Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 45, No. 05 1967

THE FEBRUARY 1967

GEORGIA TECK

CRYSTALLOGRAPHER HARKER—an important announcement at Tech see page six of this issue

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— the editor's notes A W E MUST begin this column by apologizing for the lateness of this issue. It was caused by a combination of (1) the new Post Office zip code regulations, (2) the sudden change in command of the Georgia Tech football program, and (3) the post-Christmas inertia of the editor. We felt that you would rather get the information on the football coaching change as soon as possible since it only happens every 20 years or so, so we promptly tore up an issue and redid it. There was nothing we could do about either the zip code situation (except complain about this computer world we live in) or the sad condition of the editor's mental processes at this time of the year.

A W E HAD always thought of the changing of any guard as a rather poignant time. When we first were informed that Robert Lee Dodd was giving up his post as head football coach after 22 years, we immediately were plunged into a deep depression. Two days later when the Monday morning press conference came around, we remained at the trough of what most folks call their "down" cycle. That morning we were still clinging to that fatal habit of man—feeling sorry for himself—and we obviously showed it.

It took some advice from a very wise man to straighten us out.

The man's name is Lawrence W. Robert, Jr., and around Tech he is known as Mr. Chip. He has been through the change of command of Tech football each of the three times that it has occurred at Georgia Tech and knows more about how it should be handled than anybody you could name. Just before the press conference that gloomy Monday, he pulled us aside and cautioned us, "This is not a sad time. A man is stepping down after 36 fine years of coaching football. He is not leaving Tech. He is not feeling well and he is tired and this is what he wants to do. Let's not sit around and weep over something that will make this man happy."

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was talking about until the following day.

We should have known better than to doubt all that experience. On Tuesday at noon, Coach Dodd called us into his office to talk about some things that were pressing at the time and we were flabbergasted at the change in him. It was as if in 24 hours, a full 10 years had dropped off the man. He was jovial and talkative where in the past year or so he had been often moody and silent. He wanted to chat about all sorts of things and in the 15 years that we have known him well, we have never seen him in better form. He said it best, himself that day: "It is as if two tons of problems have finally dropped off my back. I could not have faced an operation, no matter how minor, in the state I have been in for the past year. That helped me make up my mind. And then when you have been in this business as long as I have and had so many good years and so many fine men to coach and understanding faculty and administration and alumni, you develop a fear of failing all these people."

• DURING the three days that followed, confusion reigned in Atlanta as sports writers advanced one candidate and then another as the absolutely sure bet to follow Dodd (providing such and such happened). Some very good men were tapped prematurely as Dodd's successor. And then there were the red herrings that always seem to be a part of this type of change. They came and went in print at the rate of at least once a day.

The big move towards Dodd's successor came on Wednesday after the long-time Tech coach had talked to the players (especially the seniors) one at a time and had discussed candidates with his assistant coaches and some of the top head coaches at other schools. The consensus was that the best man for the job was sitting in an office a few steps down the hall from Dodd's office. Dodd, who had made it clear from the beginning that Bud Carson was one of his top choices for the position, recommended the assistant coach in charge of defense to the committee of the Athletic Board

charged with coming up with a man.

Bud Carson was immediately nominated, unanimously, by the committee and a short time later, the athletic board approved the election by another unanimous vote.

A T H E MANNER in which Bud Carson handled his first major press conference was enough to convince Dodd that he and the committee had found the right man. After the long session, Dodd told us, "Carson sure took over the way he should. He has grown an awful lot in the past day or so."

The quiet confidence and humility Carson displayed in the face of some rather pointed questions also impressed a number of the city's top sports reporters. Carson began by saying, "I am not Bobby Dodd. If anybody expects me to be, they are going to be awfully disappointed. No man could be Bobby Dodd. I was misquoted not long ago when somebody said that I called him one of a breed.

What I really said was that he was one of a kind.

"I am going to have to be Bud Carson. But I hope and intend to carry on Coach Dodd's philosophy of treating men as men and of fielding football teams that play with poise and confidence. The coming season is a real challenge. We lost some key ball players in the offensive line and particularly in the defensive secondary (which is the heart and soul of Carson's defensive concept). We pick up Notre* Dame and Miami and TCU. But," he added after a long look at his audience, "Georgia Tech teams have always played with confidence.

I don't believe that we will have to go out against anybody believing that we can't or won't win. I know I won't ever go on the field believing we haven't got a chance."

Carson then paid a tribute to Dodd, stating how much Dodd had meant to his own development and how much he appreciated Coach Dodd's confidence in him. His honest, sincere approach to the entire evening was a moving experience for all of us who happened to be fortunate enough to be there to see a touch of history made. During a couple of moments during the discussion, we looked over at Dodd and he had the look of a proud father whose son had just won a medal for valor.

In the next issue, we will introduce you to Bud Carson with a special article on the man who now picks up "Dodd's two tons: B.W. 3

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Volume 45 THE COVER

Dr. David Harker, the scientist who led the team that managed the first American breakthrough in the deciphering of the extremely complex structure of an enzyme, presented his first official paper on the subject at.the January 25-28 meeting of the American Crystallographic Association held on the Tech campus. For more about one of the most important meetings ever held in the Southeastern United States or anywhere, please turn to page six of this issue.

CONTENTS 3. RAMBLIN'—the editor speaks of coaching changes and how they happen.

6. FOUR DAYS IN JANUARY—a photo-text report on a meeting.

10. THE TUNED-IN WORLD OF DAVID JONES—fiction, once again.

14. REFLECTIONS ON THE END OF AN ERA—one man's thoughts.

16. TRADITION AGAIN PREVAILS—Bud Carson is the new coach.

18. THE TARHEEL UPSET—a big year for basketball at Tech.

20. MERIT SCHOLARS VISIT—a new approach, at least for Tech.

THE GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES—Alvin M. Ferst, president president

L. L. Gellerstedt, vice president

Beard, executive secretary L. Massey Clarkson B. Ferris

• Howard Ector, Marietta, vice

D. B. Blalock, Jr., treasurer • W. Roane

Raymond A. Jones, Charlotte, N.C.

Madison F. Cole, Newnan

L. Travis Brannon, Jr.

George W. Felker, III, Monroe » Dakin

Allen S. Hardin © J. Leland Jackson, Macon » J. Erskine Love, Jr.

Malonson, Marietta

Willard B. McBurney

George A. Morris, Jr., Columbus

Patton, Doraville

Charles H. Peterson, Metter a James P. Poole

Cleveland, (Tenn.)

Talbert E. Smith, Jr. c J. Frank Stovall, Jr., Griffin

Chicago

Philip J. Thomas V.

S. B. Rymer, Jr., Marvin Whitlock,

Brian D. Hogg, associate secretary • Bill Poteet, assistant secretary

THE GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES—Oscar G. Davis, president • J. J. McDonough, vice president Henry W. Grady, treasurer Joe W. Guthridge, executive secretary • Ivan Allen, Jr. • John P. Baum, Milledgeville Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., LaGrange Robert H. Ferst • Y. Frank Freeman, Hollywood, California • Jack F. Glenn • Ira H. Hardin s Julian T. Hightower, Thomaston Wayne J. Holman, Jr., New Brunswick Howard B. Johnson George T. Marchmont, Dallas George W. McCarty • Jack J. McDonough Walter M. Mitchell » Frank H. Neely • W i l l i a m A. Parker • Hazard E. Reeves, New York • I. M. Sheffield • Hal L. Smith John C. Staton Howard T. Tellepsen, Houston Robert Tharpe • William C. Wardlaw, Jr. Robert H. White George W. Woodruff Charles R. Yates •

THE EDITORIAL STAFF Robert B. Wallace, Jr., editor • De Gilmore, editorial assistant editor Bill Poteet, advertising manager

Harriet Erwin, class notes

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, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30332. Subscription price (35c per copy) included in the membership dues. Second class postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia.

Photographed by Deloye Burrell

A scientific meeting of international importance is held on the campus of Georgia Tech during

FOUR DAYS IN JANU/: RY T is A RARE and exciting occurrence when one university is permitted the honor of hosting a group of men and women that spans the entire history of a single branch of science. But that is just what happened to Georgia Tech in late January when, for four days, the three gentlemen pictured on these pages along with 380 of their colleagues from throughout the United States and seven foreign countries came to the campus for the winter meeting of the American Crystallographic Association. The three scientists responsible for this unique happening were . . . Sir Lawrence Bragg, the 1915 Nobel Laureate, who along with his famous father determined the first structure (sodium chloride) and who now holds the position of the elder statesman of crystallography, that science of determining the arrangements of atoms within substances and how the characteristics of a substance are related to those arrangements . . . Dr. P. P. Ewald, whose Ph.D. thesis contained the seeds of the discovery of X-ray diffraction by von Laue in 1912, which made it possible to study the internal structures of crystals, and who recently retired after a distinguished career as a teacher and researcher in the field . . . and Dr. David Harker, who headed the American research team that completed the deciphering of the extremely complex structure of ribonuclease, an enzyme that plays a key role in all living cells, and who announced the breakthrough (first for an American scientific team) just two days before he came to Atlanta to deliver his initial paper on the subject before a scientific meeting.

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The three men who helped make the ACA meeting at Tech something special: top left, Dr. David Harker (see cover); bottom left, Sir Lawrence Bragg; and below, Dr. P. P. Ewald. Over 380 scientists attended the January 25-28 meeting, a first for Tech.

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Four Days—continued

After Dr. Harker's lecture on his breakthrough, the scientists kept him busy answering questions about the 16-year project.

And, below, a pair of old friends exchange ideas during one of the few breaks in an extremely hectic four-day meeting schedule.

Dr. R. A. Young (left opposite) was chairman of the local arrangements committee and he and his colleagues kept busy from the time they found out that Tech was getting the meeting until the final day.

The exceptional weather for January (right, opposite) made the committee's job easier.

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seem to, with s h o r t welcomes from President Edwin D. Harrison and Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, J r . But then it switched suddenly in tone to a short, eloquent memorial session for two of the great contributors of the field of crystal structure determination— Dr. A. L. Patterson and Dr. Peter Debye—who died during the past year. I t was Dr. Patterson who in 1935 provided a method of locating some of the atoms in a structure (and with this knowledge the remaining atoms could be located) and thus took the guesswork out of the atomic arrangements which had bedeviled the pioneers in the field. Dr. Debye's contribution made it possible to account for the vibration of the atoms in the crystal lattice, another great step forward in the field.

Following the memorial session, the presentation of the 125 papers began in earnest. The titles were long and complicated and would naturally appeal only to those in the field just as those of football coaches at a clinic are understandable only by other coaches. But, because crystallography crosses so many scientific lines, there were adTECH ALUMNUS

did r ach to enhance Tech's reputation vanced reports of investigations of interest to geologists, metallurgists, physicists, organic and inorganic chemists, biologists, and biochemists.

Because the tedious labor involved in early structure work has been greatly alleviated and the solution of very involved structures has been made possible by the rapid development of automated equipment and high-speed electronic computers, a number of papers at this conference were devoted to recent developments in equipment and new methods of using computers. Most of these new methods were "direct ones" which proceed from the experimentally observed intensities to the final structure without the intermediate "partial structures" necessary in the method introduced just 32 years ago by Dr. Patterson. But even with the computers and the automated equipment, it took 16 years for Dr. Harker and his associates to decipher the structure of ribonuclease.

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rangement. Although the techniques of the two methods are almost identical, neutron diffraction affords information which cannot be obtained

by X-ray diffraction, especially in locating hydrogen atoms in structures and in magnetic properties structures. A symposium on neutron diffraction featured invited papers by some of the leaders in this field: Professor C. G. Shull of M.I.T., Professor W. Cochran of the University of Edinburgh, Dr. H. Boutin of the U.S. Army Materiels Research Agency, Dr. W. C. Koehler of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Professor J . D. H. Donnay of J o h n s Hopkins University, and Dr. R. Nathans of Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The high point of this meeting came on Wednesday night, J a n u a r y 25 with the special session called in order t h a t Dr. Harker could present his paper. The packed house at the Biltmore Hotel gave the shy scientist a standing ovation after he finished his discussion of the project which cost him 16 years of his life and which carried a final project budget of over $2 million.

On Thursday evening, another big crowd heard Sir Lawrence Bragg give his a f t e r - d i n n e r speech on

"The History of Protein Analysis."

T h e brilliant scientist, whose pet project is lecturing to the young students of Great Britain, captivated his colleagues with a highly technical discussion of the era he has worked in since its beginnings.

I t was Sir Lawrence, who as director of the Royal Institution of London, who saw the first successful protein structure determination made by two of his people. I t was also Sir Lawrence who under heavy criticism insisted t h a t the first protein structure determination continue until conclusion even though it took over ten years.

On Friday morning, Dr. Ewald also took a nostalgic trip back to the beginnings of this relatively young, b u t important, field with his talk on "Beginnings of the Dynamical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction."

The meeting, along with a similar national conference on Gaseous Electronics held in October on the campus, did much to enhance Tech's reputation in academic circles, an area where a new and strong image is much needed. The work of Dr. R. A. Young of Physics and his local committee did not go unnoticed.

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THE TUNED-IN WORLD OF DAVID JONES In another excursion into tomorrow, Marian Van Landingham ponders the fate of an erudite man QUIET MAN sat in a bright orange, molded plastic chair within a rapid transit capsule zooming along a single rail at more than 100 miles per hour. His eyes were closed but he was not asleep. His face was aglow as though his soul were dancing.

Forty-nine other men and women aligned five abreast looked either sleepy, withdrawn, or numb as they stared vacantly into space or watched the morning news on the television screen mounted at the front of the car.

When the capsule stopped at 63rd Street, the Exception rose lurchingly, and then carefully, taking small steps, got off the train. He rode an escalator to the ground level, cut across a small plaza, and, like a sleepwalker, occasionally bumped into someone and muttered: "s-cuse me, s-cuse me." He received nothing but irritated, hard stares.

Between travertine pillars he entered a building and followed someone else through double doors. An uneventful ride to the 35th floor, plus a block-long walk down corridors and he walked into the offices of J. R. Craft, Inc., Contractors.

"Uh, hell-o, Miss Baker."

"Good morning, Mr. Jones. How are you?"

"Fine, I guess. The coffee ready?"

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M i s s Baker left her typewriter a n d got u p to fix her boss his cup. H a v i n g managed to shed his overcoat a n d muffler, J o n e s took the coffee a n d retreated into his office, where, between sips, h e wrote some notes, a n d dictated into a recorder. About 10 o'clock he started to reach into his shirt pocket to get something, but instead decided to m a k e a telephone call or so. A t 10:15 he again reached towards his right h a n d pocket, but once more stopped himself.

An hour passed a n d this time J o n e s did take a small, stainless steel device from the shirt pocket, moved a dial, pressed a button, a n d dropped the gadget back into its hiding place. H e straightened his coat, fastened it, a n d adjusted a plug in his ear. David J. J o n e s leaned forward over his desk, as though looking at material in an open file folder. On his face was, once again, the concentrated, estatic expression.

H e did not see the large, red-faced m a n come to his office door and stare in. " J o n e s , " he said in a low voice. T h e employee did not move.

"JONES." Still no response.

"JONES." J o n e s ' head jerked u p so abruptly his ear plug fell out a n d tiny voices rose from the dangling gadget.

"You're at it again," George M a t h e r boomed. "There's work to be done!

E s t i m a t e s to be made, a n d dammit— there you sit listening to long-hair lectures on the tribal customs of the Zulus or some such." His face h a d turned redder while J o n e s ' h a d slowly drained—eyebrows twitching together.

"It's—it's—n-n-n-not the Zulus, M r .

M a t h e r . A Nobel P-Prize winning physicist is discussing his latest theories. Very interesting, sir. Some might apply. . . ."

"Apply! Apply? T o this business?

Come off it, Jones. You're wasting your time not getting down to the realities right here. You think you're too good for the job that's got to be done. Listen to a few long-hairs a n d think t h a t you too can commune with the gods. W h a t you, Jones, need to do is to tune in to your office for a change, instead of tuning out all t h e time." A n d with this, George M a t h e r strode for the door.

P a l e a n d shaking, J o n e s reached into his pocket a n d turned off the little transitor always tuned to the University of the World, 87 on the dial. D u r i n g the rest of the day, h e was too depressed a n d stunned to get much work done. At 4:30 exactly h e punched the on button again, p u t on FEBRUARY

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his coat a n d hat, a n d left, resonant voices from a r o u n d a seminar table soothing his ear.

Once h e was home, h e gave his wife M a u d e a passing kiss, fixed himself a Scotch a n d soda, and sank down into his big, leather, reclining chair to listen to the 6 o'clcok opera.

I n the kitchen M a u d e J o n e s tossed the salad with vehemence. Anger— neglected anger—kept rising within her. At supper, as she watched her husband absent-mindedly fork his food in, she felt tight around the top of her throat, a n d only picked a t h e r own broccoli, potatoes, a n d roast. B u t she said nothing to David. "I've already said enough," she moaned to herself. " N o , I'll not nag. I'll just do something."

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hree hours later as J o n e s h u m m e d Aida in the shower, M a u d e quietly slipped the transistor from the top of his bureau, where h e p u t it because it was not waterproof, a n d went to the kitchen. She took down a box of oatmeal a n d buried the gadget in the beige a n d white grains. " H e ' l l never, never think of looking in anything as prosaic as a n oatmeal box." M a u d e then gathered u p her knitting bag, t u r n e d on the T V a n d settled down for a late movie.

J o n e s felt atop the bureau for his radio even before he put on his glasses, and not finding the device, felt frantically for several minutes before h e thought to p u t on his lenses. B u t the glasses did not help as h e looked under, behind, a n d around the bureau — t h e n still more frantically around the whole room. A half dozen times h e felt in his ear to m a k e sure h e h a d not somehow forgotten h e h a d already re-attached it.

H e did not call M a u d e until h e was all but overcome with the feeling of loss a n d frustration. H i s wife was pleased to note the alarm in his cry, but managed to say calmly: " W h y , no, I haven't seen your radio, David. N o t since you h a d it in your ear tonight. D o n ' t get so excited. Stop and think. Y o u m u s t have forgotten where you p u t it. Radios just don't walk off, you know. And it is h a r d to imagine t h a t you would have thrown it away."

An edge of sarcasm cut through but J o n e s ignored it. T h i s was n o time for pride. W H E R E W A S T H E BLANKETY-BLANK THING? He

intensified his search: looking behind doors, throwing everything out of his bureau. H a d h e opened a drawer a n d the radio fallen in? or was it in the pocket when h e tossed his shirt down the soiled clothes chute? Almost a n hour later, worn out from his search, depressed, h e flung himself on his bed.

Asleep and awake, h e tossed.

Held by a bird, the radio flew through the air to Debussy melody.

Rested quietly on a sunlit limb, rushed high above on an updraft, tttrned and disappeared into the clouds towards another continent —saying it would return in the spring.

On full volume, the voices of a mob. And then the mob crushed the radio as he watched, helpless, from a window above.

Saw the plug in the ear of an old man with no family. . . .

Started to say, "That's mine, give it back, or I'll have you arrested. . . ." And watched him walk slowly too slowly, away.

A small boy, in cowboy-figured pajamas, put a tooth under his pillow and woke up the next morning to find a bright, shining radio.

J o n e s opened his eyes to a sweet, expectant feeling, a n d h e started to reach under the pillow—but realized what h e was doing a n d stopped himself in disgust. H e sat u p angrily.

T h e next three days were spent in a miserable stupor a n d every evening h e rushed home to look for the device t h a t was never there. M a u d e told him she h a d looked the house over too a n d " t h a t d u r n thing h a s j u s t disappeared. I'm beginning to believe in M a r t i a n s . " Inwardly, she remarked: " D i d n ' t think withdrawal would be this h a r d on him."

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n the fourth day after the burying in the oatmeal, David J o n e s arose a n d felt good. H e ate his breakfast and even chatted with M a u d e . Walking out to t h e transit, h e noticed how crisp the cold air was, how the early light cast exact, lace-like shadows of tiny limbs on buildings. W i t h a feeling of discovery, h e ducked down into t h e subterranean passage to the train.

W h e n it swooshed to a stop h e stepped on, deftly side-stepping two women getting off, a n d swung neatly into a chair, no wasted notion.

"Well, that's the first time i n months h e h a s n ' t stumbled on with a silly, lost smile," the m a n h e sat down next to thought, amazed.

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Jones planted his feet firmly in front of himself, and slightly apart for better balance, and sitting straight, swiveled his head around as though seeing for the first time his co-riders.

Scraps of conversation floated in like fascinating bits of puzzles: "Yeah, I saw George. Same old thing," the weary blond in front of him informed her friend, but did not seem inclined to continue, as though the whole subject disgusted her.

"Whadda ya think 3M is gonna do?

Think it'll keep on going up? Huh?" The man in the bargain basement sport coat was trying to get a cue from an executive complete with morning paper stock listing, a black leather attache case, and a dark, very expensive suit.

"No dice pal," thought Jones, and turned his attention to a quiet, faded woman. "What do you do?" he asked silently. "Do you file by day and try to identify with the glittering Hollywood-New York-Acapulco crowd by evening?" He smiled at her and she gave him a wane smile back.

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your problem?" The man sitting beside Jones continued: "You look like you understand what people are saying."

Jones jerked towards the intruding sounds on his left. "What-t? Me hear.

I hear fine. Always have."

"Really? Thought you had a hearing aid and you kept it turned off. You never seemed to notice anything being said around you."

"That was the ear plug to my radio.

Used to listen to my transistor on the way to work but lost it a few days ago. Can't find it anywhere. Cost $150 to replace so I can't just go down and buy another. That radio was so good I could listen to the University broadcasts 1,000 miles away. Had two ear plugs for stereo listening."

"No kidding? Didn't know they made transistors that good. All the ones I've had fade in and out when you change positions. Would never do on the train. But you really liked yours, huh?"

"Sure did. I was lost the first few days after it disappeared but now I think I'm about to get used to being without the little gadget. Maybe someday when I get some extra money, and

all the machinery around the house is in working order, I'll buy another.

Well, here's my stop." And Jones bounded off the train and up the escalator, not waiting on the slow rise.

ones spent 15 minutes talking with \J the office staff before disappearing into his office to become a center of activity. By eleven the word reached George Mather and he came to see if this was indeed the same employee.

"Interested in your job for a change?" he asked, leaning against a filing cabinet, head resting on his elbow. "Job estimates don't have to be so boring when you get your mind off other things, now do they?" A sarcastic smile beamed off his face.

"Why no. The work's O.K.," answered Jones, appearing not to notice the expression. "Say, George, I think you're underbidding on the Gatesworth job. Look at my calculations here. I think I have a solution that may surprise you. . . ."

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the change hardly mattered. The door to the conference room, where the staff met on Tuesday mornings, opened: voices flowed out ahead of cork-green and grey-suited men.

"Mr. Edwards, I have a number here for you to call." The secretary went back and sat down behind her L-shaped desk.

"Thank you, Miss April. Did I tell you how sharp you look today?"

"Why, no, you hadn't, but I'd been expecting it," and she smiled coyly.

She always dressed up for conference days when all the men were in. But, today Edward's compliment was the only one flipped her way. Several of the men seemed worried about something and they strode on past talking, and out into the corridor.

"There's a chance we could be wrong. Might need to consider the point again. . . ."

A large man with grey-striped tie and puffy face, pulled abreast of the speaker and his companion. "Are you guys as tired of that smarty Jones as I am? Every meeting he has at least five hair-brained ideas we have to spend all our time knocking down."

"Well, Butterfield, once in a while he comes up with a new approach that's pretty good. Now doesn't he?"

Charles Jensen wanted to tell Butterfield that he wouldn't recognize an idea if it were flashed on a neon sign in front of him, but suppressed himself.

"What I can't figure out," said Edward Blackstone slowly as they stepped onto the elevator, "is what has happened to wake up Jones. You know he used to sit around like some kind of a dreamy, satisfied Buddha—off in large, abstract worlds."

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s a decorative waitress served the men lunch, the puzzling conversation stopped for a while. But then: "You know, the strangest thing is I feel like that guy's got some type of secret weapon. Can't explain it."

"You're right, Edward. That's what it's like. A secret device for manufacturing ideas."

"Ha! Real idea bombs—that's what they are. Bombs! Devastiating aren't I. Humph." Butterfield laughed uproarously at his own wit. Jensen and Blackstone smiled painfully.

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in your next reincarnation," Jensen drawled laconically, and drew, as he expected, a sudden erasure of the smile on Butterfield's face. "Seriously, now, how did Jones learn to think the way he does? That's obviously his secret."

"Wait—didn't he use to spend all his time listening to seminars, debates, lectures, concerts, and all sorts of stuff on that radio he kept plugged in his ear?" Blackstone asked.

"Of course. That's it." Jensen's tone was final. He leaned forward over the table. "And he hasn't had that plug in his ear for a number of months now." Eyes narrowed, he continued musingly, "He woke up when he stopped listening, but by that time he had the method. He was sensitized to every thing in his environment, but yet able to step outside this reality and relate things we don't usually think to relate. That's it, by damn.

Has to be."

glide up towards the square of light, Jones straightened his suit jacket, and, with a handkerchief, wiped his brow.

At home, Maude greeted him vaguely and went back into^ the kitchen while he picked up the evening paper. But he was not in the mood for reading and let the paper drop, staring towards the kitchen door.

"Oops, Maude almost put a pot into the refrigerator instead of on the stove.

My gosh, her motions are slow—must be thinking about something else.

The old human automatic pilot just doesn't work very swiftly or efficiently. Seems to me Maude has been like this a lot lately and she never used to be. Do you suppose she has a radio, too? No, impossible. Cost too much. How could she have bought one. Still " Jones shifted his weight and raised the paper: "TOKYO: The Soviets have decided to recall their exploration group from Mars to reduce expenses and help with the war effort against the Chinese, according to reports reaching diplomats here. It is believed that the experience the explorers gained on Mars may help the Russians in their fight on the very similar terrain in central Siberia."

His eyes unfoscused, and he again looked beyond the paper. "Somehow she seems happier and sometimes now we have the most fascinating conversations. She never used to like symphonies or muse about disappeared civilizations . . . ."

lackstone and even Butterfield were silent—for several minutes.

J ensen motioned for their waitress and asked for checks.

That afternoon Butterfield boarded the rapid transit capsule with Jones and instead of going to the bar in the rear, sat beside his co-worker. They talked shop for five or ten minutes. Then very smoothly, Butterfield commented: "Jones, a friend and I were having a discussion the other day about what is the best miniature, long distance transistor. I told him I thought Spott was at another staff conference light was the best but I'd ask you. A meeting that Jones saw a familiar Didn't you use to have one?" bulge in George Mather's shirt pocket "Hun? Oh, yes. A Spotlight." Jones as his boss reached across the table felt his heart thump against familiar distributing mimeographed sheets to metal weight in his shirt pocket all those present. "Gentlemen," bebought that day with a bonus he had gan Mather, "I am furnishing you received for one of his bright ideas. some notes on this job. There are But nobody knew. He would turn it some real problems here and we're on in quiet, private moments. For re- going to have to look at them closely." freshment. Stimulation. Nothing that "But not too closely," interrupted can be explained to anyone else. "Yes, David Jones, his voice quiet but inI'm sure Spotlight is probably the sistant. "Maybe we should withdraw best. Tell your friend that. He can't from the immediate reality for a while go wrong."

—and try to think of the problem in "Thanks. I will. Am sure he'll be terms of new frames of reference. glad to hear from someone who has Tune out so we can tune in." had experience. If you don't know As he somehow expected, no one apwhat you're buying you get a lemon peared surprised as this ponderous sometimes. Well, here's my stop. plum dropped into the meeting. The Thanks again. Be seeing you. eyes present agreed that the methWatching the bulk of Butterfield odology was very reasonable.

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by Robert B. Wallace, Jr.

When a man such as Robert Lee Dodd retires after 36 years of coaching at the same place, it sets one to reminiscing

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L E E D O D D resigned on play in a bowl and with its defeat to F e b r u a r y 6 because of illness as Florida, his bowl record came up 9-4. head football coach at Georgia On top of that, his teams played in Tech after 22 years in t h a t job front of the national television cama n d another 14 as an assistant coach. eras 19 times and they only lost five U p o n receiving the resignation, Presi- of them. dent E d w i n D . Harrison, chairman of " W e have all endorsed his conthe athletic board, issued the followtinously-demonstrated belief t h a t a n ing statement: athlete's first responsibility to his col" I t is with a deep sense of regret lege and to himself is to receive a t h a t I reluctantly accept, on behalf sound education. W e feel t h a t with of the athletic board, Bobby Dodd's his high standards of sportsmanship, resignation as head football coach. performance, a n d conduct t h a t he has T h e loss to T e c h and to football is been a tremendous asset to college tempered somewhat by the fact that athletics and t h a t both higher educah e will continue as athletic director." tion a n d the sports world are much better for his years of dedicated coachWhy do all of these things have to ing. As the head of our athletic prohappen on rainy, nasty Mondays? gram, h e will continue to bring great Our mood suddenly is matching the credit to T e c h a n d intercollegiate weather. This is the end of the only Tech football era we have ever really athletics." known. In fact, it's the end of an era Here's a guy who had one of the in football, period. We knew that the toughest coaching jobs in the busicoach had to do it someday, but he ness. Working at a technological insticould have waited for a nice, sunny tution where there is no place for the day. athletes to hide, he turned up this exceptional won-lost record and yet the " I know t h a t I speak for the entire NCAA never even investigated him or athletic board a n d for the faculty, stuhis teams. The world is not exactly dents, alumni, a n d friends of Georgia with football coaches Tech in expressing the pride in the overpopulated who can say that. And those training football program he has led with such and practice sessions窶馬odignity a n d success for t h e p a s t 22 concepts body will ever be able to coach like years," added President Harrison. could " A n d I would also like to speak for Dodd again and win. Nobody the respect of his men the entire Tech family in expressing command our great admiration for h i m a s one enough to get them ready for combat of the finest men a n d one of the with such ridiculous methods. "He is," greatest teachers to ever grace our as his successor Bud Carson so aptly put it, "one of a kind. And anybody campus." who tries to be a Coach Dodd is It's pretty amazing when you think doomed to absolute failure." We keep back on the career of a man like the thinking about a quote attributed to Tall Gray Fox. This is the only place Jess Neely when he was at Rice: "I this man has ever worked. And in the would like to play a team coached as top position, he has run up a record of 165 wins, just 64 defeats, and eight, Dodd coaches every Saturday. Not a team that Dodd coaches but one that ties. His final team was his 13th to

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someone else tries to coach in the manner that he does." " N o t long after I came to Tech, Coach D o d d reminded m e that the Institute h a d h a d six presidents a n d only three head football coaches," continued President Harrison. " I h a d hoped t h a t this ratio would continue throughout my tenure here. Unfortunately, Coach Dodd's health did not permit this ideal situation to endure."

I guess outside of his own family and few close personal friends, the bunch he liked to call, "my writers," first suspected that the inevitable was coming quicker than anyone liked to think. We don't know of any compliment higher than to be included in that group for the past 15 years.

They were men like Ed Danforth and Ed Miles and Bert Prather and today they are named Furman Bisher and Jesse Outlar and Jim Minter and Bill Clark and John Logue and Ron Speer and Dave Moffitt.

And during the past year he has been short with us at times when the health got so bad it disturbed him more than he would like for us to know. No one will miss him more than this group. For no coach in history has had such a solid understanding of what makes news.

He would spend his time at the practice sessions thinking up stories for his boys to write the next day.

Yet, he never seemed to miss what was going on out on the field. He was always accessible, always cooperative, always willing to help break in a new writer. No one will ever again be able to do things the way he has. We are happy for him because he has made the decision and he is already feeling like a new man. It is the ending of this great period in Tech's history that saddens us.

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Atlanta Journal sports editor Furman Bisher once said, "Bud Carson has an unsympathetic attitude towards defeat." And this picture of Tech's new coach walking off the field after the 12-27 defeat reflects just how right Bisher was about the coach.

The determined chief of Carson's Raiders is Tech's fourth coach

TRADITION AGAIN PREVAILS TRADITION again prevailed at Georgia Tech February 10 when President Edwin D . Harrison, chairman of the Athletic Board, announced that Leon H. " B u d " Carson, assistant coach in charge of the defense in 1966, h a d been selected as Bobby Dodd's successor as the fourth full-time head coach in the Institute's football history.

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the assistants' ranks, following W. A. Alexander who took over for J o h n Heisman in 1920 and D o d d who replaced Alexander in 1945. H e is the same age (36) as D o d d was when he moved u p to the top spot.

In his only year as a Tech assistant, Carson m a d e a tremendous impression on players, coaches, and alumni with his imaginative "Wrecker" defense which placed Tech sixth in the nation

in total defense. (Tech held opponents to a n average of 206.6 y a r d s per game.) Carson's Raiders were also ninth in the nation in defense against scoring with the opponents getting but 8.1 points per game a n d twelfth in pass defense allowing 98.5 yards per game.

Carson also made a great impression on the members of the special committee assigned to recommend a successor for Coach Dodd, according to President Harrison, who was chairm a n of the committee of the Athletic Board. " W e met at length with him and the committee recommended him unanimously to the full Board," said the Tech president. " I believe Coach D o d d said on F e b r u a r y 6 when we announced his retirement as head coach t h a t we hoped to have a successor named within four days. And, despite the fact t h a t we felt that we should look at other major candidates that might be interested in the opening before we offered the job to Coach Carson, we are less than a half-day late in fulfilling Coach Dodd's predictions. I n the final analysis, Coach Carson's selection was made on the basis of his proven ability as a football coach here a t Tech and at other schools and the potential we all felt he h a d to be a top head coach at Georgia Tech."

Coach Dodd, who has held the dual post of head football coach a n d athletic director since 1950, becomes just Athletic Director D o d d with t h e appointment of Carson. D o d d said that he has seriously considered Carson ever since his own retirement became imminent. "And," he added, "then my interviews with our players and assistant coaches and some other head coaches around the country confirmed what I already knew about B u d Carson. I am h a p p y that the Athletic Board saw fit to n a m e him without reservation."

Carson, a native of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, lettered three years in football, basketball a n d baseball at Freeport (Pa.) High School. I n his senior year he was selected as the outstanding athlete in the tough Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League a n d made a l l - W P I A L first TECH

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teams in both football and basketball.

He entered the University of North Carolina where he graduated with a B.A. degree in education in 1952 after lettering three years as defensive back.

In 1951, he was named to the allSouthern Conference defensive team.

He played in both the Sugar and Cotton Bowls during his career at Carolina.

Following graduation, he served two years as an officer in the Marine Corps, spending part of his tour of duty in Korea. He then coached two

years at Scottdale (Pa.) High School where he had a 16-2-1 record and returned to North Carolina as freshman coach where his record was 5-0 for a year. He was a varsity assistant at North Carolina for six years before moving to South Carolina in 1965 as head of the defense. He joined the Tech staff a year ago last month and was generally credited by Coach Dodd as one of the major reasons for the Jackets unexpected 9-1 season.

Carson is married to the former Jean Hetrich of Natrona Heights,

Pennsylvania. They have two children, a daughter, Dana, and a son, Clifford.

The committee that recommended Carson for the head coaching position included President Harrison; Coach Dodd; Dr. Vernon Crawford, the faculty representative; J. H. (Doc) Outland, the student representative; Mr. John Staton, the alumni representative; and the two life members of the Athletic Board, Mr. L. W. (Chip) Robert and Mr. Robert Tharpe.

Robert B. Wallace, Jr.

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Photographed by Deloye Burrell

The most exciting Tech team since the 1960 group pulls the biggest upset of the 1966-1967 year as

HYDER'S LADS UPSET THE TARHEELS •N A GAME as near to a classic as ing 48-59. Tech then reeled off three you would ever hope to see, more wins against Notre Dame (102Whack Hyder's 1966-67 edition 87), Jacksonville (81-71) and Caroedged second-ranked North Carolina, lina.

82-80, at the Alexander Coliseum on The Carolina game was the best February 11 and ran its record to a played by a Tech team since the brilsolid 14-7. Five of the seven losses liant showings against Kentucky in came in one streak in the early season the late fifties and early sixties. With when Phil Wagner, the heart of this Pres Judy hitting the first five he atteam, was out with an injured arm. tempted, Tech jumped off to an early Tech opened the season with wins lead and was never behind. At the at home against SMU (87-70) and half, it was 38-33, Tech, and midway Rice (87-61) and then was rudely in the second half, Tech had stretched shocked in Athens when Georgia its lead to 14 points. But then Judy squeaked by the Jackets (87-89). Fol- fouled out with 7:04 remaining in the lowing another pair of wins at home game and the Tarheels came alive. over Brown (93-75) and Auburn With 1:49, the taller vistiors had tied (78-76, in overtime), Tech traveled it at 78-78 and the pressure was on. to the West Coast for the Los Angeles Tech managed a free throw to make Classic. The Jackets impressed the it 79-78. The ball changed hands writers and fans with their 101-70 a couple of times before Wagner romp over a much bigger Michigan grabbed the ball and fired it 90 feet to team, but in the second game they Brizendine who made a great play to were beaten by UCLA, the nation's put the Jackets in front, 81-78. Caronumber one team. In this game, Tech, lina came back to bring it to 81-80 despite its great height disadvantage, with one second showing on the clock held the sensational Lew Alcindor to and then the Tarheels called time his lowest point total of the season and were charged with a technical (19). Illinois then beat the Jackets foul because they had already used 83-71 in the consolation match. up their allotment for the half. WagStill without Wagner, Tech was ner hit the free throw to end it all.

With but five games remaining on crushed by Clemson at home (55-76) and then beaten by Tulane (91-99). the schedule, all five Tech starters The final loss in the five-game streak are in double figures in this team came at Greenville when Furman took that stands to set a new seasonal field Tech (68-69) in overtime. Then an- goal percentage record. Phil Wagner other streak started. With Wagner leads with 19.1, Pres Judy has 16.7, and Stan Guth starting regularly at Ted Tomasovich stands at 13.0, Pete the guard posts, Tech won three in Thome has a 10.4 average and Stan a row at home with ease, beating Guth has 10.2. Dave Clark, who was North Carolina State (102-85), Ohio a big factor in Tech's second-half State (84-73) and Georgia (79-53). drive against Carolina, is at 8.6.

Two wins followed on the road as There is little doubt that this team Tech got its revenge against Clemson represents Coach Hyder's finest coach(88-77) and beat Florida State (75- ing effort at Tech. It is smooth and 68). Returning home, the Jackets dis- balanced and lacks only one thing— posed of Mercer (91-57) but lost Stan the good big man—to be one of the Guth for three games when the little great teams in Tech history. Next junior from Roger Kaiser's hometown year, only Judy of the starters will be of Dale, Indiana, suffered a leg injury. missing and with a pair of 6-7 freshEven without Guth, Tech made a run man, the Jackets should have the I at Tennessee in Knoxville, finally los- best team since 1960.

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Dave Clark, a big factor in several of Tech's wins, came off the bench to add strength to the Jackets' attack against North Carolina (above) and Pete Thorne (above right with Hyder) did a big job on the boards.

But the heart and soul of this team is a tough junior from Kentucky, number 24, Phil Wagner, who is shown trying to keep a pair of Tarheels from taking the ball.

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Campus Architect David Savini briefs one group of the merit scholars during the tour phase of the day's program.

Merit Scholars Visit Campus The merit scholars get a look at Tech through the eyes of students via the Blueprint.

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o BE OK NOT TO BE a Ramblin' Reck was the question some 108 national merit semi-finalists and their parents were asking on December 10 when they visited the Tech campus for the first annual National Merit Scholars' Day. Over 325 people from as close as Atlanta and as far as California participated in the crash program designed to give as much insight as possible into the student and academic life at Tech.

After a welcome by student body president, John H. "Doc" Outland, the crowd in the Textile Auditorium heard about "Georgia Tech and the Superior Student" from Dr. E. Arthur Trabant, vice president for Academic Affairs. This keynote address was followed by discussions on Tech's admission policies by Registrar William L. Carmichael. Dr. Arthur G. Hansen, dean of the Engineering College, spoke on "Programs in the Engineering College," while Dr. Vernon Crawford, director of the School of Physics, discussed "Programs in the General College."

A panel discussion on student life on the campus was moderated by Outland, and following lunch, the students received a tour of some of the campus facilities. In the afternoon, Tech's computer systems, the future campus, and the research reactor were the main topics of discussion. The program seemed to be extremely well received with only the rain keeping it from being an excellent start for a most important program.

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Tombstones used in space project SPOOKS I N TOMBSTONES may

have

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buckling, only flattening, then shearing.

Materials used for study included aluminum, brass, titanium, steel, and zinc alloy material.

The studies at Tech are unique since most previous experiments have simply been to measure the reaction of the material during stress conditions and not to measure the velocities at which the materials would actually separate.

livers scared out of them by the time Dr. Charles Stoneking of Mechanical Engineering is finished with his experiments. He is conducting studies on the impact velocities of fuel capsules and collecting data on the conditions that make them rupture, and one of the devices he uses is a grave marker.

To fini out what would happen to the fuel capsules when the vehicle they The late Monie Ferst is honored are in crashes to earth or on another A PLAQUE honoring one of Atlanta's most planet, he simulated the force of impact active men in commerce, industry and by firing the hollow, spherical capsules philanthropy and one of Tech most outfrom a specially constructed compressed standing alumni was installed in the air cannon into hard surfaces. Usually Tech library in late January. he uses an eight-foot-long hardened steel The bronze plaque of Monie Alan rod as a target that is connected to deli- Ferst was unveiled by Mr. Ferst's grandcate measuring devices. son, Walter A. Bloom, Jr., and was given In one phase of the experiments, it by James V. Carmichael. It will hang in was decided that under actual condi- the Monie A. Ferst Memorial Room of tions it would be much more likely that the Graduate Addition to the library the vehicle would crash into an area which is scheduled for completion in the covered with rocks rather than having a Spring of 1968. Until that time, the steel surface, so the researchers used a plaque will be on display in the present block of commercial polished granite library. (without inscriptions).

Mr. Ferst, who died in 1965, was a They found that the granite produced 1911 Mechanical Engineering graduate an impact condition almost identical to of Tech. Subsequently he was associated steel which led Dr. Stoneking to quip, with Roper Strauss Ferst Company of At"If the vehicle should fall into a grave- lanta and Birmingham; Southern Spring yard, we've had it." He added, "The Bed Company; Montag Brothers; M. A. tombstone was an excellent research tool, Ferst, Ltd.; Ferey Mining Company; Avibut several rather curious questions were ation Engineering, Inc.; and Scripto, Inc.; asked about the purchase order for it." all of Atlanta.

Through the studies of failure velocity, He was chairman of the Board of DiStoneking found that thin shells and rectors of Scripto, Inc., president and fairly thick ones hold up best at the director of M. A. Ferst, Ltd., a director highest speeds. T h e incidence of the of the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta, capsules breaking open on impact, or a director of the Atlanta Metropolitan shearing out, was much more frequent Young Men's Christian Association, and with shells in the middle range of a trustee of the Georgia Tech Research thickness.

Institute of Atlanta.

One unexpected reaction on impact In 1956, Mr. Ferst received the Alumni was that thin shells tended to buckle Distinguished Service Award for, in rather than flatten at speeds lower than part, his leadership in the incorporatheir failure velocity. As the speeds in- tion and direction of the Industrial Decreased, the impacted portion would velopment Council, his service on the gradually flatten, then would fail in Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech shear. The thicker shells showed no Research Institute, and for his part in FEBRUARY 1967

the establishment and support of the Society of Sigma Xi at Tech, as well as the generosity he showed through the years to Georgia Tech.

Tom Hall is promoted to new post THOMAS HALL, III, formerly the Associ-

ate Secretary of the Tech Alumni Association, has been named Director of the newly created Office of Resources Development.

Bill Poteet, IE '61, joined the staff of the Alumni Association on January 3 as assistant secretary and Brian Hogg, IE '61, moved into Hall's old job as associate secretary. Poteet, a member of the great 1960 basketball team, has been an Air Force officer since graduation.

Hall, a 1958 Industrial Engineering graduate of Tech, has been with the Alumni Association since 1960.

In his new position, he will work mainly in major gift acquisitions from alumni, friends of Tech, corporations and foundations. Said Hall, "This is not a major gifts campaign on the part of Tech. It is largely an effort to bring financial resources to the school that are not available from the usual state sources."

The office is a new development for Tech and will provide assistance for the growing campus and the changes that are planned in the years ahead. It will direct the deferred giving programs, the $1,000 Club, and aid contacts with business and foundations that are interested in furthering special programs at Tech.

"With the increased needs of the school," said Hall, "it will help in the long-range approach from the standpoints of business, industry and the individual to meet the demands placed on the school."

The office will also help to develop increased student financial aid funds, scholarships, fellowships, chairs and professorships as well as provide for contacts with selected federal programs of assistance.

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son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hall, Jr., of that city.

Perlin new head of Computer Center A CHIEF has been named for the Rich Electronic Computer Center who succeeds Dr. William Atchison. He is Dr. Irwin E. Perlin who was on the initial planning committee for the Center and who has been Head of the Mathematical Analysis Branch for 10 years.

In his new position, Perlin will direct the activities of the Computer Center which is used both for research and academic purposes. The facility was established in 1955 with a grant from the Rich Foundation, matching grants from the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and additional funds from the building authority of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

The Center supplies research and development for studies on the Tech campus, and also for government and industry both in the United States and foreign countries.

Perlin received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and in 1935 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago.

New series of grants announced A TOTAL of $10,400 in research grants was awarded jointly to Georgia Tech and Emory University by the E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company.

Of the amount, Tech received $7,400.

For postgraduate teaching assistance aid, that is designed to encourage advanced graduate students to continue teaching, $3,000 was awarded; and two $2,200 awards were granted to be used for summer research in chemical and mechanical engineering.

Tech will participate in research being done by the Ferst Research Center at Piedmont Hospital because of a grant of $59,280 from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York.

The amount is for continued study of molecular coating of blood vessels as a preventive of thrombosis. It is under the leadership of Dr. Walter L. Bloom, son of Tech alumnus M. A. Ferst.

Dr. Don S. Harmer, Research Associate Professor of Physics, will direct the joint participation of Tech professors who will use a specially built testing apparatus in the research. Both the Neely Nuclear Research Center and the Rich Electronic Computer Center will continue to be used for the studies.

Two other grants for Tech research account for $53,430. Dr. John H. Burson was awarded $31,930 by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for two years' study of Particle Dynamics in Inertial Fields. The experimentation will be concerned with the trajectory of 22

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small articles and will have implications in air pollution. The remainder of the amount was a grant of $21,500, given by the National Science Foundation for support of Research Participation for College Teachers and it will be under the direction of Dr. James A. Stanfield, a Tech professor of chemistry.

The M & H Ferst Foundation contributed $15,000 for the Tech Task Force and Expeditor part of the proposed Biochemical Engineering program. T h e funds will be used under the direction of Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. E. Arthur Trabant, and a committee comprised of Tech professors, Dr. Walter Bloom, Dr. Robert Fetner, Dr. C. J. Roberts, and Dr. Vladimir Slamecka.

Neely Professor honored

Technology Society, and the Acoustical Society of America.

English Prof gets Fulbright grant A N ENGLISH professor at Tech who received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry has been named Fulbright Lecturer for the University of Vienna in the 1967-68 academic year.

Dr. James Dean Young will leave for Munich, Germany, in the summer where he will receive intensive language training, then will go directly to Vienna where he will teach survey courses in American Literature, and will also conduct an advanced course on Contemporary American Literature.

Last year, Dr. Young received Tech's first annual Union Camp award for teaching excellence and was selected for the honor by a committee of his peers.

He is a past winner of the George Griffin award given by the student council for interest in student activities and is a faculty advisor for the Technique, coach of the debating team, and associate editor of Critique, a journal of studies in modern fiction. He is the author of numerous articles of literary criticism.

Young received his Bachelor of Science degree from California Institute of Technology in 1949, his Master's degree in English in 1950 from Stanford University, and in 1956 was awarded his Ph.D. degree in English from Rice Univesrity.

While studying for his doctorate at Rice, Young taught American Literature, then joined the Georgia Tech faculty after he received his degree. He has also served two years on the Tulane University faculty.

NEELY PROFESSOR of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Nathan W. Snyder, has recently been appointed to the Atomic Energy Commission's Advisory Committee on Isotopes and Radiation Development.

He and other members of the committee will advise the AEC on policies and programs to encourage the development of widescalc applications of radioisotopes and radiation.

Before joining the Tech faculty, Snyder was Chairman and Professor in the department of Nuclear Engineering which he helped initiate and develop at the University of California.

Presently he is a member of the Space Technology Panel to President Johnson's Science Advisory Committee which has headquarters in Washington, D.C. He is also a Scientific Advisor to the Air Force and Department of Defense on Space Technology.

Snyder's main fields of work include Top architects speak on campus power for spacecraft and advanced propulsion for deep space exploration, in- WHAT'S HAPPENING was more or less the cluding both nuclear and electric propul- subject of a lecture given to Atlanta sion. His main areas of research are in architects, Tech architecture students, eneigy conversion, heat and mass transand interested public by Chairman of fer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, nu- Harvard University's Department of clear technology, and applied physics.

Architecture, Benjamin Thompson.

He joined the Institute for Defense With almost ear-splitting popular Anaylsis and the Advanced Research music and three synchronized slide proProjects Agency of the Department of jectors, he "created the real visual imDefense in 1958 to aid in the initiation pact of a city through a concept of of the U.S. space program and has been human scales which, in the end, focuses a consultant for such programs as on people, not on the buildings themTransit, Tiros, Saturn, Centaur, Titan selves."

III, and Midas.

The loud music, he explained, was to The development of a generator using destroy the present environment and large amounts of radiosotopes that can make the person a part of the design. be operated in remote locations on earth, To illustrate how some architecture underseas and on space craft has been does not fit into the scope of human of particular interest to Snyder. activities, Thompson showed a series of He received his B.S., Master's and slides concerned with scenes of children, Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from the sunshine, flowers and the joys of people University of California where he also on a normal summer day which were completed postdoctoral work in physics. accompanied by a jazzed-up version of His professional membership includes the Gershwin's "Summertime." The sequence American Institute of Astronautics and ended with an ugly, tall, grey building Aeronautics, American Nuclear Society, in Boston that Thompson felt was comAmerican Physical Society, American pletely out of harmony with the world, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Marine its surroundings and the people.

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Architecture, Thompson feels, will someday benefit from visual methods similar to the ones he presented at Tech.

With them it will be possible to project the ultimate design and relate it to the whole of activities and environment while it is in the beginnings of planning.

Architect's Beattie named Commission head CULTURE may be thought to be lacking

at Tech, but it's there if you want it.

George Beattie, who is chairman of the creative drawing program and an instructor in the school of architecture, will begin a two-year leave of absence in June to head the Georgia Art Commission.

He has received numerous awards for his paintings including the national Mead Art Show which had its beginnings in Atlanta, the Southeastern Annual Show, Audubon Artists at the National Academy Galleries, the Macon Museum Show, and Callaway Gardens. In 1963, he had a retrospective exhibition in the Columbus Museum, and his works have been on display in New York City, Atlanta, and in the Art: USA Show.

Beattie will be chairman of the 23 member committee which represents art, theater, music, and dance. He said, "The committee will serve all the arts in the state as equally as possible but will take into consideration the needs and inclinations of the particular communities."

Currently, Beattie is on the advisory committee of the Atlanta Arts Festival and two years ago was president of the meet which is annually held in Piedmont Park. H e is a member of the executive committee of the Greater Atlanta Arts Council and the advisory board of the Southeastern Education Laboratory for Elementary and Secondary Schools.

He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, was head of the Brenau Art Department, and has taught at the Atlanta Art Institute as well as at Tech.

lumni turned out for the December 8 stag party of the Augusta Georgia Tech Club to hear Assistant Coach Bill Fulcher and Aumni Secretary Roane Beard talk about Tech. Dort B. Payne presided over the meeting at which Fulcher talked about the 1966 season and Beard discussed the institution's building program and academic policies. Fulcher narrated films of the 1966 Tech-Duke football game.

Baum named to head Joint Drive

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Harry S. Baxter of Atlanta have been named General Chairmen of the 1967 campaign of the Joint Tech-Georgia Development Fund and will lead the drive to solicit faculty salary-supplement funds from business and industrial firms in Georgia.

Baum, vice chairman of J. P. Stevens and Co., is a past president of the Georgia Textile Manufacturers Association and the Georgia Tech Foundation, and in 1962 received Tech's Distinguished Alumni Service Award. Baxter, a partner in the law firm of Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey and Regenstein, is a past president of Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, and the University of Georgia Law School Association.

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the General Chairman this year are: Morris M. Bryan, president of Jefferson Mills, Jefferson, who will head the State campaign with Joel Hunt; James B. Ramage, agency manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, who will help direct the Atlanta campaign; Charles R. Yates, vice president-finance, ACL-L&N Railroads; and Carl J. Reith, president of Colonial Stores, both of Atlanta, who will head the National Firms solicitation.

Philip H. Alston will serve as chairman of the Fund's Executive Committee and, along with President O. C. Aderhold, will represent the University's Foundation. President E. D. Harrison of Tech and Oscar Davis will represent the Tech Foundation. Completing the membership of this committee will be chairmen of the two preceding campaigns, J. J. McDonough (Tech), Charles Gowen, W. C. Wardlaw (Tech) and A. H. Sterne.

In order to help meet the steadilyincreasing need for faculty supplements, this organization will undertake to bring in $625,000 annually by the end of 1968.

A thousand firms are now contributing to its support.

AUGUSTA,

GEORGIA—Sixty-one

TEXAS—Joe

Tech

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tained 48 members of the North Texas Club with a talk on Tech's new academic and building programs at the December 9 meeting. Guthridge, vice president for development, also presented a Tech football film.

KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE—Fred Ajax, di-

rector of campus affairs, spoke to the Kingsport Georgia Tech Club on January 27. The popular Tech administrator was joined by Brian Hogg, associate alumni secretary who brought the audience up-to-date on Tech's expansion program. Ajax talked about the necessity of maintaining a spirit of change as progress dictates. There were 59 present at the meeting.

MACON, GEORGIA—Coach Joe Pittard was

the guest speaker at the November 22 meeting of the Macon Georgia Tech Club. Forty-five alumni came to hear TECH A L U M N U S

THE CLUBS—continued Coach Joe explain the benefits of being a college athlete.

MEMPHIS,

TENNESSEE—The

Memphis

Georgia Tech Club met on January 18 to hear President Edwin D. Harrison speak on the changes which he has seen take place during his first 10 years in office. Special guests at the meeting included Tom Todd, a Memphis merit scholar, Steve Timmons and Rob Uhlmann, who will attend Tech on football grants next fall; and Brother Phillip Morgan, a representative of Christian Brothers College. Officers elected for the coming year included J. E . Harwood, III, president; Robert M. Poole, Jr., vice president; Dan Neighbors, secretarytreasurer; and Donald H. McCamy, roll call chairman.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA—Bob Wallace, direc-

tor of information services, was the guest speaker at the November 16 meeting of the Central Florida Alumni Association.

Wallace briefed the 73 alumni and guests on the growth of the institution and the state of its academic and athletic programs. T h e present officers were elected for an additional five-month term in order to change the fiscal year procedures of the club. They include Chet Tomlin, Jr., president; Donald W. Carraway, vice president; Art Siegel, secretary; and Max Ireland, treasurer.

News of the Alumni

by Classes ' 1 0 Charles L. Crumley, T E , of St. ' ** Augustine, Florida, died on December 24, 1966.

been a well-known supporter of Tech for many years.

Caldwell Ragan, Sr.. has retired as an executive with a textile corporation. H e is residing at 706 S. York Street, Gastonia, North Carolina 28052.

Mr. John C. Rogers of Ponte Vedra, Florida, passed away recently. Mr. Rogers had been a loyal supporter of Georgia Tech and its many programs. ' O n Mr. Warren R. Pollard, E E , for£•** merly with the Virginia Transit Company died on October 12. His widow resides at 3303 Sulgrave Road, Richmond, Virginia. ' 0 1 Arthur "Peck" Rylander, M E , ™' who had been very active in his home community of Americus, Georgia, passed away on July 5, 1966.

Robert T. Willingham, passed away in September in Marietta, Georgia.

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Carlyle Holienmn has recently retired.

^OA. ^ ' Marshall Moore passed away *~ ' in February, 1966, in Charlotte, North Carolina. ' O C Mr. G. R. Hardwick of Atlanta ^** passed away this past September. ' O C Dixon Allen, EE, of Anniston, ^ ^ Alabama, passed away in October, 1966. He had been a faithful supporter of Tech for many years.

Irwin Lamar Partee. CE, passed away in October of 1966.

James Lee Ricketson. E E , of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, an avid alumnus, died on December 7, 1966.

James T. Ricketson, was blessed with his first granddaughter, Jennifer Anne Taylor, on October 4, 1966. ' O T John L. H. Young recently retired ™ • from Southern Bell after completing 39 years of service with the company. Mr. Young and his wife plan to divide their time between their Atlanta home on Sharondale Drive and their home in Highlands, North Carolina.

» 1 £ Marcus M. Clayton, Sr., CE, was ' O Q Howard L. Brewton, CE, passed ^** away in August, 1966, in Portland, ' • killed in an automobile accident Oregon. His widow resides at 3920 Hasin Ft. Valley, on December 24, 1966. salo in Portland. ' I E Charles W. Fulwood, Arch., of ' O H A. H. Blackmore, EE, passed away '*» Tifton, Georgia, passed away * » " recently in Windsor, Missouri. recently.

John L. Hammond passed away last ' 1 7 Emory B. Phillips, Sr., E E , died October in Ladson, South Carolina.

Ralph L. Heard, T E , recently passed • * in November. away in Chattanooga. His wife's ad1 Q We have recently learned of the dress is 102 Stephenson Avenue, Look• O death of Mr. Russell E. Babbitt, out Mountain, Tennessee.

Sr., E E , on December 1, 1966.

Hammond B. Smith. Com., who has Howard B. Sawtell passed away in been Director of The Atlanta Region of Brunswick, Georgia, in November of '66. the U. S. Civil Service Commission during the past 12 years, has just received ! ' 1 Q Lewis E. Cook, Arch., died on the highest award that can be conferred \ • « January 12, 1967. Mr. Crook had by the Commission, The Commissioner's TECH ALUMNUS

Faces in the News Wiley P. Ballard, ' 4 1 , has been elected President and a Director of Texaco Experiment, Inc., w i t h main offices in Richmond, Va. TEI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texaco, Inc., which specializes in p r o p u l sion, high-strength materials and electronics.

Sid Williams, '42, has recently accepted a position as Assistant to the Director of Management Systems in the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program of Douglas Aircraft Company. He graduated from Georgia Tech and received a B.S. degree in Industrial Management.

M. J. Osborne, '44, who is vice p r e s i d e n t and chief engineer of Bowaters Southern Paper Corp., has received the first Engineering Division Award ever presented by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. He began his career w i t h Crossett Co. in 1946.

William C. Giegold, '47, has been named manager of General Electee's Magnetic Materials Business Section in the M e t a l l u r g i c a l Products Department. He will be head of G.E.'s manufact u r i n g f a c i l i t y in LaGrange, III. He was a manufacturing manager for G.E. George J. Myers, '47, was appointed Technical Director, USAF Special Projects Production Fac i l i t y , Westover AFB, Mass. with a grade of GS15. He has been with Operations Research at the same base for seven years and has a degree from Tech in Electrical Engineering.

Wade H. Rhyne, '48, has been promoted to Senior Branch Manager at the Jacksonville sales office of the Foxboro Co. He joined the firm in 1955 as a Sales Engineer in Chattanooga, Tenn., and subsequently worked in Birmingham, and Jacks o n v i l l e as a b r a n c h manager.

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Award. He makes his home in Atlanta.

Charles S. Smyly recently passed away in Eastman, Georgia. ) 0 Raynold Worth Allen of Winston***• Salem, North Carolina, passed away recently.

Willis R. Greer, CE, has recently transferred from Seattle, Washington, to Indianapolis, Indiana. He is employed by the Lone Star Cement Corporation.

James C. Sproull died this past September. His wife resides at 3310 Deerwood Drive, Gastonia, North Carolina.

Henry Burns, Jr., ME, president » " of Burns Brick Company, Macon, Georgia, received the Hewitt Willson Award of the Southeast Section American Ceramic Society for outstanding service in the field of ceramics.

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Eugene M. Johnson, is serving as Chief Engineer for the Mississippi State Highway Department. He has recently been elected president of the American Association of State Highway Officials.

Marion P. Rivers, Jr., Com., died on December 15, 1966.

Daniel T. Hosenbeck, Jr., TE, passed away recently in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Thomas E. Jones, Jr., a long-time supporter of Georgia Tech, died recently in Canton, Georgia.

Michael T. Lambert. Jr.. ME, died in December. His widow's address is 3200 Wood Valley Road, N. W., Atlanta.

Henry I. Jehan has become associated with Triangle Conduit & Cable Company, Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey. His new home address is 280 River Road, Apartment 86 B, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.

D. L. Johnston, CE, passed away recently in Pasadena, Texas. He had been a loyal supporter of Tech for years.

Charles S. LeCraw, IM, is the first Army Reserve officer to be designated a logistician in the non-resident career program of the Army Logistics Management Center, Ft. Lee, Virginia. The Colonel, in the Army Reserve, is manager for construction and marketing at U. S. Steel.

Herbert S. Saffir, CE, is a consulting engineer in Coral Gables, Florida. He recently presented a paper on current standards of structural performance of glass at the Fall Conference of The Building Research Institute.

Jack W. Adams has opened an office in Gainesville, Florida, at 1410 N. W. 13th Avenue, specializing in his dentistry specialization of peridontics.

' A 0 . D e c e a s e d : Jeff H- Wallis of 2539 " v Headland Drive, East Point, Georgia, after a long illness.

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John C. Beals. ID, has been promoted to Colonel in the USAF. He and his wife, Virginia, live in Sumter, South Carolina.

Gilbert Bachmcmn has been promoted to the presidency of Dittler Brothers in Atlanta. He is currently serving as president of the Printing Industry of America, Inc. E. F. Hughs, Jr.. IM, has recently received an award for "outstanding achievement" in Standard Oil Company's 1966 SPOTLIGHT ON SALES contest.

Gene G. .Guenther, IM, has received the call to "Go west, young man, go west"—all the way to Alaska. He presently is employed with Air Force Communication Systems as a mechanical engineer GS-12. Address: 3016 East 41st Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99504.

Robert W. Milling has been promoted to Lt. Colonel at the USAF Academy, Colorado, where he is an instructor.

Lt. Col. Robert F. Woodall, Jr., USAF, was awarded the Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement at the Los Angeles Air Force Station, California.

Lt. Col. Tom M. Arnold, Jr., Chem., is on duty at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam.

Junius Clyde Bell, IM, is attending Harvard Business School for intensive training in the middle management development course.

Robert S. Brooks, TE, has been named assistant dyes division manager for CIBA Chemical & Dye Company. Mr. Brooks resides with his wife and family at 39 Robin Hood Lane, Chatham, New Jersey.

Maj. Richard E. Hemmingway, USMC, IE, is serving in Vietnam with a Marine Attack Squadron.

Harry L. Holloman, IE, has been elected vice president, parts and service, and a member of the Board of Directors of Yancey Brothers Company. Mr. Holloman resides in Macon, Georgia.

Major Robert J. Carlson, USAF, IE, has received, for the second time, the USAF Commendation Award at Yakota, Japan. His wife, Johnnie, resides in Thomasville, Georgia, at 115 Bartow Street.

David L. Smith, EE, has been promoted to Lt. Colonel at the Air University at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. His mailing address is 508 W. 28th Street, Vancouver, Washington.

T. E. Swilley, EE, District Manager for Schlumberger Well Services, has been transferred to New Iberia, Louisiana.

George C. Beckmann, Jr., IM, has been appointed administrator for TECH ALUMNUS

Faces in the News Frank Holladay, '50, received the Region V Southeastern Plant Eng i n e e r of t h e Y e a r Award. He is now vice president of Plant Engin e e r i n g for S o u t h w i r e Company in Carrollton, Ga., and has been with the company since 1952.

He received his degree in Electrical Engineering.

George H. Fisk, '51, has been named manager of manufacturing, film and sheet, from his position as p l a n t manager for Celanese P l a s t i c s in Newark. He joined Celanese in 1955 as quality c o n t r o l engineer, and has been a supervisor and head of production planning.

George A. Morris, '53, has b e e n a p p o i n t e d Southeastern Division Manager for Royal Crown Cola Co. He has been with RC since 1962, and previously was assistant to the vice president of Georgia Power Co. in Columbus. He was a member of the 1952 AllAmerica football team.

Robert J. Bitowft, '55, was recently selected to represent Peat Marwick and Mitchell as a financ i a l management cons u l t a n t to t h e K u w a i t National Petroleum Company. His address is P o s t Office Box 7 0 , KNPC, Kuwait, Arabia.

James C. Leathers, '55, is now Assistant Superintendent of Duke Power Company's Marshall Stea m S t a t i o n , near C h a r l o t t e , N.C. When completed in 1970, Marshall will be one of the largest steam e l e c t r i c g e n e r a t i n g s t a t i o n s in the world.

George E. M c C o r m i c k , '56, formerly director of q u a l i t y c o n t r o l at Genesco, was named a Supervisor for Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc. Advanced Analytical Method of Training programs.

He s p e c i a l i z e d in the design and installation of these programs.

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George C. Gilbreath has completed more than twenty-five missions in Southeast Asia. His wife lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 3941 Manor Road.

Holton R. Parris, IM, has announced the formation of Equity Utility Service Company, Inc., located at 6049 Boylston Drive (Sandy Springs), Atlanta 30328.

Richard Vaughan, CE, is now Chief of the Environmental Sanitation Program for the National Center for Urban and Industrial Health Department for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Cincinnati, Ohio 45213. ' C O Major Roy M. Brewer, USAF, has wfc been decorated with The Bronze Star Medal at Patrick AFB, Florida, for meritorious service as assistant flight operations officer in Vietnam. His wife, the former Martha Still of Atlanta, resides on LaVista Road.

John A. Caddell, now associated with Blount Bros. Corporation in Montgomery, Alabama, will become manager of the Construction Division. He is married to the former Miss Joyce Kirby of Montgomery and they now have five children.

Charles E. Gearing, EE, received his Ph.D. in Management Science from Purdue University in August of 1966 and is presently assistant professor in Kannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Purdue. ' C O Robert M. Bullard, IM, has been 3 3 appointed Manager of Markets Sales by Honeywell, Inc.'s Industrial Division. He and his wife, the former Margaret Ann Wilkins of Atlanta, and their three children live at 1561 Derry Drive, Dresher, Pennsylvania 19025.

Jack D. Patterson, has just been appointed President of Petroleum Equipment Company, 407 40th Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee.

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George W. Finison, EE, has been chosen as a Staff School Selection by the Air Force Logistics Command at Warner Robins Air Materiel Center. He and his wife, Dorothy Jean, live at Warnerson, Apt. 38, Warner Robins, Georgia 31093.

Captain Augustus E. Markette, IM, has completed specialized pilot training at Tinker AFB, Okla. Capt. Markette and wife, Hilda, will reside at Charleston AFB, South Carolina.

Captain Thurman N. Palmer, USAF, is now flying as a Safety Officer at McChord AFB, Washington.

H. Carlos Puckett, IM, is now an Associate with the Alvin H. Phillips Co. of Greenville, S. C. His new address is 206 Northfield Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609.

Captain Everett T. Raspberry, USAF, serving with the Air Force in Saigon,

Vietnam, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down seven MIGs in one day. ' E C Walter Carlson, TE, has recently 3*1 moved to Atlanta as the Marketing Director of Chemical Services, Inc. He resides at 5694 Mill Shire Lane, Dunwoody, Georgia 30043, along with his wife, Sallie, and their four children.

Captain Robert S. Greever, AE, has been decorated with the Air Medal at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. As an F-100 Super Sabre pilot, he received the medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in Southeast Asia. He is now assigned to Kadena as a member of the Pacific Air Forces. »CC B. F. Barfield, ME, has accepted 3 U a position as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama. His new home address is 162 Woodland Hills, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486.

Michael Harold Hull, ID, was recently promoted to Major at the U.S. Army Aviation Materiel Laboratories in Ft. Eustis, Virginia. Major Hull resides with his wife, Kathryn, and sons Michael and David, at 1105-A Thompson Circle, Ft. Eustis, Virginia.

Howard F. Duson, IM, has joined the Arthur Jakeman and Associates firm as a consultant. Their address is 4214 Airport Boulevard, Mobile, Alabama.

W. Richard Hauenstein, IE, and his wife, announce the birth of a son, Glen Alan.

Franklin D. Jordan, AE, who is serving with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, has been promoted to Chief of a Section. His home address is 3206 Ravensworth Place, Alexandria, Virginia.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Neil Lesser, EE, a son, Joel Steven. The Lessers reside at 2212 Randolph Court, N. E., Atlanta 30329. »CQ Major Walter H. Lane, USAF, is ' on duty at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Vietnam, as an F-4C Phantom II aircraft pilot.

William, E. Martin, IE, has been appointed Officer in Charge of the Square Office of the South Carolina National Bank in Anderson, South Carolina.

Donald S. Pirkle, IE, has been named Coatings District Sales Manager with Dow Chemical Company in Atlanta.

R. B. Brooks, EE, Field Engineer for Schlumberger Well Services, has been transferred to Wooster, Ohio. ' C Q Married: Thomas Morgan Roberts, 3 3 IE, to Margaret Elizabeth Boyle on January 24 in Memphis, Tennessee.

He is vice president of Southern Boiler and Tank Works.

Capt. Orson G. Swindle, III, USMAC, was shot down by enemy ground fire on November 11, 1966, and is believed to be a prisoner of the Viet Cong.

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Faces in the News Robert B. Church, III, '57, has won an award from Progressive Architecture magazine for his design of an Arkansas residence. The proposed house is designed for a community-minded family of five who entertain large numbers of friends as part of everyday life.

L. Thomas Murphy, Jr., '57, has been named Plant Manager of the Hudson Wire Company's new Trenton, Ga. plant to be built in the spring of 1967. Formerly, he w a s D i r e c t o r of t h e Northwest Georgia Branch of Tech's IDD in Rome. He and his family will live in Trenton.

William D. Sheppard, '57, is now branch manager of the Tampa sales office of the Foxboro Company where he has been a sales engineer in the Tampa office since 1 9 6 0 . F o x b o r o is a worldwide manufacturer of instruments and control systems.

William M. Oigby, '58, has been promoted to Branch Manager of the Greenville, S.C. office of t h e F o x b o r o Co. He j o i n e d Foxboro at Atlanta in 1959 as a sales e n g i n e e r , was t r a n s ferred to Greenville in 1963, and was then promoted to Senior Sales Engineer in 1965.

Richard R. Hinch, '59, has accepted a position as a Supervisor in the Engineering Division of Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc., of New York. His work with KSA since he j o i n e d the firm a f t e r graduation has been in material utilization for the company's apparel industry clients. < Keith Brasher, '64, has joined Dixisteel Buildings, Inc., of Atlanta, as Chief of the Research and Development Section of the firm's Engineering Department. He has had previous training in electronic data p r o c e s s i n g equipment, and received his Master's from Tech.

NEWS BY CLASSES—cont.

Paul P. Watkins, IM, has joined Delta Air Lines in Atlanta as a Second Officer. |fl Major Alden A. Scott, MS, has **U completed specialized pilot training at Tinker AFB, Okla., and has been assigned to Dover AFB, Delaware, as a member of the Military Airlift Command.

W. H. Starnes, Jr., Ph.D., Chem., has a paper in the current issue of The Journal of Organic Chemistry. It is entitled "Acid-Catalyed Decomposition of Peroxydienones derived from Hindered Phenols."

James H. Phillips, Jr., ME, re»» I ceived a promotion to Lt. Colonel this past November. He and his wife, Ruth, live at 4605 Millburn Court, Alexandria, Virginia. They have two children, Mark and Eric.

JO Ralph E. Vick, AE, has been provt- moted to the rank of Captain. He recently received a Distinguished Flying Cross, Commendation Metal, Air Metal, and Kaman Helicopter Award for rescue missions while on duty in Southeast Asia.

First Lieutenant Milton A. Cash, USAF, IM, has entered the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He is married to the former Alice Milliken, who resides at 1234 Conoy Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Lt. Robert E. Hawkins, USAF, has recently received the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious Achievement at Los Angeles Air Force Station.

Donald M. Bohler, ME, has recently graduated from Stanford University with an MS in ME and is being reassigned as a First Lieutenant and instructor in the Department of Aeronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado.

Married: John Otis Ethridge, EE, to Miss Barbara Jean Bohannan in Monterey Park, California.

William Mark Snedden, IE, has graduated from the General Electric Manufacturing Training Program. He has taken a position as Inventory and Production Planning Specialist, heading project group in computer applications in manufacturing. He is living at 50 Greenwell Ct., Lynchburg, Virginia.

William R. Cooke, CE, has joined the Research and Development Department of Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Rivers, IE, a daughter, Sally Lillian, in August. The Rivers live at 1462 Upland Drive, Griffin, Georgia. Mr. Rivers is working as a Standards Engineer at Dundee Mills, Inc. George Alfred Harbour, III, IM, has been released from active duty with the Navy and is now working with General Electric in Charlotte, North Carolina.

His home address is 6760 Lancer Drive.

Larry R. Kirk, IE, has recently been promoted to plant industrial enigneer at the Fiber Operations of American Viscose Division, FMC Corp. in Nitro, West Virginia. ' C 9 Married: Thomas Joseph Carter, 0 " Arch., to Miss Linda Diane Moore.

Mr. Carter is employed by Edwards and Portman, Architects.

R. T. Creighton, Jr., EE, has recently completed all requirements for an E E degree with an MS from Southern Methodist Universtiy. His new address is 5905 Sandhurst Lane, Apt. 109, Dallas, Texas.

Married: George Lawrence Hunnicutt, CE, to Marcia Joan Dunn of Atlanta.

The wedding took place in St. Petersburg in November. He is a project engineer for the Charles M. Graves Organization in Atlanta.

Married: Andre' C. Jasse, Jr., IM, to Sandra Hazlett of Winthrop, Massachusetts. The wedding took place last April. He received his LL.B degree to June from Boston College Law School and was admitted as an attorney to the Massachusetts Bar. He is associated with Dean Witter & Co., Investment Bankers and Brokers, 125 High St., Boston, Massachusetts.

William Allen Johnson. ME, was killed on the Aircraft Carrier Orikany, October 26, 1966. The family's address is 910 Bridle Path Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Captain and Mrs. Stuart A. Mead of Mannheim, Germany, announce the birth of a daughter, Dorothy Marie, on October 30 at the U. S. Army Hospital in Heidelberg.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harris Smith, EE, a daughter, Allison Chandler, on June 30, 1966. Mr. Smith is employed as a District Engineer by the Louis Allis Co. They reside at 8223 Carrolwood Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28210.

Lt. Stanley J. Smith, USAF, AE, has been assigned to Project Gemini at the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. His home address is 291r Butler Street, Melbourne, Florida.

Lt. and Mrs. Fitzhugh L. Wood, IM, announce the birth of a son, Kenneth, on March 6, 1966, in Denver, Colorado.

S a S e d : George Verdery Boyd, IM, to Patricia Ruth Alverson.

The wedding will take place in March.

He will receive his J.D. degree in June from Emory University.

First Lieutenant Lee E. Bricker, USAF, MSCE, has entered the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Lt. Thomas E. Clement, USAF is being assigned to Laughlin AFB, Texas for pilot training.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. William G. Edgar, TE, a son, James William, II, Aug. 15. Mr. Edgar is with Burlington Mills, Halifax, Virginia. 'fiA

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Ronald L. Fulmer, ME, was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service as the Post Chemical Officer at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, upon completion of two years of active duty.

Mr. Fulmer is employed as a Design Engineer by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in Chattanooga. His home address is 2328 David Lane, Chattanooga.

John C. Gullickson, IM, has graduated from the U. S. Naval Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island.

Lt. Jerry L. Hanchey, USAF, AE, was awarded his silver wings at Vance AFB, Arizona, and will be assigned to MacDill AFB, Florida. His home address is 3609 Ridge Rd., North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Lt. Arthur H. Patton, Jr., USAF is training at Tyndall AFB, Florida, as a weapons controller.

James P. Roby, III, EE, has been commissioned a second lieutenant and is assigned to Edwards AFB, California for training and duty. His wife is living at 3356 Napier Avenue, Macon, Georgia.

Second Lieutenant William H. Satterfield, IE, completed a nine-week orientation course at Ft. Gordon, Georgia on October 7, 1966, and a 16-week microwave course at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, January 31, 1967. He will leave the first of March for a year's tour of Bangkok, Thailand. Lt. Satterfield's address is 1130 Booth Ave., Owensboro, Kentucky 42301.

Charles G. Spooner, IM, is now work34

ing with V. B. McCormick & Sons in South Vietnam. His work includes building an airstrip and other projects on Project Turnkey.

Lawrence P. Staunton, Math, is studying for his Ph.D. at UCLA. His address is 3326 S. Sawtelle Boulevard, Apt. 18, Los Angeles, California 90066.

First Lieutenant Wymon J. Stephens, USAF, is a member of the OUTSTANDING WING CREW in his strategic Air Command outfit at Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyoming. He was cited for his performance during operational and training missions.

Henry Clements Taylor, Jr., Phys, of 1724 Westhaven Drive, S. W., Atlanta, 30311, is attending Officer Candidate School at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, U. S. Corps of Engineers. ' C C Pierre H. Charrin, IE, has been ^*Âť promoted to Army First Lieutenant in Korea with the Second Artillery.

Lt. Richard J. Ciprotti, USAF, is a communications officer at Fuchu Air Station, Japan.

Engaged: Jack M. Epstein, IE, to Miss Judith Ann Kross of Miami Beach. The wedding is planned for this spring. He is with The Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta.

Second Lieutenant Nicholas E. Grynkewich, Cer.E., has received his wings.

Bobby D. Harper, MS, has recently been promoted to Major at the U. S. Army Aviation Materiel Command at St. Louis, Missouri. He resides at 1573 Ville-Maura Lane, Hazelwood, Missouri.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hitchcock, Jr., a daughter in September, 1966.

The Hitchcocks live at 110 Whispering Way, Atlanta 30328.

Engaged: Wamon Daniel Faulk, IM, to Miss Susan Irene Dennard of Decatur, Georgia. Mr. Faulk was a member of the varsity football team and the " T " Club. They will live in Greenville, South Carolina.

Second Lieutenant James D. Hoag, AE, has completed specialized pilot training at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, in the newest jet transport, the C-141 Starlifter, and is being reassigned to McChord AFB, Washington, with the Military Airlift Command.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Matthews, Arch, a son, Pels Alexander, on October 15. They are presently residing at 273 Dwight Street, New Haven, Connecticut.

Lt. Robert S. Pahl, USAF, IM, has been commissioned at Lackland AFB, Texas, and is being transferred to Moody AFB, Georgia, for pilot training.

His wife Nancy lives at Rt. 1, Clarkesville, Georgia.

Jon William Reinhardt, ME, has been promoted to process engineer in the body shop, Fisher Body Plant. He resides at 2440-B Johnson Ferry Rd., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

Jeffrey W. Weiss, IM, is associated with Edwards and Hanley, members of the New York Stock Exchange. They

are located at No. 2 Broadway, New York City.

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Thomas W. Akridge, AE, who now lives at 13751 Edwards St., Apt. 11-C, Westminister, California 92683, has accepted a position with Douglas Missile and Space Systems Division as an Associate Engineer Scientist.

Lt. James A. Bond, has been commissioned at Lackland AFB, Texas, and will be in training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, as a communications officer.

Steven M. Bromberg is now employed with the Public Health Service Air Pollution Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio.

James P. Bryant, TE, MS, has been appointed a textile engineer with Monsanto Chemical Co. He and his wife, Sue, live at 1401 19th Ave., S. E., Decatur, Georgia.

William E. Burrows. IS, MS, is being assigned to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. His wife, Rita, lives at 6335 N. Michigan Road.

Stephen D. Carver, IM, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the USAF and is being assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois, for training as an aircraft maintenance officer. His wife, the former Margaret King, resides at 142 Talley St., Marietta, Georgia.

Manson D. Case, ME, has been promoted to first lieutenant at Pupyong, Korea. His USA address is 414 W. Cama St., Charlotte, North Carolina.

Britton W. Davis, Jr., is in training at Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado.

John F. De Bardelebcn. Jr., Chem, has been appointed a research scientist at the Philip Morris, Inc. Research Center in New York City.

Charles Virgil Gandy, Jr., IM, and the former Margaret Florence Gregory were married in Atlanta this past December.

Married: Ensign Edward Hunt Guilbert, Jr., CE, to Miss Frances Sibley in December in Atlanta.

Thomas G. Hancock. Chem, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the USAF upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is being assigned to Tyndall AFB, Florida for training as a weapons controller.

Lt. James M. Johnson. USAF is being assigned to Keesler AFB, Mississippi, for training as an Air Force Communications Officer.

Ruben F. Owen, AE, who was stated as having been married in September, 1966, will not be married until September of 1967.

Charles E. Parrott has recently been appointed a textile engineer for the Monsanto Chemical Company's Textile Division in Decatur, Alabama. He and his wife, Marie, will live in Decatur at 1504 16th Ave., S. W. Lt. Ronald C. Smith, USAF, IE, has recently been commissioned second lieutenant at Lackland AFB, Texas, and is being assigned to Chanute to complete training.

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