In a recent article, Middle Georgia CEO highlighted the $1.2 million Carolyn Wynn Smalley Estate gift given to MGA - the largest ever to be given to the MGA Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises and manages private donations to support the University’s mission and goals.
"Smalley died in 2016 at the age of 93, six years after her veterinarian husband, Frarie. As her estate was settled, some of the proceeds of the sale of her 1,200-acre Wilkinson County property – a rolling landscape on the Georgia Piedmont - were gifted to Middle Georgia State (MGA) for carefully chosen purposes reflecting her many interests.
'This gift serves as a wonderful extension of Carolyn,' [DuBose] Porter said. 'I think she would be very happy.'
Smalley’s passions included nature and conservation, as well as Southern history, literature, and culture. And so the two endowed chairs/professorships MGA is funding with her gift will reflect those interests."
Read Middle Georgia CEO's article.
