Alfred D. Kennedy, Foundation Trustee, Died April 10 Alfred D. Kennedy, ST., E.E., 1903, prominent Atlanta business leader and a Trustee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, died at a private hospital in Atlanta on April 10, 1950. He was 69 years of age, and had been seriously ill from time to time, though not infirm at all, over the past few years. Mr. Kennedy was born in Camden, S. C , J a n u a r y 23, 1881. He attended the University of South Carolina for a time and then came to Georgia Tech, graduating in 1903 with the degree of B.S. in Electrical Engineering. While at Tech he was a member of the A.T.O. Fraternity, serving his Chapter as President. He was Vice-President of the class of 1902 and manager of the Georgia Tech football team of 1903. One of the original promoters of the Technical Institute of Georgia Tech at Chamblee, he was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation at his death. He was the first manager of the Georgia Tech Student Supply Book Department. This position helped him to meet part of his college expenses. On leaving Tech, he was affiliated with the Southern Cotton Oil Company until 1911, at which time he accepted a position with the American Machine and Manufacturing Company as VicePresident and Manager. While with the American Machine and Manufacturing Company he not only traveled in the United States in the interest of the Oil Mill Industry, but also made a trip to the Orient. In 1922, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Joseph Davidson formed the present Davidson-Kennedy Company, which he successfully operated until his death. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Davidson held numerous patents on Hydraulic Oil Mill machinery which were developed after they formed the Davidson-Kennedy Company. During World War I he manufactured 55 mm shells, and Liberty ship parts during World War II, a very vital factor in both wars. For many years, Mr. Kennedy served as a Senior Warden of St. Luke's Epis-
copal church. He was also a Rotarian and a member of the Capital City and Piedmont Driving Clubs. Known throughout Southeastern engineering circles, Mr. Kennedy was given special recognition in Who's Who in Engineering for many years. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Association of Manufacturers and during World War II served on the small Business Advisory Committee of the War Production Board. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Alfred D. Kennedy, Jr., and A. Thornton Kennedy; a brother, Henry B. Kennedy, of Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Edgmont von Treskow, of Camden, S. C , and three grandchildren, Misses Virginia Hightower and Edna Thornton Kennedy and Alfred Kennedy III.
Alfred D. Kennedy,
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ALFRED DOBY KENNEDY January 2 3 , 1 8 8 1 - April 1 0 ,
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BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, in meeting assembled: That its deep sympathy be expressed to the bereaved family of
ALFRED DOBY KENNEDY That a copy of this Resolution be conveyed to his family, and that it be inscribed on the permanent minutes of the Foundation. He was a loyal and valued friend. As an alumnus, as a former member of the Executive Board of the National Alumni Association, as a Trustee of the Alumni Foundation, and in his individual capacity he ably and unselfishly served the cause of the Georgia Institute of Technology. His business achievements, untiring civic activities and genuine graciousness meant much to all with whom he came in contact and helped to make his city, state, and nation great. His memory will always be cherished by us; and his exemplary life will ever stand as a mark of eminence for the guidance of the younger generations of Georgia Tech, and all others, who aspire to noble ideals.
GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, INC. Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. J. E. Davenport C. L. Emerson Clement A. Evans Y. F. Freeman Thomas Fuller Julian T. Hightower
George S. Jones, Jr. George T. Marchmont George W. McCarty Walter M. Mitchell Frank H. Neely William A. Parker C. Pratt Rather
William T. Rich John A. Simmons Frank M. Spratlin James F. Towers Robert B. Wilby George W. Woodruff
ANNUAL DEDICATED TO DEAN AJAX At the Georgia Tech Publications Banquet on the night of May 12, the editorial staff of the Blue Print, announced that the 1950 issue of the year-book was dedicated to "an outstanding man at Tech." The citation page carries the following, h i g h l y merited dedication: "We dedicate with deep gratitude and sincere respect this, the forty-third volume of the Blue Print, to Fred Wesley Ajax, B.A., M.A., Associate Dean of May-June,
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Students, who as Coordinator of Veterans Affairs and Placement Officer has devoted his energies and efforts in an untiring manner to the students and to the advancement of the Georgia Institute of Technology. We give credit where credit is due." Dean Ajax was then given a special advance copy of the 1950 Blue Print, with his name engraved in gold on the cover. He stated in accepting the volume that the members of the Blue Print staff had made all the preparations,
even to getting his picture for the dedication pages, without his having any idea that such was their intention. In closing he said, "I am sincerely grateful to Hank McCamish and the staff, and I sit down blushing to my toes!" Dean Griffin, after remarking, "For me, this has been a right peaceful year," went on to say, "I want to commend the Blue Print staff for dedicating this issue to Dean Ajax. I don't know of anybody who works harder for the benefit of Georgia Tech."