{"57681":{"#nid":"57681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Registrar Roper Retires","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrank Roper came to Georgia Tech in 1956 with his sights set on becoming an industrial engineer. He did just that, earning a BIE in 1961 and a master\u0027s in 1963, but he never left Tech. Roper retired last winter after serving as registrar for the institute since 1968.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe many alumni whose diplomas bear his signature will long remember Roper. He has played an integral role in the campus community that he describes as \u0022my family for the past 44 years,\u0022 serving as faculty advisor to the Co-op Club for 35 years, and as an officer for numerous other committees.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis most significant accomplishment as registrar, Roper believes, is \u0022the people I\u0027ve brought to Georgia Tech. They\u0027re the best that any school could hope for.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2001-03-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:35","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}