Friends Today - Holyfield gift funds doctoral assistantship
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Ph.D. candidate Angela Blair Hutchinson of Atlanta is the first beneficiary of an assistantship made possible by a $25,000 gift to the Andrew Young School from Marietta pediatrician Janice Holyfield.

Dr. Holyfield's gift was the largest donation by an individual to the Andrew Young School during its recent fund-raising gala to honor Young's 69th birthday. The Holyfield gift is expected to fund research assistantships this year and next, said Andrew Young School Development Director Ronni French. The gala raised a total of $1.2 million from corporate and individual sponsors.

Hutchinson, who is enrolled in the joint doctoral program in public policy offered by the Andrew Young School and Georgia Tech, was named Ph.D. Student of the Year in 2000. A health-policy researcher, she recently served as U.S. project director for a 10-country study that reviewed the use of technologies to reduce the need for donated blood. Data from the study has been published in several journals and a book, Alternative Approaches to Human Blood Resources in Clinical Practice.

For the academic year 2001-2002, Hutchinson will carry the title "Holyfield Scholar."

Photo above: Ph.D. candidate Angela Blair Hutchinson (right) is the first beneficiary of a research assistantship made possible by a $25,000 gift to the Andrew Young School from Marietta pediatrician Janice Holyfield (left).