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Waleska, Ga. – During their
recent meeting, the Reinhardt Board of Trustees elected William
G. “Billy” Hasty Jr. as their next Chairman. Hasty will take on
his duties officially in June 2006. Currently, James K. Hasson
Jr. of Atlanta serves as the chairman.
Hasty was elected to the
Board in June 1995 and has served on the executive committee
since 1998 as secretary. Hasty is a 1967 graduate of Reinhardt,
and he went on to earn degrees from the University of Georgia
and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He
currently is the senior partner of the law firm Hasty, Pope and
Ball in Canton and has practiced law in Georgia since 1974.
“Mr. Hasty brings to his new
role as chairman of the Board of Trustees a deep appreciation
for the distinctive qualities of Reinhardt College. He is a
living example of the close ties that bind together this very
special College and all of Cherokee County. I look forward to
being guided by his wisdom as we continue to nurture Reinhardt's
growth while we protect and maintain our commitment to its
values,” said Reinhardt College President Dr. J. Thomas
Isherwood.
In addition to himself and
his wife, Linda, (a 1990 graduate of Reinhardt), many members of
Hasty’s family have ties to Reinhardt, and he, his wife and his
mother, Mrs. Hazel Hasty honored those ties in August 2005 with
a $1.5 million gift to the College’s $15 million Capital
Campaign – “Confirming Our Commitment”. Both Hasty and his
wife, Linda, also serve as co-chairs of the Capital Campaign.
Hasty is a member of the
Cherokee County Hospital Authority, and the Northside
Hospital-Cherokee Board of Directors. He served as a member of
the Bank of Canton Board of Directors for 25 years and for
several years as a member of the advisory board for Wachovia
Bank. He is a charter member of Leadership Cherokee 1988 and a
member of Leadership Georgia 1989, the American Trial Lawyers
Association and the Cherokee County Bar Association. He is a
member of the Atlanta Commerce Club, the Phoenix Society of
Atlanta, the Atlanta Track Club, the Cherokee County Historical
Society, the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, the VFW, the
Canton Golf Club and the First United Methodist Church of
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