Dorminy is a 1969 ABAC alumnus who is part of a family tradition known as ABCD Farms, a diversified farming operation in Ben Hill and Irwin counties. He farms between 2,500 and 3,000 acres of land on which he produces high yields of corn, peanuts, cotton, soybeans, small grains, and other commodities.
Dorminy has been an officer and director of the Georgia Peanut Producers Association for many years. He also serves on the ABAC Ag Alumni Council Board of Directors. He received the Master Farmer Award for 2000 at the ABAC Alumni Association Homecoming Awards Banquet.
Dorminy and his wife, Jan, a 1969 ABAC alumna, are active members of the First Baptist Church of Fitzgerald. They have two children.
Perry, a 1984 ABAC alumnus, is the current President of the ABAC Alumni Association.
A research engineer at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Perry has served on the Alumni Board since 1994, including four years as the Young Alumni director before being elected as an at-large director. He also served on the Alumni/Student Relations Committee and chaired the Young Alumni section of the ABAC on the Square fund-raising project in Moultrie. He and his wife, Suellen, a 1984 ABAC alumna, live in Moultrie and have two children.
Vollmer became ABAC's ninth president on July 1. He has had a long career of service in both Georgia state government and the University System of Georgia.
Vollmer served as interim president for two University System institutions and helped launch the Georgia HOPE Scholarship program by serving as its first executive director. He also served as the first executive director of the Pre-Kindergarten Program and of the Office of Education Accountability. He and his wife, Lennie, have three children.
Willis, a 1959 ABAC alumna from Damascus, attended UGA and then married J. W. Willis in 1961. The couple owns a family business, Damascus Peanut Company, and Willis has been involved with the business on a part-time basis.
Willis and her husband have two sons and three grandsons. They are members of Damascus Baptist Church and the Blakely Fine Arts Club.
Smith, who conducted the ceremony, is the only man in Georgia history to serve in all three branches of state government. A 1940 ABAC alumnus, he served as President of the Alumni Association in 1963-64 and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from that same organization in 1969.
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