{"417431":{"#nid":"417431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Aerospace Engineering Received a Gift From Marion Burnett","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Aerospace Engineering recently received a wonderful gift from Mrs. Marion Burnett that will provide scholarships to AE students through the John Harrison Burnett Endowment Fund. Marion said, \u201cI made a gift to AE in honor of my husband, John, who was an aerospace engineer. We lived in Atlanta for 52 years, and we came to love Georgia Tech.\u201d Living in Atlanta for many years made Georgia Tech a part of Marion\u2019s life with its great traditions. She said, \u201c I was aware of Georgia Tech as a teenager, hearing the \u201cRamblin\u2019 Wreck\u201d song, and especially when Georgia Tech played Notre Dame.\u201d Marion also had friends who graduated from Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a donor, Marion and her family are enjoying getting to know the students who receive the scholarships. \u201cI was very pleased that the young person who was supported by the John Harrison Burnett Endowment Fund wrote to me. I wrote him back and told him I hoped he would give back one day, too.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Aerospace Engineering is very grateful for donors like Marion, who enable the School to attract the best and brightest students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Aerospace Engineering received a gift from Marion Burnett  that will provide scholarships to AE students through the John Harrison Burnett Endowment Fund."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-06-23 15:01:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:45","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"129731","name":"John Harrison Burnett Endowment Fund"},{"id":"129741","name":"Marion Burnett"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}