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Carolina Alumnus Enjoys Tech Traditions Editor: When a friend, John Hunsinger, sent me a copy of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, I was surprised and honored to see myself in the centerfold photo of people visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden ["Urban Isle," Summer 19891- Also appearing in the photo are are my wife, Beverly, my cousin Billy, and his wife, Jan. Although I am a 1949 graduate < >f the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, my association with Georgia 'lech goes back many years, and includes some great and happy memories. My first experience with Georgia Tech involved a "contribution" to Bobby Dodd and the Georgia Tech football tradition in Chapel Hill in September 1945 as I participated (on Carolina's side, unfortunately) in Bobby Docld's first game
as a football head coach. Dodd and the Jackets won by a 20-14 score. After moving to Atlanta in 1954, I joined the Atlanta Touchdown Club, and a couple of years later was admitted to the Southeastern Conference Football Officials Association. I was immediately surrounded by more Tech grads and fans than you could shake a stick at. Over the next 10 years, I officiated a number of Tech games and enjoyed the super individuals and great atmosphere of the Bobby Dodd era. In my 35 years of business and personal life in Atlanta, I can truly say that both have been wonderfully and substantially enhanced because of Georgia Tech and all of the fine folks you have graduated, including my partner. Robert M. Shulman. Now that my cousin
and I and our wives have been afforded a centerfold position in your magazine, I'm even more of a Georgia Tech fan—except when they are playing Carolina! W.G. Pritchard Jr. Pritchard & Jerden Inc. Atlanta
Give Credit Where Credit is Due Editor: Joe Massari and I were elated to see our LifeNet System software product featured in the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine ["Taking it to the Streets," Summer 1989]. I wish we could take credit for developing the write-top computer and the handwritten symbol recognition algorithm, but that honor belongs to someone else. Ralph C. Sklarew, PhD, chairman of Linus Technologies Inc. of Reston, Va., is responsible
for developing and bringing this innovative product to market. Robert M. Mead President LifeCare Technologies Atlanta
Wrong Class Editor: The profile of Dr. Leon Zalkow which appeared in the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine ["Distinguished Professor," Summer 1989] contained an error. The $10,000 Distinguished Professor Award was endowed by the class of 1934, not the class of 1933I.L. Kunian, TE '34 Atlanta OUR READERS ARE ALWAYS WRITE: Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine welcomes letters from readers. Address Editor, Alumni/Faculty House,225 North Ave. NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30332-0175
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