{"681829":{"#nid":"681829","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech School of Public Policy to be Named in Honor of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E will be named the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy in honor of former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. At the recommendation of Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera, the Georgia Board of Regents approved the naming at its April 16 meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Carter family is a true gem of Georgia, demonstrating what can be accomplished through a focus on public service, resilience, and a desire to improve the human condition,\u201d said Cassidy Sugimoto, Tom and Marie Patton Professor and School Chair in the School of Public Policy. \u201cWe are grateful to have the opportunity to honor the Carters for their work since the founding of the Carter Center in 1982, focused on preventing and resolving conflicts, enhancing freedom and democracy, and improving health.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am grateful to the Carter family, the Carter Center, and the Georgia Tech alumni and donors who supported this naming,\u201d said Cabrera. \u201cThe Carter School will contribute to preserving the memory of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter\u2019s extraordinary life of public service and will inspire and develop new generations of public leaders committed to Progress and Service.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJimmy Carter, who attended Georgia Tech as a student in 1942, received the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Service and Progress at Georgia Tech in 2002 and the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage at Georgia Tech in 2017. The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, named for former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. Allen who was known for his transformative urban leadership and socially and ethically conscious action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure always to be associated with the Ivan Allen family in any way. We\u2019ve been close to the family for a long time,\u201d said Jimmy Carter at the award event in 2017. \u201cIn every respect, my heart is with Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMayor Allen was a beacon of light for Jimmy and for me and so many others actually in our whole country, standing up for what was good and what was right,\u201d said Rosalynn Carter at the 2017 award event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy partnered with the Carter Center on the two-year naming process, and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were engaged and personally supportive.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cMy family and I are honored by Georgia Tech\u2019s naming of the School of Public Policy after my grandparents,\u0022 said Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. \u0022Georgia Tech was extremely important to my grandfather, and I am so glad that this institution chose to celebrate my grandparents\u0027 decades-long partnership of service.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech always held a special place in President and Mrs. Carter\u0027s hearts. In fact, Mrs. Carter kept a Georgia Tech blanket draped across a chair in her office at The Carter Center \u2014 a sweet reminder of her very favorite Tech student \u2014 and it still sits there today,\u0022 said Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander. \u0022Georgia Tech played a formative role in their lives and it helped shaped their policy perspectives from the Governor\u0027s mansion to the White House and beyond. It is only appropriate that the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy will now bear their names.\u0022\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts educates leaders who can ethically address societal problems through policy processes and generates knowledge that contributes to sustainability, creates a more equitable society, and serves to enhance innovation at the intersection of science and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Public Policy will be named the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy in honor of former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Public Policy will be named the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy in honor of former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2025-04-16 13:46:44","changed_gmt":"2025-04-17 19:11:46","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676851":{"id":"676851","type":"image","title":"carter-spp-naming.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter discuss some of the ways The Carter Center has been waging peace and fighting disease to build hope for millions around the world in September 2018 in Atlanta, Ga.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1744811213","gmt_created":"2025-04-16 13:46:53","changed":"1744811213","gmt_changed":"2025-04-16 13:46:53","alt":"Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sitting at a table in front of an audience with a blue Carter Center step and repeat banner featuring the Carter Center logo in white behind them.","file":{"fid":"260696","name":"carter-spp-naming.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/16\/carter-spp-naming.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/16\/carter-spp-naming.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1549202,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/16\/carter-spp-naming.jpg?itok=NRLvm8jw"}}},"media_ids":["676851"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy"},{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2024\/12\/remembering-jimmy-carter","title":"Remembering Jimmy Carter"},{"url":"https:\/\/features.iac.gatech.edu\/carter-legacy","title":"Reflecting On the Carter Legacy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMegan McRainey\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:megan.mcrainey@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emegan.mcrainey@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}