2009 Alumni Award Winners
The following award winners were honored at an evening ceremony on April 25, 2009. Award winners were selected by the Terry College Alumni Board.
Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
- John F. McMullan (BBA 1958, MBA 1960)
- CEO, Camden Real Estate Company
- Secretary/Treasurer, Covington Investments LLC
- Awardee profile (video)
- Bio
- Kessel D. Stelling, Jr. (BBA 1978)
- President and CEO, Bank of North Georgia
- Regional CEO, Atlanta Market, Synovus
- Awardee profile (video)
- Bio
Outstanding Young Alumni Award
- Davis Knox (BBA 1998)
- Co-Founder & Owner, Fire and Flavor Grilling Co.
- 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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Contact Information
Alumni Relations
University of Georgia
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