{"248711":{"#nid":"248711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Peterson Receives French Legion of Honor Medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Oct. 23, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson received the Legion of Honor Medal, in the rank of Knight, from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dor\u00e9, Ministry Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the French Embassy in Washington D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDr. Bud Peterson is a visionary leader who has tremendously contributed to French-American relations in the U.S. Southeast,\u201d said French Consul General Denis Barbet. \u201cNot only has he demonstrated enthusiastic support for the Georgia Tech-Lorraine campus and the creation of the Lafayette Institute in Metz, France \u2014 a technology transfer platform that will benefit both American and French researchers \u2014 but he has also personally invested himself and his university in reinforcing transatlantic cooperation through the France-Atlanta initiative.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Order of the Legion of Honor was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. It recognizes extraordinary accomplishments and outstanding services rendered to France, based on a personal decision by the president of the Republic of France.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Oct. 23, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson received the Legion of Honor Medal, in the rank of Knight, from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dor\u00e9, Ministry Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the French Embassy in Washington D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Oct. 23, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson received the Legion of Honor Medal, in the rank of Knight, from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dor\u00e9, Ministry Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the French Embassy in Washington D.C."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-10-25 08:04:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:14","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"248721":{"id":"248721","type":"image","title":"President Peterson Receives French Medal","body":null,"created":"1449243772","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:52","changed":"1475894926","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:46","alt":"President Peterson Receives French Medal","file":{"fid":"198032","name":"peterson_medal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterson_medal_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterson_medal_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":223719,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peterson_medal_0.jpg?itok=6l3TQR3l"}}},"media_ids":["248721"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2050","name":"france"},{"id":"11307","name":"France-Atlanta"},{"id":"78131","name":"Legion of Honor Medal"},{"id":"75041","name":"President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson"},{"id":"12451","name":"President Peterson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}