Name

Betty Foy Sanders

Authors

Georgia Southern University

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Term of Award

Summer 1996

Degree Name

Doctor of Fine Arts

Department

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Institution Issuing the Honorary Degree

Georgia Southern University

Brief Biography of Degree Recipient

Betty Foy Sanders (1927-2022) was born in Statesboro, Georgia. She established the Betty Foy Sanders Georgia Artists Collection which is on permanent display at the Center for Art & Theatre on Georgia Southern’s Statesboro Campus. She is a an avid artist with a life-long love of learning. The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art on the Statesboro campus of Georgia Southern University is named in her honor.

Born in 1927 in the farming community of Adabelle, Georgia with a population of less than 100, she went on to served as the First Lady of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.

Betty Foy Sanders received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree on August 11, 1996.

Visit https://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/art/about/betty-foy-sanders/ for more about Betty Foy Sanders.

Keywords

Georgia Southern University, Honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts

Comments

Visit https://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/art/about/betty-foy-sanders/ for more about Betty Foy Sanders.

Recommended Citation

Georgia Southern University, "Betty Foy Sanders" (1996). Georgia Southern Honorary Degrees. 3.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gs-honorary-degrees/3