United States, 39.76, -98.51852/1938The Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting, given by the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, are named for George Foster Peabody. Peabody, born in Columbus, was a banker and philanthropist who provided substantial support to the university.Photograph of George Foster Peabody. He wears a suit and tie and faces slightly right in this head-and-shoulders photograph. Foster, a financier and philanthropist born in Columbus, Georgia, made significant contributions to the University of Georgia beginning in the late 1800s. In 1906 he was named a life trustee of and awarded an honorary degree by the university. The Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting, given by the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, are named for George Foster Peabody.image/jpegWare, Louise. George Foster Peabody, Banker, Philanthropist, Publicist. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1951.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/george-foster-peabody-awardsForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/george-foster-peabody-awardsForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaBankers--GeorgiaPhilanthropists--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaBusinessmen--GeorgiaPeabody AwardsBusinesspeople--GeorgiaPeabody, George Foster, 1852-1938George Foster PeabodyStillImage