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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

Loran Smith to visit SGC on March 4

Loran Smith, one of the most well known figures in the Georgia Bulldog Nation, will speak at South Georgia College on Thursday, March 4, at 2 p.m. in the William S. Smith Library. The public is invited to this free event.

Loran, who hails from Wrightsville (and helped recruit Herschel Walker, who is also from Wrightsville), walked on to the UGA track team when he was a freshman in Athens. He dreamed of earning a letter jacket and wanted nothing more to than to wear that big block “G” while he was a student at Georgia. He made the team, eventually earned a scholarship and became team captain. Except for a brief period in the early 1970’s, Loran has always been in Athens. He has had varied responsibilities with the Bulldogs over the years, including assistant sports information director, business manager of athletics, and executive director of the Georgia Bulldog Clubs.

These days, Loran assists with packaging of radio broadcasts, is co-host of Tailgate Show, and sideline color announcer. He is editor of football game programs and has authored numerous books, including "GLORY, GLORY" (with Lewis Grizzard), "Fifty Years on the Fifty," the Orange Bowl story; "Dooley's Dawgs" (with Vince Dooley); "Between the Hedges," a story of Georgia's first 100 years of football; "Let a Dead Horse Rest," "Let the Big Dawg Eat,” (with his wife, Myrna), a collection of tailgate recipes; "Finish the Drill," the inside story of Georgia's 2002 championship season; "Beloved Dawgs;" "The Athens Sketch Book;" "The Georgia Football Vault;" and five books on the Masters.

Loran is also past chairman of the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997. He is married to the former Miss Myrna Warren of Covington. They have two children, Camille and Kent, both graduates of Georgia.

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South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu) was founded in 1906 and is a two-year institution in the University System of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty.