ment Station were also announced. Five research administrators were designated with the rank of Chief: Dr. William B. Harrison, III, Nuclear Science Division; Dr. Edwin J. Scheibner, Physical Sciences Division; Dr. Frederick Bellinger, Chemical Sciences and Materials Division; Dr. Kenneth C. Wagner, Industrial Development Division; and Dr. William F. Atchison, Rich Electronic Computer Center. Other promotions in the Station were: To Research Professor of Chemistry: Dr. James A. Knight. To Research Assistant Professor of Applied Biology: Mr. Edward L. Fincher and Dr. Nancy W. Walls. To Research Engineer: Mr. Robert N. Bailey, Dr. William J. Corbett, and Mr. John R. Peterson. To Assistant Research Engineer: Mr. John H. Burson, III, Mr. Robert J. Klett, and Mr. James A. McAlister. To Assistant Research Editor: Mr. Frank S. Longshore. New
E n g i n e e r i n g Mechanics H e a d n a m e d
DR. MILTON E. RAVILLE has been appointed
Director of Georgia Tech's School of Engineering Mechanics, it was announced in August by President Edwin D. Harrison. He succeeds Professor William B. Johns, Jr., who retired on July 1, after forty years of service. Doctor Raville comes to Georgia Tech from Kansas State University, where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Mechanics. He has been a member of the Kansas State University staff since 1947 and a Department Head since 1956.
vice president, Hillsborough County; Oscar Dalton, vice president, Polk County; Roy Strickland, vice president, Pinellas County; G. A. (Dolph) Hanson, secretary; and Bill Canals, treasurer. Soon after the meeting Bill Canals, who has served two years as treasurer, was transferred from the area and Dean Griffin is l o o k i n g for pictures Fred Wolf was appointed to replace him as one of the officers. SEVERAL YEARS AGO at the suggestion of the late Coach Alex, George Griffin beThe club is planning a special railroad gan a collection of photographs of Tech trip to Gainesville for the Tech-Florida athletic teams. So far, the good Dean has game on September 29. Alumni in the area 66 team pictures but has been unable to are invited to join the excursion by mailing locate anything resembling a picture of a check for $16 per person (this includes the following football teams: 1894, 1895, the Ifee, bus transportation to and from 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1900. If you have a ths stadium, and lunch) to the Florida West photograph of any of these squads in your Coast Georgia Tech Alumni Association, possession, please get in touch with Dean P. O. Box 10001, Tampa 9. Griffin. He will make a copy of it and return the original to you. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—The Southern California Georgia Tech Club elected the folDean Griffin is also interested in pictures lowing officers at the spring meeting: Dana of any Tech sport including baseball, basketball, track, golf, tennis, swimming, cross Johnson, president; William Schleich, vice president; Clyde Paisley, secretary; and country, etc. as well as club and class Andy Mahoof, treasurer. groups. If you have any of these or if you own an extra Blue Print prior to the one On August 11, the club held a successful published in 1930, he would like to hear family day outing with over 100 taking from you. part in the activities at the home of Dana Johnson in Bel Air, California. The next meeting of the group is a dinner dance scheduled for September 29 at the Naval Officers Club of the Terminal Island Naval Station. papers on scientific matters. The National Aeronautical and Space Administration has recently established an Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center in which Doctor Nissan and his students will be studying the properties of polymers.
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MEXICO—The Georgia Tech Club of Mexico met at the University Club in Mexico City on June 23. Thirty-seven Tech men, wives, and guests attended the meeting to sing the old Tech songs and hold a business session. During the business session, the club deRensselaer Research Professor visits campus cided to start a scholarship campaign after DR. ALFRED H. NISSAN, Research Professor the Coca-Cola Company, through Hugh of Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer PolyHamrick, offered to pledge $1,000 to a technic Institute, was the first of the 1962- scholarship providing the club could raise 63 series of top scientists or engineers the balance. One scheduled feature of the brought to the Georgia Tech campus meeting failed to make the program when through the Neely Visiting Professorship the football highlights film got held up at Fund, established by Mr. and Mrs. Frank the border due to technical difficulties. The H. Neely of Atlanta. club planned to meet again later in the summer to view the film after it has cleared Doctor Nissan visited Georgia Tech on customs. Wednesday, August 22, and in the morning led a discussion group with the members PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The Philaof the faculty of the A. French Textile delphia Georgia Tech Alumni Club held a School. After a luncheon with school offidinner meeting June 15 at the Engineers cials, Doctor Nissan conducted a seminar Club. Officers for the year beginning July 1 from 2:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. in the Conwere elected. Richard J. Fox, '50, was ference Room of the Textile Building on elected president and Raymond E. Hicks, the subject, "Fiber Sciences." '50, secretary-treasurer. In 1953, Nissan was invited to be the Dean George Griffin, the guest speaker, first occupant of the Chair of Textile Engibrought the alumni up to date on the buildneering at the University of Leeds. There ing program at Tech, the educational difhe developed a team of research workers ficulties of new students, and the growing in the graduate studies of textile engineerproblem of acquiring and retaining qualified ing. He was invited to come to the United teachers. During his talk the dean sugStates in 1957; since then he has been the gested the establishment of a Philadelphia Research Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Poly- Club scholarship fund. technic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Over the FLORIDA WEST COAST—Bobby Dodd was the years Alfred Nissan has acted as consultant guest speaker at the August 6 meeting of to industrial concerns as well as governthe Florida West Coast Club held in mental departments in England and as a Tampa. Dodd briefed the members of the member of numerous technical and scientif1962 squad and schedule during his talk. ic committees. Either singly or with his Officers elected at the meeting included Hal colleagues he has published over seventy Holtsinger, president; Walton (Skip) Hicks, SEPTEMBER, 1 9 6 2
WASHINGTON—The Washington, D. C , Club held its first Ramblin' Reck family picnic at Lake Fairfax, Virginia, on July 21 after rain had postponed the original affair scheduled for July 14. Next scheduled meeting for this active club is the stag party to be held on Wednesday, October 24. Henry M. Sweeny and C. Gale Kiplinger are handling the arrangements for this meeting.
' 0 0 Arthur W. Solomon, of Savannah, * " • Georgia, died unexpectedly April 22. He established the E & W Laundry in Savannah over 65 years ago and was active in the business at the time of his death. Mr. Solomon was a former county commissioner, serving from July, 1914 until 1960. In 1959 he was honored by the National Association of County Officials and presented a plaque identifying him as the oldest elected county official in term of service in the nation. Fuller ' 0 5 Thomas > Sr-> M E > retired dis** trict manager for Westinghouse Electric, died July 27 in an Atlanta hospital. His widow lives at 3157 Chatham Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. E. W. Hightower, of Nelson, Georgia, died September 16, 1961.
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