»QC John Edward Smith, M E , one of At*»*» lanta's pioneer automobile dealers, died March 12. He had been ill for about two weeks. While at Tech he played football and captained the baseball team. One of Tech's dormitories now bears his name. It was built on a tract of land presented to Tech by Mr. Smith in memory of his father, who emigrated from Ireland to Canada and came to Georgia in 1869. His father founded a carriage-making concern which Mr. l o h n Smith entered upon graduation. H e has been a Chevrolet dealer since 1924 and became chairman of the Board in 1954. His son, Hal L. Smith, '26, succeeded him as president of the company. H e was quite active in Atlanta civic affairs and was a founder of the Fulton Grand lury A s s o c , as well as the National Auto Dealers' Assoc. Surviving are his wife, who lives at the Biltmore Apts., 14 Fifth Street, N. E., Atlanta; son, Hal L., 2 grandchildren, and 1 sister. ' 1 9 Thomas H. Austin, EE, retired owner '«• and operator of Standard Coal Co. in Atlanta, died March 25 at his home, 899 Greenwood Ave., N. E. Survivors include his wife, who lives at the above address. >1 J The death of T. Horace Mize, TE, I » president of the T. H. Mize Real Estate Co., St. Louis,Mo., has just come to our attention. He is survived by a son, David, and daughter, Mrs. Morgan A. McKee. »1Q William S. Lovell, M E , has been re*" elected to serve his 17th term of two years as a councilman of Savannah Beach, Ga. H e has served longer on the council than any other current member. Mr. Lovell is with the Southern Cotton Oil Co. in Savannah. » 0 0 Robert D. Cole, ME, of Alpharetta, ^ ^ Ga., died April 24 in a private hospital. N o further information was available at this writing. ' 0 0 Richard Malcolm Barksdale, Com., ^ w died unexpectedly March 4 while on a visit in Phoenix, Arizona. He was associated with Revere Brass & Copper Co. at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, of 990 Forrest Rd., N . E., Atlanta; daughter, Mrs. Frederick McDowell; and brother, William B. Barksdale. ' 0 C James W. Petty, Jr., Com., has-been ™*l named vice president of the H & S Pogue Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will continue to serve as general merchandise manager. Mr. Petty has been with the company for 18 years. ' 0 0 William J. Cooper, GE, has been ™ " elected executive vice president of United Illuminating Co., Hamden, Conn. Prior to this appointment he was vice president of operations. H e has been with the company since 1942.
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Thomas Erwin Dicks, Gulf Oil Co. executive, died February 24 in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Dicks was in charge of fleet and contractor sales for Gulf Oil Corp. in the Southeastern area. His home was at 726 Belvedere Cir., N . E. Charles L. Humphrey, formerly of Atlanta, died April 17 at his home in Elgin, 111. He has been associated with the CocaCola Bottling Co. of Chicago since graduating from Georgia Tech. He is survived by his mother. ' 0 4 Braxton Blalock, Jr., GS, has been •* * named chairman of the resolutions committee of Associated Equipment Distributors, national trade association of the construction equipment industry. Mr. Blalock is a partner in the Blalock Machinery and Supply Co. in Atlanta. L. B. "Ren" Evans, Arch, has been transferred from the Architectural Field Staff and is now District Representative of the American Appraisal Co. with offices in the Keyser Bldg., Baltimore 2, Md. John F. "Pat" Patterson, Ch.E., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, died April 9 at a Salt Lake City hospital. H e had been ill for quite some time. At the time of his death he was manager of production for Husky Oil and Refinery, Ltd. Surviving are his wife; sons, Mickey, Alexander, and John. Born to: Udo O. Thran, Com., a daughter, Christianna, March 10. Their address is 4407 E. Brookhaven Dr., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia. Hayden Zimmerman, ME, associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, died March 8 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had been undergoing medical treatment. He had been affiliated with Tech for about 12 years. Surviving are his wife; daughters, Carroll and Judy, all of Highland Rd., Smyrna, Ga. ' O C Dr. Fred A. L. Holloway, Ch.E., has **w been promoted to general manager of the East Coast Refinery Division of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. He was assistant general manager at the company's Baton Rouge, La., refinery prior to his transfer.
Born to: Lorenzo Massengale and Mrs. Massengale, a daughter, Loyce Durrence, March 28. Their address is 477 Bryn Mawr Lane, N . W., Atlanta, Ga. ' Q Q Dana L. Kilcrease, EE, has been wO named assistant general manager of IBM's Rochester, Minn., plant. Lt. Col. Joseph McKinney, IM, is the new ordnance officer for the 8th Infantry Div. at Fort Carson, Colo. He was stationed in Washington, D . C , prior to his transfer. The death of James P. Moore has just been brought to our attention. N o further information was available at this writing. ' A l l Tom S. Pippen, IM, and Mrs. Pippen * w announce the adoption of Marth Alace, who was born January 24. Their home address is 3858 Cove Dr., Birmingham 9. Ala. James N. Sampson, Ch.E., has been elected assistant vice president of Avery Engineering Co., Cleveland, Ohio. His business address is 1908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. ' 4 1 Born t o : Morris M. Bryan, Jr.. TE, " I and Mrs. Bryan, a son, Stephen Hart. Mr. Bryan is president of Jefferson Mills at Jefferson, Ga. 'A1) Charles W. Boroughs, Arch, and ./. //. •™ Cunningham, Arch '50, have formed a partnership for the practice of architecture here. Their business address is 309 Pharr Rd., N . E., Atlanta, Ga. James R. Fair, Jr., Ch.E., has joined Monsanto Chemical Company as a member of the Engineering Research Department at Dayton, Ohio. Born t o : George F. Hannon and Mrs. Hannon, a daughter, Leslie Elaine, January 17. Mr. Hannon is a representative for the Tenn. Coal and Iron Div. of U. S. Steel. Their home address is 4168 Trieste Place, Jacksonville, Fla. ' ^ 0 Thomas Harrington Pigford, Ch.E., " » has been named one of ten "Outstanding Young Men Awards for 1955" by the Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce. The men were elected from various fields of activity. Mr. Pigford is an associate professor of chemical and nuclear engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. William H. H. Turner, M E ' 2 5 , a native A t l a n t a n , will address t h e 1956 g r a d u a t i n g class at t h e J u n e 9 c o m m e n c e m e n t exercises t o be held in t h e F o x T h e a t e r . D r . T u r n e r is the executive director of the United States Steel F o u n d a t i o n , Inc. as well as assista n t to t h e vice president a n d c o m p t r o l l e r of the U n i t e d States Steel C o r p o r a t i o n . D r . T u r n e r w a s formerly a writer for the New York Herald Tribune, a n d M c G r a w - H i l l technical publications. H e h a s been with U . S. Steel since 1938. Tech
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