Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 42, No. 02 1963

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rison announced that the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. was the recipient of the largest, undesignated gift in the history of the Institute. The amount was $75,000 (a rather logical figure what with this being the 75th anniversary year and all) and the contributor was a man named L. W. "Chip" Robert, Jr., who in his own 75th year decided to honor his school. Now, the history of Georgia Tech is full of Chip Robert's contributions to his Alma Mater. And measured against his part in starting the co-operative division or convincing the athletic board that the late W. A. Alexander deserved a shot at the head coaching job here back in 1920, this gift might seem insignificant. But the people here on the campus don't buy this line of thought. To us, this is a starting point—an unselfish gesture by the 1908 graduate who as much as any other alumnus has helped shape the face of today's Georgia Tech. As his letter points out, he is attempting to influence other alumni to insure the future growth of Georgia Tech.

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should be required reading for every student of today and tomorrow as well as every alumnus. Here it is just as President Harrison received it: "Inasmuch as Georgia Tech is now celebrating its 75th Anniversary, and, incidentally, my Class of 1908 its 55th Reunion, I cannot imagine any more propitious time to choose to make a gesture of my deep affection toward my beloved Alma Mater. Therefore, it is my privilege and pleasure at this time to tender to the Georgia Institute of Technology through the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. a 75th Anniversary Memorial Gift of Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) to aid you and your able associates in the future development of this fine institution, which has already made itself such a major part of our community, our state, and our nation in scientific educational affairs. "Please pardon personal references but it was just sixty years ago this summer, shortly before my sixteenth birthday, that I took one of my life's most vital steps. While enroute to Cornell Univer-

sity with hopes for a college engineering education, I stopped over in Atlanta to enter the Georgia School of Technology as a Sub-Apprentice to make up for my lack of high school opportunities. This school was then a young and struggling institution but somehow it soon demonstrated to me in its own ambitious endeavors the very goals I myself aspired to. It is history now that I never left Georgia Tech for Cornell University, but instead I remained for six years to graduate in the Class of 1908 and added an extra post-graduate year in 1909. "My decision to remain at Georgia Tech has never caused me a single regret. To the contrary, it has brought me great happiness and memories. I have lived to love and honor this fine institution more and more as the years have passed. I have lived to see Georgia Tech rise to great heights, developing most enviable and honorable traditions as it steered along in its course, always aspiring and aiming at the very best in education our nation could produce. "Further, it has been by good fortune to remain close by in Atlanta after my graduation. Therefore, 1 have been able to watch at close range as Georgia Tech grew to its present high status. Along with many others of our loyal Alumni and friends, I have revelled in its reflected glory and accomplishments, and along with these loyal Alumni and friends, I have been able to give whatever aid and encouragement we could at the time to help with these accomplishments. Needless to say, all of this has meant a great deal in my life, and I feel most happy that I can now express in a somewhat more substantial way my deep love and gratitude by making this particular gift to Tech on its 75th Anniversary. "I am asking our Georgia Tech Foundation through its Officers and Directors to accept this Memorial Gift so that they along with you can see that it is used in the ways that will mean most to Georgia Tech and my native State and to add to the institution's ability to further carry on its fine aspirations and traditions for which all of us as Alumni and friends are so justly proud. "The present outstanding educational and research program which our Governor and his administration are so ably TECH ALUMNUS


and strongly endorsing is the kind of program to make our college more and more the valuable asset so needed in our State and which I do so strongly endorse and support. "It is my hope that this personal gift along with other similar gifts I am sure will follow may give further impetus to such valuable programs in helping make available to our young people of the future who might choose a career at Georgia Tech the very best in education and environment toward successful careers. Also 1 hope these same young people will find this successful future by staying and prospering right here in our own wonderful State and Southland. There exists no greater opportunities anywhere than are afforded right here at home."

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reetings to students and alumni everywhere. We share your interest in the'advancement of our alma mater, Georgia Tech.

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this letter to discover why Tech — in spite of all of its problems over the years — has become what it is today. Without the Chip Robert's it might have been just another trade school. S e r v i n g A m e r i c a ' s G r e a t N a m e s in I n d u s t r y f o r o v e r 42

A BACK IN THE late 30's and early 40's, it was generally theorized by both students and faculty at Georgia Tech that the two biggest "hams" among Tech teachers were English professors, Fred W. Ajax and Mitchell Cox. Ajax, Tech's public relations director, still goes out on the speakers' circuit and waves his hands and emotes with the best of them. And Cox, now vice president (also public relations) for the Pepsi Cola Company, has taken the final step in proving that the earlier theory was absolutely correct. He has become an actor. Cox took a part in the new suspense shocker, 'Straight Jacket," recently filmed in Hollywood. He was conned into the assignment by Joan Crawford, by far the most attractive of Pepsi's vice presidents. After the experience, Cox said, "I'll never make another belittling remark about Hollywood. I was scared silly." Now if we can only convince Hollywood to use Ajax in say the remake of "The Great Ziegfeld."

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A. SINCE THE last issue appeared, we have managed to survive that dreaded autograph tea we were speaking of in this space. It was the most harrowing experience of our life — worse by far than facing a Shorty Bortell physics quiz or a D. M. Smith math exam. If for no other reason than the threat of a repeat of this torture, we have decided never to write another book. B. W.

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CONTENTS 2. RAMBLIN' — the editor discusses a gift to Tech that is one of the most important in 75 years. 5. THE CLIMACTIC DAY — October 7, 1963, the 75th Anniversary Day, in pictures and text including the major address by Secretary Robert S. McNamara. 15. OLD FRIEND FROM A K R O N — a short feature on the arrival of the Goodyear blimp to help celebrate the 75th Anniversary. 16. THE ALUMNI WEEKEND — club officers and trustees from all over the country come back for a special program as part of the 75th. 18. BANDS, TV, AND FOOTBALL — even a national network helps celebrate the big month. 20. FIRST HALF PRODUCES 3-2 RECORD — text and pictures on the rerun of 1962. 21. EDITORIAL — the Ted Davis case. 22. THE GEORGIA TECH JOURNAL — latest news about the Institute, clubs, and classes.

Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association W. S. Terrell, '30, Pres. M. F. Cole, '41, VP D. A. McKeever, '32, VP W. H. Ector, '40, Treas. W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary Staff

Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor Bill Diehl, Jr., Chief Photographer Mary Jane Reynolds, Editorial Assistant Tom Hall, '59, Advertising Mary Peeks, Class Notes

THE COYER In pictures and text, the cover tells what appears on the inside pages of this special issue on the 75th Anniversary celebration at Tech. The pictures are by Bill Diehl, Jr., Bill Sumits, Jr. and Rick Wisler and the text is by several people including Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, the keynote speaker. Published eight times a year—February, March, May, July, September, October, November and December*—by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Georgia Institute of Technology; 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Subscription price (35c per copy) included in the membership dues. Second class postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia.

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IN THE 75 years of Georgia Tech there has never been a day quite as shining and dignified as was Monday, October 7. With 4,500 students, alumni, and members of the Tech family looking on, the largest academic convocation in the history of the State of Georgia began to move into the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Representatives of 330 colleges, universities, and learned societies joined 333 mem-

bers of the Tech faculty in the impressive ceremony. The speakers included Governor Carl Sanders; Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.; alumnus David Harris, son of the founder of Tech; Regents' Professor Joseph Vidosic; Student Body President John Hayes; and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, shown here making the keynote address. For more about the climactic day of a year, please turn the page.

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The backstage wait is full of tension and hurry THE RESPONSIBILITY for the success or

failure of the day's festivities fell on four Tech men — Chief Marshal George Griffin, Marshal of the Faculty Paul Weber, Marshal of the Official Delegates Fred Ajax, and Joe Guthridge, who was the 75th anniversary committee's planning head for the show. On these pages are pictured a few of their problems.

Feeling the tension of the moment, three of the principals in the convocation—(1 to r) President Harrison, Regents' Professor Vidosic, and Chief Marshal Griffin — rehearse their lines. Below, part of the 330 delegates from universities line up for the procession.


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With the roll of the drums and the lifted arms of an old friend, the biggest academic procession moves 10:30 A.M. on Monday, October 7, Dean George C. Griffin as chief marshal mounted the platform in the Coliseum, lifted his arms, and asked the audience to stand. Then to the familiar strains of the Tech band's version of "Pomp and Circumstance" the procession began. Leading the 15-minute parade were Dean Fred Ajax (left in bottom picture) at the head of the official delegates and Dean Paul Weber (right) at the head of the Tech faculty. After the delegates arrived in place, Chief Marshal Griffin went back and led the official party up to the platform, turned to President Edwin D. Harrison, and reported that the convocation was assembled. The Reverend Arthur J. Moore then began the ceremonies with the invocation followed by the greetings from the State of Georgia (by Governor Carl E. Sanders), the GjÂŁy of Atlanta (by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.), the faculty (by Regents' Professor Joseph Vidosic substituting for Professor A. D. Holland, oldest member of the teaching staff who was ill at the time), the students (by Student Body President John Hayes), and finally the alumni (by David W. Harris of the class of 1912, son of the founder of Georgia Tech). President Harrison then returned the response of the Institute and introduced Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, who gave the speech which starts on the following page. PROMPTLY AT


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Alumnus David W. Harris, son of Tech's founder, brought the greetings from the Tech alumni and received the best hand of the day.

Governor Carl E. Sanders brought greetings from the State of Georgia and spoke of Tech's importance in the State's future.

Mayor Ivan Allen, a graduate of 1933, brought greetings from the City of Atlanta and personalized them with his experiences.

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Regents' Professor Joseph P. Vidosic was selected to bring greetings from the Tech faculty substituting for Professor Holland.

Student Body President John Hayes of Chattanooga, Tennessee, brought the greetings from all of the students of Georgia Tech.

President Edwin D. Harrison returned the response of the Institute and acted as master of ceremonies for the convocation.

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to be here today to help celebrate this 75th Anniversary Convocation. We are here specifically to honor Georgia Tech, but in a much broader sense we honor the renewed dedication to excellence in education that is being felt all across this country, and which is so vitally important to the future of this country. I have an additional pleasure in coming here today. There is always a special feeling for a Secretary of Defense to visit anywhere in Georgia, because for as long as we have had Secretaries of Defense, their chairmen on Capitol Hill have normally been Carl Vinson and Richard Russell. So for a Secretary of Defense to visit Georgia is somewhat akin to the Director of the Mint going to visit the Mother Lode. The remarkable thing about this occasion is not that Tech is 75 years old today, but that it is only 75 years old. As universities go, that is not a very advanced age. And yet you are one of the oldest technical institutions in the country, which suggests how fast the world is changing, how rapidly the technological revolution is moving along. I hardly need to tell you that an institution like this has an immense contribution to make to its community, to its region, and to the nation. Yet your importance to the Atlanta community is even greater than is sometimes understood. Defense officials and NASA officials are often asked why such a relatively large share of our space and missile and advanced electronics contracts are given to firms in a relatively few parts of the country. Why can't we spread these "missile and space age" contracts around more than we presently do. There is a very simple answer. If you look at the places that tend to earn relatively large numbers of such contracts, you will find that these are the communities which boast great cen-

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ters of technological and scientific education. The "space age" research-oriented firms find it desirable to establish themselves near these centers. These areas get such contracts from the Department of Defense, and from NASA, and from private industry, because they are centers for the researchoriented firms that can do this kind of work best. That is one reason why Georgia Tech has such a great contribution to make to this community. As this institution grows in prestige and in the excellence of its research programs, and in the high standards of its student body, it can provide the catalyst that is needed to draw more researchoriented firms to this area and to support their efforts. For somewhat different reasons, Georgia Tech has the promise of making an important contribution to the progress of this entire region. Scholars and scientists from Georgia Tech, combining their special familiarity and interest in this part of the country with their general competence in the latest developments of the new technologies can help mightily in developing the prosperity and speeding the progress of this whole area. But important as Georgia Tech is to its community and to its region, I am sure that none of you would be satisfied if Georgia Tech were only a community or a regional institution. That nearly half your students are drawn from outside Georgia, that you draw to this campus faculty and students from all over the world, reflect the fact that you have a place, and a contribution to make, in this nation and in the world. It is about that broader role that I want to talk this morning, and particularly the need for institutions like this, primarily technical and scientific in character, to produce men who are more than narrow technical specialists. This is a familiar theMe. Everyone who is interested in education talks of the need to develop the "whole man." But I don't believe anyone can serve in the government, no matter how convinced he had already been of the need for these "whole men," and fail to be newly impressed with the extent to which the kind of problems we must grapple with all the time simply cannot be handled 12

by men lacking any real insight beyond their narrow specialists. We could have the most brilliant leaders, assisted by the most brilliant experts in international affairs and the most brilliant generals and admirals, but it would do us no good if all these brilliant men, at the moment of crisis, found that technical decisions made earlier, in too narrow a context, had foreclosed the most sensible policy. And what is true of the technical decisions is equally true of the other specialized problems we face. We could find ourselves in a disastrous position if we had adopted military tactics and doctrine, narrowly conceived without a real appreciation of the political and psychological factors that shape the way in which crises are likely to arise, and so found ourselves, at the moment of truth, unable to either make a military response or not make a military response without severely damaging our vital interests. In similar fashion, if we were to enter into arms control agreements that were not based on a tough-minded understanding of the possible military implications of those agreements, we could find that a step taken in the hope that it was a step towards peace turned out to be a step towards disaster. Yet, to come full circle, if those of us with military responsibilities looked at every arms control proposal only in the narrowest military terms, we would always find something or other to fear. We would never approve any step, even though we agreed, in principle, that unless steps towards arms control are taken mankind is almost certainly headed for disaster. In short, the kind of problems we face simply are not susceptible to narrowly-conceived solutions. The complex balancing of conflicting judgments, of offsetting risks, cannot be handled by narrow experts who cannot see beyond their own most direct concerns. Our problem is how best to advance the interests of the United States, and of mankind. To do that we need men in senior positions who have trained themselves to think in terms of the overall interests of their country and the world—interests which are rarely if ever identical to the narrower interests of a particular service or particular region or specialized policy area. TECH ALUMNUS


So, it is not just a question of the scientists and engineers designing some weapons, and then, in effect, saying to the military, "All right, now you figure out a sensible way to fight with them if you have to," and saying to the statesmen, "All right, now you figure out a way to live with these things we've created." There is not such a simple division of labor. The scientific and technical work —for which we must look to the graduates of institutions such as Georgia Tech—has to be done with an understanding of military problems, and both the technical and the military decisions have to be made with an understanding of overall foreign policy objectives. You cannot divide the kind of problems the world faces today into a military piece and a technical piece and a legal piece and a foreign policy piece, as if you were subcontracting a construction job. Nor can we deal with the dangers of overspecialization simply by improving "communication" between the specialists. There is too much of a tendency these days to try to explain away half of our difficulties by saying that we ought to "communicate more" or "coordinate more." It is unrealistic to think that policy-making problems can be resolved simply by passing more papers around or changing the ways that papers are passed. That might produce an impressive looking organization chart, but it does not guarantee a sound decision-making process. What we need is not merely communication, but understanding. And, unfortunately, communication does not necessarily imply understanding. You can't give a man the insight he needs into problems outside his specialty simply by passing him a paper or two. That is something a man has to develop over a period of years by being interested in the whole range of issues that are important in today's world, by reading widely, and by thinking broadly about problems outside his immediate specialty. The quality that distinguishes the really outstanding scientist or engineer is an instinct that leads him to ask the right questions, that leads him to try the right kind of approach. That kind of intuition can hardly be explained by vague talk OCTOBER 1963

about a "sixth sense." The creative instinct is part and parcel of a man's deep interest in his field, and his basic abilities in that field. A man who has, through his interest and ability, acquired a deep understanding of his field will find himself with this instinct that leads him to promising lines of tackling a problem. In the same way, I believe that men with a deep interest in the broad range of issues that we face in these difficult times will find themselves with a built-in feeling, an instinct, for being aware of the potential ramifications of decisions in their specialized fields for decision-makers in other areas. This is the kind of instinct that makes a military man aware that a certain plan of action perfectly sound from a narrowly military view, might produce foreign policy difficulties; which makes a man in the State Department aware that a certain way of dealing with a controversy with another nation, perfectly sensible from a narrow diplomatic point of view, could create a difficult situation for our military commanders responsible for that area. I am not suggesting that these men can be allpurpose experts: but they can have enough feeling for other policy areas to reach judgments which reflect an understanding of the broader implications of what they are considering. And although I have been talking primarily in terms of problems we face in the national security area, the need for people who can see things in broad perspective, who can pick themselves up to see over the walls that tend to divide modern life into separate compartments of knowledge, is not at all limited only to national security problems. In the years ahead, we are going to be facing important and extremely complex problems in trying to conserve our natural resources, modernize our cities and industries, develop new means of mass transportation, control pollution of the air we breathe and the water we drink. This is why the demands on today's military and diplomatic and scientific and economic decision-makers are very heavy indeed. We have been fortunate to find so many men capable of meeting these demands in the military services, in the foreign service, in public service generally. But we are going to need more and more of such people 13


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in the future, and our standards are going to be pushed higher and higher. I saw a good deal of the kind of men we need in Viet Nam last week. I have never come back from one of these trips without a sense of pride in the courage, intelligence, and dedication of the men, in and out of the military services, who represent this country abroad. The character and ability of these men—and a good many of them are not much older than those of you in the student body today—are properly destroying the myth of the ugly American. I hope that many of you here today as students will want to spend at least part of your careers in public service. When you do, you will have no regrets about the time you have spent on fields outside your scientific and engineering specialties —the efforts you have made to gain an understanding of foreign policy and politics and economics. For the problems I have been outlining—the complex nature of the issues we must face, the continuous interaction among the different decision areas—can only become more acute as we move further into the age of technology. C. P. Snow warned us about the lack of communication between what he called the "two cultures"—the scientific and the literary. In fact, of course, we could count up a dozen cultures within modern society, each tending to speak in its own private language—of the law, of sociology, of philosophy, of economies, and so on and on— each tending to be cut off from the understanding of the others, and even more noticeably, all of them tending to be cut off from the understanding of the average citizen. I don't believe anyone who has served in public life has escaped the feeling of frustration that comes from the difficulty of explaining the why's and* wherefore's of major policy issues to the broad audience whose support is absolutely essential in our democratic society. Yet as our society grows more complex, as these walls tend to rise, there are other forces that pull the different disciplines together. The most basic of these forces is the compelling fact that as the specialists probe deeper and deeper into the com14

plexities of their special areas, they find an increasing awareness that these areas cannot be understood except from some broader perspective outside the specialty. I have already suggested something of this process in the national security area. Military and technical questions affecting national defense today tend to be enormously more complicated than any faced by earlier generations. And yet at the same time, what might superficially seem narrowly military or technical decisions have increasingly profound implications for each other and for the whole course of our foreign policy. A parallel situation can be found among the scientific disciplines, where the specialties multiply and yet, as these specialties multiply, we are also finding that the traditional divisions of science are breaking down. The line between physics and chemistry becomes increasingly hard to draw. Even the line between the physical sciences and the life sciences grows fuzzy. Whole new subjects arise— oceanography, geophysics, biophysics—which tend to make a shambles of the traditional organizations of universities. I am told, although I am not quite ready to believe it, that some of you in the university world face quite as severe problems of reorganization and jurisdictional controversy as we sometimes do in the Pentagon. The French theologian de Chardin perceived this process as well as anyone. He wrote of the "complexification" of life, of the evolution of the world of nature and the world of thought into an increasingly elaborate web of understanding, and he saw the creation of this web of understanding as the destiny of man. It is grappling with this "complexification," with all its difficulties and frustrations, that provides much of the fascination of our times and suggests why Georgia Tech and other great institutions of learning have such a central and vital role to play in our times. We usually only get a chance to voice the commonplace about "this is a beginning, not an end" in a commencement address. I will allow myself that privilege today, though. For this 75th Convocation of Georgia Tech is a commencement, and I have no doubt that it will prove to be the beginning of a very bright chapter in your history. TECH ALUMNUS


JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS over a month before the convocation, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company sent its new blimp the Columbia, to Atlanta to help with the 75 th celebration. Originally scheduled to furnish a floating platform for the CBS-TV cameras at the Tech-Florida game, the blimp spent 10 days in the city. During three of the nights, the sky over Adanta was brightened by a series of signs ranging from "Goodyear salutes Georgia Tech on 75 years of Quality Education," to advertisements for football tickets. On the day of the game, the blimp was in the air when the rains came and washed out one important part of the telecast plans. To discover what other problems the rains brought to the CBS crew and to others involved in the celebration, please turn to page 18.


The largest group of Tech alumni trustees and club officers ever assembled were at the 75th Anniversary banquet at the Driving Club on the evening of September 13. They heard a short talk by President Edwin D. Harrison.

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COME BACK FOR A SPECIAL WEEKEND Touring the campus Friday

afternoon, the club officers visited the Computer Center.

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Tech National Alumni Association, the top Tech alumni leaders from throughout the nation gathered on the campus September 13-14 for a special "Club Officers' Weekend." The indoctrination program—conceived and executed by Associate Secretary Tom Hall—attracted officers from 31 of Tech's 45 active clubs. The club presidents and their guests heard talks by Dean George Griffin, Publications Director Bob Wallace, Director of Development Joe Guthridge, Alumni Secretary Roane Beard, Coach Bobby Dodd, and Hall. The subjects ranged from "The Past, Present and Future of Tech" to "How the National Office Can Help with Club Meetings and Organization." Tied to this two-day workshop, was a special 75th Anniversary Banquet honoring Tech's alumni leadership throughout the years. The fast-moving evening program featured Charlie Smithgall as master of ceremonies and a short address on "The Importance of the Alumni to Tech's Growth," by President Harrison. Over 300 former trustees of the National Alumni Association, club officers, and their wives and guests attended the banquet. It was a weekend of work and play for a record number of important and dedicated alumni as these pictures indicate.

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Tom Hall, who was responsible for the club officers program, briefs the officers from 31 clubs. Later they heard talks by George Griffin (top right), Joe Guthridge (center) and Secretary Beard among other Tech officials.

by Bill Sumits, Jr. Massey Clarkson of Atlanta and Fred Fuchs of New Orleans take notes during one session.

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Twenty-two top high school bands and a national TV network join in the fun was notified that the Florida football game would be telecast nationally as the opener of the 1963 NCAA series providing that the date could be switched from September 21 to September 14, the big problem became the pregame and half time shows. There would be no students on campus at the earlier date, consequently no band. The problem was solved when a campus committee decided to bring in the top high school bands from throughout the State of Georgia to put on the program. The bands —selected because they won a superior rating in the State Music Festivals in the spring—were invited, furnished music and transportation and briefed by^Tech's band director, Ben Logan Sisk. The halftime show was built on the theme of "Tech's first 75 years of educational service to the State." It was directed by Sisk and Sanford B. Campbell, director of the Brooks County Band and chairman of the instrumental division of the Georgia Music Educators Association. On the morning of the 14th, the bands began their only rehearsal together at 9:00 A.M. but never got through the entire show because of the rains that hit Atlanta around 10:45 A.M. Then, coming out from hiding places all over the campus, the more than 1900 musicians from all over Georgia put on a show that was the talk of the weekend.

The CBS-TV truck, nerve center of the football telecast—during the game it was the most active place on campus. Producer Howard Reifsnyder is in the foreground of the picture.

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Twenty-one bands from throughout Georgia formed a Tech 75 as part of the halftime show. The pregame show, a salute to CBS and NCAA was by the Dykes High band, Atlanta.

Photographed for the Alumnus by Bill Diehl, Jr. Tech's great end, Billy Martin blocked a Florida punt during the game, but the safety was cancelled by an offsides on the play.

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Jackets reproduce 1962 record in first five games

The rain and mud seemed to be to the liking of Tech's Billy Lothridge who had a field day throwing (above) and running against both Florida and Clemson. For his efforts against Clemson and Tennessee he was "back of the week" in the Associated Press Poll.

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AT THE END of the first half of the 1963 season, the Jackets had rung up a carbon copy record of the 1962 year's as they beat Florida, Clemson, and Tennessee and lost to LSU and Auburn. Considering the manpower losses during that first half, Tech will have to produce a miracle to continue the duplication of last year's record. Florida came to Grant Field on September 14 with the mantle of SEC powerhouse draped on its back. Using the rain and wet field to advantage, the Jackets punted the Gators into submission, 9-0, before the CBS-TV cameras. Tech scored in the second quarter via a Billy Lothridge field goal from the Florida 25 after a Gator fourth-and-one gamble had failed at the 35. A Lothridge punt in the third period was covered at the Florida 2 and led to the touchdown when Dupree, the great Gator fullback, fumbled the ball on the first play from there and Tech claimed it at the nine. Two plays later Joe Auer went in from the two for the final points. September 28 was an even wetter day than the 14th and Tech again enjoyed the mud as they beat Clemson, 27-0. Celebrating the first anniversary of his coming-out party against these same Tigers, Lothridge did everything but provide shelter for the crowd. He only completed three of nine passes, but all of them were for scores-—to Gary Williams, Ted Davis, and Billy Martin. He kicked two field goals in the downpour — one for 40 yards and the second for 36. He punted five times for 34 yards, without a single punt return, added two extra points and was eventually named Associated Press back-of-the-week. Clemson never threatened until the final minutes when the Jackets halted the Tigers at the Tech 10. The first time the Jackets hit a dry field, their unbeaten, unscored-upon record went out the window when LSU maintained its third-game jinx by easing by Tech, 7-6, in Baton Rouge. The Tigers scored in the first quarter on a 45-yard drive with quarterback Pat Screen leading the way. Tech fought back with two field goals by Lothridge in the second period but two other tries at three-pointers failed in the final period. Lothridge was named AP top back in the nation for the second time in three weeks after he led a personal assault on Tennessee as Tech bounced back to beat the Vols, 23-7, in Knoxville. Producing drives of 64 yards, 61 yards, 78 yards, and 64 yards, the Jackets scored in the second period on a Lothridge drive, later in the same period on the controversial long pass from Lothridge to Ted Davis, in the third period on a Lothridge-led drive that saw Ray Mendheim go over from the five, and in the final minute on a 28-yard field goal by Lothridge. The Vols scored early in the fourth period. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets seemed intent on celebrating another "Year of the Tiger" as they fell to the TECH ALUMNUS


Auburn variety 29-21 in the wildest offensive show seen on Grant Field since the 1954 LSU game which Tech won 30-20. A Grant Field record crowd of 53,091 saw the Jackets get the first break of the game on the third play from scrimmage when Johnny Gresham made a diving interception of a Jimmy Sidle pass on the Auburn 21. Alternating Mendheim and Auer, Lothridge took Tech in to score on five plays and added the point to make it, 7-0, with just four minutes elapsed. The Tigers roared right back with a 80yard drive of their own which tied the score. As the quarter ended, the Tigers were on their way again with a 76-yard drive which closed out, 44 seconds after the second period began on a three-yard pass play from Sidle to fullback Larry Rawson. The point made it, 7-14, Auburn. Lothridge suffered the rare indignity of being tackled for a safety following an Auburn out-of-bounds punt at the Tech five some five minutes later as he avoided one man in the end zone but was brought down by another just inside the line. Auburn led, 7-16. Tech then put together its first long drive of the day the next time they got their hands

EDITORIAL—THE TED DAVIS CASE in the Tech-Alabama game in Birmingham, there occurred the so-called Graning-Holt incident in which an Alabama player damaged a Tech player in the heat of battle. In our editorial pages, we took notice of the incident and deplored it with very strong prose. In this year's Auburn-Tech game, the shoe suddenly came up on the other foot. And in this case, we deplore such conduct just as strenuously. Ted Davis, a friend of ours and an exceptionally talented and determined football player, kicked Auburn halfback David Rawson in the face during the fourth quarter of action during the game eventually won by Auburn. The officials saw this one and Davis was ejected from the game and Tech was penalized 15 yards. A review of the film convinced Tech coaches that one of their best football players was guilty of the infraction. On Monday morning in his own painful but honest prose, Ted Davis summed the thing up — "I have had two nights and a day to think about what I did in the football game with Auburn Saturday. I have decided that I should face up to what I did wrong and make this public statement. "In a moment of anger Saturday afternoon I kicked at an Auburn football player and for that violation of the rules I was put out of the game. I read this morning where the Auburn doctor said my kick did not for sure result in the subsequent hospitalization of that player, that his injury could have resulted from hard tackles he received in the game, but that in no way lessens my guilt. "I know that it means little to say now that I am sorry it happened, but no words can express how truly sorry I am. "I know that what I have done was not only wrong on TWO YEARS AGO

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on the ball and went 80 yards in 14 plays with young Terry Haddock going in from the five on a run that cost Tech his services for the rest of the game. Ray Mendheim, who had the greatest day a Jacket fullback had produced since the era of Glenn Turner, picked up 26 of the yards on plunges in which he usually carried a couple of Auburn men with him. Tech went out at the half with only a 14-16 deficit. Tech finally went ahead again, 21-16, halfway through the third period. Mendheim again did most of the running in the 46-yard drive that ended with a 15-yard pass play from Lothridge to Dick Emerson. But the lead again only lasted through another Aaburn drive that went from the kickoff to a score in a little over five minutes. As the fourth period began, Tech was trailing, 21-23. Early in the final period, Lothridge fumbled and Auburn claimed if at the Tech 41, and the Tigers added a field goal after being halted at the Tech 24 to make it 21-26. Woodall, the Auburn kicking specialist encored the play eight minutes later after a Tech gamble on fourth down had failed and the Tigers drove to the Tech six before they were forced to kick the points that made the final score 21-29.

the football field, but also it violated every standard that Coach Dodd sets for his football players. To save him the embarrassment of kicking me off the football squad I would like to leave it of my own accord as I know that I do not deserve to be on it now. "I am sorry that I have disgraced Georgia Tech as well as my teammates and the coaching staff. I hope that they will forgive me. "And most of all, of course I hope that David Rawson will try to forgive this terrible thing I did in anger. "I pray that God will help me to control my emotions in the future." Coach Dodd, after hearing of Ted's public statement, accepted the resignation with these words: "All of us at one time or another do things that we are ashamed of, but few of us have the misfortune to make our mistakes with 53,000 people looking on. Although, of course, I cannot condone what Ted did in the football game Saturday and like all of us at Georgia Tech I am most sorry it happened, I am proud of Ted this morning that he had the courage to face his mistake publicly." Davis, a senior Industrial Engineering student with a 2.6 overall point average (3.3 last quarter) will remain in school on scholarship to graduate with his class in June. The reaction from the Auburn team and coaching staff to the incident was well-mannered as expected. The apology was accepted although the Auburn folks pointed out that the incident was closed as far as they were concerned. The difference between the two seemingly similar incidents should be obvious in the actions of the principals after the fact. Ted Davis felt that he had to take this step in order to atone for his mistake. The fact that he did is more to his credit than any of his achievements as an athlete. 21


Tech's 12 new grantees were selected by the school and will enter the program this To the rank of RESEARCH PROFESSORS: Dr. September. The number at each university William T. Atchison, Mathematics, and Dr. varies from two to 15, depending on the R. A. Young, Physics. number and quality of doctoral programs Faculty promotions announced for year To the rank of RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROavailable in space-related areas, adequacy FACULTY PROMOTIONS at Tech for the year FESSOR: Dr. Mortimer I. Kay, Chemistry. of facilities and extent of participation in 1963-64 were announced August 28 by Dr. other NASA programs. Recipients are asTo the rank of SENIOR RESEARCH PHYSICIST: Paul Weber, Dean of Faculties. sured three years of graduate study proDr. Howard D. Edwards. Included in these promotions are two new viding they maintain satisfactory records. To the rank of RESEARCH ECONOMIST: Dr. associate directors of Schools and one as- Tze I. Chiang. Tech's new NASA fellows, with current sistant director: Dr. George C. Caldwell, residences and major fields of study, are: To the rank of RESEARCH ENGINEER: Mr. associate director of the School of Mathe- John C. Cerny. Jerry Allen Sills, Atlanta, Aerodynamics; matics; Dr. Sherman F. Dallas, associate diRobert Lee Stoy, Jr., McLean, Va., AeroTo the rank of ASSISTANT RESEARCH ENGIrector of the School of Industrial Manage- NEER: Mr. C. Allen Ivey and Mr. Robert G. thermodynamics; John Holmes Hall, Abbement; and Dr. Samuel C. Barnett, assistant Shackelford. ville, S. C , Chemistry; Burgess J. A. Cooke, director of the School of Mechanical EngiAtlanta, Chemistry; Louis J. Padulo, Jr., To the rank of ASSISTANT RESEARCH neering. Jersey City, N. L, Systems Engineering; PHYSICIST: Mr. Warren P. Hendrix. Instructional promotions were awarded to Robert David Shults, Atlanta, Electrical Twelve Tech graduate students get NASA grants 28 other members of the faculty. Engineering; John Palmer Anderson, AtTo the rank of PROFESSOR: Dr. Donald O. TWELVE additional students at Georgia Tech lanta, Engineering Mechanics; Wilber J. Covault, Civil Engineering; Dr. Daniel C. have been awarded National Aeronautics Stiles, Decatur, Ga., Mathematics; Charles Fielder, Electrical Engineering; Dr. Herman and Space Administration (NASA) training E. Willbanks, Lavonia, Ga., Mechanical A. Flaschka, Chemistry; Mr. Julian H. grants, according to Mario J. Goglia, dean Engineering; S. H. Byrne, Jr., Blacksburg, Va., Mechanical Engineering; Albert C. Harris, Architecture; Dr. Eric R. Immel and of the Graduate Division. Holt, Jacksonville, Fla., Physics; and Ronald Dr. James W. Walker, Mathematics; Dr. This brings the total number of NASA S. Woodard, Fitzgerald, Ga., Physics. Edward H. Loveland, Psychology; Dr. C. J. fellows at Georgia Tech to 22. Ten Tech Roberts, Nuclear Engineering and Applied students received fellowships when NASA The NASA training project started in Biology; and Mr. Richard A. Trotter, Me- originated the program in 1962. 1962 as one phase of a broad program by chanical Engineering. Goglia said that 88 colleges and univer- the civilian space agency involving participaTo the rank of ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Dr. sities were selected by NASA to receive the tion by the nation's colleges and universities E. R. Bollinger, Industrial Management; training grants for the academic year 1963- in research and development in space. AdMr. A. Frank Hamrick, English; Mr. John 64. Grants go to predoctoral trainees who ministration of the training program is under E. Husted, Ceramic Engineering; Dr. Wil- have chosen a graduate study research pro- the Office of Grants and Research Contracts, liam J. Kammerer, Mathematics; Dr. Rich- gram that is space oriented. NASA Headquarters. ard P. Moll, Psychology; Dr. Demetrius T. According to NASA, the purpose of the Paris and Mr. Thomas M. White, Electrical grants is to help achieve the long range Tech unit eyes scientific resources Engineering; Dr. Robert A. PierottirChem- objectives of the national space program THE IMPORTANT scientific resources of the State of Georgia are described in a report istry; and Mr. Tommy Plaxico, Physical and to meet the nation's future needs for Training. highly trained scientists and engineers. These released by Tech's Industrial Development To the rank of ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Mr. skills are in short supply today and will Division. The report—Directory of Scientific Dale L. Barker, Dr. E. Graham Roberts, be needed in increasing numbers over the Resources in Georgia, 1962-1963—identifies the capabilities of 93 industrial firms, 115 and Mr. Arthur T. Kittle, Information next decade. Science, Library; Mr. Everard M. Heim, NASA said that Georgia Tech and the consulting firms, 30 government laboratories, Mr. George D. Hilding, Mr. Donald H. other participating schools were selected not and 71 academic units. Smith, and Mr. Earl M. Wheby, Engineer- only because they have doctoral programs Partly an outgrowth of the division's work ing Graphics; Mr. H. Griffin Carmichael, in space related science and engineering, for the Georgia Aeronautics and Space AdPhysics; Mr. Patrick Kelly, Social Sciences; but also because of their willingness to ministration, the directory covers all areas and Mr. Roy O. Wyatt, Modern Languages. undertake a strengthening of programs. of scientific investigation in the state except

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medicine, social science, business, and economics. It outlines research activities ranging from atmosphere and space physics to kaoline processing and from textile applications to pesticide pollution of surface and ground waters. Over 600 scientists and 500 technicians and assistants are employed in the research and development laboratories of the industrial firms listed in the directory. Some of the firms perform research for outsiders but 75 per cent of them concentrate on the development of their own products and processes. The majority of the consulting engineers listed offer services related to four fields of engineering — architectural, civil, electrical, and mechanical. But consultants are also available in a wide variety of other technological fields including aeronautical, chemical, industrial, and safety engineering. According to the report, government research in Georgia (excluding medicine) is still predominately agricultural. Although the Agricultural Experiment Stations of the University of Georgia do the majority of the work, over half of the other government installations in the state also conduct some type of agricultural research. Seven academic institutions in Georgia maintain facilities for scientific research. Concentrated in the Atlanta-Athens area, they include the resources of four major universities all offering graduate degrees and supporting extensive research programs. Listings in the directory are for academic departments, laboratories, and experiment stations. Recent grants and contributions announced

A GRANT in the amount of $46,200 has been awarded to Tech by the National Science Foundation, and will be used for the support of research entitled "Development of an Interdisciplinary System in Engineering Programs," under the direction of J. W. Mason, dean of the Engineering College. Tech is the recipient of a contribution of $2,300 from the Babcock & Wilcox Company and its three subsidiaries, it was announced by M. Nielsen, president of the company. For eight consecutive years, Babcock & Wilcox has followed its formal plan of allocating educational grants, and during this period nearly $1 million have been given to various colleges and universities of the nation. The award was presented to President Edwin D. Harrison in a brief ceremony on the campus by R. A. Barr, vice president in charge of the Refractories Division, Augusta. Georgia Tech recently received two grants from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. One grant in the amount of $24,790, is for the support of research entitled, "Investigation of Residual Surface Disinfection," under the direction of W. R. Tooke, Ir. and T. W. Kethley, Engineering Experiment Station. A grant in the amount of $22,907 will support research by J. E. Sunderland, MeOCTOBER 1963

chanical Engineering, entitled, "Heat and Mass Transfer in Solid Food Products." Georgia Tech has received a research grant in the amount of $24,563 from the U.S. Public Health Service. The award will be used for the support of a research project entitled "Exhaust Gases from Engines Having Special Controls," under the direction of Walter H. Burrows, research associate professor. A research contract for National Cooperative Highway Research Program was awarded to Tech on the basis of a proposal submitted by Aleksandar Vesic, associate professor of Civil Engineering. The project, "Extension of Road Test Performance Concepts," will be a theoretical study of structural behavior of rigid and flexible pavements. The National Cooperative Highway Research Program, administered through the National Academy of Science—National Research Council by the Highway Research Board, provides for joint research directed toward the solution of increasingly complex technological problems that are developing with the increase of transportation demands. The program is supported by the states through the American Association of State Highway Officials and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads at a rate of approximately $2.5 million per year. A research grant in the amount of $18,300 has been received by Tech from the U.S. Public Health Service. The award will be used for the support of research entitled "Effect of Irradiation on Clostridial Antigens" under the direction of Nancy W. Walls, research assistant professor of Applied Biology. Georgia Tech has received two Public Health grants totaling $15,863 from the

Eleven of the 14 freshmen who received scholarships through the Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club's program this year are shown with Charles F. Whitmer, member of

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Both grants will be used for the support of research under the direction of John R. Dyer, School of Chemistry. One of the research projects is entitled "Chemistry of Viomycin" and the other, "The Chemistry of Nocardamine."

Trie- Clubs ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Coaches Jack Griffin and Charlie Tate of the Tech staff and Publications Director Bob Wallace were the guest speakers at the September 12 meeting of the Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club. Over 200 turned out for the meeting to hear Griffin and Tate talk about Tech's football prospects and Wallace discuss some of the serendipity involved in writing a history. Jim Brown presided at the meeting. CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE — Assistant Ath-

letic Director A. M. "Tonto" Coleman was the guest speaker at the August 26 meeting of the Chattanooga Georgia Tech Club. Over 40 alumni heard Tonto discuss Tech's athletic and academic programs. During the business meeting, the club's scholarship recipient, Charles Hilton, was introduced and the following officers were elected for the coming year: Marvin Turner, president; Bob Compton, vice president; Russell McGee, secretary; and Paul Pearce, treasurer. CLEVELAND-AKRON, OHIO—Club members in

Northeastern Ohio had an outing at the Breathnach Country Club on September 14. Featured events were golf, refreshments and

the alumni committee. Nineteen other students are in Tech on grants from the Greater Atlanta and other Tech clubs.

Photo—Bill Swnits, Jr.

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THE CLUBS—continued a T V viewing of the Georgia Tech-Florida game. John Harwell was in charge of the program. He was assisted by Ray Davis, Marvin Kee and Bob Barnett. James H. Ellis, Jr. became a celebrity when he fired a hole-in-one on the 180 yard fifth hole. Cuyohoga Falls' celebrated citizen finished 18 holes with a 93 total. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA—Over 125 Tech alumni

and guests from the Columbus area heard Bobby Dodd speak on "Football in the South," "Trends in Modern Football," and "Tech's Prospects for 1963," at the August 19 meeting. Dodd was introduced by George Mathews, a former member of one of his favorite teams. President George A. Morris introduced three members of the state legislature, four local football coaches and four former Tech players (Harold Erickson, Fred Murphy, Marvin Tibbetts and Carlton Waskey), now on duty with the Army at Fort Benning. Roane Beard, alumni secretary, spoke briefly about the Columbus Club, pointing out that among alumni clubs of over 100, Columbus ranked third in the nation. During the business meeting, the following officers were elected for the coming year: George W. Mathews, Jr., president; George C. Trussell, vice president; and George E. Bailey, secretary-treasurer.

Beach Club met on July 8 with Coach Dodd as the featured speaker. Over 40 were in attendance at the first ladies night sponsored by this club. New officers elected were Charles B. Johnson, president; and Elbert H. Chambers, secretary-treasurer. HOUSTON, TEXAS—A special T V meeting was

held on September 14 by the South Texas Georgia Tech Club in Houston. Over 125 came to the meeting to watch Tech beat Florida and to enjoy a pregame buffet. New officers of the club include Paul Woodruff, president; Frank Whitley, vice president; Gus Snellgrove, secretary; and Charles Moreton, treasurer. Mrs. Frank Whitley was in charge of the arrangements for the successful party. KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE — Forty-five

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including wives, atttended the summer outing of the Kingsport Georgia Tech Club on August 23. The meeting was arranged by the three officers of the club, William H. Caffey, Charles A. Gibson, and Charles W. Dulaney. Art Coffin introduced the guest speaker, Secretary Roane Bread. Beard discussed the 75th Anniversary celebration, SEC secession rumors, alumni activities, and the '63 football outlook. MEMPHIS,

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L. W. "Chip" Robert, Jr., a graduate of both the 1908 and 1909 classes, presents President Harrison with his $75,000 gift,

largest undesignated contribution in Tech's history. F o r more about this gift and Mr. Robert, read "Ramblin'," page 2, this issue.

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' f l Q Charles A. Collier, retired vice presiU 3 dent of the Georgia Power Company and former state parks director, died August 22. His widow lives at 4270 Harris Trail, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. ' 1 Q ^ e w e r e recently notified of the 1 0 death of George D. Adair, Sr. His widow lives at 317 Fernway Cove, Memphis, Tennessee.

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and their wives converged on the University Club on July 10 to hear Dean Griffin speak on educational trends today and their effects on Tech. The speech, of course, was

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enlivened by many off-the-cuff remarks by the good Dean. Officers elected for 1963-64 include: Mare Brabant, president; Thomas S. Harris, vice president; and George E. Cates, secretary : treasurer. (All Memphis area alumni who did not receive a notice of the meeting and who read this in the Alumnus are requested to send mailing address to the Secretary, Memphis Tech Club, 5130 Rich Road, Memphis 17, Tennessee.)

'Ol Edwin P. Ansley died May 2, 1963. *• I His widow lives at 2540 Woodward Way, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. " ? 0 Robert Tyre Jones has been awarded fcfc the Walter Hagen Award at a meeting of the Golf Writers Association of America in Augusta this past April. ' f l A John J. McDonongh, M E , president £ w of Georgia Power Company, has been elected president of the Southeastern Electric Exchange. ,f

)A ^ra **• Hardin, president of Ira H . £ • Hardin Company, has been nominated as national vice president of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. ' O f C. B. McGehee has been made gen^ J eral manager of Alcoa Hico Company with offices at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. George P. Rosier, CE, has been promoted to manager of the Eastern Region of Ethyl Corporation's Sales Department. His address is 100 Park Avenue, New York 17, New York. ' 0 7 William J. McAIpin has been named « ' vice president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is president of the J. J. Finnigan Company, Atlanta, Georgia. » 0 0 Thomas L. Steele, C E , has been * * v designated as special consultant to the government of Turkey on Drainage of Irrigated Lands by Commissioner of Re24

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.V (tpft to right): Australia. Switzerland, Great : Thailand, Malaya, Philippines, Sou;h Africa.

i. India. Mexico, N^w Cai-doma. Venezuela, Panama, Italy. . Pakistan, Hon.- Kong. BOTTOM ROW: Argentina, Norway,

uerto Rico, British Guiana, Canada. France, Ghana. , Greece, Sweden, New Zealand, Colombia, Nigeria.

Meet the ambassadors Around the world, Union Carbide is making friends for America. I t s 50 affiliated companies abroad serve growing m a r k e t s in some 135 countries, and employ about 30,000 local people. • M a n y expressions of friendship have come from the countries in which Union Carbide is active. One of t h e most appealing is this collection of dolls. T h e y were sent here by Union Carbide employees for a Christmas display, and show some of t h e folklore, customs, and crafts of t h e lands t h e y represent. " W e hope you like our contingent," said a letter with one group, "for they come as ambassadors from our c o u n t r y . " • T o Union Carbide, they also signify a thriving partnership based on science and technology, a n exchange of knowledge and skills, a n d the vital raw materials t h a t are turned into things t h a t t h e whole world needs.

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A H A N D I N T H I N G S TO C O M E W R I T E for the booklet, "International Products and Processes," which tells about ^^^ Union Carbide's activities around the globe. Union Carbide Corporation, 270 Park Avenue, New York 17, New York.


NEWS BY CLASSES - continued clamation, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. He is a drainage engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, Colorado. Hendrik Reynolds Hudson, ME, is now a Space Science Lecturer with the Educational Services Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington D. C. H e lives at 925 North Montana Street, Dominion Hills, Arlington, Virginia.

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I Q C Foster V. Yancey, Marietta, Georgia O w manager for the Atlanta Gas Light Company, has been elected director-at-large for 1963-65 on the State Board of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. I J A Colonel Joseph B. Mayo, USA, IM, T"U is attending the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Major Edwin B. Dickson, USAF, is now assigned to Headquarters, Air Weather Service, Scott AFB, Illinois following a tour of duty in Japan. Edward A. D'Amico, ME, has been appointed structural engineer with the Burkhardt Steel Company, Denver, Colorado. Lt. Colonel Edwin T. Mitchell, USAR, completed the reserve associate command and general staff course at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in August. He lives at 4720 Corrine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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I j r Howard H. McCall has opened the 7 w southern office for AER Corporation with offices at 3151 Maple Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is engaged in engineering, design and manufacturing and installation of air application equipment for the pulp and paper industry. Howard was formerly manager of the J. O. Ross Company in Atlanta. William E. Ehrensperger, ME, has been named manager of Georgia Power Company's construction department, Atlanta, Georgia.

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t i n Alan E. Thomas, IE, has been apH U pointed general personnel manager for North Carolina with Southern Bell. ) r / \ Raymond L. Clayton, ME, is now a w U project engineer with Swift & Company. He lives at 132 Iroquois, Park Forrest, Illinois. John H. Groth, AE, is with Gay Construction Company in Atlanta, Georgia. His business address is 116 Merritts Avenue, N.E. Kenneth S. Hunt, Jr. is Assistant Principal Inspector with F A A assigned to Eastern Air Lines, Miami, Florida. Major Wayman H. Lytle, USA, EE, is attending the associate course at the U.S. 26

Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is regularly assigned as a contracting officer with the U.S. Army Electronic Materiel Agency, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Lt. Col. Abram V. Rinearson, III, USA, EE, is attending the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. John W. Simmons, III, EE, is Supervisor, Electronics Laboratory, Northrop Space Laboratory in Huntsville, Alabama. They live at 10012 Hogan Drive, S.E.

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Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Hiram C. Allen, III, a son, Hiram Allen IV, May 27. They live at 1628 Rainier Falls Drive, N.E., Atlanta 29, Georgia. Charles E. Gearing, EE, is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship for doctoral studies in economics for 1963-64. He is attending Purdue University.

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> C Q Captain Frank L. Lamb, USAF, is w w assigned to an Air Training Unit at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Kohl, a daughter, Anne Louise, March 18. Mr. Kohn is Division Superintendent of Engineering Services, Karolton Envelope Division of Kemberly-Clark Corporation. They live at 258 Ironwood Drive, West Carrollton, Ohio. Captain Leon H. Stone, Jr., USA, has completed the officer aircraft maintenance course at The Transportation Center, Fort Eustis, Virginia. Captain Donald C. Swarthwout, USA, IE, is attending the six month career course at The Ordnance Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

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I C r Captain Charles E. Connors, Jr., w w USAF, has returned to George Air Force Base, California following completion of the Tactical Air Command deep sea survival course at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Lt. Col. Arthur J. Lochrie, Jr., USA, ME, is commander of Headquarters 1st Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division's 72nd Armor at Fort Benning, Georgia. G. P. Reynolds, ChE, has been promoted to senior chemical engineer in the fuels planning section, Technical Division at Humble Oil, Baytown, Texas. Gordon K. Travis, ME, has been named sales representative in charge of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office of the plastics division, Eastman Chemical Products, Inc. R. E. "Bob" Winn, TE, graduated in May from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri and is now Assistant Secretary at the Georgia Tech YMCA. He lives at 3675 Telstar Drive, Conley, Georgia. ' E C Robert M. McAlister, ME, is an engiw U neer with Turner Construction Company. He lives at 102 River Road, Hanover, Massachusetts.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Regis V. Walker, CE, a daughter, Carolyn Ann. Mr. Walker is a refinery estimator for American Oil Company. They live at 8127 Euclid Avenue, Munster, Indiana. Lt. John E. Worm, USAF, IE, is serving as escort officer for a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets now touring France. He is regularly assigned as director of Manpower and Organization at C A P Headquarters, Ellington AFB, Texas. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berman, EE, a daughter, Blair, August 7. Mr. Berman is a consultant to the National Science Foundation and is working on his doctorate at Rice University, Houston, Texas. Captain Frank J. Christy, USAF, IM, is with the U.S. Air Force advisory unit at Saigon, Viet Nam. Carol Freedenthal, ChE, is now with Kennecott Copper Company's Special Products Research Department. He lives at 128 Laurie Terrace, Cheshire, Connecticut. W. Richard Hauenstein, IE, an Atlanta agent of the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, has been awarded the Chartered Life Underwriter designation. He lives at 2542 Ridgewood Terrace, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Zane M. Phillips, IM, a son, John Malcolm, August 10. Mr. Phillips is an investigator with the U.S. Civil Service Commission. They live at 744 Twin Oaks Drive, Decatur, Georgia. Lt. Eugene G. Webster, USA, has completed the officer orientation course at The Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

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' E Q Engaged: William Charles Boswell, J O Jr., CE, to Miss Betsy Brook. The wedding will take place in April. Lt. Lawrence A. Bryant, USAR, EE, is assigned to the 3293 U.S. Army Reserve School, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Wendell P. Hooper, EE, a daughter, Tracy Lyn, July 18. Mr. Hooper is with Westinghouse Electronics of Baltimore. They live at 10412 Tullymore Drive, Adelphi, Maryland. Married: Beirne M. Prager, Jr., IM, to Miss Cecile Felsenthal, September 16. They live at 3510 Roswell Road, N.W., Apartment N-5, Atlanta, Georgia. Born to: Captain and Mrs. Jack G. Remson, IE, a daughter, Carolyn Elizabeth, July 1. They live at 152 Mississippi, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. "Peter" Solomon, IV, a daughter. Nan Millwood, in August. They live at 3141 Brookwood Drive, Macon, Georgia. Peter Weissenberg, IE. is working on his masters at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Lt. Clifford B. Wilson. USAF, ChE, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer School at the Air Unit, Maxwell AFB, Alabama and is now assigned to Turner AFB, Georgia. TECH ALUMNUS


New England Life agent Dave Bell, University o f V e r m o n t ' 5 9 , discusses a "Savings f o r S u c c e s s " i n s u r a n c e p r o g r a m w i t h clients David a n d Aline Shader.

WHO EVER SOLD A MILLION DOLLARS OF LIFE I N S U R A N C E - I N ONE Y E A R - I N BURLINGTON, VERMONT? Dave Bell did. And a handful of others, over the years. Selling a million is excellent production in New York or Chicago. In Burlington it's exceptional, particularly when accomplished by a man in his first year in the business. Extraordinary salesman? Yes and no. Dave's a likeable, unassuming kind of guy whose greatest assets are enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. He's a college graduate, to be sure, and was an officer in the Army Rangers before joining New England Life's Burlington agency. Such bright young men starting bright new careers have been known to respond to supervision as

Mickey Mantle might respond to batting tips. But Dave Bell listened and learned, tried techniques he doubted could work, found they did, and came back for more. He sold no big pension or business cases that first year. He did bring a measure of financial security to 132 families, of which the Shaders, above, are typical. Could you be another Dave Bell? The important ingredients, as you've seen, are intelligence, warmth, ambition and the training and support of a good company. If you have the first three, you're eligible for the fourth. Look into it. Write Vice President John Barker, Jr., 501 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02117.

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These Georgia Tech men are New England

Life

Representatives:

G. NOLAN B E A R D E N , '29, LOS A N G E L E S CARL S. I N G L E , CLU, '33, J A C K S O N V I L L E J O E A. SOWELL, '47, MONTGOMERY


^acesmtfyeKews John P. Craven, '28, who is vice president of the Boiler division of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, New York City, has been elected to the Board of Directors. Craven has been associated with Babcock & Wilcox since 1928 when he joined the firm as a student engineer. Frank A. McAllister, '34, recently was promoted to Assistant Manager of Georgia Operations for J. M. Huber Corporation, Clay Division. In addition to his new duties, McAllister will continue as Chief Engineer, a position he has held since 1959.

W. J. Delaney, Jr., '37, recently was appointed general manager of the c o n t r o l d i v i s i o n s of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. A 26-year veteran of Westinghouse, Mr. Delaney until the recent appointment was general manager of the standard control division at Beaver, Pa. Wayne H. Coloney, '50, associate with the J. E. Greiner Co. of Tampa, has joined the firm of Barrett, Daffin & Bishop, Tallahassee, Fla., as a partner. He will serve the firm as a civil engineer. Coloney was graduated from Tech "With Highest Honor."

Dr. Ralph L. Day, '50, has been appointed Professor of Marketing, Pennsylvania State University. Most recently Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Day began his teaching career in 1956 as an instructor of Industrial Management at Tech. James D. Bullard, '57, with the firm of Barrett, Daffin & Bishop, an architectural, engineering and consulting firm of Tallahassee, Fla., for five years, has been named an associate to the firm. Bullard graduated from Tech in 1957 with a B.S. degree and in 1958 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. 28

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' K Q Engaged: Robert Buck, CerE, to * ' * ' Miss Jean Batchelder. The wedding will take place October 21 in Boston. Married: Thomas B. Gurley to Miss Shirley Berling July 13. They live at 2453 Coronet Way, N.W., Apartment K-6, Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Gurley is with American Telephone Company. AI T. Hays, IM, is a sales engineer in the Industrial Division of U.S. Gypsum Company. His address is Box 9342, Nashville 4, Tennessee. Engaged: Jimmie Morris Hester, TE, to Miss Mary Frances Jackson. The wedding will take place November 23. Mr. Hester is with Deering Milliken Service Corporation, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Born to: Chaplain and Mrs. Robert W. Hodges, USNR, a son, Jonathan Carter, August 12. Lt. Hodges recently completed the Navy Chaplains School at Newport, Rhode Island and is now assigned to Camp Pendleton, California. Edward Krasnow, IE, has been awarded his LL.B. degree from Boston University School of Law where he was class representative to the Board of Governors of the Student Bar Association. He has been admitted to the Connecticut bar and is an associate in the law firm of Saltman, Weiss & Weinstein. His business address is Security Building, Bridgeport 3, Connecticut. Lt. Jerry M. McKenzie, USAR, IE, is assigned to the 3293 Army Reserve School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Married: Roger Mitchell to Miss Lois Bales October 19. Mr. Mitchell is manufacturing foreman at the Chemstrand Nylon Plant in Greenwood, South Carolina. Born to: Lt and Mrs. Richard L. Nickelson, EE, a daughter, Joyce Ellen, August 21. Lt. Nickelson is with the U.S. Army Satellite Communications Agency at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. They live at 32 Campbell Drive, Eatontown, New Jersey. ] Born to: Lt. and Mrs. Walter D. ' Cain, Jr. USNR, IM, a son, Gregory David, August 21 at the U.S. Naval Station Hospital, Argentia, Newfoundland. Lt. Cain is attached to the Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13 in Argentia. His address is VW-13, Navy No. 103, FPO, New York, New York. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Esmond, IM, a son, Leonard Ian, September 4. They live at 109 Karen Drive, Greenville, South Carolina. Major Philip R. Feir, USA, EE, is attending the 38 week regular course at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Griffin, Jr., ME, a daughter, Lisa Anne, August 30. Charles is an engineer with Brown Engineering. They live at 605 Hal Street, N.W., Huntsville,, Alabama. Lt. David L. Herndon, USN, IM, is Supply Officer of Heavy Photographic Squadron

62 at NAS, Jacksonville, Florida. He lives at 4452-B Woodmere Avenue, Jacksonville 10, Florida. Joe L. Holloway has completed two years active duty with the Signal Corps and has returned to American Telephone as a senior engineer in the Engineering department. He lives at 2397 Woodacrcs Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Stewart M. Huey, IM, has joined the staff of the W. R. C. Smith Publishing Company as assistant editor of Southern Engineering magazine. He lives at 2996 Monterey Drive, Decatur, Georgia. William Kampmeier, Arch, is now with Donald Cowan and Associates, Architects and Planning Consultants. His home address is 3614 Caldwell Road, Nashville, Tennessee. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Kravitz, ME, a son, Stephen Barry, May 22. Mr. Kravitz is with Stevens & Wilkinson, Architects and Engineers, 157 Luckie Street, N.W., Atlanta 3, Georgia. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. LaChance, IE, a daughter, Melinda Ann, August 8. Mr. LaChance is with Delta Air Lines. They live at 1229 Park Terrace, College Park, Georgia. Robert E. Nelson, Jr.. IM, received his masters in business administration from the University of Alabama in June and is now a General Management Trainee with BorgWarner Corporation. His permanent mailing address is 13 York Place. Mobile, Alabama. Samuel John Reed, IV, IE, is now administrative associate in the Marketing Department, Lockheed, Marietta, Georgia. Married: Dr. Charles DeWitt Roberts, Math, to Miss Edna Nieves. They live in Washington, D. C. Captain Adalbert E. Toepel, Jr., USA, AE, is attending the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ' C I Engaged: Lt. Ronald Brown, USAF, 째 ' IM, to Lt. Carolyn Hill. The wedding will take place in January. Lt Brown is attending the Communications Officers School at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dallas, a son, May 28. Mr. Callas is beginning the third year of the General Electric Manufacturing Training Program in the Small AC Motor and Generator Department, Schenectady, New York. They live at 11 Marion Boulevard, Scotia, New York. Baxter O. Deal, Jr., ME, has joined Shell Oil Company's gas department in New Orleans, Louisiana. Born to: Mr and Mrs. Thomas H. Espy, Jr., a son, Thomas Harold III, August 2 in Montgomery, Alabama. Lt. Robert N. Grier. Jr., USAF, IM, has been awarded the silver wings of a U.S. Air Force navigator following graduation from navigator training at James Connally AFB, Texas. Lt. William E Heath. Jr., USA, CE, has completed the officer orientation course at The Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Born to: Mrs. Joyce R. Nickelson, Math, TECH ALUMNUS


WHO DOES THE THINKING FOR THINKING MACHINES? Even though we didn't invent it, we at American Oil use the computer so extensively in Linear Programming t h a t we often think of it as "our b a b y . " And as such it must be spoon-fed known data by experts in order to come up with the answers to a myriad of refinery operation problems. One of the experts at American Oil who helps the thinking machine think is Leonard Tenner, 24, a graduate Chemical Engineer from M . I . T . His current assignment: prepare a mathematical model covering the manufacture of gasoline, home fuel and jet fuel from crude oil. The fact t h a t many gifted and earnest young men like Len Tenner are finding challenging careers at American Oil could have special meaning for you. American Oil offers a wide range of new research opportunities for: Chemists—analytical, electrochemical, physical, and organic; Engineers—chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical; Masters in Business Administration with an engineering (preferably chemical) or science background; Mathematicians; Physicists. For complete information about interesting careers in the Res e a r c h a n d D e v e l o p m e n t D e p a r t m e n t , w r i t e : J. H . S t r a n g e , American Oil Company, P . 0 . Box 431, Whiting, Indiana. IN ADDITION TO FAR-REACHING PROGRAMS INVOLVING FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND PETROCHEMICALS, AMERICAN OIL AND ITS AFFILIATE, AMOCO CHEMICALS, ARE ENGAGED IN SUCH DIVERSIFIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS: Organic ions under electron impact / Radiation-induced reactions / Physiochemical nature of catalysts / Fuel cells / Novel separations by gas chromatography / Application of computers to complex technical problems / Synthesis and potential applications for aromatic acids / Combustion phenomena / Design and economics: new uses for present products, new products, new processes / Corrosion mechanisms / Development of new types of surface coatings.

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY


NEWS BY CLASSES - continued and Lt. Richard Nickelson, a daughter, Joyce Ellen, August 21. They live at 32 Campbell Drive, Eatontown, New Jersey. Married: Donald Ross Nulph, EE, to Miss Kathryn Erwin, August 25. Mr. Nulph is with General Electric in Roanoke, Virginia. James W. Standard has recently completed a tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Viet Nam and is now with Management Science Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Ens. David Wheeless, USN, has graduated from the Naval Officers Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island with distinction and from the U.S. Naval Civil Engineering Construction Battallion Center at Port Hueneme, California. He is now a Water Front Service Officer. His address is Public Works Center, Navy No. 3002, FPO, San Francisco, California. ' C O Engaged: Joseph Converse Bright to Ofc Miss Lucia Chase. The wedding will take place November 29. Mr. Bright is studying law at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. David L. Federer, CE, a daughter, Michele Lynn, August 20. Mr. Federer is working on his masters in soil mechanics at Georgia Tech. Lt. William F. Frazier, USAF, Arch, has been awarded his silver wings of a U.S. Air Force navigator following graduation from navigator training at James Connally AFB, Texas. He is now assigned to Mather AFB, California. Ens. Oscar M. Harper, Jr., USN, IM, is in advanced flight training at Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Florida. He lives at 303 Maldonado Drive, Pensacola Beach, Florida. Winston A. Head, CE, is now with DuPont. H e and his wife live at 3918 Forest Highland Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Hilliard, AE, a son, Kenneth Parks, July 5. Mr. Hilliard is a project engineer at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tulahoma, Tennessee. Lt. Michael S. McRae, USAF, IE, has been awarded the silver wings of a U.S.

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Air Force pilot following graduation from pilot training at Williams AFB, Arizona. Lt. James W. Meier, USAF, IM, has been awarded his Air Force pilot wings following graduation from pilot training at Williams AFB, Arizona. Engaged: Walter William Mullen, Jr., EE, to Miss Linda Garrels. T h e wedding will take place February 16. Mr. Mullen is attending graduate school at the University of Nebraska. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Nunez de V, IE, a daughter, Ana Maria, July 20. They live at 1717 West Capitol, Apartment 303, Jackson 9, Mississippi. Married: John S. Parker, ME, to Miss May Moss Dyson, August 24. Mr. Parker is attending the Graduate School of Business at the University of North Carolina. They live at 215 A Hillsboro Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Engaged: Lt. Arthur Marshall Sims, USAF, IM, to Miss Clare Shadle. The wedding took place October 4. Lt. Sims is stationed in California. Engaged: Walter O'Neal Whelchel, IM, to Miss Mary Mann. The wedding will take place October 19 in Atlanta, Georgia. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, IM, a daughter, Kathleen Donree, August 12. They live at 669 Denise Road, No. 3, Rochester 16, New York. ' C O Lt. George D. Clark, Jr., USA, is " * Âť assigned to the Military Police Company, Fort Ord, California as a Military Police Corps officer. His address is 3229 Vista Del Cameno, Marina, California. Lt. John H. Dial, USA, CE, has completed the officer orientation course at The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Lt. Thomas H. Herrington, Jr., USA, San E, has completed the officer orientation course at The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Married: James Edward Hicks, IE, to Miss Janice Smith, September 22. Mr. Hicks is with Southern Bell, Atlanta, Georgia. Lt. Neil H. High tower, USA, TE, has completed the officer orientation course at The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia. Graham Hildebrand, EE, has joined the Sarasota (Florida) Division of Electro-

Mechanical Research, Inc. as an engineer. Born to: Lt. and Mrs. Larry E. Hughes, USA, IM, a daughter, Michelle Lynn, August 31. Lt. Hughes is stationed at Fort Gordon. He will go to Germany in November. Edwin B. Je/ks, III, USAF, IM, was honored as a distinguished graduate and received his commission as a second lieutenant following graduation from Officer Training School, Lackland AFB, Texas. Grover C. Lewis, CE, has been named winner of the American Institute of Steel Construction Research Fellowship for 1963. He will enter Graduate School at Georgia Tech this fall. Lt. Joseph H. Long, USA, IM, has completed the officer orientation course at The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia. Larry E. Mashburn has joined the firm of Thompson, Sheppard & Jones, Inc., Insurance Consultants. His business address is 922 Peachtree 25th Building, Atlanta, Georgia. Married: Robert Brown Montgomery, CE, to Miss Virginia Matthias, September 22. Mr. Montgomery is employed by Miller, Stevenson & Baker, Consulting Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia. Lt. David L. Morris. TE, USAF, is in navigator training at James Connally AFB, Texas. Lt. Jimmy E. Nelson, USA, ME, has completed the officer orientation course at The Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. William P. Singletary, USAF, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force following graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB. He is now assigned to Columbus A F B , Mississippi. Lt. James R. Wells, USAF, IE, is serving with the Air Force at Reese AFB, Texas. Lt. George S. Yonge, USA, CE, has completed the officer orientation course at The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ' R A Engaged: William Tyler Martin to ™* Miss Lea Bailey. The wedding will take place in October. Married: George Reed Pearson, Jr., IE, to Miss Mary Cooper, September 21 in Atlanta.

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PROVIDER He's many miles from the nearest General Motors p l a n t . . . b u t he's helping to build a G M car, just as surely as the man in Flint putting a door handle on a Chevy. He works for a General Motors supplier, one of the 30,000 companies which provide G M plants with everything from solenoids to soap, light bulbs to landscaping, rubber to razor blades. For p a r t s , materials, supplies and service, General M o t o r s paid o u t $6,701,000,000 in 1962 . . . more than 45 cents of every sales dollar. G M suppliers come in all types and sizes. Some are large and well known, b u t about three-quarters employ fewer than 100 people. More than 90 per cent have fewer than 500 employes. Of course, many t h a t started small have grown larger working with G M and other customers. W h a t is asked of these good providers? Prompt delivery of needed products, high quality and competitive prices. Suppliers who have filled t h a t bill have enjoyed a long and pleasant relationship. These suppliers, and their thousands of employes, are an important part of the success of the G M team.

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