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March 15, 1911
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Ivan Allen Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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1929-1933
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Attends Georgia Tech.
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1932-33
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Serves as Georgia Tech student body president.
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1933
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Graduates from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Commerce with honors.
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1933
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Joins the Ivan Allen Company, a firm his father founded in 1900.
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1936
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Marries Louise Richardson, they have 3 sons: Ivan III, Inman, and Beaumont.
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1942-45
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U.S. Army, Fourth Service Command.
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1945-46
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Serves as executive secretary for Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall.
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1945-47
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Serves as President of Atlanta Area Council Boy Scouts of America.
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March 1, 1946
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Becomes president of the Ivan Allen Company, when his father retires. He holds that position until 1970.
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1947
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Becomes president of the Atlanta Community Chest (predecessor to the United Way).
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1953
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Elected president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association for one-year term.
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1958
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Receives Alumni Distinguished Service Award from Georgia Tech.
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1961
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President of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
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1961
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Serves as President of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
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1961
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Defeats Lester Maddox in mayoral primary.
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1962
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Inaugurated mayor of Atlanta.
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1962
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Eliminates restrictions on duties of black policemen.
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July 1963
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At the request of President Kennedy, testifies before Congress in support of Civil Rights Act that would eliminate discrimination in public accommodations.
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1963
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Appoints bi-racial commission to examine racial situation in Atlanta and recommend action.
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1963
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Atlanta swimming pools and parks desegregated.
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1964
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Convinces 14 downtown hotels to desegregate.
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1965
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Re-elected to second term as mayor.
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1965
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Atlanta-Fulton County stadium opens.
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1966
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Tours riot-torn Summerhill community in effort to restore calm.
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1966
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Creates Community Relations Commission.
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1966
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Braves and Falcons move to Atlanta and new stadium.
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1967
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Ivan Allen Jr. oversees the building of the Atlanta Civic Center.
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1968
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Ivan Allen Jr. oversees the building of the Memorial Arts Center.
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1970-1995
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Ivan Allen Jr. serves as chairman of the board of the Ivan Allen Company.
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1974
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Ivan Allen Jr. is awarded the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Award for achievement in urban affairs.
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1981
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Ivan Allen Jr. is awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize for unrelenting commitment to nonviolent social change.
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1985
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Receives the Georgia Tech Exceptional Achievement Award.
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1990
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Georgia Tech College of Liberal Arts is renamed the Ivan Allen College.
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1995
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Ivan Allen Jr. receives the Shining Light Award from Atlanta Gas Light and WSB Radio for inspiring others through community service.
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1996
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Receives honorary doctorate of Public Service Degree from Georgia Tech.
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1995-2003
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Ivan Allen serves as chairman emeritus of the Ivan Allen Company.
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1999
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Ivan Allen Jr. receives the Carter/Mathis Award.
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July 2, 2003
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Ivan Allen Jr. dies.
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