The Terry College of Business Alumni Awards honor outstanding alumni who have excelled in their careers and made a difference in their communities. These awards are presented each spring, and awardees are selected by the Terry College Alumni Board. Nominations are accepted throughout the year.
Being named a Distinguished Alumni or Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner is a high honor and provides membership in an exclusive honor society. Of the tens of thousands of Terry College graduates since the school was founded in 1912, only 155 alumni have been honored as Distinguished Alumni. Inductees include CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, successful entrepreneurs who helped shape and change commerce, world renowned thought leaders of academia, leaders of the most generous not-for-profit institutions, and public officials including Congressmen, Senators and Governors. Additionally, 33 graduates have been named Outstanding Young Alumni since 1985.
The Terry College is proud to honor its 2008 Alumni Awards recipients. These individuals will be honored at the Terry College Alumni Awards and Gala on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the Westin Buckhead, Atlanta.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Allen, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations.
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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