Regents name new Ga. Tech president

ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Regents has named University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor G.P. ``Bud'' Peterson as the next president of Georgia Tech.

The board voted unanimously to hire Peterson at a specially called meeting Wednesday morning.

The 55-year-old Peterson was the only finalist from a national search to replace longtime President G. Wayne Clough, who left in June to lead the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., after serving since 1994.
Peterson, who has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, is a former NASA researcher who headed the flagship campus of the University of Colorado system since 2006.

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