{"id":2639,"date":"2024-11-15T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/ekdiloseis\/george-s-bissell\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:48:19","slug":"george-s-bissell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/100-people-who-made-history\/george-s-bissell\/","title":{"rendered":"George S. Bissell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 100% + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Chairman of the Board of Trustees<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>George S. Bissell (1929\u20132023) was a pillar and one of the most beloved members of the Anatolia College community, supporting the institution\u2019s operations and development with heartfelt generosity and foresight for nearly 60 years. A model of initiative, effective leadership, selfless service, humility, and integrity, he earned universal respect.<\/p>\n<p>He began his service to the non-profit educational institution in 1965, initially as a Board member responsible for managing Anatolia College&#8217;s endowment. He went on to serve as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2007, after which he remained an active Board member.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his long tenure, he donated nearly seven million dollars for the construction of essential buildings and infrastructure and for numerous scholarships, providing students in financial need with the opportunity to attend Anatolia High School and the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT). He played a pivotal role in the founding of ACT in 1981, and his substantial donation enabled the construction and operation of the renowned Bissell Library, named in his honor, which is one of the largest academic libraries in Southeastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, thanks to his generous financial contributions, the new Anatolia Elementary School campus was completed. In recognition of his support, the new wing housing the school\u2019s classrooms was named the Bissell Wing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-100-people-who-made-history"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions\/2641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100.anatolia.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}