In 1998, Roper and his wife, Jeanne, donated the Maritime Center to the Thomas W. Moss Jr., Campus in Norfolk. The center has experienced increased enrollments and expanded programs.
Roper manages it.
The theater, to be used for theater-arts classes as well as live performances, will be dedicated January 19 and opened January 20. It has been renamed the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center.