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Couple Donates $1 Million to USC-Upstate

Couple Donates $1 Million to USC-Upstate

Ann Cobb and Stewart Johnson both grew up in Spartanburg and have been married for 37 years.


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Ann Cobb and Stewart Johnson have contributed one million dollars to the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

The school announced the gift which honors Stewart's brother for whom the facility and College is named and it pays tribute to Ann's father, James David Cobb, for whom the atrium in the facility will be dedicated.

The facility is currently under construction on East Saint John Street in Spartanburg and is set to open in summer 2010.

The couple, who both grew up in Spartanburg, have been married for 37 years.

Groundbreaking for the $30 million George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics, which was held on November 6.


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