{"652183":{"#nid":"652183","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What was Life Like at Georgia Tech 50 Years Ago?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhilip Cheaney and Phillip Jones were two of the first three graduates from the Georgia Tech School of Economics in 1971. So, we asked them, how does their experience at Tech hold up after 50 years?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver a series of emails and a group interview, the two men reflected on what has changed the most at Georgia Tech in the past five decades (such as drownproofing classes and the lack of calculators) and what has stayed the same (like that feeling of relief at graduation and the enduring value of a Tech degree). They also shared their best advice for students graduating from the school today.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/life-georgia-tech-50-years-ago\u0022\u003ERead the full article\u003C\/a\u003E (and see more photos from Georgia Tech in 1971) on the Econ website here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/life-georgia-tech-50-years-ago\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/life-georgia-tech-50-years-ago\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Philip Cheaney and Phillip Jones were two of the first three graduates from the School of Economics in 1971. They reflected on what has changed the most in the past 50 years, what has stayed the same, and their best advice for students today."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2021-10-28 14:59:04","changed_gmt":"2021-10-28 15:00:58","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652184":{"id":"652184","type":"image","title":"Then and now: Jones, Cheaney, and Thompson in the Georgia Tech Blueprint and today.","body":null,"created":"1635433214","gmt_created":"2021-10-28 15:00:14","changed":"1635433214","gmt_changed":"2021-10-28 15:00:14","alt":"Then and now: Jones, Cheaney, and Thompson in the Georgia Tech Blueprint and today.","file":{"fid":"247440","name":"Untitled design (54).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled%20design%20%2854%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled%20design%20%2854%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1228925,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Untitled%20design%20%2854%29.png?itok=0qqpJ-Bk"}}},"media_ids":["652184"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}