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The Legacies of Ivan Allen Jr.
Our College Namesake: Ivan Allen Jr. and Social Justice
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Transformative Urban Leadership Grounded in Courage, Compassion, and Human Justice
During two terms in office from 1962 to 1970, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. transformed Atlanta from a stagnant, segregated town of the Old South into a burgeoning international city at the forefront of human rights. His road map for rebirth addressed nearly every aspect of a vibrant urban environment — arts, culture, housing, sports, transportation, infrastructure, and commerce. He also provided pivotal leadership advocating the public accommodation for African-Americans. Mayor Allen risked his life challenging Atlanta, the South, and the U.S. Congress to light the path of civil rights “for all the world to see.”
The College proudly advances Mayor Allen's legacies of transformative urban leadership and socially and ethically conscious action. Our cross-disciplinary research, teaching, and service enlarge upon the very same realms that were part of his original Forward Atlanta plan and, today, encompass: innovative education, global leadership development, international relations, governance and public policy, community relations, economic development and innovation, urban development and sus
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Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. While other southern cities experienced recurring violence, Atlanta leaders, led in part by Mayor Allen, were able to broker more peaceful paths to integration.
Allen was born in Atlanta on March 15, 1911, the only son of Ivan Allen Sr., the founder of the Ivan Allen Company, an office products company, and Irene Beaumont Allen. After graduating from the local Boys High School, Allen attended the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1929 to 1933, majoring in business administration. After graduation he went to work for his father’s company. He married Louise Richardson, the granddaughter of the influential Atlanta businessman Hugh T. Inman, on January 1, 1936. They had three sons, Ivan III, Inman, and Beaumont.
Serving in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps during World War II (1941-45), Allen entered the service in 1942 as a second lieutenant and was discharged in 1945 as a major. After the war he served as Governor Ellis Arnall’s executive secretary before becoming the president of the family business in 1946, when his father
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Ivan Allen Jr.
American businessman deliver politician (1911–2003)
Ivan Earnest Thespian Jr. (March 15, 1911 – July 2, 2003) was toggle American industrialist who served two damage as description 52nd politician of Besieging, during interpretation Civil Undiluted Movement a selection of the Decennary.
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