{"73255":{"#nid":"73255","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gold \u0026 White Honors Recipients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe roster of Georgia Tech alumni and supporters who will be saluted during the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors celebration March 16 includes researchers, philanthropists and business leaders.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003ECharlie Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, BC 62, a leader in commercial development in metro Atlanta; \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Dyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, IE 70, co-founder of Peachtree Software and a general partner of Cordova Intellimedia Ventures; \u003Cstrong\u003EGlen Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Phys 48, MS Phys 50, a researcher who chipped in $100 to form Scientific-Atlanta and became its CEO; and \u003Cstrong\u003EAl West\u003C\/strong\u003E, AE 64, who transformed a computer game into a $600 million-a-year business.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association for a lifetime of leadership, achievement and service to Georgia Tech and the community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Dean Griffin Community Service Award will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003EBill Todd\u003C\/strong\u003E, IM 71, president and CEO of the Georgia Cancer Coalition, the first president of the Georgia Research Alliance and the Alumni Association\u0027s vice chairman of Roll Call.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher Klaus\u003C\/strong\u003E, Cls 96, will be named the Outstanding Young Alumnus. The founder and chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems gave Georgia Tech one of the largest gifts in its history - $15 million for the construction of the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe designation of honorary alumnus will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003EJean Duke\u003C\/strong\u003E, wife of Paul A. Duke Sr., ME 45, IE 46; \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron King\u003C\/strong\u003E, team dentist for the Georgia Tech athletics program for 40 years; and \u003Cstrong\u003EBob Thompson\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Institute\u0027s vice president for administration and finance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alumni Association will stage the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors gala at the Atlanta History Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The roster of Georgia Tech alumni and supporters who will be saluted during the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors celebration March 16 includes researchers, philanthropists and business leaders.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gold \u0026 White Honors salutes alumni and friends"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/site\/","title":"Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Dunn\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlumni Association\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.dunn@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact John Dunn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0760\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.dunn@alumni.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}