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theater, there are certain performers who have acquired a reputation for giving all that is in them at every turn. From our personal experience, a few names—Gwen Verdon, Anne Bancroft, Robert Preston —immediately come to mind. These are the elite of Broadway and are rewarded as such with things like fat contracts, choice parts, and long runs. To its credit, the equally not-so-real world of athletics, also produces a few of this cut. Certain coaches we know like to call these athletes 100 percenters. And in this era of easy living it grieves the coaches no end to see these rarities "hang it u p " as they call prematurely retiring in the trade. But it grieves not the coach as much as it disturbs the man who must "hang it up." For in his own mind he will always be a quitter no matter how justified he is in getting out. Of recent weeks (remember this is being written in early September) there has been a rash of footballers "hanging it u p " here at Tech. Most of them we suspect have their reasons for this behavior, and we do not quarrel with their decisions. But of all these premature retirements, only one of them involves a 100 percenter. His name is Raymond W. Pilgrim and in circles in which he moves he is known as Buddy. * * * ABUDDY
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talking with him we realized some of the mental pain this decision must bring to each of the 100 percenters. He was a very disturbed young man, even though Coach Dodd had just told him he was taking the right step. And Coach Graves had assured him that he was doing the only thing that he could do under the circumstances. And Coach Dick Inman—an old friend from Lafayette, Georgia, his hometown—had talked at length about the wiseness of Buddy's decision. But the code of the 100 percenter is a rigid one, and to break it means a lifelong sentence of self incrimination. Buddy stood the inactivity as long as any 100 percenter could (just about two weeks). Then on the day before the Kentucky game, he came back to Coach Dodd and announced that he had received a clean bill of health to resume playing football. He got back into action against SMU after Coach Dodd had carefully checked over the problem with physicians and was satisfied that Buddy could stand the gaff once again. The decision, we suspect, was greatly influenced by that code of the 100 percenter that we spoke about a few paragraphs back. Anyway, welcome back Buddy Pilgrim. * * * AWHILE WE'RE STILL on the subject of
football, we'd like to go on record as being in the forefront of the Charlie Tate Fan Club. If there isn't such an organization (and we haven't heard of one being officially formed as yet) we want to start one right now. Tech's new backfield coach is a genuine 100 percenter: one noted for his football acumen (his freshman team last year was a great one) as well as his spirited approach to coaching (by the second practice of this fall, he had already yelled himself so hoarse, he was speaking in a whisper). During the summer, Charlie decided that it was time to reduce and get himself in shape for the coming season. H e went on a rigid diet and at last count had dropped a cool 36 pounds. As the man himself pointed out, he can now wear clothes that he had put away as too small many years ago. Charlie's diet is proof of the man's determined character. Anyone who would eat just beets and a congealed salad for dinner has to be determined.
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CONTENTS 2. RAMBLIN'—an editorial discussion of that determined group known as the 100 percenters of which Buddy Pilgrim and Charlie Tate are examples A and B. 5. AUTOGIROS TO ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS— a special report on the 25 th anniversary of the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. 8. SEARCH IN FLORIDA—a research project that is way up in the air. 10. A DAM FOR IRAN—a research project concerned with a great deal of water. 12. RADIOISOTOPES FOR INDUSTRY—another research project about the elements. 14. COMBAT UP FRONT—in pictures Bill Diehl shows the unsung heroes of football. 16. THE FIRST THREE—pictures and text of the Kentucky, SMU, and Clemson games. 18. WITH THE CLUBS—late reports. 20. NEWS BY CLASSES—an alumni gazette. Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association John Staton, '24, Pres. R. A. Siegel, '36, VP Joe L. Jennings, '23, VP Frank Willett, '45, Treas. W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor Bill Diehl, Jr., Chief Photographer Tom Hall, '59, Advertising Mary Peeks, Assistant
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Two YEARS AGO your Board of Trustees created a National Advisory Board to keep the Alumni Association posted on alumni problems and progress outside the State of Georgia. Members of this special board are nominated for one-year terms each year by a special committee of the Association Board. This year, the committee—C. D. LeBey, Charles E. Thwaite, and James L. Knight—did an exceptional job in selecting outstanding alumni in each of the seven districts that make up the National Advisory Board. At the August 28 meeting of the Association Board, the committee's nominations were accepted unanimously. This year's National Advisory Board includes R. Fulton Webb, '22, head of a large general contracting firm of Coral Gables, Fla.; Gordon Gambill, '16, owner of Gordon Gambill Co. in Chattanooga, Tenn.; John H. Vickers, '20, chairman of the board for Carolina Delivery Service Co. in Charlotte, N. C ; M. Berry Grant, '27, owner and manager of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. in Allentown, Pa.; Earnest W. Harwell, '23, President of Nottingham Steel Aluminum in Shaker Heights, Ohio; William H. Saunders, Jr., '19, President of International Lubricant Co. in New Orleans, La.; and Edward C. Fant, '29, President of Ed Fant Buick in Bakersfield, Calif. A quick farewell and thank you
I can't remember when I have enjoyed a year as much as I have this past one. Being president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association has meant a great deal to me. It has meant pleasant contacts with the finest alumni in the world. It has meant a deeper understanding of the Alumni Association's responsibilities in the scheme of things at Georgia Tech. It has meant a wonderful association with Roane Beard and his staff. And, above all, it has meant an ever-increasing awareness of the importance of alumni support— yours and mine—to the development of Georgia Tech. I wish each of you could spend a year in this job. It would mean so much to you to see just how much your Roll Call dollars mean to Georgia Tech. Thank you for allowing me the rare privilege of serving as your president.
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FROM AUTOGIROS TO ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS An Alumnus special report on the first twenty-five years of research at Tech ago, Ford V-8's were selling for just over $500. Franklin D. Roosevelt had completed the first year in his first term as President. And prohibition had gone from the land. Generally, the year 1934 was one of depression softened with a ray of hope. In that year, in the field of science, it was still generally believed that rayon had to be made from high-grade wood pulp. Georgia's clay deposits were being used almost exclusively by- a handful of brick and tile manufacturers. And there still seemed to be a future for that awkward bird, the autogiro, in spite of some new developments in the powered-rotor aircraft called helicopters. In the midst of this depression and scientific indecision, Georgia Tech launched its Engineering Experiment Station, a central research agency for the campus. One of its first research projects was a study of viscose rayon and its production from southern pine (now the
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During the first 25 years, Tech's research programs have varied from highway testing to basic research in all of the sciences.
RESEARCH—continued prime raw material in the rayon process). In this initial year, Tech began its first ceramic research program—a program that has since resulted in the State acquiring a number of new industries based on a variety of products, ranging from whitewares to missile nose cones. Tech also got in on the ground floor in helicopter research, beginning this program in 1935. Aeronautical projects, particularly helicopter studies, are still a major research area at Tech and over the years have contributed significantly to the present state of the art. Throughout the 25-year history of Tech's major research agency, engineering and scientific research at the Engineering Experiment Station has consistently shown results, especially in fields directly related to Georgia's industrial growth. But the benefits of research have not been confined to improving the economic standing of the State. The presence of large-scale research activities and centralized research facilities on the campus have been of great value to the faculty and educational programs of Georgia Tech. The many investigations in the basic sciences have helped push back the frontiers of knowledge. And, since the beginning of the electronics research programs eleven years ago, Tech's contributions to the nation's defense in this and other fields have been substantial. •-#• Briefly, here are a few of the achievements of Georgia Tech's Engineering Experiment Station during its first quarter century of operation: New knowledge of atoms, molecules and crystals has added to understanding of the basic structure of matter and its binding forces. New techniques for the study of cells, bacteria and airborne particles have led to information needed for better
health practices. New paints for Georgia pines, new processes for naval stores materials, and an important new ceramic material have aided in the development of Georgia's resources. And, the continued production of skilled and experienced research scientists and engineers has been vitally important to the South's technological advancement. During the past few years there has been an extremely sharp acceleration in the rate of growth in the research programs at Tech. A great deal of this expansion has been in new fields, with the concentration in the basic sciences. Recently initiated programs in such advanced fields as plasma physics (the physics of gases that have been ionized to some degree . . . chief future area will be in peaceful uses of thermonuclear reactions) and neutrino detection (research with subatomic particles) will broaden Tech's fundamental capabilities and scientific reputation. And other new programs like the studies on the industrial uses of radioisotopes and small business economics will increase its capacities for service. Georgia Tech's early entry (1955) into the young science of high-speed computation created a new type of general support to almost all research activities on the campus, often facilitating studies that up to that time had been impossible to consider. The Computer Center also opened new teaching areas on the campus. Tech's future research plans call for more, advanced programs, particularly in the nuclear areas. This fall, ground will be broken for the first research reactor of its magnitude to be located at a southern university. New programs are also in the development stage Tech Alumnus
in radio-chemistry, textiles, physics of the upper atmosphere, and other areas of interest to Georgia Tech, southern industry, and national defense. Fittingly, the 25th anniversary year has been the most successful one in the history of the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. Here are its highlights: The Station's services to Tech's educational programs reached a new high: Over 111 faculty members (a new record) increased their knowledge of their specific fields through direct participation in research projects. Eighty graduate students and 140 undergraduate students (also record numbers) gained valuable research experience and needed financial help through research employment during the year. More graduate theses than ever were made possible through work on Station projects or were speeded up by the use of computers or other equipment. An increased number of special lectures and seminars for faculty, staff members, and students were conducted by research personnel during the year. The total research volume was the highest in history: The Station's accrued income during the year reached a record high of $2,958,000, a 24 per cent increase over the previous high set in 1957-58. Of this amount, $470,000 was furnished by the State of Georgia through the Board of Regents. The remaining $2,488,000 came from Government, industry, foundations, and endowment income. (In contrast, the total research volume in 1934 was $10,000 and half of this was supported by State money.) The total of 342 active projects represents another record increase—72 projects more than the previous high. Primary factors contributing to this October, 1959
increase were: (1) the increased appropriation from the Board of Regents, which made possible a higher number of State-supported projects; (2) a larger number of industrial projects, especially in the Computer Center and the Industrial Development Branch; and (3) a great increase in the number of basic research projects sponsored by federal and state agencies and independent foundations. The research facilities grew by leaps and bounds: Perhaps the most outstanding single development in the Station's 25th year was the completion of the Radioisotopes and Bioengineering Laboratory. This building—considered one of the finest of its kind in the world—cost approximately $500,000 and provides 16,000 square feet of air-conditioned, specially designed laboratories. A Burroughs 220—a large-scale, high-speed digital computer—was installed and put into operation in the Computer Center during the year. The input-output flexibility, the large auxiliary tape memory system, and other characteristics of the 220 supplement the capabilities of Tech's other computers—the UNIVAC SCIENTIFIC (ERA 1101) and the IBM 650. With these three computers and associated equipment, Georgia Tech has a computer center as versatile as that of any other university in the nation. Other major improvements in research facilities included modification of the UNIVAC by adding a 4,096-word magnetic core memory, enlargement of the AC Network Calculator, and construction of a 960-square-foot Butler building for the slipcasting operations of the fast-growing Ceramics Branch. Georgia Tech's Research Reactor Project received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (biggest single grant in the Institute's history). This grant, together with the $2,500,000 and accumulated interest already on hand, assured that construction on the project could begin. Estimate on groundbreaking is now November, 1959. On the pages that follow, The Alumnus presents through photographs and text, projects that represent a cross section of research on the campus in the 25th anniversary year of the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station, largest research agency of its type in the entire South.
Eighty miles up, a fuzzy pink cloud — dubbed Project Firefly Juliet — bursts in the sky above Florida in the early morning.
Special Photographs—Cecil Phillips
Two Tech researchers get ready to follow one of the predawn bursts from an observation point on Santa Rosa Island, 10 miles from project headquarters at Fort Walton Beach.
And two other Tech researchers unpack their cameras, sighting devices and other equipment in the predawn darkness at Port St. Joe, 100 miles from the headquarters.
FUZZY PINK CLOUDS OVER FLORIDA during the past month, a huge, pink, luminous cloud has appeared in the sky above Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. On these days, a Georgia Tech research group is strung out from Biloxi, Miss, to Port St. Joe, Fla., observing the cloud (they call it the pink powder puff) through cameras and light sensitive devices. All of this action is part of Project Firefly, an Air Force-sponsored scientific effort to gain knowledge of the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Directing the project for Tech is Dr. Howard Edwards—a top man in the relatively new research area of physics of the upper atmosphere—who joined the Tech staff during the past year. Earlier in the year, Dr. Edwards headed a Tech research group that carried out a similar project in New Mexico. The luminous cloud is created by the release of a small barium-sodium charge carried into the sky by a Nike-Cajun rocket fired from Eglin. Sodium and other alkaline metals are used in the tests because of the luminous properties of their vapors. Using movie and still cameras with a variety of films, filters and exposure schedules, the Tech research group records the physical and chemical effects of the atmosphere on the clouds. Then they return to their research laboratories at the Experiment Station to analyse this data. The complete study is expected to reveal much about atmospheric conditions 80 miles above the earth. ^ROM TIME TO TIME
October, 1959
RESEARCH ON A BIG DAM FOR IR/ * most unusual research projects during the 1958-59 year was the Mechanical Sciences Division's hydraulic model study of the spillways of one of the world's highest dams—the Dez River Dam in Iran. The project was sponsored by the Development and Resources Corporation of New York, an organization responsible for the planning and construction of various development projects in the remote Khuzestan region of Iran. The Dez River Dam—one of the region's major projects—is being designed to provide maximum benefits of water storage for irrigation, flood control, electric-power generation, and navigation. Present plans call for a dam 630 feet high, which will make it the third highest dam in the world. Tech's research on the dam was directed by Dr. M. R. Carstens (now on leave of absence in Thailand, Bangkok organizing a graduate engineering program at a technical university). The work was carried out in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the School of Civil Engineering. In order to protect the valley against the most extreme flood conditions possible in the Dez River, the spillways must be able to handle overflows of 212,000 cubic feet of water per second. By comparison, the maximum recorded flood discharge of the Chattahoochee River at Norcross, is 55,000 cubic feet per second. The spillways designed to handle this tremendous flow of water will consist of two tunnels leading through the walls of the canyon to the side of the dam. The diameters of these tunnels will be 46 feet and 41 feet. In contrast, the two tubes of the Holland Tunnel, carrying traffic under the Hudson River in New York are only 30 feet in diameter. Tech's problem was to find an economical spillway design that would handle the greatest possible flood without any possibility of failure. If a flood should ever overtop the dam and wash out its foundations, the whole reservoir could suddenly crash through to the farms and villages in the valley. This would be like the stampede of about 82,000,000 railroad tank cars full of water. Since the huge spillway tunnels are to be blasted out of the solid rock of the canyon walls, it was also economically vital that they not be designed too big. By sending simulated floods of water through the model, measurements proportional to the real spillway operation were made at Tech. Unique features in the dam site made the spillway problems especially interesting. First, the water will be carried some 70 yards horizontally into the canyon wall before it enters the vertical tubes. At maximum discharge, the water velocity will reach about 110 m.p.h. in its vertical drop, then it must make a sharp right-angle turn to the horizontal again. At the outlets of the two tunnels, the great jets of water must be turned just the right amount to miss the canyon walls and land in the river, still some 200 feet below. The scale model, shown on the opposite page, was used along with hydraulic marksmanship to design the outlet structures.
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Two members of Tech's radioisotopes research group use radioisotopes to study the kinetics of the photoengraving process.
Tech researcher Earl McDaniel in the radioisotopes lab with his ion-molecule reaction apparatus used in the study of ion physics.
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of the modern Radioisotopes and Bioengineering Laboratory sparked a large-scale expansion of Tech's radioisotopes research program. Key contract in this expansion was one of $140,000 awarded by the Atomic Energy Commission for a special program aimed at promoting the use of radioisotopes by industry in the South. The contract was the fourth of its type issued by the AEC under an extensive program to promote the use and production of radioisotopes by American industry. Other research organizations who have received similar grants include MIT, the University of Chicago, and North Carolina's Triangle Research Institute (with whom Tech will work cooperatively to serve the South). The radioisotopes program under this contract will be divided into five areas of research endeavor: (1) Feasibility studies of radioisotopes techniques and applications of possible utility in industry. (2) Laboratory investigations and development of techniques for radioisotopes applications. (3) Evaluation of the information obtained from the research and development program in relation to practical applications. (4) Field demonstration of any resultant techniques for applications which appear promising. And (5) Dissemination of significant developments or results to industry in cooperation with the Office of Isotopes Development of the AEC. At Tech, specific research tasks have been authorized under this contract and are well underway. These include construction and installation of a 12,000 curie cesium-137 irradiator, which will be used in high-energy radiation studies such as breaking up kaolin (clay) particles into a more useable size. Tech researchers are also looking into the use of radioisotopes in studies of reactions involved in etching of copper-photoengraving plates and in the studies of modifications of platinum catalysts. The highly successful symposium on the Industrial Uses of Radioisotopes held on the campus in May, was also a part of the AEC program. This two-day symposium was attended by 175 representatives of industrial firms from 21 states and two foreign countries. Two dozen scientific papers were presented on applications of isotopes in industries as varied as pulp and paper and foods. ^ H E RECENT COMPLETION
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Fred Braselton — having a great year — throws a touchdown pass to Fred Murphy in the SMU game while Tech's line blocks.
COMBAT UP FRONT ROM UP IN THE STANDS you can see the plays traced across Grant Field in beautiful patterns of color. Your eyes instinctively follow the back as he races gracefully down the field or drops effortlessly back to throw the pass that might mean the difference between victory and defeat. And, during your enjoyment of the spectacle, your mind is seldom, if ever, cluttered with thoughts of the unhappy lot of the lineman. For the lineman's place in the scheme of football is not one of glory and headlines. And, during the fall, each of his Saturdays tend to be but a lengthy and noisy travesty of the weekly practice sessions. These are basic premises that every lineman must accept before he can enjoy the playing of the game. But down on the sidelines it is a different proposition. Here you can hear the sounds of leather popping and the backs grunting and groaning as the game progresses. To the really hard-nose lineman this is the most joyous music of the day. And down here football becomes more than a game—it becomes a pure type of combat where the lineman is the foot soldier, who wins the wars and then stands aside while others take the bows. As these pictures show, the SMU game on September 26 was this pure type of combat.
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Tech's line holds off the SMU rushers as Braselton again drops back to throw, this time to halfback Williamson (30) for 12.
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Halfback James (23) tries to find a hole in the defense as the Tech linemen wage combat on the Mustang defenders in 3rd period. 15
TOMMY WELLS KICKS HIS FIELD GOAL AGAINST SMU. IN FIRST THREE GAMES HIS TOE WAS DIFFERENCE.
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IDING THE unerring toe of Tommy Wells, the strong - right arm of Fred Braselton, and the toughest line in years, Tech closed out the first three games of the season unbeaten. All three of the games were thrillers. At Lexington, the Jackets jumped out to a quick 14-0 first quarter lead on a Braselton to Butch Carter pass, a Faucette run, and two Wells kicks. The rest of the evening was spent in fending off the enraged Wildcats. Kentucky finally scored twice in the third period, and Tech had to stop a drive at their own four to get a 14-12 win. The following week, Tech opened their home season with several key linemen and backs on the injury list. SMU was the opponent, and the game was one of the wildest in the history of Grant Field. Tech finally won it 16-12 but not before Mustang Don Meredith scared the Jackets and their fans into near apoplexy with his passing. This time out, Tech fumbled the opening kickoff then bowed their backs to stop SMU" at their own six. Later in the second period, SMU drove 43 yards on Meredith passes to score. The point was missed. Tech turned right around and sailed 70 yards in 10 plays with Braselton passing to Jim Powell for a score. Wells came in and made it 7-6. Tech's lead lasted four plays. The Mustangs took the kickoff. Then three passes by Meredith—the last one a 58yarder in the air—made it 12-7 with 21 seconds left. In the third period, Tech scored again on a 70-yard drive, this time in 11 plays. Braselton passed the final 12 16
yards to Fred Murphy, who bowled over two SMU backs on his way in for the score. Tech tried for two and missed. The score was 13-12 now, a shaky lead. With 5:22 left in the final period, a Tech drive stalled at the SMU 12, and Wells came in to kick a field goal that made it 16-12. Tech then stopped SMU's Meredith with an interception and rode it out to win. The following week Clemson came to town, and the Jackets using halfbacks a lot of folks never heard of, whipped the undefeated Tigers, 16-6. This was another tough one, but the Jackets were only in danger at one point during the contest. Tech scored in the second period on a 42-yard drive with Braselton sneaking over. Wells added the point. Clemson never threatened during the first half, but on the second-half kickoff, they brought the crowd to its feet with a 99-yard run by halfback Bill Mathis. The try for the two points failed and it was 7-6, Tech. The Jackets, upset by the turn of events, then drove for the score on the strength of a 28-yard punt return by Cal James, two fine sprints by sophomore Williamson and a great pass catch by sophomore Johnny Welch. Welch went over from the five on a twisting run to make it 13-6. Tech went for two and missed and it was 13-6. Early in the fourth quarter, Wells—offended because he didn't get a shot at the second PAT—toed a 37-yard field goal to make it 16-6. Later in the period, the Jacket defenders stopped a Clemson drive at the Tech 3 to indicate their merit. Tech Alumnus
End Fred Murphy (84) grabs Braselton's pass at the SMU 4 and bulls his way past this man and another to score six points.
Guard pulled out, quarterback and fullback in front, Billy Williamson (30) starts on a 17-yard sweep against the Clemson team.
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Unknown Bobby Gene Harris bursts into the spotlight on a 58-yard run against Clemson highlighted by a great display of blocking.
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r ATLANTA, GA.—The Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club held its "Football Jamboree" meeting on September 24. Briefing the crowd that turned out for the meeting were Tech Backfield Coach Charlie Tate and Assistant Coach Whitey Urban. President Dan Kyker was in charge of the meeting. * * * CHATTANOOGA, TENN.—The Chattanooga Georgia Tech Club established a special tuition scholarship at their September 11 meeting. The recommendation was made by President Ralph Heard. A committee to handle details of the scholarship (to be awarded for the coming year) will be appointed by incoming President Paul Shown. Alumni Secretary Roane Beard and Lamar Wheat, former Tech football captain, were the speakers for the meeting. During the business meeting the following officers were elected: Paul Shown, '50, president; Louis R. Blanks, '58, vice president; Robert F. Huffaker, '57, secretary; and R. L. Thomison, '47, treasurer. HUNTSVILLE, ALA.—Dr. Ray Sweigert, Tech's dean of Graduate Studies, was the guest speaker at the August 29 meeting of the Huntsville Georgia Tech Club. Dr. Sweigert brought the 65 members and guests up to date on the advancement and growth of engineering graduate schools in recent years. Officers elected during the meeting included Stephen L. Johnston, '48, president; Ben H. Keyserling, '37, vice president, E. Ray Ritch, '47, treasurer; and Paschal E. Redding, '35, secretary. * * * LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Fifty-six alumni and guests were present when the Southern California Georgia Tech Club held its fall meeting on September 11 in Los Angeles. Guest speaker for the evening was James E. Owens, EE '43, of Atomics International Company, a division of North American Aviation. Owens, an experienced man in the nuclear power field, spoke on Southern California Edison's Sodium Reactor Experiment. * * * MARIETTA, GA.—Dr. William. B. Harrison, director of Tech's reactor project, and Assistant Football Coach Whitey Urban were the speakers at the October 1 meeting of the Cobb County Club. New officers elected at the meeting were David B. Field, '32, president; Harry Dupree, Jr., '32, vice president; and Foster Yancey, '35, secretarytreasurer. * * * PENSACOLA, FLA.—On August 17, the Pensacola Georgia Tech Club heard George Griffin present his famous "reminiscing" speech. Forty alumni were present at the 18
meeting. The next club meeting will be a special charter bus trip to New Orleans, October 24, for the Tulane game. * * *
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Six alumni clubs are sending a total of 21 top high school students to Georgia Tech this year through alumni club scholarship programs. The Greater Atlanta Club leads the list with 14 scholarship winners, while the Sowega (Albany, Georgia) Club has two and the Birmingham, Augusta, Greenville (S.C.), and South Texas (Houston) Clubs have one each. Now in Tech through Atlanta Club Scholarships are freshmen William K. Aultman of West Fulton High; John Anthony Beard of Druid Hills High; Floyd Melvin Burton of Roosevelt High; Reuben Manor Cansler, Jr. of Roosevelt High; Jack Lewis Holley, Jr. of Hoke Smith High; Jerry Delano Hopkins of Campbell High; Alexander James Janoulis of Grady High; James Charles Lockwood of Druid Hills High; Larry Jeanes Milam of Campbell High; Paul Woodrow Morgan, Jr. of Roswell High; John Stubbs Pattillo, Jr. of Murphy High; Kenneth David Turnipseed of Headland High; and John Alton Wells of Headland High. The other Atlanta scholarship was a special sophomore scholarship award to J. Hugh Maddox. The Sowega Club is represented by Robert L. Ivey of Americus and Curtis L. Sanders of Edison. The Houston Club has sent Jerry Wicker of Houston. The Birmingham Club's scholarship winner is Ralph B. Dickenson. The Greenville winner is Charles C. Burdette of Parker High School. And the Augusta scholarship winner is Frank E. Myers. * * *
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Tech's famed panel of three presidents and a coach (Harrison, Staton, Baum and Dodd) will speak before two big alumni groups at rallies this fall. Here are the details of the meetings: * * * CHICAGO, ILL.—Date is November 6, 1959. Event is a pregame (Notre Dame) dinner party (stag) for Tech alumni in Northern Illinois, Northern Indiana, Chicago and Milwaukee areas. The time is 6:30 P.M. and the place is the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Contact Ben L. Crew, '28, 700 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, for details. * * * NEW YORK, N. Y.—Date is November 19. Event is a stag dinner party for Tech alumni in Greater New York, Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey areas. The time is 6:15 P.M. and the place is New York's Roosevelt Hotel. Contact Hazard E. Reeves, '28, 304 44th St., New York 17, for details. Tech Alumnus
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' i T. Singleton, a partner in the consulting engineering firm of Wiedeman and Singleton, died August 19 at his home. He held the first professional engineers license issued by the state of Georgia. His widow lives at 332 Brentwood Drive, N.E., Atlanta. ' t C Brig. Gen. Joseph Jones Twitty, USA I *» (ret.), was killed August 3 in an automobile accident in Louisiana. After retiring from the Army in 1954 he served as chief inspector of the Louisiana Highway Department. General Twitty supervised the construction of the world's largest bridge. During his service career he served with the Corps of Engineers and had a major role in the construction of Lake Allatoona and Lake Lanier. In World War II he served as assistant chief of staff for intelligence with Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific. He also acted as U. S. engineer member of the nation's military mission to China and Burma and helped survey the famed Burma Road. During the Korean War he participated in the Inchon landing and the U. N. evacuation of Hungnam. He was commander of Camp Carson, Colorado at the time of his retirement. General Twitty's widow lives at Covington, Louisiana.
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' 9 1 Stanley Warner, ME, has been named ~ I to the newly created position of director of research and development with Chattanooga Royal Company. He has served as chief engineer since 1945. Thaddeous F. Blackstock died in August of 1959. He was a resident of Decatur, Georgia. No further information was available at this writing.
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»OQ Albert C. Gable, EE, formerly man™*» ager of product planning, has been named manager of Market Research and Product Planning Practices with General Electric in Schenectady, N. Y.
» Q 7 Donald C. Johnston, TE, assistant J ' general manager of J. P. Stevens & Company in Milledgeville, Georgia, has been named general manager of the Northern Group, Woolen and Worsted Division. James B. Ramage, district manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, was installed as president of the Buckhead Civitan Club this past June.
' 0 1 J. Cleve Allen, Com., of Coral Ga^ ' bles, Florida, has been appointed a member of the 1960 Rotary Institute Agenda Committee of Rotary International. He is South Florida general agent and a director of the Piedmont Life Insurance Company. Mr. Allen is also president of the Allen Granite Company and a vice president of the American Granite Quarries. Captain John H. Halliburton, who has served in practically every post in the Operations Department of Eastern Air Lines, has been ele.ted to the new post of vice president of Operations. He has been with the company since 1931. Horace N. Merry, Com., died January 2 of a heart attack. His widow lives at Owensboro, Kentucky. ' 0 0 Dana Johnson has been named Head "fc of the Official Board and Church Lay Leader at the Westwood Community Methodist Church is Los Angeles, California. Mr. Johnson is Head of the Technical Information Staff at Hughes Aircraft. He is chairman of the Georgia Tech Alumni Group at Hughes and serves as treasurer of the Southern California Tech Club. ' Q ^ Robert Tharpe, president of Tharpe *» • and Brooks, Inc. in Atlanta, has been elected first vice president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. »OC Lt. Col. Eric W. Jordahn, US Army, » " graduated June 26 from the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va. He has been assigned to the U. S. Army Ele-
' Q Q James Edwin Barnhill, TE, recently *»U received his Masters of Engineering Administration from The George Washington University. C. A. Stapleton, ME, design engineer for Plantation Pipeline in Atlanta, spoke at the 1959 Petroleum Mechanical Engineering Conference at Dallas, Texas in September. ' Q Q L. F. "Andy" Anderson, IM, has *»*• been made Assistant General Sales Manager of the Devoe/Wadsworth, Howland Div. of Devoe & Reynolds Co., Inc., Louisville, Kentucky. His home address is 206 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Paul A. Redmond, Jr., TE, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his office September 14. He was a partner in Sight, Inc., makers of industrial and documentary films, at the time of his death. Mr. Redmond was in the textile business most of his life and was vice president of Alabama Mills until 1955, at which time he became president. He held this position until 1956 when Alabama Mills merged with Dan River. Mr. Redmond's widow lives at 17 Ridge Drive in Birmingham. Alfred C. Reed, Jr., ME, died of a heart attack in Puerto Rico in June, 1959. William R. Shook, EE, has been appointed Southeastern editor of Electrical World, a McGraw-Hill publication. He will work out of the company's Atlanta office.
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' O C R- Dudley Hayes has been promoted ^ " to district manager, Industrial Building Products, with Johns-Manville. His office is at 800 101 Marietta Street Building in Atlanta. ' O l Dudley G. Sansbury, Jr., EE, admin^ I istrative assistant to the treasurer of the Tampa Electric Company, died July 22 at his office. His widow and daughter live 20
Frederick G. Storey, '33, president of Storey Theatres, Inc. of Atlanta, has been elected president of the Family Service Association of America, a federation of almost 300 family counseling agencies in 250 cities. President of the Tech National Alumni Association for two years (195557), Storey is one of Atlanta's civic leaders. He has been associated with the family service field for 23 years and has been a member of the national association's 54-man board for six years. Tech Alumnus
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Reaching for the moon Only a dream yesterday... reality today Who dares call anything impossible today? Not when scientists have created rockets and missiles that bring the moon within our reach. Union Carbide research in fascinating new materials has helped take the attack on space out of the realm of science fiction. Such research has developed super-alloys to withstand the forces of launching and flight . . . liquid oxygen to fire the mighty thrust into space . . . and components for solid fuels that burn in an airless universe. And research is now leading the way to new plastics for nose cones and new batteries and other energizers for instrumentation. With the same compelling search for knowledge that has brought us so close to space travel, the scientists of Union Carbide are constantly developing new substances that make possible a host of useful things for our everyday life. Today's work-saving detergents, miracle fibers, and quick-drying paints and lacquers are only the beginning of an endless stream of products that will enrich the world tomorrow.
Learn about the exciting work going on now in carbons, chemicals, gases, metals, plastics,andnuclear energy. Write for "Products and Processes" Booklet C, Union Carbide Corporation, 30 East 42nd St., NewYork 17, N.Y. In Canada, Union Carbide Canada Limited, Toronto.
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J. Lamar Davis, '48, a resident of Acworth, Georgia, has been named chief draftsman of Lockheed Aircraft Company's Georgia Division. Davis joined Lockheed in 1951 as supervisor in the B-29 assembly control department. Prior to his most recent appointment, he was supervisor of engineering methods in the administrative engineering department. A native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Davis received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in industrial engineering here.
News by classes—continued /. M. Teague, CerE, has been elected a fellow of the American Ceramic Society for "conspicuous achievement in ceramic industrial fields." He is assistant director for Owens-Illinois Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio. ' i l l W. P. Ballard, Ch.E., is a co-patentee • ' of a recently issued patent covering improvements in methods of treating hydrocarbons. Mr. Ballard is Assistant Superintendent of Fuel Research with Texaco at Port Arthur, Texas. Sam T. Hurst, Arch, Dean of the School of Architecture and the Arts at Auburn, was asked by the American Institute of Architects to give the "summing up" address at the conclusion of its annual convention, held last June in New Orleans. His analysis brought a standing ovation and has since been reviewed in abridged form in The Pacific Builder. The full text will appear in a future issue of The Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Commander Dalton Eston Lackey, USN, IM, died unexpectedly of a heart attack August 15 in San Francisco, California. He was a member of Tech's football team in 1938-39-40 and coached the B team in 1941. He received his Naval training at
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Annapolis and was attached to the U. S. Naval Yard at San Francisco at the time of his death. His widow lives in San Francisco, California. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Price, Ch.E., a son, David Barrett, August 3. ' A D ^ ' " * Lang, IM, has been named '*• district manager of U. S. Gypsum's Jacksonville, Florida branch. Prior to this appointment he was sales manager, Southeast Paint District. George W. Stradtman, Jr., IM, heads the operation of Metal Distributors, Inc., newly appointed distributor for Revere Copper and Brass. The new warehouse is at 2737 Apple Valley Road, N.E., Atlanta. ' ^ 0 Frank Bailey Juden, Arch, associate ~*J of Aeck Associates, Atlanta architects, died September 7 of injuries received in an automobile accident in Nassau. His mother lives at 281 Tara Trail, N.W., Atlanta. Dr. James Rufus Rogers, Ch.E., a member of the staff of the Charity Hospital at Bogalusa, Louisiana, died September 21. After graduating from Tech he received his M.D. from Tulane Medical School. ' ^ C Merwin B. Clapp, CE, formerly of *** Chicago Bridge and Iron Company's General Sales staff, has been transferred to
the company's Chicago district office as a contracting engineer. Eugene Miller, Ch.E., associate managing editor of Business Week, was one of three principal speakers at the meeting of the Midwestern Conference of the Council of State Governments held in Kansas City, Missouri in September. The Council of State Governments is a group of governors, lieutenant governors and other state officers. Mr. Miller spoke on the topic of State Regulation of Pension Funds. ' A R Engaged: Edward L. Dougherty to • " Miss Martha Sullivan. Mr. Daugherty is engaged in the practice of landscape architecture in Atlanta. A. James Hackl, ME, has been named general manager of Worthington Corporation's Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Division at East Orange, New Jersey. Information was recently received in this office of the death of Jere Jordan, who died of a heart attack November 14, 1958. He was with the Merritt Chapman Scott Construction Company at the time of his death. His mother, Mrs. Bess Jordan, lives in Ashland City, Tennessee. William C. Rice, Jr., Ch.E., has joined the engineering department of Monsanto Chemical Company's Inorganic Chemicals Division at St. Louis, Missouri. f
A"l Charles B. Lawler, GE, Industrial • ' Engineering Coordinator of the Box Division, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation, gave a technical paper during the 9th annual Corrugated Container Conference in September. The paper was entitled "Waste Improvement Through Engineering." Mr. Lawler lives at 44 Homestead Drive, Yardley, Pennsylvania. ' A Q Sanders R. Allred, EE, former sales *** engineer with Blaw-Knox Company, is now a sales agent with the Sewell Realty Company at 1497 Holly Lane, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. John V. Barker, IM, has been named sales manager of the Time Equipment Sales Divi-
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sion of Stromberg Time Corporation in Thomaston, Connecticut. He has been with the company since 1955. Donald A. Beardsworth, ME, has been named Midwestern Manager of the Aerosol and Industrial Products Division of The Risdon Manufacturing Company, 224 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. John M. Shepard, Jr., ME, has been appointed chief engineer with Link-Belt Company's Houston, Texas plant. Harry R. Thompson, IM, was a participant this summer in the National Science Foundation Institute at Gonzago University in Spokane, Washington for history, science and math teachers. Mr. Thompson teaches at West Fulton High School in Atlanta. Fred J. Turner, Jr. has been appointed General Traffic Supervisor, Central Area, with the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was formerly District Traffic Superintendent in Greensburg. E. G. Warren, EE, spoke at the Petroleum Conference of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Long Beach, California in August. He discussed "Remote Control of Refinery Tank Farm Equipment." He is a senior electrical engineer with Humble Oil and Refining Company's Baytown, Texas Refinery. The Warrens live at 320 Burnet Drive in Baytown. >|
Edward R. Beeman, IM, presented a paper on "Cathodic Protection of Pipe Type Cable Systems" at the 4th Annual North Central Regional Meeting of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers at Cleveland, Ohio, October 20-22. He is a corrosion engineer for Florida Power Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida. Lt. Col. Robert C. Borman, USAF, IE, is now Chief of Production and Planning for the ATLAS Weapon System Directorate at the AMC Ballistic Missiles Center in Inglewood, California. Prior to this assignment he was stationed at the Pentagon. Bob lives at 5838% West 88th Street in Los Angeles. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bottoms. Jr., IM, a son, Charles Benson, III, July 27. Mr. Bottoms is a district representative, Bottler Sales Development with The Coca-Cola Company. Their home address is 155 Hampton Lane, Miami 49, Florida. William Bruner, IE, has been named head of the Industrial Engineering Department for Orchard Paper Company's three plants
Dr. Henry Marchman, '41, has been named vice president and manager of the engineering department of Rheem Semiconductor Corporation of Mountain View, California. Before joining this new subsidiary of Rheem Manufacturing Company, Dr. Marchman was director of the chemical development division of the research department of Standard Oil Company (Indiana). He also has served as assistant director of development for Velsicol Chemical Corporation. in St. Louis, Missouri, Potsdam, New York and Los Angeles, California. He will work out of the St. Louis office. Major James R. Cumberpatch, AE, has been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and a year of special study in Industrial Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Assistant Chief of Staff of the Sacramento Air Materiel Area at McClellan AFB, California. Harry C. Harris, CE, is employed by the U. S. Air Force as construction management engineer in England. His address is Headquarters, 7th Air Division (DE), APO 125, New York, New York. W. A. Hassett, CerE, has collaborated on a paper appearing in the August issue of the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. The text of the paper is "The Role of Powder Density in Dry-Pressed Ceramic Parts." Mr. Hassett is a research engineer in the Chemical Physical Laboratory of RCA's Electron Tube Division at Harrison, New Jersey. Raymond E. Hicks, IM, has been appointed Eastern Engineering Manager of the Water and Sewage Valve Sales Unit of Rockwell Manufacturing Company's Metal and Valve Division at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. C. M. Jones, CerE, is the co-author of a technical paper which appeared in the July issue of the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. The paper is entitled "Ceramic Fuel Testing by Autoradiography." He is supervisor of manufacturing control, Refractories Division, The Norton Company, Worcester, Massachusetts. John W. Lay, Jr., IE, former district engineer for the IMC Equipment, Inc., is now Southern District Engineer for the Rapids-Standard Company, Inc., located at Room 30, 3158 Maple Drive, N.E., in Atlanta.
Armand Cifelli, '45, has recently been admitted as a partner in the legal firm of Wooster, Davis and Cifelli, patent attorneys, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Prior to this move, Cifelli was a patent attorney for the General Electric Company; a patent attorney for the Office of the Chief of the Chemical Corps; and a patent examiner for the United States Patent Office. Cifelli's home address is 52 Jerome Avenue, Trumbull, Connecticut. October, 1959
James W. Petit, Jr. has been promoted to Assistant District Sales Engineer for Georgia for Akers Motor Lines, Inc. He will work out of the Atlanta office. Mr. Petit has been with the company since 1956. Everett L. Cook, IE, has been promoted to the position of mortgage officer of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association. His address is 730 Third Avenue, New York 17, New York. Married: Robert M. Hill, EE, to Miss Elizabeth Bridges, June 28. Mr. Hill is an aircraft design engineer with Lockheed in Marietta, Georgia. John C. Huskisson, Jr., IM, vice president and general manager for Pidcock and Company, Inc. in Savannah, Georgia, was recipient of the Hadley B. Cammack Award for his excellence in the field of advertising in the Savannah area. The award was made in June at the Savannah Advertising Club's annual dinner. Burke P. Lokey, ME, is a project engineer with the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. His home address is Route 6, Park Street, Covington, Virginia.
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ICO D. E. Griffith, Ch.E., has been proJ f c moted to chemical engineer in the catalytic light ends section of the Technical Division at Humble Oil and Refining Company's Baytown, Texas refinery. William B. Houston, Jr., EE, has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. He previously taught at MIT where he received his Ph.D. in 1957. Thomas Madison Phillips, EE, received his law degree from The George Washington University in June, 1959. William R. Britton, Ch.E., has been assigned to the sales department of Union Carbide Chemicals Company at Moorestown, N. J. Engaged: Joseph Edward Hill, IM, to Miss Nanette Brown. The wedding will take place October 24. Mr. Hill is a partner in the firm of J. E. Hill, Contractors, in Atlanta. Richard R. Marinaro, IE, has been promoted to Toledo District Manager, Industrial Packaged Products Division of the Scott Paper Company. His new home address is 2840 Gracewood Road, Toledo 13, Ohio.
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James C. Hundley, '56, has been appointed project engineer in Systems Coordination and Specifications at the Owego facility of IBM Federal Systems Division. He joined IBM in 1956 as a junior engineer in production engineering at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1957, he was named associate engineer in Ancillary Engineering. A member of Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engineering honor society, Hundley was an instructor at the Artillery School at Fort Sill prior to joining IBM. News by classes—continued William M. Postman, Chem, associate professor of textile chemistry in the School of Textile Engineering at Tech, has had numerous articles published in the field of textile chemistry and dyeing. Among them are a group of articles in the Textile World. Another group of articles were published by the National Aniline Division in their magazine Dyestuffs. Bill has also written an article for The American Peoples Encyclopedia. Married: Robert Edward Werder, IE, to Miss Claudia Rainer June 13. Mr. Werder is with Texaco in Atlanta. ' R A Carried: Lt. Walker L. Baumgard3 " ner, USAF, IE, to Miss Nancy Gay Glennon September 13. Lt. Baumgardner is stationed in Illinois. Married: Randolph Wall Cabell, EE, to Miss Mary Katherine Huggin June 17.
Lt. Charles Eng, CE, recently received a certificate of achievement while assigned to the 561st Engineer Company at Fort Baker, California. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hastings, ME, a daughter, Linda Kay, June 27. Lt. Charles Raiford King, CE, TE, has been assigned to the first Engineer Officer Advanced Class at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. His new address is 1st Engineer Officer Advanced Class, Student Officer Detachment, USAECR, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Robert E. Marquand, EE, has been promoted to section head of the newly established space electronic section at Radiation, Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. He has been with the company since 1954. ' E C Married: Rev. James Lawrence John*»w son, IM, to Miss Leslie Wood, September 18. Rev. Johnson has served as assistant to the rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Macon. He is now vicar
of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in East Point, Ga. and of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Forest Park, Georgia. Lonnie McMillan, EE, is supervisor of the space electronic component development unit of Radiation, Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. George P. Reynolds, Ch.E., has been promoted to assistant chemical engineer in the Technical Division at Humble Oil and Refining Company's Baytown, Texas refinery. He lives at 3303 Missouri Street in Baytown. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Wear, Phys, a son, Kenneth Michael, April 8. Their address is 821 Eddystone Avenue, Columbus 24, Ohio. Married: David Austin Brown, IE, to Miss Carol Ann Nusbaum. W. B. "Burt" Grant, IM, has been named assistant to the manager of Carolina Power and Light Company's Sanford, North Carolina district. Lt. James E. McCauley, IM, served a short tour of active duty with the First Armored Rifle Battalion, 41st Infantry, at Fort Hood, Texas. He is with Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation. Lt. McCauley lives at 129 Brockenbrough Court, Metarie, Louisiana. Married: James Patterson, Arch, to Miss Georgia Treblas, September 27. Mr. Patterson is associated with the firm of Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothchild and Paschal, Atlanta architects. Billy M. Phillips. TE, IM, has been transferred by the B. F. Goodrich Company to
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Best Home Schedule in History for 1959-60 Basketball Team appearances of five national basketball powers— Kentucky, North Carolina State, Louisville, Auburn, and Mississippi State—makes the coming basketball schedule the best home slate in Tech's history. The Jackets started practice on October 15 with Terry Randall, Buddy Blemker, and Frank Inman graduated from last year's squad that finished in a rush, winning their last seven games. Season tickets for Tech home games are now on sale at the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Chair seats for the 15 home games on the schedule at the left are $30.00, while a season book in the*unreserved section costs $15.00. Order your season tickets directly from the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, Atlanta 13, Georgia. Individual game tickets for the N. C. State, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Jan. 13 Georgia games are also being sold on a reserved basis. Chair seats for these games are $2.00 and bench seats are $1.00 each. Order these directly from the Athletic Association, also. ATLANTA
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the B. F . Goodrich Textile Products Company (Martha Mills), Thomaston, Georgia. His home address is 113 Reeves Terrace in Thomaston. Born to: Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Robbins, Chem. a son, Paul David, August 11. Their address is 800 Holly Springs Road, Richmond 24, Virginia. Richard G. Rosselot, Ch.E., has rejoined the scientific staff of the Esso Research Laboratories, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following a tour of duty with the Navy. Married: Anthony Nicholas Canacaris, ME, to Miss Demetra Caronia, September 20. Mr. Canacaris is with Alleghany Ludlum Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Engaged: John Carmack Bennett, Jr., ME, to Miss Mary Anne Holliday. The wedding will take place November 8. Mr. Bennett is with Plantation Pipeline in Atlanta. Married: Edward Clark Jackson, IM, to Miss Nannene Lawton, September 26. Mr. Jackson is with Cities Service Oil Company in New York City. /./. David L. Cooley, USN, IE, qualified as a carrier pilot after training aboard the support aircraft carrier USS Antietam in the Gulf of Mexico. Married: Lt. Robert E. Davis, ME, to Miss Terry Remillard, September 19. Lt. Davis is stationed at Sawyer Air Force Base in Marquette, Michigan. Max DeArmond, ME, has been assigned Allis-Chalmers' steam turbine department at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. T. G. Ellington, TE, has been transferred from the Organic Chemicals Division to the Textile Fiber Division of DuPont. He is living at 3875 Evelyn Drive, Wilmington, Delaware. William P. Killian, Ch.E., has been assigned to head the Rocket Engine Production Equipment Group at Thiokol ChemiOctober, 1959
cal Corporation's Utah Division. His mailing address is P. O. Box 56, Brigham, Utah. James M. Morris, IE, has been appointed vice president and athletic director of Prep Recreation Center in Chamblee, Georgia. Franklin E. Rolston, Jr., IM, is with the Apparatus Sales Division of Westinghouse in Birmingham. His address is 2332 20th Avenue South, Apartment 2, Birmingham 9, Alabama. Married: Steed Tyson, ME, to Miss Sandra Jane Noyes, April 18. Mr. Tyson is a field engineer for Rocketdyne in Huntsville, Alabama. » C Q Lt. William S. Armistead, USA, * » " Phys, completed the air transportability planning course in August at the Transportation School at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Lt. Roy E. Brown, USA, IE, completed the officer basic course in August at The Finance School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Jerome T. Callahan, CerE, has joined the Federal Aviation Agency in Anchorage, Alaska as an electronic engineer designer. Henry Olin Everitt, Jr., IE, was one of the top 5 men passing Basic Officers Military Ordnance Program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Ens. David W. Gould, Jr., USNR, ME, is
stationed in Japan with the Naval Ship Repair Department. His address is Fleet Activities, Box 16, Navy 3912, FPO, San Francisco, California. Lt. Maurice M. Hallum, HI, AE, has been assigned to the Ordnance Missile Laboratories Division at the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. Engaged: Ens. David Donaldson Harvey, USN, IM, to Miss Susan Gilbert. The wedding took place October 6. Ens. Harvey is stationed at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Married: Aaron Ward Hendry, CE, to Miss Mizell Kelly. David C. Hillman, IE, has been promoted to quality control supervisor of the cutting and finishing operations of the Luke Mill of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at Luke, Maryland. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Long, IM, a daughter, Roxie Louise, August 1. Mr. Long is with Burlington Industries. Their home address is 117 Markham Street, Burlington, North Carolina. W. J. McAlpin, IM, has been elected president of the J. J. Finnigan Company in Atlanta. Lt. Robert A. Meadows, AE, completed the artillery officer basic course in July at More news en page 26
Don Brock, '59, is one of 31 young men and women who left the United States last month to begin three years of missionary service overseas for the Methodist Church. The group constitutes the 1959 "Fellowship of Christian Service," the special-term overseas missionaries of the Methodist Board of Missions. They represent 18 states and are going to 18 countries of Africa, Asia, and South America. The group received its special training at Scarritt College, Nashville. 25
News by classes—continued T h e Artillery and Missile School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Jerry Miller, ME, is a naval architect at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. His home address is 1720 Alabama Moana Blvd., Apartment B-3, Honolulu, Hawaii. Lt. Jerry H. Nabors, USAF, IM, is on temporary duty in Wichita, Kansas. In January he will report to McDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. Lt. Billy F. Perkins, T E , has been assigned to the Anti-Missile Branch of the Industrial Division at the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. Married: George Millard Potter, Jr., EE, to Miss Janet Dorothy Rivers, June 28. Mr. Potter is working on his Ph.D. at Tech. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Price, Jr., Math, a daughter, Carrie McCollum, July 8. Bob was formerly with the Georgia Tech Computer Center. Their home address is 170 South Palomar Drive in Redwood City, California. Lt. Richard N. Wright, USA, ME, has been assigned to the Propulsion Laboratory of the Ordnance Missile Laboratories Division at the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. ' C Q Married: Kenneth Marion Carter, J w IM, to Miss Martha A. McDowell. Midshipman Cameron P. Cooper, IE, recently received the Convair Award for displaying among avaition qualified personnel, the highest aptitude for naval service during his four years of reserve officer training. William E. Durrett, IM, is with the Industrial Research Department with the Columbus, Georgia Chamber of Commerce. His address is 3020 Bellanca Drive.
Married: Richard Dean Herron, AE, to Miss Diana Lamar, June 13. Married: Harry Leslie Holland, III, I M , to Miss Margaret Allen, September 26. Lt. Thomas E. Hupke, USA, IM, has completed the surface to air missile officer basic course at The Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas. Married: Lt. Peter Aird Kill, USA, IM, to Miss Adele Waring, August 23. Lt. Kill will be associated with the California Packing Company upon completion of his tour of duty. Married: Ens. John C. Krummel, USN, IE, to Miss Carole Middleton, October 3. Ens. Krummel is stationed at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. Married: Charles K. Ligon, IE, to Miss Janice Patterson, October 17. Mr. Ligon is currently stationed with the Georgia Air National Guard in San Antonio, Texas. Married: William G. Lussky, Jr., IM, to Miss Annie Laurie Ticknor. Mr. Lussky is with the Progress Paint Company in Louisville, Kentucky. Bobby D. Mansfield, TE, has been commissioned a Navy Ensign at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Lt. Jay R. McLendon, IM, has completed the officer leadership course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. Engaged: Lt. Robert J. Millikan, USA, ME, to Miss Kay Smith. The wedding took place October 16. Lt. Millikan is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Married: Horace Henry Peek, III, ME, IM, to Miss Nancy Vantress, August 22. Born t o : Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanderford, EE, a son, Steven Davis, May 17. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Swanson, ME, a daughter, Kimberly Jane, March 8. Mr. Swanson is an engineer with the Aid Corporation in Clayton, Georgia.
Before and After
Married: Henry Teague, Arch, to Miss Carole Lynn Deal, August 27. Mr. Teague is attending Graduate School at Georgia Tech under a Rehmann Scholarship. Married: Jackson Andrew Tuggle, Jr., EE, to Miss Carol Converse, August 1. Mr. Tuggle is employed by Peavy Concrete Company in Atlanta. Married: L. D. Walters, Jr., IE, to Miss Jayne Shivers, June 6. He received his commission in the Army Signal Corps in June. Engaged: Anderson Courtney Bailie, "" Jr., IM, to Miss Glenda Ruth Prince. The wedding will take place in November. Married: Joe Charles Dill, to Miss Peggy Blalock, May 10. Mr. Dill is a field draftsman with the Atlanta Gas Light Company. Married: Leslie Clement Huttemeyer, IM, to Miss Norma Jean DeFoor, September 26. Mr. Huttemeyer is with Bendix Aviation Corporation in Teterboro, New Jersey. Married: Noble Van Keys, TE, to Miss Patsy Dyer. They live in Greensboro, North Carolina. Married: Robert Hudson McDonough, IE, to Miss Theresa Richardson, September 6. Mr. McDonough is with Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corporation. They live in Yonkers, New York. Married: Chandler Blaine Smith to Miss Peggy Ann Baker, August 29. Mr. Smith is currently with the USAF in Biloxi, Miss. Friend James E. Stokes died in the Bahamas in August when his air supply was cut off while skin diving. He was on vacation at the time of his death. Mr. Stokes was executive vice president of the D. L. Stokes and Company. His widow and 5 children live at 3143 Wiltshire Drive, Avondale Estates, Georgia.
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