HCCC Member Press Releases

Mercer University Mourns the Loss of Life Trustee Jimmy Carter

James Earl (Jimmy) Carter Jr., Mercer University Life Trustee, Nobel laureate and the 39th president of the United States, died earlier today. He was 100.                                          Initially elected in 2012 to the Mercer Board of Trustees – the only board he served on after leaving the White House – President Carter was elected a Life Trustee in 2017. “President Carter, as with every endeavor he pursued, was an active, engaged trustee,” Mercer President William D. Underwood said. “Until