{"69167":{"#nid":"69167","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Celebrates 240th Commencement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMark Hay, the Teasley\nProfessor of Environmental Biology, will address approximately 900\nundergraduates and graduate students at Georgia Tech\u2019s 240th commencement on\nFriday, August 5, at 7 p.m. in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom inside the\nGeorgia World Congress Center. At the\nceremony, Georgia Tech alumnus Ray Anderson will\nreceive an honorary degree.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHay has made fundamental\ncontributions to the disciplines of ecology and conservation biology, primarily\nin community ecology, marine ecology, plant-herbivore interactions and chemical\necology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWeb of Science ranks Hay\namong the top 99.5 percent most frequently cited\nresearchers in the disciplines of ecology and the environment, where he is a\nrecognized leader.\u0026nbsp;When the National Science Foundation organized a group\nto predict future challenges for biological oceanography, Hay was appointed\nco-chair. His fundamental research has transformed and deepened the\nunderstanding of plant-herbivore interactions in the sea, and he helped found\nthe modern field of marine chemical ecology.\u0026nbsp;His fundamental research has\ninformed conservation and restoration of coral reefs and challenged how\necological and evolutionary processes of invasive species are viewed. He has\nalso worked with the media to make his findings accessible and understandable\nto the general public.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining the\nGeorgia Tech faculty in 1999, Hay served on the faculty of the University of\nNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill for 17 years. Other appointments include visiting\nassistant and associate professor at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, visiting\nassistant professor of ecology at the College of the Virgin Islands, research\nassociate at the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s Botany Department at the National\nMuseum of Natural History, postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian\u2019s National\nMuseum of Natural History and pre-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical\nResearch Institute and National Museum of Natural History.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAn\nadjunct faculty member at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Hay serves as\necology editor for Coral Reefs, associate editor for Chemoecology,\nand as an editorial board member for Coral\nReefs, Journal of Chemical Ecology and Journal of Experimental Marine Biology\nand Ecology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHay\nholds a doctoral degree in\u0026nbsp;ecology\nand evolutionary biology and a master\u2019s degree in biology from the University\nof California at Irvine, as well as a bachelor\u2019s degree in zoology from the\nUniversity of Kentucky.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs chairman of Atlanta-based Interface, Inc. honorary degree\nrecipient Anderson has worked tirelessly to secure a greener world for future\ngenerations through his championing of the business case for sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInterface is the world\u2019s largest manufacturer of modular carpet\nfor commercial and residential applications. By serving as the driving force\nbehind the company\u2019s efforts to completely eliminate any negative impact it has\non the environment by 2020, Anderson has earned well-deserved global\nrecognition as the \u201cgreenest chief executive in America.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, Anderson received the Purpose Prize from Civic\nVentures, a think tank and incubator that generates ideas and invents programs\nto help society achieve the greatest return on experience. The same year, he\nreceived the International Quality of Life Award from Auburn University. In 2001,\nhe received the George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable\nDevelopment. In 1996, Anderson received the inaugural Millennium Award from\nGlobal Green and won recognition from Forbes magazine and Ernst \u0026amp; Young,\nwhich named him Entrepreneur of the Year. He also has been honored by Southface\nEnergy Institute, SAM-SPG (Switzerland), the U.S. Green Building Council, the\nNational Wildlife Federation, the Design Futures Council, the Children\u2019s Health\nand Environmental Coalition, Harvard Business School Alumni (Atlanta Chapter),\nthe International Interior Design Association, the Southern Institute for\nBusiness \u0026amp; Professional Ethics, the Possible Woman Foundation\nInternational, the World Business Academy and the Council of Scientific Society\nPresidents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA former board chair for the Georgia Conservancy, Anderson\nserves on the boards of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Rocky Mountain\nInstitute, the David Suzuki Foundation, LaGrange College, Emory University\nBoard of Visitors, the ASID Foundation, Worldwatch Institute and Melaver Inc.\nHe is also a member of the advisory boards of the Harvard Medical School Center\nfor Health and the Global Environment and the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.\nHe holds eleven honorary doctorates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA 1956 Industrial Engineering graduate of Georgia Tech, Anderson\nhas been a loyal and devoted supporter of his alma mater for more than five\ndecades. He served as chair and vice chair of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board\nand was named an emeritus member of the Industrial and Systems Engineering\nAdvisory Board. Anderson has also served on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board\nof Trustees, the Capital Campaign Executive Committee and his 40th and 50th\nclass reunion committees. In partnership with Interface, Anderson established\nthe Anderson-Interface Chair in Natural Systems at Georgia Tech. The current\nchair holder, Associate Professor Valerie Thomas, conducts research in\nsustainability. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson is a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus, a\nrecipient of the Dean Griffin Community Service Award and a member of the\nCollege of Engineering Hall of Fame and the Industrial and Systems Engineering\nHall of Fame.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout InterfaceFLOR\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\u003Cem\u003EInterfaceFLOR, LLC and InterfaceFLOR Canada, Inc,\nare subsidiaries of Interface, Inc., the world\u2019s largest manufacturer of\ncommercial carpet tile. For 38 years, the company has consistently led the\nindustry through innovation and now leads the industry in environmental\nsustainability. InterfaceFLOR is setting the pace for development of modular\ncarpet using materials and processes that take less from the environment, and\nis well along the path to \u201cMission Zero\u00ae,\u201d the company\u2019s promise to eliminate\nany negative impact it has on the environment by the year 2020. InterfaceFLOR\u0027s\nworldwide carpet manufacturing facilities maintain third party registration to\nthe ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard, and the company\nobtained the first-ever Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for the\ncommercial floor covering industry in North America. The company is recognized\nglobally for its commitment to build environmental considerations into its\nbusiness decisions. For additional information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.interfaceflor.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.interfaceflor.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.interfaceflorblog.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.interfaceflorblog.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professor Mark Hay to address 900 students and Ray Anderson, founder of Interface Inc., to receive honorary doctorate"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\nMark Hay, the Teasley Professor of Environmental Biology, will address\napproximately 900 undergraduates and graduate students at Georgia Tech\u2019s 240th\ncommencement on Friday, August 5, at 7 p.m\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mark Hay, the Teasley Professor of Environmental Biology, will address 900 undergraduate and graduate students at Georgia Tech\u2019s 240th commencement."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-08-04 11:20:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:52","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69166":{"id":"69166","type":"image","title":"Mark Hay Commencement","body":null,"created":"1449177239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:59","changed":"1475894604","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:24","alt":"Mark Hay Commencement","file":{"fid":"193387","name":"mark_hay_commencement.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark_hay_commencement_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark_hay_commencement_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":792608,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mark_hay_commencement_0.jpg?itok=-lXInePs"}},"69165":{"id":"69165","type":"image","title":"Ray Anderson Commencement","body":null,"created":"1449177239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:59","changed":"1475894604","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:24","alt":"Ray Anderson Commencement","file":{"fid":"193386","name":"ray-anderson_commencement.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ray-anderson_commencement_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ray-anderson_commencement_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":364699,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ray-anderson_commencement_0.jpg?itok=HkFYJ6vE"}}},"media_ids":["69166","69165"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.commencement.gatech.edu\/","title":"Commencement information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.interfaceflor.com\/","title":"Interface"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"627","name":"commencement"},{"id":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"},{"id":"7921","name":"Ray Anderson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-660-2929\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:LisaG@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisaG@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterfaceFLOR Media\nContacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEsther Perman, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:estherp@vpcpartners.com\u0022\u003Eestherp@vpcpartners.com\u003C\/a\u003E, 212.966.3759\nx. 207\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve Arbaugh, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sarbaugh@interfaceglobal.com\u0022\u003Esarbaugh@interfaceglobal.com\u003C\/a\u003E,\n800.336.0225 x. 5028\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Lisa.Grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}