{"601431":{"#nid":"601431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Timely Honor: Sam Nunn School Chair Funded in 20th Anniversary Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFriends and family of Senator Sam Nunn, Class of 1960 and Honorary Ph.D. 2008, have honored him by funding the Sam Nunn School Chair in International Affairs. This prestigious endowed faculty leadership chair will provide annual discretionary support for the incumbent administrative chair of the School to advance strategic priorities in perpetuity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOutright and estate gifts from the late John P. Imlay Jr., IM 1959 first ensured that Nunn\u0026rsquo;s legacy would be firmly rooted at Georgia Tech for the benefit of the Nunn School\u0026rsquo;s students, faculty, and programs. Others joined the effort early \u0026mdash; donors Kim, IMGT 1983, and Tom Noonan, ME 1983; the Arthur Blank Foundation; and the Bank of America Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn fall 2017 \u0026mdash; to commemorate the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/nunn-school-naming-anniversary\u0022\u003E20th anniversary\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the School\u0026rsquo;s naming for Senator Nunn \u0026mdash; the School received gifts and commitments to fund the chair from Senator Nunn, Joan and Hubert \u0026ldquo;Herky\u0026rdquo; Harris, IM 1965, and Carolyn and Earl Shell, BC 1962.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s most admired citizens and a respected leader on the state, national, and international stages, Nunn has worked to address the most challenging problems of our time. During his 24-year career as a U.S. senator, he advanced many national security and foreign policy objectives, including co-authoring the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Today he is co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and serves as a distinguished professor in the Nunn School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENunn has made an indelible mark on international affairs, and his example will continue to inspire generations of students and faculty in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E, its home unit, the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;who are striving to make a difference in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESubject to Board of Regents consideration and approval, the incumbent Nunn School chair will be the named chair holder.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFriends and family of the Senator Sam Nunn, Class of 1960 and Honorary Ph.D. 2008, have honored him by funding the Sam Nunn School Chair in International Affairs. This prestigious endowed faculty leadership chair will provide annual discretionary support for the incumbent administrative chair of the School to advance strategic priorities in perpetuity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Friends and family of the Senator Sam Nunn, Class of 1960 and Honorary Ph.D. 2008, have honored him by funding the Sam Nunn School Chair in International Affairs. This prestigious endowed faculty leadership chair will provide annual discretionary support "}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2018-01-26 19:29:18","changed_gmt":"2018-02-08 18:35:36","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600163":{"id":"600163","type":"image","title":"Sam Nunn","body":null,"created":"1513803742","gmt_created":"2017-12-20 21:02:22","changed":"1539182079","gmt_changed":"2018-10-10 14:34:39","alt":"Portrait photo of Sam Nunn, Distinguished Professor at Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College","file":{"fid":"228798","name":"0242_NTI_Headshots_Square.jpg.1200x1200_q75_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0242_NTI_Headshots_Square.jpg.1200x1200_q75_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0242_NTI_Headshots_Square.jpg.1200x1200_q75_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":88125,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0242_NTI_Headshots_Square.jpg.1200x1200_q75_crop-smart_upscale.jpg?itok=XoeYvsxn"}}},"media_ids":["600163"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"597139","name":"International Affairs Alumni in Washington DC"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"176598","name":"Nunn School Chair"},{"id":"364","name":"Funding"},{"id":"1188","name":"International Affairs"},{"id":"167043","name":"Sam Nunn"},{"id":"269","name":"endowment"}],"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\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}