Name: Deborah Elder
Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
At UGA: 20 years (1980-1991 and 2002-2011)
Beneficiary of her gifts to the university: The Deborah Lester Elder Academic Support Fund in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Why she contributes: “As a teacher and scholar, I am able to influence and promote meaningful changes that can improve the overall health of my community, state and country; and if I’m fortunate, the world. “I am thankful for the support I have received and I am paying it forward by helping students at UGA.”