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students can
now enjoy 34 new state-of-the-art pianos. In addition,
professional musicians supported by Kawai will be appearing on
the Campus during the year. The first performers took part in
the Kawai Gala on Sept. 25, 2007.
Reinhardt
President J. Thomas Isherwood described White as “a dedicated
and hardworking alumnus who was always just a telephone call or
e-mail away.”
“He gives
generously of his time, of his energy and of his resources,”
Isherwood said. “He is committed to ‘his Reinhardt’, and he
puts that commitment into action. The ‘Reinhardt Experience’
for our students is better because of what he does for them.”
White humbly
thanked Isherwood and the crowd. “These pianos mean so much to
this music program and to Reinhardt College,” he said. “We can
already see them paying big dividends in the growth of the music
program. I thank you for this honor tonite.”
A Cherokee
County native, White graduated from Cherokee High School. After
earning an associate degree from Reinhardt, he completed a
bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University
of Georgia. He became a certified public accountant and worked
in accounting until he opened his own business, Whitecrest
Carpets Mills, in 1972. He enjoyed success in the carpet
industry for almost 20 years, including service as president of
the Carpet Manufacturing Association. He is now president of
the White Capital Group, LLC.
White has also
supported scholarships, athletics and physical plant
enhancements at Reinhardt. For years, he donated carpet for
campus buildings, and he named the College’s original student
center. He has been
served on Reinhardt’s Board of Trustees since 1983. Currently
chair of the finance committee, he also serves on the
membership, student affairs, investment and executive
committees. As chair of the College’s Blue Ribbon Committee on
Library, Student Center and Housing, he was instrumental is
seeing that major upgrades were made to these important college
facilities and services. In 1979, he received Reinhardt’s
President’s Special Award; in 1999, he received the Evelyn J.
Gordy Alumni Loyalty Award and in 2007, he was named the Alumnus
of the Year.
Ken and his wife, Myra, live in Dalton, Ga. Their son Todd has
one daughter, Courtney. Their son Brett and his wife, Lesha,
have three daughters: Katie, Erin and Amelia. They are active
in the community and members of the Dalton First Presbyterian
Church.
White is
active in Whitfield and Cherokee Counties as a founding director
of Security State Bank in Canton, a founding director of
Creekside Bank in Woodstock, a member of Dalton State College
Foundation, president of Dalton Golf and Country Club and a
board member of The Creative Art Guild of Dalton.
In addition to naming the atrium, the Kawai Gala included a
recital by Kawai Artist Junko Ueno Garrett, a workshop and
presentation by Kawai America Corporation Senior Vice President
Brian Chung and a performance by Reinhardt Artist-in-Residence
Dr. George Lucktenberg and Associate Professor of Music Susan
Naylor.
For more information
Office of
Marketing and Communications
top floor of Burgess Administration Building
media relations Lauren Thomas (770)720-5514
LHT@reinhardt.edu
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Marsha White (770)720-5512
MSW@reinhardt.edu
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Brown (770) 720-5907
ALB@reinhardt.edu
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