{"669063":{"#nid":"669063","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"W. Jason Morgan, Who Developed Theory of Plate Tectonics, Dies at 87","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe science world is remembering\u0026nbsp;W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics \u2014 a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the earth\u2019s mantle. Morgan, who died July 31 at his home in Natick, Mass., attended Georgia Tech and received his B.S. from the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E in 1955.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe science world is remembering\u0026nbsp;W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics \u2014 a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the earth\u2019s mantle. Morgan, who died July 31 at his home in Natick, Mass., attended Georgia Tech and received his B.S. from the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E in 1955.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-08-21 15:08:23","changed_gmt":"2023-08-21 15:08:23","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The New York Times ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/11\/science\/jason-morgan-dead.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"192963","name":"W. Jason Morgan"},{"id":"190412","name":"plate tectonics"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"}],"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":""}}}