{"516131":{"#nid":"516131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wangs Establish Flexible Faculty Endowment for ChBE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGenerally speaking, it is rare for people to become major donors to the universities where they earned graduate degrees. But don\u0027t tell that to David I.J. Wang, MS ME 1953.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid and his wife, Cecile, have established a flexible faculty endowment in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE). When realized, the fund will be used by the school chair to deploy according to current needs \u2014 whether a faculty chair, two professorships, or three early-career professorships. It was one of the gifts and commitments that propelled the Institute past one of its most significant Campaign goals of funding more than 100 endowed chairs and professorships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Cecile L. and David I.J. Wang Faculty Endowment Fund will have a profound impact on the School and its ability to recruit, retain, and develop eminent teacher-scholars in the field for generations to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe men and women on our faculty are changing the world through their research and teaching,\u201d said David S. Sholl, school chair, Michael E. Tennenbaum Chair, and GRA Eminent Scholar for Energy Sustainability. \u201cDavid\u0027s generous gift will play a key role in enabling the School to one day recruit and retain world-class individuals who will continue our tradition of industry-relevant innovation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThose of us fortunate enough to receive higher education, whether through scholarships or private funds, owe a debt to that institution for its enduring impact upon our entire adult lives,\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang said. \u201cThe challenges and opportunities facing the engineering profession in 2016 are dramatically different from when I attended Georgia Tech a half-century ago, but Tech has continued to evolve, and remains at the forefront as a premier technology problem solver. My modest commitments are a vote of confidence in Tech\u2019s role in that future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Wang was born in Beijing, China, and emigrated to the U.S. with his family after World War II. He earned a master\u2019s in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and went on to an illustrious, decades-long career in the chemical and paper industries, during which he served many years on the advisory board of what was then the School of Chemical Engineering. Wang retired in 1991 as executive vice president and director of International Paper Co. and joined the private equity investment firm Atlas Holdings in 2000 as senior operating partner until 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, he and Cecile have provided invaluable philanthropic support to ChBE as well as the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Alumni Roll Call.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Wangs Establish Flexible Faculty Endowment for ChBE"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid I.J. Wang, MS ME 1953, his wife, Cecile, have established a flexible faculty endowment in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Wangs Establish Flexible Faculty Endowment for ChBE"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2016-03-21 18:10:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:09","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"516141":{"id":"516141","type":"image","title":"David Wang","body":null,"created":"1458923959","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:39:19","changed":"1475895280","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:40","alt":"David Wang","file":{"fid":"205137","name":"davidwang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/davidwang_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/davidwang_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":651158,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/davidwang_0.jpg?itok=DlOu2L1f"}}},"media_ids":["516141"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170046","name":"David Wang"},{"id":"269","name":"endowment"},{"id":"171836","name":"flexible faculty fund"},{"id":"270","name":"gift"},{"id":"167750","name":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu)\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E, 404-385-2299\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}