VSU to host Harley Langdale, Jr. Room Dedication Ceremony
September 22, 2004
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Charles Harmon Director of University Relations, Joseph C. Agbasi Student Assistant
VSU to host Harley Langdale, Jr. Room Dedication Ceremony
The Harley Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration will
conduct the Harley Langdale, Jr. Room Dedication Ceremony outside
Thaxton Hall at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 28. The local
community is welcome to attend.
The Legacy of Harley Langdale, Jr., an exhibit portraying
Langdale's cherished childhood memories and early career, will be
on display in Thaxton Hall Room 215 from 10:30 a.m. till Noon. The
exhibit features items from the Harley Langdale, Jr. Collection at
Valdosta State University. The showcase reflects Langdale's role in
guiding The Langdale Company from a world leader in naval stores,
to one of the southeast's major manufacturers of diversified forest
products.
Langdale donated the collection in 2003, following a major gift to
the business college and the college's renaming to the Harley
Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration in 2000.
Dr. Kenneth Stanley, Dean of the Harley Langdale, Jr. College of
Business Administration and Professor of Finance, holds this event
in high regard. ?Mr. Langdale, his family, and The Langdale Company
have done so much for Valdosta State University and south Georgia,?
Stanley said. ?We are pleased to honor a fine man, paying tribute
in this modest way, and equally happy to put together this exhibit
showing the history of turpentine, as well as the history of naval
stores in south Georgia.?
Langdale grew up working in turpentine camps during the summertime
for his family-owned forest products company, which sparked his
interest in the forestry business. In 1937, he graduated from the
University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. After
returning to the family business, he became the third registered
forester in Georgia and the first in Lowndes County.
The Harley Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration
provides the exhibit's funding. The curator is Laurie Kay Sommers
of the South Georgia Folklife Project at VSU. Fred Sanchez of Great
Impressions in Americus, Ga. produces the display's design.
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