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Joel W. Thompson, '42, has been named general manager of national sales for The Babcock & Wilcox Company's power generation division. Prior to this assignment. Thompson was based in Atlanta as southeast regional sales manager. He is a member of ASME.
John V. Miner, '46, has been promoted to executive vice president of the Taulman Company, Atlanta based manufacturers and manufacturers agents in the water, wastewater, and power plant equipment field. He will also continue his responsibilities as head of sales.
Noel C. Turner, '47 has been elected president of Adair Realty and Loan Company, one of Atlanta's oldest and largest firms active in all areas of sales, leases and loans, as well as development. He previously served for seven years as executive vice president.
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former president and chairman of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Incorporated, New York-based firm of consulting engineers, died at the age of 88 on April 17, 1970 in a Norwalk (Connecticut) hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Towers lives at Old Hill Road, Westport. ' ( ~ \ ~ 7 Albert van Amerongan Polak, U / ME, died on March 19, 1970. Until his retirement several years ago, Mr. Polak headed his own company, Driveway Construction, Inc. A. L. Loeb, ME, was honored on his 80th birthday, March 11, 1970 by his relatives, who started the "Al Loeb Emergency Loan Fund" at Georgia Tech. Mr. Loeb resides at 2820 Normandy Drive, Atlanta.
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J. C. Reed died recently at his residence. Mr. Reed was coowner of Reed Lumber Company and resided at 4110 Fitchaven Drive.
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' Hi Q R°yce N- Pharr, TE, died on IO December 25, 1969. Mr. Pharr was vice-president of U.S. Finishing Company in Orange, New Jersey. 'O/l
Eugene R. (Pete) Clark, Jr., '49, was elected mayor of Albany, Georgia on April 6, 1970.
Charles Kenneth Cross, '50, Atlanta construction executive and a 16-year veteran in banking, was named president and chief administrative officer of the $564 million South Carolina National Bank. He was formerly vice president of Holder Construction Company.
H. Lyle Jones, '50, formerly'senior vice president of manufacturing for E. T. Barwick Industries, Inc., has been named president of Majestic Carpet Mills, a subsidiary of Jim Walters Corporation. He is responsibile for all manufacturing operations of the Georgia firm.
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Edmund M. Eastman, CE, died March 14, 1970. Mr. Eastman was retired last June as vice-president of Beers Construction Company. Mrs. Eastman resides at 15 Northwood Avenue, NE, Atlanta. James L. (Papa) Hall, TE, died March 15, 1970 on board ship while on a cruise to South America. He retired from Chicopee Mills some years ago. He is survived by a sister, Miss Mamie Hall of Tucker, Georgia. Sidney P. Rosser died April 10, 1970 of a heart attack. Mr. Rosser retired from Western Electric about six years ago. Mrs. Rosser resides at 3039 Dawson Street, Sarasota, Florida 35580. F ' Q Q George - Hoffmann, EE, d d resident of Dixie Engraving Company, was awarded the American Advertising Federation silver medal award of the Advertising Club of Savannah. Walter K. Holt retired December 31, 1969 as officer engineer, Georgia State Highway Department, Thomaston, Georgia. John S. Schofield, Jr., ME, died March 10, 1970. Mr. Schofield resided at 2632 Stanislaus Circle, Macon, Georgia.
d O (USA-ret.) of 2541 Wood Valley Drive in East Point, Georgia, died April 27, 1970. Barker entered the army in 1941 and served 24 years before retiring. » Q / ] T.M. Sewell of Charlotte, d ^ " North Carolina, died April 5, 1970 of a heart attack. O d c- Ralph Ewing, TE, retired d - J from Dixie Yarns, Inc. on March 12, 1970. Mr. Ewing was re-elected a director of Dixie and a member of the executive committee, and will assist the company on a consulting basis. Mr. Ewing had been associated with Dixie since 1952 first as executive president and since January 1, 1964, as president. Dr. Harold M. Spurlin. ChE, retired as technical assistant to the director of the Hercules, Incorporated Research Center on May 1 after a distinguished research career of forty-two years with the company. ' r^\ O C. Preston East, director of the d D maintenance and operations department of the public school system, retired on February 1, 1970. Mr. East has been with the public school system for forty-two years. Hal Lafayette Smith, Com, has been named a Time magazine quality dealer award winner for 1970. Mr. Smith, president of John Smith Company, is one of only 50 dealers in the entire nation selected for the Time magazine honor. » Q —7 J. Edward Dean. TE, director d / of the DuPont Company's Advertising Department, retired at the end of February when he reached the company mandatory retirement age. ' I"") O Edgar J. Crowley, former sales representative with Texaco, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, died on April 14, 1970. Mr. Crowley was captain of the 1927 Tech football team. Mrs. Crowley is at the LaRocca Nursing Home, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ' f ^ f~l Burton Cloud. Com, formerly d C3 vice president of marketing for Auto-Soler and Auto-Nailer Companies, Atlanta, Georgia, is now teachercoordinator of cooperative education in the Manpower Skills Training Center of the Atlanta Public School. Clearance H. Evans, ChE, retired senior consultant for DuPont The Georgia Tech Alumnus