DONOR PROFILE
Chandler Family Memorial Scholarship to inspire students
By Harry Battson
Barbara Anne Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler Minter, Dovie Chandler Wingard and Chandler Minter Tagliabue pose in front of the Old Governor's Mansion at Georgia College during a 1994 campus tour.
A STAR IN ATLANTA COMMERCIALS, A World War II U.S. Navy WAVE and the wife of a former National Football League commissioner are among the Georgia College multigenerational graduates who have established the Chandler Family Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mrs. Chandler Minter Tagliabue, ’64, has pledged an additional $100,000 donation to the endowed scholarship fund already established by her family members long associated with Georgia College. “I hope our family scholarship provides inspiration for future students,” said Tagliabue, “not only to make the most of their years on campus but also to leave college with a commitment to lifelong learning and productive activity, just as all of us have done.” The family scholarship was established in
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1983 when the three Chandler sisters — Barbara, ’34, Elizabeth, ’38, and Dovie, ’41 — created a scholarship in honor of their mother, Bessie Moran Chandler, on her 90th birthday and their late father, Charles Nathaniel Chandler, who operated Chandler’s Variety Store in Milledgeville. The Chandler Memorial Scholarship recognized the support of their parents while the siblings attended Georgia College in the 1930s and ’40s. In 1999, the unexpected death of one of the sisters, Elizabeth Minter, prompted her three children to establish a scholarship in her memory, the Elizabeth Chandler Minter Memorial Scholarship. Recently, the family combined the funds from the two scholarships into the Chandler Family Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship helps students in the four alumnae’s areas of interest.
The fund supports: • A Georgia Military College student who transfers to Georgia College. This scholarship is in honor of Barbara, who joined the U.S. Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) — World War II-era division of the Navy comprised entirely of women — during the outset of the war. She remained in the reserves and reached the rank of lieutenant commander. • Study abroad for a deserving student who otherwise would not be able to gain an initial international experience. This scholarship is in honor of Elizabeth, who maintained a lifelong interest in international affairs and enjoyed getting to know international students at Georgia College. • A scholarship in the performing arts, especially dramatic arts. This scholarship is in honor of Dovie, who currently stars in print and TV commercials. • A scholarship in the sciences, preferably biology or life science. This scholarship is in honor of Tagliabue, who initially pursued science studies during her time at Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College. ■