Glenn Bryant (1991) - Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame

Glenn Bryant

Induction:
1991

One of the first contributors to Southern Boosters, starting the development of Georgia Southern's football stadium... Contributed total dollars to Southern Boosters for purchase of the 52 acres of land which currently houses Allen E. Paulson Stadium... Make major contributions of endowments toward Georgia Southern scholarships... Born July 10, 1915 in Pensacola, Florida... Graduate of the University of Alabama... Owned Coastal Utilities, which has given years of dedicated and loyal support to Georgia Southern University... Mayor of Hinesville from 1962 to 1970... Liberty County Commission Chairman from 1970 to 1978... Part of following Standing Senate Committee Assignments Defense and Veterans Affairs, Chairman. Appropriations, member, Continuation Subcommittee, member, Natural Resources & Environmental Quality, Vice-Chairman; Parks and Historical Sites Subcommittee, Chairman; Game and Fish Subcommittee, member; Transportation, Secretary, Ports Subcommittee, Chairman. Served as a Governor's appointee to the Georgia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution... Active member of legislative study committee considering improvements in the state's parks system... Holds Elks, Masons, and Shriners membership... Honored by numerous groups including Boy Scouts, Office of Economic Opportunity and Disabled American Veterans.