{"120241":{"#nid":"120241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IAC Bids Fond Farewell to Judy Collier","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJudy Collier, long-time\u0026nbsp;dean\u2019s assistant in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, retired March 30th bringing to a close\u0026nbsp;a thirty year career with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollier was hired in 1981 as a part-time clerk in the School of Electrical Engineering.\u0026nbsp; She rose to responsibilities as staff assistant to the associate vice president of Academic Affairs, Dr. Jo Baker; the College of Engineering dean\u2019s office under Narl Davidson; and the School of Material Science and Engineering chair\u2019s office.\u0026nbsp; In 1999, she was hired as assistant to the dean in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts working with former dean Sue Rosser, and current dean, Jacqueline J. Royster.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe college presented Collier with an engraved vase.\u0026nbsp; During a farewell event held March 28th, Collier told a large crowd of well-wishers gathered from across campus that while her time at Georgia Tech seemed \u201clong on the front end\u201d that, looking back, the time had gone too fast.\u0026nbsp; She expressed heartfelt thanks to colleagues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhoto:\u0026nbsp; IAC Director of Finance, Tina Lambert (l) and Dean Jackie Royster present Judy Collier with an engraved vase marking her thirty years of service to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJudy Collier, long-time\u0026nbsp;dean\u2019s assistant in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, retired March 30th bringing to a close\u0026nbsp;a thirty year career with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-03-28 16:39:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:56","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"120231":{"id":"120231","type":"image","title":"Judy Collier","body":null,"created":"1449178268","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:31:08","changed":"1475894741","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:41","alt":"Judy Collier","file":{"fid":"194358","name":"img_4830.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4830_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4830_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4527215,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_4830_0.jpg?itok=Q4xdCBFl"}}},"media_ids":["120231"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"28631","name":"IAC dean\u0027s office"},{"id":"28621","name":"Judy Collier"},{"id":"2198","name":"Retirement"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}