{"id":21474,"date":"2015-10-27T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=21474"},"modified":"2015-10-27T13:44:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:44:23","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-honors-distinguished-individuals-with-alumni-awards-at-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/27\/austin-peay-state-university-honors-distinguished-individuals-with-alumni-awards-at-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University honors distinguished individuals with alumni awards at Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU - logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU - logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; During a special alumni awards ceremony on Saturday, October 24th, Austin Peay State University honored six distinguished individuals as part of its 2015 Homecoming celebration.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s honorees were Outstanding Service Award recipients Maggie Kulback (\u201977) and Mike O\u2019Malley; Outstanding Young Alumnus Award recipients Michael Wall (\u201900) and Chad Kimmel (\u201902); and Outstanding Alumni Award recipients Fred Landiss (\u201969) and Dr. Joe Greer (\u201970).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_325822\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APSU-2015-Alumni-Awards.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325822\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-325822\" title=\"2015 Alumni Award winners Fred Landiss, Mike O\u2019Malley, Maggie Kulback, Dr. Joe Greer, Chad Kimmel and Michael Wall.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APSU-2015-Alumni-Awards-480x306.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Alumni Award winners Fred Landiss, Mike O\u2019Malley, Maggie Kulback, Dr. Joe Greer, Chad Kimmel and Michael Wall.\" width=\"480\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-325822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 Alumni Award winners Fred Landiss, Mike O\u2019Malley, Maggie Kulback, Dr. Joe Greer, Chad Kimmel and Michael Wall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Kulback retired from Jostens in 2008, after 30 years of service, but she has continued a 34-year commitment to supporting her alma mater, Austin Peay. She graduated from APSU in 1977, having served as SGA president and having been elected First Lady of Austin Peay.<\/p>\n<p>Once she graduated, Kulback became an active member of the Clarksville-Montgomery County community and a key donor to APSU. Kulback, along with her husband Barry, made a major gift pledge to the University during the 2010 Legacy Capital Campaign. In recognition of this gift, APSU named the atrium in the Maynard Mathematics and Computer ScienceBuilding the Kulback Atrium.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, she has supported the University as chair of the Candlelight Ball Committee, as co-chair of the Homecoming Committee, as co-chair of the 2010 Capital Committee, as a member of the APSU president selection committee, as a member of the APSU Tower Club and as a member of the APSU Govs Club.<\/p>\n<p>Kulback is an alumna of Leadership Clarksville and the Citizen Police Academy, and she served on the budget committee for United Way and the Board of Directors for the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce. She chaired the Culture\/Public Assembly Committee for Clarksville\u2019s 20-year Smart Growth Plan, and she was past school board president for Immaculate Conception School.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley, an Air Force veteran, earned his college degree from Ohio University, not Austin Peay, but when he moved to Clarksville in 1988, the successful businessman saw how important the localuniversity was to the entire community.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley came to town to work for Wendy\u2019s of Bowling Green\u2014a franchise operating 18 restaurants. In 1990, he became a partner in the business and helped it grow to 42 Wendy\u2019s restaurants in four states.<\/p>\n<p>He was inducted into the Wendy\u2019s Hall of Fame in 2010, and he became CEO and senior partner of Wendy\u2019s of Bowling Green in 2012. The company has been the recipient of all of Wendy\u2019s major awards, including the prestigious Founders Award, given to the top franchisee in the system.<\/p>\n<p>During this impressive business career, O\u2019Malley found time to support APSU in a number of capacities. He served as past chairman and current board member of the Austin Peay Foundation, as a member of the Foundation\u2019s investment committee, as a member of the Tower Club and as a member of the APSU Red Coat Society. He is a long time APSU Athletic Department supporter and corporate sponsor of the Wendy\u2019s Golf Tournament, benefiting the APSU golf program.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley has served Clarksville in numerous capacities, and in 2006, he was presented with the William O. Beach Citizen of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>Wall joined the Comcast Corporation in 2006 as the director of State Government Affairs for Georgia, and he was promoted in 2009 to senior director of State Government Affairs for Georgia and Alabama. He formerly served as vice president of State Government Affairs for the Marietta, Georgia, firm of Brock Clay Government&amp; Public Affairs and as an attorney in the Atlanta office of Hall, Booth, Smith &amp; Slover.<\/p>\n<p>Wall now represents Comcast\u2019s best interests and advances the company\u2019s public policy positions in Georgia and Alabama by working closely with the general assemblies, state agencies and departments, governors, other state constitutional officers, the states\u2019 federal delegations in the United States Congress and all of their staffs.<\/p>\n<p>Wall earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the College of Law at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, (UT Law) and his Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Austin Peay. While at APSU, he was elected president of the Student Government Association. At UT Law, he served on the editorial board for the Tennessee Law Review.<\/p>\n<p>Wall was honored by Georgia Trend in 2009 when he was named to its coveted \u201c40 Under 40\u201d list for the State of Georgia. James Magazine twice (2008 and 2010) named him as one of Georgia&#8217;s Top 10 Lobbyists for Associations\/Corporations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; During a special alumni awards ceremony on Saturday, October 24th, Austin Peay State University honored six distinguished individuals as part of its 2015 Homecoming celebration. 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