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Born: 1916, Milton (now Fulton) County, Georgia
Occupation: Vocational education teacher; farmer; extension
agent; Farmers Home Administration; owner and vice-president of
City Lumber Company in Bremen, Georgia; member of the Board of
Regents.
Accomplishments: Mr. Rhodes was appointed to the Board
of Regents in 1984, serving as chairman from 1989 until 1991.
He was chosen as the Regents member on the 1996 Olympics Advisory
Committee. His support of the Comprehensive Agricultural Livestock
and Poultry Facility Project for the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences gave it top ranking on the Regents list
for funding. He established the Daisy Campbell Rhodes Scholarship
Fund to assist CAES students who were actively involved in 4-H
and FFA. He received the National 4-H Alumni Award; Friend of
County Agents Award; Friend of 4-H Award; Haralson County Farmer
of the Year; and Haralson County Man of the Year.
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