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Ruark Athletic Center Lobby Dedicated in Memory of Larry J. Wheat
Mr. Ken Wheat, HS ’68, of Columbia, South Carolina, has made a commitment of $125,000 to the
junior college football program. This generous gift will create a $25,000 scholarship endowment
for junior college football student athletes and will provide $100,000 in discretionary funds
over a five-year period in support of the junior college football program. In addition, Mr. Wheat
has donated $7,500 for the purchase of travel suits for junior college football student athletes.
Bert Williams, GMC Athletic Director commented, “Ken’s generous gift to our junior college football
program will have impact for many years to come as well as having immediate impact on student athletes
we will have going through our program over the next five years. We have
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certainly enjoyed a high degree of success on the field and in the classroom with our student athletes,
but that success would not be possible without the generosity of gentlemen like Ken Wheat.”
Wheat’s gift is made to honor the memory of his brother, Larry J. Wheat, for whom the lobby of the Ruark
Athletic Center was named in a dedication ceremony to be held on October 25, 2008. The lobby display
in honor of Larry Wheat also highlights All-American designees in all college sports. Williams stated,
“The lobby display honors all Georgia Military College All-American designees from the junior college
since its first honoree, Parnell Ruark. I think it is especially fitting to have the lobby named in
honor of a true All-American like Larry Wheat, a gentleman who served his country in Vietnam, sacrificing
his health and eventually his life for our country.”
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