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One of the most significant and effective Georgia Southern graduates and contributors in history... His given years of dedicated and loyal support to Georgia Southern since arriving on campus in 1953... Born May 31, 1934 in Calhoun County, Georgia... Earned Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from Georgia Teachers College... Named Most Outstanding Business Student and was elected to Who's Who Among American University and College Students... Student Council President during senior year... Administrative Assistant to Congressman G. Elliot Hagan and United States Senator Herman E. Talmadge from 1961 to 1972... Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the First Congressional District of Georgia in 1972... Served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee before gaining a seat on the influential Appropriations Committee... Also served on the Defensive Appropriations Subcommittee and as Chairman of the Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee... In addition, spent time on the House Steering and policy Committee, the House Personnel Committee, the Congressional Campaign Committee and the Board of the visitors at West Point... Elected to five terms in the House before seeking governorship of Georgia... Served as Chairman of the Board of Ginn, Edingtion, Moore and Wade, a Washington-based governmental relations firm... Chairman of the Board of Deacons of the Millen Baptist Church... Member Board of Directors of the Warm Springs Roosevelt Institute... Taught Business and History at Coffee County High School for two years following graduation from Georgia Teachers’ College... Assistant Manager for Public Relation for Planters Electric Corporation in 1957... Board member of the Georgia Southern Foundation, National Business Education Association, Korean War Veterans National Monument and Sunbelt Institute.