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Press Release

Contact: Mike Light Executive Director of Communications mlight@dtae.org 404.327.6913

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 16, 2005

DTAE Board Awards Honor to
Former Governor Joe Frank Harris

Atlanta - The State Board of Technical and Adult Education has presented its 2005 Ken Breeden Award to the former Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris.

The Ken Breeden Award is given annually to a leader in government, business, education or community development who has shown dedication and commitment to promoting and advancing technical education in Georgia.

Governor Harris accepted the award last week from DTAE Board Chairman Ben Copeland and DTAE Commissioner Mike Vollmer during the agency’s annual Leadership Conference in Savannah. He was introduced by DTAE Board Member Steve Rieck of Jonesboro, who also served as part of Harris’ senior staff during his two terms as Governor.

“Governor Harris had the vision to set forth the plan that created the technical college system of Georgia,” said Rieck. “We are proud to honor him because his leadership created a system of technical education that today is so very critical to Georgia’s workforce development.”

Harris served as Georgia’s Governor from 1983 to 1991.

The state Department of Technical and Adult Education is the state agency responsible for the governance of Georgia's 34 technical colleges. Last year, more than 155,000 students enrolled in credit courses at those colleges. In addition to managing the technical college system, the department also administers the state's adult literacy programs and Georgia Quick Start, an economic development program dedicated to workforce training.

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