In 2020, Albany Technical College (ATC) lost a very committed friend of the college, Robert Chester. Mr. Chester was a member of the Albany Technical College Board of Directors. On Friday, March 19, a plaque in honor of Robert Chester will be dedicated in the College’s Executive Board Room at a 10 a.m. ceremony. The Executive Board Room is located on the second floor of the Logistics Education Center. Family members, as well as other local officials will also attend the event, which will feature the unveiling of a memorial plaque inside the room.

Robert Chester, a resident of Early County, had been an active member of the Albany Tech Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Chester was a civil service engineer with the U.S. Department of Defense for 32 years. He was well known in the Southwest Georgia community because he volunteered and served on several boards including Albany Technical College, State Coordinator for the Association of Community College Trustees, Early County Chamber of Commerce, Hospital Authority of Early County, and the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council.