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Columns::March 31, 2003
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Campus News
Former Gov. Harris will speak at spring commencement ceremony
By Larry B. Dendy
ldendy@uga.edu
Former Gov. Joe Frank Harris, who made education a centerpiece of his two terms as Georgia’s chief executive, will be the
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speaker for UGA’s spring semester commencement May 10.
Harris, a UGA graduate who now serves as chair of the University System Board of Regents, will speak at the ceremony for graduating seniors at 9:30 a.m. in Sanford Stadium. In case of rain, the ceremony will move to Stegeman Coliseum and be held in two sessions, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Commencement for students receiving graduate degrees will be at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. F. Douglas Boudinot, dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and former associate dean of UGA’s Graduate School, will be the speaker.
Harris, who received a business degree from UGA in 1958, served as Georgia’s 78th governor from 1983 to 1991. He oversaw explosive economic growth as the state’s budget shot from $3 billion to $8 billion and more than 850,000 jobs were created. He established the trade division in the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism, and led 18 trade missions to 20 countries--a campaign that resulted in 100,000 jobs.
Education was also a major focus of his administration. The University System received nearly $1 billion and the Georgia Research Consortium was started, providing more than $200 million for high technology research facilities.
The Quality Basic Education program, which emphasized higher student achievement, was started, teacher salaries were raised by almost 70 percent, and 1,100 elementary and secondary school buildings were either constructed or renovated.
“Gov. Harris’s dynamic leadership was the catalyst for eight years of extraordinary economic prosperity and educational advancement in Georgia,” said President Michael F. Adams. “He has been a faithful and devoted friend and supporter of the University of Georgia for more than 40 years, and it will be an honor and pleasure to have him speak to our graduating seniors.”
Before serving as governor, Harris served 18 years in the Georgia House of Representatives. After leaving the governor’s office, he joined Georgia State University as a professor and Distinguished Executive Fellow. He is an emeritus trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes appointed Harris to the board of regents in 1999, and he was elected chair last year.
Boudinot, the graduate commencement speaker, became graduate dean at Virginia Commonwealth last August after more than 16 years on UGA’s faculty. Before serving as an associate dean of UGA’s Graduate School, he was head of the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences department in the College of Pharmacy.
While on the pharmacy faculty, he coordinated curriculum development and academic programs for pharmacy graduate students and served as adviser to the Graduate Research Association of Students in Pharmaceutics. He retains an appointment as an adjunct professor in the pharmacy college.
Boudinot is author of more than 100 research articles and is North American editor of the journal Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition. He holds a doctorate in pharmaceutics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. |
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