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From left: President Michael F. Adams, Donald M. Leebern Jr., Suzanne Yoculan Leebern, Greg Gregory, Amanda Gregory, David Leitch, Janice Leitch, Craig Barrow III and Diana Barrow attend the 2013 Celebration of Support.
2013
On Feb. 9, the University of Georgia honored its most loyal supporters at the annual Celebration of Support banquet at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. Honorees this year included Craig and Diana Barrow III, Amanda and Greg Gregory, Donald M. Leebern Jr. and Kroger.
Donald M. Leebern Jr.
Donald Leebern Jr. and Suzanne Yoculan Leebern
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Don Leebern’s gifts to UGA total more than $7 million, reaching almost every corner of the campus, including the UGA Athletic Association, the Division of External Affairs, the School of Public and International Affairs, the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business, the Performing and Visual Arts Center and many other special projects. His largest support has gone to UGA’s athletic endeavors, through the endowment of four scholarships for football and gymnastics, and through the support of baseball, golf, tennis and basketball. He has helped fund 34 full student scholarships over the last 10 years. He has served as a member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents since 1991, as board chairman from 1994-95. He was the seventh recipient of the Elridge McMillan Lifetime Achievement Award, named for the longest-serving regent and USG Foundation trustee. Leebern is a member of UGA’s Abraham Baldwin Society.