While in Georgia, his manual-labor system helped inspire the founding of Mercer University and in 1857, he became president of Marshall College in Griffin, Georgia.
The mission of the College Hill Alliance is to assist the community in creating change to the physical and social fabric of the College Hill Corridor, a two-square mile area between Mercer University and Macon, Georgia's downtown business district.
He attended Mercer University as an undergraduate, obtained a Master of Divinity degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Law degree at Atlanta Law School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Emory University.
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Joseph Millard Hendricks PhD, was a Columbus Roberts Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University in Georgia, United States.
Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855.
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The work went on to multiple productions by opera companies across the United States, including The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Columbus, Orlando Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Mercer University, University of Akron, and many more.
He also sat on the board of trustees for Shorter College in Rome; Mercer University in Atlanta; and the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Parking lots are available for visitors-spectators arriving via the Mercer University Drive exit off of Interstate 75.