New gifts to support lecture series, UGA student athletes
The University of Georgia recently received two gifts from alumnus Jimmy DeLoach Jr. (B.S.Ed. ’82), president of the Abbie DeLoach Foundation (ADF) and vice president of Tidewater Landscape Management; his wife Maria; and his younger daughter Anna DeLoach (B.S.H.P. ’18).
The gifts will support a new lecture series in the Mary Frances Early College of Education and provide scholarships for student athletes at the University.
“We are proud to support UGA students in the name and memory of my late daughter Abbie,” said Jimmy DeLoach. “I come from a long line of educators who instilled in me that education is a gift to us as individuals, families, and communities. It is an honor to provide these opportunities for ambitious students to achieve more in their lives and to help make a difference for others through education.”
In 2019, ADF also created the Abbie DeLoach Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship in the College of Education to support undergraduate students pursuing majors in health and physical education, exercise and sport science, or sport management.