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

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