' Q C Thomas P. Thompson, ME, of Nor30 folk, Va., died June 12, 1957. N o further information was available at this writing. ' f l f l Frank M. Butner, owner & operator " " of the Pioneer Riding Academy for the past 25 years prior to his retirement in October, died January 3 at his home. >1^ Hugh Thomas Barron, EE, retired I • Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. employee, died of a heart attack Nov. 25, 1957. He lived at 3120 Eton, Berkeley, Calif. ' Q O William Callaway Summers, of 744 LL Kennolin Dr., S.W., Atlanta, died Jan. 18 in a local hospital. He had been with the Ga. Highway Dept. since '27 and was assistant office engineer at the time of his death. '04 E. C. Hammond, Com., secretary of '•'I the Georgia Power Co., has been appointed to head Georgia's 1957-58 Teacher of the Year program which is sponsored by the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce. »OE Brig. Gen. B. B. Talley, US Army fcJ (ret.), EE, has been elected a vice president of Raymond Concrete Pile Co. in New York City. General Talley has been with the company since 1956, serving in the Brizilian subsidiary as president. Prior to joining Raymond he was Division Engineer, Mediterranean Division, Corps of Engineers. Albert Mell Wright, ME, died Nov. 23 in an Atlanta hospital. He was a mechanical engineer with Gulf Oil Corporation. His wife lives at 727 Button Rd., N.E., Atlanta. '9R fcU
W'Uiam Anderson DuPre, TE, of Rome, Ga., died April 22, 1957.
'00 Bolan H. Boatner, EE, has been *-\t made vice president in charge of sales of Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa. ' O Q Guy Henry, CE, is now president of Lit Providence Gas Co., 100 Weybosset St., Providence, R. I. Prior to this appointment, he was president of the East Tennessee Natural Gas Co. in Knoxville. The Rev. Frank Alfred Mathes, ME, pastor for the past 11 years of the South Highland Presbyterian Church
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in Birmingham, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Granada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables, Fla. »QO Ivan Allen, Jr., Com, president of 00 the Ivan Allen Co. in Atlanta, has been listed in the 1958 Who's Who in America. Mr. Allen is president of the Georgia Tech Foundation and a former president of the National Alumni Association. ' Q T Ernest S. Tharpe, GS, has joined 01 Tharpe & Brooks, Inc. as vice president and member of the Board of Directors. He assumed management of the Columbus, Ga. office Jan. 1. L. F. "Red" Anderson, Jr., IM, is Southwestern District Manager for Devoe & Reynolds Co., Inc. with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. His home address is 3901 University Blvd., Dallas 5, Texas.
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J. T. Bayer, Jr., IM, former district engineer with Southern Bell in Jacksonville, Fla., is now division engineer of North Florida with headquarters in Jacksonville.
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R. E. Morris, EE, has been appointed manager of the St. Louis district of Allis Chalmers Industries Group. Prior to this appointment he was a sales representative in the Washington office.
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Mc ' A R S' RusseU Gee, Jr., IM, has been •" appointed Superintendent of Agencies for Piedmont Life Ins. Co. of Atlanta. F o r the last 3 % years he has been manager for the Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. in Charlotte.
'iT Alfred H. Guritz, IE, has been ap•f' pointed assistant plant manager of the Macon, Ga. plant of Armstrong Cork Co. He has been with the company since 1947, serving as plant industrial engineer in the Macon & Pensacola plants and chief industrial engineer at Lancaster, Pa. »4fl Married: Roy Cox Burdette, IM. to ^0 Miss Eliza Shirley Dec. 2 1 . Mr. Burdette is with the U. S. Rubber Co. The couple reside at Winnsboro, S. C. 'in Robert H. Barge, IM, has been ap" 3 pointed regional services manager for Allstate Insurance Company with offices in Roanoke, Va. H e has been with the company for 5 years and prior to his recent appointment was regional operating manager in Jackson, Miss. Engaged: Junius Clyde Bell, IM, to Miss Margaret Duke. The wedding will take place April 19 in Pelham, Ga. Mr. Bell is with the Technical Services Div. of the Coca-Cola Co. W. G. Denning, Ch.E., has been promoted to section head in the Technical Services Div. at Humble Oil & Refining Company's Baytown, Texas refinery. Mr.
Albert S. Williams, ' 3 2 , Is First Alumnus Named to Magazine's Distinguished All-America Albert Sidney (Syd) Williams, '32, became the first Georgia Tech graduate to be named to the Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-America team when he was selected for the 25-man squad in December. This is the second year that SI has named such a team. The 25 men, who were senior collegiate football players 25 years ago and were among the hundreds nominated by their alma maters for outstanding career and community service records in the intervening years, were selected by a panel of distinguished judges. Williams, who went from Bethesda Orphans Home in Savannah to Georgia Tech on a football scholarship, is now regional manager for Coca-Cola Export in London, England. Tech Alumnus