{"81961":{"#nid":"81961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Senator Sam Nunn to Receive The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, honors Sam Nunn, co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and former U.S. Senator, with the \u003Cem\u003E2004 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service\u003C\/em\u003E on\u003Cstrong\u003E Monday, March 22 at 1 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003EAfter the award presentation, Senator Nunn will give a keynote address about \u0022America\u0027s Security Challenges.\u0022 Nunn joins past recipients of the Prize: Senator Zell Miller in 2001, President Jimmy Carter in 2002, and syndicated columnist Molly Ivins in 2003. The program takes place at the Georgia Tech Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus. Doors will open at 12:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College will also present for the first time three new \u003Cem\u003EIvan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards.\u003C\/em\u003E Sponsored by Ivan Allen Workspace, the new awards honor the memory of Ivan Allen Jr., (1911-2003), Atlanta\u0027s legendary former mayor, businessman, and Tech alumnus, who served as mayor from 1962-70. The Legacy Awards will be awarded to one student, one faculty member and one alumnus who exemplify the qualities for which Ivan Allen was known.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Ivan Allen College celebrates its Founder\u0027s Day on March 22 by presenting two enlightening panel discussions featuring a number of high-profile experts. The morning panel on \u0022A Retrospective Look at the Mayoralty of Ivan Allen Jr.\u0022 will take place at \u003Cstrong\u003E10 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E in the Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center, room 236. Participants for the morning panel include: Dr. Ronald H. Bayor, professor of history in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech and founding and current editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History; Paul Hemphill, co-author of Ivan Allen\u0027s autobiography entitled \u003Cem\u003EMayor: Notes on the Sixties\u003C\/em\u003E; Dr. Georgia A. Persons, professor of political science in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Public Policy; Dr. Clarence Stone, research professor of public policy and political science, George Washington University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. Dr. Andy Ambrose, deputy director and chief operating officer of the Atlanta History Center, will moderate the panel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe afternoon panel discussion on \u0022The Impact of Terrorism on Society: Global Perspectives\u0022 at \u003Cstrong\u003E2:30 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003Ein the Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center, room 236, features a diverse panel of international experts including Gilles Andreani, head, Policy Planning Staff, French Foreign Ministry, Uday Bhaskar, deputy director, Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA), India; Lawrence Papay, vice president for the Integrated Solutions Sector, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); and Robert J. Ursano, chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Susan Cozzens, professor of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, will moderate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday as co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Nunn works to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He brings to this mission his extensive experience as a U.S. Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also served on the Intelligence and Small Business Committees. His legislative achievements include the landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act, drafted with the late Senator Barry Goldwater, and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which provides assistance to Russia and the former Soviet republics for securing and destroying their excess nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his work with NTI, Nunn has continued his service in the public policy arena as a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech and as chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Nunn recently retired as a partner in the law firm of King \u0026amp; Spalding.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERaised in the small town of Perry in middle Georgia, Nunn attended Georgia Tech, Emory University and Emory Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1962. After active duty service in the U.S. Coast Guard, he served six years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He first entered politics as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College is named for the late Ivan Allen Jr., who represented the essence of \u0022the new South\u0022 and, among other things, is credited with helping ease racial tension in Atlanta during his two terms as mayor. Each year in March-coinciding with Mayor Allen\u0027s birthday-the College honors its namesake by presenting the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service to a distinguished public figure. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, was founded in 1990 to provide a strong liberal arts dimension for all Tech students and to permit focused majors in humanities and social sciences, with an international, technological and professional emphasis. Ivan Allen College includes the Schools of Economics; History, Technology and Society; the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Literature, Communication and Culture; Modern Languages; and Public Policy as well as Air Force, Army, and Navy Reserve Officers\u0027 Training Corps (ROTC) units.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore details about the Ivan Allen College Founder\u0027s Day events including the agenda and directions are available online at www.foundersday-nunnforum.gatech.edu. In addition, these events  will be simultaneously webcast on this Web site.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Impact of Terrorism on Society"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Ivan Allen College honors Sam Nunn, co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and former U.S. Senator, with the \u003Cem\u003E2004 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service \u003C\/em\u003Eon Monday, March 22 at 1 p.m. After the award presentation, Senator Nunn will give a keynote address about \u0022America\u0027s Security Challenges.\u0022 The program takes place at the Georgia Tech Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus. Doors will open at 12:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81971":{"id":"81971","type":"image","title":"Senator Sam Nunn","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81981":{"id":"81981","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81971","81981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.foundersday-nunnforum.gatech.edu\/","title":"Founder\u0027s Day website"}],"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\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":""}}}