{"73506":{"#nid":"73506","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross Named National Academy Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Catherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor of Quality Growth and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named a 2006 Fellow by the National Academy of Public Administration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academy of Public Administration, in operation for more than 35 years, describes itself as \u0022an independent, non-partisan organization chartered by Congress to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.\u0022 Its goal is to improve government performance, as well as to analyze critical issues in governance. The NAPA\u0027s Fellows address emerging issues and contribute to the intellectual and popular discourse on government.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is always great to be recognized by one\u0027s peers,\u0022 said Dr. Ross, \u0022particularly when those contributions result in an occasion to work with great people on issues, challenges, and opportunities to improve societal well-being.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFellows elect new members of the Academy each year. The principal criterion for selection is a sustained and outstanding contribution to the field of public administration through public service or scholarship. Past named Fellows include Henry Cisneros, who headed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton; Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; Paris Glendening, former governor of Maryland; Richard Lugar, senior United States Senator from Indiana; and Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami. Harry West, whose endowment led to the creation of the CQGRD, was named a Fellow in 1996.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Catherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor of Quality Growth and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named a 2006 Fellow by the National Academy of Public Administration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Invited to examine national issues of goverance"}],"uid":"27293","created_gmt":"2006-10-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:46","author":"Joanie Chembars","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.napawash.org\/","title":"National Academy of Public Administration"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Leone de Nie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for Quality Growth and Regional Development\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=kl123\u0022\u003EContact Karen Leone de Nie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-5125\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["k.leonedenie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}