Mercer University Board Elects New Trustees During Homecoming Meeting

Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO

Monday, November 7th, 2016

Mercer University’s Board of Trustees installed nine new members and elected new officers during its annual Homecoming meeting today.
 
New trustees who began their five-year terms at the conclusion of today’s meeting include Cathy Callaway Adams, TIFT ’81, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Kennesaw; Malcolm S. Burgess Jr., president and chairman of the board of Burgess Pigment Company, Macon; Milton L. Cruz, CLA ’82, chairman, president and CEO of Medholdings, De Mercadeo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Nancy Grace, CLA ’81, LAW ’84, television personality, author and former prosecutor, New York and Atlanta; James N. (Dock) Hollingsworth Jr., CLA ’84, DIV ’08, senior pastor of Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta; Genelle Jennings, owner of ComSouth, Hawkinsville; Carolyn Townsend McAfee, vice president of the McAfee family business interests and trustee of the McAfee Foundation charitable trust, Macon; W. Carl Reynolds, CLA ’64, LAW ’66, senior partner in the law firm Reynolds, Horne and Survant, Macon; and Dr. Joe Sam Robinson Jr., neurosurgeon and business owner, Macon.
 
Trustees who rotated off the board and were recognized for their service include Curtis G. (Curt) Anderson of Savannah; Dr. William L. (Bill) Coates of Gainesville; T. Michael (Mike) Crook, CLA ’69, of Stuart, Florida; Benjamin W. (Benjy) Griffith III, CLA ’77, of Macon; J. Curtis Lewis of Savannah; the Hon. M. Yvette Miller, CLA ’77, LAW ’80, of Smyrna; William A. (Tony) Moye, PHARM ’73, of McDonough; and Richard A. (Doc) Schneider, LAW ’81, of Atlanta.
 
Atlanta attorney Tommy Malone, LAW ’66, was re-elected chair of the Board of Trustees, and Atlanta physician Dr. Spencer B. King III, CLA ’59, was re-elected chair of the board’s Executive Committee.