{"id":45,"date":"2012-10-13T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/sites\/gsm_spr12\/?p=45"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:15:38","slug":"visionary-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2012\/10\/13\/visionary-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Visionary Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"boblane\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Georgia Southern University President Brooks Keel presents former State Representative Bob Lane with the President\u2019s Medal<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Former State Representative Bob Lane was honored with President\u2019s Medal.<\/h3>\n

Bob Lane has always had a special fondness for Georgia Southern University. The former Georgia State Representative recalled that his attachment to the University began as a young boy, when he liked sports and loved watching Eagle teams compete for titles. \u201cI grew up in Statesboro and in my childhood I attended basketball games and baseball games in particular,\u201d Lane said.<\/p>\n

Lane\u2019s Georgia Southern connections run deep through his family as well \u2013 son David received a degree in finance, son Brant studied for two years in the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP), and his aunt, Professor Emeritus Betty Lane, was the longtime chair of the Home Economics Department. \u201cI\u2019ve been a supporter and a fan of Georgia Southern my whole life,\u201d he said. That support was evident from 1980 to 2010 during Lane\u2019s service in the Georgia House of Representatives, where he was one of the University\u2019s strongest advocates. During that time period, Lane, along with Bulloch County\u2019s legislative delegation, helped garner support from the entire General Assembly for more than $300 million in capital projects for Georgia Southern.<\/p>\n

In appreciation of Lane\u2019s commitment, Georgia Southern President Brooks Keel presented him with the President\u2019s Medal, the University\u2019s highest honor, during a Legislative Appreciation Dinner held in April at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center. The award is given exclusively to recipients who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions, dedication and service to the University. Lane is only the sixth recipient of the award, and the first to receive the honor from Keel, who called him a true champion for Georgia Southern and the surrounding area. \u201cWhat he has done for this University will endure and benefit future generations of students, faculty and staff,\u201d Keel said.<\/p>\n

\"boblaneaward\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Some of the significant projects funded during Lane\u2019s years of service in the House of Representatives will benefit generations of students to come, including new buildings for the College of Education, the College of Business Administration, the College of Engineering and Information Technology, the Nursing\/ Chemistry program and the Biological Sciences facility currently under construction.<\/p>\n

The former legislator said he was especially proud of the creation of the Engineering and Information Technology building, one of many construction and renovation projects that were completed to accommodate the campus\u2019 growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t take credit for any of this because no one does anything alone,\u201d Lane modestly said. \u201cI was just fortunate to serve on the committees to help get the process started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Receiving the President\u2019s Award also came as a complete surprise to Lane. \u201cI thought we were going to honor our current state representatives and I just went to help recognize them,\u201d he said about the Legislative Dinner. However, Lane realized something was afoot when his family and some out-of-town friends were present at the dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI share this award with my family and the local representatives who supported me during my tenure. Quite honestly, when I became a representative, most of my focus other than making laws and doing what I thought the people here wanted, was to make sure Georgia Southern was funded fairly and adequately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandra Bennett<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Lane Honored with President’s Medal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fall-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}