{"452891":{"#nid":"452891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Facilities Management Remembers  Andrew McKinney","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ELandscape Services lost a beloved teammate when Andrew McKinney died this month.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EMcKinney, landscape turf supervisor and a certified arborist and former U.S. Army serviceman, started at Georgia Tech in 2010 and quickly proved to be a top performer. He began as a groundskeeper and rose to the role of grounds foreman. He maintained perfect attendance up until his first health challenges in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EMcKinney was willing to take ownership of any task necessary to get the job done and to serve Landscape Services. He volunteered as Santa Claus for Facilities Management\u2019s annual holiday parties and is remembered for always having a joke to share. He was known for spending time on campus on weekends and reporting if something looked out of place, even when not on the job.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EHe was heavily involved in Georgia Tech\u2019s Professional Grounds Management Society Accreditation that was earned earlier this year, being one of the principal contributors to an extensive application. Before coming to Tech, McKinney was employed with the city of Smyrna for 12 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ECondolences may be sent to 3207 Lee Street S.E., Smyrna, GA 30080.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ELandscape Services lost a beloved teammate when Andrew McKinney died this month.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Landscape Services lost a beloved teammate when Andrew McKinney died this month."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-09-28 11:05:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"452881":{"id":"452881","type":"image","title":"Andrew McKinney","body":null,"created":"1449256297","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:37","changed":"1475895197","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:17","alt":"Andrew McKinney","file":{"fid":"203395","name":"mckinney.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mckinney_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mckinney_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":232973,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mckinney_0.jpg?itok=Dk8RcZ4x"}}},"media_ids":["452881"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"1060","name":"obituary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jrose38@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Rose\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacilities Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}