{"74002":{"#nid":"74002","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Celebrates Annual Gold \u0026 White Honors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETen members of the Georgia Tech community, including four alumni presented the Alumni Association\u0027s highest recognition, received awards at the annual Gold \u0026amp; White Honors program. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003EJoseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award \u003C\/em\u003Ewas presented to Geoffrey C. Gill, IM 64, vice president of Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown; Parker Holmes \u0022Pete\u0022 Petit, ME 62, MS EM 64, chairman and CEO of Matria Corp.; William Turner, Mgt 43, advisory director of the WC Bradley Co.; and Thomas W. Ventulett III, BS 57, Arch 58, senior principal and director of design at Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback \u0026amp; Associates. The 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 \u003Cem\u003EDean Griffin Community Service Award \u003C\/em\u003Ewent to Wayne E. Kerr, Biol 73, MS Biol 74, who established a free medical and dental clinic for low-income families in Georgia\u0027s Rockdale County, and J. Lamar Reese Jr., IM 55, whose work on the Dougherty County School Board resulted in the panel naming a new magnet school in his honor. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDaren B. Pietsch, ME 91, was named the \u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Young Alumnus\u003C\/em\u003E. During his tenure as president of the Golden Isles Georgia Tech Club in 2003-04, the group was recognized for recruiting, its local scholarship program, community involvement and Roll Call fund raising. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe designation of honorary alumnus was presented to Stephen L. Dickerson, Georgia Tech professor emeritus; John C. Dunn, editor of Georgia Tech Alumni Publications; and Anderson D. Smith, Regents professor and associate dean of the College of Sciences. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards were presented at a ceremony at the Atlanta History Center on March 17.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Alumni Association recognizes 10 at Gold \u0026 White Honors program"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Ten members of the Georgia Tech community, including four alumni presented the Alumni Association\u0027s highest recognition, received awards at the annual Gold \u0026amp; White Honors program.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Association recognizes 10 members of Tech community"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-04-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-03-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-03-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/site\/","title":"Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"949","name":"ivan allen"},{"id":"3218","name":"new media"},{"id":"2449","name":"video games"},{"id":"3219","name":"Will Wright"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}