{"612245":{"#nid":"612245","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Elaine Hubbard\u0027s Legacy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the Fall of 2003 \u0026mdash; not long after retiring from her 28-year career as a mathematics professor at Kennesaw State University \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EElaine M. Hubbard,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;MATH 1972, MS MATH 1974, Ph.D. MATH 1980, felt compelled to take action that would have a lasting impact on her alma mater.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat September, Hubbard signed an endowment agreement whose income would one day establish the Elaine M. Hubbard Endowed Chair in the School of Mathematics \u0026mdash; the School\u0026rsquo;s first endowed faculty chair.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy establishing an endowment fund through her Will, Hubbard knew she would never meet any of the distinguished academics who would ultimately hold the Hubbard Chair. She did know, however, that her estate gift would one day play a vital role in developing and strengthening Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s mathematics faculty, which had long ago helped lay the foundation for her own success as a scholar and teacher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the Board of Regents\u0026rsquo; approval of the Hubbard Chair earlier this year, the School of Mathematics is now embarking on an international search to fill this pivotal position of academic leadership.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContinue \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/development.gatech.edu\/school-mathematics-fill-its-first-endowed-faculty-chair\u0022\u003Ehere for the full story from the Office of Development\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Endowment creates School of Mathematics\u0027 first endowed faculty chair"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe late Elaine Hubbard gave generously to Georgia Tech during her lifetime, and her estate gift establishes the first endowed faculty chair in the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Endowment creates School of Mathematics\u0027 first endowed faculty chair."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-10-02 17:59:18","changed_gmt":"2018-10-04 16:42:59","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584888":{"id":"584888","type":"image","title":"Elaine M. Hubbard","body":null,"created":"1481308110","gmt_created":"2016-12-09 18:28:30","changed":"1481308231","gmt_changed":"2016-12-09 18:30:31","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223006","name":"Elaine.Hubbard.2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Elaine.Hubbard.2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Elaine.Hubbard.2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7148,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Elaine.Hubbard.2.jpg?itok=YLIgXPfj"}}},"media_ids":["584888"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/584887","title":"Remembering Elaine M. Hubbard"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172943","name":"Elaine Hubbard"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}