Anne Proffitt Dupre graduated from Coventry High School in 1970 and then from University of Rhode
Island with degrees in history and psychology in 1974. After teaching for 5 years, Anne found her passion
in the law. She attended law school at the University of Georgia where she graduated first in her class in
1988 and served as editor-in-chief of the Georgia Law Review. She served as a judicial clerk to U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun following her clerkship with Judge J.L. Edmondson of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Anne then practiced law with the Washington, D.C., firm of Shaw,
Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge. In 1994 she joined the faculty at the University of Georgia, School of Law
where she was a teacher, mentor, and researcher until her untimely death. Nationally recognized as an
expert in education law and policy, and she published 2 books and numerous articles and book chapters.
Throughout her life, Anne pursued her interests with the same passion that she pursued the law. A
brilliant woman, she excelled at everything she did, seemingly without effort. Anne received the Blue Key
Young Alumnus Award presented by UGA’s Blue Key chapter. Her love of teaching and dedication to
students was acknowledged in many ways. She was honored by law students with the 2011 Faculty Book
Award for Excellence in Teaching, which is now the C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching
and the John C. O’Byrne Award for Significant Contributions Furthering Faculty-Student Relations. Anne
will serve as an enduring example of the world of opportunity open to student with talent and the desire t
work hard to develop it.