{"id":2649,"date":"2016-12-14T09:39:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2016-12-14T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:39:20","slug":"kate-and-william-hood-dunwoody-honored-with-legacy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2016\/kate-and-william-hood-dunwoody-honored-with-legacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and William Hood Dunwoody honored with Legacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kate and William Hood Dunwoody founded the region’s only nonprofit polytechnic college over a century ago, which to date has produced more than 250,000 graduates.<\/h5>\n
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December 14 is always a special day at Dunwoody College of Technology. It marks the anniversary of its beginning.<\/p>\n

Over a century ago today, Kate and William Hood Dunwoody bequeathed $4.5 million (or $108 million in today\u2019s dollars) to found Dunwoody College of Technology — the region’s only nonprofit, polytechnic college.<\/p>\n

And every day since then, we have been working to change lives by building opportunities for graduates to have successful careers, to develop into leaders and entrepreneurs, and to engage in \u201cthe better performance of life\u2019s duties.<\/em>\u201d
\n(Quote is from the Last Will and Testament of William Hood Dunwoody.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dunwoody’s were recently recognized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals with The Legacy Award<\/a> — an award reserved for givers who are no longer living.
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