{"80261":{"#nid":"80261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Legend Kim King Dies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKim King, a legendary figure in Georgia Tech athletics, first as a player and then as the Yellow Jackets\u0027 long-time radio announcer, died Tuesday morning after a battle with leukemia. He was 59.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA public memorial service is scheduled for next  \u003Cstrong\u003E Monday, Oct. 18 \u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Cstrong\u003E 10 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Cstrong\u003E Alexander Memorial Coliseum\u003C\/strong\u003E on the Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing was an icon of Georgia Tech Football for more than 40 years, beginning with a standout playing career for legendary head coach Bobby Dodd and continuing through 30 years of service to the Institute as a supporter and benefactor of athletics and as a beloved radio color analyst. Most recently, he was an inspiration both within and outside the Georgia Tech community for his courageous battle with cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It has been my pleasure to know Kim King since he served on the search committee that ultimately selected me to be Georgia Tech\u0027s president,\u0022 said G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022Over the years, we\u0027ve worked closely on the Georgia Tech Foundation, the Georgia Tech Athletic Board, and through the development of the Centergy complex and Technology Square. Further, as a star player and the color commentator for Tech football games, Kim has distinguished himself as someone with a real affinity for the Institute. I know that I join the entire Georgia Tech community in relaying to Kim\u0027s family our sincere sorrow in his passing and that our thoughts and prayers are with them at their time of loss.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the Yellow Jackets\u0027 most recent home football game against Miami on Oct. 2, Georgia Tech honored King by officially dedicating the Kim King Football Locker Room at Bobby Dodd Stadium\/Grant Field. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Kim truly loved Georgia Tech, and especially Tech football,\u0022 said Tech Director of Athletics Dave Braine. \u0022He was a tremendous ambassador for the program, and he was loved by so many people. To say that he will be missed is an understatement.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing was originally diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, in 1999. Last May, he was diagnosed with secondary acute myelogenous leukemia. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing began his long association with Georgia Tech when he enrolled at the Institute in the fall of 1963. \u0022The Young Lefthander\u0022 was a three-year starter at quarterback from 1965-67, leading the Jackets to berths in the Gator and Orange Bowls. One of the highlights of his career came when he helped the Jackets to a victory over eighth-ranked Tennessee in 1966 and was named National Back of the Week by Sports Illustrated magazine. He finished his career as Tech\u0027s all-time leading passer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso an outstanding student, King earned his bachelor\u0027s degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech in 1968, launching his highly successful business career. He founded Kim King Associates, Inc., one of Atlanta\u0027s foremost commercial real estate development firms, in 1972. His firm developed numerous properties all over Atlanta, including the Centergy complex adjacent to the Tech campus at Technology Square. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was named Georgia\u0027s \u0022Most Respected CEO\u0022 for 2004 by Georgia Trend magazine, which also tabbed him one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians in 2001. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing served as finance chairman for former Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes and as Chairman of the Board of Georgia Public Broadcasting. He was active in fund-raising activities for cancer research as well as the Bobby Dodd Charities Foundation, Inc. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his business and civic accomplishments, King was an integral figure in Georgia Tech Athletics who was instrumental in the growth of the program. He chaired the initial feasibility study for what ultimately became the Arthur B. Edge Center, which houses Tech\u0027s athletics offices. At the time of its completion in 1982, the Edge Center was a significant move by the Institute toward a commitment to intercollegiate athletics. In 1988, he was a driving force behind the agreement between the State Board of Regents and the Grant family heirs to add the name of Bobby Dodd to Tech\u0027s home field. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing was admired by generations of Yellow Jacket fans for his role as the color analyst on Tech\u0027s radio broadcasts. He joined the radio broadcast team in 1974 as the partner of legendary play-by-play voice Al Ciraldo. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWes Durham, Tech\u0027s current play-by-play voice, began working with King in 1995. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is such a tremendous loss for Georgia Tech and for me personally,\u0022 said Durham. \u0022Kim King is Georgia Tech, and I\u0027m honored that I had the chance to know him and work with him for the last 10 years.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHead football coach Chan Gailey said, \u0022Kim King is the true Tech Man, from the way he played on the football field to his successful business career, and most importantly, in the way he lived his life.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBorn Oct. 6, 1945 in Atlanta, King was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 1998 he was honored by the Athletic Association with the Total Person Alumnus Award. He was also named one of Georgia Tech\u0027s \u002250 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century\u0022 in 2000. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing is survived by his wife, Gail, daughters Angela and Abby, son Beau, and two grandchildren.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Icon of Georgia Tech Athletics for 40 Years"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Kim King, a legendary figure in Georgia Tech athletics, first as a player and then as the Yellow Jackets\u0027 long-time radio announcer, died Tuesday morning after a battle with leukemia. 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