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Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Release date: February 2, 1999
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Assistant Director

SUGARMAN NAMED EMORY UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

Alvin Sugarman, senior rabbi of The Temple in Atlanta, has been named a trustee of Emory University. An Emory trustee serves a term of eight years or until age 70. The board is made up of 39 active trustees and trustees emeriti.

Sugarman, who began his rabbinate at The Temple in 1971 and was named senior rabbi three years later, has been an active alumnus, serving on Emory's Board of Visitors, the advisory council of the university's Ethics Center and in other capacities for the graduate school and Emory College. He received his bachelor's degree in 1960 and his doctorate in 1988 from Emory.

"I am delighted that Rabbi Alvin Sugarman has accepted the board's election of him," said Emory President William M. Chace. "He is a distinguished religious and community leader, a proud son of Emory and a man of great intelligence, presence and effectiveness."

Following his graduation in 1960, Sugarman had a brief but successful career with Montag Inc., a division of the Mead Corp. In 1966 he left as manager of advertising and sales promotion to attend Hebrew Union College.

Atlanta magazine described Sugarman as the "conscience" of the city in 1988, and he received the Martin Luther King Sr. Minister's Community Service Award from the King Center in 1992. In 1993 he received the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and in 1996 he received the Abe Goldstein Human Relations Award from the Anti-Defamation League.

Sugarman lives in Atlanta (30319) with his wife and two daughters.