Dalton State College To Dedicate Peeples Hall

Dalton, GA, April 10, 2014 -- In honor and recognition of their longstanding and loyal support of Dalton State College, the new science building currently under construction on campus will be named Shelby and Willena Peeples Hall.

The Peeples family has committed to the largest gift from an individual in the history of the college.

The 58,000-square-foot Peeples Hall, which houses chemistry and biology laboratories and classrooms for Dalton State’s School of Science, Technology and Mathematics, will be dedicated in a public ceremony on May 7.

Shelby Peeples is a businessman and entrepreneur with substantial interests in real estate, banking, carpet manufacturing and chemical production.