Class Notes Extras
Why I give
"I was so excited that UGA opened a College of Public Health, soon to be followed by a medical campus, that I felt obligated to help. I loved my years at UGA, still value my education, and always planned to do …
Sweet Lantana
It was an accident, really, the bittersweet discovery of a new breed of Lantana behind alumna Susy Dirr’s house in Chapel Hill, N.C., where she lived in 2004 after a second lung transplant. Dirr’s father, retired-UGA horticulturist Mike Dirr, recognized the …
Arch trustee oversees public health interns in New York
UGA Honors students interned this summer with the Greater New York Hospital Association under the direction of Arch Foundation Advisory Trustee Susan Waltman (AB ’73, MSW ’75), senior executive vice president and general counsel of GNYHA. The students, who are all …
Ex-pat expert
If you ever move to China, Christyne Holmes (BSHE ’89) is a good person to know. Holmes has been living in Beijing since 2003 with her husband, John, who works for Conoco Phillips, and their son, John Kendrick, 5. Holmes shares …
Full of beans
Beans Kelly holds the small stingray up for her campers—ages 6 to 11—to observe. “That’s what killed the Crocodile Hunter,” Kelly (BSEd ’90) tells them as they stare fascinated. “Only that one was much bigger.” She deftly unhooks the ray from …
Victor Profis
UGA alumnus Victor Profis, a long-time member of the Georgia Magazine Advisory Board, died July 6 after battling cancer for more than a year.He was 58. Profis, who was born in Israel and spent his childhood there and in Cuba, earned …
UGA law grad appointed to 11th Circuit Court
President Obama has appointed Beverly Martin (JD ’81), a U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta since 2000, to a seat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Martin has presided over some high profile cases during her time as …
Atlanta alumni get new digs
The Atlanta Alumni Center has moved to the 8th floor of One Live Oak Center in Buckhead. The building, which also houses the Terry College Executive Education Center, is located at 3475 Lenox Road, across from Lenox Square Mall. …
Letter from Alumni Association President Vic Sullivan
Vic Sullivan Special photo For many of us, the University of Georgia is a big part of our families. The prospect of visiting campus, especially on a football Saturday, brings with it thrilling anticipation. I’ll never forget my first Georgia …
In memory of Cayle Bywater
Cayle Bywater Special photo Before grad student Cayle Bywater (BBA ’02) disappeared early last year she started a project to benefit Nuci’s Space, a musicians’ resource and support center where she volunteered in Athens. She hoped that the large-scale database …