George Andrew Christenberry was president of Augusta College from 1971-1986. Under Christenberry's leadership the college experienced more growth in both enrollment and faculty than ever before; added master's degrees in business administration, education, and psychology; and reorganized into three schools: Arts and Sciences, Education, and Business. The college also acquired the last five acres of the original arsenal property, which had been occupied until 1977 by the U.S. Army Reserve, and secured from the federal government an additional 240 acres in Augusta's Forrest Hills neighborhood. In 1977 the college opened a new library building, which was partially subsidized by Robert Pamplin and his wife, Katherine Pamplin, a graduate of JCA.*  Augusta University's athletic complex is named after President Christenberry.      *New Georgia Encyclopedia Augusta State University(Accessed April 2016)

Note written by Carol Waggoner-Angleton