{"352461":{"#nid":"352461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Richard Guthman, 1934-2014","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Music mourns the loss of a great friend with the passing of Richard Guthman. Guthman, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1956 with a degree in industrial engineering, was actively involved in public service in the Atlanta area for over 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1998 he founded the Margaret Guthman Keyboard Competition as a tribute to his wife, Margaret. What began as a jazz piano competition has expanded to become the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, a two-day annual event that brings together musicians from all over the world competing for the prize of \u201cbest new musical instrument.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJason Freeman, associate professor of music, said \u201cRichard\u2019s open mindedness, genuine curiosity, and spirit of collaboration set the tone for the competition which turned the Guthman into a spirited community of practitioners sharing innovative ideas as much as a competition of the world\u2019s greatest instrument designers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is survived by his wife of 27 years, Margaret; son Richard \u201cRick\u201d Guthman III and his wife, Libby; son William \u201cBill\u201d Guthman and his wife, Cheryl; son Dan Wall and his wife, Carol; and several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that gifts in Richard\u2019s honor be made in support of the Guthman Competition or the Temple of Atlanta. If you wish to make a gift to support the Guthman Competition, please make checks payable to the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. and send to Susan Sanders, Director of Development, 245 Fourth St, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Music mourns the loss of a great friend with the passing of Richard Guthman. Guthman, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1956 with a degree in industrial engineering, was actively involved in public service in the Atlanta area for over 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Richard Guthman, avid supporter of the School of Music, passes away"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2014-12-05 17:17:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:41","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"352451":{"id":"352451","type":"image","title":"guthmans","body":null,"created":"1449245714","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:14","changed":"1475895080","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:20","alt":"guthmans","file":{"fid":"201973","name":"guthmans.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthmans_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthmans_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":63899,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/guthmans_0.jpeg?itok=p__JBc8E"}}},"media_ids":["352451"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"18651","name":"featured"},{"id":"8847","name":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"id":"111661","name":"richard guthman"},{"id":"167096","name":"school of music"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}