United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181911/1980DeKalb superintendent Jim Cherry, founder of DeKalb College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College), envisioned a county school system that could educate citizens from primary grades through completion of a collegiate associate's degree.Photograph of DeKalb superintendent Jim Cherry, founder of DeKalb College (now Georgia Perimeter College). He stands at a podium and faces forward. Cherry envisioned a county school system that could educate citizens from primary grades through completion of a collegiate associate's degree.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/georgia-perimeter-state-collegeForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/georgia-perimeter-state-collegeForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaEducators--Georgia--DeKalb CountySchool superintendents--Georgia--DeKalb CountySchool administrators--Georgia--DeKalb CountyMen--Georgia--DeKalb CountyDeKalb CollegeJim CherryStillImage