Tech Selma A. "Sally" Jabaley, CE 1974 • Native of LaGrange, Georgia; currently lives in Houston, Texas, where she is active in the Georgia Tech Club • Career primarily in the oil and gas industry with Chevron, ARCO, and Mobil; planning engineer for Rapid Transit rail system in Singapore; since 1994 project manager for oil and gas surface facilities with Schlumberger in Houston • Three children and two grandchildren; daughter Amber Sansom, ISyE 2000 Gifts to Georgia Tech: • Longtime member of Roll Call's Thousand Club • Named Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. the beneficiary of her retirement plans to fund the Selma A. "Sally" Jabaley Endowment Fund, providing scholarships for out-of-state women studying engineering Notable Quotation: "As a Georgia resident, my Tech education cost me $5,000—the best investment I ever made! At Tech, I was forced to learn flexibility and organizational skills and to prioritize and work effectively under pressureall excellent training for today's work environment. I hope that my gift will help future generations of young women attend Tech so they can excel in fields of technology, further enhancing Georgia Tech's reputation. To keep my retirement plan from being heavily taxed upon my death, my accountant suggested that I assign it to Georgia Tech. I hope my deferred gift helps make Tech affordable for bright, out-of-state students."
Sally Jabaley, CE 1974, is one of Founders' Council's 702 members who have made bequests or life-income gifts in support of Georgia Tech's future?
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