1933-1957 An Era of Progress
GIs returning from WWII found a home — warts and all— at Georgia State
I went into service immediately after high school when the war was just getting started, in August of 1942. I was discharged in 1946 and in 1948 entered the University of Georgia in Athens, where I lived on a government subsidy… more »
George Sparks, the school’s first president, invested in and oversaw rapid growth and change at the downtown campus
George M. Sparks didn’t have the academic credentials expected of a higher education leader when he became director of the Georgia Tech Evening School of Commerce in 1928. He had made a name for himself as a… more »
