{"41653":{"#nid":"41653","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumnus Killed Serving in Iraq","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed the death of a Georgia Tech graduate and former student government president.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 14, 1st Lt. Tyler Brown, 26, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when enemy forces using small arms fire attacked his unit. According to the most recent information available, the incident is under military investigation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown started at Tech in the summer of 1996 as a freshman and received bachelor\u0027s degrees in Management and History, Technology and Society in the fall of 2001. He was elected president of the Student Government Association for the1999-2000 academic year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDean of Students Gail DiSabatino said, \u0022As student body president he was committed to inclusion. Tyler went to great lengths to include students who had never even thought of being involved in student government. As I talked with some older students and young alumni recently, they attributed their start in becoming involved on campus to Tyler.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Tyler was an excellent leader,\u0022 she added. \u0022He cared greatly about Georgia Tech, his family and his country. These values will be his legacy. He made a difference in many people\u0027s lives, including mine.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry, based at Camp Hovey in Tongduchon City, Korea.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown\u0027s family has deep ties with Georgia Tech. His father, Carey, is chairman of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, having graduated in 1969 with a degree in industrial engineering. He was also student body president. Tyler\u0027s brother, Brent, graduated from Tech in 1996.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA funeral service is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. He will be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to the scholarship fund set up in his honor at the Georgia Tech Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Former student body president Tyler H. Brown was killed while serving with his Army unit in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"1st Lt. Tyler H. Brown had deep ties to Tech"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2004-09-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:30","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41654":{"id":"41654","type":"image","title":"1st. Lt Tyler H. Brown","body":null,"created":"1449174338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:38","changed":"1475894375","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:35","alt":"1st. Lt Tyler H. Brown","file":{"fid":"190074","name":"ttq29906.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttq29906_3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttq29906_3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52004,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ttq29906_3.jpg?itok=TYqYDV8g"}}},"media_ids":["41654"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.tylerbrown.def6.com\/","title":"Tyler Brown Memorial Web Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtf.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Foundation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3336","name":"army"},{"id":"3143","name":"Iraq"},{"id":"3337","name":"kia"},{"id":"3335","name":"tyler brown"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}