 It was announced on March 16, 2017 that Cathy Cox, current president of Young Harris College, will take over as dean in July, 2017.She is an alumnus of Walter F. George School of Law, a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and served two terms as Georgia's secretary of state, first in 1998 and again in 2002.The School of Law is named for Walter F. George, Mercer Law class of 1901, who served as United States Senator from Georgia from 1922–57 and as President "pro tempore" from 1955-57.