The following award winners were honored at an evening ceremony on May 5, 2007. Award winners were selected by the Terry College Alumni Board.

Distinguished Alumni Award Winners

• C. William Griffin (BBA 1972)
• Managing Director
• Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
• Awardee profile (video)
• Bio

• James M. Reynolds III (BBA 1974)
• Vice Chairman and Secretary
• Reynolds Plantation
• Awardee profile (video)
• Bio

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

• Allison Karl O'Kelly (BBA 1994)
• Founder and CEO
• Mom Corps
• Awardee profile (video)
• Bio

Dean's Distinguished Service Award

• Earl T. Leonard, Jr. (ABJ 1958, LLB 1961)
• The Coca-Cola Company (retired)
• Awardee profile (video)
• Bio

About the Award

The Alumni Awards keepsake is a handcrafted glass vase by artist Paul Bendzunas. Introduced as the Terry College's Alumni Award in 2002, the handblown pieces are formed from molten glass using a five-foot-long stainless steel pipe. Each one-of-a-kind glass vase is signed and dated by the artist.

A native of Oswego, N.Y., Bendzunas attended the University of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, where he majored in art education and minored in sculpture. After graduation, he studied glass art at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and continued to teach himself — making his own equipment, developing his colors and refining his forms. Paul and Barbara Bendzunas now own and operate a studio in the small northeast Georgia town of Comer.

View Profile of Paul Bendzunas, Glassblower & UGA Alum (video)

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