Terry College of Business - Fall 2008 - (Page 38) (from left) Award winners Hill Feinberg, Mary Virginia Terry, Michael Barry, and Frank Brumley are all difference-makers in their own right. To learn more about these Terry supporters, see p. 39-40. It’s also an occasion for Terry to recognize alumni and friends of the college who are difference-makers in the truest sense. The Terry College is proud to be associated with them, and it was evident from what Hill Feinberg, Mary Virginia Terry, Frank Brumley, and Michael Barry said in accepting their awards that they have great love for the Terry College. Distinguished Alumni Award winner Hill Feinberg (BBA ’69) has the perspective of someone who grew up in Columbus, Ga., but who now lives in Dallas, Texas, where he is chairman and CEO of First Southwest Co. Recently, Feinberg established a faculty support fund that will make it possible for Terry finance professors to attend national and international conferences. The Feinberg Family Support Fund will also expose Terry students to financial markets through speakers and site visits. Working with Terry faculty and staff to set up the fund, Feinberg was reminded what a “diamond in the rough” the Terry College is. “And we really need to leverage that,” said Feinberg in accepting his award. “It’s not about being the biggest . . . it’s about being the best.” One of the people most responsible for the rising national stature of the Terry College is Mary Virginia Terry, who, along with her late husband, C. Herman Terry, made a landmark $6 million gift that funded five faculty chairs, established merit scholarships, and provided fellowships for faculty research. In October 1991, the college was named in honor of the Terrys, whose financial support had a transforming effect on the Terry College that is still felt today. “Do you have about half an hour . . . I have a long speech!” said Mrs. Terry in accepting the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award. She was kidding, of course. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” is all she said before blowing a kiss to the audience. Brumley (BBA ’62) has built a legendary career as the CEO and partner of several major coastal developments, including Amelia Island Plantation, near Jacksonville, Fla., as well as Wild Dunes and Kiawah Island, near Charleston, S.C. He is currently chairman and CEO of the Daniel Island Co., a 4,000-acre island town with 20 miles of waterfront near Charleston. [See cover story on p. 18.] Brumley credits part of his success to the business education he received at Terry — and also to his mentor and fellow Terry alumnus, the late Charles Fraser (BBA ’50), who pioneered coastal development in the southeast by creating the Sea Pines development at Hilton Head Island, S.C. Brumley introduced numerous family members from the podium as he accepted his Distinguished Alumni Award. In accepting his Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Atlanta attorney J. Michael Barry Jr. (BBA ’93, JD ’96, EMBA ’05) paid tribute to both the undergraduate education he received and to Terry’s Executive MBA program for “producing and delivering an outstanding intellectual challenge and opportunity, a terrific leadership development program, and an overall experience that is second to none.” “It’s a great time to be a Terry alum,” said Barry, referring to the capital campaign that’s about to begin for a proposed Terry complex near the corner of Baxter and Lumpkin streets. “I’m excited, as I know all of you are, to see where the college goes in the coming years — not only for our current students, but for our alumni, our programs, and our state.” 38 • Fall 2008 Terry College oF Business
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