{"id":10518,"date":"2025-12-08T04:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=10518"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:39:59","slug":"in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=10518","title":{"rendered":"In the BeGINNing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10687\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/ginn-gate-install-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/ginn-gate-install-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/ginn-gate-install-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/ginn-gate-install-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/ginn-gate-install-2-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s in a name? In the case of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, 25 years of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>At the turn of the 21st century, Auburn alumnus Sam Ginn, \u201959 industrial engineering, was leading one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. He, more than anyone else, knew the wireless industry needed more engineers. All types of engineers; system, design, research, you name it.<\/p>\n<p>And he wanted Auburn to lead that charge.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Benefield, who earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in civil engineering from Auburn in 1966 and 1972, respectively, was serving as dean of engineering at the time. He understood Ginn\u2019s ambition for Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>He had those same aspirations, but cuts in state funding were making it difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Ginn asked Benefield if he gave the college $25 million, would Benefield go out and raise double the amount? Without hesitation, Benefield said yes, but only if Ginn would accompany him.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they traveled the country, visiting alumni and foundations and changing the philanthropic culture at Auburn forever.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ginn 25th Anniversary Celebration - Hype Video\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkZsqe0W3TU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam\u2019s gift was like the booster on a Saturn V rocket \u2014 it lifted our entire fundraising effort to a level we had never seen before,\u201d Benefield said. \u201cIt really ignited the \u2018give-back\u2019 culture among Auburn grads that has done nothing but grow and strengthen over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Auburn University President Chris Roberts, who served as dean of engineering from 2012-22, was chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering when Benefield announced the gift to the engineering faculty.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a moment he\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam\u2019s investment challenged us to work at the cutting edge,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cWireless was going to change everything, and here\u2019s the man at the forefront telling Auburn, \u2018I believe in you. I believe in your students.\u2019 That vote of confidence \u2014 that we could really provide solutions at that level \u2014 I thought was incredibly inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE IMPACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ginn 25th Anniversary Celebration - Benefield Era\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yr_Qb4yCF-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the Benefield years, Auburn Engineering saw a significant period of growth as a result of Ginn\u2019s gift, drawing national attention and achieving the highest rankings in the college\u2019s history at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Many other alumni and friends of the college took notice and began making significant investments themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Under Benefield\u2019s leadership, the college completed a $154 million facilities enhancement program, including construction of the Shelby Center, Wiggins Hall and the Woltosz Laboratories.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ginn 25th Anniversary Event-26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auburnengineers\/54789251945\/in\/album-72177720329034055\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-context=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54789251945_fa016bcda8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ginn 25th Anniversary Event-26\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He also oversaw the launch of the nation\u2019s first undergraduate degree in wireless engineering, the opening of Auburn\u2019s MRI Center and the establishment of a research center in Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, Benefield\u2019s successor, then nearly doubled the college\u2019s enrollment and achieved record-breaking research expenditures and awards. His faculty hiring initiative, starting in 2015, added more than 100 new faculty members to the college. He oversaw the construction of the Brown-Kopel Center, the renovation of the former Textile Building into the Gavin Laboratory, the renovation of Broun Hall, construction of the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory and the purchase of the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ginn 25th Anniversary Celebration - Roberts Era\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhvJIEUPiQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mario Eden, the current dean of engineering, has taken the baton and is running with it. In just two years as dean, the college has already set a record for research awards, contracts and grants funding \u2014 nearly $120 million in FY24 \u2014 in addition to record enrollment, rising rankings, growth in Huntsville, Orange Beach and Washington D.C., and much more.<br \/>\nLooking to the next 25 years<\/p>\n<p>In August, the college kicked off the year-long celebration of being named the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. This included a gala event in September on the Gavin Garden where hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered to commemorate the investment that inspired it all. All three deans of the past 25 years spoke during the event, in addition to remarks by Ginn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonors get a lot of publicity, but I just want you to know that it\u2019s the deans and the staffs who get the work done,\u201d Ginn said. \u201cFor the past 25 years, we\u2019ve had three deans here. First, Larry, then Chris and now Mario. They\u2019ve been doing a great job. And, today, we are just in a great position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new challenge, Eden said during the event, is to make the college even greater.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ginn 25 Anniversary Celebration - Current Era\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GUT0jVaxKDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we reflect on our past, we also must look to the future,\u201d Eden said. \u201cI have no doubt that the next 25, 50 and 100 years will hold even more greatness for us as we take our rightful place among the best engineering institutions in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOUBLING DOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just months before the 25th anniversary celebration, Ginn made another investment that will put the college on an even higher trajectory. The Ginn Family Foundation committed $30 million to the college to establish a new scholarship program, marking the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.<\/p>\n<p>The new Ginn Scholarship Program is designed to provide scholarship awards annually covering tuition, fees, room and board for up to five years. To qualify for this merit-based scholarship, Ginn Scholars must demonstrate need, graduate from a Title I high school in the state of Alabama and be admitted into the College of Engineering. Candidates must also have exercised leadership skills in school and community activities and have values that align with those espoused in the Auburn Creed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stand Up and Scholar\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObMoZX0hAns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was accepted into Auburn, the affordability issue was front and center, but a college education was important to my parents. Once at Auburn, I participated in ROTC, waited tables and worked in a clothing store just to get by. But I was never ashamed of that. In fact, it instilled that \u2018hard work\u2019 mentality that is grounded in the Auburn Creed,\u201d Ginn said. \u201cMy hope is that this program will lessen the financial burden of a higher education and help families in our state. There are so many students with strong family value systems, and they deserve an opportunity to focus on their studies instead of focusing on their financial situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kentlei Rogers is one of those students. The biosystems engineering freshman from Geraldine, one of the 10 inaugural Ginn Scholars, was at a baseball game when the call came. When she hung up, she started crying. She called her parents. They cried, too. \u201cMr. Ginn,\u201d Rogers said, \u201cchanged my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brody Rall is another one of those students. He first realized his life had changed when he checked his e-bill after his high school graduation rehearsal. Instead of $32,000, it said $0.00.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10534\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10534\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/Sam-Ginn-Lunch-with-Ginn-Scholarship-Winners-and-Family-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/Sam-Ginn-Lunch-with-Ginn-Scholarship-Winners-and-Family-19.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/Sam-Ginn-Lunch-with-Ginn-Scholarship-Winners-and-Family-19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/Sam-Ginn-Lunch-with-Ginn-Scholarship-Winners-and-Family-19-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/Sam-Ginn-Lunch-with-Ginn-Scholarship-Winners-and-Family-19-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Ginn family with the 10 inaugural Ginn Scholars and their parents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018This has to be a mistake,\u2019\u201d he exclaimed. His mom reached out to Auburn. It wasn\u2019t a mistake. No loans. No burdens. The freedom to focus completely on class, on becoming an Auburn engineer \u2014 and what an Auburn engineer can become.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was always pressure to really take advantage of college even before I found out about the scholarship,\u201d Rall said. \u201cI needed to make it count, because we would have gone into debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow,\u201d he said, \u201cit\u2019s almost like even bigger things are going to be expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper2\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" title=\"Spotlight Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auburnengineers\/54782823134\/in\/set-72177720329001878\/player\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"396\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT SAM GINN<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10541\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10541\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/GINN_rAUP9974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/GINN_rAUP9974.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2025\/12\/GINN_rAUP9974-768x826.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Ginn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,0\">A native of Anniston, Ginn is a 1959 graduate of Auburn\u2019s College of Engineering with a degree in industrial engineering. Following his service with the Army Signal Corps, he built a 31-year career with AT&amp;T and its affiliates. He chose to leave his position as CEO of Pacific Telesis, an AT&amp;T affiliate with 90,000 employees, and assume the role of CEO of a spin-off focused on the company\u2019s wireless assets, including 300 employees. By assembling a workforce comprised of those willing to make a career change and new hires to the industry, Ginn helped build what became the largest cellular company in the world \u2014 AirTouch \u2014 with operations across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,1\">In 1999, the company was sold for $65 billion to Vodafone. Many of the original 300 employees, including those in entry-level positions such as mail delivery, became millionaires at the time of the sale. After the sale of AirTouch, Ginn was involved at the senior level of several start-ups, including being one of the early founders of Ondot Systems, a company formed to prevent credit card fraud. After five years, it was acquired by Fiserv Inc., with a seven-time return to its investors.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,2\">Ginn has served on 11 corporate boards, including Chevron, Safeway, Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Telesis, AirTouch, and Vodafone. He has also served as chairman of the California Business-Higher Education Forum, the California Business Roundtable, and the Committee on Jobs and the Economy. He is an overseer at the Hoover Institute in Palo Alto, as well as a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University\u2019s School of Business. He also served on Auburn University\u2019s Board of Trustees from 2005-13.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,3\">For his professional achievements, Ginn was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Auburn University in 1998. He is also a member of the Wireless Hall of Fame, the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame, and the Alabama Business Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 years ago, there was a vision \u2014 and there was a decision. 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