Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2013
Colonel George Ivey served his country for nearly 30 years, and the University of Richmond for more than 25 years. In 1982, after 28 years in the U.S. Army, he joined the Spider Athletic Department in the newly-created position of Coordinator of Academic Advising for Student-Athletes. His mission was to ensure that every admitted student-athlete had what it took to not only do well athletically but to compete successfully in the classroom.
In 1985 he was elevated to the department's Chief of Staff, overseeing all athletic operations. In addition, he became Coordinator of Commencement in 1986. In February 1992, he was named Senior Associate Director of Athletics, a position he held until his first retirement in July 2003. In January 2005, Dr. Ivey was called out of retirement, serving as the University's Admissions Coordinator for Athletics. He remained in that post until September 2010.
Dr. Ivey's decorated military career included nearly 800 combat flight hours in Vietnam, resulting in 44 individual awards for valor and meritorious service, highlighted by the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Infantry OCS Hall of Fame in 1977.
