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unusual facts about Dunwoody



Ann E. Dunwoody

Gen. Dunwoody participated with First Lady Michelle Obama in a forum for promising girls in Washington, D.C. public schools in March 2009.

Dunwoody's first assignment was as a platoon leader with the 226th Maintenance Company, 100th Supply and Services Battalion, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

BDO International

Founded by James M. Dunwoody (affectionately known as "The Colonel" by BDO's employees) it opened its first location in the 1920s in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Chattahoochee River 911 Authority

Dunwoody joined in 2011, making it the second multi-county 911 system to span the county line from Fulton into DeKalb (the other being the city of Atlanta, which is also in both counties).

The Chattahoochee River 911 Authority, also known as ChatComm, is the public-safety answering point for all emergency calls to 9-1-1 in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and Johns Creek, Georgia, in the northern part of metro Atlanta.

Dunwoody Village

In 1924, the Dunwoody Home opened its doors to needy men and operated with a trust fund that continues to this day caring for those in need.

After Dunwoody’s death, the company changed its commercial name to General Mills.

James Bulloch

James Stephens Bulloch (1793–1849), Georgia settler, planter and father of James Dunwoody Bulloch

John Dunwoody

Dunwoody had campaigned hard for a total ban on smoking, before its negative health effects were universally recognised, and became the first director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).

Mario Racco

Racco has practiced as a Chartered Accountant, for the firms of Thorne Riddell and Dunwoody Chartered Accountants.

Phillip E. Hill, Sr.

One of the three fraud schemes involved sales of more than 50 luxury estates in several of metro Atlanta’s “country club” subdivisions and more than 250 condominiums in eight complexes in Dunwoody, Buckhead, Midtown and downtown Atlanta.


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