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Abraham Baldwin, Patriot and Founding Father, a founder and first president of the University of Georgia, representative to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, creating the United States of America, signer of the U.S. Constitution, and President pro tempore of the United States Senate Lyman Hall, physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, Governor ...
This is a list of Rhodes Scholars, covering notable people who have received a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford since its 1902 founding, sorted by the year the scholarship started and student surname. All names are verified using the Rhodes Scholar Database. This is not an exhaustive list of all Rhodes Scholars.
The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame honors writers who have made significant contributions to the literary legacy of the state of Georgia. [1] Established in 2000 by the University of Georgia Libraries’ Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Hall of Fame existed as a virtual presence until 2012, when it was given a physical space within the university's Richard B. Russell Building.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter was honored by her loved ones and laid to rest on Wednesday in her longtime home of Plains, Georgia.
Born to a Jewish family, [1] Carter graduated from Brown University in 1953 [2] with a degree in French literature. [3] [4] He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1953 to 1956 [5] He worked for Lehman Brothers for a period of time, but after taking a break to study at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, he started Carter, Berlind, & Weill in 1960, which eventually grew into Shearson Loeb ...
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Amy Lynn Carter. Amy is the former first couple's only daughter. The president's youngest child was born on Oct. 19, 1967 in Plains, Georgia. She was 9 years old when her dad became president of ...
Georgia Tech President Blake R. Van Leer. Carlos Valdes, actor and singer; Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin; Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, artist and architect, women's rights activist; Fernando Velasco, football player; born in New York