Tradition of Service

Tradition of Service. . President, NCAA Division I-A Athletic Directors, 1995 , President, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, 1997 , Chair, NCAA Football Rules Committee 1994-99 , Chair, NCAA Recruiting Committee, 1992-95 , Chair, NCAA Football Issues Committee 2003-05 , Chair, College Football Association Coaches Committee 1983-84 , Advisory Committee to the Atlanta Olympic Organizing Committee and was present in Tokyo with his former player, ACOG president Billy Payne, when Atlanta was named host for the 1996 Games. Dooley was selected as a torch bearer for the 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay receiving the flame from Billy Payne in Sanford Stadium. , Honors Court, National Football Foundation, and College Hall of Fame, 1997-2002 , 28 years as the long-standing chairman of the Georgia Easter Seals Society and in 1987 was named National Volunteer of the Year. For his service, the Easter Seals facility in Atlanta was built and named in his honor in 1990. , The Heart Fund, Multiple Sclerosis, Juvenile Diabetes,. Boy Scouts, the Homeless Shelter, Salvation Army, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Chaired a successful million dollar fund raising Campaign for new Salvation Army facilities in Athens , With a personal gift and campaign leadership, the University initiated the Vince J. Dooley Library Endowment Fund which grew into one of the Foundation's largest endowments. , He and his wife, Barbara, co-chaired a fund-raising campaign to establish Monsignor Donovan High School, the first Catholic high school serving Athens and Northeast Georgia.