JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY
Joseph Henry Lumpkin founded the University
of Georgia School of Law in 1859, in
collaboration with his son-in-law, Thomas
R.R. Cobb, and colleague, William Hope Hull.
Classes were first taught in Lumpkin’s law office
at the corner of Prince Avenue and Pulaski
Street in downtown Athens at what was then
the Lumpkin Law School.
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The School of Law is pleased to honor its
annual contributors of $1,000 or more with
membership in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin
Society and greatly appreciates the commitment of
these individuals to the continuous advancement
of the quality of the law school. In 2009-2010, 350
generous alumni and friends were members of the
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Society.
Princeton in 1819, then “read law” under the tutelage
of a practicing attorney, as was the custom of the day.
Lumpkin was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1820.
In 1824, he was elected to a two-year term in the
Georgia legislature and, in 1833, he helped frame the
state penal code. In 1845, Lumpkin became the first
chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, where he
served continuously until his death in 1867.
Joseph Henry Lumpkin founded the University of
Georgia School of Law in 1859, in collaboration with
his son-in-law, Thomas R.R. Cobb, and colleague,
William Hope Hull. Classes were first taught in
Lumpkin’s law office at the corner of Prince Avenue
and Pulaski Street in downtown Athens at what was
then the Lumpkin Law School.
Join the Lumpkin Society and help sustain excellence
at your law school. Please make your gift of $1,000
or more to the School of Law by June 30, 2011, and
encourage several of your classmates and colleagues to
follow your lead. With your 2010-2011 Joseph Henry
Lumpkin Society membership, we can safeguard our
position among the nation’s finest law schools.
Lumpkin, born in Oglethorpe County in 1799, was
a distinguished lawyer and statesman and a major
figure in Georgia public affairs. He graduated from
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JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY BENEFACTORS (Donors of $10,000 or more)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Robert O. Ball III
Hon. & Mrs. Roy E. Barnes
Elizabeth W. Camp
Edward T.M. Garland
John T. Glover
John T. Glover, Jr.
David S. Golden
James L. Henderson &
Eleanor Dunlap Henderson
R. Dale & Cynthia G. Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. A. Felton Jenkins, Jr.
W. Russell King
Kenneth Klein
Mrs. Thomas O. Marshall, Jr.
Walter W. Mitchell
George D. & Carol Overend
William M. Overend
Ronald W. Rogers
Hon. & Mrs. Carl E. Sanders
Michael J. Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Stembler
Fred C. Sweat Estate
John T. Wasdin
Mr. & Mrs. Joel O. Wooten
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY FELLOWS (Donors of $5,000 to $9,999)
William V. Allison
Eleanor Banister
Steven L. & Kathleen Lewis Beard
Michael J. & Bette Rose Bowers
Jesse G. Bowles III
James. E. Butler, Jr.
Elizabeth Brannen Chandler &
Richard C. Chandler
C. Andrew Childers
Wade H. Coleman
Laura Hauck Covington
Mr. & Mrs. R. Alex Crumbley
Peter J. Daughtery
Mr. & Mrs. Bertis E. Downs IV
J. Randolph Evans &
Linda S. Evans
C. Michael Evert, Jr.
George W. Fryhofer III
Mark E. Grantham
G. Sanders Griffith III
Charles B. Haygood, Jr.
Carlton M. Henson II
Wyckliffe A. Knox, Jr.
Anthony D. Lehman
Morton P. Levine
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Love III
Mary O. Marshall
Samuel M. Matchett
Matthew W. Nichols
Mrs. L. Ray Patterson
Alec L. Poitevint II &
Doreen Stiles Poitevint
Neal J. Quirk
Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert Reinhardt, Sr.
Robert I. Schramm
Herbert J. & Lisa Spain Short
Reginald R. & Leigh M. Smith
Michael N. Weathersby &
Risë J. Weathersby
W. Scott Wright &
Stephanie Mayfield Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Earl H. Young
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY PARTNERS (Donors of $2,500 to $4,999)
Maiser M. Aboneaaj &
Lee Ann Bambach
H. Michael & Bridget Bagley
Mrs. Jerry B. Blackstock
Brian P. Cain
B. Lynn Chastain
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Cooper
Santhia L. Curtis
Nancy Karen Deming
Katherine D. Dixon
J. Michael Dover
Dorothy Black Franzoni
Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Freeman
David H. Gambrell
Jeanine Gibbs Garvie
Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Glass
Robert P. Hall III
Henry B. Harris III
Robert P. Hein
Kenneth M. Henson, Jr.
Julia A. Houston
S. Lark Ingram &
Daniel V. Pompilio III
William Henry Kitchens
Susan S. Lanigan
Floyd D. Newton III
James A. Orr
Phaedra C. Parks
Lula Pittman Post
Eliabeth Ann Puckett &
Thomas A. Wilson
Dennis B. & Jane Canipe Rooks
Matthew G. Rooks
Alan F. Rothschild, Jr.
David E. Shipley &
Virginia F. Coleman
Robert J. Soper
Gregory C. Sowell
Gerald S. Tanenbaum
James A. Walker, Jr.
Allen W. Yee
* Bold names indicate five or more years of consecutive Lumpkin Society membership.
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JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY ASSOCIATES (Donors of $1,000 to $2,499)
Anonymous
Anonymous
David W. Adams &
Mary Paige Adams
W. Morgan Akin
Elizabeth P. Alsobrook
Barschall Andrews II
Stephen C. Andrews &
Doris L. Downs
Alvan S. Arnall
Andrew C. Ausband
William D. & Donna G. Barwick
W. Randall Bassett &
Julia L. Bassett
J. Ralph Beaird
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Beerman
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Bell
Frederic S. Beloin
J. Dewey Benefield, Jr.
Douglas A. Bennett
Jeffrey L. Berhold
B.J. Bernstein
David E. Betts & Chris Q. Betts
T. Paige Betz
Kristen M. Beystehner
Jill Coveny Birch &
Douglas F. Birch, Jr.
James H. Blanchard &
Frances S. Blanchard
Gary & Dwayne Blasingame
Keith D. & Karen A. Bodoh
Patricia Warren Booker
Michael S. Bradley
Jerome Braun
Rikard L. Bridges
Wilbur C. Brooks
Charles H. Brown
Sylvia P. Brown
Ginger & Scott Burton
Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr.
Marcus B. Calhoun, Jr.
Maureen T. Callahan
Diane Sanborn Calloway
Clark E. Candler &
Teresa Atkinson Candler
Valerie Caproni
Hon. & Mrs. George H. Carley
Ronald L. & Mary Carlson
John L. Carr, Jr.
Caroline G. Castle
Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Chandler, Jr.
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Nickolas P. Chilivis
Hon. & Mrs. Harold G. Clarke
John L. Coalson, Jr.
Walter N. Cohen
Hon. & Mrs. Aaron Cohn
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Comer
Cale H. Conley
Patrick D. Conner &
Tonnye Conner-White
Adam M. Conrad &
Danielle Logan Conrad
J. Vincent Cook Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Cooper
John B. Copenhaver
Alfred N. Corriere
Betsy C. Cox
Steve L. Cummings
William V. Custer IV &
Cheryl F. Custer
J. David Dantzler, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Darden III
Jan Meadows Davidson
William D. deGolian
Richard A. Diment &
Dana Garrett Diment
Donnie Dixon
Kathy Kraft Dorough
Pamela DeAngelis Duncan
H. Mitchell Dunn, Jr.
Thomas A. Eaton
B. Avant Edenfield
Bruce B. Edwards, Jr.
Prof. & Mrs. C. Ronald Ellington
James B. & Michele Jones Ellington
Sara A. Evans
James L. Ford
Warner S. Fox
Stephanie L. Friese
Sidney A. Gelernter
Steven P. Gilliam
Victor E. Goetz &
Barbara Miller Goetz
Robert D. Goldsmith
Robert L. Goldstucker
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Goodman
Greg E. Gregory III
Daniel P. Griffin
Bradley K. Groff &
Kerstin Meyers Groff
Bradley W. Grout &
Megan Webb Grout
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Donald I. Hackney, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. V. Nathaniel Hansford
Mr. & Mrs. Jodie Harden
E. David Hart, Jr.
Phillip L. Hartley
Scott D. Hawkins &
Susan Mashburn Hawkins
Douglas R. Haynie
J. Jeffrey Helms, Jr. & Catherine Harris Helms
Wade W. Herring II &
Susan Cramer Herring
Phillip S. Hibbard
Robert S. Highsmith, Jr.
P. Harris Hines
Sarah M. Hoagland
I. Gregory Hodges
Rebecca A. Hoelting
Howell Hollis III
Molly McKibben Howard
H. Gilman Hudnall, Jr.
Julius M. Hulsey
Charles A. Hunnicutt
Charles E. Jabaley
L. Norwood Jameson
William R. Jenkins
J. Alexander Johnson
Ezra B. Jones III
LeeAnn Jones
James M. Jordan III
Theodore W. Kassinger
Elizabeth McClure Kelley
Douglas R. Kertscher
Paul V. Kilpatrick, Jr.
M. Todd King
Dow N. Kirkpatrick II
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Knox, Jr.
Ruth A. Knox
Ryan W. Koppelman &
Michelle L. Carter
Stephen Krebs
Stan Kreimer, Jr.
Edward B. Krugman
Paul M. Kurtz & Carol P. Kurtz
W. Pope Langdale III
J. Curtis Lewis III
Mary Jane Hollis Link
Donald R. Livingston
Joey M. Loudermilk
Hubert C. Lovein, Jr.
Julia Willcox Lumpkin
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN SOCIETY
M. Jeremy Lynch
Rollin E. Mallernee II
Thomas W. Malone
Scotty G. Mann &
Jennifer Lynn Derryberry Mann
Timothy Mann, Jr.
C. Bradford Marsh
J. Dean Marshall, Jr.
Dr. Leisa Lifer Marshall
William L. Martin III
Roger J. Martinson
Keith W. Mason
Gregory B. Mauldin
E. Crawford McDonald
C. Wade McGuffey, Jr. &
Virginia M. McGuffey
Gregory B. McMenamy, Jr.
T. Penn McWhorter
Kevin G. Meeks
D. Greg Michell
John B. Miller, Jr.
Tony G. Mills
John H. Mobley II (Deceased)
T. Ryan Mock, Jr.
Kellie Casey Monk
Henry S. Monsees
David R. Montgomery
J. Thomas Morgan III &
Carol E. Morgan
Michael A. Morris
H. Allen Moye
George E. Mundy
Michael L. Murphy
Paul B. Murphy
Dr. & Mrs. William T. Neumann
John T. Newton, Jr.
John E. Niedrach
John S. Noell, Jr.
William U. Norwood
C. Randall Nuckolls
Coleman A. Nutter
Trina Steele Olidge
Cecil J. Olmstead
John J. Ossick, Jr.
W. Henry Parkman
Page A. Pate
Jason C. Pedigo &
Susannah Rogers Pedigo
Charles E. Peeler &
Melissa Dickey Peeler
Thomas O. Powell
Alan J. Prince
T.C. Spencer Pryor
Charles N. Pursley
Michael M. Raeber
Ryan P. Reavis
Shyam Reddy
James K. Reed
Michael S. Reeves
Benjamine Reid
Kenneth S. Resnick
Patrick J. Rice
Melody Z. Richardson
James M. Riley
Frederick H. Ritts
Gregory L. Roseboro
F. Valerie Rusk
Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge
Steven E. Scheer
Dale M. Schwartz
Edward S. Sell III
Richard L. Shackelford
Robert L. Shannon, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Sharp &
Elizabeth Dillon Sharp
Thomas C. Shelton
M.T. Simmons, Jr.
David A. Smith
E. Kendrick Smith &
Caryl Greenberg Smith
J.D. Smith
John H. & Margie E. Smith
Philip C. Smith
Putnam C. Smith
Sidney O. Smith, Jr.
Steven W. Smith
Daniel B. Snipes
J. Edward Sprouse
Grant T. Stein &
Janet McGrew Stein
Gary D. Stokes
David R. Sweat & Kay A. Giese
Charles B. & Kathryn Tanksley
William G. Tanner
John M. Tatum
Michael B. Terry
Henry C. Tharpe, Jr.
C. Sammy Thomas
Larry D. Thompson
Steven R. Thornton &
Allison Elmore Thornton
R. Wayne Thorpe &
Jane Fugate Thorpe
Stanley D. Tilley &
Velma Cowen Tilley
Audrey Boone Tillman
Richard G. Tisinger
David E. Tuszynski
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Keith W. Vaughan
Glen M. Vey & Shelley Rucker Vey
Robert G. Walther
C. Wilbur Warner, Jr.
Wiley A. Wasden III
Don L. Waters
John L. Watkins
Paul E. Weathington
Robert B. Wedge
Harvey Weitz
Laura H. Wheaton
Sidney F. Wheeler
Graduate Giving
NEW JHL MEMBER
“The opportunities provided by
Georgia Law empowered me to pursue
a legal career that has been challenging,
rewarding, and - honestly - fun! I am
pleased now to lend my support to the
institution that supported me.”
F. Valerie Rusk (J.D. ’99)
Rebecca H. White &
Daniel U. White
John W. Wilcox, Jr.
Richard A. & Theresa T. Wilhelm
Scott S. Williams
Rhys T. Wilson
William N. Withrow, Jr.
Laura E. Woodson
Glenn T. York, Jr.
Karen Jenkins Young
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