Terry College of Business - Fall 2008 - (Page 40) R. MICHAEL BARRY JR. (BBA ’93, JD ’96, EMBA ’05) Home: Atlanta, Ga. Occupation: Partner, Epstein, Becker & Green P.C. Career highlights: Barry is a member of his firm’s practices in health care and corporate and securities law. He represents clients in joint ventures, private securities offerings, and other complex business transactions, including health care regulatory guidance. In 2005 and 2006, he was named a Georgia “Rising Star,” a distinction awarded to less than 2.5 percent of young attorneys practicing in the state. He also was a participant in the 2005 class of Leadership Georgia. Prior to joining EBG’s law practice in 1998, Barry was a tax consultant for two years with Arthur Andersen. While at Andersen, he also served on the firm’s staff leadership committee and was active in recruiting for the firm. Business affiliations: Member of the Georgia Bar, American Bar Association, and American Health Lawyers. Civic involvement: Member of Peachtree Presbyterian Church and the Piedmont Park Conservancy, in addition to serving as president of his homeowners’ association. Served as president of Sigma Nu fraternity as an undergraduate and remains active as an alumni leader, serving as a chapter advisor and vice president of the house corporation. He is involved in ongoing discussions with the university regarding development of the proposed River Road fraternity park. Personal: Barry grew up in St. Simons, Ga., his younger sister Patricia Barry (BBA ’97) is a Terry alum, and he loves to his travel. He’s already visited China, Central America, and Europe. One of his favorite hobbies is scuba diving. outstanDing young alumni awarD MARY VIRGINIA TERRY Home: Jacksonville, Fla. Service to Terry: Benefactor Mary Virginia Terry and her late husband, insurance executive C. Herman Terry, have a long record of support for UGA and the Terry College of Business — which has borne their name since 1990, when the couple gave the business school $6 million. At the time, it was the largest individual gift in university history. That gift and others that have followed have made a dramatic difference in the overall quality and capabilities of the Terry College — funding faculty chairs, scholarships, summer research support, and facility upgrades to Terry’s Executive Education Center in Atlanta. The couple also made gifts to support other faculty chairs at UGA, and they have supported the university’s general scholarship fund. Mrs. Terry endowed a faculty chair in UGA’s College of Pharmacy in honor of her husband’s father, who was a pharmacist, She also gave the university $300,000 to support research and treatment of asthma and other respiratory illnesses, which were contributing factors to her husband’s death in 1998. Civic involvement: Mrs. Terry has long been a major supporter of education, children’s charities, and the arts. She has been a trustee of Jacksonville University and served on the boards of the Wolfson Children’s Hospital, the Children’s Home Society, the Salvation Army, the Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, and the Jacksonville Symphony. In 2002, she received the Blue Key Service Award from the UGA chapter of Blue Key National Honor Society. Personal: Mrs. Terry grew up in the small southern town of Quitman, Ga. Married in the 1940s, she continues to display the passion for civic and philanthropic involvement that she shared with her late husband, who passed away in 1998. Dean’s DistinguisHeD serviCe awarD (above) Alumni Board president Andy Barksdale (BBA ’89, MBA ’93) with auctioneer Doug Sims (BBA ’69); Renee Feinberg makes a bid; group photo includes Christie Nally (BBA ’98), Chloe Thompson (BBA ’06) Mai-Lise Nguyen (BBA ’05), Aaron kelley, Eric Viola (MBA ’03), and Tim Price (BBA ’05). (left) TJ Callaway (BBA ’07) and Brooke Braswell on the dance floor. (right) Acapella group Noteworthy. 40 • Fall 2008 Terry College oF Business
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