' l~^ r^ Frank M. Akers, Jr. died C L-- July 20. His widow resides at 700 Starlight Drive, N.E., Atlanta 30305. James C. Shelor, Com., died May 8. Samuel G. Stoney, Arch., of Charleston, South Carolina, died July 30. ' O O Homer M. Carter, EE, has tZ- \Lj been elected vice chairman on the board at West Point-Pepperell, Inc., of West Point, Georgia. Mr. Carter who was president of Pepperell Manufacturing Company in 1965, will continue to operate from the company's corporate offices at West Point. We recently learned that Herbert Donaldson, Atlanta, died. Robert B. Flowers, Sr., EE, died August 16 in a plane crash. Mr. Flowers was a retired employee of the General Electric Company. Mr. Flowers' son, Robert, Jr., EE '52, also died. ' f ^ /I Ira H. Hardin, ME, has been ^ _ ^ T appointed chairman of the board, chief executive officer of the Ira H. Hardin Company. Edward Orville Hussey, GE, a civic leader and long-time employee of Alabama Power Company, died January 5. Mr. Hussey had worked 42 years with the utility in various cities of Alabama. Survivors include his wife and a son. Walter C. Stevens, EE, vice president of Essex Wire Corporation, has retired o the following address: RD #8, Mansfield, Ohio 44904. ' f^ CI J- Ralph Hart died October t—XD 31, 1967. His widow resides at 202 Lakeshore Drive, Carrollton, Georgia 30117. George W. Wilde, Com., died September 17. Mr. Wilde was a mason and a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. His widow resides at 209 Lincoln St., S.E., Huntsville, Alabama. ' 0 ~ 7 Mark A lien, Jr. died October CL / 24. His widow resides at 3246 Rilman Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. Kenneth P. Macmillan, EE, founder of the Calvert Coal Company, Inc., died June 25. His widow, son and brother are among survivors. James Glen Smith, Com., died July 5. Mr. Smith retired from the Navy in 1949 as a lieutenant commander. His widow resides at 486 Oakdale Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. ' O Q Merrill E. Awtrey, EE, died t-\. O October 18. His widow resides at Marietta, Georgia. Ernest B. Merry, Jr., CerE, died August 20. Mr. Merry was a former November-December 1968
tember 11. He is survived by his widow who lives at 2042 Palifax Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30307, and William S. Garvin, Jr., IM'58.
executive with Merry Brothers Brick and Tile Company, Augusta, Georgia.. ' f ^ ^ ^ Henry D. Anastasas, Arch., tZ- \Lj has been elected president of the Far East Society of Architects and Engineers. Mr. Anastasas' mailing address is Hq. 5th AF Box 776, Des Div Engr, APO San Francisco, California 96525. Ned Bobo, former chairman of the School District 5 Board of Trustees, Spartanburg, South Carolina, died July 3. Survivors include two sons: John A., '54 and J. Edward, IE '59. Nick M. Domain, Com., died August 31. Jack Carey Lemmon, Com., died on May 7. His widow resides at 18275 Verano Drive, San Diego, California 92128. Charles H. Neill, CE, of Roanoke, Virginia, died in May. J Q i — | W. J. Perry, CE, died AuO L J gust 31. Mr. Perry was a past president of the Nashville Federal Business Association and Nashville Federal Safety Council. He coauthored several publications on water investigation in Tennessee. His widow resides at 4001 Copeland Drive, Huntingdon, Tennessee. ' n n J. Pat Beaird, ChE, has O L-\. been elected a director to the board of directors of South Central Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Beaird is serving as president of the Beaird Oil Corporation of Shreveport, Louisiana. William C. Lawrence, AE, has retired as the American Airlines' vice president of development engineering. We recently learned that Harold M. McCarthy died January 2. He retired from Esso Research and Engineering Company, Florban Park, New Jersey, in 1961, due to illness. His widow resides at 27 Ocean Drive, Jupiter, Florida 33458. ' O O We recently _ learned that O O Clarence E. Hale, Com., died January 7. Harley T. Rockwell, ME, recently died. His widow resides at 17 Welwyn Road, Riverside, Connecticut. We recently learned that James D. Wardrip, CE, of Eureka, Kansas, died. Grover Thigpen, Jr., EE, special field engineer in the Charlotte district, died on June 11. Survivors include his widow and a son. ' n c Col. Robert A. Erdin, AE, O KJ has been decorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal in retirement ceremonies at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. William S. Garvin, Sr. died Sep-
» O O George B. Bailey, CE, man\-J ^ J ager of government services for Reynolds Metals Company in Washington, D.C., has been named to head the aerospace and defense committee of The Aluminum Association. Haran W. Bullard, ME, has been selected as one of •. approximately 162 business executives and government officials to participate in the 54th session of the Advanced Management Program conducted by the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. John J. Hill, EE, has recently been promoted to zone manager of the southeastern public power zone for Westinghouse in Washington, D.C. We recently learned that James S. Mays, ME, died November 12, 1967. Edward E. Sack, AE, has accepted a position with the space division of North American Rockwell Corporation, builder of the Apollo spacecraft command and service modules in which three astronauts will make the lunar trip. Mr. Sack is responsible for the administration of all contracts and for the preparation of proposals for new business. He and his family reside at 24 Stallion Road, Rolling Hills, California. Ben P. Jones, IM, has been awarded the Small Business '38 Administration Silver Medal for Meritorious Service. He and his family reside at 745 Heards Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia. ' O Q Brig. Gen. Homer G. HutchvD ZLj inson, Jr., ME, has taken up the duties as director of plans for the U.S. Strike Command at MacDill AFB. R. D. Johnston, ChE, has been named an assistant comptroller of South Central Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Johnston will be responsible for administration of taxes at South Central's general office in Birmingham, Alabama. ' /I f~\ James H. Dukes, CerE, last ^ T L J year spent ten months in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as Fulbright lecturer at the National University of Honduras. Early in 1968 he completed the requirements for a PhD in economics from the University of Florida. Mr. Dukes is listed in Who's Who in the East as an educator and in the Library of Congress Listings of Latin-Americanists. ,
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Bruce S. Bailey, ChE, has been named technologist, fuels research section, at the Texaco 39