{"675590":{"#nid":"675590","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Look at Tech\u2019s Olympic Past ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019ve been in Atlanta a while, the Summer Olympics might have you walking down memory lane back to 1996, when Georgia Tech played host to the Olympic Village and athletes swarmed the campus and city.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/archives\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Library Archives\u003C\/a\u003E has many artifacts from that period. A few items preserved here on campus, which you can explore digitally or at the Library Archives in Crosland Tower, include:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Olympic Torch prototype. Sam Shelton, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, designed the torch burner mechanism for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The torch lives in the Archives in Crosland Tower, and you can view a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dlg.usg.edu\/record\/gatecharchives_artifacts_6045\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecord from the Digital Library of Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPins, flags, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/finding-aids.library.gatech.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/144\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elots\u003C\/a\u003E of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/finding-aids.library.gatech.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/201\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ephotographs\u003C\/a\u003E, and drawings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA collection from Professor Emeritus \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/finding-aids.library.gatech.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1910\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPhillip Sparling\u003C\/a\u003E in biology showcasing expertise in kinesiology and distance running and the research he did around athletes\u2019 performance in the Atlanta heat during the Games.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/finding-aids.library.gatech.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/238\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Olympic\/Paralympic Planning Office records\u003C\/a\u003E highlighting the planning for Tech\u2019s participation in the Games, with Georgia Tech serving as the Olympic Village and the venue for boxing and aquatics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/repository.gatech.edu\/search?search=olympics\u0026amp;query=olympics\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe digital repository\u003C\/a\u003E, a full accounting of the 1996 Olympics from planning and execution to PowerPoints to photographs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019ve been in Atlanta a while, the Summer Olympics might have you walking down memory lane back to 1996, when Georgia Tech played host to the Olympic Village and athletes swarmed the campus and city. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"If you\u2019ve been in Atlanta a while, the Summer Olympics might have you walking down memory lane back to 1996, when Georgia Tech played host to the Olympic Village and athletes swarmed the campus and city.  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