{"51888":{"#nid":"51888","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prof. Emeritus Alton P. Jensen died on Feb. 6, 2005","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Emeritus Alton P. (Pete) Jensen (ME \u002756) died Sunday, February 6, 2005, after a long illness.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Alton P. (\u0022Pete\u0022) Jensen, Professor Emeritus of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, died peacefully at home on Sunday, February 6, 2005, at age 79.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jensen was an Army veteran of World War II and served with companies I and L of the 94th Infantry Division. His military service and his long career at Georgia Tech were the proudest and most satisfying times of his life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was preceded in death by his parents, Peter Roosevelt Jensen and Emma Brown Jensen; his brother, James Russell Jensen; and his first wife, Jackie Epperson Jensen. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Judith Bourgeois Jensen; his son, Allen P. Jensen and wife Sara; his daughter, Jean Jensen Terrell; and grandson, Lance Clinton Terrell; and his brothers, Edward Norman Jensen of Whitesburg, Georgia, and Joseph John Jensen of Plainfield, Illinois, as well as numerous beloved nieces and nephews.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVisitation will be at A. S. Turner \u0026amp; Sons Tuesday, February 8th 4-6 pm, followed by a reception at the Jensen family home 6-8 pm. Graveside services will be conducted at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 9th at 11 am. A memorial service will be announced at some future date.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor more information, contact:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EMary Alice Isele\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Development\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:isele@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eisele@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8383\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMr. Alton P. (\u0022Pete\u0022) Jensen, Professor Emeritus of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, died peacefully at home on Sunday, February 6, 2005, at age 79.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:52:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:23","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}