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Columns::September 30, 2002
Weekly Reader
Biography details life of J.W. Fanning
The late John William Fanning dreamed of following in his Wilkes County father’s footsteps as a farmer. His father,
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however, hoped Fanning would leave the cotton fields and become a journalist. His mother would rather her son be a preacher.
And according to Alive as Long as He Lived, written by Gene Younts, former UGA vice president for public service and outreach, Fanning had a chance to do all three and more during his 92 years. But nothing stirred him more than visions of being just a “dirt farmer.” That’s why he earned two agricultural economics degrees from UGA. Following college, he spent
43 years with his alma mater.
As vice president for services at UGA , Fanning visited communities in all of the state’s 159 counties. During those travels he developed a keen sense of how to assist in shaping the state’s future. In 1972 he teamed up with H.G. “Pat” Pattillo to form Leadership Georgia, a program that allows young people from small communities to understand the problems of Atlanta’s inner city while helping young urbanites see the challenges of making ends meet in the state’s rural areas.
As lead biographer, Younts’s writings include Fanning’s formative years, university training, professional and personal life. Alumnus Dink NeSmith contributed a chapter about Fanning’s work with Leadership Georgia. |
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