While at PC, Rich Lassiter enjoyed playing backyard golf and ultimate Frisbee at the new townhouses. The biology major spent a semester in Australia and a Maymester in the Galapagos Islands. Lassiter was also involved in the environmental club.

Since his PC days, the 1998 graduate from Atlanta has given back in a number of ways. After graduation, he served as the Alumni Leader for six years. He organized sending letters to former classmates telling them about the advantages of donating to their alma mater.

Lassiter still keeps up with alumni donation efforts and says he is excited about the progress the college has made with the Promise and the Challenge campaign specifically. Earlier this year, Lassiter’s parents, E.G. and Marianne, made a significant contribution in the campaign that supports the sciences and visual arts.

Another way that Lassiter gives back to his alma mater is by making financial contributions.

“I follow in my father’s footsteps by making donations to PC,” Lassiter said.

Donating is a way of showing appreciation for a school that has done a tremendous amount for him and his family. Lassiter’s father, mother, and sister all attended PC.

“PC provided a good foundation for me,” Lassiter said. “It prepared me for the rigors of medical school.”

After PC, the biology major went on to graduate from the Medical College of Georgia in 2002. Now, he’s an emergency room doctor in Phoenix, Ariz.