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GLENN ABNEY
PhD, Moderator, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Georgia State University, Member, SUGA |
Glenn Abney is currently Professor and Chair Emeritus at Georgia State University where he taught Political Science from 1972 until his retirement. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Tulane University and a JD Degree from the Georgia State College of Law. He and his wife Nancy are members of SUGA.
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BETSY ALEXANDER
BFA Graphic Design, University of Georgia, Graphic Designer (retired) |
SUGA member Betsy Alexander worked as a graphic designer and art director for over 40 years. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a BFA in graphic design, she worked in New York for the advertising agency of Ogilvy & Mather. Moving to Atlanta in 1974, first working for a local advertising agency, then starting her own design firm, she worked mostly in the real estate development industry. She was the primary designer for John Wieland Homes for over 30 years. In addition to creating his corporate identity, she designed logos, signage, advertising and promotional materials for her many projects.
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JOHN ALLENSWORTH
PhD, Geography, Kent State & Georgia State Univ. (retired), Member, SUGA |
John Allensworth holds a PhD in Geography from The Ohio State University. He is retired from the Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University (1998-2011) and the Department of Geography, Kent State University (1970-1998). He is a former board member for many years for the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers and is a former Peace Corps volunteer (Panama); Peace Corps trainer for Honduras, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. As the director of John Allensworth's Discovery Expeditions (JADE) and various study abroad programs, he has been a lecturer and tour leader throughout Mexico, Central America and Andean South America throughout his academic career. He and his wife are members of SUGA.
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PATRICK BELOTT
Member, SUGA |
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TERRY BORDAN
Professor and Chair of Department of Counseling and Development (retired), Long Island University |
Dr. Terry Bordan is a licensed professional counselor and the former professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling and Development at Long Island University. She is also the former Director of Counseling at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the past editor of The Journal for the Professional Counselor. She has taught in the Tactical Officers’ Education Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point. She has presented at national workshops and seminars and been featured in national newspapers. She has appeared on several television shows and is the former host of her own radio show, “Dr. Terry Bordan and Co.” She has extensive clinical experience as a mental health practitioner.
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GEORGE BROWN
Ph.D. (International Relations), retired President/CEO of Friendship Force, Travel Coordinator, Member, SUGA |
George T. Brown, Jr. has more than 35 years of experience designing and leading international travel programs, most recently as President of Friendship Force International, which conducts home-stay travel programs in 55+ countries. Previously he served as Executive Director of both the Georgia Council for International Visitors and Villa International Atlanta; as well as Director of Agnes Scott College’s Global Awareness Program. George received his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Virginia and was a political science professor at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio before moving to Atlanta. He retired from the Friendship Force in 2013 and is now an active member of SUGA, often serving as travel coordinator.
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KAY COLLINS
Media Planner (retired) |
Kay grew up in the university town of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, the home of the University of Illinois, where she graduated. She began her career in advertising in Chicago and lived there before moving to Atlanta in 1982. Her advertising job was as a media planner—she was the one who chose where to put those commercials or ads that you complain about on tv and radio and in magazines and newspapers! After the ad industry changed in the late 1980s, Kay worked for marketing organizations until retirement about 17 years ago. Kay likes to travel to more natural places—Amazon, Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand because they are the ones that will change the most in the next few years. She still has only a few states west of the Mississippi River to visit. She is active with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and volunteers by collecting and pricing books year 'round for their sales. She likes to read and coordinates two book clubs—one is for SUGA. Kay has attended classes and volunteered with SUGA since retiring.
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DAVE CONLEY
Sr. Manager Science Center Museums (retired) |
Dave Conley holds a B.S. degree in physics. He is a retired Senior Manager in science center museums and planetariums. He designed exhibits that encouraged public learning of science. He has been a member of SUGA since 2018.
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SAL DePASQUALE
MC (Criminal Justice), MBA |
After retiring from a career as a security analyst and consultant working on security and criminal justice issues, Sal engaged in volunteer programs with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Emory University and Kennesaw State University teaching classes on history. He was an adjunct instructor in Criminal Justice at Georgia State University and taught security terrorism classes under contract to Texas A&M University. He also testified before Congress post September 11 relative to the security of chemical plants. Sal is a 2017 Volunteer of the Year for Meals on Wheels Atlanta, and an avid hiker. Sal has taught each quarter at SUGA after first teaching here in Winter 2021.
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JOYCE (“JOY”) F. GLUCKSMAN
Attorney (retired) |
Joy is a retired attorney with over 45 years of experience in employment, family law, business, and corporate representation. In the last 10 years, she limited her practice to mediation and arbitration. She started her practice working for the National Treasury Employees Union and continued as a solo practitioner representing individuals and closely held corporations in a variety of forums at the trial and appellate levels. Joy has more than 25 years of experience as an arbitrator and is still certified by the State of Georgia as an arbitrator, mediator, and case evaluator. She was active on both the American Arbitration Association's employment and commercial rosters, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s panel as a public arbitrator, and has chaired numerous arbitration panels. She received the highest, AV, rating by Martindale Hubbell and was named one of Georgia’s top lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine every year between 2008 and when she retired in 2021. She was also active in Bar and community activities. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Skidmore College and a graduate of Emory Law School. Joy is married and enjoys traveling, reading, genealogy, jigsaw puzzles, and taking SUGA classes.
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LYNN CHERRY GRANT
Emory and Georgia State University, World Literature and British Literature, Georgia Perimeter College (retired) |
A lifelong resident of DeKalb County, graduate of Emory and Georgia State Universities, Lynn spent most of her teaching career at DeKalb College, now Georgia Perimeter College. Her favorite classes were World Literature and British Literature. She served on the DeKalb County Board of Education for 16 years, leaving it in 2009, still a firm believer in public education. In retirement, she teaches part-time and travels as much as possible. She loves SUGA and sharing some of her passion for the fascinating subject of Greek mythology.
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MADELINE GRIFFIN
Assistant District Attorney, GSU Instructor (retired) |
Madeline Griffin was the first female Assistant District Attorney as well as the first woman Juvenile Court Judge in DeKalb County. For a number of years she taught a course on the Juvenile Justice System at Georgia State University and offered a course on this topic for SUGA in 2020. Last year she presented a course on “Major Ridge” and the 18th/19th century Cherokee community in North Georgia. She continues her interest in Native American history with this 2022 course.
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LISA N. GUYTON
Artist/Art teacher |
Lisa Guyton’s art experience started as a child, making things with her mother, a dynamic and talented woman who painted, wrote for the local newspaper and entered art shows. As a graduate student in painting at American University in Washington, D.C., Lisa was influenced by the emphasis on drawing from life and from exposure to art history. Her classes sometimes took place at the Phillips Collection, a nearby private museum. There she studied Impressionist, Post-impressionist and other works in person, up close. This experience led to her love of the work from this modernist collection, including works by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Matisse, O’Keeffe, Marin, and Hopper. She became an art teacher in 1987, starting at a private boarding school in Katonah, NY, continuing after moving to Atlanta in 1995, and retiring after teaching 14 years in a public high school in Atlanta. Currently she teaches drawing and painting classes at art centers in Atlanta and maintains a studio in Chamblee. Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited in Atlanta, Gainesville, Washington, D.C. and Connecticut.
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Tom Hawkins
US Dept. of Labor (retired) |
Shortly after retiring in 2006, Tom Hawkins became active in Senior University. He serves on the Curriculum Committee and has been President of the Board and a member of the Finance Committee. His working career included nearly six years as an Air Force officer and 31 years with the U. S. Department of Labor working in Human Resources, Affirmative Action, and Occupational Safety and Health. For the last ten years, he helped to manage human, financial and technology resources and to evaluate mission accomplishment for OSHA in the southeast. He walks three miles with friends somewhere in metro Atlanta early every Saturday morning, and he has dabbled in local theater. In addition to helping with several trivia classes, he has taught a couple of SUGA classes dealing with spiritual journeys.
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ALLEN M. HING
Professor of Interior Design |
Allen Hing has taught interior design since 1971 at various institutions including Syracuse University, Auburn University, The Atlanta College of Art, the Art Institute of Atlanta, and Virginia Commonwealth University, both on the Richmond campus as well as their campus in Doha, Qatar. He holds a B.F.A. degree in Interior Design from the Pratt Institute in NYC and an M.A. degree from Syracuse University. He has taught courses in interior design, art and architecture at SUGA since 2014.
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BONNIE HOYT
BA, English and Secondary Education, MA, English Literature |
Bonnie Hoyt holds a BA. In English and Secondary Education and an M.A. in English Literature. She learned that “life is what happens when you’re making other plans” when she taught high school English for only one year before discovering she didn’t like teenagers in packs. She does, however, enjoy learning with and teaching adults!
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Colonel ROBERT KNOWLES, JR., GA National Guard (retired)
Security Officer, GSU Instructor, Intelligence Corps, US Army |
Robert Knowles first heard about Sherlock Holmes over the British Broadcasting Corporation radio while stationed with his father in occupied Germany in the 1950's. Imagine the excitement he felt, listening to Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud's masterful renditions of stories of Conan Doyle's Great Detective! Bob is himself a writer, though he has not tried his hand at detective fiction. He holds master’s degrees from Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University. Bob has worked as a security officer and is a licensed security supervisor. He also completed the state Private Investigator course. He taught communications at Georgia State for 20 years, retiring in 2019. Bob is a retired Colonel in the Georgia Department of Defense and a former Captain, Military Intelligence Corps in the Unites States Army Reserve. He fought in the Vietnam War in 1967-1968. He was decorated for combat service as an intelligence and security analyst with the United States Army Security Agency. Bob is married and has three children, three grand-children and two great-grandchildren. He lives with his wife, Jann, and three cats in Stone Mountain, Ga. Bob's youngest son, Ben, has continued his father's involvement and interest in communications intelligence and security. He is a corporate director of cyber-security.
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ANNE MacDOUGAL
Member, SUGA |
Anne MacDougal was born in Michigan, grew up in Indiana, spent some time in Florida and has been in Atlanta for the last 50 years (and has no plans on leaving). She began her career in I.T. at IBM as a systems analyst and continued doing programming, analysis, design, support, consulting and training at various companies. She retired in 2013. She is a member of SUGA.
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ELLERY McLANAHAN
Member, SUGA |
Ellery McLanahan received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1962, majoring in American Studies. He is a published poet, short story writer, and public speaker. He is a member of SUGA.
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JEFF MILSTEEN
Attorney, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Georgia. |
Jeff graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1981. He received his law degree in 1984 from Emory University School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and all federal and state trial and appellate courts in Georgia. He served for 19 years as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Georgia. Jeff is also an avid photographer who enjoys teaching photography-related courses in the metro area, including “Iconic Photos of the 20th Century” at SUGA in 2021. His most recent course at SUGA was “Iconic Trials of the 20th Century.”
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MARILYN MORTON
BS and MS, Art Education, PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Emory U.. |
Marilyn Morton received her BS and MS degrees in Art Education, and her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from Emory University in 1998. She has taught art in the public schools and taught Art Studio as well as History of Art at the University of Tennessee and Atlanta College of Art. She teaches at various Atlanta-area senior lifelong learning programs, including at SUGA for over 12 years.
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LISA NEWBERN
Yerkes National Primate Research Center Researchers, Coordinator |
Lisa Newbern is Chief of Public Affairs for the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University. She arranges and coordinates annual courses at SUGA with faculty members who do research at Yerkes.
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LARRY PINSON
SUGA presenter |
Live theater and opera, and other forms of music theater and musical movies have been of continuing interest most of Larry’s life. He sings in a choir and volunteers at Spivey Hall, the well-known Atlanta classical music theater located in Morrow, as well as at The Atlanta Opera. Participation encouraged him to spend many hours enjoying live performances and stimulated him to listen and watch recorded and filmed performances. High on the list of enjoyment have been attending opera performances in cities including New York, Seattle, Budapest, Vienna, and Sydney. He has been privileged to meet composers, performing artists, set and lighting designers, directors, and others in the field. He has presented 5 opera classes for SUGA, as well as taking all music/musical theater/movies classes offered at SUGA. Being semi-immersed in music and theater, and preparing for opera classes continue to feed Larry’s avocational interests!
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B. DENISE RAYNOR
MD, MPH, Emerita, Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Member, SUGA |
B. Denise Raynor MD, MPH is an emerita of the Emory University School of Medicine. She joined the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics specifically to serve underserved minority women at Grady Hospital and to train residents, fellows and medical students. While her primary clinical focus was in fetal ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, she took a lead role in resident education, eventually implementing a new national approach to graduate medical education and serving as Residency Program Director. In retirement, Dr. Raynor has intensified her focus on healthcare disparities and inequities across all aspects of our society based on skin color. She has given presentations at Emory University Emeritus College, taught courses at OLLI@Emory and is currently researching a book on implicit racial bias in medical education. She is a member of SUGA.
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SHAI ROBKIN
Serial entrepreneur |
Shai (pronounced “Shy”) Robkin is a serial entrepreneur. Born and raised in Atlanta, he moved to Israel in 1976 immediately following his marriage to fellow Atlantan, Judy Birnbrey. After a career in international banking, Shai and Judy opened in 1981 Israel’s first combination bookstore/coffee shop. They returned to Atlanta in 1984, using the proceeds from the sale of the Israeli store to acquire Vernon, a manufacturer and distributor of library supplies. Vernon’s technology division was sold in 2011 to One Equity Partners, a division of JP Morgan. Shai has continued to direct Vernon’s operations while engaging in outside business consulting and education. He has taught a variety of behavioral economics courses at SUGA since 2017.
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SHELLEY SCHER
Teacher (retired) Member, SUGA |
Shelley Scher earned her BA from Hofstra University and her MA from Fairfield University. She has taught both high school and college-level courses. She taught Advanced Placement English courses at Chattahoochee High School for 15 years. During her career she has reviewed college-level Business English textbooks for John Wiley Publishing Co. She and her husband are members of SUGA.
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ARTHUR SLAVIN
Banking Manager (retired) |
Born and raised in Chicago, his education includes degrees in English, Educational Psychology, Bank Management, and Finance from Northern Illinois University, LSU, and the University of Virginia. His minors include French and History. After college, Art spent three years in the Army, where he learned Chinese Mandarin and was stationed in the Far East. Art and Ethi, his wife of 56+ years, moved to Tucker in 1969. They have a daughter, son-in-law, and grandchild, all of whom are kind, generous, and intelligent members of the community.
Art spent 30 years in the banking industry, managing large departments in credit cards, operations, marketing and retail loan administration. He retired in 1999 and has spent his time volunteering as a tutor, teacher of English to foreign students, and as a general factotum at Senior University since 2005. He stays in shape by getting to the gym and pool at least four times each week. He is a fan of murder mysteries, cryptic crosswords, music and film. He and Ethi have been fortunate to have traveled several times to western Europe as well as to the Caribbean on Disney Cruises, but are happy at home and in their garden. |
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NORMAN SLAWSKY
Attorney |
Norman is a SUGA member and has presented classes on law, Atlanta authors, and climate change. He was a labor lawyer for 35 years. He has served as chair of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Sections, and the chair of GreenLaw, a nonprofit environmental law firm, and vice-chair of the Georgia Sierra Club. He is a treekeeper with Trees Atlanta. Norman has a BA in Economics from SUNY Binghamton, an MA in Mathematics from CUNY, and a JD from the University of Georgia. Prior to attending law school, he was a high school math teacher.
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SANDRA THORNTON
Georgia Tech School of Public Policy (retired), and Thornton & Rose, Attorneys at Law, Member, SUGA |
Sandra Thornton received her PhD from Georgetown University and her JD degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. She taught from 1962 until 1997 at Georgia Institute of Technology, teaching Political Science, Russian and International Affairs. She was also in the private practice of law from 1981 to 2007. She has been a volunteer lawyer for the
ACLU and the Dekalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. She is a member of SUGA. |