Active in civic

and community affairs, Crotts is a charter member of the Conyers Kiwanis

Club and was awarded the George F. Hixson Fellowship Award in August of

2000. He is the past president of Choices for Children, a nonprofit advocacy

group that works in conjunction with Georgia's court system on behalf

of abused and neglected children. In 1997, he founded Operation Hearing

Impaired, a program for the deaf in affiliation with Youth Challenge,

operated by the Georgia National Guard.

In 1999, he

was the only recipient in the nation to be awarded the Charles Dick Medal

of Merit by the United States National Guard Association for his work

with the Youth Challenge program. In 2002, he was awarded the Eli White

Trophy presented by the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard for distinguished

service in support of the military in the state of Georgia. He is best

known as the author of Senate Bill 519, which makes English the official

language of Georgia.

Sen. Crotts

has held numerous key leadership positions in business and professional

associations. He is the former chairmand of the Standard and Ethics Committee

of the Board of Realtors, a past president of the Rockdale Board of Realtors

and an active member of the American Cancer Society's Rockdale chapter.

Prior to his election to the State Senate, he served as chairman of the

Rockdale County Board of Zoning Appeals for seven years and played a major

rol in rewriting the county's zoning codes.

Born in Atlanta,

Mike and his wife Phyllis have one son.