{"308631":{"#nid":"308631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West, 1941 - 2014","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBenjamin Harry West, College of Architecture Professor of Practice and former director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, passed away on July 14, 2014. West led the ARC for 28 years, during which he created a series of regional programs to support relationships among leaders and citizens in the Atlanta area, as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/metro-atlantas-top-regional-leader-harry-west-passes-away\/\u0022\u003EMaria Saporta notes in her recent reflection\u003C\/a\u003E on West\u2019s vast number of accomplishments and influences throughout his career. Among those accomplishments, Saporta writes, are his launch of the annual LINK (Leadership, Involvement, Knowledge and Networking) trips; West\u2019s creation of, with the cooperation of the YMCA of Georgia, the first regional youth leadership program; and his participation in the largest collaboration visioning and planning effort in the US at the time, VISION 2020. Catherine Ross, who currently holds the Harry West chair at the Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, elaborated on West\u2019s extensive work for the ARC, stating, \u201cHe was responsible for the preparation and update of three Regional Development Plans, three Regional Transportation Plans, numerous sub-area and corridor plans, alternatives analysis and major investment studies. Plans for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, local bus service, Regional Airport Systems Plans and in most cases programming the capital investments necessary for implementation were also accomplished under his direction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech community was greatly affected by West\u2019s vision and his years of service to Atlanta. \u201cHarry could have chosen to pursue a comfortable retirement, but he instead decided to share his wisdom and experience by coming to work with the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development as a Professor of Practice,\u201d Dean Steve French says. \u201cHe made valuable contributions to our research and teaching missions over the past decade. But above all else, Harry was a kind and gentle soul, who really wanted to make a difference in this world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EServices will be held on Thursday, July 17th\u0026nbsp;at 11:00 am at H.M. Patterson \u0026amp; Son-Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Road Ne, Atlanta, GA 30319. to read the H.M. Patterson obituary and for more information, please \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/obits.dignitymemorial.com\/dignity-memorial\/obituary.aspx?n=Benjamin-West\u0026amp;lc=4946\u0026amp;pid=171734340\u0026amp;uuid=70143755-7fc6-4d26-9d13-97d1a6bb0d93%20\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVisitation will be Wednesday, July 16th from 6pm to 8pm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2008, Mr. West was interviewed by Dan Reuter of the Atlanta Regional Commission as part of the Georgia Planning Association\u0027s \u003Cem\u003EHistory of GPA\u003C\/em\u003E video series. That interview is available online \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/vimeo.com\/5494362\u0022\u003Eat this link.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/news\/local-obituaries\/harry-west-72-regional-planner-professor\/nggPF\/%20\u0022\u003ERead the AJC Obituary here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/secure.campaigner.com\/Campaigner\/Public\/t.show?6xci4--3nu6l-hqvjc70\u0026amp;_v=2\u0022\u003ERead the ARC\u0027s press release here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBenjamin Harry West, College of Architecture Professor of Practice and former director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, passed away on July 14, 2014.\u0026nbsp;The Georgia Tech community was greatly affected by West\u2019s vision and his years of service to Atlanta. Services will be held on Thursday, July 17th\u0026nbsp;at 11:00 am at H.M. Patterson \u0026amp; Son-Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Road Ne, Atlanta, GA 30319. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 16 from 6pm to 8pm.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Benjamin Harry West, College of Architecture Professor of Practice and former director of the Atlanta Regional Commission passed away on July 14, 2014."}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2014-07-15 11:02:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:45","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61111":{"id":"61111","type":"image","title":"Harry West","body":null,"created":"1449176308","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:28","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Harry West","file":{"fid":"191274","name":"Harry_West.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Harry_West_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Harry_West_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1595192,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Harry_West_0.JPG?itok=nTIxoyoW"}}},"media_ids":["61111"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4265","name":"ARC"},{"id":"97871","name":"benjamin harry west"},{"id":"808","name":"CQGRD"},{"id":"4492","name":"Harry West"},{"id":"54011","name":"Professor of Practice"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}