{"62645":{"#nid":"62645","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Longtime Co-op Leader Retires from Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter 30 years of work with the Georgia Tech Cooperative Education Program, Harold Simmons has retired from the Division of Professional Practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt has been an honor working with Tech\u2019s distinguished faculty and administration, thousands of dedicated co-op students and hundreds of our faithful employers and alumni,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cI will miss them all.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter earning his bachelor\u2019s in industrial management from Tech in 1965, Simmons served as commander and unrestricted line officer for the U.S. Naval Reserve, as well as several years as a standards engineer and foreman for the textile industry in his hometown, Sylacauga, Ala.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1977, Simmons returned to Tech to begin working as assistant registrar for registration and records and later accepted a position in the Cooperative Division. In the co-op program, Simmons started as assistant director and coordinator and worked his way up to director, a position that Simmons has held for eight years. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe plans to start his retirement by taking a long \u201csabbatical\u201d to rest, enjoy his grandchildren, to read and to play golf.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThen, I\u2019ll work on some new challenges in consulting, recruiting or real estate,\u201d Simmons added.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter 30 years of work with the Georgia Tech Cooperative Education Program, Harold Simmons has retired from the Division of Professional Practice.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After 30 years of work with the Georgia Tech Cooperative Education Program, Harold Simmons has retired from the Division of Professional Practice."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2010-11-09 14:01:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:42","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62646":{"id":"62646","type":"image","title":"Harold Simmons","body":null,"created":"1449176382","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:42","changed":"1475894544","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:24","alt":"Harold Simmons","file":{"fid":"191656","name":"Harold.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Harold_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Harold_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1529432,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Harold_0.jpg?itok=jW2YwOwK"}}},"media_ids":["62646"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coop.gatech.edu\/","title":"Division of Professional Practice"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8108","name":"Co-operative Education"},{"id":"7835","name":"Division of Professional Practice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDivision of Professional Practice\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 894-3320\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}