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Georgia Tech brother named to Greek Hall of Fame

The Greek Affairs office of Georgia Tech has named their 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees, among the list of six is Ben J. Dyer of the Beta-Kappa Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha.

Dyer is best known as a founder of Peachtree Software and served as its president from inception through its sale to Management Science America in 1981. He subsequently founded Comsell, an early interactive media company that he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, followed by Intellimedia, which created CD-ROMs for sports education and morphed into web development.  He is a general partner in a 2000-vintage $41M seed stage venture fund in Atlanta that is in the final stages of harvest.

Dyer has concentrated his community activities on higher education. He has been president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and Chairman of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, where he remains on the board. In 2006 he received the Joseph Mayo Petit Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Georgia Tech’s highest honor for its alumni. In 1998 Dyer was inducted as the 14th member of Georgia’s Technology Hall of Fame. Dyer holds a BIE degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA in Finance from Georgia State University. (Via Techdrawl)

Dyer was selected for exemplifying the ideals of the fraternity creed as well as being an accomplished member of his community, our organization and profession.

The Greek Hall of Fame Gala is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Historic Academy of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga.

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