Anonymous donor seeds Brenau scholarship honoring Wayne Dempsey for $50,000

GAINESVILLE - An anonymous donor seeded with a $50,000 pledge a financial assistance fund for both undergraduate and graduate students at Brenau University to honor the institution's long-time executive vice president and CFO Wayne W. Dempsey, who died in 2014 following a lengthy battle with cancer.<br /> <br /> Called the Wayne W. Dempsey Endowed Scholarship Fund, the gift by benefactor's specification is available to any students at any level "who are pursuing a degree, completing their studies or seeking to achieve better lives through a Brenau University education." However, preference will be accorded to those enrolled in either the College of Education or the College of Health Sciences. Dempsey, a life-long educator, began his career as a high school biology teacher.<br /> <br /> By design the fund