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 Morrow, Ga., Aug. 16, 2006 –
Under the direction of
Director of Alumni Relations Gid Rowell, the Clayton
State Alumni Association is a dynamic, growing
organization, now numbering approximately 13,000
individuals, almost 11,000 from Georgia.
Over
the past three years, the Alumni Association has not only
added over 1,000 members, but the demographics of the
membership have changed. In 2003, the last time Clayton
State took stock of its alumni, Clayton County, as had been
the case throughout the University’s history, had more
former Lakers than any other county in the State of Georgia.
Imagine then the surprise when Rowell’s latest tally showed
that, for the first time, Henry County was the home of more
Clayton State alums. The count was close, 2420 alumni in
Henry County as opposed to 2416 alumni in Clayton County,
but there are now more members of the Alumni Association in
Henry County than in any other political division.
That’s not the only change in the county ranking since 2003.
Fulton and Cobb counties also showed growth among the
alumni, with Fulton moving from fifth to fourth place and
Cobb from ninth to eighth place. In fact, Fulton picked up
more Clayton State alumni in total (384… a 40 percent
increase) in the past three years than any other county in
the state, save Henry. Significant percentage gains were
also made in Spalding and Newton counties, both of which
have 66 more alumni than in 2003, representing a 46 percent
increase for Newton and a 34 percent increase for Spalding.
In
all, 13 counties among the 97 in Georgia represented by
Clayton State alumni now have 100 or more alumni. The 2003
list of the top 13 counties is as follows…
Clayton --2210
Henry -- 1995
Fayette --1077
DeKalb -- 588
Fulton -- 572
Coweta -- 565
Gwinnett -- 294
Rockdale --259
Cobb -- 244
Spalding-- 192
Newton -- 148
Douglas --116
Butts --99
In
2006, Clayton, Henry, Fayette, DeKalb, Fulton and Coweta
counties continue to represent the “big six” as far as total
alumni population. The 2006 list of the top 13 (increase
from 2003 in parentheses)…
Henry
2420 (425)
Clayton 2416 (206)
Fayette 1223 (146)
Fulton 956 (384)
DeKalb 700 (112)
Coweta 634 (69)
Gwinnett 355 (61)
Cobb 293 (49)
Rockdale 281 (22)
Spalding 258 (66)
Newton 214 (66)
Douglas 125 (9)
Butts 103 (4)
Other
counties with significant numbers of Clayton State alumni
include Pike, Cherokee, Hall, Paulding, Forsyth, Walton,
Lamar and Carroll. |
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