Bill Text: GA SR51 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Georgia Tech Research Institute; celebrate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-01-26 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR51 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR51-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 51
By:
Senators Rogers of the 21st and Grant of the 25th
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the semisesquicentennial anniversary of the Georgia Tech Research Institute; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the year 2009 marks the 75th anniversary of the Georgia Tech Research
Institute's (GTRI) creation in April of 1934, when it was formed and funded by
the Georgia General Assembly under the Georgia Board of Regents;
and
WHEREAS,
the Georgia Tech Research Institute was known as the State Engineering
Experiment Station until 1984; and
WHEREAS,
the Georgia General Assembly formed GTRI to help develop Georgia's resources,
industries, and commerce and to assist with national programs of science,
technology, and preparedness; and
WHEREAS,
the institute has grown from three researchers with a budget of $12,000 to
nearly 1,300 employees performing more than $185 million in research and
development annually; and
WHEREAS,
GTRI is an integral part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, serving as a
vital contributor to Georgia Tech's mission to be defined as the technological
research university of the 21st century and to educate the leaders of a
technologically driven world; and
WHEREAS,
the objective of GTRI is to execute a synergistic model of research, innovation,
and education and use this model to solve the significant problems of a complex
world; and
WHEREAS,
GTRI's economic impact on Georgia has been profound, as illustrated by its
incubation of Scientific Atlanta and by its continued innovation on behalf of
the food processing industry;
and
WHEREAS, GTRI has provided invaluable services to state agencies to improve education and to protect its citizens; and
WHEREAS, GTRI has provided invaluable services to state agencies to improve education and to protect its citizens; and
WHEREAS,
GTRI has provided real world educational experiences to thousands of students
since its inception, including serving as the largest employer of cooperative
education students from the University System of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
the anniversary celebration is an opportunity to recognize the outstanding
dedication and contribution of the Georgia Tech Research Institute to the public
interest of Georgia and the United States, and it is fitting and proper to
recognize this historic achievement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the Georgia Tech Research Institute for its significant contributions during its
75 years of existence in the State of Georgia and extend congratulations on the
institute's celebration of its semisesquicentennial anniversary.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to
transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the
Georgia Institute of Technology and GTRI Director Dr. Stephen E. Cross, on
behalf of the women and men of the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
