H. Milton & Carolyn Stewart

The School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, ranked No. 1 in the country
For the past 15 years by U.S. News & World Report, has received a commitment of $20 million from alumnus H. Milton "Milt" Stewart and his wife, Carolyn Stewart.

The commitment establishes a permanent endowment, the income from which will be available for unrestricted use within ISyE, which has been named the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

"Sustaining the unparalleled quality of the school's research programs and the excellence of its faculty and student body takes ongoing, significant investment. We are fortunate that Milt Stewart has always understood that need and offered his wholehearted support of ISyE," says College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens.

Stewart, IE 61, has a long history of philanthropy at Georgia Tech. He established an ISyE endowment fund in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart school chair in 1999. The Stewarts also have supported scholarships for female students coming to Tech from Habersham High School.

Stewart is the retired chairman and CEO of Standard Group, a company he established in 1987 with his sister, Kay Swanson, in Cornelia, Ga. Holdings at that time included Standard Telephone, which Stewart's father, H.M. Stewart Sr., purchased in 1939. Arkansas-based Alltel bought Standard Telephone in 1998.

Stewart served as the 1995-96 president of the Alumni Association, is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, emeritus member and former chairman of the ISyE advisory board and former member of the College of Engineering advisory board.