Name: Brian Cummings
Position: Professor and department head, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy; Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Years at UGA: 18
Beneficiary of his gift to the university: Ernie Hunter Memorial Scholarship Fund, Pharmacy Enhancement Fund, Pharmacy Student Travel Award Fund, Georgia Fund, Kroger/Svein Øie Pharmacy Sustenance Endowment
Why he gives: “I’m a first-generation college student. I have been able to do so much more than I ever dreamed because of opportunities granted to me because of my education. This has inspired me to pay it forward.”