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Harry M. Strauss. Sr.. TE, died November 10. 1970. He was formerly an executive with Dixie Construction Company of Birmingham. Among his survivors are his son, Harry M. Strauss, Jr., ChE '37, and a grandson. Bernard R. Strauss, '74.
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William Worth Murphy died April 6, 1972.
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Julian /uli, Walton. EE, died April 5. 197 2.
' ' 1 O fames Norris Moore. ]r'., EE, died -L •—; April 15, 1972 after an extended illness. Mr. Moore was president and founder of the Moore Company in Savannah. Georgia. His survivors include his widow, who resides at 3003 Habersham Road. N.W. in Atlanta, and two sons, James N. Moore III, ME '50 and Thomas G. Moore IE '52.
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Thomas Forman Screven died March 24, 1972. Mr. Screven had been an apparatus engineer for Westinghouse Corporation for thirty-three years. His inventions include the Screven Watt Hour Meter, the electric test board and the electric counter. Mr. Screven's widow resides at 1907 Audubon Drive, N.E., Atlanta. Georgia.
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Fred W. Darby. EE, died March 14, 1972 in Statesboro, Georgia. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honorary at Tech and was the owner of Darby Lumber and Wood Preserving Company of Statesboro, Georgia. Among his survivors are the widow, a daughter, and two sons: Jack W. Darby, IM '41, and Robett F. Darby. BS '48. of Jacksonville, Florida.
M f 7 lean Hudson Tate. ME, died April J- / 28. 1972. Mr. Tate was founder of the Apex Granite Company in Elberton, Georgia.
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Robert S. (Si) Bell died March 12, 1972 in Gainesville. Georgia. In addition to his widow, he is survived by three sisters and one brother. Mrs. Bell resides at 1327 Lorenzo Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30310. J. S. FrankeJ. TE, died January 13, 1971. His widow resides at Fountain Apartments #305, 1846 Fairfield, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101. Preston S. Stevens has been elected chairman of Stevens and Wilkinson. Atlanta architectural, engineering and planning firm's newly established finance committee.
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Walter M. Branch, ChE, died February 20. 1972. His widow resides at Route 1. Ebenezer Road. Roswell, Georgia 30075. Harold Byers, the inventor of the nonskid adhesive, has retired after thirtyseven years as a patent attorney with the U.S. Patent Office. Mr. Byers served as patent advisor to the Judge Advocate General's Office and authored a book on patents. Frank Wyatt Manning. Sr., Arch, died May 8, 1972. He was a retired Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company architect. Mr. Manning was a past president of the Decatur Lions Club and the DeKalb Grand Jurors Association. Among his survivors are his widow, who resides at 636 Pinetree Drive, Decatur, Georgia: a daughter and a son.
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Thomas Gantt Lane. EE, died March 7, 1972. Before his retirement, Mr. Lane was associated with the Miami branch of Poole and Kent. Baltimore. Maryland. Mrs. Lane resides at 510 Cadima Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida. Daniel K. Ogles died March 9, 1972. H. L. Parrott. Com., died July 10, 1971. His widow resides at 502 North Lee Street, Fitzgerald. Georgia 31750.
' O PT A. Fain Abbott, ME, was promoted C-i \J to tax commissioner of Atlanta's Fulton County in October 1971. William M. Clifton died in December 1971. Albert Davis. CE, died February 14, 1972.
Thomas C. Massee. CE, died March 5, 1972. His widow resides at 112 ' O O North Thornton Street. Orlando, Florida , £i O 32801. 24
George L. Read died from a heart attack on April 17, 1972. Among
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his survivors are his widow, who resides at 6029 North 62nd Place. Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253. James Drewry Williams. Jr.. ME, died in Greensboro, North Carolina on May 8, 1972. He had served as President and Chairman of the Board of J. D. Wilkins Company Ornamental Iron and Sloel before his retirement. He is survived by his widow, who resides at 120 East Keeling Road, Greensboro. North Carolina 27410; a son, three daughters, his mother, two brothers and one sister.
' O fj Joseph H. Chaille. BS. served C-i J recently as a volunteer executive for the International Executive Service Corporation. Mr. Chaille. a retired vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society, was assigned to advise NacionalCia De Seguros (an insurance group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on data processing procedures. Mr. Chaille spent three months in Brazil and now resides at 13155 Ixora Court, North Miami, Florida 33161. Virgil O. Powell, CE. died in January 1972. His widow resides at 501 Campbell Avenue, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388.
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end of 1971. Mr. Belcher resides at 234 University Boulevard. N.. Jacksonville, Florida 32211. Julian Harris, Arch, has been named Professor of Architecture Emeritus at Georgia Tech. A recognized sculptor, he has many of his works on display in Atlanta and throughout the country. He has received many awards, including the Fine Arts Medal of The American Institute of Architects and the Ivan Allen Award given by the Georgia Chapter. American Institute of Architects, and on May 8 was elected a Fellow in the AIA. He is the only architect/sculptor who is a Fellow in both the AIA and the National Sculpture Society. Col. Ervin Leon Keener. Com. is retired from the U.S. Army and resides at 4930 Sunset Lane, Ogden, Utah. William B. Redmond began work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1935 in the construction of levees along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. He retired January 21. 1972 as Assistant Chief of the Design Branch for the Galveston District in Texas. Mr. Redmond and his wife. The Georgia Tech A l u m n u s