Fred W. Ajax Memorial Student Loan Fund at Tech. Checks made out to either of these worthy projects may be sent to Jamie R. Anthony, vice president/controller, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia 30332.
Retiring faculty honored at Annual Faculty Dinner O N MAY 16, the 1968 Georgia Tech Faculty Dinner honored seven retiring members of the faculty. Faculty retiring at the end of this academic year are: William L. Carmichael, Registrar and Director of Admissions; Theodoric C. Linthicum, Associate Professor of Engineering Graphics; Clarence O. Mackinder, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean of Students; Dr. Alpheus R. Marshall, Professor of Industrial Management; Edward Foster, Professor of English; Howard K. Menhinick, Regents' Professor of City Planning; and Dr. Wyatt C. Whitley, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station. Carmichael came to Georgia Tech as an instructor in 1926. He became Tech's Director of Admissions in 1945 and Registrar in 1948. Linthicum came to Tech in 1955 after serving as President of the Red Anchor Dock and Steam Ship Co. for five years. Mackinder came to Georgia Tech in 1956 from Chrysler Motors. Dr. Marshall, after serving as Hearing Officer and Director of the National and Atlanta Regional War Labor Board for four years, came to Tech in 1946. Since that time he has been teaching industrial management. Regents' Professor Menhinick taught at Harvard University and was the Director of Headquarters Planning Staff for the United Nations, and Director of Regional Studies for the Tennessee Valley Authority before coming to Tech in 1951. He has been a member of the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission and in 1963, was chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Study Commission. Dr. Whitley came to Tech in 1929 to teach chemistry. In 1956, he became Chief of the Chemical Sciences Division of the Engineering Experiment Station, Associate Director of the Station in 1962 and was made Director in 1963. Professor Foster came to Georgia Tech in 1943 as an English instructor. His retirement also marked his 25th year with Tech. He and four other faculty members received 25 Years' Service Awards at the banquet. They were: John J. Harper, Professor of Aerospace Engineering; Walter C. Herbert, Director of Music; Dr. Glenn N. Sisk, Professor of Social Sciences; and John R. Vail, Professor of Mathematics. May-June 1968
Four get $1,000 teaching awards FOUR Georgia Tech faculty members received awards of $1,000 each for outstanding classroom teaching at Tech's faculty dinner. Nominated by students, faculty, and alumni and finally selected by a faculty-student committee were: Paul G. Mayer, civil engineering; Glenn W. Rainey, English; Frank R. Erskine Crossley, mechanical engineering; and James E. Hubbartt, aerospace engineering. Dr. Mayer was born in Frankfurt Main, Germany. He came to Tech as an associate professor in civil engineering in 1959 and is now a professor. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati; his master's and Ph.D. hydraulic engineering from Cornell University. In addition to his duties at Tech, he is a consultant to the Georgia Power Co. Rainey received both his undergraduate and master's degrees from Emory University. Prior to coming to Tech's English department in 1932, he taught political science at Northwestern. He is one of the founders of the Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors and Tech chapter of the Georgia Education Association. Dr. Crossley received his bachelor's and master's degrees at Cambridge University in England and Ph.D. from Yale University in mechanical engineering. Prior to coming to Tech in 1966, he taught mechanical engineering at the University of Detroit and Yale. He was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Technical University of Munich and Rhenish and Westphalian Technical University of Aachen. Hubbartt received his bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from Notre Dame and his master's in mechanical engineering from the Case Institute of Technology. He came to Tech as an associate professor in 1960 and became a full professor in 1965. Prior to coming to Tech, he was a group engineer with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for five years. All four of them hold memberships in professional organizations and are active in civic affairs. The $4,000 in prizes was made possible by grants from the Union Camp Paper Co. and the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana Foundation. The awards are based on current teaching excellence and on the teacher's success in leading students to knowledge and the studdent's understanding of the subject.
Four Receive Sigma Xi Awards DR. Detlev W. Bronk, president of the Rockefeller University, and one of
America's top scientists, gave the Monie A. Ferst Memorial Lecture at Georgia Tech's Society of Sigma Xi Awards Dinner on May 28. Bronk spoke on "The Social Role of Science." A member of the President's Science Advisory Committee since 1957, Bronk is chairman of its Panel on International Science and a consultant-atlarge. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York State Science and Technology Foundation, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A past president of the National Academy of Sciences, Bronk is well-known for his work in the arts and sciences. In addition to the lecture, four Georgia Tech faculty members received the Monie A. Frest Memorial Sigma Xi Research Awards. They were Eugene C. Ashby, associate professor of chemistry, for his work in the field of organometallic compounds; David J. McGill, assistant professor of engineering mechanics for his work in the field of shell theory; Edward W. Thomas, associate professor of physics, for his work in the field of atomic collisions; and Paul H. Wright, associate professor of civil engineering, for his work in the area of analysis and control of traffic flow.
Roper named Registrar T H E Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Frank E. Roper, Jr. as successor to William L. Carmichael, who will retire as Georgia Tech's registrar and director of admissions after 42 years of service. Roper, who has served as assistant registrar and later associate registrar since 1965, will become registrar and associate professor of Industrial Engineering on July 1. Carmichael will become registrar emeritus on June 30. Roper holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. He was an instructor in the School of Industrial Engineering while working as assistant to the director of the School, with the responsibility of coordinating undergraduate affairs. Roper is a member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers where he worked as assistant editor of the Journal of Industrial Engineering, as vice president of public relations and executive vice president for the Atlanta chapter. He is also a member of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers where he served on the Committee for Professional Engineers in Education. In addition, Roper is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Roper and his family live at 3436 Woods Drive in Decatur. 41