{"73974":{"#nid":"73974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Management Honors Alumni Leaders at Celebration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni April 22 at the Second Annual Celebration and Awards Dinner, inducting eleven leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re here to salute you who give your time, your talent and your treasure,\u0022 said College of Management Dean Terry C. Blum. \u0022We appreciate the time you take to guide us\u0085. It\u0027s a lasting legacy to the students who follow you.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the Hall of Fame, which recognizes leaders for their lifetime career achievement and commitment to Georgia Tech, include:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7Robert A. Anclien, IM 1969, MS IM 1970. After retiring from 32 years with global management and technology firm Accenture, Anclien recently began a second career in real estate development as general partner and owner of Liberty Land Group and of Windmill Point Resort and Yacht Harbor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Don L. Chapman, IM 1961. CEO of ChapCo Investments, Chapman has founded or led eighteen different companies over the course of his career, including the optical-superstore chain Opti-World and the airline-equipment maker Tug Manufacturing Corp.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 A.J. Land Jr., IM 1960, who is founder of Pope and Land Enterprises, one of Atlanta\u0027s leading private office development companies with more than $700 million in assets.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Joseph W. Rogers Jr., IM 1968. Since becoming president of Waffle House in 1973, Rogers has helped grow the restaurant chain from seventy-five restaurants to more than 1,470 locations in 25 states.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 J. Leland Strange, IM 1965, who is president, CEO and chairman of Intelligent Systems, which has either founded, bought or invested in more than 50 technology companies since 1982.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni, which recognizes leaders for their contributions to business, Georgia Tech and society at large, include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Jerome A. Atkinson, IM 1971, who is executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for Assurant Solutions, the largest subsidiary of Assurant, a diversified financial and insurance services company.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Hubert L. Harris Jr., IM 1965, who has served as CEO of INVESCO North America since 2003.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 N. Richard Kalikow, IM 1964, a thirty-five-year veteran of the real-estate business who is a managing member of Manchester Real Estate and Construction, which he formed in 2002.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Gregory J. Owens, IM 1982, who is chairman of Manugistics, a supply-chain and revenue management company with more than 1,200 clients, including nine of the top fifteen Fortune 500 companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 William J. Todd, IM 1971, a healthcare and technology administrator who has served as president of the Georgia Cancer Coalition since 2003.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn T. Salley, MGT 1988, is the newest member of the Council of Outstanding Young Alumni, which recognizes alumni for their career achievement and contributions to Georgia Tech and society. A twelve-year National Basketball Association veteran, Salley is co-host of the Emmy-nominated program \u003Cem\u003EThe Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net and head of his own production \u003C\/em\u003Ecompany, Black Folk Entertainment.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Business School Names New Members of Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The College of Management recognized the achievement and leadership of its alumni at the Second Annual Celebration and Awards Dinner, inducting eleven leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Business school names new members of Hall of Fame"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-04-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73975":{"id":"73975","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech President G. 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