Shirley Ann Mathis McBay (May 4, 1935, Bainbridge, GA – November 27, 2021, Los Angeles, CA) was a mathematician who was the founder and president of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, a nonprofit dedicated to improving minority education. She was the dean for student affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1990. A staunch advocate for the advancement of women in education, she was also a director at the National Science Foundation on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering. She was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (1966, mathematics). In 2022, the University of Georgia honored Dr. Shirley McBay by naming their science library the Shirley Mathis McBay Science Library.
To read more about Dr. McBay's amazing story click here: https://news.uga.edu/georgia-groundbreaker-shirley-mcbay/
All non emergency City of Bainbridge offices will be closed Monday. January 1, 2024. Residential trash pick up routes will be adjusted for the week. Monday's route will be picked up on Tuesday, Tuesday's route will be picked up on Wednesday and so on.
Residential trash customers: If your normal route is on Thursday, please have your can rolled to the curb by 8:00 AM on Wednesday as we will run the route a day early.
We will have extra dumpsters placed at our Public Safety and Public Works offices on Louise and Pierce Streets for extra garbage that accumulates over the holiday.
At tonight's City Council meeting, State Court Judge David Kendrick had the pleasure of swearing in the newest City Councilperson Keenan Adams. On hand with his wife Aubrey, his children and other members of his family, he was sworn in to fill the unexpired term of the late Phil Long.
Keenan is the first Asian American to be elected to our City Council.
Good morning from Bainbridge!
