L I S A A N N C O O L E AWA R D
The Lisa Ann Coole Award was established in 1999 to honor the memory of an extraordinary young woman and to inspire Foundation Fellows to translate into their lives the compassion, joy, courage, and excellence that defined Lisa’s presence in the Fellowship, at UGA, and in her communities both in Georgia and in Illinois. Lisa was a model Foundation Fellow. She graduated from the University of Georgia magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in biology in 1997. She was a 19-time All-American swimmer, won two NCAA titles, and was selected as the 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. Lisa had just completed her first year of veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois-Champaign when she died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident. In 1999, she was inducted into the UGA Athletic Association Circle of Honor, the highest tribute paid to former Bulldog athletes and coaches.
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This Year’s Recipient – Eilidh Geddes Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Master of Arts in Economics Through the Honors Program and Economics Department, Eilidh has been working on joint bachelor’s/ master’s degrees in economics. She started taking graduate classes junior year and has taken a mix of economic theory, econometrics, and field classes that will prepare her for a PhD program in economics, her ultimate goal. In spring 2015, she defended her master's thesis on the role that peers and gender play in determining college major and course selection. Her research-focused activities strongly supported her job application to the New York Federal Reserve, where she will start working after graduation. Eilidh’s classmates describe her as “one of the most thoughtful and inclusive people we know. She is kind and caring toward everyone in our class and extends the same warmth and friendship to each of us in the fellowship. Eilidh has also been a unifying member of our class because of her ability to understand two sides of every issue. She is the first to take a well-reasoned stance in a discussion, making intelligent contributions but also giving credibility and respect to other viewpoints. This sets an example for the rest of us. We admire Eilidh because she consistently bites off just as much as she can chew with her schedule, which is usually a lot, and when she commits herself to something she immediately becomes one of the most thoughtful and mature contributors.”
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