tJacestntfje^ews C. P. "Roy" Goree, '12, recently received his 50-year service pin from the Frick Company, Atlanta Branch office. He was among the first professional engineers in Georgia to apply refrigeration to comfort air conditioning. Goree is currently regional consultant for a 4-state area.
A. Carter Crymble, '19, has been chosen as the "Engineer of the Year" for 1963 by the Upper East Tennessee Society of Professional Engin e e r s in i t s a n n u a l award. Crymble, a consulting engineer in Kingsport, retired from Tennessee Eastman in 1962. Leonard F. Bradley, '32, has been' named manager of field services in the newly formed Technical Services Department of the National Coal Association, with headquarters in Washington, D. C. He will supervise all field engineering staff operations for NCA. Roy Richards, '35, is one of the ten men to be a recipient of the Free Enterprise Awards Association's 12th annual American Success Story Awards as an example of the success possible under America's free enterprise democracy. He is a resident of Carrollton, Ga.
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George D. Ray, Jr., '38, recently was promoted to President, Southern Mills, Inc., Atlanta. The company is the nation's largest manufacturer of laundry and drycleaning textiles and is one of the leading fiber fabric manufacturers. Ray served as vice president<-of the company for many years. Jack G. Fleming, '39, has been appointed manager of production planning for the Southern Metal Division of Continental Can Company, Tampa, Florida. Fleming is now responsible for the planning of production facilities for eleven can m a n u f a c t u r i n g plants.
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NEWS BY CLASSES - continued ' O C Richard R. Nash, Marietta, Georgia, £ . 0 died February 25. He was with Bothwell and Nash, Atlanta architectural firm. John Winfred Youmans died March 3 at at his home of a heart attack. He was in the naval stores and farming business. His widow lives at Laxey, Georgia. 'Q1 We were recently advised of the 01 death of Russell K. Prater. N o further information was available at this writing. ' 0 0 Charles M. Graves, Park and Recrewfc ation Specialist for Atlanta, has been elected Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Georgia Recreation Commission. Norman A. Smyth, Arch, has been elected president of Daniel Construction Company International with headquarters in Brussels. For the past few years he has been manager of the company's overseas operations headquarter in Brussels. » O C Dr. Frederick A. L. Holloway, ChE, » J has been promoted to President of Esso Research and Engineering Company at Linden, New Jersey. ' Q Q Laurence W. Dabney has been « U elected to a two year term as vice president of the Consulting Engineers Council of the U. S. He heads the Atlanta firm of Laurence W. Dabney and Associates. Mr. Dabney lives at 2624 Lenox Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Morley Hudson, ME, has been elected to the Louisiana Legislature from Caddo Parrish on the Republican ticket. He is president of the Hudson-Rush Company. Mr. Hudson lives at 4609 Gilbert Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana. Capt. J. F. Parker, USN, AE, retired February 1 after 24 years of service in Naval Aviation. He was recently appointed Manager, Downey Test & Operations, Apollo Program, North American Aviation, Downey, California. 'Afll Edward D. Biggerstaff, ME, has been '" promoted to chief engineer, Polaris Missile Base, Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. J. Warner Morgan were killed in a plane crash in New Orleans February 25. They were returning from a vacation in Mexico. Mr. Morgan was president of the Mcintosh Paving Company. They are survived by two daughters, Misses Bonnie Jean and Lannie Morgan, 2291 Woodward Way, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. , i
A) William T. Clearman, Jr., PhE, is " f c chief of the Saturn projects office at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Cape Kennedy, Florida. John G. Wilder, AE, has been appointed head of the propulsion department, engineering sciences subdivision of the Applied Mechanics Division, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, California.
'A'} Roy H. Lange is manager of the *** Advance Concepts Department at Lockheed, Marietta, Georgia.
William Cobb Matthews, Macon architect, has merged with two other firms. The new company is Matthews, Holliday, Cough and Hollis, Architects, with offices at 653 Second Street, Macon, Georgia. George R. L. Shepherd, ChE, has been named an assistant director in the process research division of the Esso Research and Engineering Company, Linden, New Jersey. 1
A^\ Edgar W. Kopp has been named as •J first dean of the new College of Engineering of the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. He has been assistant dean of engineering and assistant dean of academic affairs at the University of Florida since 1955.
' ^ Q Fred Cornish, IE, has joined the " O Information Management Sciences Division of the Auerback Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a Program Manager. William 1. Steele, Jr.. ChE, has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of Sepsco-Charlotte, Inc. His business address is P.O. Box 3742. Dilworth Station, Charlotte 3, North Carolina. Nathaniel J. Couch has announced the merger of his firm with two other Macon architectural firms. The new company is Matthews, Holliday, Couch and Hollis, with offices at 653 Second Street, Macon, Georgia. We were recently notified of the death of Dr. A. Kirven Gilbert. Jackson R. Holliday, Macon architect, has merged with two other firms. The new company is Matthews, Holliday, Couch and Hollis, with offices at 653 Second Street, Macon, Georgia. Married: Hoyt M. Kirby, IM, to Miss Helen Marie Haynie. The wedding took place April 11. Mr. Kirby is with C & S Bank, Atlanta, Georgia. Howard E. Spangler, ChE, died December 15, 1963. His widow lives at 820 Allen Avenue, Ashtabula, Ohio. Robert F. Swenson, IM. has been named industry development representative — strapping, for U. S. Steel Supply Division of U. S. Steel Corporation. He lives at 184 Harper Street, Jesup. Georgia.
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Georgia, died January 19 of brain tumor. He was with Lockheed at the time of his death. Thomas W. Tucker has announced the formation of the firm of Lindsey, Tucker & Ritter, Inc., consulting structural engineers, 415 Pine Avenue Building, Albany, Georgia.
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named stress analysis engineer in the prototype product section of design engineering in The Babcock & Wilcox Company's boiler division at Barberton, Ohio. Capt. Kendall S. Barker, USAF, has been selected for promotion to the rank of major. He is stationed at Patrick AFB, Florida. James L. Lindsey has announced the formation of the firm of Lindsey, Tucker TECH ALUMNUS