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Summary Sentence: Commemorative program and reception honoring Dr. McKnight who passed away last week
Full Summary: Please join the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to commemorate Dr. Phil McKnight, Chair of the School of Modern Languages.
Phil McKnight, Chair of Modern Languages, Passes Away
Please join the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and School of Modern Languages for
A Commemorative Celebration
of the Life and Works of Phil McKnight, Chair of the School of Modern Languages
Thursday, September 15, 2011
2:00 - 3:00pm
Swann Building
613 Cherry Street
A reception will be held in the Swann garden following the program.
The McKnight family will be with us for this memorial.
For those who may not be aware, Dr. McKnight passed away suddenly of unknown cause during the Labor Day holiday. http://www.iac.gatech.edu/news-and-events/story?id=69918
In Memoriam:
The McKnight family has requested that gifts in memory of Dr. McKnight be made through the Georgia Tech Foundation. The funds will be directed to the Phil McKnight Memorial Fund which will be used to honor his legacy of accomplishments and visionary leadership in the form of a commemorative tree planting and through a scholarship to benefit students who study abroad in his ground-breaking applied language and intercultural studies program.
Check contributions for the memorial should be made payable to the Georgia Tech Foundation and sent to Dr. Juan A. McGruder, Director of Development, Ivan Allen College, Atlanta, GA 30332-0525.
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