The Barrow Family and UGA

The Barrow family has a long history with the University of Georgia. At least five successive generations are UGA graduates including Middleton Pope Barrow, Craig Barrow, David Francis Barrow, Dean William Tate, Susan Francis Barrow Tate, Ruth Parker Jenkins, Judge James Barrow, Phyllis Jenkins Barrow, Ruth Barrow Bracewell, Michael Bracewell, John Barrow, husband Jim, son Jim, and myself.

Here is a brief summary of other Barrow family affiliations with the University of Georgia:

• UGA President Alonzo S. Church, 1829-59, longest serving UGA President
• UGA Chancellor David C. Barrow, 1906-25, admitted women to UGA
• After 1870, Governor Wilson Lumpkin’s daughter, Martha, sold UGA the Wilson Lumpkin house and portions of South Campus to the Oconee River which house Sanford Stadium, the Zell B Miller Learning Center, and Snelling Dining Hall amongst dozens of other UGA buildings.
• UGA Dean of Men William Tate, 1946-1971
• Susan Francis Barrow Tate, 1954-1976, Special Collections Library
• Professor John W. Jenkins, 1920-45, School of Commerce, Economics
• Ruth Parker Jenkins, managed Denmark dining hall and taught Contemporary Georgia
• Judge James Barrow, 1946-63, taught at UGA School of Law
• Phyllis Jenkins Barrow, 1964-88, taught Contemporary Georgia
• Craig and Diana Barrow donated a portion of the historic Wormsloe family site to UGA for research and education in April 2013
• John J. Barrow, 2015-16, School of Public and International Affairs Scholar in Residence

The Barrow family was the UGA Alumni Association Family of the Year in 1970 and the Craig Barrow III family in 2010. This award celebrates families who have continually demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to the community, the university, and the UGA alumni association.

It seems sad to me that UGA would do what they did to someone with such loyalty and ties to the University of Georgia. Imagine what they might do to someone who moved to Athens just for a job?