Alumni Profiles

Pictured at a press conference are, from left, chairman of CCAI Rep. Dave Camp, actress Victoria Rowell, Vicki Dickson, son Jamie (foreground), Gregg (background), daughter Brantley and executive director of CCAI Deanna Carlson.D. Gregg Dickson ’84

Winter 2006

Computer science alumnus Gregg Dickson of Lawrenceville, Ga., was selected by Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss as a congressional Angel in Adoption for 2005. He and other recipients were honored at a gala co-chaired by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in Washington, D.C.

Dickson, director of document and content management for Wells Real Estate Funds, and his wife, Vicki, have two daughters and an adopted son from Romania. The family has played host to nine foster children over the past 13 years and opened their home to assist troubled teenagers.

The Angels in Adoption award is given by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising congressional and public awareness about foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad.

Pictured at a press conference are, from left, chairman of CCAI Rep. Dave Camp, actress Victoria Rowell, Vicki Dickson, son Jamie (foreground), Gregg (background), daughter Brantley and executive director of CCAI Deanna Carlson.