Marvin M. Parks Memorial Building – Named for the man who, more than any other president, guided and shaped the destiny of the college – our second president, Marvin McTyeire Parks (1872-1926). Parks successfully battled to turn the then teacher’s school into a four-year degree granting institution known as Georgia State College for Women. The Marvin M. Parks Memorial Building (1928) was erected with donations from alumnae to commemorate this beloved president.