Dr. Deborah Bates
Physician
Augusta, GA
Mr. Charles H. Bellmann
President, Community Foundation
Augusta Tomorrow
Augusta, GA
Dr. Eddie Bennett
Social Studies Specialist
Pioneer Regional Education Service Agency
Gillsville, GA
Other information: Current President of Georgia Council for the Social Studies
Dr. Robert W. Bluett
JEO Commission Member
Principal, Oglethorpe Ave. Elementary School
Athens, GA
Other information: his school maintains a sister relationship with Oglethorpe Elementary school in Cranham, England (where Oglethorpe is buried) and just started a school-wide, year-long celebration of the Oglethorpe Tercentenary
Mr. Clyde P. Bohler
Sales, Belks Department Store
Athens, GA
Dr. Lee Ann Caldwell-Swan
Professor, Augusta State University
Augusta, GA
Dr. Edward J. Cashin
JEO Commission Vice Chairman
Director, Center for Georgia History Study
Augusta State University
Augusta, GA
Other information: Historian and noted author in colonial Georgia period
Mrs. Mary Ann Cashin
Librarian
Augusta State University
3412 Woodstone Place
Augusta, GA
Ms. Betty J. Clements
Attorney
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Other information: Graduate of Oglethorpe University and helped draft legislation creating JEO Tercentenary Commission
Mr. Charles Crawford
JEO Commission Member Designee
Lexington, GA
Other information: Representing Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on this visit
Mrs. Mary Ann Crawford
Lexington, GA
Mr. Charles DeVaney
JEO Commission Member
Immediate past Mayor of Augusta
Augusta Tomorrow, Inc.
Augusta, GA
Other information: Led a 1985 delegation of Augusta and Richmond County officials to England to mark the bicentennial of Oglethorpe's death; frequently visits Oglethorpe-related sites in England.
Mrs. Nancy DeVaney
Augusta Tomorrow
Augusta, GA
The Honorable Sonny Dixon
Georgia State Representative
Garden City, GA
Other information: Will represent the Georgia General Assembly during visit; was one of two co-sponsors of legislation creating JEO Tercentenary Commission; his district is within four miles of the site of the landing of Oglethorpe and first colonists in 1733.
Mr. Paul H. Dunbar
Attorney, City of Augusta
Augusta, GA
Ms. Flora Freuler
Photographer
Georgia Voyager Magazine
Roswell, GA
Other information: will be doing photography during visit for an upcoming issue of magazine
dedicated to JEO Tercentenary
Mrs. Sarah M. Gregory
Stone Mountain, GA
Mr. Robert M. Hill
Director of Public Relations
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
Other information: will be responsible for press releases and photographs during visit
Ms. Cathy Hodge
Editor-Publisher,
Georgia Voyager Magazine
Roswell, GA
Other information: plans an upcoming issue of magazine on Oglethorpe Tercentenary and the Georgia delegation's visit to England
Dr. Faye Hodgin
JEO Commission Recording Secretary
Senate Research Office
Georgia State Senate
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Paul Stephen Hudson
Registrar/Lecturer in History
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
Other information: Oglethorpe scholar and frequent author of historical articles; has planned and coordinated most of Tercentenary events at Oglethorpe University.
Ms. Gwen Hutcheson
Education Consultant
Athens, GA
Other information: Former State Social Studies Coordinator for the Georgia Dept. of Education
Dr. Sylvia Hutchinson
Associate Dean of Education
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Dr. John Inscoe
Associate Professor of History
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Other information: Editor of Georgia History Quarterly; will be covering visit for GHQ
Mrs. Annette Jackson
Clarke County Social Studies Teacher
Athens, GA
Other information: participated in the 1983 and 1985 Friends of Oglethorpe visits to England.
Mr. Edwin L. Jackson
JEO Commission Executive Secretary
Senior Public Service Associate
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Other information: author of several works on James Oglethorpe; executive secretary of the Friends of Oglethorpe; led Friends delegations to England in 1983 and 1985.
Mr. William H. Johnston, MBE, FSA Scot
JEO Commission Chairman
Producer, Georgia Public Television (retired)
Buford, GA
Other information: participated in first Friends of Oglethorpe visit to England in 1983.
Mrs. Myra Kilgore
Tucker, GA
Mr. Tom D. Kilgore
JEO Commission Member
President/CEO, Oglethorpe Power Corp.
Tucker, GA
Other information: heads largest company in the world named for James Oglethorpe
Mrs. Shirley M. Larkey, CTC
1996 JEO Tour Coordinator
President, Travel World
Alpharetta, GA
Other information: coordinated Friends of Oglethorpe tours to England in 1983 and 1985
Ms. Arlene Layton
Teacher, Lakeside Middle School
Augusta, GA
The Honorable Zell Miller
Governor of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Other information: once taught history at Young Harris College; participated in 1983 Friends of Oglethorpe visit to England; personally volunteered to lead 1996 Georgia delegation to England to mark JEO Tercentenary
Mr. Murphy Miller
Young Harris, GA
Other information: Governor's son
Mrs. Susan Miller
Young Harris, GA
Other information: Governor's daughter-in-law
Mr. Howard J. Morrison, Jr.
Vice President, Nations Bank (retired)
Atlanta, GA
Other information: Immediate past president of the Georgia Historical Society; attends commission meetings as designee of the society when current president is unable to attend.
Mrs. Mary Reynolds Morrison
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Dorothy Olson
JEO Commission Member
Director, Georgia State Museum
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Carroll O. Olson
Retired
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Kim H. Pruitt
Banks County Social Studies Teacher
Toccoa, GA
Ms. Patricia Ray
Realtor
Savannah, GA
Mrs. Mary Helen Ray
Chairman Emeritus,
Savannah Park & Tree Commission
Savannah, GA
Dr. Bernard P. Reeves
McDonough, GA
Mrs. Catherine P. Reeves
McDonough, GA
Mr. Randy Roberson
JEO Commission Member
Oglethorpe Univ. 1997 Senior Class President
Atlanta, GA
Mr. O.K. Sheffield, Jr.
Retired Banker, Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Connell Stafford
JEO Commission Treasurer
Vice President of Government Relations
Coca Cola
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Shay Stafford
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Donald S. Stanton
JEO Commission Member
President, Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Barbara H. Stanton
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Richard Swan
Augusta, GA
The Honorable Michael Thurmond
JEO Commission Member
Director, Division of Family & Children Services
Georgia Dept. of Human Resources
Atlanta, GA
Mrs. Jane Powers Weldon
Editorial Consultant/Writer
Atlanta, GA
The Honorable Edward Weldon
Director, Georgia Department of Archives
Atlanta, GA
Other information: will represent Georgia's Secretary of State during visit
Mrs. Lisa L. White
JEO Commission Member
President, Georgia Historical Society
Savannah, GA
Mr. Mason White
Attorney
Savannah, GA
Dr. Elmer D. Williams
Professor of Social Science Education
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Other information: Executive Director of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies
Mr. Gerald W. Woods
Vice President of Business & Legal Advisor
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA