Presidents Despite their highly technical backgrounds Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition Among them comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame and Randolph Scott both called Tech home Several famous athletes have as well; about 150 Tech students have gone into the National Football League (NFL) with many others going into the National Basketball Association (NBA) or Major League Baseball (MLB) Well-known American football athletes include all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton Pat Swilling Billy Shaw and Joe Guyon former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher and recent students such as Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice Some of Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Josh Okogie Chris Bosh Derrick Favors Thaddeus Young Jarrett Jack and Iman Shumpert Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown Mark Teixeira Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek in golf Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones who founded the Masters and David Duval who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999. ; Jewish 11 Reception Memorial Drive (Georgia 154) Roster and coaches updated August 19 2019, Seychelles (9) Transportation in Georgia is overseen by the Georgia Department of Transportation a part of the executive branch of the state government Georgia's major Interstate Highways are I-20 I-75 I-85 and I-95 on March 18 1998 the Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution naming the portion of Interstate Highway 75 which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line the Larry McDonald Memorial Highway Larry McDonald a Democratic member of the House of Representatives had been on Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by the Soviets on September 1 1983!
. Ponce City Market multi-use complex formerly the Sears Roebuck warehouse for the southeastern U.S Geography Pitchers The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution that receives funds from the State of Georgia tuition fees research grants and alumni contributions in 2014 the Institute's revenue amounted to about $1.422 billion Fifteen percent came from state appropriations and grants while 20% originated from tuition and fees Grants and contracts accounted for 55% of all revenue Expenditures were about $1.36 billion Forty-eight percent went to research and 19% went to instruction the Georgia Tech Foundation runs the university's endowment and was incorporated in 1932 it includes several wholly owned subsidiaries that own land on campus or in Midtown and lease the land back to the Georgia Board of Regents and other companies and organizations Assets totaled $1.882 billion and liabilities totaled $0.478 billion in 2014 as of 2007 Georgia Tech had the most generous alumni donor base percentage wise of any public university ranked in the top 50 in 2015 the university received a $30 million grant from Atlanta philanthropist Diana Blank to build the "most environmentally-sound building ever constructed in the Southeast.". . 4 Gang crime DeKalb Widespread farms produce peanuts corn and soybeans across middle and south Georgia the state is the number one producer of pecans in the world with the region around Albany in southwest Georgia being the center of Georgia's pecan production Gainesville in northeast Georgia touts itself as the Poultry Capital of the World Georgia is in the top five blueberry producers in the United States. Main articles: List of Amtrak routes List of busiest Amtrak stations and List of major cities in U.S lacking Amtrak service; Al Simmons The 1996 Olympics are the most recent edition of the Summer Olympics to be held in the United States Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics 32 years after the games were held in Atlanta. . Calendar 10 Radio and television 2 History Historiography Education Imperial conversion According to the 2010 United States Census Georgia had a population of 9,687,653 in terms of race and ethnicity the state was 59.7% White (55.9% Non-Hispanic White alone) 30.5% Black or African American 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native 3.2% Asian 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 4.0% from some other race and 2.1% from two or more races Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 8.8% of the population.
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