{"55159":{"#nid":"55159","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson Meets with Members of Congress, Agency Leaders","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn\nMarch 23-24, Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson was in Washington, DC,\nwhere he met with Members of Congress, leaders at federal agencies, and\nparticipated in the Board of Directors meeting of the Association of\nPublic and Land-grant Universities.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn this trip, President Peterson\nmet with three Members of the Georgia delegation to Congress:\nCongressman Sanford Bishop (representing GA\u2019s 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes Albany,\nColumbus and Thomasville), Congressman Hank Johnson (representing GA\u2019s 4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes Lithonia\nand Tucker), and Congressman David Scott (representing GA\u2019s 13\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes\nJonesboro and Smyrna).\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt federal agencies, he met with Department of\nEnergy Under Secretary Steven Koonin, with whom he discussed Georgia\nTech\u0027s research activities and industry partnerships in a variety of\nenergy areas.\u0026nbsp; He also met with Esther Lee, the Director of the new\nOffice of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Office of\nSecretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce, to discuss Georgia Tech\u0027s\nrole as an economic driver for the state of Georgia and the\nSoutheastern U.S. and the Institute\u0027s experience and expertise in\ninnovation and technology transfer. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President meets with three members of the Georgia delegation to Congress"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn\nMarch 23-24, Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson was in Washington, DC,\nwhere he met with Members of Congress, leaders at federal agencies, and\nparticipated in the Board of Directors meeting of the Association of\nPublic and Land-grant Universities. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Peterson discusses Georgia Tech\u0027s role as economic driver during recent visit to D.C."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-03-30 08:41:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"31158":{"id":"31158","type":"image","title":"President G.P. \\\u0022Bud\\\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1449172543","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 19:55:43","changed":"1475894331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:38:51","alt":"President G.P. \\\u0022Bud\\\u0022 Peterson","file":{"fid":"189851","name":"tnb70654.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":929847,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg?itok=BktegHOD"}}},"media_ids":["31158"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9038","name":"G.P."},{"id":"1271","name":"President"},{"id":"2087","name":"Washingon"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}