{"40433":{"#nid":"40433","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Management Honors Exceptional Alumni","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni April 21 at the business school\u0027s Third Annual Celebration, inducting twelve business leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni, and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHeld in the Management building in Technology Square, the Celebration included a formal reception and dinner, in addition to the awards presentation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This occasion honors twelve individuals who have done so much to enhance the College\u0027s reputation through their remarkable professional and civic leadership,\u0022 says Terry C. Blum, dean of the business school. \u0022We are proud that they are a part of the College and delighted to publicly recognize their achievements.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003EHall of Fame\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognizes leaders for their lifetime career achievement and contributions to society and Georgia Tech, will include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel H. Cowan, IM 1958\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOwner of the investment company Habersham \u0026amp; Cowan Inc., Cowan founded Georgia\u0027s Peachtree City, serving as the town\u0027s first mayor from 1959 to 1963 and CEO of the town\u0027s development company through 1976. In recent years, he has shifted from real-estate development to focus on international activities, including trade, technology transfer, and merchant banking in the Netherlands and the emerging economies of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlvin M. Ferst Jr., IM 1943 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA native of Atlanta, Ferst was president of Alvin Ferst Associates Inc. until retiring in 2003. He started his real-estate development and management-consulting company in the early 1980s after retiring from a long career with Rich\u0027s Inc. After joining Rich\u0027s in 1946, he held a variety of management positions, finally rising to executive vice president and treasurer of the company. He began his career as an industrial engineer with Philco Corporation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. Mansfield Jennings Jr., IM 1956\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJennings is chairman of ComSouth Corporation, a full-service telecommunications company. A native of Hawkinsville, Georgia, he served as ComSouth\u0027s CEO for several decades until 2003. Jennings led ComSouth\u0027s evolution from Hawkinsville Telephone Company, founded in 1913, into a full-service telecommunications company offering not only local and long-distance phone service, but also cable TV, high-speed Internet, business phone systems, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003EAcademy of Distinguished Alumni\u003C\/strong\u003E which recognizes leaders for their contributions to business, Georgia Tech and society at large, will include: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeil K. Braverman, IM 1960\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBraverman retired five years ago after starting three companies and selling them to major corporations. He co-founded the last of these, Safeskin Corp., in 1988. Safeskin was the first company to market hypoallergenic examination gloves designed for health-care professionals who were sensitive to latex. Under Braverman\u0027s leadership, Safeskin was recognized by Fortune magazine five years in a row as one of the top ten small companies in America. Kimberly Clark bought it in 2000.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid W. Dorman, IM 1975\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDorman is the former chairman and CEO of AT\u0026amp;T Corp., which he led through a period of profound reinvention and transformation prior to completing the merger of AT\u0026amp;T Corp. and SBC Communications in November 2005. Dorman, who was named AT\u0026amp;T\u0027s chairman and CEO in 2002, joined the company as president in 2000. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Concert, a global venture created by AT\u0026amp;T and British Telecommunications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph W. Evans, IM 1971\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEvans is the chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based Flag Financial Corporation, which is the parent company of Flag Bank. This seventy-five-year-old community bank now has twenty-seven offices in fifteen Georgia counties. He joined Bank Corporation of America in 1980, rising to CEO in 1984. After the bank merged with Century South Banks in 1997, Evans became president and COO of the combined entity. He served as CEO from January 2000 to June 2001, when BB\u0026amp;T acquired Century South.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJack Guynn, MSM 1970 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGuynn is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta , where he has worked for his entire career. He joined the Atlanta Fed in 1964, holding a variety of positions in the bank\u0027s New Orleans and Miami offices over the years. In 1984, he was named first vice president and chief operating officer, with responsibility over the operations of the bank\u0027s Atlanta headquarters and five branch offices, a position he held for twelve years until taking over the presidency.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EToney E. Means, IM 1982 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMeans is the CEO of Rx Fulfillment Services Inc., a leading national mail-order pharmacy and drug-benefit management company that is a subsidiary of Intrepid Holdings Inc. In 1988, six years after he started working in the pharmaceutical industry, Means started the first African American-owned pharmaceutical company, Imiren, growing it to produce and market twenty-seven generic prescription products dispensed in more than 20,000 U.S. retail pharmacies and 6,500 hospitals.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDennis M. Patterson, GMGT 1971 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPatterson is corporate executive vice president and a member of the Management Committee for SunTrust Banks Inc., the seventh largest commercial bank in the United States, with $180 billion in assets, more than 1,650 offices in eleven states, and just under $2 billion in earnings. Patterson is responsible for development and coordination of SunTrust\u0027s sales and service organization and culture across all lines of business and geographic divisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003ECouncil of Outstanding Young Alumni\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognizes alumni for their career achievements and contributions to Georgia Tech and society, will include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKelly H. Barrett, IM 1986 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBarrett, who joined The Home Depot in 2003, was named vice president of Internal Audit last fall. In her current position, she is responsible for developing and executing a risk-based audit plan and building a leadership program within her area that serves as a pipeline of talent for The Home Depot. In her previous role as vice president and corporate controller for The Home Depot, Barrett was responsible for all of the company\u0027s internal and external financial reporting, and its financial controls and systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeffrey A. Beech, MGT 1987\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBeech serves as president of The Beech Foundation, which assists nonprofit causes with strategic planning, fundraising, business modeling, board and leadership structure, and community outreach. Prior to creating the foundation in 2000, Beech enjoyed an international consulting career, serving as a global managing partner for Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting), where he was part of a leadership team responsible for developing the largest supply-chain strategy practice in the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Michael Robison, MGT 1997 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRobison is founder, chairman and CEO of Lanier Parking Holdings, an Atlanta-based conglomerate controlling more than $10 billion worth of commercial parking at 300 properties in thirty-four cities across the United States. He is also chairman of the Atlanta Convention \u0026amp; Visitors Bureau and Atlanta Streetcar Inc., a nonprofit organization restoring streetcar service along Peachtree Street. Lanier is the only parking company to have an entire division devoted to alternative transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni at the business school\u0027s Third Annual Celebration, inducting twelve business leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recognize alumni for achievement and leadership"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"40434":{"id":"40434","type":"image","title":"W. 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