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Four alumni who have combined exceptional business careers and exemplary support for the Institute lead a field of 10 remarkable people to be recognized by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association at its annual Gold & White Honors program.
The ceremony will be March 15 at the Atlanta History Center.
The Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Charles W. "Charlie" Brady, IM 57, chairman of AMVESCAP, the world's largest publicly traded asset management firm; David M. "Dave" McKenney, Phys 60, IE 64, chairman of McKenney's Management Corp., mechanical contractors for the Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest; Joseph W. "Joe" Rogers Jr., IM 68, chairman and CEO of Waffle House, a Southern icon that has become an American phenomenon; and H. Milt Stewart Jr., IE 61, retired chairman of the Standard Group of Cornelia, Ga., and for whom Tech's industrial and systems engineering school is named.
The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association for a lifetime of leadership, achievement and service to Georgia Tech and the community.
The Outstanding Young Alumnus award will be presented to Susan M. Davis, AB 91, the first female Buzz, a trustee of the Alumni Association and director of development for CARE USA.
A recognition that pays tribute to legendary dean of students George C. Griffin — the Dean Griffin Community Service Award — will honor Stanley S. Sattinger, ME 62, president and co-founder of the all-volunteer Montour Trail Council in western Pennsylvania, and James R. Lientz Jr., IM 65, appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue as Georgia's first-ever chief operating officer, whose service to the Institute includes a current term on the Georgia Tech Foundation and previous stints on the Alumni Association board of trustees, Georgia Tech Advisory Board and College of Management Advisory Board.
The designation of honorary alumnus will be awarded to H. Inman Allen, James W. "Bill" Ray and Jean-Marie Rausch.
Allen is a generous benefactor of the Ivan Allen College, named for his father, the late Ivan Allen Jr., Com 33. Ray, a retired Army major general, served as vice president for facilities when the campus served as the Olympic Village in 1996, then vice president of business and finance of the Athletic Association and then joined Draper Associates, representing the Georgia Tech Foundation in the construction of Technology Square; Rausch, former mayor of Metz, France, and a visionary force in the founding of Georgia Tech-Lorraine, is the first honorary alumnus from Europe.
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