{"553621":{"#nid":"553621","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Olympic Legacy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwenty years ago Atlanta hosted the Centennial Olympic Games from July 19 - August 4, 1996, with the Georgia Tech campus serving as the Home of the Olympic Village \u2013 where the athletes lived \u2013 and as the venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, modern pentathlon, boxing, and Paralympic volleyball.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of Tech\u2019s current faculty and staff were not at Tech during the Olympics, and some of today\u2019s undergraduates had not been born. As a result, many in the Tech community may not be aware of the herculean effort that transformed the campus for the Olympics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games\u0022\u003EThis story\u003C\/a\u003E takes a look at Tech\u2019s role in the Olympics through the eyes of some of the key contributors. For those who were at Georgia Tech or living in Atlanta in 1996, it will be a walk down memory lane. For those who were not, we hope the story provides insight into some of the work that occurred before the Games, and how it shaped Tech\u2019s Olympic legacy that remains today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFirst-hand accounts include\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games#Edwards\u0022\u003EMichael Edwards\u003C\/a\u003E, who served as Olympic venue manager for the aquatic center;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games#Anton\u0022\u003EAnnie Ant\u00f3n\u003C\/a\u003E, who served as an Olympics envoy while a PhD student at Tech;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games#Clough\u0022\u003EG. Wayne Clough\u003C\/a\u003E, who was president of Georgia Tech during the Games;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games#Ryan\u0022\u003EMatt Ryan\u003C\/a\u003E, who played handball for Team USA; and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games#Shelton\u0022\u003ESam Shelton\u003C\/a\u003E, who developed the Olympic torch used for the \u002796 Games.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe look back at Tech\u2019s role in the 1996 Olympics as Home of the Olympic Village, and how hosting the Games changed Georgia Tech forever.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"We look back at Tech\u2019s role in the 1996 Olympics as Home of the Olympic Village, and how hosting the Games changed Georgia Tech forever."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2016-07-18 11:38:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:08","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"553611":{"id":"553611","type":"image","title":"1996 Olympic Games: 20 Years Later","body":null,"created":"1468855615","gmt_created":"2016-07-18 15:26:55","changed":"1475895350","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:50","alt":"1996 Olympic Games: 20 Years Later","file":{"fid":"206533","name":"olympic_intro_001_00120.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/olympic_intro_001_00120.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/olympic_intro_001_00120.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":82238,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/olympic_intro_001_00120.jpg?itok=y-WIxw_m"}}},"media_ids":["553611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/20th-anniversary-atlanta-games","title":"1996 Summer Olympics: 20 Years Later"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/georgia-techs-olympic-legacy","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Olympic Legacy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/magazine.aspx?gid=21\u0026pgid=6662\u0026sid=1481","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u0027s Olympic Review"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}