On October 13, 1885, Georgia Governor Henry D. is named in connection with the founding of the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, established as part of New South efforts to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States after the Civil War.

The idea of a technology school in Georgia was introduced in 1865 during the Reconstruction period. In 1882, the Georgia State Legislature authorized a committee, led by Harris, to visit the Northeast to learn how technology schools worked. On October 13, 1885, Georgia Governor Henry D. is named in a source passage concerning the founding; that passage is truncated and does not state any completed action such as signing an act. The school was founded as the Georgia School of Technology as part of New South efforts to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States after the Civil War.

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