance, Dudley L.

Robert E. Hoyt (interim Dean)

 

Amos Distinguished Professorship in Insurance, Daniel P.

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Willson Distinguished Chair, William Harry

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Scherer Chair in Public Affairs in Corporate Comm, Robert W.

O. Lee Reed

 

 

 

College of Education

 

 

Hall Professorship in Early Childhood Education, Elizabeth Garrard

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GRA Chair in Technology-Based Learning, Wheatley

Michael Hannafin

 

Torrance Professorship in Creativity & Gifted Education, E. Paul

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Goizueta Foundation Chair for Hispanic Teacher Education

Pedro R. Portes

 

Early Teacher Education Professorship, Mary Frances

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Mathematics Education Chair, Department of

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College of Environment and Design

 

 

Franklin Distinguished Professorship, Dan B.

Bruce K. Ferguson

 

Draper Fund, Constance Knowles

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Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Ethics

Peter Hartel

 

 

 

College of Family and Consumer Sciences

 

 

Nickols Professorship, Samuel A. & Sharon Y.

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Georgia Power Professorship in Textile Science

 Ian Hardin

 

Barber Distinguished Professorship, Janette McGarity

Sharon Nickols

 

Flatt Professorship in Foods and Nutrition, Bill and June

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Georgia Soft Goods Education Foundation Dist. Prof.

Charles Gilbert

 

 

 

School of Forestry & Natural Resources

 

 

Hargreaves Distinguished Professorship In Forest Finance

Michael Clutter

 

GRA Chair In Water Quality, Wheatley

Michael B. Beck

 

GRA Eminent Scholar in Forest Biotechnology

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Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

 

 

Kay Chair for the Peabody Awards, Lambdin

Horace Newcomb

 

Morris Chair in Newspaper Strategy & Management, William S.

Conrad C. Fink

 

Carter Professorship in Journalism, Carolyn McKenzie & Don E.

John F. Greenman

 

 

 

School of Law

 

 

Chaffin Distinguished Professorship in Fiduciary Law, Verner F.

Sarajane Love

 

Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics & Professional

Charles R. Ellington

 

Hosch Professorship of Law #1, John Alton

Anne P. Dupre

 

Hosch Professorship of Law #2, John Alton

Thomas A. Eaton

 

Hosch Professorship of Law #3, John Alton

Rebecca H. White (Dean)

 

Hosch Professorship of Law #4, John Alton

Paul M. Kurtz

 

Hosch Professorship of Law #5, John Alton

Dan T. Coenen

 

Carter Chair in Tort & Insurance Law, Marion & W. Colquitt

Michael L. Wells

 

Sanders Chair in Political Leadership, Carl E.

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Brumby Professorship of First Amendment Law, Otis A.

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Alston Chair in Corporate Law, Robert Cotten

Margaret V. Sachs

 

Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law, Harmon W.

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Brock Professorship in Professional Responsibility, Pope F

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Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance & Securities Law, M.E.

Charles R. O'Kelley

 

Kirbo Professorship in the School of Law, Charles H.

Gabriel M. Wilner

 

Post Professorship of the School of Law, Allen

Paul J. Heald

 

Rogers Chair of Intellectual Prop. & Unfair Competition Law

William A. Watson

 

Sibley Professorship in Corporate & Business Law, John A.

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Talmadge Chair of Law, Herman E.

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Woodruff Chair in International Law, Emily & Ernest

Daniel M. Bodansky

 

Shackelford Distinguished Professorship in Taxation Law, Francis

Walter Hellerstein

 

Bolton Professorship, Arthur K.

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College of Pharmacy

 

 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Pharmacy Fund, Terry

Vasu Nair

 

Jowdy Professorship in Pharmacy Care, Albert W.

Jack E. Fincham

 

Millikan-Reeve Pharmacy Professorship Fund

Bradley G. Phillips

 

Panoz Professor of Pharmacy Fund

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Kroger Endowment in Community Pharmacy

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College of Public Health

 

 

Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Health Science

Phillip L. Williams (Dean)

 

Professorship in the College of Public Health, UGA Foundation

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School of Public and International Affairs

 

 

Golembiewski Professorship in Public Administration

Lawrence J. O'Toole Jr.

 

Saye Professorship of American Gov't & Law, Albert B.

John Maltese

 

Busbee Chair in Public Policy, George D.

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School of Social Work

 

 

Parham Professorship, Thomas M. (Jim)

June Gary Hopps

 

Berger Memorial Professorship, Pauline M.

Michael John Holosko

 

 

 

College of Veterinary Medicine

 

 

GRA Eminent Scholar in Animal Health/Vaccine Development

Ralph A. Tripp

 

Georgia Research Alliance Eidson Chair in Poultry Medicine

Egbert Sigfried Mundt

 

Gunst Professorship in Small Animal Medicine Fund, Edward

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Davison Distinguished Chair of Veterinary Medicine, Fred C.

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Lindner Professorship in Small Animal Surgery, Lucy

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Vice President for Instructional Units

 

 

Alston Jr. Distinguished Chair, Philip H.

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McBee Professorship in Higher Education, Louise

Sheila Slaughter

 

Miller Distinguished Professorship in Institute of Higher Ed., Zell

Maryanne P. Feldman

 

 

 

Vice President for Research

 

 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

James H. Prestegard

 

Odum Chair in Ecology Fund

Gary W. Barrett

 

 

 

COLLEGE EXPERIMENTAL STATION

 

 

GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Animal Reproductive Physiology

Steven L. Stice

 

 

 

Vice President for Public Service and Outreach

 

 

Georgia Power Company Professor in Water Resources Policy

James Kundell



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