The Warren Akin IV Award

The Warren Akin IV Award is named after Dr. Akin who met an untimely death in 1983. Dr. Akin was a charter member and the first president when AAUP was established on what is now Georgia Highlands College. The state AAUP established the Warren Akin IV Award to be given in recognition of special service to education and the principle of academic freedom, and to be housed at Georgia Highlands College. This is displayed on the south wall of the Academic Building's lobby. Beside the plaque is a short history, transcribed below:

Dr. Warren Akin IV served on the Floyd College faculty for nine years, ultimately as Associate Professor of English. During his life he embraced modesty and had a quiet self-confidence. He possessed a respect for sound thinking and a visceral penchant for justice. Akin was always generous with his time and energy. He was responsible for establishing the Floyd College chapter of the American Association of University Professors and served as its first president. He was president of the AAUP's Georgia State Conference from 1981 to 1983. At the time of his death, he was on leave of absence from the College and was serving as a staff member of the Governor's Educational Review Commission. For Warren Akin IV no task was too big to shun and no person too small to ignore.

Past recipients of this award are: