{"686430":{"#nid":"686430","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s Named Recipient of Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will award the 2026 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, renowned chef, author, and humanitarian. The award recognizes individuals who, by standing up for moral principles at great personal risk, have made a significant impact on society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor his unwavering compassion and culinary skills, Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s has been awarded the National Humanities Medal, the James Beard Foundation\u2019s Outstanding Chef award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA native of Spain, Andr\u00e9s is an Emmy Award-winning television personality, \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E bestselling author, educator, two-star Michelin recipient, and has been twice named one of \u003Cem\u003ETIME\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\u2019s \u201c100 Most Influential People.\u201d He founded World Central Kitchen in 2010, following a devastating earthquake in Haiti, using his culinary skills to cook alongside those displaced by the disaster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage honors his extraordinary contributions and his dedication to providing meals to people enduring unthinkable hardships.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cChef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019\u0026nbsp;leadership journey inspires all of us to try to make a difference in\u0026nbsp;the world through whatever we know best,\u201d said \u00c1ngel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech. \u201cHe built a successful restaurant business and became one of the most renowned chefs of our time \u2014 yet, he also found the courage, time, and resources to create an organization that provides freshly cooked meals to victims of war and natural disaster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJos\u00e9 and his team at World Central Kitchen regularly risk their lives to help restore human dignity and rebuild community amid gunfire and rubble. Georgia Tech is proud to present this award to a man whose moral compass never wavered and who epitomizes the spirit of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award was established in 2010 to honor the legacy of Ivan Allen Jr., former mayor of Atlanta and a Georgia Tech graduate, who was known for his courageous leadership during the Civil Rights Movement. It is awarded annually to individuals who demonstrate exceptional courage at considerable risk to their careers, and even their lives, for an important social issue. Previous recipients include John Lewis, Andrew Young, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Christiane Amanpour, and Mar\u00eda Corina Machado.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanks to a generous grant from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Foundation, the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage includes a monetary stipend of $100,000.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA ceremony and campus event honoring Andr\u00e9s will take place March 16, 2026. Learn more at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ivanallenprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eivanallenprize.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will award the 2026 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to an Emmy-winning TV personality, chef, author, and humanitarian.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will award the 2026 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to an Emmy-winning TV personality, chef, author, and humanitarian."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-11-17 13:03:03","changed_gmt":"2025-11-17 14:19:57","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678620":{"id":"678620","type":"image","title":"Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s. 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