Room Named for Retired Professor

Conference room named after Dr. Harold Isaacs

Professor Emeritus Harold Isaacs, irrefutably Georgia Southwestern State University’s longest serving faculty member, received very special recognition on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The conference room of the History and Political Science Department was named in his honor.

Organized by President Kendall Blanchard and Gary Kline, a longtime colleague of Isaacs from the History and Political Science Department, the ceremony included special remarks from friends and colleagues, and a state proclamation written in honor of Isaacs by Rep. Mike Cheokas.

“I’d like to thank everybody today who showed up to the ceremony,” Isaacs said. I’d like to express my appreciation to Dr. Blanchard and Gary for the idea of naming this conference room after me. From now on, this room will not have a number in a building; it will say ‘Isaacs Conference Room.’ I’m proud of that.”

Isaacs joined the History and Political Science faculty at Georgia Southwestern in 1965. In 1983, he established the Association of Third World Studies, a global organization that examines issues, problems and concerns related to developing countries. After 40 years of dedication to teaching history to college students in Southwest Georgia, Isaacs retired in 2005. Until recently, Isaacs continued to teach part-time at GSW, bringing his service to the University to just under 50 years.

Dr, Gaynor Cheokas and Dr. Harold Isaacs