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by Debbie Rasure
A new name has been added to the prestigious list of enterprising and visionary women who have helped build Berry over the years and whose support has made it possible for generations of students to experience a Berry education firsthand. With her pledge of $4 million to launch the Gate of Opportunity Scholarship program and support the Cage Center, Atlanta philanthropist and Berry Board of Visitors member Audrey B. Morgan has joined the ranks of such great women in Berry history as Leila Laughlin Carlisle, Kate Macy Ladd, Emily Vanderbilt Hammond, Clara Ford,
Mina Edison and Mary Reynolds Morton, in addition to founder Martha Berry herself. Like those who came before her, Mrs. Morgan will touch the lives of countless Berry students; her pledge is one of the largest individual gifts for student scholarships in Berry history. In gratitude, Berry College officials have named one of the new residence
halls near the Ladd Center in her honor. Audrey B. Morgan Hall will open this fall. Although not a Berry alumna, Mrs. Morgan’s life story is similar to that of many Berry students of her era. She came from a large, very poor family of eight children, and her father was physically disabled. Surviving was the family’s focus; at an early age, each
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Total raised as of April 30, 2009: $25,780,626
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