WE SALUTE Fred Wesley Ajax, associate dean of students, and presently Tech's most quoted faculty member. Ajax. who directs student and alumni placement, is regarded as an authority on the supply of engineers in these days of critical shortage. So far he has been quoted by Time, U. S. News, and most recently by Fortune (Sept. 1951 — A Helluva Shortage of Engineers). A man of many jobs, Ajax is also co-ordinator of veterans affairs and acting director of public relations for Tech. He came to these jobs by way of the English department in which he taught after his graduation from Emory. In placement work he found his medium, and runs the finest graduate placement service in the nation. In addition he publishes a weekly letter for alumni listing available jobs. Tremendously popular with the students, Dean Ajax has a reputation for his memory. He never forgets a name or a face. Tech is proud of Fred Ajax. It is a pleasure to salute him.
Oscar G. Davis, '22, immediate past president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. Elected in 1949 and re-elected in 1950, Mr. Davis gave generously of his time and thought to the top alumni office. He had previously served as a Trustee since 1946 and had also been vice-president for two terms. While a student Oscar made an outstanding record scholastically, took part in numerous campus activities and played football for four years. He was an AllSouthern guard in 1921 and 1922 and in 1922 was a member of Perry's AllAmerica. He also lettered in basketball and swimming. At present he makes h i s h o m e at 3164 Habersham Road, N. W., in Atlanta. He is a trustee of the Junior League Speech School, a member of ANAK, the Capital City Club, the Piedmont Driving Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Alumni Association has profited by having Oscar Davis to lead it. To him we say, "Thanks — well done."
Roy M. Mundorff, who will leave Georgia Tech in 1952 after thirty years as a member of the faculty and coach. Mundorff will become Director of Athletics at the University of Louisville. A graduate of Gettysburg College, Mundorff came to Georgia Tech in 1922 as an assistant professor of mathematics. At the same time he took over freshman basketball and baseball coaching. He became head basketball coach in 1924. Becoming a full-time coach in 1937, Mundorff was head coach in basketball and baseball and assistant in football until 1941 when he was called by the Navy. Stationed at Tech he continued coaching until 1943 when he was transferred to command of the Radar School at Harvard. In 1945 he became acting commanding officer of the Naval Training School, Harvard, where more than 6,000 officers were in training. In 1946 he returned to Tech as assistant athletic director, assistant head of the physical training department and director of intramurals. Upon the death of Coach Alexander in 1950, Mundorff became head of the department of physical training. Louisville has gotten a good man. Roy's place will be hard to fill. We wish him every success in his new job. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS