ARCH SOCIETY - AWARDS

It was once said of Fred Brown who lived from 1943-1992 that “He inspired student leadership at The University of Georgia.”

At each year’s Induction ceremony, an Arch member is chosen by his or her peers to receive the Fred Brown Award.

Fred Brown was a creative and energetic educator who set a standard for excellence in student programming and leadership development that endures at the University of Georgia today. 

Following graduation from The University of Georgia in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, Fred taught in Athens public schools before he joined the Department of Student Activities as a graphic artist and program advisor. In 1976, he was named Assistant Director of Student Activities, and served in that capacity until 1979 when he returned to Taylor County to establish a successful regional arts and crafts festival.

It was during Fred Brown’s association with the UGA campus in the late sixties and throughout the seventies that he profoundly influenced the lives of student leaders, creating energy in student life that will never be forgotten by those who came in contact with him. Working within the confines of the aging Memorial Hall (before the Tate Student Center was built), Fred used his fertile imagination and devoted personal efforts to engineer special events, innovative programs and exciting activities of a quality and scale that resulted in active involvement by a student body that was rapidly increasing in numbers at that time.

His abilities benefitted numerous campus organizations and clubs, including the golden Key Honor Society chapter which he established on campus in 1978.

Even after Fred’s departure from campus, during the years spent working on his arts festival, he continued to stay involved with the University, supporting its alumni programs and maintaining contact with former students he had advised. His last years were characterized by poor health due to a heart condition, but Fred’s spirit and love of life remained undiminished to the day of his death on August 31, 1992.

The University’s Arch Society was in its infancy when Fred Brown’s life ended. But the leadership ability and public service qualities espoused by Arch Society members today embody those traits that Fred admired and encouraged in his student affairs career at UGA. The Fred Brown Award, given to an Arch Society member for outstanding contributions to the campus, is a fitting personal tribute to an individual who loved the University and who worked tirelessly to inspire leadership among its student body.

Recipients
Nia Freeman (2019-2020)
Seonghyun Cho (2018-2019)
Linda Tejada (2017-2018)
Juhi Varshney (2016-2017)
Bert Thompson (2015-2016)
Kristen Lemaster (2014-2015)
Lesley Rios (2013-2014)
Marshall Mosher (2012-2013)
Juliette Collins (2011-2012)
Will Ginn (2010-2011)
Allie Chambers (2009-2010)
Beau Gilmore (2008-2009)
William Draper (2007-2008)
Mehual Shah (2006-2007)
Matthew Wilson (2005-2006) 
Kenneth L. Johnson (2004-2005)
Keane Johnson (2003-2004)
Corey Dortch (2002-2003)
Laura Pearson (2001-2002)
Deb Allen (2000-2001)
Renita Jain (1999-2000)
Melanie Davis (1998-1999)
Charlie Bethel (1997-1998)
Sarah Carr (1996-1997)
Rob Teilhet (1995-1996)
Kim Wuenker (1994-1995)