The Frank C. Tigner Award, created in 1991 in honor of a longtime Lion, civic leader and LaGrange mayor, recognizes major contributions to the community and is not limited to club members, explained Lions president Bill McCoy.
Created in 1992, the award has been presented only four times prior to Gulley’s selection. The first recipient was philanthropist Fuller E. Callaway Jr. in 1992, followed by Annette Boyd, founder of the Sweet Land of Liberty parade in 1994. More recent recipients include Callaway Foundation President Speer Burdette and Ricky Wolfe, founder of DASH for La-Grange and a leader of the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project.
McCoy said Gulley was chosen not only for his outstanding community service and leadership at the college, but for making service “an integral part of the LaGrange College experience.” The Lions Club motto is “We serve.”
During 13 years as president of LaGrange College, Gulley was active in multiple areas of community life, organizing a youth coalition to address the high dropout rate among local high school students and heading the boards of West Georgia Health System and United Way. Gulley chaired the local millennium celebration and played a key role in the Jimmy Carter Work Project.
“He has raised awareness of our community throughout our state and increased the visibility of LaGrange College on a regional and national scale,” McCoy said.
Gulley’s tenure as LaGrange College president ends June 30. He becomes president of Woodward Academy in College Park on July 1.
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