{"669419":{"#nid":"669419","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Medical Honor for Valerie Montgomery Rice","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/Administration\/office_president\/about_the_president.php\u0022\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice\u003C\/a\u003E, president and CEO of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\u0022\u003EMorehouse School of Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E and a Georgia Tech alumna, has received a major honor from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nmanet.org\u0022\u003ENational Medical Association\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The organization is giving its 2023 Scroll of Merit Award, its highest honor, to Montgomery Rice. The award recognizes someone who has made significant contributions to medicine, health advocacy or service to the association. Montgomery Rice, who received her bachelor\u0027s degree from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, is the first woman to lead the private historically Black medical school in Atlanta. (This award was also covered in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantatribune.com\/2023\/07\/31\/morehouse-school-of-medicine-president-valerie-montgomery-rice-honored-with-scroll-of-merit-award\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Tribune\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/Administration\/office_president\/about_the_president.php\u0022\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice\u003C\/a\u003E, president and CEO of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\u0022\u003EMorehouse School of Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E and a Georgia Tech alumna, has received a major honor from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nmanet.org\u0022\u003ENational Medical Association\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The organization is giving its 2023 Scroll of Merit Award, its highest honor, to Montgomery Rice. The award recognizes someone who has made significant contributions to medicine, health advocacy or service to the association. Montgomery Rice, who received her bachelor\u0027s degree from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, is the first woman to lead the private historically Black medical school in Atlanta. (This award was also covered in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantatribune.com\/2023\/07\/31\/morehouse-school-of-medicine-president-valerie-montgomery-rice-honored-with-scroll-of-merit-award\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Tribune\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-09-05 13:42:14","changed_gmt":"2023-09-05 13:42:14","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta Journal-Constitution ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/education\/ajc-on-campus-state-lawmakers-talk-funding-formula-freshman-class-stats\/EUJISVYAGJCV5DXO4RCCMZJIIQ\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"184090","name":"Valerie Montgomery Rice"},{"id":"13585","name":"Morehouse School of Medicine"},{"id":"193010","name":"National Medical Association Scroll of Merit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}