BY '94 Edward A. Werner, of 36 Highland Dr., N . E., Atlanta, died May 22 in an Atlanta hospital. H e was the last member of Tech's 1893 football team — first official team at Georgia Tech. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sidney Holderness, Jr., Car. rollton, Ga., and Mrs. M. H. Boyer, Jr., of Perry, Ga.; one brother, and one sister. '05 Adm. John H. Towers, of 161 E. 79th St., New York, N. Y., died this past May. N o further information was available at this writing. '12 A.W. Hill, EE, of 101 Chestnut St., Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass., died May 22 in a Boston hospital. He was vice president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. He had been with the bank since 1928, and for the past 20 years had been Shawmut's southern representative. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Lewis H. Hill of Newnan, Ga.; one brother, Mr. Ashby E. Hill of Irvington, Va. David W. Harris, EE, was the guest of honor at a special dinner in Chicago on May 26 in recognition of his "Outstanding service as President of Universal Oil Products Company for the past ten years." Mr. Jamie R. Anthony, Tech's Controller, represented President Van Leer at the dinner which was held in the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel. 1 9 Capt. Lamar Munroe Wise, USN (ret.) died May 3 in an Atlanta hospital. He retired from the Navy in 1947 after 28 years of active duty. After retiring, he attended Emory University and received his LL.B. in 1951 and was admitted to the Georgia Bar. For the past three years Capt. Wise had been with Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta. Surviving are his wife, who lives at 3935 Redding Rd., Chamblee, Ga.; son, Lamar Munroe, Jr.; daughter, Mrs. Blanton Fortson, Jr. 20 S. S. Wallace, Jr., EE, was recently installed as president of the Spartanburg, S. C , Chamber of Commerce. He is president of Bank and White, printers, and chairman of the S. C. Aviation Commission. '22 Collins C. Crosswell, Com., of 1316 Emory Cir., N . E., Atlanta, died May 5 while on vacation at New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Mr. Crosswell was a retired CPA and attorney. Surviving are his wife; two sons, John "and Jack Crosswell; daughter, Mrs. C. M. Hamff, Jr., and stepson, T. L. Grimmer. Whit Kennedy died of a heart attack on June 6 in Opelika, Ala. N o other details available at this writing. 2 6 Ernest L. Miller, Com., died June 6 in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Miller was a realty broker and was founder and president of the Ernest L. Miller Co. Surviving are his wife, of 665 W. Ponce de Leon, Decatur, 11
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Ga.; sons, William A. and Ernest L. Miller, Jr., and several brothers and sisters. 2 7 W. J. McAlpin, GS, has been elected to serve as president of the Atlanta section of the ASME for the coming fiscal year. His business address is 722 Marietta St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. '29 S. T. Pruitt, CE, has been appointed domestic sales manager of Ethyl Corporation with headquarters in New York City. He has been with the Ethyl Corp. for 25 years and, except for military leave, has served his entire career in various sales capacities.
ant plant manager at the Leeds, Ala., plant of Universal Atlas Cement Co., U. S. Steel subsidiary, has been appointed assistant general chemist in the New York City office. He has been with the company since 1941. Mr. Dieckmann's new address is c / o Universal Atlas Cement, 100 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. 3 3 C. A. Perry, Com., is general manager of the recently formed Central Parking. Inc., with offices at 37 Forsyth St., S. W., Atlanta. '34 Henry H. Bush, GS, has been elected president of the New Orleans Young Men's Business Club. The election took place in April. There are over 3,000 members of the club. '35 J. W. "Chick" Meehan is establishing a sales office for Mine Safety Appliance Corporation in Zurich, Switzerland. 3 9 Rev. Leonard F. Thornton, Jr.. Arch., assistant rector at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension in New York City, died May 25. He became assistant rector at the church in September of 1951. After graduating from Tech he attended the Union Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1944. Rev. Thornton served at the Epiphany Church in Kirkwood, Bo., and St. Luke's Church in Valley Park, Mo., from 1944 to 1947. He then served as executive director of the Y M C A at the Univ. of Mo. '40 William A. Hansell, CE, has been named Director of the Division of Local Health Organizations, Ga. State Public Health Dept., Atlanta, Ga.
With help from the late Lt. Samuel P. Dixon's, AE '54, daughter, Professor Donnell W. Dutton unveils a plaque honoring the memory of the four Tech men killed in a jet training flight on December 6, 1953. The plaque in the Price Gilbert Library honors in addition to Lt. Dixon, Capt. ldon M. Hodge, Jr., AE senior in 1954; Lt. William A. Tennant, IM '51, and Lt. Elwood C. Kent, CE '47. The short ceremony held in the Library was attended by faculty, students, alumni and family members. 3 0 William F. Cummins, of Bethesda, Md., died May 3. He had recently returned to this country from Lebanon due to illness. Surviving are his wife; sons, William F., Pickett and Edmund; daughter, Miss Gloria Cummins, and brother, J. P. Cummins of Atlanta. 3 2 A. A. Futral, CE, USA, was recently promoted to the rank of Colonel at Third Army Hdqrs., Ft. McPherson, Ga. Col. Futral has been assigned to Fort McPherson for the past year, and three months ago was named Deputy Engineer. Herbert W. Dieckmann, Cere., assist-
'41 Married: Frank D. Jamison, IM, to Miss Margaret Hart. The wedding took place June 19. Mr. Jamison is associated with Atlanta Sand & Supply Co. The couple reside in Fort Valley, Ga. '43 Born to: Robert W. Goree, IM, and Mrs. Goree, a son, Thomas Russell, April 15. Their address is 16 Tyler St., Alexander City, Ala. 4 4 Engaged: Sanger Marsh Burk, Jr.. AE, to Miss Doris Allen. The wedding will take place August 28 in Atlanta. Mr. Burk is with the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, Langley AFB, Hampton, Va. Engaged: George A. Ewing, Jr., IM. to Miss Carolyn Simpson. Mr. Ewing is associated with J. H. Ewing & Sons, realtors. His address is 2878 Normandy Dr., N. E.. Atlanta. Eddie Prokop, IM, outstanding football star of Tech's wartime teams, died May 30 in Cleveland, Ohio, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Prokop, who came into his own in 1943 after a year playing back of the late Clint Castleberry, was named to several allAmerica teams in 1943 and was the outTech Alumnus