{"633001":{"#nid":"633001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valerie Montgomery Rice, First Female President of Morehouse School of Medicine, Receives 2020 Gold and White Alumni Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA School of Chemistry and Biochemistry alumna, who went on to be the first woman to lead the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/\u0022\u003EMorehouse School of Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E, is among eight alumni and friends of Georgia Tech chosen as 2020 White and Gold Honors recipients by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/19\/home.aspx?gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=61\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Association\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/Administration\/office_president\/about_the_president.php\u0022\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice\u003C\/a\u003E, the sixth president of Morehouse who also serves as its dean, will receive the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/magazine-pages.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=1251\u0022\u003EDean Griffin Community Service Award\u003C\/a\u003E. The award, according to Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Alumni Magazine, \u0026ldquo;recognizes alumni who have performed exemplary community service in the following ways: service in a long-term volunteer capacity; impact on the quality of life of others; leadership and creativity in dealing with societal problems; and serving as a source of inspiration for others.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/magazine-pages.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=18841\u0026amp;cid=41239\u0026amp;ecid=41239\u0026amp;crid=0\u0026amp;calpgid=16742\u0026amp;calcid=37904\u0026amp;fbclid=IwAR0VLJH3IPDtwSSLbHBvaqgMY6qpSwjVjL3IX4pwbiyX83Sdd_VT1O_LqLI\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E how Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine covered the announcement of the 2020 White and Gold Honors recipients. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMontgomery Rice received a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in chemistry from Georgia Tech in 1983, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.med.emory.edu\/\u0022\u003EEmory University School of Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital.\u0026nbsp;Montgomery Rice is a fellow of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.acog.org\/\u0022\u003EThe American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to her biography on the Morehouse website, Montgomery Rice held faculty positions and leadership roles at various health centers, including academic health centers, before joining Morehouse in 2011. Most notably, she was the founding director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mmc.edu\/research\/centers\/research-centers\/womens-center\/index.html\u0022\u003ECenter for Women\u0026rsquo;s Health Research\u003C\/a\u003E at Meharry Medical College, one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMontgomery Rice has received numerous accolades and honors. She was named to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/horatioalger.org\/\u0022\u003EHoratio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans\u003C\/a\u003E and received the 2017 Horatio Alger Award. For three consecutive years (2016-2018) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Trend Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E selected Montgomery Rice as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A Chemistry Degree from Georgia Tech Provided the Fuel for Valerie Montgomery Rice\u2019s Ascent "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice (BS Chemistry \u0026#39;83), the first woman selected to be president of Morehouse School of Medicine, is one of eight Georgia Tech alumni and friends to be chosen as a 2020 White and Gold Honors recipient, and is the recipient of the 2020 Dean Griffin Community Service Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Chemistry Degree from Georgia Tech Provided the Fuel for Valerie Montgomery Rice\u2019s Ascent "}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2020-02-26 19:39:19","changed_gmt":"2020-02-26 21:48:19","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633002":{"id":"633002","type":"image","title":"Valerie Montgomery Rice, Georgia Tech alumna, President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine, and recipient of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u2019s Dean Griffin Community Service Award. 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