GMC dedicates its new Prep School, Usery Hall

Major General Peter J. Boylan, President, and the Board of Trustees of Georgia Military College hosted the school’s ninth annual Grand Tattoo on Friday, April 23.

“If someone had told me back then that my name would be on a building here one day, I would have told them I had a better chance of being King of England,” laughed Usery.

But on Aug. 6, 2010, GMC opened the doors to Usery Hall and welcomed Prep School students into their new home ¬ a three-story, state-of-the-art learning facility overlooking Grant Parade next to the Old Capitol Building. The building bears a name that, according to MG Peter J. Boylan, “is synonymous with the philosophy of service to nation that is contained in the values that define this institution.”

While both proud and humbled, Usery does not want to be remembered as a man who gave money to help GMC construct a building. It is his hope that his life would tell a story of what is possible for graduates of GMC and serve as an inspiration for generations of students.

“I hope that students will understand what a tremendous opportunity they have been given and if they take what they learn from GMC, live by its watchwords, ‘Duty, Honor, Country,’ they can go anywhere in life,” said Usery. “Even a boy from the ‘asylum’ side of town could make it to the White House.”