Sandra Deal Explained

Sandra Deal
Term Label:In role
Term Start:January 10, 2011
Term End:January 14, 2019
Prior Term:2003–2011
Birth Name:Emilie Sandra Dunagan
Birth Date:February 1, 1942
Birth Place:Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:Demorest, Georgia, U.S.
Children:4
Alma Mater:Georgia College & State University

Emilie Sandra Deal (Dunagan;[1] February 1, 1942 – August 23, 2022)[2] was an American education advocate and public school language arts teacher. As the wife of Georgia's 82nd Governor, Nathan Deal, she served as the First Lady of Georgia from 2011 to 2019.[3] [4]

Education

The daughter of educators, Emilie Sandra Dunagan grew up in Gainesville, Georgia. She was a two time graduate of Georgia College & State University.[5] She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1963. She received her master's degree in elementary education in 1968.[6]

Career

Before becoming the first lady of Georgia, Dunagan taught language arts at public schools for over 15 years, and retired as a sixth-grade middle-school teacher in Hall County, Georgia.[7] During her tenure as Georgia's first lady, she advocated for literacy and education throughout the state,[8] for which the Georgia Association of Broadcasters awarded her their 2016 "Georgian of the Year" award.[9]

In 2015, her book Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion was published.[10] Copies of the book were donated to every public library in the state of Georgia.[11]

In 2016, she served as the keynote speaker at Georgia Gwinnett College's summer commencement.[12]

In 2017, Georgia College & State University unveiled the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy.[13] A state-funded educational institute, the center aims to provide professional development, or training, to early elementary teachers to improve the early language and literacy skills of Georgia's children by providing research-based professional development for organizations working with children from birth through age 8.[14]

Personal life

Sandra Dunagan married Nathan Deal in 1966.[15] She and Deal have four children.[5]

Sandra Deal was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2018.[16] She completed radiation treatments in May 2018.[17] On August 23, 2022, she died at her home in Demorest, aged 80, from breast cancer that had spread to her brain.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Official Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office . 75.
  2. News: Sandra Deal, Georgia's former first lady, dies at 80 . Phil . Kloer . August 23, 2022 . . August 24, 2022.
  3. Web site: Georgia's first lady talks school bus safety. Woolen. Angela. The Telegraph. August 21, 2016.
  4. https://www.legacy.com//us/obituaries/atlanta/name/sandradeal-obituary?id=36307573 Sandra Deal (1942-2022)
  5. Web site: Nathan Deal (b. 1942) . McKee . Sarah . . October 10, 2011.
  6. Book: Georgia College. Georgia College 1995 Alumni Directory. Bernard C Harris Publishing Company. 1995. White Plains, NY. 86.
  7. Web site: First Lady Biography. Georgia official government website. December 12, 2016. September 16, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120916223032/https://gov.georgia.gov/biography-1. dead.
  8. Web site: Georgia first lady shares love of reading. McGowan. Mary Kate. Marietta Daily Journal. November 29, 2016.
  9. Web site: First Lady Sandra Deal Named 2016 Georgian of the Year. Story. Luke. Georgia Association of Broadcasters. June 9, 2016. December 12, 2016. December 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111447/http://gab.org/2016-georgian-of-the-year. dead.
  10. Web site: Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal releases book. Caldwell. Carla. Atlanta Business Chronicle. September 30, 2015.
  11. Web site: First Lady Sandra Deal donating history book to libraries. Yeomans. Curt. Gwinnett Daily Post. January 27, 2017.
  12. First Lady Sandra Deal to speak at GGC summer commencement. July 22, 2016. Georgia Gwinnett College.
  13. Web site: Georgia College unveils Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy. The Union-Recorder. June 26, 2017 . en. March 28, 2019.
  14. Web site: Home. Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy. en-US. March 28, 2019.
  15. Book: Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia's Governor's Mansion. University of Georgia Press. 2015. 168.
  16. https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/georgia-first-lady-sandra-deal-diagnosed-breast-cancer-has-tumor-removed Georgia first lady Sandra Deal diagnosed with breast cancer, has tumor removed
  17. Web site: First Lady Sandra Deal marks major milestone in breast cancer fight. May 31, 2018 . March 28, 2019.
  18. News: Former Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal dies of cancer. Williams. Dave. August 23, 2022. August 23, 2022. The Union-Recorder.

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