{"365711":{"#nid":"365711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Philanthropy Gives Name to Sixth Street Apartments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EJack J. Zbar, a 1956 Tech graduate, leader in the chemical manufacturing and textile industries, and visionary supporter of Georgia Tech, has made a commitment that will have an impact on the Institute for years to come.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EHe and his wife, Leda, have directed a $9 million testamentary commitment to areas of Tech that are close to their hearts, including faculty support and student support directed to two schools and unrestricted support for the Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThe last of these, the Leda L. and Jack J. Zbar Endowment Fund, will one day provide significant resources for Georgia Tech \u2014 resources that will be deployed strategically by the president to meet pressing, immediate needs and to respond to opportunities as they arise in any given academic year. In appreciation for the Zbars\u2019 generosity, the Institute will name the Sixth Street Apartments-East the Jack J. and Leda L. Zbar Residence Hall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech gave me the foundation to be successful in everything that I have done since I left,\u201d said Zbar. \u201cIt gave me the knowledge, the confidence, and the ability.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThe Zbars have also been strategic in committing future support to the Schools of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Through a series of charitable remainder unitrusts, one day their philanthropy will establish the Leda L. and Jack J. Zbar Chairs in ChBE and MSE, the Leda L. and Jack J. Zbar Scholarship Endowment Funds for students with demonstrated financial need in both schools, and will also fund faculty enrichment endowments in each.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cMy profession is, and has been, a chemical engineer,\u201d said Zbar, a native of Tampa, Florida. \u201cBut I also got my start producing, developing, and utilizing chemicals for a textile manufacturer for a few years, so both of these schools are important to me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EIndeed, that experience led him to found his own company, Arrow Engineering, in 1970 in Dalton, Georgia. For decades, the company has specialized in providing technologically advanced chemicals for the textile industry, servicing the carpet industry as well as the cotton, woolen, polyester, and denim markets. It has been a leader in carpet protection technology, using recycled materials in a variety of patented products. In 2004, Zbar sold Arrow Engineering after almost\u0026nbsp; 35 years of success at the helm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ENaresh Thadhani, professor and school chair in MSE, called the Zbar commitments transformative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cThey will help make us the model program that will define the future of our discipline,\u201d he said. \u201cThey will allow us to recruit and retain those individuals who are poised to make the next scientific breakthroughs that will advance technologies and enable future generations of students to reach new heights with a Georgia Tech education.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EZbar echoed those sentiments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cTo continue being the school that it is, Georgia Tech needs the best people \u2014 the best faculty and the best students \u2014 that money can buy. That really is the bottom line.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EHe is happy to be in a position to give back and credits his wife for encouraging him.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cLeda has been so instrumental in developing my philanthropic thinking. Her parents were of modest means, but they always found a way to give to others. She taught me how important that is.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EFor many years Jack and Leda Zbar have provided vital scholarship support in the former School of Polymer, Textile, and Fiber Engineering (now part of MSE), and provided unrestricted current operations support through Roll Call for 28 consecutive years. In addition, Zbar served on the Textile and Fiber Engineering Advisory Board and his 40th Reunion Committee. In 1996 he was named a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus, and in 2003 he was elected to the Engineering Hall of Fame.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Commitment Also Supports Two Engineering Schools"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJack J. Zbar and his wife, Leda, have directed a $9 million testamentary commitment to areas of Tech that are close to their hearts, including faculty support and student support directed to two schools and unrestricted support for the Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jack J. 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