U.S. Sen. Zell Miller visited UGA Jan. 12 to announce plans for the Paul D. Coverdell Building for Biomedical and Health Sciences. Some excerpts from his remarks at the announcement:
“We were all shocked and saddened last July when our friend Sen. Paul Coverdell died so unexpectedly. Georgia had lost one of its greatest public servants—a soft-spoken workhorse who served the people first and politics second. In a public career spanning three decades—from the Georgia Senate to the Peace Corps to the United States Senate—Paul served with dignity and earned everybody’s respect.
“Immediately upon his death, folks in Washington and in Georgia began to think how we could remember this great Georgian. Sen. Trent Lott, the majority leader and one of Paul’s greatest admirers, appointed a four-member committee of senators to sort through the many ideas for memorializing Paul. . . . We quickly agreed that there should be two memorials—one in Washington, D.C., and one in Georgia. . . .
“In Washington, D.C., we chose to honor Paul’s legacy at the Peace Corps, where he served as director from 1989 to 1991. We are recommending that the Peace Corps headquarters offices in Washington be named the Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Headquarters. . . .
“In Georgia, we have chosen to honor Paul’s commitment to education, research and agriculture in a grand way here at the state’s flagship university. I am pleased to announce plans for the Paul D. Coverdell Building for Biomedical and Health Sciences. . . .”
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