Lifelong Environmentalist Says Time at Georgia Tech Instrumental in His Success

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Ivan Allen College alumnus Albert George has marine biology and chemistry degrees and completed programs at Harvard and Yale. But it’s his M.S. from the School of History and Sociology that most profoundly shaped the trajectory of his career. 

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School of History and Sociology alumnus Albert George has led an impactful career in environmentalism. He founded the Amazon Reforestation Project, worked as the director of conservation at the South Carolina Aquarium, and is now the carbon neutral program manager at Apple, where he develops strategies to reduce the company's global supply chain emissions to net zero by 2030.

George said his goal in his work has always been to dispense with the talk and make real change. To do so, he earned marine biology and chemistry degrees and completed programs at Harvard and Yale. But it’s his Master of Science in History and Sociology of Technology and Science (HSTS) from Ivan Allen College that most profoundly shaped the trajectory of his career. Why did this scientist decide to venture into the liberal arts?

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Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of History and Sociology

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  • Created On: Feb 21, 2023 - 3:15pm
  • Last Updated: Feb 27, 2023 - 2:34pm