Kenneth W. Faulkner, IM 1950 (1924-2005) Atlanta, Georgia • Born in Athens, Georgia; moved to Atlanta and graduated from Tech Fligh School. • Served in the Army Air Corps during World War II; tail gunner in a B-1 7, shot down over Berlin where he was taken prisoner. • Married Mary "Mike" Carmichael, graduate of Erskine College, in 1946 while a student at Georgia Tech. • In 1961 started Ken Faulkner Company, still a family business, merchandizing cottonseed, peanut, and wheat by-products. • Served as president of the Association of Cottonseed Products Dealers. • Ruling elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church USA; member of Clairmont Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia. • Volunteer with Mission Haven, clothing for missionary and seminary students; served as president of Druid Hills Kiwanis Club. • Two daughters: Susan Adle and Rebecca Bracewell; four grandsons. Gifts to Georgia Tech • Roll Call donor for 55 years. • Longtime Alexander-Tharpe Fund supporter. • 50th Reunion gift from his retirement plan to establish the Mary C. and Kenneth W. Faulkner, IM 1950, Endowment Fund for scholarships. Ken Faulkner is remembered for his lifelong love of family, church, and Georgia Tech. In honor of his 50th Reunion, Ken designated a portion of his retirement plan account to the Georgia Tech Foundation. Along with his generous spirit, Ken showed his keen sense of humor in directing his gift to a scholarship for students who had "lost HOPE" at Tech. The HOPE scholarship, available to students from Georgia who maintain at least a 3.0 average, is retained by only 30 percent of eligible students through graduation. Thanks to Ken Faulkner, there is now help for "HOPE-less" students. In October 2006, Mary Faulkner and daughter Susan Faulkner Adle met some of the first eight Faulkner Scholars.
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Ken and Mary Faulkner are among the 924 members of Founders' Council who have made life-income gifts or estate provisions of at least $25,000 for the support of Georgia Tech.