{"403071":{"#nid":"403071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Georgia Tech NROTC Scholarship Honors George Henderson Sr.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new scholarship for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nrotc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENavy Reserve Officers\u0026rsquo; Training Corps\u003C\/a\u003E (NROTC) at Georgia Tech honors George Robert Henderson, Sr., a veteran of the United States Navy and native of Newnan, Georgia.\u0026nbsp;Inaugural recipients of the scholarship are undergraduate students Rebekah Day and Anthony Guidera.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEndowed in perpetuity by an anonymous donor, the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Robert Henderson Sr. Scholarship Endowment Fund\u003C\/strong\u003E will support undergraduate students participating in NROTC, which is part of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Recipients are selected by Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe letter of endowment states that the scholarship celebrates Henderson\u0026rsquo;s legacy \u0026ldquo;as a loving husband for over sixty years to Mrs. Ruth Henderson, a father to George Robert Henderson Jr., Debbie Barron, and Cindy Henderson\u0026mdash;as well as a grandfather to a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHenderson left home in 1946 to enroll in the United States Navy. Only seventeen at the time, he enlisted with signed permission as he was underage. Henderson served in California and Alaska and was honorably discharged.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;He lived his life by the highest standards and the essential virtues of pride and military service in support of the oath of his enlistment: the maintenance of good order, discipline, basic skills, and knowledge pertaining to the well-being of Navy personnel,\u0026rdquo; the endowment states. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;He was well known for sharing stories about his time in service, and those who knew and loved him give thanks to the opportunity afforded him by the Navy. His legacy will continue in perpetuity, serving as an inspiration to future generations of faculty, students, and staff members at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhoto: Midshipmen Rebekah Day was presented the George Robert Henderson Sr. Scholarship by\u0026nbsp;Captain Craig Thompson, USMC\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new scholarship for the Navy Reserve Officers\u0026rsquo; Training Corps (NROTC) at Georgia Tech honors George Robert Henderson, Sr., a veteran of the United States Navy and native of Newnan, Georgia.\u0026nbsp;Inaugural recipients of the scholarship are undergraduate students Rebekah Day and Anthony Guidera.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inaugural Henderson NROTC Awarded to Two Georgia Tech Students"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2015-05-08 11:51:31","changed_gmt":"2019-01-04 16:12:20","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"403081":{"id":"403081","type":"image","title":"Midshipmen Rebekah Day","body":null,"created":"1449252000","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:00:00","changed":"1475895124","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:04","alt":"Midshipmen Rebekah Day","file":{"fid":"75956","name":"2015_rebekah_day_receives_henderson_scholarship.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015_rebekah_day_receives_henderson_scholarship.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015_rebekah_day_receives_henderson_scholarship.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":922252,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2015_rebekah_day_receives_henderson_scholarship.jpg?itok=zVhaPSLH"}}},"media_ids":["403081"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"125751","name":"Henderson Scholarship"},{"id":"3857","name":"nrotc"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebcca.keand@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}