{"601262":{"#nid":"601262","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Leahy, Foley Awarded with Emeritus Status","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time in its history, Georgia Tech has awarded a non-tenured faculty member with the distinguished title of emeritus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam \u0026ldquo;Bill\u0026rdquo; Leahy\u003C\/strong\u003E was bestowed with the title of Senior Lecturer Emeritus on Jan. 12, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/599837\/legendary-gt-computing-instructor-bill-leahy-retires\u0022\u003Efollowing his retirement\u003C\/a\u003E at the end of the Fall 2017 semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is an unprecedented honor and is more than fitting for someone who so strongly taught and influenced a generation of Georgia Tech computing students,\u0026rdquo; said Dean of Computing \u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E in an email to faculty and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the new emeritus designation, Leahy\u0026rsquo;s lasting impact is being recognized with an award in his name. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/awards\u0022\u003EBeginning this year\u003C\/a\u003E, the College\u0026rsquo;s best lecturer award will be known as the William \u0026ldquo;Bill\u0026rdquo; Leahy Best Lecturer Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Being named Tech\u0026#39;s first Senior Lecturer Emeritus and having the annual best lecturer award named after me were the best kind of gifts\u0026ndash;total surprises!\u0026rdquo; said Leahy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;And, to be honest, I still can\u0026#39;t quite believe it!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the same email, Galil announced that \u003Cstrong\u003EJim Foley\u003C\/strong\u003E has been elevated to Professor Emeritus. The honor recognizes Foley\u0026rsquo;s distinguished career at Georgia Tech, which began in 1991.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What a tremendous honor,\u0026rdquo; said Foley. \u0026ldquo;Very few have the opportunity to be part of an academic enterprise that in 25 years rises from being ranked in the top 40 to being ranked in the top 10. I\u0026rsquo;m proud of what so many of us, working together, have accomplished.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/599583\/iconic-ic-professor-gvu-center-founder-jim-foley-bids-farewell\u0022\u003EAlso recently retired\u003C\/a\u003E, Foley served as Stephen Fleming Chair of Telecommunications in the School of Interactive Communications. Foley is widely recognized as the father of human-computer interaction.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Leahy named as Georgia Tech\u0027s first-ever Senior Lecturer Emeritus "}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing recently announced that two faculty members have been honored following their recent respective retirements."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2018-01-24 15:01:55","changed_gmt":"2018-01-24 15:01:55","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601261":{"id":"601261","type":"image","title":"Bill Leahy and Jim Foley given emeritus status","body":null,"created":"1516805751","gmt_created":"2018-01-24 14:55:51","changed":"1516805751","gmt_changed":"2018-01-24 14:55:51","alt":"Bill Leahy and Jim Foley recently bestowed with emeritus status","file":{"fid":"229143","name":"Untitled.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled.png","mime":"image\/png","size":870352,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Untitled.png?itok=zXI6W0dd"}}},"media_ids":["601261"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"176865","name":"leahy"},{"id":"3469","name":"foley"},{"id":"7877","name":"Professor Emeritus"},{"id":"176866","name":"senior lecturer emeritus"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=New%20Emeritus%20Faculty\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}