alma_matar death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
university of georgia new york city 11 july 1996 macon , georgia united states 10 november 1915 bernard ramsey
 bernard ramsey executive
bernard ramsey

bernard bruce ramsey -lrb- november 10 , 1915 -- july 11 , 1996 -rrb- was an executive with merrill lynch , a brokerage firm , but is best known for his philanthropic contributions to the university of georgia .
a native of macon , georgia , united states , ramsey graduated lanier high school before moving on to the university of georgia in athens , georgia , where he attended what is now known as the terry college of business and received a bachelor of science -lrb- b.s. -rrb- in commerce in 1937 .
while in college , he was a member of the army rotc , delta sigma pi and alpha tau omega fraternities , order of the greek horsemen and the gridiron secret society .
after serving as a lieutenant colonel in united states air force during world war ii , ramsey joined merrill lynch as a salesman .
by the time of his retirement in 1973 , he had become a senior vice president and was the chair of the executive committee of the firm .
over the next two decades , he gave generously to his alma mater , culminating in a $ 20 million gift in 1993 .
he also left $ 18.8 million to the university in his will .
to date , ramsey is the largest individual benefactor of the university of georgia .
as a result of his efforts , the names of ramsey and his wife , eugenia , appear frequently in conjunction with the university , especially with regards to the business school , which is home to the bernard b. and eugenia a. ramsey center for private enterprise .
the nation 's largest student recreation center and a major scholarship award are named after ramsey , as well as numerous endowed chairs , programs , and classrooms across campus .
a bronze statue of ramsey sits on a park bench outside uga 's honors college .
the ramsey concert hall is one of two musical recital halls located in the uga performing and visual arts complex .
ramsey also endowed the bernard b. and eugenia a. ramsey chair of private enterprise in the andrew young school of policy studies at georgia state university in 1963 .
