{"394271":{"#nid":"394271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Emory University Presents J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award to Associate Dean and Librarian Kathy Gillespie Tomajko","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003E2015 Emory University J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award\u003C\/strong\u003E was presented recently to\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EKathy Gillespie Tomajko\u003C\/strong\u003E, a 1979 graduate of the university\u2019s Laney Graduate School (School of Librarianship) and currently Associate Dean of Libraries and Aerospace Engineering Librarian at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETomajko, accompanied by her husband Ronald J. Tomajko and several family members, received accolades from Emory University President James W. Wagner, among others, during a gala dinner held in her honor at the university\u2019s Miller-Ward Alumni House. According to Sarah Cook, Emory\u2019s Senior Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations, \u201cKathy Tomajko is an exceptional, collaborative, and transformational leader at Emory and within the community who is an outstanding choice for our annual Turman Alumni Service Award.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETomajko, the award\u2019s 25th recipient, chose to designate the Tull Charitable Foundation $25,000 gift accompanying the award to Emory Libraries and the Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship. Keynote speaker Rosemary Magee, Director of Emory\u2019s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, noted in a touching tribute that \u201cAlthough she was only a student at Emory for the one-year librarianship program, Kathy made lasting relationships and contributions in a life of service to the university.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Emory, she has served on numerous boards and committees, including holding leadership roles on the Board of Governors (later the Emory Alumni Board) and the Office of Annual Giving Board. She has been active in the Emory Alumni Board Presidents\u2019 Club and served as the alumni representative to the Emory University Senate from 2011-2013. In 2006, Tomajko proudly represented Emory as an appointee to the University Board of Visitors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Tomajko supervises three departments and works closely with Georgia Tech\u2019s associate deans and other library and campus leadership. She is also the aerospace engineering librarian, and a published author in the field of library science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe was the principal investigator on a statewide Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant that created the GALILEO Knowledge Repository (now known as the Georgia Knowledge Repository) \u2013 an open access digital scholarship repository for Georgia college and university libraries. After a 36-year career at the institution, she will retire from Georgia Tech in 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommitted to improving literacy and bettering her community, Tomajko has earned numerous awards for her service, including the Louise Martin Klaucke Award of the Junior League of DeKalb County for \u201cunselfish service to her community through civic, professional and volunteer activities,\u201d and Georgia Tech Library\u2019s Frances Kaiser Award recognizing her \u201csignificant professional achievement in library and information science.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETomajko serves and has served in many volunteer capacities including the Junior League of DeKalb County, Mary Gay House Endowment Fund Board, DeKalb Rape Crisis Center, Grady Hospital Board of Visitors, International Women\u2019s House, Leadership DeKalb, Atlanta Organizing Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games, and the Library Foundation of the DeKalb County Public Libraries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn a personal note, Tomajko, an Ohio native, has been married to her husband, Ron, for 45 years. Following her retirement this year, they hope to increase their involvement in service to community, pursue educational opportunities like Emory\u2019s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, travel and have more time with family and friends.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E#####\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award and the Tull Charitable Foundation\u003C\/strong\u003E Established in 1998, the J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award is one of the highest honors of the Emory Alumni Association. J. Pollard Turman 34C 36L was an influential humanitarian whose support of higher education and cultural organizations benefited institutions throughout Georgia. In 1996, through the generosity of the Tull Charitable Foundation (an organization Turman helped form) Emory established the award to pay tribute to his lifelong contributions to the University. In 2005 the Tull Charitable Foundation significantly elevated its level of financial support to Emory through a generous pledge to donate $25,000 annually in honor of the Turman Award recipient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor more information, please contact \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMichele Obester, \u003Cem\u003EEmory Alumni Association\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mobeste@emory.edu\u0022\u003Emobeste@emory.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or 404.712.5978.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kathy Tomajko receives $25,000 gift from Tull Charitable Foundation designated for libraries and scholarship."}],"uid":"27508","created_gmt":"2015-04-07 10:09:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:58","author":"Tearanny Street","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"394291":{"id":"394291","type":"image","title":"Kathy Tomajko J. 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