G.A. ALUM HOWARD MANN NAMED SUPERINTENDENT
For what appears to be the first time, a product of our local schools has been named 
Superintendent of the Glynn County School System. HOWARD MANN, Brunswick native and Glynn Academy Class of 1970, was recently appointed Superintendent by the Glynn County Board of Education.
After attending Brunswick Junior College for two years, Mann enrolled at Georgia Southern University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1975. He was a member of the GSU baseball team that played in the College World Series in 1973. He also earned Master’s and Education Specialist degrees in administration and supervision from GSU in 1988 and 1994, respectively.
He began his Glynn County School System career in 1975 as an industrial arts instructor at G.A. He was promoted to Transportation Director in 1981 and served in that capacity for 16 years. From 1997 to 2001, he served as an assistant principal at Risley and Needwood middle schools. He then returned to the Transportation Department for two years to oversee a computer system conversion before retiring in December 2003.
Superintendent Mann returned to the Glynn County School System in January 2006 as an assistant to the superintendent. He served briefly as interim principal at Needwood Middle School in 2007 before being named assistant superintendent for operations in July 2007. He was named interim superintendent in February 2009.
Nationally known as a school system transportation expert, Mann has served as a consultant for the Southern Regional Desegregation Assistance Center in Miami, Fla., since 1994. He has also served as secretary, treasurer, president and District One representative for the Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation.
Glynn Academy is proud of our new Superintendent!
FORMER GLYNN ACADEMY TEACHER HONORED
DR. HERBERT M. HANDLEY, a distinguished Professor of Curriculum and 
Instruction, who passed away in 1992, was honored with a special program at the University of Alabama in May of 2009. Dr. Handley had a long career at Glynn Academy during which time the school produced seven national winners in the Westinghouse Science Search for Outstanding Students Competition. Most of these students were taught and mentored by Dr. Handley. He went on to teach at Mississippi State where he received several major awards, and Gainesville College where he was a chemistry professor and chairman of the science and mathematics division. He was the University of North Alabama’s 1968 alumnus of the year.
MORE CONGRATULATIONS DUE!
DR. FREDERICK B. (BARRY) HARRIS was recently promoted to principal at Garret Middle School in Austell. Harris, a graduate of Glynn Academy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Valdosta State University.
After returning to Brunswick, he taught seventh grade at Glynn Middle School. In addition, Dr. Harris worked as an instructor and counselor at the Minority Outreach summer school program at Coastal Georgia Community College before it became a four-year college. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in December, 2004 from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Dr. Harris is the youngest of five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Harris Sr. of Brunswick.
DANIEL J. KAUFMAN
The new College of Coastal Georgia treated their students and faculty to a lecture series last winter called “Transforming the College: Lessons from Leaders”. One of their first speakers was Daniel J. Kaufman, a native of Brunswick and a graduate of Glynn Academy, Class of 1964. Kaufman is also a graduate of West Point Military Academy, class of 1968, with advanced degrees from MIT and Harvard. He served as the Chief Academic Officer for West Point, was a Distinguished Graduate of the Military Academy as well as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He is currently the President of Georgia Gwinnett College.
Dr. Kaufman said in an interview last January that “We are the campus of tomorrow. We have to prepare our students for a changing world. We have to re-imagine public higher education…. We must create engaged, educated citizens.”
DIANA SINGLETARY CASON, Class of 1963, was named Glynn County Star Teacher of 2009. Ms Cason teaches in the Language Arts department of Glynn Academy where she instructs seniors in Advanced Placement Literature. She also teaches American and English Literature to 11th graders. In addition, Ms. Cason has received the Star Teacher award in 2006, and four other times in her past career. She is currently serving as an honorary member of the Glynn Academy Alumni Board of Directors.
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ADAM WAINWRIGHT, Class of 2000, a former Glynn Academy standout baseball player, was up for the Cy Young National League Best Pitcher award this past baseball season. Adam played his 4th season in the majors and ranked 1st in the NL in innings pitched with 219 and a 2.59 eared run average, the 5th best in all of baseball.
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GLYNN ACADEMY’S “GREATEST FEMALE ATHLETE”
OLGA EMELIA FALLEN, CLASS OF 1949 of Waco, Texas, passed away on Friday, May 8,
2009. While at Glynn Academy, Olga received the award of “Greatest Female Athlete” in the school’s history. She received her B.A. from Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and her Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee.
Fallen was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 as a Coach of Women’s Sports from 1956-1979. She served as head women’s basketball coach at Baylor University from 1974-79 where she posted a five-year record of 143-50 (.741) and averaged 28.6 victories a year.
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BIG REUNION COMING UP!!!
The Class of 1960 is getting ready for their BIG HALF CENTURY GOLDEN OLDIES 50th reunion on May 24 & 25, 2010! If you know some old codger from this class…inform them that we need their participation for what is sure to be a fun weekend! $75 per person will entitle you to Friday night hors d’oeuvre and wine/beer cocktail party, a Saturday Hospitality Suite with snacks and beer, a Saturday night dinner, dance and G.A. Idol show, and a Sunday morning brunch. In addition, attendees will receive an 8×10 class photo, a memories booklet and some surprise souvenirs. WOW!!
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NEW AUTHORS IN OUR MIDST
BOB DART, Class of 1964 has written a new book entitled “Downhome: Dispatches From Dixie”, a collection of stories about the South. Bob played football at Glynn Academy and served in the Viet Nam War. He retired as a national correspondent in the Washington Bureau of Cox Newspapers, which includes The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Bob’s great-great-great grandfather, Cyrus Dart, fought in the Revolutionary War. Bob’s personal memories and historical comments on Glynn Academy’s 100 years of football appear on page 4 of this newsletter.
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BRUCE FLEXER, is a St. Simons native and Glynn Academy graduate from 1975, where he played football and baseball. He just wrote “Buhley Sparks, The Gift” after his son went off to college. Being an “empty nester” left Bruce shaken as he missed attending football and baseball games with his son. So he started his 228-page novel as it flowed from memories. Set in the 1950’s town of Homerville, that Flexer visited with his grandparents, the novel follows a young boy through his baseball exploits. While this novel took Flexer two years to write, he is already busy on his second one, “Fincher Neck” about football. Watch for it in bookstores soon!
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JESSE TULLOS, Class of 1963, is putting the finishing touches on a book he began in February on the 1964 Red Terrors championship football team. According to Jesse, his materials came from newspaper articles in Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Waycross and, of course, Brunswick — along with interviews with the players, cheerleaders and students in ‘64. It is meant to be a capsule of that season and a glimpse of life 45 years ago in Brunswick and at Glynn Academy. It also includes sections on the history of the school’s football program, the 1949 and the 1958 teams, along with a chapter on Risley High.
Jesse graduated from Glynn Academy in 1963 and missed the ‘63 and ‘64 seasons because of military obligations. His brother, Johnny Tullos was, of course, tailback on the 1964 championship team, so this has been a “cherished project” for Jesse.
Jesse is a retired journalist, having spent 35 years as a sports writer and news reporter, sports editor, managing editor and the last 18 years as The Editor of the Georgetown S.C. Times.
