Georgia Tech Alumnus VOL. 49, NO. 3
January-February 1971
The fall football season closed on a satisfying note with victories over traditional rival Georgia and bowl opponent Texas Tech. The 9-3 season ended a long drought for the Yellow Jackets; more than one Tech fan did a lot of smiling. But for the King Bee it must seem especially sweet. . . .
Sights and Sounds, Homecoming 7 0
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SAC-70
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The Humanizing Touch
14
What's the Matter with Kids Today?
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9-3
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Letters
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On the Hill
32
News of the Alumni
34
GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Officers and Trustees: James B. Ramage, president / James P. Poole, vice-president / J. Frank Stovall, Jr., vice-president / Thomas V. Patton, treasurer / W. Roane Beard, executive secretary / Ray M. Beck, Cedartown / D. Braxton Blalock, Jr. / L. Travis Brannon, Jr. / George A. Ewing / James T. Gresham, LaGrange / Joseph A. Hall, III / Morris E. Harrison, Decatur / I. L. Kunian / Rayford P. Kytle, Jr., Richmond / A. J. Land / W. E. Marshall / John 0. McCarty / Dennis D. O'Brian, Florence / H. G. Patillo, Decatur / Frank E. Roper / Chester A. Roush, Jr., Carrollton / Dan P. Shepherd / Willam J. VanLandingham / Norman J. Walton, Mobile. Staff: F. A. (Gus) Dozier, assistant secretary / Robert H. Rice, assistant secretary / Ben L. Moon, editor / Mary G. Peeks, director of alumni placement.
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GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION, INC. Officers and Trustees: I. M. Sheffield, Jr., president / Hal L. Smith, vice-president / Robert H. Ferst, treasurer / Joe W. Guthridge, executive secretary / Jack Adair / Ivan Allen, Jr. / John P. Baum, Milledgeville / Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., LaGrange / Oscar G. Davis / Dakin B. Ferris / Alvin M. Ferst / L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. / Jack F. Glenn /Henry W. Grady / Ira H. Hardin / Julian T. Hightower, Thomaston / Wayne J. Holman, Jr., New Brunswick / Howard B. Johnson / George W. McCarty / John J. McDonough / Walter M. Mitchell / Frank H. Neely / William A. Parker / Hazard E. Reeves, New York / Glen P. Robinson, Jr. / Charles R. Simons, Flowery Branch / John C. Staton / Frederick G. Storey / Howard T. Tellepsen, Houston / William S. Terrell, Charlotte / Robert Tharpe / William C. Wardlaw / Robert H. White, Sr. / George W. Woodruff / Charles R. Yates. GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, 1969-70 L. Allen Morris, chairman, Miami / N. Richard Miller, vice-chairman, Camden / G. Nolan Bearden, Los Angeles / Marion W. Boyer, New York / Dan H. Bradley, Savannah / Chester C. Courtney, Chicago / Paul A. Duke, Atlanta / Kenneth W. Dunwody, Macon /.Joe M. Haas, Dallas / Frank W. Hulse, Birmingham / Alexander T. Hunt, Jr., Ruston / Raymond A. Jones, Jr., Charlotte / C. Gale Kiplinger, Washington / Frederick H. Martin, Huntsville / Joe K. McCutchen, Rome-Dalton / William R. McLain, Nashville / Buck Mickel, Greenville-Spartanburg / William E. Moore, San Francisco / A. J. Mundy, Jr., at large / Dorroh L. Nowell, Jr., Augusta / Charles T. Oxford, Albany / Ben H. Sloane, Pittsburgh / George A. Smith, Denver / Charles A. Smithgall, Gainesville / Buck Mickel, Greenville-Spartanburg / William E. Moore, San Francisco / A. ham, Tampa / William Ashley Verlander, Jacksonville / Frank J. Whitley, Houston / J. Frank Willett, Chattanooga.