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GA SR922
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/17/2014
Primary Sponsor
David Shafer
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate Resolution 922, sponsored by Senator Shafer of the 48th district, honors the life and memory of J. Mack Robinson, an Atlanta businessman with careers spanning banking, insurance, fashion design, media, and horse racing
- Robinson began working at age 10 at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and in the mid-1960s built a banking empire of 22 banks with branches in more than 50 cities; in 1972, he sold over 100 finance offices to First National Bank of Atlanta (later Wachovia), becoming its largest individual shareholder
- Georgia State University named its business school the J. Mack Robinson College of Business in 1998 in recognition of his entrepreneurial legacy
- In 1994, the Robinson family—including wife Nita and daughters Jill and Robin—was named Philanthropists of the Year by the Georgia Chapter of the National Society of Fundraising Executives, with major donations to Westminster Schools, Oglethorpe University, the Woodruff Arts Center, and the High Museum of Art
- The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy to the Robinson family expressing the Senate's deepest regret at his passing
Legislative Description
Robinson, J. Mack; condolences
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/17/2014
Full Bill Text
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