Fall 2001

Volume 4 Number 1
A publication of Macon State College

The Macon State College Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes the following new members:

Virgil L. Adams, partner in the law firm Adams, Jordan & Treadwell, P.C. A graduate of Albany State University, where he received a bachelor of science in psychology, and Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, Adams is a founding member and current vice president of the Macon-Middle Georgia chapter of 100 Black Men Inc. He is a member of the boards of directors for Century South Bank in Macon, Albany State Alumni Association and the Tubman African American Museum. Adams is also chair of the Bibb County school system’s Male Crisis Task Force and a member of Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis’ Diversity Committee. A graduate of Leadership Macon and Leadership Georgia, Adams was named as one of the Outstanding Future Leaders of America by Ebony Magazine.

John Thomas Mitchell Sr., retired senior vice president for public and governmental affairs at Mercer University. Mitchell’s career at Mercer spanned 40 years, beginning as director of admissions. (In 1962, Mitchell admitted the first black student, Sam Oni, to Mercer.) He later served as athletics director and special assistant to the president and is listed in Who’s Who among college administrators. A recipient of the Lobbyist Lifetime Achievement Award, Mitchell has served on a variety of community and civic boards in Central Georgia. Currently, he serves on the governing authorities of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. He is vice chair of the board of directors of Capital City Bank.

C. Warren Selby Jr., president, Warren Associates Inc., commercial building contractors. A graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor of science in building science, Selby in 1998 was chosen one of Georgia’s “40 Under 40” young leaders by Georgia Trend magazine. He is a member of the board of directors of Stratford Academy and the MedCen Foundation, a founding director of Rivoli Bank & Trust and is chair, district trustees, of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Selby is also a Leadership Macon graduate and vice chair of the Bibb County Code Review Committee.