Dick Yarbrough is now in his 26th year as the most-widely syndicated newspaper columnist in Georgia, reaching over a half-million households each week in more than 50 newspapers throughout the state. His columns have been recognized numerous times with first-place awards for humor from the Georgia Press Association.
Prior to becoming a columnist, Yarbrough retired as vice president of BellSouth Corporation and was later a managing director of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Dick Yarbrough is a graduate of the University of Georgia and past president of the National Alumni Association.